All Good Things Come to an End - Chapter Six Part Two

 

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Something terrible is on its way to the Galactic Council of Planets. The infiltration has begun.

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Galactic Council of Planets transport

The inspection team from the Galactic Council of Planets satin a conference room aboard a Kalquorian-designed cruiser, speeding to its homeberth on Jedver, the hub planet of the council.

They were of a smattering of multiple races, seven of thetwo hundred belonging to the GC. They ringed the table, gazing across itssmooth light green surface at each other.

Only Nezlo, the Alneusian commander of the inspection team,stood…or rather, floated. Their environmental exosuit was filled with the waterof their home sea on Alneusia. The suit possessed a humanoid shape and couldmove as a bipedal entity, thanks to its robotic chassis. Their bulbous eyesfilled most of the bubble headpiece.

It was an excellent suit, impervious to most shocks andattacks. Had the Alneusian been exposed to the air their fellows thrived in,they would have died in seconds, but the suit was made to withstand a largenumber of threats to its inhabitant.

It wasn’t made to keep out an entity phased partially fromanother dimension, however.

The Alneusian spoke their native language, and the earpiecesworn by their fellow inspectors’ translated. They answered in their own speech.What they said would have been typical of any debriefing after an inspection ofBi’is, nothing anyone who stepped into the room would have been surprised tohear. The yeomen who occasionally entered to ensure everyone had what theyneeded for their meeting found little amiss.

One or two did a doubletake when they glimpsed something oddat the periphery of their view. A Bezcux yeoman swung around on its six legs toappraise with swaying stalk eyes the Plasian inspector, certain it had spotteda dark, bulbous shape hanging on the Plasian’s neck and back. A youngorange-furred Joshadan chirped surprise at the inspector from Cimyo, thenhunched and uttered an apologetic trill when she was given a questioningglance.

Tricks of the light, the Bezcux and Joshadan both thought inthe bare seconds before they too were mounted and their minds seized.

Beneath the drone of the debriefing, a second conversationtook place, unheard by ears or translators. It was as intense as the meeting’sofficial transcript was dull.

Two hundred species, but only one appears to possess theability to invade our realm.

It is a member of this body, however. It will tell how toreach what is ours.

It operates in secret. It does not trust the body.

Separation kills. The All will prevail.

If they remain separate.

What does the All tell us? It is good to listen.

Listen to the All.

They listened. The answer came quickly.

Extermination. The Kalquorians first, then the rest toconfirm they will not invade what is ours.

Yes.

Death to the Kalquorians.

Death to those who are not All. It is good.

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A new planet. A newenemy. Is the end coming for the Kalquorian Empire?

In the aftermath ofthe Kalquorian civil war and the defeat of the Bi’is invasion fleet, the empirehas enjoyed peace. A new Earth has been born. A Kalquorian leads the GalacticCouncil of Planets. An era of harmony seems assured.

However, new dangersarrive on the horizon. Governor Stacy Nichols finds herself at odds withpowerful opponents who want Earth II to return to the old ways that led to thedemise of their original planet. They’ll do anything to stop her, especiallywhen they discover her newfound romance with Clan Rihep of Kalquor.

After five years and aterrifying encounter with an unknown entity, Clan Piras is finally leavingtheir spy duties in Bi’is space. Now they must face enemies closer to home: thefamilies of those they sacrificed while on a secret mission during theKalquorian civil war.

A new threat to theexistence of Kalquor and the entire Galactic Council of Planets arrives in themidst of these challenges, a dark menace unlike anything faced before. Oneyoung, inexperienced spyship ensign is all that stands between the galaxy andutter destruction. Can he warn the empire in time…or is it already too late?

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