“I’d hoped they’d come to accept us,” I continued, “but our enemies have down nothing other than plot and work to bring us down. They’ve hurt me badly—not just my plans, but me personally. The Macros have slaughtered trillions of sentient beings and made me carry the weight of those deaths on my spirit. Crow and his Imperial Earth sycophants took away the woman I loved.”
Miklos stepped up and gazed out of my window beside me. He spoke quietly: “That’s right, Colonel. And no matter what you choose to do now, attack the Macros, the Empire or just sit here and hold on, you’ll need a massive fleet.”
I nodded in agreement. “All right,” I said. “Build your carriers, Miklos. Improve the fighters too, and build thousands of them. I’m hereby ordering that ninety percent of Nano and Macro factory production be turned over to Fleet construction. Go crazy, but do it right.”
“Thank you, sir! You will not regret it.” He ran out of my office before I could change my mind. I didn’t even turn to watch him go.
“It is they who will regret it, Miklos,” I said quietly to the stars outside.
The way I saw it, both the Macros and the Empire owed me. The only question in my mind was who was going to pay the bill first.
The End
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