| The NEO (formerly known as the ITAC) as of now. Ch. 3: Battle at Demiiron. �Sire! An entire fleet of ITAC battleships is approaching from sector 45! What are we to do?� A young soldier asks. �ITAC? After the way they took Grarr over, how do we expect to be able to defend ourselves from them? We can do nothing. We should just surrender and join their empire peacefully,� The ruler of a small planet, Demiiron 8, stated. �Should I inform the rest of the United Demiiron Alliance that we�re surrendering?� The soldier replied. �Yes, but don�t state our reasons. Demiiron 2 has a pretty strong military and star fleet; they should be able to turn the invasion back. If we explain that we are going to surrender because we think the ITAC�ll thrash us, it could cause THEM to surrender as well,� The ruler, Desroig Dxan the 3rd, responded. �Yes sire. I will inform them all immediately. Should I inform Demiiron 4 and 9 too?� �No, we should let them be. The less they know about the invasion, the more they�ll get thrashed.� �Ahh, yes sire. I am going to go inform the rest of the UDA right away.� �Yea, well, hurry up, dammit. You�re beginning to annoy me,� Desroig mumbled. The soldier saluted his superior, then rushed off to a small comm. room to inform Demiiron 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 of their surrender. Desroig sat back, sighed, and continued watching the immense fleet approach communications range. Suddenly, they were haled. �This is the ITAC Attack Vessel Victory. We are leading a fleet of two hundred battleships and transport vessels. I would suggest you surrender and save yourselves from the mass destruction that will ensue. We will wait for ten minutes for your replies, then begin taking action. This is Admiral Zheer, over and out,� The captain of the vessel informed all nine of the Demiiron planets at once. Admiral Zheer was a born citizen of Grarr 8, but he left it after the HGE�s invasion, and joined the HGE soon after that. When the ITAC was created, he had himself transferred to it, and became a captain soon after. He served Emperor Mew2omega well, and was promoted to admiral when the ITAC broke away from the HGE. �HALE THEM!� Desroig roared. Immediately, the communications channel was opened, �Admiral Zheer, this is Desroig Dxan, leader of Demiiron 8. We wish to surrender and go peacefully.� �Ahh, a wise choice, Desroig. Now, I will be sending a mini-transport down to you with one hundred soldiers, fifty tech-warriors, and an ambassador. This ambassador will help you in setting up your new connections with the ITAC. ANY sort of rebellion will be met immediately with a massively destructive reply. Now, we are going to continue on to the other eight planets of your system in seven minutes. You will be putting 85% of your military might on standby, just in case we encounter problems. This is Admiral Zheer, over and out.� Over the next seven minutes, six other planets belonging to the United Demiiron Alliance surrendered to the ITAC. Yet, Demiiron 4 and 9, the two planets not belonging to the UDA, still held firm in their positions against the ITAC. Admiral Zheer finally began the invasion. �Alright. ITAC Fleet,� Zheer opened a channel to the entire invasion fleet, �We will be using invasion formation D-beta-23. DO NOT MOVE UNTIL I GIVE THE COMMAND TO BEGIN. We want this to go smoothly. Okay� wait� NOW! INVASION FORMATION D-BETA-23! NOW!� The entire fleet split into two even groups and began proceeding to the two last planets, Demiiron 4 and 9. Demiiron 4 was the first planet reached. It already had an immense defense system set up and ready for the invasion. Almost immediately, when the ITAC fleet came into weapons range, the Demiiron 4 defense fleet began blasting away at the ITAC transports. �GET THOSE TRANSPORTS BACK! BATTLECRUISERS, FORWARD AND FIRE TRANSPHASIC TORPEDOES AT COORDINATES (456,763,1932) AND (542,731, 1945), WITH ME AS THE ORIGIN!� Zheer began screaming into his comm. badge. Just as he commanded, the transports immediately moved back, where they were safer. The battlecruisers began blasting back, pummeling two giant Demiiron 4 battlecruisers: Demiiron 4�s two most powerful ships. �NOW, ALL OTHER SHIPS FIRE AT WILL!� Zheer commanded. The rest of the fleet, save the transports, spread out and began firing away. Demiiron 4 ships began exploding left and right. Finally, the two Demiiron 4 battlecruisers fell. They had only taken out three ITAC ships, of which all personnel were safely teleported to transport ships (by use of ITAC personnel�s telepathic powers). Suddenly, all of the Demiiron 4 battleships were destroyed, all their crews taken into custody. �Great. We�ve destroyed their exo-planetary defenses. On to take over the planet! Touchdown formation D-epsilon-4! All transports in the vicinity are to land and unload twenty miles away from their capital city! We�d land nearer, but Demiiron 4 is a jungle planet! Two battlecruisers and four minifighters are to guard them! Go!� Zheer ordered. �I have to accompany the other invasion fleet, so I will be leaving. All ships not participating in the touchdown are to surround the planet and guard. Nobody enters, nobody leaves! Go!� Immediately, the Victory took off in the direction of the other fleet. The transports also took off, but for the planet�s surface, as Zheer had commanded them. The invasion was going exactly as planned. The transports landed where they were commanded to, and began unloading. They were immediately met with immense opposition. The commanding officer there, Commander Espe, immediately turned and began talking into his comm. badge, �All transports, take off and head, full speed, for Demiiron 2. I need you to pick up as many soldiers there as you can hold and bring them back here. This battle just may become a little more difficult than we had expected. Espe out.� The transports immediately began takeoff. The Demiiron 4 troops attempted to blast them out of the skies, but the opposition they were receiving was making it impossible for them to take any aim on the ships. They never landed a single shot on the transports. �OVERCOME FORMATION D-OMEGA-4! We may lose this battle, but we surely won�t go down without a fight!� Espe commanded the troops. He then tapped his comm. badge, �Attention battlecruisers and minifighters! You are to use Strike Formation D-Psi-17 and attempt to eliminate any troops that are to come. Once you�ve slowed that down enough, try to destroy a few of their bases along the way. Perhaps you can even do a little spy work for us. Ahh, I�m being shot at. Espe, over and out.� Commander Espe then turned and pulled out his gun, a fourteen-inch long gun with two different barrels, one that shoots small transphasic charges, and the other a phaser. They fire together, guaranteed to paralyze the target for at least twenty minutes, and capable of turning the target into dust. He set it to paralyze them for two days, and began firing away, paralyzing Demiiron troops left and right. Suddenly, a blast knocked him off of his feet. He slammed hard into the ground, his head twisted backwards. Meanwhile� Admiral Zheer had just reached the other invasion fleet, which was only ten seconds away from reaching weapons range of the Demiiron 9 satellite defenses (Demiiron 4 called them �exo-planetary�, but Demiiron 9 called them �satellite�. �ATTENTION ALL PERSONNEL!� Zheer addressed the fleet. �We are NOT to destroy these ships. These ones have technology that we do not possess � teleporters, advanced holograms that are guaranteed not to allow clipping, better sensors, and many different medical technologies. These technologies are only used on their starships, so we cannot destroy them. Use weapons setting 6.54.85-beta. By our tests, this setting will only knock out their weapons, defenses, and propulsion systems, rendering them useless. Got it? Now, use attack formation D-omicron-1. That means ALL TRANSPORTS will STOP NOW, and only minifighters and warships will continue. Battlecruisers will stay back, defending the transports and destroying any ships that attempt to escape. Be sure to have your psychics teleport off their personnel before destroying the ships. My ship will assist the minifighters and warships. Now, GO!� The fleet immediately followed orders, transports and battlecruisers falling back, while warships and minifighters proceeded. They immediately began firing away at the Demiiron 9 battleships, rendering them useless with single shots. Suddenly, the entire Demiiron-9 fleet, that could still battle, disappeared. �THEY CAN CLOAK THEIR SHIPS! FIRE AT WILL, BUT KEEP THE WEAPONS SETTINGS ON!� Zheer roared. All the ITAC ships began firing wherever they pleased. Demiiron 9 battleships suddenly appeared, left and right, as they were hit. They were nearly all defeated when, suddenly, a transport exploded. �NO! There were over five-thousand soldiers on that ship� Two survived�� Admiral Zheer cried, stunned. �EVERYBODY! FIRE AT WILL! TRANSPORTS, EVEN YOU! I KNOW YOUR WEAPONS ARE WEAK, BUT THEY WILL HELP! FIRE!� The entire fleet began blasting away in every direction. Nothing. Suddenly, a minifighter vanished. �FIRE AT THAT MINIFIGHTER�S LAST COORDINATES! THAT OTHER SHIP MUST BE NEAR THERE!� Zheer blazed. The entire fleet fired, but nothing was hit. Instead, another transport exploded. However, this time, one thousand and five lives were saved. �EVERYBODY, STOP! THAT MINIFIGHTER WAS A HOLOGRAM, A DIVERSION! Now, instead of the way we�ve been battling, everybody gather together in a gigantic sphere. When together, fire in all directions. We�ll be bound to take them out. If that ship somehow found its way into the inside of our sphere, our battlecruisers will be firing away in THERE, with their weapons set to disintegrate at certain coordinates, preventing them from hitting other ships. WE WILL DEFEAT THIS LAST SHIP!� Admiral Zheer erupted with anger. The fleet obeyed, positioning themselves exactly how Zheer commanded them. �FIRE!� They ALL began firing away. Nothing. Admiral Zheer gave up. �Everybody, withdraw. We will reconvene here in an hour. Lieutenant Colland,� he spoke to his tactical officer, �lock a tractor beam on the defeated ships and draw them into our cargo bays, then withdraw from the area.� The fleet began to pull away. Suddenly, an officer (one that was walking on the bridge of a small minifighter) tripped and accidentally pressed a button on their weapons control, firing a single photon charge out. Everyone�s eyes followed their ship�s visual of the charge. Suddenly, it collided with a ship � the last one left in Demiiron 9�s fleet. The fleet was defeated! �Excellent! Cancel withdraw! Lieutenant Colland, continue with the tractor beam. We will continue the invasion after we have received reinforcements. This is Admiral Zheer, over and out.� |