Galactic Empire in New World

Part 8 Chapter 25

Elysia high orbit
Golan Defense Station III 'Ezelpa'
Fleet information center.
Main situation room

General Famla was currently accompanying General Armeda in the main situation room of the Fleet Information Center. They repeatedly checked the telemetry results from various sensors placed in the area where the Grenda Union's starships might be traveling. But currently there are still no results at all.

"The longer it goes on, the more anxious I get. I could be in the hospital by the time that bastards fleet is detected." said General Armeda.

"Relax, don't worry too much. If you're in the hospital, then this task will fall to me," said General Famla.

"You're avoiding work, aren't you?" General Armeda said it with a grumble.

"Hahaha, don't worry guys, I'm just joking," said General Famla.

"Frankly, I'm worried because if they do wait for their ships to assemble. The longer there is time, the stronger their fleet will likely be." General Armeda spoke.

"You are absolutely right. And it's been more than 24 hours since they were detected. It means they are waiting for something or they could have gone in another direction that we did not expect. That is also very worrying," said General Femla.

"Moreover, we don't have enough sensor coverage to predict where they are going if not in the direction we expect," continued General Armeda. "That's what gives me a headache."

"By the way, how many of our ships just arrived at Trantor?" asked General Femla.

"About 40 ships, mostly attack cruisers. There are only 4 battlestars as the largest capital ships. This information was approximately 4 hours ago." General Armeda spoke.

"Did we also give them fighters?" asked General Femla.

"We have already deployed over 30 squadrons of automated fighter drones there. They alone have over 100 squadrons outside of those stationed on starships." General Armeda spoke.

"About 1500 fighters, huh? If they face about 1000 Grenda Union ships, they might be able to, but if it's more, they'll have a hard time." General Femla said.

"Remember there are still many on those ships over there." General Armeda spoke.

"That's right. We can at least face as many as 1000 enemy ships," said General Femla.

"That gives me some peace of mind. Hopefully they won't head that way," said General Armeda.

"Has there been any news from Trantor regarding the analysis of the sensor results?" asked General Femla.

"I haven't heard anything yet. Maybe they still need time to analyze it," said General Armeda.

"With delays like this, you seem to be getting more stressed," said General Femla.
General Armeda just shrugged at that. It was true, not knowing the enemy's movements was one of the causes of his stress.

"It would actually be more terrifying if they attacked from a different direction. This long time is actually their time to move around." General Famla continued.

"We have also taken that into account. But it looks like the targets will only remain those four because of their proximity. It's quite impossible for them to move toward us and then move back in the opposite direction. After all, their ships are coming from one point," said General Armeda.

"That's right, and it also seems to indicate the direction of origin of the ships, and that should be later, when this matter is over, we can investigate the origin of their vector and perhaps find one of their major planets," said General Famla.