Chapter 2

           The room was dark, or maybe it was merely the world was dark. Either way the cold darkness held him. His mind ebbed and flowed with the streams of semi-consciousness. He felt alone, cold, lost. Then a sole voice rang out. "Boss?..."
His eyelids flutter open, only to have his eyes roll into the back of his head, and into his memories."Boss!..." The voice rang louder. He shudders awake,"What?" He asks still barely awake."We've arrived." replies the black figure. The only out-standing feature of this black clad figure were the eyes. They emanated a form of light a low spectrum and power green. "Fine, then let us get under way." He replies, stepping into the light again, he too clad in black with eerie green emanating from his goggles.

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              Maverick was awakened, a brief tingling sensation alerted his neural pathways to the prescience of new aparati. He was the station now, OT-901, was him. He could feel the Particle acceleration beams, the Space elevators linking him to the planet below. He could see every corridor, hear every mouse peep, literally feel everything everywhere. This feeling, This power, was a bit overwhelming at first, so it took a while for General Xander to get his attention. When maverick finally realized that the General was addressing him in the Central Control Room, he zoomed all sensory input to that location.
       The screen above the desk lit up, a sole green line appeared, "Sir! Maverick, Brain unit 1352, reporting Sir!" as the green line vibrated with the audio track."At ease, 1352." The General says."How are you feeling?" He asks after a moment's silence."An odd question for you isn't it Sir? You file notes a certain detachment from emotion, also mentioning a rather vague background." Maverick, explains, having taken the liberty of his vast comm array." It would seem you're quite the studious type, 1352..."
"Ric, if you please Sir." Maverick interrupts,"Alright, then Ric let me just say this: keep your nose to the grindstone, and out of other officers background files. " The Generals replies a little peeved,"And That is an Order. understood?" "Sir, yes sir." came the snappy, cadet's reply."Alright now then let's get down to business, Ric. We are here to convert Mentaka XK6 into a commercial, Living, and Industrial Center for this Sector. I'm sure you got the specs from IGC, right?"
"yes sir, they want specifics on a time frame by star date 743.82, or in about a weeks time there,so calculating for the interval flux, we have about two days. Just so you know I need our sci-ops dept. to calculate a resource count, both for what and the sheer number of kilos we'll need to support the planet for the next couple of generations."
"Right..." The General says looking over the specs on his P.ortal. "I'll send word to the sci-dept. and tell the Energy Supply Group to get the Accelerators working by 1800 hours.
"It looks like this will be a good partnership after all General. Or may I Call you Xander?" Ric questions his Brawn-partner.
"It's a little early for that, Ric, but for now you may Simply call me Genral, and no more need for all the formalities when addressing me, comprende?" The General asks over his shoulder addressing the Central shaft, where Ric was housed, as hie exited the CCR.
"Comprendo. Ric out." Ric says, shutting down the vid-screen, and retracting it back into the wall. Why had Command sent a General, from the Imperial Defense Corps. no less, to be his Brawn? Politics. Ric thought to himself as he runs through a scanner check, watching as the ESG began work on the accelerators.

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           "Number 1, are you in place?" He asks through the comm links,"Check." 1 replied,"Number 3?," Check." The reply coming almost before the question."Very well then, Gentlemen, you know the straights. Let us begin." He explains, as he lies in wait just outside the military compound.
          3 jumps form the 15th story window of a housing complex about 2 blocks away, landing on the roof of the bank across the street. He leaps like this, from roof to roof, for a while until he reaches the wall of the Military Complex.
          1 ,receiving the signal form 3, causes a break in the force shield rising from the wall. The red tint drops form the Air space above the compound, as 3 jumps in and through. In order to avoid detection by the Brain monitoring the Complex, 1 reactivates the Force shield, and watches the Red tint return before heading for His position.
          Upon 3's entry, He lunges forward tackling one of the guards on the rear entrance, to the complex, the guard falls to the ground unconscious thanks to a well-placed punch to the throat. the second begins to run after him, before being restrained by some unknown force. 1 appears form his shadow and with a flick of his wrist the second guard is dead, as a thin line of blood red appears across his throat. He hears a chuckle through the comm from 1.
         A Moment later 3 opened the back gate, allaying his scene of battle, three guards, two dead but a third left alive to tell the tale. He nods and the trio moves for the hanger.
        By the time the Hanger is secure the alarm still hasn't rang."Good work, 1 is it ready?" He asks, 1 nods." 3 is the ship in order?" another nod. He nods to 1 whom presses a button on a remote of some kind, and moments later an explosion ripples through the complex, as the force shield goes down. at about the same time the alarm begins to ring, and 3 has gotten the ship off the ground. It is a beautiful ship, a model 444 stealth-ops cruiser, armed tooth and nail. He sighs as they leave their final gift to the complex. He pulls the trigger and a large beam weapon fires from the aft. The Explosion that followed would be told of for many months, as an atrocity. It destroyed half the industrial sector as the heat and energy of it traveled through the volatile material tubes.