Part 2
„Rising"
For almost four months Earth Alliance explored nearby sectors looking for misterious Dilgar vessel. Few more Dilgar sightings are reported by exploration and mining ships in outskirts of Earth space. But no clue from where those ships came. It was total mistery, but Earth Alliance didnt want to risk, it doubled patrols in outer systems, even launching hundreds of spy probes all around Earth Alliance.
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NEW OMELOS
Orthan City, Dilgar High Command, Supreme Warmaster office
„ Come in Ra'shan" said Dha'ur after hearing knocking on door.
„ Sir, i have total count on ship strenght in time of attack, some of those units are still underconstruction but in time of attack they will be ready" respond Ras'han and continue
„ Our battlefleet will be ready in less then 2 years from now, i strongly suggest not attacking before that. This is total of all classes that will participate in attack on Earth Alliance. I will start with strongest units: 1 Deathwalker class dreadnought – your flagship, 24 Mankhat class dreadnoughts, all survivors from last war, 60 Mishakur class dreadnought plus 5 command versions 65 in total, 25 new Tratharti class heavy cruisers, 72 Tikrit class heavy cruisers, 320 Sehkmet class heavy cruisers few are survivors from war, 600 Ochlavita class destroyers, 140 Ochlavita Ki class command destroyers, 80 Targath class strike cruisers, 150 Tahsnat class missile cruisers, 750 Omelios class light cruisers, 40 Warhant class Heavy Assault ships, 300 Jashakar class frigates (half of them in role of scouts), 25 Garasoch class heavy carriers, 70 Atrashkala class missile cruisers plus 100 troop transport, equipment transports and over 120 tankers. In total: 2637 warships and 230 supply vessels."
„Most impressive, but 230 supply ships for fleet of this size, it will not be enough" Dha'ur points
„yes, we expected even more of supply ships builded before we launch attack"
„And what about crews, how much crews will be added to this fleet, plus ground troops, Ras'han we cant risk our people as we do it before, simply there is no enough of us"
„Yes here are total numbers needed: Each indvidiual ship: Deathwalker class crew 564 (64 pilots), Mankhat class 460 crew (60 pilots), Mishakur class 520 crew (64 pilotes), Tratharti class 240 crew (36 pilots), Sehkmet class 290 crew ( 24 pilots), Tikrit class 160 crew ( 20 pilots), Ochlavita class 200 crew ( 20 pilots), Ochlavita Ki class 220 ( 20 pilots), Targath class 120 crew( 16 pilots), Tahsnat class 80 crew ( no pilots), Omelios class 45 crew ( no pilots), Warhant class 100 crew ( 12 pilots), Jashakar class 40 crew ( no pilots), Garasoch class 650 crew ( 160 pilots), Atrashkala class 85 crew ( no pilots) plus 300 for support ships and that is in total 396310 personal, from that 36240 fighter pilots. We have 36240 fighters in both Thorun and Kron. Kron fighters made about 75 % of our fighter forces Thoruns keep the rest."
„What about Kir'rnau carriers" asks Dha'ur
„Yes i almost forgot them, we start moding them to look like they look during the war, large troop transports with one exception they are not troop transports any more neither fighter carriers, actually they are carriers but they are now drone carriers"
„I dont understand"
„Simple, we retrofit them with automatic launch and recovery bays, each Kir'rnau have 40 Kron AI fighters, each fighter programmed to comply on orders that came from one tactical station on each Kir'rnau. Also it have 40 Ashu class bombers also outfit with AI."
„Impressive, but can enemy crack signal on those fighters and bombers and turn them against us, or can those fighters turn on us?"
„No, only tactical officer on each carrier can manage those ships, with series of codes, scripts each full with orders our AI fighters and bombers will attack enemy on our command and learn in way of fight, they will also avoid, and memorize enemy movment and tactics. And that is not all, each capital ship that carries fighters will have additional AI fighters or bombers on their hulls, once order for attack is given they will just detach and attack enemy. Sir as you noticed, from 4 766 890 of our people 396310 are in navy on our ships and fighters, plus 120500 of our ground units that make in total of 516810 in military. Little more then half milion man and woman from entire population. Our people are not forgot what Earth Alliance and LONAW races do to us, and each individual that can carry the weapon in hands will fight. But aslo there is a problem. Once we finaly start our attack we can always stop it before we came to Earth borders. We cant alowed large losses because there will need time to replace lost ships or crews. For ships it is not problem, with our production rate we can always make new ships, and thx to our Kanari workforce fuel and materials are never to be in short supply. But people however can, even with increasing brith rate and new medicines that increase our life spawn, and with some medicines also protect from disseases. We still do not master cloning. „
Supreme warmaster Dha'ur looking on city benith him for some time after Ras'han stop talking and turn to Ras'han asking
„How long would take for Cloning program to become active, working ocourse"
„It can take years, a decade at most"
„Hm, and even then you will not be sure if will work 100% right?"
„Correct sir, it would for sure need at least two decades to perfect this technology."
„Pitty, cloning would give us big advantage, building massive number of ships and always having crew for them, and no matter how much that we we would aways have fresh reinforcements"
„Sir we can always put entire attack plan on standby, i mean even when we attack Earth in two years we have only one chance, if we lost first battles it is over. We know location of their systems, some of their defenses but our scouts can not enter their inner colonies or Sol system itself, and some of their outer colonies are also well protected. Sir we mybe haw large fleet but 2500 ships is nothing compare to Earthforce that have 10-15 thousand ships on dispossal. „
„Yes Ras'han, they mybe have large fleet, but dont forgot they are in war with Drakhs and they having many of theif fleets attacking Drakh space, yes still they have enough ships to defend themself but in one attack we can deal with them by attacking Earth itself. „
„But what if we cant, what if we lost again, i mean is it not better to attack some of former LONAW races again"
„Mybe but LONAW forces are weak, easy to turn against each others, that is what our Spectre spys will do. I had plan to send them sooner, but that plan was not so important at this moment. Do we have any ship near human space at this moment?"
„Yes, two Omelios light cruisers and one Jashakur frigate."
„Good, inform plz Battlemaster Ca'der not to do any foolishness, they will already suspect for sudden show up of our cruiser in side of one of their systems."
„Yes sir"
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Alpha Centauri system – Alpha Centauri Colony
Main Alpha Centauri starport in New Rotterdam city, secured section
Three persons one of them definitly female with her head hooded walking between two guards, her hands are been tied with handcuffs, they move slowly to the shuttle that waits them. After inspection by shuttle guard trio enters in back of shuttle, doors close behind them, as they move to their seats woman in middle stab one of the guards in neck with fork that she hidded, and she hit second guard with her arm, in rush she took PPG from dead guard and shot second gaurd in chest. She move to the cockpit and hit in head pilot and kill co pilot with PPG gun. She then throw all bodys in back part of shuttle. When she was done, she get back to cockpit and turn engines of shuttle on. Shuttle shake for second as it start ascend. It was only half minute before she reach orbit. There she closed door from cockpit to back part of shuttle and she open doors of shuttle witch cause decompression that eject all bodies out, then she closed doors and start her way to the nearest jump point.
It was not long before patrol craft in orbit finds those bodies and report back to central control on planet. But by then she was already enter hyperspace and dissapear.
She set course for Corus system. Once first staging point for Dilgars before they attack Markab. Her jurney suppost to last for at least 6 hours. She put down her hood and she show her face that was smiling.
Half hour before she come to beacon for Cours, alam sounds that ship was close, ship was closing fast, she was first in shock when she recognize the ship, it was Omelios light cruiser, Dilgar ship.
She open channel and introduce herself. Captain of the ship was shocked, but then order that cargo doors be open. They did it she think, even against the odds they did. Her brother if is still alive will be very suprised when see her.
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Earth, Sol system
Geneva, Earthdome, president office
„How do you mean she escaped" president Henderson was angry, it was dissaster that one of most wanted criminals in known space escape on such stupid and easy way.
„Sir from abduction of all bodys find in orbit, one was stabbed in neck, two killed by close range from PPG and third sufficate in space so it must be passed when she suprise him." Respond Paul Walker
„Great, if ISA finds about this Earth Alliance will bee in deep sheets, gentlemen, hidding one of most wanted killer, we risk when we hide her on Babylon 5, it was good idea send automated ship with false life reading, fearing that it will be attacked by league ships, and it was attacked by Vorlon ship. Luckly Vorlons didnt noticed that it was fraud. And now she escapes"
„At least we have her reaserch on serum sir" say Walker, beliving that it will be good proof to calm president but was wrong.
„Yes mybe but without her it dont work. And i am more concerned what will be when Balosians, Drazi, Brakiri and other races that suffer during Dilgar war finds that we keep war criminal Jha'dur for 17 years without telling anyone for it. That we promise fair trial that all races that sufferd atrocities by her can participate. It will be madness"
„No sir, it will not be, nobody will know for this. We already turn half of Earthforce to find her, i know it is zero percent that we would find her again, but what one Dilgar can do. And that shuttle dont have any suplies where shall Jha'dur go, she will die in space alone, without food or water."
„Paul i just hope you are right about this, i just hope."
Week later...
Xenith nebula, New Omelos
Orthan City, Dilgar High Command, Supreme warmaster office
Supreme Warmaster Aid enters the room and give report about ship that just return.
„Sir one of our ships return from misison, they report they find one person that you will be very eager to meet" said Tarid
„Did they say who is that person" ask Dha'ur
„No, that person wants to meet with you in person. And say it is very important." Replied Tarid
„Alright send that person in when arrive"
„It is already her"
Opening door Tarid move to the side, one person enters the room having hood on head.
„Who are you, and what is so important that you want audience with me?" ask Dha'ur
„Is that how you speak with your sister Dha'ur" replies Jha'dur and remove hood from head
„Sister?"
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Well, happy family reunion didn't you think. Well i must say I couldnt resist to bring back Jha'dur. Because from other storys i read, and from biography on many sites, she was also a good tactician, and i felt that current Dilgar navy could use her again.