Carinae Sector: 02 - Admiral's Fury - Part 2 - Hidden Menace Read Online Free Page B
Author: David Buck
for this star system until then. Now Altarebe we need to go through the report on the humans and their journey to the former Dradfer colonies. For all our future plans are invalid unless the humans survive the onslaught of the Jerecab.’
Angwene was aware that the Maveen probe had stopped working on the sled and regarding Altarebe through his blue vision strip. Altarebe remained silent as probe spoke to the ancients in a soft sub-sonic whisper.
‘Your majesty, my limited tactical data supports the human decision to confront the Jerecab well way from this planet. Altarebe, the queen earlier predicted that the Jerecab would be the most dangerous race to confront the humans. We know now that the humans are building ten addition ships to add to the forty they took with them on their mission.’
Altarebe was trying to establish how the ancients had discovered this information as Seliandre modestly spoke.
‘The human struggle for survival against the Jerecab is not as futile as it might seem. Many years ago probe three assisted me in hacking into the human’s primitive telecommunications systems. For many years my sisters and I have maintained a series of online identities, and we seek to covertly aid the humans in this manner.’
Altarebe could already see the benefits of this information and he struggled to remain still as he spoke.
‘The humans are badly outnumbered and our reports tell us that the vassals will not interdict with enough force in time. The Sspol colony and your covert interface are the two factors the Jerecab cannot know about. I should think that human technology would have received hidden assistance by this method.’
The Maveen probe regarded Altarebe with approval as he spoke again, for the ancient male had truly made his further duties much easier.
‘Hopefully the humans can keep the Jerecab under control long enough for the vassals to interdict at the former Dradfer worlds. Now if the Jerecab arrive here then the humans are not necessarily lost. Note that even if Seliandre, Helisphan and Isphara went into space with me I could not guarantee that we would win. Also the Vorinne would not waste anytime invading this system as a result, dooming Queen Angwene and the other daughters.’
Queen Angwene felt exasperated with the Maveen probe’s comment, as her two youngest daughters now crowded alongside her massive flanks for reassurance. She softly warbled a subsonic call to reassure them both, as Altarebe spoke again.
‘Well underestimating the humans can be real problem, and I hope the Jerecab are having a heavy toll taken from them. Please continue working probe three, as I now report about the colonists that went through to Barede before the Trader ship left this world…’
Seliandre had been reviewing data from their wire tap into the human internet system to try and find out what the humans actually knew about Altarebe’s landing. She felt a cold knot of fear pass through her large body as she took in the latest human media reports and wasted no time reporting to her mother.
‘A small human fleet is now searching the northern Indian Ocean for wreckage and has uncovered two large pieces and several smaller pieces. The search will last for another two or three days and involves shielded ships searching the seafloor.’
Angwene felt great anxiety as she activated a series of small long range scanners in the middle of the Indian Ocean. For long minutes she noted that the human activity appeared to be focused up near the equator, well away from the scanners and thousands of miles from their own location. Now relieved, she brought the gathering back to her other concerns by first reassuring them all.
‘We have not mined the search area for thousands of years, so the sediment cover should mask our traces very well. Now I understand that apart from the human destroyers only a handful of Barus and Sspol cruisers stand between humans and extinction?’
Probe three was running a simulation in
Angwene was aware that the Maveen probe had stopped working on the sled and regarding Altarebe through his blue vision strip. Altarebe remained silent as probe spoke to the ancients in a soft sub-sonic whisper.
‘Your majesty, my limited tactical data supports the human decision to confront the Jerecab well way from this planet. Altarebe, the queen earlier predicted that the Jerecab would be the most dangerous race to confront the humans. We know now that the humans are building ten addition ships to add to the forty they took with them on their mission.’
Altarebe was trying to establish how the ancients had discovered this information as Seliandre modestly spoke.
‘The human struggle for survival against the Jerecab is not as futile as it might seem. Many years ago probe three assisted me in hacking into the human’s primitive telecommunications systems. For many years my sisters and I have maintained a series of online identities, and we seek to covertly aid the humans in this manner.’
Altarebe could already see the benefits of this information and he struggled to remain still as he spoke.
‘The humans are badly outnumbered and our reports tell us that the vassals will not interdict with enough force in time. The Sspol colony and your covert interface are the two factors the Jerecab cannot know about. I should think that human technology would have received hidden assistance by this method.’
The Maveen probe regarded Altarebe with approval as he spoke again, for the ancient male had truly made his further duties much easier.
‘Hopefully the humans can keep the Jerecab under control long enough for the vassals to interdict at the former Dradfer worlds. Now if the Jerecab arrive here then the humans are not necessarily lost. Note that even if Seliandre, Helisphan and Isphara went into space with me I could not guarantee that we would win. Also the Vorinne would not waste anytime invading this system as a result, dooming Queen Angwene and the other daughters.’
Queen Angwene felt exasperated with the Maveen probe’s comment, as her two youngest daughters now crowded alongside her massive flanks for reassurance. She softly warbled a subsonic call to reassure them both, as Altarebe spoke again.
‘Well underestimating the humans can be real problem, and I hope the Jerecab are having a heavy toll taken from them. Please continue working probe three, as I now report about the colonists that went through to Barede before the Trader ship left this world…’
Seliandre had been reviewing data from their wire tap into the human internet system to try and find out what the humans actually knew about Altarebe’s landing. She felt a cold knot of fear pass through her large body as she took in the latest human media reports and wasted no time reporting to her mother.
‘A small human fleet is now searching the northern Indian Ocean for wreckage and has uncovered two large pieces and several smaller pieces. The search will last for another two or three days and involves shielded ships searching the seafloor.’
Angwene felt great anxiety as she activated a series of small long range scanners in the middle of the Indian Ocean. For long minutes she noted that the human activity appeared to be focused up near the equator, well away from the scanners and thousands of miles from their own location. Now relieved, she brought the gathering back to her other concerns by first reassuring them all.
‘We have not mined the search area for thousands of years, so the sediment cover should mask our traces very well. Now I understand that apart from the human destroyers only a handful of Barus and Sspol cruisers stand between humans and extinction?’
Probe three was running a simulation in
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