2026-03-24 13:00:08“In other words, even if we succeed in space, we should prepare to fight the Mitigok on the ground.” Remian summarized.
“I’m afraid so.” Ermine admitted. Despite everything, that was the only conclusion she could reach. “Hopefully we can stave off most of them, but some of them will inevitably slip through.”
“What can we expect from their ground troops?” George asked.
“The incoming swarms have 17 Baronnesses and
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554. Bigger Ships
Benny closed his eyes and leaned back on his chair with a sigh. He’d been busy studying scans, schematics and reports on various ships across Star System Crimson for six hours straight and sorely needed a break.Most of the ships in the refugee fleets of the other factions weren’t very interesting, but there were a few he felt he could learn from, including one of Cameron’s, two of the Woofer refugees, a dismantled Kanonasian vessel, and the Tuskan shipwreck bought from Six Sided Harmony.Of course, the most interesting by far was the shipwreck, but there were plenty to learn in the other ships as well. Power distribution and regulation systems, structural reinforcement, the use of nanolines and semi-compressed materials… Benny felt there was no end to it.“Still here?” Amber came up to him. “Everyone else has already left.”Benny glanced at the chrono. It was nine at night. Of course everyone else had already gone home. “What about you? You’re still here.”“I wanted to tweak a few th
553. Food Issues
Cringles, on the other hand, offered the Migration everything.“We want to join you! Can we join you? Can we? Can we??” the youngster on screen was an awkward, gangly teenage boy. He was the second son and sole surviving heir of the prestigious Cringles family. His father founded and ran the company for all of forty years, and his elder brother had been primed, trained and made CEO when he came of age twenty years ago.Unfortunately, neither were present. Nobody knew where they were or if they even survived. As far as anyone could tell, Cameron Cringles here was the last of his bloodline. By some internal company law, it fell to him to manage or mismanage all the surviving property and personnel of his father’s company.[Poor boy.] Ermine communicated with Remian psionically so that Cameron couldn’t hear her. [He’s rather looked down on by the other Uber States company bosses. Even their staff laugh at him for his youth. I guess it means something to him that a lot of our top leaders
552. Tech Needs
It turned out, 10 million for a Gyrfalcon was actually a massive discount. Starbright’s retail price tag for the new Strike Frigate was 15 million. Just the production costs (including labor) was over 9 million. They only sold them at near-cost because it was to Remian and co.“As for the Stealth Recon Frigate, its codename is ‘Hawk Owl’. We’ve got most of the design done, but we need a couple more things to complete it properly.” Amber reported.“What do you need?” Remian asked.“We need Kuriel and null-grav materials.” Amber answered.Remian almost fell on his face. “Are you kidding me? Where would we get those? Are we supposed to raid a military warehouse in the Draconian Dominion or the Quarin Coalition? Buy it off an auction from the Blue Star Conglomerate? Even if we had the money, I don’t think they make deliveries out here any more!”“Actually, we won’t have to leave Star System Crimson.” Amber cleared her throat. “It seems there’s a Tuskan shipwreck in the inner asteroid belt
551. Bai Hu
As it turned out, there was one more thing Woofers were great at, which they now offered as a service to the Migration.“What is that?” Remian asked, as he finally found Shadowflash next to what looked like… a giant metal dog.“That is a Lagotto Romagnolo Heavy Duty Mk VII.” Just A Dog suddenly popped out from the side and spoke out loud so everyone could hear. “The current top choice for mining mechs by every Woofer mining pack today! Those paws! That digging speed! The sheer stamina and mileage! Not to mention the durability! No other Woofer Digger Mech can compare!”As if hearing him praise it, the tail of the Woofer Digger wagged enthusiastically.“What does the tail do?” Remian had to ask.“Oh that? It’s part of the cooling system.” JAD waved dismissively. “Also a great optical communications signaller.”“Who owns this Digger?” Remian asked.“We do!” JAD said proudly. “It’s joining the Migration along with our newest Woofer recruit! Also, the Star Cruiser Cozy Den and its escorts
550. Refugees at Star System Crimson
The weeks passed.Day by day the operations and population of the Migration moved from Sorrel to Crimson. Star Hearths hauled Space Farms and Arcologies from Star System Sorrel to the orbit of Crimson Swamp. Refineries, factories, and assembly lines filled the orbit of Crimson Sands. George’s space fleet, those old ships without warp drives, were scrapped, their materials recycled and used to build newer, warp-capable vessels, or otherwise just carted off with all the other cargo.At last, on new year’s day, Sky Haven itself was separated into chunks, loaded on Star Hearths and hauled to Star System Crimson in one go. It took every Star Hearth in the Migration to do the job all at once, sixty-three Star Hearths and a few dozen Turtles to pick up miscellaneous pieces and anything left of worth in a sort of mop up. From then on, the Migration would be fully based in Crimson.Remian arrived in Star System Crimson in the last Star Hearth to leave Sorrel. With him were Phoebe and Ermine, a
549. Last Ops on Sorrel II
While most of the Migration’s leadership were poring over the launch of the Star Hearth, one in particular was much too busy to pay attention.It was George.While everyone else in the leadership was off in space and flying away to other star systems, he was back on the ground on Sorrel II, fighting Mitigok, scrambling against time to save as many people as he could from the ruins of the New Dragon Empire.“Third Legion, advance and cover the Fifth’s left flank!” George ordered from atop Raven’s flagship, surrounded by snipers covering the supply depot below. On either side of the Sky Galleon were lines of artillery airships providing fire support and bombarding far away targets. In front of him were five Turtle Shieldships protecting the air fleet, yes, Turtles, not the starship types, but the spaceship types, the old ones built before they were able to build warp drives.When everyone else took to space, George specifically changed his focus from helping people out there, to helping
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