"Deploying landing gear", reported lieutenant Tashinga.
"Make it so", confirmed captain Maguire as the starship gently descended out the sky on limited power. In the sky high above an intense battle brewed lighting up the sky in intense light as the new arrived starships attacked the alienships with lasers blazing from the gunports embedded in the superstructures. There were flashes of flame in the sky as ships broke up in brilliant super nova explosions.
Taken by surprise the alienships had been prepared to face the starships that emerged out of the anomaly lasers blazing.
"Captain", there are reports of intense fighting coming out of space command headquarters. Their arrival relieved the badly damaged Sandawana which could finally disengage from the for badly needed repairs.
"How far is the army from space command?", asked captain Maguire.
"The closest army unit is 10 minutes away", reported lieutenant Tanaka.
"Space command reports that they may not able to hold out that long", reported lieutenant Tanaka.
"Com", have our security team meet me in holding bay one", reported captain Maguire. They must all be in full body armour, blasters are to be set on kill. We shall buy the army the ten minutes they need to reach space command headquarters.
"I will come with you, if that's okay with you captain", volunteered lieutenant Alex Bara at weapons control.
"Count me in as well", added lieutenant Anesu coming into the conversation.
"Thank you all. I appreciate your support. But this is not the time to act on emotions. We need to be practical and deploy our manpour strategically where it can be most effect on repelling the alien attack.
There was a pause before the captain proceeded.
"With that In mind, you shall all be remaining onboard. You will coordinate your efforts with the emergency crews to get the Sandawana ready for action. We might require air support. You therefore have a big task on your hands", said captain Maguire.
"Touch down in 5, 4, 3, 2..", announced a female computer generated voice.
"1, touch down", the computer generated voice concluded.
"I m counting on you all", captain Maguire said. He got up from his commander's seat, took down a blaster rifle from a wall panel on one side of the bride and quickly walked. The sliding door closed behind him as he made his way to holding bay one.
Captain Lucinda and her security team quickly took up strategic positions on the second floor of space command headquarters. They would have to bring something extra into their fight to hold off the aliens for an entire minutes. It was no secret that they were only seconds away from action.
The progress of the alien who were even then making their way up to the second floor, was audible as they rushed towards the position of the security team. Except for the noise coming from the aliens, there was a deathly silence such the hearts of the individual security team members could almost be heard. They did not know what to expect from their enemies, whether they looked human or were some kind of indescribable monstrosities.
Only the few coming moments would tell. The concern was not lost on captain Lucinda, who whispered reassuring to her men, "easy, stay calm and wait for my command to fire". As much as she was saying it to her troops, she was also saying it to reassure herself.
The sound of the aliens progress got closer and closer, the tense silence got tighter like noose. Then out of the blue the aliens emerged, a nightmarish formless purple mass rushing. All semblence of discipline broke with members of the security team firing wildly into the mass without waiting for orders.
The frontline of the mass split into individuals with lightning ducking the lasers being at them. The aliens charged furiously at the security team leaping over them. The security team members followed the aliens frontline with their blasters firing non-stop.
Captain Lucinda quickly realised that they were in danger of being surrounded by the aliens. She needed to immediately take charge of the situation. Otherwise they were going to find themselves trapped between two sections of the aliens.
Shouting in the confusion of shapeless purple aliens leaping over them in a show of alien athleticism, and lasers firing wildly in every direction, she split her force into two with one section a solid volley in the aliens in front of them. While the second section concerntrated their fire power on the alien frontline which was now behind them.
Some of the aliens behind them proceeded rushing further into the building. They could not allow the aliens to get to admiral Gwangwa's office. "Stop them", she shouted at the second section of her troops which was facing the aliens who had leapt past their blockade.
Leading the second section at a trot she set off in pursuit of the aliens but they were just not fast enough to catch up with the invaders.
Despite their best efforts to catch up with the aliens, captain Lucinda and the section she was leading were simply unable to catch up. She got a sinking feeling when she realised that the aliens were heading towards admiral Gwangwa's office.
Captain Lucinda became desperate to stop the aliens. She and her troops fired several times with the aliens avoiding the lasers as they rushed towards the admiral's office. Then in a horror of horrors the aliens burst into the admiral's office.
The admiral retrieved a blaster from somewhere under his desk but it was too late. Rushing at him the aliens wrapped themselves around him like plasticine, completely immobilising him. Captain Lucinda and the security men with her had to do stop firing for fire of shooting the admiral.
They could only watch in disbelief as the admiral was carried out of his office on the twentieth floor and out through a window.
An alien craft which had somehow avoided detection flew up to the window and the admiral was taken aboard.
Captain Maguire arrived having run all the way from the ground floor. Captain Lucinda seeing the starship captain urgently shouted, "they have taken the admiral!!", pointing at the fleeing alien craft which was already racing towards the anomaly.