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Logan Conner made his way into a small bar on cambridge. A thumping music played in the background as he made his way to the bar tender.
"What will it be" asked the tender gruffly. I
"I'm not lookin' for a drink. "I need to talk to someone".
"Ok, who are you looking for" asked the bar tender"
"A man named Enoc Faal."
The tender laughed, "ya right he's a high up in the military. You can't just swagger your ass in here and expect to talk to him."
"This is important" insisted Conner.
" He comes here every so often but I a have not seen him in over three weeks" replied the bartender

An alarm interrupted the conversation and a news anchor appeared on the view-screen on the other side of the bar.
"This is the Galactic news network, recent reports of a battle above cambridge have been confirmed. According to our inside sources one Bertonian armed Forces Battleship has engaged an SSO battleship in a Low Planetary Orbit. It is advised at this time that citizens of cambridge take shelter until the crisis is over.
We will keep you up to date as the story develops..."

"DAMIT I'm, too late," thought Conner
Logan Conner ran out of the bar into a large plaza. Some citizens were running for shelter, others just simply looked up at the sky in horror. Several Large hull panels were no more than 12000 meters above their heads. Conner ran for his ship, and the panels stuck the ground. In a brilliant flash, Conner was blasted off his feet. Fire rained from the sky, the noise was beyond comprehension. Conner stood up unable to hear, choking on thick smoke and ran to his Manta....

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