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and three brothers, leaving no evidence. The Hansa altered the young man’s
appearance, told him he was now “Prince Peter,” and began brainwashing him into
his new role, using the Teacher compy (or companion robot) OX to instruct him.
After the successful test of the Klikiss Torch, Margaret and Louis Colicos
began a new excavation on the desert planet of Rheindic Co, where ancient cities
of the lost insectlike Klikiss had remained untouched. The only functional
remnants of the Klikiss civilization, their hulking beetlelike robots, claimed
that their memories were erased long ago. Three of these antique robots
accompanied the Colicoses to the excavation site, hoping to learn more about
their past. The archaeology team also included a compy, DD, and a green priest,
ARCAS. In the ruins, Margaret and Louis discovered a strange blank window made
of stone, connected to dormant machinery. While Louis studied the machinery,
Margaret worked to decipher Klikiss hieroglyphics in hopes of finding answers…
At Ross Tamblyn’s isolated Blue Sky Mine on Golgen, mysterious storms and
lightning rose from the uncharted depths of the atmosphere. Then monstrous
crystalline ships emerged from the deep clouds, similar to the apparitions seen
fleeing Oncier after the Klikiss Torch test. The huge warglobes opened fire on
Ross’s skymine, destroying it and sending Ross tumbling to his death thousands
of miles beneath the clouds…
The alien spheres also appeared at Oncier and obliterated a station left behind
to watch the newborn star. Next, warglobes destroyed Roamer skymines at several
gas giants, never demanding terms, never showing mercy. These unexpected attacks
stunned both the Hansa and the Roamers. Basil Wenceslas met with General Lanyan
to discuss the new threat. Old King Frederick worked to rally the populace,
recruiting new volunteers for the EDF.
Vowing revenge for the death of her brother Ross, the spunky Roamer TASIA
TAMBLYN ran off to join the military, taking along her compy, EA.
Grief-stricken, Jess and Tasia’s father died of a stroke, leaving Jess in charge
of the family business. Although Ross’s death left him and Cesca free to love
each other, they were not willing to take advantage of the tragedy for personal
gain.
On Ildira, the green priest Nira spent a great deal of time with Prime
Designate Jora’h, eventually becoming his lover. Though Jora’h had many assigned
mates and was destined to become the next Ildiran leader, Jora’h genuinely fell
in love with Nira. Meanwhile, an Ildiran historian DIO’SH uncovered ancient
hidden documents proving that the deadly deep-core aliens, called hydrogues, had
appeared long ago in a previous war, but that all mention of this conflict had
been censored from theSaga of Seven Suns. Dio’sh took his shocking discovery to
the Mage-Imperator, who killed the meddling historian, saying, “Iwanted it kept
secret.”
On Earth, the EDF built new battleships to use against the strange alien
threat. The EDF also commandeered civilian spacecraft, and Rlinda Kett was
forced to surrender all of her merchant ships to the war effort, except for
theVoracious Curiosity, her own vessel. Newly enlisted Tasia Tamblyn excelled in
military training, besting the spoiled-brat Earth recruits. Her closest friend
was fellow trainee ROBB BRINDLE.
The Roamers were in an uproar after the repeated deadly attacks. Many of the
families decided to cease all skymining activities on gas giants. Jess Tamblyn
attended a clan gathering, watching Cesca, wishing they could be together.
Impatient with the bickering, he decided to strike the enemy aliens himself.