Border Worlds tales #1 Beginings
Border worlds tales 1 The stage is set. By Raven Fox: many readers liked I use to be single, but now I am married to a vixen, so I am writing short stories about the Border worlds.
Prologue.
Across the known galaxy, far away. There are a couple of powerful star systems. One is known as the Federation, the inhabitants look like humans and they are more advanced than Earth. The other system is known as the Border worlds. They were part of the Federation a time back, being a group of colonists setting up colonies in the far reaches of the borders of known explored space.
Thru a few treaties, they became a separate system. Then a hundred years ago, a race of insect like beings started a war with the Federation. It looked like the Federation was going to lose the war, with half of their fleet destroyed and the alien task force heading to the Federation home planet. The Border worlds intervened and helped the Federation defeat the threat.
Things seem normal, but the Federation became corrupted and started using the Border world systems for a place to dump their prisoners and decommissioned starships. The Border worlds tolerated the treatment from the Federation, because the Federation was their kin.
Then the Federation used the planets of the Border worlds as the galaxy largest test lab. The drug was designed to suppress violent behavior, but it didn't. It changed all the females of the border worlds to anthropomorphic canines, the males remain human. The Border worlds never forgave the Federation for what they did, because the Federation did the test without their consent.
Since then, the Border worlds never had any contact with the Federation other than the occasional standoff between ships. Both systems know about the planet Earth, the Federation stays away from it, but the Border worlds visit it to recruit any Earthling males to go live on the Border worlds. The Federation tries to stop them, but their ships are outclassed in tactical systems.
Heather's home on the planet Aztec.
Jared opens his eyes of the feeling of something on his chest. He looked down seeing Heather resting her head on him looking at him with her reddish brown eyes. The human smiled stroking her yellowish copper colored head hair.
The vixen smiled at him getting up. She walked to a dresser getting an outfit to put on. Jared stayed on the bed watching Heather slip on clothing. He just liked watching her put on clothing. Heather glanced at him grinning. "Well, are you going to get up and dressed or stare at me?"
Jared gets up and puts on a set of clothes. He noticed the vixen watching him directing her gaze at his scrotum. "Look who's talking." The vixen giggled as she walked out of the room.
At the dinning area, Heather prepped breakfast. Jared watched from the table as she made the meal. He managed to work a compromise with her so he can fix the meals occasionally. A few minutes later Heather walked to the table with a couple of plates. "Jared, Pete is taking the Intrepid to Earth tomorrow."
Jared stopped the motion of a forkful of eggs going into his mouth. "I thought there was an agreement that we're not taking anymore humans from Earth with the Federation."
Heather sighed looking at him. "There was, but things went down hill. We lost contact with a deep space probe, do not worry, it was unmanned. The last image it sent was of an Insectloyd ship. If those things are causing trouble again, this area of the galaxy is in deep trouble. Those insects almost wiped out the Federation one hundred years ago, but we helped the Federation."
"Let me guess, the Federation doesn't believe us." Replied Jared thinking how much the Federation is like some places back on Earth.
"You're so right Jared, so we're keeping an eye on Earth due to some calculations, that ship is going to pass to close to Earth for our comfort." She looks at him with a concern look. "If the Federation wants to think everything nice and peaceful, they can fend for themselves. We're going to keep our guard up and keep an eye on Earth."
Jared finished his breakfast, the meal felt like lead in his stomach. He remembered when the BWS Intrepid ran into a Federation starship just a couple of months ago. To him the Federation people seem ignorant like some of the population of Washington State. "Well, I'll help the Border worlds out, if it weren't for some people I count as friends. I am not going to think that, Heather's people are concern for Earth, so I better follow her example." The human thought as he followed Heather outside of her house.
Heather grinned as she got in the passenger seat of the 1973 Dodge dart. She had the BWS Intrepid transport it onboard when she got Jared on a stretch of highway. The vixen watched as her mate drove the modified Earth vehicle down the road. A few minutes later Jared pushed a few controls and the Earth vehicle went airborne. "I am glad you like the changes we did to your car."
Jared looked at her and grinned. "I am glad I don't have to put gas in it anymore."
Heather chuckled. "Just have to change the reactor crystals every three years. Take us to the space port; Pete needs to talk to us."
Jared nodded as he typed on a keyboard mounted on the dash. The Dodge turned in the air to fly to its destination. He always have his hands resting on the steering wheel to give the illusion that he's controlling the car instead of the navigation computer that Heather's people put in the car. "I hope nothing serious happens."
Heather rested a hand on his knee massaging it. "Don't worry, we can handle them. It pays to be on guard, we don't want those monsters doing something to the Earth." The car flew on.
Mud Valley, five hours later. Three hundred miles south of Heather's home city.
The twelve off road racers streamed down the race track spraying mud everywhere as they drove thru a large mud puddle. Couples of racers slid, regain control and continued racing. The truck in front blocks one racer trying to make a move, no matter what happened the truck always block the persistent racer that looked like a dune buggy built in the 70's. At a stretch that has smooth rock walls making a U-shape, the dune buggy drove onto the rock wall to pass the blocking truck. A gloved hand gave the truck the middle finger.
"That's one crazy wolf." Said a blonde hair guy.
"No Will, she's a vixen." Said a red haired male.
"Cid, she's a mix, Astrid has a body of a fox vixen with the slim muzzle, but the coloring of a wolf along with the shaggy fur." Said Will as the race continued, the racer with Astrid finished in third place.
Cid watched as the driver from the truck doing the blocking went to the dune buggy. The driver seems to be confronting Astrid. "You stupid idiot, walk away while you can." The ignorant driver grabbed a shoulder. "Wrong move dummy, just made a stupid decision." The truck driver went sailing into a mud puddle. Then some law enforcement took the two drivers away. Cid turned to Will shrugging. "I better go bail her out or she'll be in a foul mood."
Will nod to Cid. "Catch ya later, good luck at the next race."
Raceway security.
Astrid sat at a chair covered in mud. The twenty seven year old female canine sat looking at an older male in his early forties. "No Pete, I am saying it for the one millionth time. I am not going back to the military force, you guys threw me out a year ago remember."
Pete sighed looking at the female vixen-wolf hybrid. She is glaring at him with dark blue eyes with silver mixed in the blue coloring giving her an alien look. However, the captain of a battle cruiser is not giving up, because he wants good pilots flying his fighters. Astrid was a good pilot, a little insane while flying, but a dam good one. "I seem to forget Lt., why were you thrown out? Everyone told me you have superior flying skills."
That seem to calm the ex-pilot down, but her expression went hard again. "I am not a Lt.; all rank was removed from me plus my flying status. Then I spent six months in a military prison with a dishonorable discharge. I am lucky I got this driving job, I am happy with this current career. No admirals on your back when you bring a fighter that had a control failure causing it to slide sideways on a flight deck. Pete, that is why I am no longer serving, my fighter had a malfunction, I brought it back on board, but it slid sideways scratching up the deck after the landing gear collapsed. Admiral Cofflin then started yelling at me for messing up his flight deck, three hours of painting and it would have been good as new. He still yelled at me and so I gave him a knuckle sandwich as Earthlings would say."
Pete remained silent thinking; he read the report of what happen a year and a half ago. Cofflin is still around, but now he is pushing a desk and he is going to retire in six months. Due to his reputation of verbally abusing personal, he cannot run for any political office, due to the Colonial government court martial he had a month after the incident with Astrid. It took three weeks for Pete to find Astrid, she did not want to be found, but he heard of a racer who does crazy stunts on the racetrack. "Lt., what would it take me to convince you to rejoin the military? I forgot to mention, the Insectloyds are back, Earth might be their next target."
Astrid's muzzle went slack, and then firmed up. She gave him that icy blue stare with her strange eyes. "I heard we had an agreement with the Federation scum not to go near that planet." The wolf-vixen leaned back looking at the ceiling for minute and then she looked at him again. "Sorry Pete nothing that you will say to me will get me in a fighter again. You have at least three to five years left in your career, so after you leave, another hothead officer who thinks everyone should bow down to him to kiss his hairless ass to keep him from writing someone up for forgetting a button on a shirt flap. Then there is the female canines like me who is worse, because they have to prove something. Do not worry Pete, there are plenty of nuggets who would be glad to fly for you, but this straight female is going to pay her fine and continue to race. I'll be alright, been nice talking to a member of the armed services."
Pete grinned at the ex-fighter pilot. He had an ace up his sleeve, something he had to do. "I am almost twice her age, but I stand a chance against her." The human thought to himself looking at her. Pete wanted Astrid to fly fighters again because some of his fellow ship captains told him about her. "She's a dam good pilot, I rather have her than a nugget fresh out of flight school, but I got to do this." He turned to the younger officer standing next to him. "Go outside and stand guard." The human turned to Astrid taking off his uniform rank insignias. "I challenge you to a fighting duel. If I win, you'll go with me on the BWS Intrepid as a primary pilot for the fighter squadron."
"I accept your challenge hairless one. If I win, you pay this fine and never have any military service members looking me up to fly for the military again. You guys left a bad taste in my muzzle, come on old man, lets dance." Astrid replied with an acid tone in her voice as she stood up cracking her knuckles. "I am going to enjoy this." She thought to herself.
Astrid swung at Pete with a right hook, but the human deflected the blow. He punched the female in the gut. "A female wolf can't take repeated blows in the mid section." The human heard a laugh from Astrid. "Oh shit, I forgot that she's part vixen. What's a vixen's weakness?" As he dodge another blow from Astrid giving her another blow. "They have endurance, because they wear a male to unconsciousness when a male has sex with them. I got to out smart and hope she makes a mistake." Pete then realized that he has reach, strength and experience over the fighter pilot. He changed his fighting style, so that his reach can trap Astrid.
"So, hairless one, you changed your style on me. Think you can use that large body against my nimble one." Astrid thought to herself as went to attack Pete again. "Shit, he's having a heart attack." She lowered her guard as Pete clutched his chest. "Pete, are you alright...Ouch!"
Pete grabbed Astrid real quick and put her in a full Nelson hold pulling her arms back. He forced her to squat, and then he put a foot on her bushy tail. She struggled and cussed at him, but no one could not escape the position he had her in. "Ok Lt., I won, now you call me captain, Pete, or sir, not hairless or old man. We're going to the space port to the BWS Intrepid." The human's voice went soft. "Personally, I think you gotten screwed by Cofflin. I wouldn't yell at you for trying to save a fighter." Then the voice changed to a serious tone. "If you ever take a swing at me, you'll be going to sick bay on a stretcher. Lt., go to the showers and clean yourself up. Ensign, escort the Lt. to the facilities and issue her a uniform. Lt. Astrid decided to rejoin the Border world's military." Pete chuckled at the look Astrid is giving him. "I out foxed a fox, but I better stay away from her till she cools down. Dam, I getting to old to fight." He thought to himself as the fighter pilot is escorted away by the young female wolf.
Spaceport two hours later.
Astrid growled as she walked up to the large building. A dark blue car rolled up to a parking spot. She looked at it as a dark brown hair guy walked around and opened the passenger door for a vixen with copper yellow colored head hair. "Now why did he open the door for her?" Astrid's mind raced thoughts, and then it hit her. "He's an Earthling, raised the old fashion way to treat females with respect, kind of cute."
Jared put an arm around Heather as they walked to the spaceport. He looked at the female canine with silver blonde head hair standing a few inches shorter then him. The human looked at her fur pattern. "Gray wolf coloring, but the body structure is a fox vixen. Those eyes give her an alien look, but I am on an alien world." He turned to Heather. "What's with her?"
Heather looked at the uniform, then at the female canine. Her blood ran cold when she saw those eyes. "Shit, as Jared would say, it's Astrid. Pete must not be taking any chances to find her and reinstate her to flying fighters again." The vixen whispered to Jared. "That's Astrid, she's a fighter pilot. She is what personal would call a hybrid, a wolf vixen mix. Do not ask me how it happens; they are rare, it just happens. Astrid use to be a fighter pilot till her fighter did an emergency landing and she punched out an Admiral. Stay away from her Jared; she has a short fuse as you Earthlings would say."
Jared nodded, then looked at Astrid. He noted that the female canine is looking at him with those strange eyes. "Well, I'll take her as a second wife." The human thought to himself knowing that a male can have up to three wives due to the Border worlds having more females than males.
Astrid watched as the couple walked passes her. She looked at Jared's figure. "Hmm, nice body on him. I notice the vixen is scared of me, but I think I can get her to trust me. It has been a while since I had sexual intercourse. That Earthling earned my respect by being polite to his mate." The female canine licked her lips watching the couple walk away.
"I can't believe they reinstated you. You're trouble, have no respect and wreck less while flying." Said a familiar voice.
Astrid turned to the voice, then her vixen ears laid flat. "Cofflin, how unpleasant it is to see you. I know most of your authority was stripped from you, but I do not feel sorry for you at all. Like I said, a few hours of sanding and painting those scratches would have been gone."
Cofflin's face turned red. "We had a few government personal on board that day. You embarrassed me with your fighter slid sideways on that deck in front of our government. You could have ejected from your fighter."
"I liked that fighter, I knew it and what it could do, and it fitted me like a glove. Personally I hate ejecting in space, my fighter only had a computer malfunction, so I flew it manually. I know it's still in service after being repaired." Astrid's temper is raging inside her, she felt like punching this arrogant prick's flat hairless face again. "Cofflin, in peacetime like now, if I eject from a fighter, I'll spend the next two weeks in front of flag officers telling them why I destroyed a multimillion credit piece of equipment, plus I am yanked from flight status. A landing accident like I had, I still fly while personal from Infrocom takes their fighter to a hanger and have techs looked it over to find out why it broke."
Jared heard the ruckus and turned to watch. He saw an older man yelling at Astrid wearing the same type of uniform as Pete. "This shit pisses me off." The human said to Heather as he walked to the ruckus. "This asshole needs a lesson in manners, plus you don't yell at a lady."
Heather saw whom it was yelling at Astrid. "Cofflin you idiot, six months and you could have retired quietly and now you have to pick a fight with Astrid." The vixen thought to herself as Jared walked to the two personal yelling. "I better intervene because Jared doesn't like it when a guy is mean to a female."
"Hey asshole! I suggest you leave the lady alone!" Jared yelled at Cofflin cracking his knuckles.
Cofflin turned to the source of the voice. "This is none of your business Earthman, I suggest you walk away."
Jared glared at the older man, technically Heather is a crewmember of the BWS Intrepid, Jared is her husband, and it is his business. "You're bullying a crewmember of the BWS Intrepid, my wife is a crewmember, so it is my business to defend a crewmember of the ship my wife serves on."
"Cofflin, walk away before you get yourself in trouble again." Replied Heather walking up to Jared.
However, Cofflin knocked Heather to the ground. Jared gave Cofflin a right hook, but the older man shoved Jared to the ground. The human snagged Cofflin's watch on his wrist while falling to the ground. There is a flash of white around Cofflin; a second later, there is a five-foot tall insect that looked like a praying mantis with arms instead of pinchers.
Jared looked at the insect. "What the heck is that!?"
"An insectloyd solider, I am going to enjoy this." Said Astrid as she cracks her knuckles. She walks up to the insect and punches the triangular head. It responded by taking a swing at Astrid, but the female canine moved quick avoiding the insect's attack. The insect attacked Astrid again missing her.
Jared and Heather watched as the two combatants fought each other. The human went to help Astrid, but a voice said. "Stay back Earthman, this is my fight." He saw Astrid looking at him and the insect is on the ground.
Astrid walked up to the insect she just knocked on the ground. She patted the head. "You know something Cofflin, the inmates at the military prison don't like fighter pilots. I spent every day of those six months defending myself from being killed. Then I lived like an animal until I got that driving job. I have to say, having a dishonorable discharge on your record makes it hard to get a decent job. I am glad that I am back in the military and you are a dam insect. This is for sending me to prison for six months."
Jared flinched at the sound the insect made as Astrid tore off its head. The headless body convulsed as green blood sprayed around. Astrid held the head looking at it, cocking her head. She dropped it on the ground and walked up to Jared and Heather. "Are you ok?" The female canine asked Heather.
Heather nodded looking at Astrid; green insect blood is splattered on her silver blonde hair and uniform. "I am Heather; I work tactical on the BWS Intrepid. This is my husband Jared."
"I know, he's from Earth from the Pacific Northwest area of the United States." Replied Astrid looking at Jared.
"How do you know that?" Asked Heather looking at her.
"From his pale complexion and his accent, plus the lack of rust on his car." Answered Astrid grinning, then she started laughing. "I am just having fun with you two. You left the Washington state plates on that Dodge Dart." She stopped laughing, then looked at the remains of the insect. "I wonder if I am going to get in trouble for killing a potential prisoner."
"If was self defense, it was trying to kill you." Said Jared looking at the remains. Heather nodded to Jared.
Two hours later an office at the spaceport.
Pete looked at the female canine with silver blonde hair a little pass the shoulders. He looked at the petite vixen body structure with medium size breasts that are a 34 D. The captain of the BWS Intrepid sighed. "I wished it didn't try to kill you, but you had to defend yourself Astrid. It means that they're up to something and their target is Earth."
Astrid nodded thinking to herself. "Yes sir, you're not going to have any trouble with me. I hope that you still want me to serve on your ship. After what Jared did, I do have respect for him and his race."
Pete grinned at her. "You know that Earth is way behind us in a technology and there are some that are not as honorable as Jared. He is what the Earthlings call a rare one, and I am glad you want to serve on my ship. Your record is purged of that incident with that thing, and Heather gave the ok for you to live with them. Welcome aboard the Intrepid and Heather's family."
Astrid saluted and left the office. Heather intercepted her. "Well, let's get you settled in my stateroom, plus remember, I am the head wife." The fighter pilot grinned a toothy grin as she followed the vixen to the shuttle going to the BWS Intrepid.
Jared sighed, as Astrid looked him over as the shuttle flew to the BWS Intrepid. He glanced out of a window as the large ship came in view. The ship right now is in a yard docking structure.
The BWS Intrepid is now done having a yard period done to it. The ship is almost three thousand feet long looking like Darth Vader's ship the Executive from the movie Return of the Jedi. Jared knew from what Heather told him a small fighter crashing into it would not damage it. The BWS Intrepid has three layers of shields protecting the space battle cruiser. "A credit for your thoughts." Said Heather putting a hand on his shoulder.
Jared exhaled looking at the ship as the shuttle flew thru a gantry. "I am kind of worried of what Cofflin might have passed to the insectloyds; after all he was an Admiral."
"A low Admiral, a nobody. He might have passed our deployment schedules, but not tactical information and critical stuff. The last year since his court martial all classified stuff was changed. Cofflin was mainly in charge of exploration, so he didn't have anything worth much to give to the insectloyds but the routes of our deep space probes." Said Astrid looking at the BWS Intrepid. "Man, she's a beauty; I wonder what fighters she deploys?"
Heather turned to Astrid, and then grinned. "The SU-3300 E fighters, I know you flew the D model before your incident. The E model has more powerful engines and maneuvers quicker. Weapons are more powerful and they carry four more missiles, and they put a better cooling system on the computers. What happen to your fighter Astrid was that the computer got hot and crashed making you take manual control."
Astrid nodded as the shuttle flew into the hanger bay. The passengers disembarked and walked out of the hanger bay. A blonde male officer walked up to them, he looked over to Astrid. "Lt. Astrid, I am Major Perce the wing commander. I have orders to show you the fighter you'll be flying."
Astrid grinned a toothy grin as she followed the wing commander. She saw the SU-3300 fighters lined up watching as crewmembers did work on them. Jared told her that they looked like Typhoons a type of fighter the RAF fly's for Great Britain. "They don't look any different from the D model." Astrid said looking the fighter over. "Something familiar about this one."
Perce chuckled. "The first batch is modified D models, newer ones. This one is one of the last D models made, and you are assigned to it. You know this fighter because you flew it before. After the landing accident caused by an overheated computer, the factory rebuilt it. It's one of the first E models out of the factory, Pete requested this one fighter for you a week ago."
Astrid felt different feelings inside her as she looked at the fighter. Memories swirled thru her mind remembering the stunts she pulled with this fighter, that had reps from the factory turning pale and the inside of the females ears turning white when told them what she did. "My chances against the insectloyds just had gotten better. When do we start training flights sir?"
"Call me CAG, Lt.. Tomorrow we start formation training, just to let you know, I got five nuggets so wait a while before you do any of your crazy stunts. These are fresh birds; I don't want any dings and scratches till after a few missions." Answered Perce, giving a no crazy stunts on my watch look.
Astrid nodded as she rejoined Heather and Jared. She saw a few pilots looking at her as she walked passed them. "Yes she did, tore his head off with her bare hands." Said a young male pilot.
"Well, I heard she has good flying skills. The captain must want good pilots to find her and get her reinstated. It was not her fault for what happen to her fighter, the factory rep said it was due to the computer getting hot, that is why they redesigned the cooling system to the computer. I heard the CAG is having her fly his wing to keep an eye on her." Said a female gray wolf.
"That's good to know, I heard she's good, but she needs a stern CAG to keep her in line. I think having Perce keeping an eye on her would be good for her in the long run." Said a vixen watching Astrid walk by.
Astrid gritted her teeth as she followed Heather and Jared to their stateroom. "I'll take it slow with Jared, so I can enjoy myself. It has been eighteen months of insanity since I had round of sex. I sent a few large females to the prison infirmary when they thought I was cute, that made the others inmates stay away. I know my mother is a vixen, I better get a hold of her soon."
A few hours later, Jared and Heather's stateroom.
Astrid walked in looking at the stateroom. She shrugged putting away her stuff in a closet. "Not bad, I won't mind it one bit." The canine said as she went to a com console to send a message to her mother. "It's been over a year since I got a hold of her. I wonder if she still has anything to do with me."
"At least you have a parent to talk to. I don't know mine, because I was given up for adoption after I was born." Said Jared walking out of the bathroom with a towel around his waist.
Astrid looked at Jared cocking her head. She ran her fingers thru her long silver blonde hair. "What about the people who adopted you?"
"They threw me out after I turned eighteen. I managed to survive until a couple of months ago, then I was offered a job in Wyoming. Heather picked me up in Oregon near Pendleton. She's the first female to show me kindness." Replied Jared looking at her being still.
Astrid knew what Jared is doing; he is waiting for her to make the first move. "I can tell he asking me, but he's polite by waiting for my answer. Alright Jared, I'll give you my answer." She thought to herself.
Jared watched as Astrid slipped off her uniform. He saw her lean muscled body with her medium breasts contained by a bra, then he directed his gaze to her crouch area seeing the flatten area. The human stood still as Astrid walked up to him removing the towel wrapped around his waist. Jared shuddered as he felt Astrid suck his balls. "What is it with vixens sucking on a guy's scrotum?" He thought to himself running his fingers thru the silver blonde hair.
After a few minutes, Astrid stood up picking up the human, then put him on the bed. She took off her bra and underwear. The female canine laid on him then looked at him, then got up and licked him from groin to his chin.
Jared did a slight shudder as the lean female crawled on him. He looked at the different shades of gray making up her coloring. The silver blue eyes looked at him, then the thin tongue went out licking her nose. The human looked at the medium firm breasts with pink areolas. Then he felt hands holding up his penis, then his face is pressed against Astrid's breasts. All what Jared saw is gray fur, but he felt warm wetness engulfing his penis. Astrid moaned as his length slid inside her, but to Jared, it was tight and wet.
He looked at the lean canine on him thinking. "Who does she remind me of?" The human thought to himself looking at Astrid's body on his. The pinks lips slid the length of his member, then quivered as fluid seeped from as Astrid orgasm. "Yes, Megan Fox, the gal from the transformers movie." He face is forced to one of her breasts.
Then Astrid slowed down and removed Jared's mouth from her breast. She said. "I am going to take this slow, plus I want to enjoy this." The canine licked his ear.
Jared hugged her feeling the hard muscles under her skin that moved from Astrid's movement. He stuffed his face between her breasts feeling that large tuff of hair in that area. The human inhaled her musky scent while stroking her bushy foxtail and feeling her firm backside.
Astrid felt Jared spasm and fluid shoot inside her. She looked at Jared panting looking at her. Then she contracted her vaginal muscles clamping them on to his penis. "I am just going to keep you inside me for a few more minutes." The canine stroked his face, then smiled. "I like how you're polite to us females. Heather was lucky to find you, but I don't mind being second wife. We'll get along just fine, plus I am not satisfied, in a few minutes we're going to do this again." Astrid bends down giving Jared a lick, them smiled feeling Jared's member getting hard again.
A few hours later.
Heather walked into the stateroom looking at Jared and Astrid sleeping on the bed. She grinned slipping off her uniform, then climbed onto the bed resting her head on Jared's chest. The vixen ran her fingers thru his hair looking at him. "Alright, Astrid had her turn, now its mine." Heather wakes up Jared.
The next day, bridge of the BWS Intrepid.
Pete looked at the view screen seeing the yard dock backing away. He grinned feeling the vibration thru the soles of shoes. "The feeling of a ship's heat beat." The human thought to himself as the ship moved.
"Sir, we're cleared of the dock." Said Heather from her station.
"After we're ten thousand miles from the planet, set course for the training area and engage the hyper drive." Replied Pete with a grin. He just loved this job.
That same moment, the hanger bay.
Astrid walked around her fighter checking it over. She is meticulous of the condition of the equipment she flies. The canine walked under it looking at the underside looking at the weapons racks. "Man, they did a very good job in rebuilding it; don't see any signs of the damage."
"So you're the famous Astrid." Said a female voice.
Astrid turned seeing a gray wolf just like her fur coloring. This wolf didn't have silver blonde head hair, but raven black looking at Astrid with dark green eyes. "Guilty as charged, may I ask your name Ensign?"
"Elaine, I just graduated from flight school, didn't know if I was going to get this assignment because we heard Pete was looking for you." Replied the wolf.
Astrid quietly sighed to herself. "Another hothead nugget, trying to prove themselves." She grinned at the wolf making sure that her teeth are showing. "Captains like to have pilots with experience to guard the ship in a battle. I have a few years of flying and I been involved in numerous exercises. The insectloyds are not something to take lightly, they almost wiped out the Federation and they might be heading to Earth. Why do we care about that planet? Because some of the personal from this ship are from that planet, plus my husband."
"Have you ever been on the Earth?" Asked Elaine seeming to calm down.
"No, I never had been there. If you have some spare time go to the mess decks, ask Heather. She's been there a few times." Answered Astrid watching the wolf walk away. "Nuggets, think they're indestructible." She thought to herself as she went back to examine her fighter.
Cargo bay D.
Jared ran a terry cloth over the hood on the Dodge Dart. He smiled looking at his reflection. "Man, I am glad Heather brought this onboard when she picked me up a couple of months ago." The human thought to himself as he finished cleaning the car.
Heather had the car brought on board for this mission in case they had to check the surface of the Earth. Having a vehicle on the surface of a planet has an advantage over sensors that operate off a ship that's operating in stealth mode. "Well maybe I might get a chance to get some stuff from I-tunes and see a movie." Jared thought to himself as he went to clean the inside of his car. Unknown to the federation, the border worlds have some personal living on the planet so any border world citizen visiting the Earth would have Earth currency and order stuff off the internet.
Five days later, between Mars and Earth orbit.
Astrid gripped the control stick of her fighter looking out of the canopy. She grinned in her oxygen mask feeling the faint throb of the engines. The canine looked to her left seeing Perce's fighter two hundred feet from her left. "Gray two, this is lead, I am picking up three contacts five hundred miles from our left. Form on me and we'll investigate."
"Roger Lead forming on you." Astrid said as the two fighters streaked to the contacts.
Perce saw the three unknowns a few minutes later. The craft he saw were triangular, rather looked like an insect. "Astrid, stand by....SHIT!! They're firing on us, weapons hot, engage!"
Astrid stayed by Perce's wing watching as he destroyed one of the craft. One maneuvered behind them, started firing on Perce. She flipped her fighter a hundred and eighty, by doing a movement with the controls and thrust settings, by putting the engines in reverse. The reverse is only for landing the fighter on a planet's surface, but Astrid used the reverse setting when in a dogfight.
Perce looked to his right seeing his wingman or wing woman's fighter going backwards firing the laser cannons. The fighter behind him exploded, and he just got done destroying the last craft. He shook his head. "Gray two, thanks for looking out for me. Please turn your fighter around and have it go forward." The human watched as the other fighter flipped and formed on his wing. "Dam, she's good, no wonder Pete went thru all the trouble of finding and reinstating her. But sometimes she scares the shit out of me; Jared is a brave man to sleep with her."
Bridge BWS Intrepid.
"Captain, our CAP was attacked by three unknown fighters. The unknowns were destroyed and we suffered no loses or damage to our fighters." Said Heather from her station.
Pete looked at the view screen seeing the blue green planet of Earth. He sighed quietly to himself looking at the bridge crew. "So it begins."
Fighter heading to the Intrepid.
Astrid breathed slowly in her oxygen mask. She used this to settle her nerves. The canine looked at Perce flying next to her, then she thought of Jared. "So now it's for real, at least I acted like it was for real before I was kick out of the service."
Perce felt his heart racing as he flew to the large ship. He sweated in his suit and slowed his breathing. The human looked over to Astrid's fighter flying straight and true. "I am glad she's with us." As the fighters landed on the ship.
End of part one.
Next part starts with a battle, plus a female nugget crash lands on Earth. Jared, Heather and Astrid are sent to Lynnwood Washington to find their missing pilot and fighter.
Here's some jargon translations. CAP= Combat Air Patrol
CAG= Comamder of air group