(Please forgive any grammar and spelling mistakes as I am Dyslexic)

(This story is on hiatus until further notice)

As the twins arrived with the fleet Dylan felt a wave of relief and hope pass over him like a cool breeze on a hot day, he had a just left a meeting with Admiral Rhade and the triumvir the plan, his plan had been finalised and approved.

He sat alone in his office aboard the Andromeda, going over the plan once more before he made the necessary briefings, he needed time to reflect on what he was doing and how it would reflect not only on himself but the new high guard as a hole, he was about to plunge the new systems commonwealth into a very costly war against the most deadly threat currently against it, though the Magog were probably the most deadly threat against them, their recent actions against the world ship made it so it won't be attacking anything for at least a few years.

As he scrolled down the list of ships and crew on his pad, he was interrupted by the chime of the door bell,

"Come" he called as he finished the list and signed the document before sending it off to the ship captains, Dylan had known that paperwork would be a large factor of his new role and he never envied the position because of it, Dylan always thought that he would retire as a captain, ever since he was a boy and he read up on the commonwealth military, his father was a proud lancer and a non commissioned officer, as his father would say "I work for a living dam it", Dylan believed that not even upon his dyeing day that his father ever forgive Dylan for becoming an offer and defiantly never for joining the fleet, or as his father put it "can you imagine an enlisted man raising an officer", Oh Dylan knew his father loved him and was very proud of him but he wanted Dylan to follow in his footsteps as a lancer.

He looked up from his documentation to see three people, more specifically three Nietzschean officers, on was a stunning Nubian beauty tall Lilith and fierce her hair was tied back in dreadlocks that held tight to her head, she wore the type A red Duty uniform with tan trousers and with two force lances one on each thighs and stood at perfect attention, you could barely tell that she was a AI avatar, the next was an olive skinned Amazon tall and strong with a air of grace that seemed to distract from her predators gaze, she wore the type B black uniform with black trousers and boots, and Dylan could practically feel the excitement in her body, the last was a very large man of European descent pale skin and red haired and built like a tank he had Celtic knot work tattoos on his face and eyes that seemed to shine green with barely contained savagery, he also had red bushy thick beard on his face with small flecks of blond hair nestled in the red thatch. He wore the type B lancer uniform black with red highlights.

"Thank you for coming" said Dylan looking the three over as he placed the pad on to the desk, "I have called you hear for a mission" he said as he got to his feet "a mission of the utmost urgency and secrecy" he walked around his desk the three officers eyes following him as he walked to the newly installed computer screen, he tapped a button and the screen came to life showing a very familiar planet. "This as I'm sure you know is the planet Earth; currently it is in the hands of the Drago-Kazov pride who are using it as a slave labour camp and their main fleet construction centre" the three nodded understanding, "the dragons are currently at war with two other prides and are leaning heavily on Earth's meagre population to build war ships, mostly prowlers and heavy cruisers" he pressed a button showing the earth orbit showing a vast construction going on "the Dragons have prided themselves on being the largest and most powerful of the prides and Earth is the shining jewel in there crown, conquering and holding the home land of all humans and human augmented species" there came a glimmer of understanding from the Avatar "and we are going to take it from them, and weaken the Dragons position with the other prides and drawing more prides against them, Currently the Dragons are in an especially precarious position after destroying the Kodiak pride and loosing the bones of Drago Museveni in the process" there was a growl from the man, "and there war against the Aterus, Gunga Din prides has taken a turn for the worse for them, intelligence reports show three fleets were smashed at anchor and their main fleet base in the Orion arm of the Milky Way Galaxy has been destroyed, the result of the dragons being caught with their pants down is that the Sabre-Jaguar pride has joined against them, they are being backed secretly by the Three Rivers and Jaguar prides who are providing arms and ships all under the watchful eyes of the Museveni Pride Queen Adele"

Dylan paused for a moment to let the information sink in

"This war has tied up allot of resources for the Dragons" he said as he pressed another button showing the Milky Way Galaxy map with different Nietzschean icons representing Dragon fleets "as you can see they are stretched very thin on the ground, very thin" he pressed another button showing arrows leading to earth "at best our estimates show that it will take the nearest Dragon fleet three days to get to earth"

"Sir" spoke up the Amazon woman

"Yes Captain"

"The slip routs from where you are indicating are only at best nine hours from earth"

"I was hoping one of you would catch that" he said as he pressed another button "Captain Thea is correct the routs indicated would take nine hours usually for a response fleet to hit earth" the screen changed showing commonwealth icons "but we are going to pull a simultaneous attack" there was a pause "we will eliminate the three closest fleets here, here and here" indicated to a planet an asteroid belt and a pink red nebular the computer isolated and enhanced all three locations "with the destruction of these three fleets the nearest fleet is here at Epsilon Alpha"

There was a look of understanding in the three officers

"And the nearest fleet is three days travel away" said the tall man

"Correct Colonel Rene"

"Where do we come in sir?" asked the Avatar

"Well Vigilance" he said indicating to the Nubian Avatar "I need eyes on the ground" he then indicated to all three officers who nodded.

"I need infiltration specialists to get to earth because The High guard left three large military bases hidden on earth and sealed from anything other than Commonwealth command codes"

"What kind of bases sir"

"In the Scottish highlands there was a base that houses planet fall defence robots, at last count it was at Brigade Strength" he pressed another button "hear in the Himalayas there was a command bunker, it housed twenty three cryogenic pods any command survivors would be there" another button press highlighted the Sahara desert hear there was a second command bunker "hear there was a munitions depot that housed mechanised infantry"

"What makes you think that there still there sir, it has been three hundred years"

"There construction necessitated the utmost secrecy and classified Admiralty eyes only at the time of the long night there were no Nietzschean Admirals " he said "they were built by construction mechs underground, there is only one way in on each and that is with a commonwealth command code of no less that Admiral upper half and fleet Admiral" he pressed another button "there entrances are shielded by natural thick rock and iron deposits to hide them from any scanners" he pressed another button "and they are at least a hundred and fifty feet down" he pressed another button "and the scanning disrupters would show up as nothing out of the ordinary"

Dylan paused again

"Vigilante watcher" he pointed to the Avatar "you are the best infiltration ship in the fleet with your optical and sensor camouflage you will be indispensable in this mission" he pointed to the female Nietzschean "Captain Thea you have been chosen to command the ship because Admiral Rhade recommended you" he pointed at the large male Nietzschean "Colonel Rene your brigade is the best at infiltration and assault as soon as Earth has been properly scouted your team will lead the assault"

He paused for the last time

"Once the status of the three command posts is found you will then begin phase two" he pressed a button again "the identification and infiltration of all slave camps on earth, you will then identify the leaders of the human resistance and prepare them for our arrival, sabotage the shipyards and generally cause a nuisance for the Nietzschean overlords there" he tapped one last button you will have two months before our planned assault, any changes to the plan you will be informed if we are able"

"Understood sir" they saluted

Dylan walked back to his desk and picked up three pads handing one to each officer

"I have had Mr Harper debriefed on the Earth resistance and he will be joining you on this mission, Mr Harper is a Friend"

"Don't worry sir we will bring him back in one piece" they each took a pad saluted then left leaving Dylan once again alone.

The mission was one hell of a move and if it failed... No Dylan thought I can't afford to be defeatist not now I have to believe that we can do this.

(Wrath of Achilles Telemachus Rhade p.o.v)

The controls where sluggish was the first through Rhade had on his transport ride, it was the first time in years that he had taken the helm of anything and he was finding it distractingly pleasing.

As the small shuttle approached its destination the image of a great golden crown filled the viewing port,

"Beautiful" Rhade whispered to himself in astonished awe

The Siege Perilous class Deep Stand-off Attack Ship 2 was the successor to the Righteous Fist of Heaven Class, and one of the only dedicated ship hunters in the fleet, the Siege Perilous was a predator made and built to hunt and kill ships of any class, with an armament to rival The Glorious Heritage class, they are fast agile and Rhade had wanted one since he was a child and first entered the Terrazed academe.

He spun the ship around and headed to the docking bay an almost invisible target on the body of the golden ship.

As he brought the ship to a slow smooth landing inside the landing bay he noticed a tall strongly built man of African descent looking on from the landing bay command section, he moved visibly reluctantly to close the landing bay doors and repressurise the bay.

As Rhade made his way down the ramp he was greeted by six mechanised lancers three on his left and three on his right, the large African man stood at the entrance of the landing bay and glared before marching up to greet Rhade

"I am Admi..." Rhade was cut off before he could finish

"I know who you are" he said still glaring "I also know why you are here" the two stared at each other for a moment

"How di..."

"Andromeda called" he said turning and heading out the door Rhade following closely behind "she asked that I listen to your proposal before I throw you out"

"How very social of her"

"She is my older sister" he said turning around to face the Admiral "and I respect her opinion, but this is my ship, my body and my decision"

"And I respect that" he said staring into the cold brown eyes of the Achilles "but I should be allowed to at least plead my case to you"

"I know your case inside and out" he said as he continued to walk down the deserted corridor their footsteps echoing as they walked "I have seen your personal file and I have analysed every decision you have ever made politically and tactically"

"So you already know what I am asking you then"

"Indeed" there was silence again uncomfortable and unsettling

"Look I..." once again he was cut off, the larger man spinning around rage clearly plastered on his face

"No you look" he spat "the last time I had a Nietzschean commander her turned traitor and butchered the entire crew" he said poking Rhade in the chest "I beat him to death with his own arms" Rhade took an unconscious step back "I am not prepared to serve another"

"A third of the Terrazed military is Nietzschean Achilles"

"I know I have the numbers"

"What would I need to do to earn your trust?"