Sorry for the long updating time but I had to post a chapter on my birthday. This chapter is much longer so I am improving the length of the chapters.

Chapter 1

"Fleet commander Arkady" The AI declared over the communication system. "Please report to the commander's office" I walked down the hall way nervously since the only reason for the commander summoning someone like this was because they were in trouble. I knocked twice on the door before opening it. There was a large file on the desk, in front of Jon Radec - otherwise known as the commander - with my name on it.

"Please, sit down" Jon said to me when I entered. "Now I have a mission for you. It is of grave impotence. You will lead a party of 50 offensive ships to guard the Eve Gate"

"Only 50?" I asked shocked. "So it will be a pure capital fleet?"

"No, there won't be any capitals"

"Why? The wrecking ball formation requires capitals"

"Fleet commander Murdoch demands you don't use any capitals for this mission because of the interference from the Eve Gate"

"That's rubbish. I've flown past in in a Titan, if you won't let me use capitals then I will have to refuse this mission; give it to Fleet commander Murdoch" And with that I walked out.

This time the AI said "Fleet commander Murdoch, please report to the commander's office"

"Murdoch you know the fleet that Arkady was meant to command" But before Murdoch responded he continued. "Well he has decided to refuse it without a full fleet and if I allow him the full will be planning to defend in the wrecking ball formation. But if I refuse to give him capitals, he will refuse it. So I have decided since you suggested that those numbers are appropriate for this type of mission, you will be leading it"

"I will make Arkady go" And with that, just like Arkady, he walked out.

I heard an angry voice from behind me as I strutted down the hallway on the way to the shuttle hangar

"Arkady, stay where you are right now"

"Max with me," I growled at Max my wingman that was standing in the sergeant's enclave, right next to the shuttle hangar.

"You go out of those doors I'll make sure you are no longer an FC"

I spun round and growled "How will you do that, we are at the same rank"

"You will not speak to me like that" Then he turned and marched the other way towards Commodore Harkov's office. Meanwhile, I climbed into my pod which entered a shuttle and detached from the station

"Max, go over see the construction" I called to my wing mate who obediently banked off to the right heading for the secondary POS while I was heading to the main one. The fleet consisted of two hundred and fifty-five capsuleers split into five wings, each of them with five squadrons. Each of the wings and squadrons had a commander. I controlled all but three of the commanders but they were just the squadron's commanders, even though I have no clue how many other people in the fleet I had under my command I still felt in command of the fleet. Especially with the Vengence nearly built and the Relentless, Illustrious, Invincible, Indomitable, Revenge and the Protector in the process of being built I had to be very careful. Just then, Captain Paul Harrington came on my coms.

"I think you should take the mission"

"What?" I exclaimed surprised that he had heard about it so soon.

"The mission Jon gave you, I think you should take it."

"Why?" I asked

"Well if you accept it you can a nice reward, for example lots of money to speed up the building of our new fleet, weapons to arm it or some guns for the crew and marines. Just think about the possibilities. Anyway after you do the mission we can make massive fleet then leave the alliance together"

"Fine," I growled.

I knocked on Jon's door for the second time today.

"Come in" He called. "How may I help you Arkady?"

"I will accept your terms for the mission if you pay me three billion ISK"

"I accept" When I was still standing there he asked: "Don't you have somewhere to be?" And then I left.

"This is stupid work, we must…" Max was cut off from complaining once more, when a whole fleet of enemy warships jumped in to the system. They were from the light. I swore loudly before speaking to my fleet.

"Everyone prepare to engage the enemy" Then I saw my mistake; the enemy had two titans, one carrier, three dreadnoughts and a lot of battleships. Over the alliance chat I told my second head Paul "Now might be a good time to bring the spare fleet in, we have over two hundred battleships, in ONE bloody system"

"On my way, be there in about five minutes. You can hold them off for that long, right? Well you're going to have to. Oh, remember don't go too close to the EVE GATE. Bye" Dexter said, completely relaxed.

"Ok people we have to hold here for 5 minutes, offensive battle positions" The fleet of 50 ships held out for four minutes, slowly being destroyed but not before they took out the titan and carrier. "All frigates prepare for dive-bombs, on my mark … now" All the standard frigates flew up to the battleships and dreads and self-destructed, causing massive damage waves to go through the enemy fleets. "Aim for the dread!" The fleet consisted of 20 frigates (all dead now) ten battleships, three destroyers; one command battleship and the rest were Heavy assault cruisers.

Meanwhile the backup fleet consisted of ten titans, ten super-carriers, fifteen carriers, twenty dreadnoughts, eighty battleships, fifty battlecruisers, forty cruisers of various types, ten destroyers and twenty frigates; a force to be reckoned with.

"What the hell?!" The eve gate shot out a bright white incinerating both the enemy fleet and the rest of mine

A bright light….

Then Dexter arrived with his fleet. Panic erupted. But I was still in contact with my fleet. So I told them the gate was active and to guard it. Tell the commander. Defend the gate at all costs. It works. Keep the new fleet secret. I will return

Then darkness…