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Imperial Drop Ship Delta 493, somewhere over Australia

Vincent watched with a smile on his face as the pilot brought the Drop Ship in for another run on the large aircraft, the aircraft seemed to have markings that stat this was a special vehicle and judging by the large fighter escort this particular aircraft was carrying something important. The pilot of the Drop Ship lined up his targeting scanner with the plane and opened fire, bolts of super-heated plasma shot forth from the Drop Ships forward plasma cannons slicing through the left wing like a hot knife through butter. The shot was so precise that it nearly destroyed one of the plane's engines causing the wing to catch on fire, the plane angled towards the ground and began to decent rapidly, several more shots were fired but it only made minor damage to the fuselage and ailerons, Vincent turned to his men and gave them the news which was reciprocated with cheers.

"Commander, we picking up an energy signature" he turned to the pilot to see him looking at a screen with a very familiar set of values on it, after cross checking them with readings taken by the Jericho there was no doubt, the readings were an exact match every peak and every trough on the screen lined up perfectly as both images were overlayed.

"We got them, Gel get us to the coordinates of that power up signature" he said with an excited breath, "tell team two to follow us when they have finished with those fighters".

The pilot gave him a nod before executing his orders, several minutes later the ship banked then began to speed away from the scene of destruction at high speed. If the two commando teams were lucky they would be in and out before this planets sun would rise and blow their cover, however unbeknownst to them their luck ran out the moment they shot down the plane.

Hornet, Hay plains, NSW

It didn't take Galadriana long to find Mike, it was easy to use the internal sensors to find his approximate location then use her telepathic abilities to home in on him. As she approached the door she noticed that much of the paint work on the door had been worn away 'Marcie must have been too wrapped up in other jobs to have it redone' she thought as she hit the door control panel.

The door slid open to reveal a large spherical room, there was no floor apart from a platform in the centre of the room with a section of floor similar to a bridge suspending it in mid-air, the walls of the room seemed to be made out of large holo emitters that jutted out as if to hold something in place. She spotted Mike curled up down near a desk covered with touch pads and computer screens, within the silence of the room Mike's sobs bounced off the walls and were amplified signalling to her that Mike was in distress. She sensed a flurry of strong negative emotions that sent her a twinge of pain and sorrow as she approached him, she sat down next to him and gently rubbed his arm trying to calm him, Mike quickly realised that someone else had entered the room and looked her behind the glowing Irises she could see his eyes were blood shot from crying.

"What's wrong Mike? You look like you just had a mental break down" she said softly still working on calming him down.

"It's hard to explain" he replied through sobs "I was abused as a child and it only just stopped a few days ago" he lifted his shirt to show where he still had the scars from the Box Thorn incident.

"You don't have to explain, I have ways for me to see it with my own eyes" she helped him pull his shirt down and spotted a look of confusion on his face.

"What do you mean?" he asked and looked her in the eye, as soon as he did that the answer came to him like a tonne of bricks had expectantly fallen on him "you're a telepath?"

"Well technically I'm a Teep/Teek but yeah I can read minds, and memories" she replied with a smile "if you will let me".

Mike was a bit worried at first after all he was being asked to let someone with the ability to read minds into his own mind. He eventually got up the nerve to say yes and so Galadriana walked him through what she was about to do, at first there was nothing as she gently placed his forehead against hers and concentrated then suddenly she grunted and started to shiver as if she were experiencing strong pain. Mike began to run on his base instincts and pulled away as Galadriana started to scream in pain her head thrown back as her hands clutched at her skull, she soon collapsed and began to pant heavily as the pain subsided, when Mike decided it was safe to approach he walked over and helped her up.

"Mike...I'm sorry...it must have been hell for you" she said looking him directly into his eyes, a tear welled up as she recalled what she saw "how could a man do that, It's worse than what the Imperial slaves have to endure".

"I don't know but my Uncle should be dead rather than waiting to stand trial" he said feeling some rage creep from inside, "I just hope they never let him out if they do convict him".

Galadriana was about to reply to his comment when her communicator beeped, with a tap she answered the call, "Gal here, what's the problem?" she asked.

"Gal where are you and are you with Mike?" came Marcie's voice she seemed to be in a panicked fluster.

"We're in Stellar Cartography at the moment, what's happened?" this was some call for alarm, if Marcie was this rattled then something had hit the fan and it wasn't pretty.

"I have just lost all internal and external sensors and I can't seem to close any of the external hatches or the cargo bay doors" Marcie replied "I tried everything and I can't get them back, Hayley and Ashly can't seem to get them back either and I can't raise the Doc or the rest of the crew"

"Hold on I'll try to activate the internal cameras and see if I can find them" Galadriana said before beckoning Mike over to help her, after a few minutes of fiddling with the computer commands a holographic screen materialised in the space just beyond the platform but what it was showing them was anything but good. "Marcie we have a problem, two squads of Imperial commandos have boarded the ship, their moving the crew outside" she turned to Mike and saw him gritting his teeth in rage.

"Gal, get Mike out of there and head to the engine room it's a better defensible position and there are plenty of places to ambush them" replied Marcie before a large bang drowned out her voice "their trying to get through the door, I've activated the blast doors but it's only a matter of time, see you in engineering" she managed to say before the comm fell silent.

Galadriana looked at Mike with a concerned expression on her face, "come on we got to move" she said pulling out her side arm "stay close and keep an eye out on our rear"

Mike nodded and followed her to the door, Galadriana touched the door panel but as the door slid open a small spherical object bounced through and stopped at her feet. The two of them didn't have time to react as they were flung back by a massive blast, the sound was deafening and the flash that came with it was so blinding Mike thought he had looked directly at a solar eclipse without protective glasses. He blinked a few times before his eyesight returned and what he saw sent a shiver down his spine, standing over him was a berley human with tanned skin in a set of high tech battle armor pointing what looked to be a pistol at his head, he turned to look at Galadriana who was being lifted up by two more muscular men each wearing the same suits but with helmets covering their faces.

"Hey Crag, do you think the commander would mind if we had a little fun with this one?" one of the masked men said as he places some restraints on Galadriana's wrists, the thought of her being raped by these brutes filled Mike with even more rage than before.

"Sure, he's not here and we don't need to be back real soon" the other masked man said as he placed what looked like a muzzle over her snout, Gal was putting up a good fight as the two Imperial commandos tried to subdue and restrain her which gave Mike a sense of hope.

There was a small sound like static in Mike's head then an image of Angel popped up within his field of vision, "look we don't have much time, you can communicate to me by thought but right now you need to listen. The B.A.N.D. did more than physically augment you it also downloaded several programs directly into your brain, essentially it gave you the knowledge of several years of combat training so just let it come naturally and give him hell, also I'm activating the armour protocol, you will know when it happens" she said before disappearing only to be replaced with the face of the Imperial soldier looking down at him.

"You know pointing that thing at me is a mistake" Mike said calmly as he could "the device on my left arm is not just for show, it changed me in ways you can't even imagine."

"Like how?" the Imperial said leaning down closer to Mike's face placing the muzzle of the gun on his forehead "you're in no position to make demands!" Mike winced as saliva drops splashed his face.

Mike smiled then with blinding speed grabbed the Imperials wrist and gave it a quick twist, there was a loud snap then the man howled in pain dropping his gun then staggered back, his wrist was now sitting at a weird angle and unable to move which meant that he had done considerable damage to his hand. Mike sprang to his feet then proceeded into a combat crouch and readied for a counter attack from the others, the Imperial looked at Mike and growled before coming at him in a fit of rage however Mike saw it coming and stepped aside letting the man run past, still moving faster than the imperial could he managed to get the Imperial in a head lock and swiftly and cleanly snapped his neck. As the man's body collapsed like a dead weight Mike turned to the other two, both men now had their helmet visors up and were looking at him with dumbstruck looks while Galadriana was smiling with a the biggest grin she could manage.

"Thankyou ladies and gentlemen, and now for my next trick" Mike said giving a bow as if he had performed a stunt or an illusion. The Imperial goons just stood there as a torrent of what looked to be liquid silver erupted from Mike's B.A.N.D. quickly covering his entire body aside from the head, the liquid metal then solidifies into a set of ancient power armor that seemed to glisten with an inner glow, on parts of his armour blue lights began to shine as its power source came online which was promptly followed by a flash as the armor brought its shields up. "So, out of you two ass holes standing next to my friend" he said cracking his knuckles "who's first?" the last thing the Commandos saw was Mike's face being covered by a retractable helmet then a series of purple bolts of energy flying towards them followed by a moment of intense pain as their bodies were ripped apart at the molecular level.

Jericho's bridge, high orbit, Earth

"What?! What do you mean it was sabotaged?!" the Admiral yelled as the ships systems started to come back online, the ship had suffered a massive power drop that temporarily places the ship into hibernation mode.

"We found these devices all over the ship integrated into several key systems, this one had a data disk in it" a crew man said handing a small rectangular device to the Admiral, with a quick pull the disk came free causing the device to shut down.

The Admiral looked at the disk with distain then placed it into a receptacle on the captain's chair, with on seconds the main screen flashed as a picture of Captain Marcus materialised on it. "Greetings Admiral, if you are watching this then you will have found our devices and we will be long gone from the Jericho" he said, the Admiral looked on intently as the video continued to play "as you can tell I am disgusted that you would unleash the main guns of 'MY' ship on a heavily populated city, civilians died today and that stops here, as of now me and the crew still loyal to me are defecting to the rebels and will be joining them shortly don't try to find us or you will die" and with that the picture flashed off.

The Admirals face started to go red as he swung around to the crew man sitting at the scanner controls, "find them, find them now or I will have you tried for treason when we return to Imperial space!" he roared causing the crewman to jump in fright before beginning a full sensor sweep.

The room was silent before the man turned around, "I got a faint Ion signature that matches an imperial shuttle, tracking it..." he was cut off when an alarm caught his attention "Admiral Subspace distortions detected directly to stern!"

"On view screen!" replied the Admiral, the screen flashed as the feed from the rear cameras appeared showing the planets only moon hanging in the back ground like a pristine silver ball however that wasn't what the crew were looking at. The section of space the screen was centred on was alive with ripples like something was swimming around in a large body of water, suddenly the ripples split open in a flash of light as three ships jumped out of FTL and came to a standstill.

"This is Captain Dimitri of the Imperial Battle Cruiser Hades, we have been tracking your Ion trail from your last known coordinates and are here to assist you" crackled the comm, the Admiral quickly smiled at the new development and asked the comms officer to open a channel.

"This is Admiral Constantine there have been some developments and I would like to brief you in person, how long will it take you to dock with us?" he replied.

"Not long approximately fifteen minutes if everything goes well, will see you in a bit, Hades out" came the response before the Hades ended the transmission. The Admiral smile became wider as he sat down in the captain's chair for now things were looking up for him and he hoped to keep it that way.

Hay plains, NSW, Earth

Mike ducked out of the way of an incoming plasma blast just as a new image appeared on his HUD, the image was a three dimensional representation of the area and the information it was telling him was not good. A series of yellow dots were approaching from what he could tell as the east and they were probably aircraft, to make matters worse one of the enemy Drop Ships was missing even his armors proximity scanners weren't picking the damn thing up. Then a horrible thought came to him, he looked over at the other drop ship still landed just before a another plasma bolt shot past him sending him scrambling for cover in the trench the Hornet made on impact.

"Angel, can you scan the ship for anything that looks like a cloaking device? Also give me anything you've got on the aircraft approaching the area!" Mike said as a massive barrage of plasma shot over head.

"On it Michel, standby" Angel said before a wire frame model appeared in his field of vision, to him it looked like a cross between a Pelican Drop Ship from Halo and the Buzzard Drop Ship from Resistance Fall of Man.

After a few minutes a red box appeared within the wire frame Drop Ship causing him to swear under his breath, another shot grazed his shields making him jump in shock but he soon silenced the shooter with what he figured was a grenade. It was time to see how many were still left and he moved his head up to see what was going on, in that second he caught sight of his assailants and smiled. There were nine when he started out and he could make out six, his first two victims were still on the ground near the Hornet's cargo ramp with a massive charred hole where Mike hit them in the chest with whatever his he was shooting and the third lay near the other Drop Ship in a crumpled mess.

"Ok Angel, how are we coming along with those approaching aircraft?" he asked as he took aim with his wrist mounted gun and fired at another enemy commando hitting him in the face, the man went ridged then fell over just as a new wire frame model popped up. "Oh shit" Mike hissed as he recognised the shape of a Black Hawk Helicopter "Angel, patch me through to the helicopters I need to warn them!" he yelled as yet another bolt of plasma grazed his shields.

"Stand by, scanning radio frequencies" Angel replied, it was another few minutes before she came back with good news "radio contact established, you're on the air" with a smile Mike took a deep breath and keyed his comm system.

Lead Chopper, that very moment

"Agent Baxter, you got to hear this" the pilot of the lead Black Hawk said as he began to make his final approach to the crash site, there was a moment of shuffling beside him as a man dressed in standard army combat gear fiddled with his microphone head set.

There was a burst of static that sounded like someone trying to talk through White noise, the man fiddled with the radio till the static was gone, with surprise he heard the voice of a teenage boy come through his head set "This is Agent James Baxter, ASIO, who are you and how did you manage to get onto this frequency?" Baxter barked back.

"Agent Baxter there's no time to explain I need you to listen to me, you're in grave danger, the dudes that are attacking the ship I'm defending came in two Drop Ships, they have cloaking devises I repeat cloaking devices, one is on the ground still but the other may be in the air and it's armed to the teeth. Also if your deploying troops be advised that these guys have some sort of plasma based weapons, you will recognise them from the green flashed while I'm the guy firing the purple stuff so don't shoot me!" the voice said back, just he had finished a slight ripple to the left of the chopper caught Baxter's eye and within seconds the Drop Ship came into view causing the pilot to yell obscenities as he moved to avoid a volley of plasma cannon fire.

"Well we found it, we can't take this thing down, if you have anything that can I would be appreciated" Baxter barked in reply as he watched the Drop Ship shoot down a copper, the machine burst into flames as it dropped out of the sky like a brick killing all on board.

"Hold on I might have something.....what the fuck?!?!?" the voice replied it didn't take long for Baxter to see what was going on, with shock he saw the form of the Drop Ship reappeared over the crashed ships starboard side and just sat there in hover mode, a second later he spotted what looked to be a cannon turret swivel around so the barrels were pointed directly at the hovering transport, a quick flurry of sparks shot out of what looked like the Drop Ships cockpit followed by a figure in a seat shot up before its hull was reduced to molten slag.

"Squad Delta, follow that pilot and bring him in alive, Squad Beta and Foxtrot securer the other transport, the rest spread out and deploy, back up the guy firing "purple stuff"!" he said, the choppers began to move to their designated objectives.

It didn't take long for the Australian solders to subdue the remaining Imperial forces, only two people were seriously hurt when the pilot of the second drop ship tried to defend his bird but all in all the operation was a success. Baxter waited for the Helicopter to land before jumping out of the cockpit, as soon as he was on the ground he moved to were a small group of squad Alpha was standing, it didn't take him long to see what they were looking at. In disbelief he watched the crew assemble outside the ship, he never seen anything like them except for a couple of times in passing but they were only illustrations or art work posted on the internet. The person in the armor was defiantly a human. a teenage boy of about sixteen or seventeen, his helmet was retracted and he walked with an air of confidence in his stride.

One of the morph crew walked up to him along with the human and stood at hand shake distance, she looked him in the eye and smiled "Am I addressing the captain of this space craft?" he asked over the sound of the choppers rotors.

"Yes, I'm Captain Marcie of the Hornet and it's a pleasure to meet you" the wolf replied, she looked at the human and smiled "this guy here is Mike Hamilton, a resident of your world".

"Nice to meet you I'm ASIO agent James Baxter" he shook Marci's hand then turned to Mike "you must be the one who contacted us over the radio" he shook his hand as the boy smiled.

"Yes that was me, and before you ask I have to tell you this armor has some unique gadgets that helped me get onto your radio frequency, I can tell you more later" Mike replied cheerfully.

"Agent Baxter?" a voice from behind the two individuals shouted; they two turned around and watched as a man of African American decent walked up next to them "Special Agent Stanley Donavan, NSA, I would recommend getting the ships and the crew to a secure location ASAP" he flashed the ASIO Agent his ID.

"Way ahead of you, from what I saw this ship is ok for atmospheric flight and if it is we will escort you to Wagga Wagga Air Force Base" Baxter said looking at Marcie, she nodded in agreeing to the statement "besides we only have three hours till sunrise and there have been some developments you should know about".

Marcie motioned for her to board and prepare for take-off then turned to Mike. "Is that your vehicle over their?" she asked and pointed to the car by the road, the crash site was not far from the road which may have caused some problems if other people saw it "if so we can pick it up and place it in the cargo bay" Mike nodded and within minutes everyone was moving to their assigned tasks.

Wagga Wagga Air Force Base, NSW, Earth, Two months later

Galadriana stood at the door to Mike's quarters and took in a deep breath, she was determined to make Mike her mate but why was she so nervous? She hadn't been this nervous since the arrival of the Imperial defectors but she was determined to do this, she reached her hand up to the door chime but stopped, did she really want to do this? What if Mike had found the Tigresses more attractive, she pulled her hand away and began pace feeling uneasy with herself, knowing full well that an opportunity like this wouldn't come again for a long time, mustering up her courage she walked closer to the door and activated the door chime.

"Come in" Mike said slightly muffled by the door, she stepped forward causing the door to open automatically. "Hi Gal, how's things?" he said looking up from a holo screen showing a news piece from a month ago.

"I'm good, how about you?" she asked as she walked into the room, the room used to belong to a former crew member who died several years ago but it didn't faze Mike what so ever. She noticed the news feed and frowned, "Is that the report of the Presidents death?" she asked.

Mike nodded "yeah, just trying to get my head around it" he taped a key closing down the holo screen, "can't even imagine what Stanley is going through and I can safely say the Imperial commandos are going to feel his wrath".

"The destruction of Washington DC was bad enough but having your country's leader die in hospital after a horrific crash is enough for me to shred their minds apart" Gal replied as she moved to the bed, she sat down on the edge and looked away from him for a second her tail thrashing slightly as she fought with her nervousness. Finally she got up the nerve to ask him an important question and with another deep breath she looked Mike dead in the eye, "Mike can I ask you something personal?" she asked.

"Sure, what do you want to know?" Mike replied as he got up from the desk and walked over to the bed. He sat down next to Galadriana and smiled "If it's about my family you already know but if it's about something else".

"This is a bit hard for me to ask, do you...find me attractive?" she asked, she hung her head as she blushed "you see, when I first met you on the bridge I thought you were just eye candy until I scanned your surface thoughts, and to tell you the truth you were broadcasting them pretty loudly" she began to fiddle with her head feathers nervously "then when you allowed me to scan your memories, and you saved us from the Imperials I felt something inside me and".

She was cut off when Mike gently took her hand in his, "hey it's not easy for me to express myself as you have seen and it's hard for me to tell you now" he took a deep breath he moved closer to her unaware his hand had migrated from her hand to her shoulder "I thought you really attractive when I first saw you" he cleared his throat "I thought you were the hottest girl on the crew and I still think you're the hottest even with those two tigresses on board now".

"So you think I'm hotter than them?" Gal asked with a slight smile on her face, she felt like she was in a trance as the two of them began to close the distance between each other.

"Yes, I do, also on the day we met, I developed a bit of, a crush on you" Mike placed a hand on Gal's cheek before moving in taking her in a passionate and gentle kiss.

Her tongue danced around his as she began to lose herself in the moment, she forgot about the Imperials, the crash, the problems she had witnessed in Mike's head all that mattered was the human kissing her, their arms wrapped around each other as they kissed following their shape of their bodies as they touched. Slowly Mike and Gal lay down on the bed, Mike's hand ran trailed over her side feeling her thigh quiver a little as she moaned. After what seemed like an eternity they broke the kiss, Galadriana looked Mike in the eye before taking in a few short breaths her eyes fluttering a bit and her hand solely stoking his short hair.

"By the gods, you are amazing" she said as she brought her breath under control, she reached up to Mike's hand and held it gently with a smile "I have another thing to ask, its personal as well and I don't expect you to say yes".

Mike nodded as he moved even closer to her, at the same time Gal wrapped her tail around his waist and held it there gently, she felt Mike run a hand over her back and she cringed slightly when she realised Mike would feel a sight bow in her back but to her surprise he didn't mind, he would find out soon enough what lay beneath, the feeling of him touching her back softly and sensually made her shiver in pleasure.

"Mike, this is a bit embarrassing and may be a bit too soon but I have had my eye on you for a while now and well, would you do me the honour of becoming my mate?" she suddenly realised how that statement came out and she blushed, "you see in my culture if two people love each other they can take it a step further, make it official so to speak by becoming a mated pair and" she was cut off by Mike placing a finger on Gal's mouth.

"I would be thrilled to be your man, but if we do this how do we make it official?" he asked in reply, he was slightly confused at what to do next when he felt Galadriana reach down to his groin and slowly stroked it, it suddenly became clear to him and he blushed realising how stupid his last comment was all the while his member was growing harder with every stroke.

A devilish grin creped over her face, "I can see your getting turned on by this, so how about we turn up the heat?" she said making sure she was looking directly into his augmented eyes.

Taking him in another kiss she slowly and gently rolled him over so he was lying on his back with her on top, she then sat up and began to remove her shirt slowly as she teased him. It took some time but as soon as she had removed Mike saw what lay beneath, instead of a bra she wore a black corset with what looked to be gold trim but it was what she had on her back that got his attention, arching her back a pair of leathery wings stretched out and gave a soft flap, the webbing flashed an iridescent purple as she moved them.

"It's good to free my wings, I'm getting some clothes modified back home but for now I have to make do with what I have" she said with a smile, she then untied the front bow on her corset and allowed her breasts to fall free. They were gravity defying borderline D cups that were mostly covered by scales, at their centre a pair of void black nipples sat poking out and rock hard, "do you like them?" she asked with a smile.

Mike nodded and moved up to caress them; the scales on her breasts were smooth to the touch. He slowly began to lick and suck them sending shivers down Gal's spine as she moaned in pleasure all the while slowly stroking his short black hair, after a while Gal raised herself up slowly and undid her belt and her pants buckle, slowly she let her pants down letting Mike get a good look at her panties. As soon as they were off she moved to her next target which were Mikes Jeans, Mike's decided to help and began to remove his shirt revealing is toned chest and abbs, Gal smiled as she pulled down Mikes pants slightly to allow access to Mikes groin. All that stood in the way of her prize was mikes underwear and they were stretched tight by Mikes raging erection, she hooked her claw under his waist band and pulled his briefs down releasing his member to the open air as it sprang to full mast.

"By the Gods it is big, was it big before the change or is it one of the perks of the B.A.N.D.?" she asked with a chuckle before giving it a quick lick from base to tip "you like that to human?"

He grunted as a shiver shot up his spine, Gal just giggled then turned around she then swung her tail over Mikes head letting him know that her panties were now designated an all access area. Without warning she started placed his cock in her mouth and began to bob her head, Mike moaned as she started to suck his cock feeling the warmth of her mouth as it enveloped it, feeling like Gal was being left out he pulled down her panties to reveal her pink folds already glistening with her juices and like all men let instinct take over giving the slit a gentle lick. The Dragoness gasped at the feel of his tongue releasing his shaft for a second but was soon quick to return, they continued to pleasure each other all the while Mike thrusting a little into Galadriana's mouth as she bobbed, he was now coming close to orgasm as was she so with all her skill she worked his member even going as far as to Deep thought him.

"Gal, I think I'm going to" Mike said before letting out a cry of pleasure, at the same time Gal hit her climax thanks to Mike using his fingers toward the end. She moaned around Mike's shaft as she climaxed while she drank every shot of spunk that erupted from his cock, she pulled off him after a while and turned to see a big grin on his face.

"You liked that?" she asked with the same devilish grin on her face, she got up and turned around to face him "I think you're ready for the next round don't you?" Mike was a little confused by this until he looked down to see his cock never went limp.

All he could do was nod as Gal took the initiative and began to slowly feed his cock into her tight pussy; she started slowly as her vent adjusted to his shaft. It wasn't long before she was bouncing on him like she was riding him, and in a way she was, Mike began to thrust into her as she slid up and down his shaft with week pumps but soon found the stamina to go faster so he was in sync with her. The combination of Mike's cock and the fact that she was finally making the human her mate was enough for her to climax a second time coating his member in her slick girl cum, Mike began to thrust faster than he did the first time as if he wanted her to climax a third time.

"Gal I'm going to blow again!" he yelled trying to hold it in as long as he could, the pressure was building and he was worried he would explode.

"I'm going to as well!" Galadriana replied in between her own moans, she bounced as fast as she could to try and bring herself to climax. Mike soon let loose the torrent he was holding back, at the same time Gal hit her climax and the two yelled out in unison as they came.

"Wow, I thought I didn't have it in me" Mike said panting as Gal moved off of him and cuddled up to the man who was now her mate "I should tell you that you were my first, thankyou".

Galadriana just ran her hands over Mike's chest and giggled "I already know, I scanned your mind, it was inevitable, and you are very welcome". She leaned in and kissed her lover passionately, soon the two started to feel the pull of fatigue and with a content smile on their faces fell asleep in each other's arms.

Eprologue

Area 51, Nevada, USA

"Agent Donavan, good to see you made it safely; I take it this is the ship I was informed about?" Kessler said as Stanley walked down the cargo ramp of the Hornet.

"Like wise sir and yes this is the ship, I have my report here, it should contain anything to fill any blanks" Stanley replied handing a document folder to Kessler. "We have lost track of the Imperial ships, at last count we had them at four but now they have fallen off the grid but not before taking some pot shots at some other cities".

"They must be lying in wait for something, or they have kicked over to many ants nests" Kessler said looking over Stanley's report. He looked up to see a human with short dark brown hair waring a strange arm band on his arm walk off the ship along with a brown Wolfess in tow, the two stopped just at the edge of the ramp and waited for Stanley to finish.

"I take it your in charge here?" the Wolfess asked, she extended a hand to Kessler, "I'm Marcie, captain of the Hornet" Kessler shook her hand then moved to the human standing next to her.

"And you must be Mike Hamilton, a pleasure to meet you both" he said and saluted Mike, as he did so his smile turned to a frown "I heard about Sydney, my condolences on your friends relatives"

Mike out of respect saluted back although he thought he didn't deserve it, "the pleasure is all mine, and it's not every day you get to see the inside of an American Air force base" he took his hand down and expression also turned sombre "I appreciate the sentiment as does Phil".

"Agent Kessler, we understand you have a new development, am I correct?" Marcie asked, this day was getting better and better and if there was a new player in the game they needed to get as much information as possible.

"Yes twenty four hours ago a new group of ships had entered the atmosphere, they were identified as British vessels from a planet designated Sol 4, it's a carbon copy of Earth where the British Empire still rules much of the world, so you can guess why they are here" he rubbed his for head in a gesture of frustration "the worst part is that we can't get anything controlled by computers near them for a closer look, the last fighter we sent in almost had catastrophic systems failure due to something the ships are generating".

'Another carbon copy Teran? Great, what's next a Lizard that sings sea shanties?' Marcie thought but was snapped back to reality when she heard about the British causing computer systems to go haywire. "Oh this is perfect, the Imperium use a similar tactic only they overcharge the device that produces the scrambling signal so that it emits a large EMP blast, great for taking down planetary defences that would rip through their landing craft like tissue paper".

The two NSA agents looked at each other with a puzzling look then turned back to Marcie. "So you know how to counteract this?" Kessler asked "can you tell us how to counter this new weapon?"

"Yes we do and yes we can, we also have a plan to get the Imperials off your turf as you humans say" she reached around to a bag she was carrying and pulled out a locked storage case "but first, I think we need to exchange information".

HMS Broadsword's bridge, somewhere over USA

Peter sat in the captain's chair looking over still photos the ship had taken; he still couldn't believe that an alien species could wield such devastating power. Washington DC was nothing more than a smouldering patch of rubble, many other cities on this planet now bore scars of orbital bombardment and the worst part was that the ships that had done the attacks had gone into hiding. He reached over and picked up his cup of coffee from a small table near his chair to take a sip when an alarm sounded, knowing that this could be a problem he put down his coffee and turned to his second in command.

"Commander report, what is going on?" he looked at the Panther with a cold stare "I need information here Mr Filmore, if it's another Earth fighter then so help me" it was obvious he was getting annoyed.

"No it's a ship, came out of nowhere, its moving fast and headed this way" the Panther said looking at the readouts from the ships sensors, "should be in visual contact now"

"On screen" ordered Peter, an image popped up on the ships view screen showing a small ship barrelling toward them like a house on fire "Will it hit us?" he asked.

"Unknown but it's coming very fast, it will reach us in ten seconds, nine seconds, eight" the Filmore said still watching the proximity sensor screen, as he hit one the ship rocketed over the Broadsword its wings just missing the hull by a hair's breadth "Captain, the ship was unaffected by the shield generators, should we contact the Trafalgar?"

"Good idea, see if they got a good look at the ship" he keyed the ships comm, "bridge to Commodore Trish, there is a situation up here that requires your attention".

"On my way captain, but if it's another problem with Earth aircraft then I'm going to be cross" she sounded annoyed as well; he really loathed disturbing the wolf even if it was an important matter such as this.

By the time Trish had arrived on the bridge the Broadsword had followed the small ship into orbit, the ship was indeed fast and manoeuvrable with a hull configuration similar to the Athena's but it looked to be made from spare parts and scrap metal.

"Get a weapons lock on that ship, try do disable it not destroy" Trish said as the small ship made a tight turn to the left, "It could have something to do with the resent attacks on Earth so I want it intact".

As the Broadsword closed in on its target a golden beam of light shot past the ship they were pursuing, the energy beam grazed over the ships shields causing them to spark but with no damage that could be scene. "Captain, unidentified ships detected to port, one is registering as being ninety percent organic matter!" a crew member yelled in surprise, the Broadsword quickly turned to face the new ships and were immediately confronted with four vessels. The lead ship was much bigger than the other three and looked like a living organism; the other ships were blockier in shape with what looked to be the bridge being more towards the front and a series of curved wings toward the back.

The small ship the Broadsword was chasing darted into view and began to fire what could only be described as purple bolts of energy at the new ships; the first ship to be hit was no match for the weapons fire, the bolts cutting through its armor plates like tissue paper. The now damaged ship began to list to the one side before entering the atmosphere as it was shot down, a second ship suffered similar damage but managed to keep its altitude. The small ship which Peter figured was most likely a Frigate turned away from the attackers and made a break for open space, the three ships now converged on the Broadsword like a pack of wolves closing on their prey.

"Incoming transmission from the lead ship, they are trying to make contact" the comms officer said, Trish looked at him and nodded, this felt bad from the moment the crew caught sight of the new ships. The comm officer tapped the controllers and opened a communications channel, the screen flashed with static before the face of an old and very battle worn human materialised, his face was scarred in places and he wore a strange uniform that looked ornate but practical at the same time.

"I am Admiral Graham Constantine, commanding officer of the Imperial Strike Cruiser Jericho, I demand you identify yourself immediately" the man said in a gruff voice, behind him Pete could see several people were rushing around from one console to another.

"This is captain Peter of Her Majesty's Ship Broadsword" replied Peter standing from his chair, his eyes never left the screen as Trish stood next to him.

"I am Commodore Trish, please explain your intentions and why you are in this system" Trish said firmly making sure to not show any signs of weakness, if these people were responsible for the destruction of the Explorer and the attacks then by hell they will pay.

The admiral narrowed his eyes and glared at them, he began to growl as if he was furious at them, "so you are another group allied with Anthro scum!" he said with a hiss "know this, your home world will fall under the mighty boot of the Human Imperium, your kin will be enslaved and all who stand in our way will be crushed, so decrees the Empress and so I will blow you out of the sky!" with a quick flash the comms channel was closed.

Suddenly the front of the Jericho opened and began to glow an angry red increasing till it was almost a golden glow, "all guns target that glowing area and prepare to fire!" yelled Trish, the officer at the gunnery controllers wasted no time in getting a firing solution on the Jericho's primary weapon, when he was finished he turned and gave her a nod, she lifted one hand in the air and waited. Everyone sat quietly with abated breath as the glowing weapon pointed at them grew ever brighter, then with what sounded more like a roar Trish yelled "FIRE!!!" brining her hand down to point at the ship in front of them.

As if someone dropped a burning match on a stack of fireworks the sky lit up in a hail of cannon fire, every forward facing Gun battery unloaded barrage after barrage of anti-ship ordinates towards the Jericho. Having a primary weapon that was almost fully charged the ship couldn't react and each salvo landed home ripping the gun to shreds, the guns charging energy hand nowhere to go and began to overload then feedback on itself causing the ship's hull to rupture in a series of fiery explosions. The Jericho now burning began to make an uncontrolled decent into the atmosphere toward the Atlantic Ocean, as it went down several escape pods were fired off into space near the other two ship and with a flash the pods and the two Imperial vessels jumped to FTL.

Peter looked around the ship as the crew cheered as the Imperial strike cruiser fell out of the sky like a tonne of bricks, his felt like he was forgetting something then he remembered, "The Frigate!" he exclaimed, he got up and hurried over to navigation station "Scan for the escaping Frigate, I need to know where it is now!"

TO BE CONTINUED