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Ranma and his crew seem to keep chugging along!
The evidence keeps falling into place, but Young, now seemingly alone has no intention of making things easy on them.
This far in I have decided on not giving a preview as I don’t want to cause any undue spoilers. There are only two chapters left after this one, the Resolution and the Epilogue, and they will be released together next weekend. Enjoy!
Chapter Nine is online!
The conspiracy is beginning to fall apart.
But will it unravel in time?
James appeared in the Federation Council room to see a very distraught group of council members. James eyed the three empty chairs, normally filled by the Vulcan members, then turned to the council president.
“You folks needed me?” He asked.
“Yes, Admiral.” The president stated. “Why are you not keeping us advised on Vulcan fleet movements?”
“You mean the attacks?” He asked. “I sent reports-”
“No, I mean the increasing number of ships flowing into the space surrounding Vulcan.” The president snapped.
“I am not exactly sure what there is to tell you. They see us building up forces, they’re trying to build up forces-”
“Admiral, we cannot allow them to mount a counter offensive.” Young called out from his seat. “If they attack our forces before they are fully assembled-”
“They will be slaughtered.” James interrupted. “The Vulcan fleet is no match for our current fleet assembled at Wolf 3-5-9 nor will it be for the fully assembled fleet.”
“Mr. Young disagrees.” The president replied.
“Well, with all due respect to Mr. Young, he is not the one here with 37 years of military experience.” James countered.
“Admiral, a dozen Vulcan cruisers scared away your task force sent to secure one Vulcan colony.” Young smugly stated.
“Those were smaller ships with a single battleship for support. The reclamation fleet as it is right now has eight Sovereign class battleships with five more less than a day out. There are several other Galaxy and Nebula class battleships with the group as well.” James growled.
“Look.” The president interjected. “I didn’t call you here for a ship roster update.”
“Then what did you call me here for?” James asked.
“Attack now.” Young demanded.
“We don’t have the occupation forces ready yet.” James lied.
“You’re lying.” Young smiled. “I know for a fact that you’re hiding two million LDF forces near Andoria.”
The president looked at James. “Is this true?”
“We cannot risk having our ground forces compromised if the main fleet were to be.”
“I thought you said the main fleet was invincible?” Young smirked, pleased with his work so far.
“There are more than just the Vulcans out there you planet bound jackass.” James growled.
“ADMIRAL!” The president barked. Young had to bite his tongue to keep himself from laughing. The president turned to the group. “All in favor of moving Operation Reclamation up?”
“Aye.” Everyone stated.
“Opposed?”
Silence.
The president banged his gavel. He looked at James. “I want boots on Vulcan soil within 36 hours.”
James stood there for a minute before snapping to attention. “Yes sir.” He then quickly transported out.
…while you’re waiting for Chapter Nine of course?
They're using a porno as basis on how to interact with the school newspaper...
If you’re into ludicrously hilarious anime like I am, check out Seitokai Yakuindomo.
The main protagonist, Tsuda, joins a mainly all female school (till that year it was an all female school) and is asked to join the student council as vice-president and its male representative.
It’s not as haremy as one would assume, but the jokes are anything but appropriate. The girls are the most perverted group of women in Japan, apparently and lack any sense of modest when it comes to their… *ahem* womenly ways…
Ranmaesqe slapstick violence is abound, and the characters are all quite loveable, especially Hagimura, a 16 year old genius in the body of a 10 year old. She reminds me of a very, very angry Chiyo-chan. ^_^
You can grab the torrents from Ayako Fansubs! Hurry before it gets licensed!
As promised I am releasing the next chapter of Moon Trek NEO 4: Salvation early! Granted for those of you in Europe, it’s only a day early. But that is early none the less!
And don’t you worry too much about having to wait a whole 8-9 days for chapter nine! Another chapter will be released THIS WEEKEND! YAY! I may not release it till Sunday to give you fine folks a chance to get through this one, but it will be released this weekend none the less.
I’d love to hear from you guys on how the story is going so far. You can comment on the Moon Trek Facebook page, the story page, or contact me directly via Twitter or Facebook.
To give you an idea of where this chapter is going, here is a particularly ominous excerpt. Spoilers abound, so don’t read if you haven’t finished the last chapter!
“Why exactly have the first twenty minutes of the interrogation been deleted?” Ranma asked.
Rei looked to Makoto, then back to Ranma. “That’s my fault, sir. We switched and I was trying to start my logging and I accidentally deleted her log instead of making a continuation.”
Ranma nodded. “Okay. Good official reason. And the real reason would be…”
“Sir?” Rei asked.
Ranma leaned back in his office chair and sighed. “I have no intention of believing that all of Commander Gosnell’s interrogation time just ‘happened’ to ‘accidentally’ get deleted.”
Ranma stood and walked over to the two women. “The less you lie to me, the less angry I will be when I have a forensics team pull the log off the computer core and watch it.”
Makoto sighed. “I was instructed by Admiral Larson to disregard your order and use…”
“That’s enough.” Ranma interrupted. “Commander Hino, please wait outside.”
Rei nodded. “Aye.” Rei quickly scurried out the door.
Makoto turned to Ranma. “Captain, if I may-”
“Nope.” Ranma replied, moving towards his desk. He pulled out a PADD and began to type some things on it.
“Captain.”
Ranma put his finger on his lip to shush Makoto. She remained silent till Ranma finished, at which point he slid the PADD across the desk, allowing it to stop in front of her.
“Commander, I am the captain of this ship. Admiral Larson is not. Furthermore, so long as you serve as my chief tactical officer and head of security you work for me and not Section 31. However it seems that you may not be aware, or at least not care for that.”
Makoto picked up the PADD and began to look at it. “This is…”
Ranma nodded. “Yup. Make your choice. Work for me or get the hell off my ship.”
On vacation for the next seven days. Plan on getting work done on the Wiki and will probably end up releasing chapter eight early! So if you haven’t read chapter seven, get to it!
As a side note, I’m also playing around with a short story similar to Moon Trek: Intruder that takes place between NEO 2 & 3. If I bother finishing it, I will release it without much polish, as it’s simply a lark story. I am pretty sure I will finish it as it’s kind of cute (ugh) and goes into the character’s relationships with each other.
It rain here today, finally, by the way. And my air conditioning shut off for the first time in a month. It just seems like it’s going to be a spectacular week. (Cue the thermonuclear bomb.)
Sorry kiddos. I had a really long and exciting (sorta) day playing EVE today and didn’t get around to posting Chapter 7 in a timely manner. I apologize for that! However it’s online now!
I am going to avoid the spoilers. If you’re reading along, you know where the story is and you know what to expect out of this chapter. We’re up to my two favorite chapters here, and I was considering releasing 7 & 8 together, but decided to go ahead and hold 8 for next week as not to give everyone an emotional and awesomeness overload!
Hope you enjoy this chapter, and I really hope I start seeing some feedback soon! Here’s a rather short preview, as, like I said, I don’t want to give any spoilers!
The Salvation barreled ahead at full impulse, somehow managing to blow right through the battle and the swarm of Infinity’s fighters without hitting any and into orbit over the planet.
Once there, they establish a position over the facility. Ranma walks up to Larson’s station and examines it. “I’m sending this down to both groups.” Ranma explained.
Larson nodded.
Minako looked to Ranma and Larson. “The security detail has transported.”
Ranma nodded.
Just a few more seconds.
Minako looked to her terminal, then back to Ranma. “The NEO teams have transported.”
Ranma again nodded and turned to Makoto.
“Red alert, decloak, shields up, pick a ship and kill it. I don’t care what order that’s in.”
Makoto grinned. “Aye.”
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