Annihilation: A Rose Grows In Weeds by Saxon Andrew Read Free Book Online

seen how it destroyed that Plant Scout, most of the member worlds would agree with me. They trust their Queen and rightly so.”
     
    “Gentlemen, do you mind if I include the Queen in this conversation?”
     
    “No, please invite her,” Terl said.
     
    “Ensign Orton,” Kosiev said, “Please com the Queen and ask if she has a moment to talk with us.”
     
    “Danielle,” Tag thought.
     
    “Yes, Love.”
     
    “You have a call coming in requesting you join our meeting. I think you really need to be in on this.”
     
    “Leila is taking the call now; Leila, I will take that particular call. Hang on, I’ll be right there.” Leila raised her eyebrows wondering how Danielle knew about these calls before they came into her board.
     
    “Good day,’ Danielle said. “How can I help you?”
     
    Tag explained their conversation with Tgon-Gee and Terl adding their views as Tag finished. “Tgon-Gee is of the opinion that you should choose the fleet commander and not the members.”
     
    “Your majesty, that many cannot make a decision in less than a season. Everyone will want the leader to be from their planet.”
     
    Danielle listened to them and Kosiev remained silent and watched her. “She’s communicating with Tag. I can see it. How; can they hear each other’s thoughts?”
     
    Finally Danielle said, “Tgon-Gee is right, I should make the decision. I’ve been told by everyone that the members trust me so it’s appropriate that they should back whomever I choose. However, I can’t leave my people out of the decision making process. Here is what I want to see happen; I want each member planet to elect a representative to be their voice to the Queen. We will build a structure on Ross, which will become our government center where they will meet and offer their opinions on what they would like the Queen to do in the various decisions that have to be made. The name of their organization will be “The First Family” and they will be charged with protecting all families in our Realm. They will be asked to offer multiple choices for the Queen. I of course will do what our psychics say is the best thing to do to insure our future. If I don’t do what the assembly asks, then I have to explain why, but I think a lot of the time we will be in agreement. Tgon-Gee or Terl will lead those meetings and I think they would listen to their wise council.”
     
    The four looked at Danielle and Terl said, “I am amazed again. Who will make the announcements?”
     
    “I will have my staff do all the things to make this happen. We should have our structures built within six months. We will announce our move to Ross and ask for selections to be done within that time frame. This will give those who wish to campaign for a position in the new Stars Realm government the time to organize. This should also make the new Navy easy to mandate.”
     
    “Thank you, My Queen,” Tgon-Gee said and then Danielle smiled and disappeared from the display. Terl and Tgon-Gee broke the connection leaving Tag and Kosiev with their popcorn.
     
    “Well. Let’s see what we can do to make this happen,” Tag said.
     
    Three months later Tag and Kosiev were on board the Moscow discussing the plans for using the new ships that had been completed.
     
    Tag looked at Kosiev and said, “The fleet academy is moving right along. We need to start putting a list of instructors to be assigned to teach there.”
     
    “I hope you will forgive me but I have a trip to make,” Kosiev answered.
     
    Tag looked at him and said, “Dremel?”
     
    Kosiev nodded and said, “The Plants have not found them yet and we need to get ready for them. I’m taking fifty more Megaships out to Admiral Dorg and I’m going to take a good look at the situation there. The new crews will need some training to fit in with the existing ships and Dorg has told me he can use some help. I’ll jump back if you need me.”
     
    Tag thought a minute and said, “No, go ahead