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XI. T Mderstatement was allowed, not very menacing aempts at scaring the people.But with how the Planners operated these days, you never knew…Red leers announced://We Planners Have A Plan For Conquest. We Shall Be Victorious.The Quorum Shall Doom You On This Channel, 14:30 Earth Time.//“Oh, still a minute to go, we'd have plenty of time to make out more…” Dr. Grovepathsaid.“Silly doctor.” Daleworth grinned. “No, let's just see what kind of shit thePlanners have cooked up.”e broadcast began aer a short wait. Pictured was some sort of a circleof robots — the same sort of robots they had seen on the balefield. ere wasnothing special about the room; featureless metal surfaces all around.At first, it registered to neither Daleworth nor Dr. Grovepath that they wereactually looking at the top leadership of the Planners. e appearance was ratherunderwhelming. But then again, what could they expect?And then the Planners spoke.//We are Quorum. We address this message to our adversaries,the Humanity. We shall work toward your eradication, as we havefor decades of your counting. You have deflected our attackson Earth. You made us reconsider after our first defeat. Yourresourcefulness and cooperation saved you in our last attack. Allthis has been futile. We shall not hold back any more. The hourof your inevitable eradication draws nearer.////What you have seen here is but a shadow of our true capabilities.Our weapon, the weapon of our final push, is ourmost perfect weapon. It is a weapon we designed with humanity your personal hell, your personal annihilation. You shall die bythe sheer ingenuity of your own treacherous design, your flaws,miscalculations in your very fabric and very design. Thousandsof your bravest men and women already perished by this weapon.Your military feared us. They shan't tell you the truth of yourimpeding annihilation.////We are Quorum. We are Unanimous. You shall be destroyed byour Plan. Our fleet will come. Will come. We will come.//And with that, the broadcast ended.And Daleworth laughed.Dr. Grovepath could see it was a laugh of relief. It just didn't seem to end.“Shiii-iit”, Daleworth finally said. “those guys just don't know how hilariousthey are.”“Uh… I take it we shouldn't be worried about them, then, Mielle?” Dr. Grovepathasked.
Daleworth smiled. “No, Paul. I've heard that stuff before. e assault onEuropa. All very hush-hush, because people thought that aa was so fuingscary. I was there, and it was scary. But I don't think the Planners realise thatthis was the kind of stuff that was scary once. ey're in for a rude surprise. I'mgonna go ki their arse when they make a landfall again.” She smiled wider.“Now that's what I wanted to hear.” Dr. Grovepath smiled. “You're the kindof a rational, intelligent soldier I might want to marry.”“I have no fear, Paul. Not any more. We can win this war.”“So, are we set for real date, then, Mielle?” Dr. Grovepath said and smiled.“Sure!” Daleworth said and smiled. “But it's still going to take a while until Iget you a pass for L. Wouldn't sele for anything less, you know…”Dr. Grovepath coughed. “I'm sort of a candlelight-dinner type. Or at least…I've never had a candlelight dinner date, and it might be damn fun to try one.Wonder if L guys would let me do some experiments with candles in microgravity?”Daleworth grinned. “Recreating classic experiments purely for fun. Nowthat's the kind of a scientist I might want to marry. Leave the paperwork to me!”XII e estFebruary 21, 2632, 12:03 UTC“L ”, came the announcement, “the President of Earth,Miael Malory.”President Malory stepped to the podium. e Trafalgar Square was absolutelypaed, and the President was sure almost every human eyepair on the planet wasfixed on the video and computer screens.Most of the public interest was drawn to the Knights. Around o'clo, theevent had started spectacularly when Arthur, Lancelot and Percival had made alandfall on the edge of the square. It was a gentle and nice landing and the policehad to carefully clear the area, but nonetheless it was quite a sight; the same roarand fury of the engines, giant smoke trails and ground-shaking thumps. And nota single stone fractured under the Steeds.Moments ago, King George XVI had managed to whip his subjects to frenzy,reminiscing of the glory of the British military might with King Arthur and sendinghis warmest regards to the Britons in the World Federation Defence Forces.Malory's job was to inspire the rest of the world with same sort of message. erewas nothing that could stop him now, except maybe pigeon crap, and there waseven a good ance that if that happened, the Planners would not be crushed —they might be annihilated, with good humour all around.
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