Star Force: Nexus (SF57)
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So it was going to be hit and run for at least the next two years. Nobody would know where they were going, nor did Kerrie, because they would decide on the go and be as random and unpredictable as possible. Paul had likened the hunting fleets, of which this would be the first of many to come down the road, to what the Black Knight had done to them during their basic training.
That had immediately sold Kerrie, for she remembered well how much of a menace he had been…and a lot of it had been because they never knew when or where he would pop up. Their Final Challenge had been different, because they had come to him, otherwise she doubted they would have ever graduated.
Well, maybe not ‘ever,’ but it would have been a whole other matter to deal with.
Once the fleet checks were in Kerrie contacted both the H’kar and Voku, getting confirmation that they were ready to move out. The three fleets, which in the Voku’s case was only two enormous ships, all made their way out of planetary orbit to the star and transitioned over to a jumpline that would head them in the direction of Zeta Region and eventually what had formerly been Calavari territory.
Kerrie sent her warships ahead first, then jumped the Majestic Dolphin out a few seconds behind them, leaving the much larger H’kar fleet to gradually transition through their jumps with the Voku bringing up the rear. Though they hadn’t let the H’kar in on the fact, Star Force and the Voku were going to look out for their new ally and babysit them to the max until they learned the ropes. It was odd saying that about a race that had been fighting the lizards for longer than they had, but it had become clear that virtually all opponents the lizards faced eventually lost out, which Star Force being the shining exception.
That was why the Nexus had wanted to watch and learn from them, and that’s why they approved the H’kar coming here. Kerrie wanted them to learn, but more than that she just wanted their firepower in the here and now. Star Force was building more infrastructure than ships at present, but they were gradually increasing their fleet numbers to a level that would be able to sport multiple hunting fleets, but until that happened she had to work with what she got, even if it was the ‘green’ H’kar.
Their fleet was formidable, but their recent experience against the lizards showed them to be little more than seasoned newbs. She and the Voku would watch their back as they learned, then hopefully down the road they could take that experience back to their territory and apply pressure on the lizards from there.
But that was well into the future, and as she’d explained to Mavrel nothing was guaranteed. Right now they just needed to find lizard ships and work on their kill count…then see where it went from there.
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