Simon's first target was an insectoid species that belonged to the alliance when it attacked the Terran Council and they were mainly responsible for a massacre of every last one of the humans that colonized the Alpha-Centauri system.
The aliens looked like a mix between a hornet and a praying mantis,they used their scythe-like main limbs to cut down their opponents and their secondary limbs to hold other weapons like laser rifles.
But their most terrifying way of killing was laying their eggs inside living victims.
The unfortunate beings that were treated as a living incubator and a food source for the larva were dying in agony as the newly hatched bugs were eating them alive from the inside.
Most civilians in the Terran colony got to experience this horrible way to die first hand.
Simon and the rest of humanity knew about this atrocity because the Carone, which is the name of the species, took video of their deed and uploaded it to the Federation net.
Now they were going to pay the price for what they did and humans had no intention of granting them a quick death.
The Carone were the toughest target among the alliance because they used organic ships and they produced them at an astonishing rate,what's more they preferred to board the enemy ships and kill their crews or turn them into incubators for their larvae if they could.
The Confederation had prepared some special counter measures to prevent that from happening such as a special type of nanites that would paralyze the insectoids as soon as they got onboard any of their ships.
Simon divided his fleet into eight strike forces and sent them to the neighboring systems to cut out all communications and destroy the colonies that were there.
He didn't need the full might of his fleet to destroy his target.
-All fleets report their preparations as complete and are awaiting your orders Admiral.
Athena's avatar materialized on the bridge as her organic body was in a regeneration tank designed specifically for A.I bodies when they were not using them.
-Good,and how are our own preparations going?
Simon asked.
-We will be ready to attack in about five more minutes.
She answered.
-Then set the countdown T-six minutes and then execute the plan.
He ordered and all the fleets got the message at once.
Simon had also used stealth capabilities of their ships to enter the system and position his ships into the best possible locations around the enemy defenses and fleets.
The plan was to destroy everything in space and make sure to stay out of range of the planetary defense systems.
The countdown was quickly approaching the end,all of the crews were ready and awaiting the signal to attack.
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At this moment every ship had dropped its cloak and opened fire on the nearest targets, decimating them in a matter of seconds.
The Carone fleet was the primary target and even if simon had only 2500 ships against the fleet of over fifty thousand the surprise and shock that paralyzed the insectoids,coupled with the superior firepower of the confederation fleet made short work of their fleet and defense systems around the system.
Within minutes the fleet of the insectoids was wiped out and the survivors were exterminated within two hours as the Carone didn't use the escape pods which meant that the only survivors were those that were in airtight compartments and somehow managed to survive the destruction of their ships.
-Admiral all the other forces are reporting the destruction of enemy fleets and defenses.
Athena said as she was serving as the tactical officer and an XO of the Thanatos and nobody minded that she was also a wife of their admiral.
-Great, now let's move to the final part of this operation.
Simon said with a cold smile on his face.
Everyone on the bridge swallowed nervously,they knew that when the Admiral looked like this then all hell was going to break loose.
Fortunately for them,this time the hell was meant for the bugs.
-Load the special ordnance and target the planet.
Sim on ordered.
The crew moved as fast as they could and that was very fast but they trained more than the other crews as Simon believed in training.
The result was that his crew was always the best at their jobs.
He watched the readiness display and waited for all the ships to signal ready status which they did in less than five minutes.
But before Simon gave the order to fire,his communications officer reported.
-Admiral we are being hailed from the planet's surface.
-Put it on the main screen.
What they saw almost made them puke as the Carone queen was a sight straight from the worst nightmares.
-Why do you Attack us ?
We don't recognize your ships and have no quarrel with you.
Said the gigantic insectoid.
-This Is Admiral Black of the Confederation navy,you might remember the species called the humans that you and your allies tried to destroy about a hundred of the Terran years ago.
Simon said in a voice so cold that the bridge crew thought that they were in the middle of a blizzard.
Only then did the queen remember the species that they were sure went extinct.
-You tried to destroy us all and even used our people as incubators and for that you will pay and the price is the extinction of your species.
Simon said.
-Open fire.
He ordered his weapons officer.
-Targets are locked and the gifts are on their way, estimated time to target ten minutes and forty seconds.
The officer said while her fingers were dancing on her console.
At the same time the rest of the ships also fired the special munitions they had been given to deploy on the Carone.
The torpedoes and missiles were packed with special nanites programmed to find and destroy any Carone that was still alive.
They would get inside of the aliens' bodies and start ripping them apart from the inside to give them a taste of the pain that the colonists of Alpha-Centauri felt when they were eaten alive.
THe whole time the insectoid queen was still on the communication channel and heard everything.
-Wait, we surrender,we will even become your slaves but please don't destroy us.
She screeched in panic when she heard that the humans had launched some special weapons to eradicate them.
-Too late for that,you never accepted the surrender of the human colonists and slaughtered them all.
Now it's your turn to feel the same pain and we won't make a mistake of letting any of you live.
Simon said with a grimm and cold voice.
He watched as the weapons got into the planet's atmosphere and bursted,sending billions of nanites across the planet.
The first ones to die a gruesome death were the ones that were on the surface and their deaths were not a pleasant sight as the nanites worked a little better than planned.
The Carone were torn into pieces as they screeched in pain and vomited their blue blood.
The extermination of their home world took two days as this was the time that all the scenes showed that the planet was devoid of the Carone life signs.
-And I have become death,the destroyer of worlds.
Simon said when he received reports that the other fleets also finished exterminating the insectoids.
-Since that is the case then why don't we destroy some more worlds.
Athena said with a grim but satisfied smile on her face.
After the success the fleet proceeded to exterminate all other colonies of the Carone until they were sure that they destroyed them all.