Saxon Andrew: Death of an Empire

“How do you want to do this?”

“We know where their reactors are located. We’ll teleport in and hit them with our armor’s strongest beam and then we’ll teleport away immediately after we fire.”

“They also have a missile storage bay on the other side of the ship from the reactors. I’ll hit that port simultaneously with the hit on the reactors. Are you ready?”

“Let’s do this before they stop communicating”

“Do you think they can see us?”

Robby thought a moment, “If we were just using our camouflage there would be a chance. However, we’re using our psychic ability to hide our armor. I don’t think they’ll be able to see us through that. At the first sign of a weapon warming up on their hull, teleport back here. Are you ready?”

Dani connected with Robby mentally and they teleported together. The force field went back up behind them and the two knew that the communication had stopped. They arrived on the hull of the giant ship and they simultaneously fired their armor’s main beam at their selected targets. They immediately teleported away as the Giant Black Ship exploded into a huge fireball and then fell toward the planet. There was no atmosphere to burn the ship as it rolled over and descended. It crashed and added its mass to the burning surface of the now dead planet. The fire was so hot that the entire ship melted and merged with the magma rushing out of the cracks blown into the planet’s molten core.

Dani went into Robby’s arms back on the moon’s surface and held him as they watched the ship turn over, slowly at first, then faster, fall toward the surface. It finally hit and shattered into a huge debris field.

“Do you think they can trace this back to us?”

“I don’t think so. Even if they have a probe recording everything, we were inside their force field when we fired. The probe will see that nothing penetrated their screen and that the explosion came from inside it.”

“Let’s go home, Robby. It’s your Father’s birthday.” Robby sighed and nodded. The two of them disappeared from the moon. The Invaders were one universe closer to finding their home.

“Alex, getting the teleport module to draw power from the reactors is not going to work. Aligning the field inside the core is just too delicate a maneuver to make consistently happen within the walls of the reactor. A piece of the reactor gets taken with the energy and causes the reactor to explode. This process is entirely too dangerous to use on a large scale.”

“Vring, I’ve seen that but without the additional power, we can’t face the Invader’s ships. The new model is impenetrable to any weapon we have. Even the reflective hulls won’t function at their current level. Their beam overloads the collectors too fast to focus back at them.”

Kreej said, “You would think it could handle that much power but it overloads and fails. Obviously, there is a limit to how much it can handle. It would work if the power could be loaded at a slower, increasing level but the Invader’s beams hit at maximum power. It’s the initial, sudden surge that makes the hulls fail. We just can’t charge them to a high enough level to match the Black Ship’s beam. We need a larger power source to charge them to make them effective. This is frustrating.”

Vring was silent for two minutes as the three contemplated what to do. Then Vring said, “I agree Kreej.”

Alex looked at the data again and asked, “Do you think they would work if they were charged properly?”

“We can’t charge them to a high enough level to handle the Invader’s beam with the power we currently use. You know those cells will handle a much higher level of charge than we’re currently able to give them. However, hit them with a massive charge above what they’re using and the hulls will overload. The power level the two ships used was significantly below the threshold of the Invader’s main beam. The two ships were in another universe and weren’t able to continuously charge their hulls. They only carried the charge from our universe and over time, that charge will diminish and that makes the ships vulnerable. There were no additional red reactors beyond those on the ships to recharge them after their arrival. If the hulls had been at maximum charge, I believe they would have worked. We are not capable with our present technology of bringing them to their full capability.”

Alex thought a moment, “So they will only work in this universe where we have the reactors to keep them charged, however, using the reactors is too dangerous. Have we wasted our time on this technology?”

Kreej said, “Why do we have to use reactors?”

Vring said, “Where else would you get the necessary power to penetrate their force fields?”

Kreej smiled, “Can you think of any other power source that is as strong as ten red generators?”

Vring looked at Kreej, “Where are you going with this?”

Alex said, “You’re right. It would be easier but more complicated.”

Vring said, “What are you two talking about?”

Kreej smiled, “Why not use a star to get the power for the weapons and force fields?”

Vring was surprised by the suggestion and started thinking out loud, “There wouldn’t be a reactor containment wall to deal with.”

“And you can start the sending screen far enough out to charge the hulls and then move it closer to send the maximum energy.”

Vring understood, “You’re right, Alex. However the field would be exposed to an extremely high level of radiation.”

“Only if a blue giant star was used. Class G Suns don’t emit that high a level of gamma rays; most of them are kept in the core. The most numerous stars in most universes are the Class Gs.”

Vring sighed, “We’re back at square one.”

Alex did a quick computation, “Yes, but the challenges using this method are easier than trying to use power from inside a reactor. This involves gross modifications that are easier to handle than the delicate fields used inside a reactor.”

The three were silent as they thought about the idea and Alex said after thirty minutes, “This is the way we must go. Let’s get busy and see where we are with what we have on hand.”

“Well, pick a target and try to teleport an energy charge at it.”

“There’s a moon circling a planet not far from here; let’s start there.”

“Good idea Kreej; you and Vring go there and take some readings. That will give us a baseline to work from.”

The two Zord turned on their armor and teleported out of the Defense Facility.

Timmy sat with Virze and smiled, “It’s just about time, isn’t it?”

“It is. You better be thinking of a name.”

“Junior has a nice ring to it.”

“It does, doesn’t it?”

The nurse stepped in and smiled, “It’s time to go.”

Virze looked at Timmy and he felt her love, “I’ll be right here.”

Carter teleported in and gave Jenna a huge hug, “It’s good to see you; I’ve missed you. Carter kissed Jenna and said, “Are you up for a trip?”

“Where are we going?”

“Weed and Seed are close to trialing the new spores on the orange pods. They said we could join them.”

Jenna smiled, “How long will we be gone?”

“They said that the trial should be done within six months.”

Jenna smiled at Carter and lowered her head, “Then I guess I won’t be able to go.”

“Why not?!?”

“Because I’ll need to be near a hospital in six months.”

“Is something wrong? Are you ok!?!”

“Yes, I’m fine but the baby will need some attention.”

Carter stared at Jenna with confusion written all over his face until he saw Jenna smile, “Are you serious?”