BOOK III: 2550

2550

The system where Allison made his discovery was one of the two the United Stars had demanded. It was named Arsenal System.

The other was called Light House.

Arsenal System lay deep in GC territory and only a corridor established in the cease fire agreement, 5 light years in cricumference but almost 400 ligh years long connected it to Union space.

Arsenal System had 7 planets and a host of moons. The Planets where named Arsenal one through seven.

Arsenal three, where Allison landed was declared off limits to anyone other than special selected militarty personnel and scientists. Arsenal four became the new Navy headquater and an unprecedented construction effort began to fortify and secure that system.

Rumors run wilde about the nature of Allisons find and when the Kermac got wind of it they demanded to know what it was and wanted the system back.

The most popular and most presistent rumor was that Alliosn had found a completely intact Mythor ship yard with hundreds maybe thousands of Mythor ships and technology perfectly preserved.

Another mystery was the origin of the gigantic alien ship Admiral Stahl had brought back from his self imposed exile.

The Admiral himself however revealed some of its origin openly to the public. When he was selected by the Guardian to be one of the 200 mentors so long ago, the Guardian revealed to him the location of this ship left behind by the same endities who had placed the Guardian on Earth and instructed him to retrieve it in time of need. Stahl did not tell, at least openly where he had been all that time or where he da to go to get the ship. He did not say if he meet the Endity or Endities there, he simply refered to as The Friends.

The Devastator was of alien Origin but clearly built with Terrans in mind. The ship had been taken to dry dock to receive additional equipment to make it compatible with Union technology.

The ship was a disc of elongated elyptical shape with a length of 34,000 meters and a width of almost 28,000 meters. It was over 12,000 meters thick and larger than any other space ship known, dwarfing even the huge Dai Mothers of the Dai thaan.

It almost instantly became a symbol not so much for Union but for Terran might, despite the fact that it was the Union Flag ship.