VC Chapter 8-New Threats

Sector 1600

Planet 1601

January 17, 2052

In the main boardroom of NB Central, a few officers had already arrived early to discuss the newly recovered intelligence obtained from the VEGA corporation.

“This is impossible.” Preez sat down into his seat as he looked at images taken by Wicker on his mission on the projector.

“New VEGA ships to counter the increasing threats on their ships?” Stein fiddled with his pen nervously as the thought of new ships destroying his fleet gave him the chills.

“That is correct.” Wicker crossed his arms and laid back on his chair.

The main door opened and two senior officers accompanied by Lieutenant Franklin stormed in and sat the ends of the table. The big man who had markings of Vice Admiral appeared to be of age and experience. His white complexion was covered by a clean beard and an officer's cap covering the top half of his forehead covering his hair. The left side of his chest was decorated with military medals and a name pin marked “Owens.”

“Gentlemen.” Owens touched the tip of his cap in acknowledgement of the other officers in the room.

As Franklin sat down beside Owens and passed him a thick briefing folder, the other senior officer who appeared to completely contrast Owens in size sat down comfortably in his seat. He was a tall asian man with fair skin that appeared to be quite young for his rank of Admiral, but equally decorated as Owens. He removed his officer's cap and placed it on the desk in front of him revealing his dark black hair. Despite his name pin stating “Chu” on his uniform, he was very comfortable with his people addressing him by his first name, Charlie, simply because he wanted to level himself with anyone on his NB team.

“Sir, Commander Jaimes won't make it in time for this meeting” Price excused himself as he entered the room silently and relayed the message to Charlie.

“It's alright. I'll debrief him later.” Charlie nodded and Price hurried out of the room.

“Shall we begin Charlie?” Franklin flashed a smile as she looked at her watch.

“Of course.” Charlie stood up and activated a hologram projection of a weird looking spaceship at the centre of the table.

“What the hell is that?' Stein observed the menacing ship as it turned in projection.

“Looks like a sleeker version of the Revelation cruiser.” Wicker commented.

“It's an assault cruiser class able to load four weapons, two shield generators, and pack tons of armour while being faster than the Revelations. Gentlemen, we are facing a new threat that could wipe the existence of the rebellion.” Owens briefed.

 “That folks...is the Apocrypha Cruiser.” Charlie stared at the hologram projection with crossed arms.