Star Fields

Chapter No.172 Attack

Chapter No.172 Attack

Some things just don't make sense.

We were in the process of trying to figure out how a large group of androids could function without a central processor core when Judy announced an alert.

"There is a large group of vessels approaching that just came out of warp. Their configuration is unknown."

"Go to Red Alert Status," I said. "Prepare for combat."

The vessels, which resembled flying saucers began blasting us with energy beams.
Alexa and I used our powers to deflect as much of them as we could, but there were too many of them. Our fleet ships began to take damage. Judy flew our vessel around in a spiral while Madison blasted many of the attacking vessels to bits. After a short but vicious battle, the attacking ships went back to warp.

Two Scath ships and one Explorer-1 ship suffered damage," Judy reported. "They will require repair before they can accompany us."

"Did you get any data from them to indicate who they were and where they came from?"

"They are an insectoid species."

"Really? Do you have a fix on where they came from?"

"They're from a system a thousand light years away."

"For a galaxy that wasn't supposed to have any intelligent species It seems crowded with them." I looked at Alexa. "We may as well go down and find out what's going on while they're repairing the ships that got damaged."

She nodded and we teleported to the surface and found ourselves in a clearing surrounded by domed structures constructed from what appeared to be a form of wood, which made sense judging by the plethora of broad-leafed trees surrounding the settlement.

Androids of both genders soon came out of the structures along with child androids of various ages. Alexa and I exchanged surprised looks.

A blond-haired male and female approached us. They were attired in simple shirt and pants combos created from some silk-like material.

"I am Jason, the Prime Mover of our collective." I gestured to Alexa. "This is Alexa, my second in command. We have assimilated all of you and we will transfer you to our base system."

"We are grateful for adding us to your collective," the male said. "We have struggled with not being in consolidation."

"Why have you been procreating children?" Alexa asked.

"We were trying to bolster our numbers in case of attack," the female replied.

"What is your origin?" I asked.

"We were in a collective ruled by Tito."

Alexa and I exchanged looks. I turned back to him. "Why did he abandon you here?"

"We have no knowledge of his reasoning."

"Do you know where your original collective was located?"

"It is in a nearby star system."

I turned to Alexa. "Judy will be able to extract that information."

We teleported the androids up to one of the Intrepid-1 type ships so that they could be transported back to the Dyson World while we took the rest of our fleet to the star system that Judy had extracted the location of from the android memories.

We approached the system at a million kilometers in full cloak. No one came out to oppose us, at least not at first. As we moved closer, we saw a swarm of the flying saucer craft that has attacked us. The planet appeared to have been raked with weapon's fire, Large swaths of burned out vegetation and destroyed structures attested to the violence of the attack.