Chapter 14: On Mother the Capital of the Republic of the Stars
They were meeting in the secretary of war’s office. The Secretary of War and the Army Chief of Staff were meeting to discuss the situation on Trena.
“The president has asked for our opinion on how best to respond to the incident in Trena,” the war secretary began the meeting.
“Does she want us to go to their aid?” the general asked.
“No,” The secretary answered.
“Does she want us to rescue our citizens on Trena,” He asked.
“No. She wants us to find a way to invade Trena. She feels that with their government in turmoil that we may be able to move in on Trena,” the secretary answered.said.
“Sir,” the general responded, “every time we have tried anything attacked in Trena we have gotten our ass waxed good and proper. Also with all the help coming to their aid, we may not be able to make it past the frontier.”
“I said that to her,” the secretary replied, “but she feels that if we can get there before the asteroids hit we can claim salvage rights to the entire planet.”
The man was quiet for a minute before spoke, “That is ambitious. If we can get there when most of the people have been evacuated and before the rocks fall we can salvage most of the planet. But we will have to deal with the remains of their military. They will be the last to leave. Do we know at this time if they are evacuating the system or just the planet?”
“No plan has been announced,” the secretary answered, “I would image that anything not in orbit about Trena will be safe. We could capture the off world facilities.”
“We might be able to use McKay their moon as a base.” The general responded, “Okay let me get with plans. We’ll have something for you in the next week or so.”
With that the invasion of Trena was underway.
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