The Fight for Creation: Book 02 - Scout Warrior by Saxon Andrew Read Free Book Online Page B

sides of the container melted and released the twenty pounds. The resulting explosion shattered the planet.
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    The Grogat Commander hit the jump command and the fleet jumped away through null space where the teleport suppression field had no effect. The incoming Bristone Fleet watched as the planet exploded and a massive shock wave blew away. The Fleet met the stealth probes that had been released and collected a hundred of them before the shock wave washed over the fleet, destroying any probes still in the system. The force fields protected the Realm’s fleet but they knew that the Grogat were going to be a huge danger in future encounters if an answer to that beam wasn’t found. Admiral Gardner said, “Get the probe’s information out to the Algeans.”

Chapter Four
    K ing Jon Robbins looked at Admiral Thom Gardner and listened to his report on the Grogat attack. When the Admiral completed his report he said, “So this was a trial to see if their new beam can destroy our ships?”
    “Yes it was, Your Majesty.”
    “And what conclusion can you draw from this?”
    “We have the Algeans activating standard null drives in all of our ships. We’ve become so dependent on teleportation that we were unable to come to the planets defense.”
    “Will the ships be as effective with null star drives?”
    “No, there will be delays in the jump process that don’t exist in teleportation.”
    Jon nodded, looked at Maranda, and then said as he looked back at the Admiral, “So the tactics of teleporting in, firing a weapon, and immediately teleporting away can no longer be used.”
    “That is correct, Your Majesty.”
    “How do our ships match up to theirs?”
    “We’re behind them in the ability to cloak our ships but pretty much even in the weapons our ships use. However, the new beam on the bows of their ships is not slowed by our force fields. If they hit, the ship will die.”
    “What do you intend to do about this?”
    “We’re planning a raid on the planet where the new beams are being produced. The Cats tell us that the beam takes a rare element in the laser housing that is only available on that planet. We intend to take a working model and destroy the planet behind us.”
    Miranda sat forward, “How many civilians are on that planet?”
    “Two billion, Your Majesty.”
    “And we’re just going to kill them all?”
    Thom stared at the Queen and said, “The planet you saw destroyed in the recording had more than six billion inhabitants. They have already destroyed eight more planets since that planet and the civilians killed by their ships will soon total a trillion. Are you saying we shouldn’t destroy the source of the missiles and beams that are killing billions?”
    Maranda saw the Admiral’s anger and quickly looked at Jon who said, “Admiral, I want that planet destroyed and we’ll take one of their ships for examination. I don’t want to risk our warriors trying to take that planet.”
    “We want to do that, Your Majesty, but all of their new ships self-destruct if the force field on it is breeched. The only way to get the technology they use in the planet killing missile, their cloaking device, and that new beam is to go and take it off the planet that builds them.”
    “When are you going to do this?”
    “As soon as the Algeans have converted enough ships to null drives.”
    “How long do you estimate that will take?”
    “Two months, Your Majesty.”
    Jon knew that Sam was going to be out of training by then. “Keep me informed, Admiral.”
    Thom bowed and left the throne room.
    Maranda looked at Jon and said, “We’re going to kill two billion innocent people.”
    “They’re not innocent, Miranda. All of them are armed and serve in the military. Even the children start training to fight as soon as they’re able to walk. The Cat’s notified me that their mother sees that planet as pure evil.”
    “We do something very similar, training our citizens in the