Chapter 17-WAR!

The captains of the Skedar fleet were at a crisis meeting in the starship Dreadar. The maian fleet had been detected at the edge of the solar system and was advancing towards them. Battle plans lay spread out on the table in front of them, and everyone was tense.
"The entire maian fleet is coming, and we still don't have our mega weapon yet!" screamed Captain Skyne, "we must stop the tractor beam from charging itself up, and use the entire fleet to crush them!"
"What if they sneak up to the planet behind us and nick the mega weapon from behind our back!" cried Captain Sadjin.
"They don't know it exists", said Captain Reg, "but we do know that they think we're invading Earth, so if we leave Earth, they'll get even more suspicious that there's something we want on Earth!"
"I say throw everything we have at them, and fight to the end!" said Captain Skyne.
"Are you stupid", cursed Sadjin, "we need a good defence to protect our fleet. You can't just go and blast the crap out of the maians."
"QUIET", shouted Skadra over the row of angry Captains, "I'm the one to make the final decision. If we leave Earth, then the maians will become suspicious. What we want to do is protect the Dreadar, since it's the only starship with a strong enough tractor beam. Most of you are scared, because without the Dreadar there to back you up, the maians stand a chance at beating us. Brute force of weaponry is not the way out of this situation. We want to be stealthy and sneaky. One third of the Skedar fleet will stay and protect the Dreadar. The second will take a course to the outskirts of the solar system to intercept the maian fleet. The third part will cloak them selves and hide in the orbit of Jupiter and Mars. By the time the maian's get to mars, you will de-cloak. The part that was hidden near Mars will try and stop the maians, whilst the other part sneaks up behind them and gets them from behind. Meanwhile, the Dreadar will have finished the charge up of the tractor beam. We will pull the ship out of the Pacific Ocean, and the "mr.blonde team" will invade it. Once we have the weapon installed on the Dreadar, we will crush the remains of the maian fleet!"
"What do we do if the maians reach Earth?" asked Captain Reg.
"By the time they reach Earth we will have the mega weapon to greet them!" cried Skadra, "Go to your ships and prepare yourselves. When you meet the maians fire immediately, and ask questions later. Take no prisoners, for there we be lots of slaves on the maian home world once we reach it."

The Skedar fleet split into three parts. The first part led by Captain Sadjin consisted of 7 ships. The second part was led by Captain Skyne and consisted of 6 ships. Half of them hid in the orbit of Jupiter, and the other half (led by Captain Reg) hid in the orbit of Mars. Skadra from inside the Dreadar led the last part. It consisted of 6 starships. The maian fleet was closing in on the first part of the fleet. The maians had 13 starships, and 10 squadrons of chaser ships (one manned vessels).

General Mælø knew that even though the maians only had 16 starships, if he played his cards right he could crush the Skedar fleet. His ships had detected 6 Skedar starships coming towards them. This was his best chance of catching them off guard. He sent a quarter of his fleet to one side of the Skedar and another Quarter to the other. They would be cloaked, and when needed they would de-cloak and crush the Skedar. The remaining 8 ships would try and negotiate with the Skedar.
"Open a communications channel to the Skedar ships", ordered General Mælø, "I want to try and make them surrender."
CRASH!
The entire ship tilted as a Skedar torpedo hit the ships shields, taking half their power.
"RAISE THE SHIELDS!" screamed Mælø, "and forget that last order. Launch the squadrons."

Captain Sadjin had led his small fleet towards the 8 maian starships. He singled out one of them and fired all his weaponry at it. It didn't stand long and exploded next to another, taking the on with it. Now the maians only had 6 ships.
"We're winning", shouted Sadjin, "start shooting the other ships."
"Captain!" said a guard, "10 squadrons are coming towards our starship Ubrukelig!"
"Ow no, not squadrons! What is the position of the Ubrukelig?"
"It's to our right…hang on Captain, the maians are about to fire at us!" A maian torpedo hit the starship Sadjin was in, and damaged the shields and the torpedo bay. Meanwhile the squadrons were closing in on the Ubrukelig. A squadron is a starships worst enemy. A starship being big and bulky, finds it very hard to hit the small chaser ships. The chaser ships had good weaponry, and photon lasers. The shield wouldn't last long, and soon the Ubrukelig would be destroyed. Captain Sadjin had to think of something fast. He had to get rid of all the squadrons at once, in a big explosion. During his study of war, he had learnt that an exploding starship was useless. He had also learnt to protect and help his fellow comrades, but he had to get rid of the squadrons. He saw no other way out. He had to make the order he was going to do, so that the squadrons were destroyed.
"This is Captain Sadjin contacting the Ubrukelig."
"We read you Captain", said the commander of the Ubrukelig, "what is our next move?"
"Fly towards the maian starships"
There was a long silence.
"H have you gone mad! That's suicide! They'll destroy us in minutes", cried the Commander.
"You have your orders Commander."
The starship Ubrukelig began flying towards the nearest maian starship, and the squadrons were swarming around it.
Captain Sadjin had planned out the results of the kamikaze act. The starship Ubrukelig would be destroyed, but that's what Captain Sadjin had planned for. His next move was against all Skedar laws, but who would find out? Captain Sadjin activated the self-destruct sequence for the starship Ubrukelig.

KRÆSJ!
General Mælø flew across the bridge as one of the maian starships exploded nearby.
"General!" cried the Captain, "Two of our starships have been destroyed!"
"What? Get the bastards. Fire at the ship to the right of the one the squadrons are attacking."
General Mælø had just begun putting his tactical war plan into process. His squadrons would destroy the ships one by one, and his starships would destroy the enemy weaponry. What he hadn't understood though, was the kamikaze attitude of Captain Sadjin. The starship Ubrukelig had started going towards his other ships. He had to move them before the squadrons destroyed it. Before he had the chance, the Ubrukelig self-detonated, destroying Mælø's army of squadrons, and two nearby starships!
"NOOOOOOOO!" screamed General Mælø, "this is getting way out of hand. Order the cloaked vessels to crush the Skedar, we only have four ships left!"

"Captain Sadjin", screamed a guard, "four maian starships have de-cloaked on either side of us!"
"WHAT, shoot them with everything you've got."
"Our torpedo bay has been destroyed, and the same goes for three of our other ships!"
"Have the remaining two fire at the maians and retreat."
"Captain! Three more of our ships have been destroyed!"
Noooo, thought Captain Sadjin. Now he only had 2 starships left! He had to think of something fast.
"Commander", he said to one of the crew, "take us to the coordinates 23.56.89"
"But that's where one of the maian ships are! It'll be suicide."
BANG!
Captain Sadjin shot the commander in the head and grabbed the steering wheel. He steered the ship towards a maian ship and ordered his last order:
"Guard! Turn on the light speed engines!"

Captain Sadjin's starship sped towards the four maian starships that had de-cloaked to the right. It hit the one in the middle, and entered light speed at the same time. There was a tremendous implosion that bent the laws of physics. The implosion created a black hole that sucked the other three maian ships into it, together with the last Skedar starships.
Captain Sadjin's army was defeated, and the maians only had half their fleet left!