It was bad news. Twenty-two days earlier the Milgari had counter attacked the The Dakari fleet at Mortel. Of the 75 ships the Dakar had stationed there, only 16 had managed to escape. A Milgari fleet of more than 500 ships had arrived without warning.
The Teldaki Marines that we had left on the planet were wiped out by more than half a million Milgari soldiers. The fighting lasted for five days before the overwhelming force took complete control. The remaining Teldaki citizens had been forced back into work in the mines. Word had come from the Dakar that the next coordinated attack was canceled. They were massing a force to protect their next closest star system.
I felt bad for the Teldaki Marines. It felt like we had abandoned them. They had been provided with weapons and supplies. But we had taken all of our transports home as the technology on them was not something we wanted to lose. They had been trapped on their home planet with the only option being a fight to the death.
