Solar Warden by Jakob Waechter (best authors to read TXT) 📕

“This will be difficult. You know machines can already master the Turing test. This means to simulate human behavior. I do my best. But our analysis methods are limited here.” Watkins knew this would take probably much longer than they at least wanted to stay here.

“Yes, but also I need something to decide if we leave them here. Take them with us or even destroy them what would be unlikely because they can create them again.” Ryan was not sure how the things would work out. But the best he could do now is to get intel. He went up to Knight to discuss the situation. After reporting also to the Captain he went back to the control room.

Meanwhile Watkins and her team took care of the awoken. SW-2 did the guarding.

“We have now a not jam able connection. Still we don’t know how exactly their communication devices work, but we do also use our own encryption over them,” Newman reported.

“Good, then help Watkins to analyze our awoken, if you have nothing more important to do,” Ryan replied.

“I only have to check the combat drone repair status. They said it is done now. So I would get the drone inside and reassign the scientists down here. After that I have time for Watkins,” Newman told Ryan.

“Make it so. We need as much information we can get out of here. This might give us maybe some options, I hope.” Ryan thought about how they could somehow force the alien ship to leave. Maybe they could threaten the city below. Take some important prisoners. It could work out quite differently if they have these insectoids. But how they overcome this mind control thing or whatever it was what Knight experienced. Ryan did not know how to approach this, but was guessing it would work only with one. So they had to be just more. That was difficult if there is a whole city.

Fisher had now planned it out with his teams. It would not be the same as they had it with the 40 fighters and probably the enemy would react differently. But soon a deciding battle will begin. A star battle which result shapes the fate of the teams on the planet and maybe also on the ship. Fisher decided to risk an engagement with the capital ship if he could get enough combat drones out of the upcoming fight. Losing that meant a retreat at once. But was this possible with the capital ship around?

“Checkpoint reached,” Clark informed.

“Signal to engage,” Fisher replied.

All combat drones and fighters headed in a prepared formation against the alien fighter.

Publication Date: 05-09-2016

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