New Beginnings

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[color=#FFCC33]Chapter 1 1/2

The massive purple vessel, the very ship that destroyed our home.
It was right in front of us and we were ready to get revenge. I sat
in the commanders chair to the bridge. Staring at the image
in front of us. Now came a choice. To hit the ship or to hit the planet.
I decided to call a vote.

"Alright we've been chasing this things tail for years. Now we have
caught it. Here's the dilemma. Which should we attack first? The
ship or the planet.? We all know that the main guns cool down time
is of or about 5 minutes. In that five minutes alot can happen.
We also know that whatever these things are, they are very powerful.
So lets discuss it. Show of hands who says we should attack the ship
with the first shot. Being we are in range and from what I can guess
we are undetected."

Most of the crew raised their hands showing the new target would
indeed be the very vessel that took out their home.

"Alright all hands red alert prepare the main gun to fire. Put all
power into the main gun and leave enough for the shield to stay
at full!"

As I gave the order the entire ship went pitch black all things
that didnt need to be on weren't. Most the ship was silent at
this time as everyone onboard waited for this very moment.
Some, even the old man, thought they'd never see the day
we got revenge.

All I heard after the ship went black was a humming noise that
gradually got louder and louder. Though at the peak of what
I thought was as loud as the hum would get. The humming
suddenly died. The main gun malfunctioned. Then again
it was never fired or used until this moment.

"Sir the cannon had a coolant malfunction the engineers
are working as fast as they can to fix it."

I nodded to the girl who told me the news. Just then another
crew member spoke out. More like yelled out really.

"SIR! Unknown vessel appearing on our port side!"

A large vessel not of the purple type appeared next to us.

"Sir it's hailing us."

"This is Commodore Caitlyn Shauers of the 122nd Order Guard.
On board the 122nd Flagship, Tenabras. We have been watching
you for quite some time on long range scans. We see that you
are going to attack one of the main hive of the Nomads.
Our attacks in recent months have failed and ask that you stand
down or face the same fate as the others. That planet is
almost indestructible."

"Commodore Caitlyn huh...What makes us think your not one of
them?" I asked."

She gave me a simple and abrupt response. "Do we look purple?!"

I made a slight chuckle before responding.

"No I guess not. Well this is Fleet Admiral Scotty Grounds. We are
an independent coalition vessel from the Milky Way System. We
are not here to blow up the planet but blow up the ship that blew
our home up. Planet Earth."

As I waited for a response I knew I said something wrong. Or
did I say something right?

"Earth...Nomads....Blowing up earth?! Admiral! We havent tried
to attack the main vessel. You may go ahead and try. We will
block off any attackers."

The Tenabras pulled a bit forward as the humming commenced
yet again. This time it went passed the last point in loud constant
hum. As the cannon charged up the Tenabras vanished as though
it were never there. We thought it ditched us.

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