Betrayal

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"Sir, we just received word that the Mistralith
is inbound to our location to provide escort
while we are towed back to Evora."
Shiki said to Stewart.

"Mistralith that's that new Osiris Class
Battleship correct?" Stewart asked.

"Yes sir. The newest addition to the Order
fleet. She just passed all her combat
test."

"Roger that tell the Mistralith thank you
for the escort. A ship like that will be
a bit of good news in this troubled event."

Shiki nodded as she went back to work.

"Umm Stewart we have a problem."
Caitlyn said a bit worried.

Stewart looked at her then said.
"What's wrong?"

"The Battleship that rammed us. It had
Order robots onboard. They were
programed to collide with us."

"Are you saying we were betrayed?"
Stewart asked.

"I think so. And to add to that we have
an even larger problem." Caitlyn said
with a very frightened look on her face.
Then she continued.

"The battleship has a bomb on it. It's
armed at set to explode in the upcoming
hour. Stewart that battleship is packing
enough explosives to completely obliterate
anything with a 100 click radius."

Stewart was speechless as a silence
suddenly loomed over the room.

"How far is the Mistralith?" Stewart
finally said.

"It's 40 minutes out sir." Shiki said.

"Can we defuse it?"

"The bomb? No sir we dont have the time
to remove the debris that's in the way."
Amy replied.

There was another pause in the room.

"Get Mistralith on the screen."

"Yes sir."

Then the whole front window of the bridge
became a large screen with the commander
of the Mistralith in view.

"Commander, this is Commodore Stewart
Chamberlain of the Tenabras. We have a
situation. It appears the ship that rammed
us was piloted by Order Robots. Programed
to come at our ship. The ship we have now
found out is carrying enough explosives
to wipe out a small system. The bomb
it set to go off within the hour. From what
we can gather at your current speed and
location you will arrive to late. The
heavy lifters dont have the strength to
tow a fully loaded osiris at top speed.
You're better off turning around...."

His last words drifted as he was couldn't
think of anything else to say.

"This could very well be the end for us
all. Our escape pods aren't fast enough
to get out of range of the blast. And
there are no ships around this late."
Stewart said to his crew as he prepared
to exit the bridge.

//Please note that story time is based off the replied that are given
and not RL time. So The bomb may not actualy go off in 40 min RL.

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