Echoes

[Zapp]

The Order flotilla had seen it coming. Isis had not lied. What they had not expected was the craftiness of the ship. Setting a trap at what they perceived to be its destination, they did not realize that there is more than one way to reach a destination.

So the Tundra forsook the Alaska passage for a more roundabout route...

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Through Omicron 92, Tohoku, Hokkaido. Uncharted systems. The Aoi Iseijin were not consulted. Movement was quick and efficient. No time to waste. A Naval Forces gunboat intercepted in Kyushu, but was dispatched through use of mind tricks after an attempt at boarding was made. Seeds were planted; Nomads hidden aboard to infect others later.

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Onward, through Kyushu to Shikoku on silent wings. No others heard the ripples it left behind. Shikoku to Galileo, where it was inevitable... the Hackers were too close. Yet they caught nothing but a glance of what they saw as an eccentric Naval cruiser far from home.

Quick, to Kepler where the hiding place would be found. A pocket of low-radiation. Kuryo cloud. It waited by a lane that was long unused.

The time would come. Echoes would be felt throughout Sirius. Of what? None could know.

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