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Ananu
by Cainneach McEinri
Categories: Fiction » Science Fiction » Space Travel
Format: EPUB
Content Rating: Older than 17
Sarah’s Clan’s adventures with the Órarduine family continue. The Órarduine space ship fleet now consists of five Dóchas class ships in orbit over Mars. Two additional Dóchas class ships are being built and will be moved to Mars orbit so the interior can be finished. In addition to these additional Dóchas class ships, more Star Fighters, Badb cruisers are being built.
To address some lingering doubts the contract staff has regarding telepathy and psionic abilities, a meeting is scheduled to address their doubts. The meeting gets off to an awkward when an attempt is made to subdue a Command Staff member on their way to the meeting. During the meeting, several psionic abilities are demonstrated and in doing so several contract staff are exposed as spies.
With the completion of the buildings at New Comrie in the Eastern Pacific, they now have a place to relax and participate in outdoor recreation. This location provides a nice alternative to the recreational facilities on Mars at An Clochán. New Comrie also provides a place on Earth where they conduct their initial screening of potential contract workers.
The Órarduine established a sentinel line to detect objects approaching Sol solar system. The sentinel line detects a group of space ships approaching Sol system. Shortly after the ships transition to normal space, it is determined that these aliens intend to harvest Earth’s resources. When the aliens learn there are other space travelers in Sol system, they confront the Órarduine. The demand leads to the Órarduine’s first space battle.
Not long after the confrontation, another group of space ships is detected approaching Sol system. Due to their experience with the previous group, the Órarduine are proactive and arrange to monitor the approaching ships. It turns out that this group of ships represent an association of severals worlds known as the Alliance of Worlds. After a few missteps the Órarduine establish a relationship with this group of aliens and assist them in meeting the leaders of Earth’s governments.
Once all the Órarduine preparations are complete, they begin their journey to A-Celia. Shortly after they start their voyage, they have electrical problems on the three freighters they were loaned. They pause at a way point to fix those issues, then continue their voyage. On arriving at a subsequent way point they hear a distress call and respond. This leads to them thwarting a group of pirates who are attempting to capture a passenger ship. In assessing the contents of a container the pirates were transporting they find a large number of people in hibernation. After releasing those in hibernation, they discover that some were linked to the pirates. Those linked to the pirates initiate plans to take over the Órarduine fleet but their plans unravel. It is not long after that that the Órarduine arrive over Ananu and begin moving to the planet.