When the Gods Aren't Gods: Book Two of The Theogony (39 page)

“I’ve got gate activation!” cried the airman who monitored the stargate entry system for Strategic Command’s Joint Functional Component Command
(JFCC) for Space. “Activation of Stargate #2!” He paused. “It’s got the right Identification, Friend or Foe (IFF) code, but oh my God, it’s huge! That can’t be right. It’s over a mile long! The nose of the ship is already starting to clear the mine field. If we don’t arm the mines now, we’re not going to be able to use them!”

“Do you have communications with the ship?”

“No, they haven’t said anything yet,” said the tech. “Should I arm the mines?”

“It’s got the right IFF codes?” asked the supervisor.

“Yes, it does,” repeated the tech.

The communication
s gear came to life with a burst of static. “
Skywatch, Skywatch, this is the Terran battleship
Terra
, arriving through Stargate #2.
”

The supervisor looked at the tech. “Did I miss something? When did we get a freakin’ battleship?” he asked.

The tech shrugged his shoulders. “No idea,” he answered. “I didn’t know we had one, either, but I’m just an airman. No one tells me anything.”

“
The voice sounds funny, too,” said the supervisor, beginning to get a bad feeling. “I hope it’s really one of ours. This is way above my pay grade. Get the White House on the phone.”

“It
is
a funny accent,” agreed the tech. “Maybe it’s one of the foreigners on the radio. Why don’t you ask them?”

“I think I will,” said the supervisor.
“
We don’t recognize your ship,
” he called. “
Can I get the name and rank of your commander, please?
”

The video
communications screen flashed as it came to life. “
Sure,
” the voice said. The screen cleared to reveal a tiger’s face, and the supervisor jumped back unconsciously from it. “
Our captain is Captain Lorena Griffin, Terran Navy,
” said the tiger. The view on the screen pulled back to reveal the entire bridge. A mix of humans, tigers and a couple of therapods was scattered across it with a human sitting in the large captain’s chair in the center.

“
Hi Skywatch,
” said Captain Griffin. “
Captain Griffin reporting back with the latest additions to our navy. It sure is good to see that you guys are still here.
”

* * * * *

“I’ve got gate activation!” cried the airman
monitoring the stargate entry system. “
Oh my God! Activation of Stargate #1!
”

“G
et me an ID on the contact, ASAP!” replied his supervisor, who knew that Stargate #1 was the ‘front door’ into the Solar System. This was the first time that stargate had been activated since they began watching it. He had a bad feeling.

The airman watched his
display, tapping nervously. “It’s battlecruiser sized, sir,” said the airman. The computers continued to analyze the data. “Based on the computer models from the Mrowry, the computers say...Oh my God,
it’s a Drakul!
” he finally called, fear heavy in his voice. “Sensors are showing a second gate activation...it’s a second battlecruiser. Third activation. Holy shit!
Battleship!
”

“
Activate all defenses!” ordered the supervisor. He turned to the communications position, “Call the moon! Get the
Vella Gulf
and any available fighters manned and launched,
ASAP!
” He looked at his assistant. “Get me the president,
NOW!
”

Time had just run out for the Ear
th. The Drakuls had found them.

* * * * *

1st Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Battalion of the 1st Regiment

Terran Space Force

Commanding Officer                            Lieutenant Shawn ‘Calvin’ Hobbs, USN

Executive Officer
                            First Lieutenant Paul ‘Night’ Train, USA

Space Force

Space Force Leader
                            Master Chief Petty Officer Ryan O’Leary, USN

Squad ‘A’ Leader
                            Staff Sergeant Patrick ‘The Wall’ Dantone, USA

Fire Team ‘1’ Leader
                            Sergeant Park ‘Wraith’ Ji-woo, ROK Army

Laserman
                                          Petty Officer Second Class Charles ‘Rocket’ Applebaum, USN

Laserman
                                          Sergeant Margaret ‘Witch’ Andrews, British Army

Laserman
                                          Petty Officer David Levine, Israeli Navy

Laserman
                                          Corporal Jimmy ‘Colonel’ Sanders, USA

Fire Team ‘2’ Leader
                            Corporal John ‘Mr.’ Jones

Laserman
                                          Petty Officer Second Class Ivan Sherkov, Russian Navy

Laserman
                                          ‘Bob’ Bobellisssissolliss, Epsilon Eridani

Laserman
                                          ‘Doug’ Dugelllisssollisssesss, Epsilon Eridani

Laserman
                                          Ms. Irina Rozhkov, Russia

Laserman
                                          Corporal John ‘Jet’ Li, USA             

Fire Team ‘3’ Leader
                            Sergeant Giuseppe ‘Trovato’ Tagliabue, Italian Navy

Laserman
                                          Master Remy Martin, French Nav
y
 

Laserman
                                          Vice Sergeant Ismail Al-Sabani, Royal Saudi Navy

Laserman
                                          Leading Seaman Abdul Wazir, Indian Navy

Laserman
                                          Leading Seaman Sigvar Borsheim, Norwegian Nav
y
 

Ground Force

Ground Force Leader
                            Master Sergeant Aaron ‘Top’ Smith, USA

Squad ‘B’ Leader
                            Staff Sergeant Jim ‘Shuteye’ Chang, USA

Fire Team ‘1’ Leader
                            Sergeant Alka Zoromski, Polish Army

Laserman
                                          Sergeant Alexander Yaroslavsky, Russian Army

Laserman
                                          Corporal Madek Shokal, Epsilon Eridani

Laserman
                                          Corporal Laveg Mackef, Epsilon Eridani

Laserman
                                          Havildar Rajesh ‘Mouse’ Patel, Indian COBRA

Laserman
                                          Havildar Dawood Noorzai, Pakistani Army

Fire Team ‘2’ Leader
                            Sergeant Gordhain MacKenzie, British Army

Laserman
                                          Corporal Jamal ‘Bad Twin’ Gordon, USA

Laserman
                                          Corporal Austin ‘Good Twin’ Gordon, USA

Laserman
                                          Corporal Hector ‘Macho’ Carrasquillo, USA

Laserman
                                          Corporal Suzi ‘Deadeye’ Taylor, USA

Fire Team ‘3’ Leader
                            Sergeant Hans Fleischer, German Army

Sniper
                                                        Corporal Steve ‘Tiny’ Johnson, USA

Spotter
                                          Corporal Mike ‘BTO’ Bachmann, USA

Ninja
                                                        Sergeant Hattori ‘Yokaze’ Hanzo, Japan Self-Defense Force

Medic
                                                        Sergeant Ben Shabat, Israeli Army 

On Epsilon Eridani
:

Laserman
                                          Sergeant Jacob ‘Paris’ Hylton, USA

Laserman
                                          Private First Class Calhoun ‘Spencer’ Spence, USA

Laserman
                                          Cabo Segundo Cristobal Contreras, Chilean Army

Laserman
                                          Corporal Berron ‘Reggie’ Wayne, USA

Space Fighter Squadron-1

CO
                            Lieutenant Commander Shawn ‘Calvin’ Hobbs, USN

XO
                            Lieutenant Commander Robert ‘Bullseye’ Pierce, USAF

Pilot                            Lieutenant Carl ‘Guns’ Simpson, USN

Pilot
                            Lieutenant William Johnson USAF

Pilot
                            Lieutenant Samuel Jakande, Nigerian Air Force

Pilot
                            Lieutenant Hans ‘Schnitzel’ Hohenstaufen, German Air Force

Pilot
                            Lieutenant Steven ‘Not Me’ Jackson, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot
                            Lieutenant Clarisse Boudreau, Royal Canadian Air Force

Pilot
                            Lieutenant Jack Thompson, Royal New Zealand Air Force

Pilot
                            Lieutenant Josh Roberts, USAF

Pilot
                            Lieutenant Nicolas Wilson, Royal Australian Air Force

Pilot
                            Lieutenant Pablo Acosta, Spanish Air Force

Pilot
                            Lieutenant Kostyantyn Tereshchenko, Russian Air Force

Pilot
                            Lieutenant Gurnoor Bhola, Indian Air Force

Pilot
                            Lieutenant Denise Michel, French Air Force

Pilot
                            Lieutenant Miguel Carvalho, Brazilian Air Force

Pilot
                            Lieutenant Nadia Rasputin, Russian Air Force

NFO
                            Lieutenant Jackson Taylor, USN

NFO
                            Lieutenant Joseph ‘Horse’ Dorsey, USN

NFO
                            Lieutenant Imagawa ‘Samurai’ Sadayo, Japan Air Self-Defense Force

NFO
                            Lieutenant Faith Ibori, Nigerian Air Force

NFO
                            Lieutenant Junior Grade Mia Rodriguez, USAF

NFO
                            Lieutenant Zoe Brown, Royal Australian Air Force

NFO
                            Lieutenant Sasaki ‘Supidi’ Akio, Japan Air Self-Defense Force

NFO
                            Lieutenant Gwon Min-jun, Republic of Korea Air Force

NFO
                            Lieutenant Rupert Becker, German Navy

NFO
                            Lieutenant Hakan Yilmaz, Turkish Navy

NFO
                            Lieutenant Gino Bianchi,
Italian Air Force

NFO
                            Lieutenant Boris Tsvetkov, Russian Air Force

NFO
                            Lieutenant Ali Ahmed Al-Amri, Royal Saudi Air Force

NFO
                            Lieutenant Reyne Rafaeli, Israeli Air Force

NFO
                            Lieutenant Aharsi Goswami, Indian Air Force

On Epsilon Eridani:

Pilot
                            Lieutenant Phillip ‘Ace’ Price, USAF

NFO
                            Lieutenant Park ‘Pasta’ Ji-hyun; Republic of Korea Air Force

The following is an

Excerpt from Book 3 of The Theogony
:

Terra Stands Alone

___________________

Chris Kennedy

Available from Chris Kennedy Publishing

Summer
, 2014

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