Galactic Empire Wars: Rebellion (The Galactic Empire Wars Book 3) by Raymond L. Weil Read Free Book Online Page A

thousands of Human clones
had joined the fleet to bring the crews up to their full complements.
    “I don’t
know,” answered Wade, truthfully. He'd spent numerous sleepless nights worrying
over this. “We have the new ion cannons installed around all the habitats. We
still have a hidden base at Jornada as well as the two we discovered in China. It won’t be that easy for the Kleese to wipe us out.”
    Wade still
recalled the stunned amazement everyone had felt when the Chinese had finally
broken radio silence and requested supplies for their two hidden survival
centers in Central China. Wade had gone down to visit the Chinese and tour
their bases. The two Chinese survival centers had been built into the sides of
several mountains in the Altun mountain range, which bordered the Qaidam Basin . It was a sparsely
settled region and the Chinese had frantically used their military and civil
engineers to drill two large tunnels into the mountains and set up twin
survival centers after the Kleese missile had set off volcanoes and earthquakes
across the globe. Each center, when finished, was capable of supporting 120,000
survivors and had supplies for three years. It was only when their supplies had
run dangerously low that the Chinese had finally asked for help.
    The
Chinese had been made the offer of having a new habitat built in one of the
asteroids but turned it down. They preferred to stay in their homeland,
convinced that someday they would emerge and build a new China. A few Chinese had traveled to Centerpoint and even set up a diplomatic office there. Other
than that, the Chinese were staying to themselves.
    “I guess we’ll
see when they finally attack,” Adamson replied as he leaned back and looked around
the Command Center. “I understand President Randle is going to retire at the
end of his current term.”
    “It looks that
way,” answered Wade. “The Federated Assembly has settled down and seems to be
doing a good job representing the different habitats. The twelve members of the
Federated Council are responsible men and women and have reached the point where
they can be trusted to begin running things. President Randle has already
turned a lot of the day to day operations of the government over to the council.”
    “Things will
sure be different without President Randle leading us.”
    Wade nodded.
He stood silently watching the main viewscreen, knowing they would be at Vesta
shortly. Beth and he had been married four years back and both had elected to
stay in the military. They'd decided not to have children right away, at least
not until they knew how the conflict with the Kleese was going to turn out. He
was also a little nervous about Ryan becoming a Space Marine. The new program
Ryan had volunteered for did involve the new Type Four battlesuits. If and when
the Kleese returned, Wade feared Ryan would be right in the middle of the most
dangerous fighting. It was going to take him a while to get used to that
thought.
    -
    Ryan was in
the large food court in the center of Centerpoint Station. Over the last few
years, it had been expanded and now almost anything one wanted could be found.
There were even rumors of a black market operation where illegal pleasures and
items could be purchased for the right price. There were nearly three hundred
thousand Humans on the massive station. Many were part of the crew and others
were a mixture of military, civilians, and a few entrepreneurs who were
providing services for the station.
    “You owe me
for getting shot yesterday,” Casey informed
Ryan as they walked through the court taking in the sights. “How about Chinese
food for a change?” The different aromas of cooking food present in the food
court were making her feel ravenous. She also enjoyed spending time with Ryan
as they'd been close friends for years.
    Ryan let out a
loud sigh. He and Casey had been friends since the early days of the Academy.
He could still remember how innocent and naive she had been