The air was filled with the tremble of boots and sounds of soldiers franticly trying the finish the bunkers in time before the ships managed to make its way to the system.

They first sighted the ship two weeks on long range telemetry. At the time all they knew was that is incredibly long and narrow, with a lot of life signs. So they hailed the ship knowing full well the only other outcome. They got no reply, or so they thought. The ship then altered course and began to make it's way to the planet. That was two days ago.

Shape of Mysterious Ship on radar

The air slowly began to thicken and the plants and jungles slowly, then with growing haste began to grow out of control. The first signs. Then yesterday millions of smaller life signs began to suddenly appear on a nearby moon and started on their way to the planet as well.

"What? Why didn't they long range scopes pick it up before now?"

" I don't know,Sir my only guess is that it took this long for computer to analyse them as a threat,Sir"

"well I better got inform the commander."

The commander wasn't the strictest out of the, well...commanders, his motto was "as long you do the job properly you can pretty much anything you like...within reason." but he had a certain area of authority about him that commanded authority, what ever he says you do it and you finish before you realise you've been told to do it.(if he ordered you to jump of a two hundred storey building you'd only realise you've done when you were half way down!)

As the Sargent walked up the stairs to the commanders room he tried to think of every possible outcome of telling him there was only an hour before the enemy arrived and the bunkers wouldn't be ready by then.

As soon as he got to the door he heard " What is it Bronson?" bewildered he entered. The room was small, office as you walked in and a small makeshift bed in the corner and a small window. The commander was at the window resting on the window sill and peering out at the sky. He looked surprisingly like a a bored child."how did you know it was me sir?"

"you're the only person who ever actually comes to me in person everyone else just sends a message." then he turned round "anyway you still haven't answered my question. Why are you here?"

"umm...well...urgh..."

"what is it you sound like you're trying to strangle a cat!"

"the radar just spotted multiple life signs approaching from the moon sir"

"how multiple?"

"the scan said seven hundred and twenty nine..."

"well that's nothing to worry..."

"...thousand four hundred and twenty six."

seven hundred and twenty nine thousand four hundred and twenty...six" as fell fell backwards into a chair. I don't even think we have that much ammunition! When will they get here?"

"in approximately 57 minutes sir"

"have everyone get to the bunkers we'll have to stop digging further into the ground just have the tech priests seal of all unfinished tunnels and begin plan alpha-2! Immediately"

"where will you be sir?"

"going to the tunnels!" he the commander shouted as he was already half way across the hall.