“The Virgin Valkerie wakes up, her image in Captain of the Fleet Vortigen’s mind intoxicates his senses and eases the pain of the coming battle.  She hungers for the war, he lusts for her embrace, together they become one for war.  A Kadien and a Voragian, a symbiotic need to survive from which a War Marriage is borne.”

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The Battle of the Marne Rim Nordelum Strait

Voragian Star Time: 00:200:4617:01:47 Lokarian Central System Time.

“This is  Captain Jira, our combined forces of Garian and Levenian Pirates have been greatly reduced.  Bengra Longships were waiting, in ambush, at the rendezvous.  They have killed half our fleet in ambush.  They knew we were coming here.  They know you are coming.  Someone betrayed us.  They were using a Gasinium Stealth shield onboard a Bengra Cloaker.  We have broken their ability to stealth.  We destroyed their Cloaker.  They have a superior force, we have not been able to fall back and recharge, our units are spread out and fighting as solo fighting ships.  Your Navigators and Readers should be seeing them now.  If you can cover our pull back, we can reform into cohesive fighting units, Hurlers can set a holding action, until you arrive, and we can resume after recharge.  We will commence pull back in five Garsems.  Our Captain of the Fleet and his ship has been killed.  We will fall back to point Hedron and regroup, then we will rejoin you.  Jira Out.”  the command communicator squealed out.

The situation was desperate for the Garians and the Levenians, especially now that someone had betrayed the rendezvous.  

Captain of the Fleet had just returned from his quarters, dressed in the traditional Battle uniform, known as the Groom’s Uniform.  He ordered, “Navigators and Readers Report.  Chart Major to your station.”  

The Chart Major made his report, “Eighteen hundred longships identified as the sixteenth Bengrain Fleet.  Four Command Longships, several Graisum Solar Subs, and one Stryker Night Demon, Sir.”