Admiral Jenson was very busy man; after all he was the Commander who was in charge of the battle group attached to the ESUS alliance. Should the need arise they were to be the first Tappee military force that would come to the aid of a fellow ESUS member, as a result they were constantly kept of high alert.
Impatiently he made his way down one of ‘Harrbringers’ many corridors. On this trip he made his way one of the ship lounges, as he passed out the corner of is eye he could that something seemed out of place compared to the normal activity. Curious the Admiral stopped and turned on his heel, as he did he could see one his junior officers rushing down the hallway calling his name.
Raising his arm Jenson caused the junior officer to fall silent, slowly the Admiral made his way his way into the lounge.
From what he could tell a number of the crew members looked visible upset, most had their vision fixed on the main T.V. Finally the Admiral turned his attention towards the T.V, he had seen many things in his years of combat, but what he saw on the screen even took him back.
For what seemed an eternity everyone in the room kept their gave fixed on the T.V screen. Finally someone spoke “Sir there are children bodies under those body bags, who could do such thing?”
What had been originally been utter shock, was quickly being replaced by rage, uncontrollable rage.
“Sir that was what I was trying to tell you” said the junior officer “We have received this from command.” The Junior officer handed the Admiral a data transmission
Taking the data transmission the Admiral looked it over.
TRANSMISSION:
ALL MILITARY PERSONEL NOT TAKING PART IN ACTIVE MILITARY OPERATIONS HAVE BEEN RECALLED TO THE PRIME SYSTEM.
END TRANSMISSION
“Sir what are your orders” asked the junior officer
“Contact the rest of the fleet” answered the Admiral without hesitation “ have them set course for the prime system.”
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Meanwhile the Tappee ESUS representative addressed the other ESUS delegates.
“This morning there was a terrorist attack on Tappee’s capital. This horrendous and veil act claimed the live of over 160,000 people. The murders were indiscriminate, attacks occurred at office building, all the way down to elementary schools.”
The delegate pause for moment, trying to keep back the emotion, this had been a hard day for all Tappee’s citizens.
“The primary concern of our government has always been safety of our people.” continued the Tappee delegate sure that he could continue “and as such we are taking every step to stabilize the situation, as a result effective immediately Tappee is withdrawing all military asset from ESUS and recalling them to Tappee. However, this will in only a temporary measure until which time the situation is dealt with.”