But a second later, its internal systems simply let out long sighs and clinking groans as the whole thing came to a stop. Now that the siege piston was dead, Freya flew up towards the heavy door, then opened communications with whoever was inside. “Hey,” she said, perhaps a bit too casually. “Your
Planet: Thilarri Central, Thilarri System, Imperial Domain of the Boundless Drogar The crowd across the amphitheater stands cheered wildly and with incredible gusto. Most were standing up, yelling, clapping, stomping, making the most noise possible. Tens of thousands of them all faced towards the m
“If we are to stop this madness,” the former swarmfather continued, “we must first remove the Empress from her seat of power. We must repeal the Imperial order to invade, pay whatever restitutions we can, and immediately reinstate trade. “Our Empire doesn’t need to fight with everyone. To those who
Gredalii Moon, Planet: Zha’ress III, Zha’ress System, Imperial Domain of the Boundless Drogar The Zha’ress System. One of the many critical industrial star systems inhabited by the Drogar. Like most other systems in the entire galaxy, the Drogar relied on dyson spheres around their stars for ener
There were dozens of Drogar amidst all of the machinery on each of the six sides, doing their jobs as normal. Engineers and technicians were at their terminals or cleaning up their workspaces or attending to some small emergency. Designers and analysts were in discussions with each other as they poi
The commando team filed into a dark, low, and narrow maintenance corridor as quickly as they could. Behind them, Raijin closed the hatch they came through, then followed right behind. The maintenance corridor was lined with pipes and wires and tubes along each of its hexagonal sides. And it was sma
“I will do my best.” Raijin walked up to one of the terminals and placed her hand on its screen. She quickly connected to the data using a guest account, and at the same time injected thousands of nanites into the public portions of the circuit itself. Although she wanted to read the actual data i
Raijin exited her machine trance with a long gasp. She stepped back just as she withdrew the last of her nanites from the databank, then turned towards Xylo with a grin on her face. “So, you found something good, then?” Xylo said. “I can confirm our suspicions,” Raijin replied. “The ships are alm