RIPE & DRAGGERS

CHAPTER 24

"So what have you learned my brother?" Gener asked.

Bob pulled up his right thumb, then placed it on the glass table where the data in his thumb-print showed another projection of the green ornament planet. This time it laid-out the attack plan of Pedro's army.

"Pedro is so confident that his attack plan is so flawless, that the data is unsecured and easily accessible in their battleship data."

Everyone fell silent and studied the projected data.

Gener who is an expert in Brahm regiment war standards, and became a master of arms himself, shook his head and sighed. "It is flawless."

Aunt Rei who have witnessed several assailant attacks in the past, fell in awe at the massive volume of Pedro's army, as shown by the projector hologram.

Never in the history of the Rikish did they had an enemy as big as this.

The hologram shows the green ornament planet with all its 20 thousand defense satellites in orbit still looking rather tiny when surrounded by Pedro's grand army of battleships and space-infantry.

The green ornament planet is a small planet, soon to be none, Gener thought.

The attack plan is simple.

The forward fleet, used to be headed by Dualen will jump-curve and get-off near the planet's orbit.

This way, more than half of the planet's defense satellites will instantly appear to the location as mandated by their programming. Of which will be subjected to heavy arms, that may prove to be an equal battle.

But the clincher lies on the other side of the planet where the remaining 60% will appear off-jump to finish the deal. A simple divide and conquer in epic proportions.

As Bob finished explaining the hologram attack plan, the room went silent as well as the other ports all over the planet's surface, linked in to the briefing.

None of the other elders had anything to say.

"Any suggestions?" Gener asked with heavy shoulders.

Lima entered the control room.

"Pedro's army acts by his dominion under the sovereignty of the Runkan capital, we kill him; the army stops." the 8-foot Brahman said.

Bob looked up at the giant and nodded, and Lima nodded in return "Boss..." Lima murmured in respect to his dominant.

"Pedro is not that easy, believe me." Gener said.

"Then we do it together, like Dualen." Euclid said.

"Not you, your injuries is a risk." her ex-husband replied.

"I'm fine,....and do you really need to cling to him?" she said shaking her head with a smile, pertaining to Kai that hugs Bob by the waist.

Kai just smiled at the remark and gestured her hand like brooming dust in the air, saying don't mind us, stick to your business meeting.

"How do we know from which point, Pedro will appear." someone from the comm-link of the other ports asked.

"We don't." Bob answered.

Gener nodded in agreement. "We can only guess."

Again the briefing went silent.

"Boss..." Lima said silently, avoiding to break the solemn silence.

"What?" Bob asked.

"Something is wrong..." the 8-foot Brahman said scratching his broken ear-horn.