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Old July 4th, 2004, 05:15 PM
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Default Re: The Empire of Man (series of short stories)

Wow absolutely you can add them.....as long as you give me credit lol (j/k I know yah will).

Interlude

Admiral Renner commander of the undermanned underequipped and over stretched 6th fleet had just finished reading the after action report of the Unrelenting and wretched when he read the number of casualties. Renner stood up sharply and threw the report pLasti onto his teak desk as he thought about the colony's only survivor, His Excellency M'Lord Micha and couldn't help but resent the whole of the nobility at that very momeny because of the damn coward had been a navy Man Renner would have had him flogged for leaving his station and then shot for desertion.

Casually Renner walked over to a small desk and picked up a bottle of New Chicago brandy and poured himself a small glass taking slowe indulgent sip, imported nearly 70 lightyears and costing a small fortune, but entirely worth the cost he thought to himself. It was then that the door chime sounded, "Oh Lord's teeth who is it this time?" he whispered to noone in particular as he pushed the button to open the door.
A pleasent suprise awaited him for when the door slid open Renner saw a beautiful Human woman wearing a female Version of the dress blue's of the Imperial Navy. the young woman snapped to attention and saluted the Admiral nerviously, Renner casually saluted with a grin on his face as he watched the young Lieutenant squirm, naturally it took him a second to speak in order to keep from sounding overly amused and humiliating the poor woman.
"What can I do for you Lieutenant..?" He paused indicating that he'd like her to give her name.
"Carla Zurita sir!" the woman had a thick Torjan accent and Renner couldn't help but notice that if he paid closer attention to the young woman she looked every bit the Trojan, short by Sparta standards at only about 5'4 long black hair and an olive complexion that was typical of worlds colonized by Latin nations prior to the unification of the Empire and the abandoning of Earth all those centuries ago.
"Well Carla Zurita what can I do for you?" Renner had already asked that question and it was unusual for a staff officer to ask the same question twice especially to such a junior officer but the Admiral remembered what it was like to be young and nervious and decided to give the kid a break.

"Sir naval intelligence has sent me to discuss a series of reports from the frontier sir, if your not buisy at the moment may we begin now sir?" The young woman entered the room as Renner waved her towards one of the comfortable looking chairs placed in front of the old desk.
"Now Lieutenant Zurita, why does naval intel want to tell me about, aside from the Golkus incident the 6th fleet hasn't had any combat action since the incorporation of the Crystlonites about 15 years ago." His voice held sarcasm in abundance as Renner sat down and tabbed a button on a comp pad at the edge of his desk.
"Sir moral in this sector is at an all time low since the Golkus, Intelligence wants to find a hero type figure in the Imperial Navy or Marines to boost the moral of the population sir and they want your help." Her voice was tough and calm but Renner still saw raw nerves in her eyes as she handed him a pLasti with what appeared to be a report of some kind on it.
"So is this one of your candidates for hero Lieutenant?" Renner said curtly as he took the pLasti.
"Possibly sir." she said as absently as the admiral began to read.
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