Chapter 11

My ship was rocked with a blast of fire. Crew mebers scrambled to fix the damage. people were scared. i could see the fear in there eyes. i watched on the screen as shiped fought each other.
it was so odd it was like they were dancing and one who could not dance would die. one great reading tuaght me something very valuble. the reading said "here are three types of strength. one big strong and nasty.
two smart and tactil. three strenth in numbers. early one humans fought things much stronger then them. great tigers and such. at first they would die easly. but then people discovered ways to kill the tiger with bows and arrows.
so number one was not nessacarly the best path but number two could never know out number three. and number three killed in the thousands to millons. bugs! alone they were harmless but they could spread plauge and kill many together. so the wise man would say take all three paths."

i when i first commanded others i thought this teaching to be foolish but now i realized its value. kind of sad the day thousands were to die is the die i learned truly how to fight. it was not long ago i was refusing to leave a small patrol. now i commanded a armanda.

ships fored upon eachother. volley after volley was fired. ships popped in and out. fighters tlied each other. each time one fell two more popped up. it would never end. for the pilots it was if time had folded on itself.

"admiral the warheads are ready." said the captain.

"set a course for the sun" i said "get a escort.

"yes sir" he said.

We aproached then sun and were about to fire. but something stopped us the very dead stopped us.

"admiral" the captain said "there is a ship not a enemy ship sir. but not one of our ships sir."

"can it be indenified" i asked
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"yes" he said "its the fighter from the starfinder. one life aboard. wait ! its hailing us!"

"put it up. now!" i said but then as i saw who it was my world changed.

"what your doing is not right Arion yo can't kill millons of people. people who are peacful." he said.

"who are you!" i demanded.

the man sighed. "i am Lixin" he said

"no.. no... he died." i said

"wrong we all realzied at the last moment that we could use the fighter we all made it.. but the other... thats not importent what is is that you dont fire those torpedos" Lixin said "its wrong and if you try i can and will stop you."

"there is no other way!" i said.

"yes there is" Lixin said "thses aliens have all there computers to one planet. we destroy that plannet. it maybe a massacre but its better then destroying every planet. the wont be able to build ships it ill take them thousands of years to recover.order you captail ships to begin a bombardment i will go to them."

'alright we will remain here i case" i said

"alright im going" he said

five minutes later i turned to the captain. "is he out of range." i asked

'yes sir!" he said

"fire the warheads!"

END

Epiloge:

i had landed on New Berlin. it started to rain. i felt it on my hands. it felt wonderful. funny, i had never felt rain before.