1 Unseen War

1.1.1 Chapter One



The room had Motzart playing in the background. There was little light, but the light that was there came from a small lamp. A man was sitting at his desk, slowly drinking a bottle of wine. He listened to the music with extreme concentration, and kept his eyes closed as well. "Beep." He slowly came out of his state of dream and realized there was someone at the door.

"Enter!" He said with a slight bit of anger in his voice. The door opened a let in a stream of light right onto his face. "Damnit close the door for Christ sakes."

The man came forward and leaned on the angry mans desk. "You know John you really should consider letting a bit more light in here. Besides we are passing a very nice looking nebula right now." The man walked over to the covered windows and pressed the blast shield release button. Slowly the panels covering the windows came up and revealed a very colorful spectacle. The man turned around and looked at the rest of Johns' dwelling. "Well John it's been a while since I was in you quarters but I would say it looks rather like shit right now." He laughed and walked over to a chair near the desk and had a seat.

"What the hell did you come here for Kiefer?" John said as he squinted while he eyes adjusted to the light.

Kiefer looked at John for a second, and then handed him a small disc. "Well I might as well be formal now. Colonel, Captain Scott Kiefer reporting for duty, sir. I have been reassigned to be your adjutant. Or well that's what my orders were, and after I got my orders they told me to give that to you." He pointed at the disc as he said his last sentence.

"Well I guess I might as well see what my new orders are." John put the disc into his computer, and waited for whatever was on it to load up. The Raynors Raiders logo popped up onto the screen, and had a small blinking sign saying 'loading'.

The screen disappeared and was replaced by a dark outline of a man. The man walked forward into some light, but kept his head hung low so his face couldn't be seen. "Colonel John Cord, commanding officer of the 2nd RR Rangers. We have decided that you are the best choice for our next operation. Braxis, as you well know, is now becoming a major colony in the Koprulu sector. With this increase in power the Dominion is tightening its control on the planet. Now this has pissed off a lot of people on Braxis and we think that this could be used to our advantage. We are giving you control of the First Fighter Squadron, S-OPS Alpha Team, and your pervious command of the 2nd RR Rangers. We have already scouted out the planet and we found an abandoned Confederate outpost. With the men we have given you already, you are to secure this outpost and bring it into working order. Once you have completed this task you and part of the Alpha team will be sent to every city on the planet finding us new recruits. You are to then allow Alpha team to train the recruits. Once you have trained your recruits and secured a good defensive perimeter around your base we will give you new orders." The man started to turn around, but then looked back and brought his face into the light. "Oh my god its Commander Raynor himself," John thought to himself. "And one last thing. I have also put all the maps and data you will need for your mission in this disc so don't lose it. This is Raynor over and out."

John looked at the wall in disbelief. Scott came up behind him and put his hand on his shoulder. Well Colonel it looks like we better get to work. Ill go gather your forces onto our ship and prepare them for a briefing."

"You do that Scott. Ill get us some credits from our tap on the dominion treasury. Well Ill see you out there in four hours Scott. Good Bye." John walked out of the room and readjusted his officers' suit. The doors closed behind him, and he started to walk off. "I wonder how the hell I'm going to pull this one off." He said to himself quietly.