Felina Golumbine was not sure what to do. There were alerts going off and people running around with guns and they said she should get to safety but where was safe. Then there was an explosion. She saw a flash and was knocked back and then there was only dark.
Evan Evaide held Anyantha Whitecross as they took shelter in the commissary. Lights began to flicker and then some of them burst into sparks.
Dr. Vandis Bane huddled in a corner in her quarters and prayed for it all to be over.
In the kite fighter bay the horde aliens were learning. They weaved and zigzagged. They used one arm to protect their dome heads. It was getting harder to take them down and they were not stopping and there was no visible end to them
“Wake up you ugly alien son of a bitch,” was what Zai awoke to have Duron scream in his face.
“Move,” said Zai as he leaped to his feet and stepped into the razor system control ring. He put his hands together as if to pray. Zai began shouting in a language no one recognized. The wings of the Daedlus expanded as the razor system activated. But something new happened. The front of the ship, the ‘beak’ began glowing and the wings began to glow bright as well. The beak detached from the rest of the ship. The parts of the wings began flying away like feathers. The beak and the feathers zoomed through space and collided with one of the Spectral Horde battle cruisers. The enemy ship was torn apart and the beak and feathers headed for the next target.
All over the ship the horde aliens stopped attacking for a moment. Then they all began running away. But they were not retreating. They were all now headed for the command and control center.
At first Zai’s shouting seemed random. After hearing it for a bit they realized he was chanting.
Zanka Aros,
Zonga Moko,
Shaka Rozo,
Zanda Kaas
Another Spectral Horde battle cruiser went down. The third began to break away. But it was too late. The beak and the feathers cut it to pieces then they returned to the ship. All over the ship horde drones fell down lifeless.
“So what was that?” asked Duron, “some kind of voice controlled combat system?”
“That is one way to put it,” said Zai, “It was a powerful combat spell that when combined with Raath technology can amplify the razor system.”
“A spell, you mean like magic? But there is no such thing as magic.”
“One hundred years ago everyone on your planet was sure there was no such thing as aliens. Try to keep and open mind.”
“This is a really nice morgue,” said Dr. Winchester Faction, “I knew people would probably die on this mission but I assumed it would be from outer space combat. When a fighter explodes there is not enough left of the body to make recovery worth it. I did not think I would be using this morgue. Now we have eight people in it and dozens more injured.”
“It could have been much worse,” said Duron.
“Well let me show you what I found,” said Dr. Faction.
There was a horde drone out on a table. Dr. Faction had been dissecting it.
“It looks like Zai was right. These things are not alive. They are robotic drones. But they are like the opposite of what he have on Earth. We are soft fleshy creatures and traditionally we use metal as armor. These things are the opposite. They are these skinny little combat robots that have this thick organic armor kind of like an insect carapace grown over their robotic parts. I’ve never seen anything like it before. And this blue dome with the blue ooze is where they get their remote signals. The blue stuff is a coolant for the circuits. Without it they must overheat fast.”
“I still wish we knew how they knew where to attack us,” said Duron, “How did they know where everything was on the ship? I wonder if it is linked to the thing they are using to tamper with the fighters targeting systems. We just don’t know. Thank you for everything Dr. Faction. I should get to the briefing in the common hall.”
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