by Doc 42 » Sun Nov 23, 2008 5:17 pm
Once again, another annoying message arrived to the Resource manager, fortunately this one was sent from the Algara commodant and not his god awful computer "Enemy has expressed urge to turn planets into molten slag. Algara's local Geni population are not pleased and will frown upon any attempt at turning Algara or any other local planets into molten slag. Requesting you to take over situation." The resource manager lifted an eyebrow in suspeicion. After a minutes thought, he brought up a com link with the Marican high command, asking for permission to activate the majority of his garrison. An auto-message confirmed and he smirked with satisfaction. He messaged one of his head engineers "Mark, is hive one ready for deployment?" The engineers squeaky voice replied "Uhh sure, I suppose... How many units are you looking at?" He answered quickly "All of them. The whole thing." Mark exclaimed back through the com "What? We've got about 18 Ambushers down there in storage it woul-" he cut him off "Cram it and answer the question, can we deploy them right away?" After a bit of hesitation, Mark answered "Sure thing boss... the pressure should already be normal, there was matenince down there earlier.." The resource manager finished up "Excellent. Clear everyone out of the area and get that Hive fixed up while they are gone."
He cut off the line and went to his personal computer, activateing the screen and quickly muteing the voice before it spoke. Entering the Colonys inventory, he activated every Ambusher unit in Hive 1, simultaneously messaging the Algaran Commodant "Adding 18 Ambushers to your party. They already have orders to spread out amongst the target area so they don't need further commanding unless necessary. The area has 3 suns if I'm correct and 5 inhabited planets. Algara, Memphis, Toloran, Cern and Evol. Evol and Toloran are Marican auxillaries so afford them extra protection. Memphis and Cern hold universal trading posts, not as prestigious, but still important. This is War colony zeta-5, over and out."
He leaned back in his chair, satisfied with the work he just put in. Even if the Imperials stayed away, the Ambushers would be put to use. He had been meaning to crack down on pirate activity in the area for quite a while....
An alarm rang through the base, the resource manager swiveling around to look out his window, able to see Hive 1 in the disance, its huge metal covering folding back....
A flash boomed out from inside it, his eyes protected by the glass. The ambusher roared into the sky, jets blazing out a trail of purple fumes... moments later another flash and another Ambusher blazed out... The Hive was literally miles deep and could hold hundreads of ships. Out this far from Maricas the only ships in storage were Drones, due their speedy deployment rate but the Hive was still geared to hold manned craft aswell....

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