16 -Detection!
Miraculously, the Skedar fleet managed to reach Earth without being detected by the maian empire. The maians did know that their border fleet had disappeared, so they were aware that the Skedar were up to something. When Skadra arrived in Earths orbit, he called Krijy and the others over to the starship Dreadar, for a meeting.
"Congratulations on the mission Krijy, Budge, Sultry, Bill, Death and…where's Syric, and who's this?"
"Syric betrayed us", said Krijy, "also we found an allie on the planet that was being held captive. His name is Leo."
"Welcome Leo", said Skadra, "it's unfortunate that Syric was a traitor, he always went on the side he thought would win, so I guess he made his last mistake. I won't trouble you about him anymore, but it is important that you know about the next part of your mission. Once we have hauled the ship out of the ocean, we can invade it. Since we don't know what it'll be like inside, we don't know what to expect. I leave your team in charge of invading it. You will land your ship on it and break your way in, so expect heavy resistance."
"What will happen once we get it?" asked Sultry.
"We will disintegrate Earth, and any other enemies that get in our way!" cried Krijy.
Suddenly, Skadra's phone rang. He picked it up and talked for a brief moment. His face went from a happy face, to an angry face. He slammed the phone down.
"It seems we have a slight problem", he said, "the tractor beam needs to charge itself up, which will take 7 hours."
"What if the maians come?" screamed Death.
"Then we will still proceed with the plan! If we lose, than the maians will get the weapon, and the Skedar will be eliminated!"
The Skedar made it no secret that twenty battle ships were orbiting Earth. The humans on the other hand, did. False rumours about comets were in the medias, so that the humans didn't mass panic. The only people that really knew about it, was the military. They were unprepared for an attack from outer space, and had their atom bombs at the ready. They tried to gain contact with the Skedar, but the Skedar didn't answer. One man figured out what was happening, and put all his resources into gaining contact with the aliens. This mans name was Daniel Carrington. Using the resources of the Carrington Institute, he had his scientists break the alien code that encrypted all messages. The messages he got from the Skedar were like anything he had never seen before. His team of scientists were on the brink of cracking the maian codes. They worked furiously for hours, and finally they had it.
General Mælø, leader of the maian fleet was sitting down doing paper work. Since the disappearance of the border fleet, there was a strange atmosphere in the air. The maian emperor must have heard about it by now, and Mælø's job was doomed. He would be de-ranked lower than the lowest rank, for his failure of losing the border fleet. He sat there, looking at the special phone that linked him directly to the emperor, expecting it to ring. He knew it would ring in the end, but he hadn't slept for days, so he lay down and tried to sleep. Suddenly it rang! Mælø panicked, and couldn't think of what he was going to say. Maybe he could just let it ring? Then he couldn't be de-ranked. He started shaking, and he knew that he would lose any way if he didn't answer it. He picked it up slowly.
"E emperor, how p pleasant of you to p phone me." Now he'd done it. The Emperor hated stuttering. Mælø heard someone breathing at the other end, he dared not listen.
"buzz-This is Daniel Carrington, why have you invaded our solar system? buzz."
General Mælø nearly died in relief. It wasn't the Emperor! He understood the language, and knew it was human, but he hadn't invaded Earth?
"This is General Mælø of the maian fleet, we know of no such invasion." There was an exited buzz at the other end of the line, and Carrington answered:
"Twenty ships are in our orbit, what are they doing?"
Twenty ships? Thought Mælø, that's a whole fleet. How could there be so many ships at Earth? Suddenly he understood everything. The Skedar were invading Earth! He dropped the phone and ran to the bridge.
"Captain! The Skedar are invading Earth! Set a course there immediately, we must stop them!"
Miraculously, the Skedar fleet managed to reach Earth without being detected by the maian empire. The maians did know that their border fleet had disappeared, so they were aware that the Skedar were up to something. When Skadra arrived in Earths orbit, he called Krijy and the others over to the starship Dreadar, for a meeting.
"Congratulations on the mission Krijy, Budge, Sultry, Bill, Death and…where's Syric, and who's this?"
"Syric betrayed us", said Krijy, "also we found an allie on the planet that was being held captive. His name is Leo."
"Welcome Leo", said Skadra, "it's unfortunate that Syric was a traitor, he always went on the side he thought would win, so I guess he made his last mistake. I won't trouble you about him anymore, but it is important that you know about the next part of your mission. Once we have hauled the ship out of the ocean, we can invade it. Since we don't know what it'll be like inside, we don't know what to expect. I leave your team in charge of invading it. You will land your ship on it and break your way in, so expect heavy resistance."
"What will happen once we get it?" asked Sultry.
"We will disintegrate Earth, and any other enemies that get in our way!" cried Krijy.
Suddenly, Skadra's phone rang. He picked it up and talked for a brief moment. His face went from a happy face, to an angry face. He slammed the phone down.
"It seems we have a slight problem", he said, "the tractor beam needs to charge itself up, which will take 7 hours."
"What if the maians come?" screamed Death.
"Then we will still proceed with the plan! If we lose, than the maians will get the weapon, and the Skedar will be eliminated!"
The Skedar made it no secret that twenty battle ships were orbiting Earth. The humans on the other hand, did. False rumours about comets were in the medias, so that the humans didn't mass panic. The only people that really knew about it, was the military. They were unprepared for an attack from outer space, and had their atom bombs at the ready. They tried to gain contact with the Skedar, but the Skedar didn't answer. One man figured out what was happening, and put all his resources into gaining contact with the aliens. This mans name was Daniel Carrington. Using the resources of the Carrington Institute, he had his scientists break the alien code that encrypted all messages. The messages he got from the Skedar were like anything he had never seen before. His team of scientists were on the brink of cracking the maian codes. They worked furiously for hours, and finally they had it.
General Mælø, leader of the maian fleet was sitting down doing paper work. Since the disappearance of the border fleet, there was a strange atmosphere in the air. The maian emperor must have heard about it by now, and Mælø's job was doomed. He would be de-ranked lower than the lowest rank, for his failure of losing the border fleet. He sat there, looking at the special phone that linked him directly to the emperor, expecting it to ring. He knew it would ring in the end, but he hadn't slept for days, so he lay down and tried to sleep. Suddenly it rang! Mælø panicked, and couldn't think of what he was going to say. Maybe he could just let it ring? Then he couldn't be de-ranked. He started shaking, and he knew that he would lose any way if he didn't answer it. He picked it up slowly.
"E emperor, how p pleasant of you to p phone me." Now he'd done it. The Emperor hated stuttering. Mælø heard someone breathing at the other end, he dared not listen.
"buzz-This is Daniel Carrington, why have you invaded our solar system? buzz."
General Mælø nearly died in relief. It wasn't the Emperor! He understood the language, and knew it was human, but he hadn't invaded Earth?
"This is General Mælø of the maian fleet, we know of no such invasion." There was an exited buzz at the other end of the line, and Carrington answered:
"Twenty ships are in our orbit, what are they doing?"
Twenty ships? Thought Mælø, that's a whole fleet. How could there be so many ships at Earth? Suddenly he understood everything. The Skedar were invading Earth! He dropped the phone and ran to the bridge.
"Captain! The Skedar are invading Earth! Set a course there immediately, we must stop them!"
