Trojan War Chapter 27

 

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The fleet of Telamon under the command of the sons of Telamon, Ajax the Great, and Ajax the Lesser. The fleet held twelve frigates; small in number but each of the frigates held an arsenal of weapon that can destroy the destroyer or the mothership. The Ajax frigates were built for speed and stealth.

“Ajax Five to Eight will take on the route assigned around the moon. We will rendezvous at the designed coordinates.” Ajax the Great sat in the command seat of Ajax One with his focus on the huge screen in the front of the bridge of the frigate.

“Ajax Small, hold your ships as discussed.” Ajax the Great spoke to his other commander, the younger brother of his by name. “We need the …”

“I know the works here, brother, and do not address me as Small. I am the Lesser by name only.” Ajax the Great heard his brother He had shorter and smaller in the frame compared to Ajax the Great who was a giant in the frame. The crews of the Ajax One had said that if Lesser was to seat on the bridge, he needed to get on his armors to fit his frame on the seat that was occupied by Ajax the Greater. It was this humiliation that Lesser was had disliked and worn his armor everywhere. He had the chest plate cast in the shade of red along with the greaves in the limbs, and he headpiece too with the plume to the rear that was red. Lesser was also known as the Red Leader. His frigate was Twelve Ajax was also in red. Two other frigates; Ajax Ten and Eleven were under his command and held the red shade.

“Good, Red Leader.” Ajax patronized his brother. “We will proceed. Be careful out there. The bitches from the Frontier are deceitful.”

“I have your concerns taken into account.’ Lesser replied with a tinge of sarcasm. He knew that the intel they have was from the informers at the Frontier. The reliability of the intel was an open question given the qualities of the informers.

“Red Leader, stay focused on the mission. We need to be …” Ajax the Great was cut off by the alert that was blaring throughout the fleet.

“Ajax One, we are under attack.” It was Ajax's Five commander. “We are taking evasive action as discussed.”

Ajax the Great did not reply and told his ships to proceed on. Ajax Five and the other two frigates will divert the Frontier’s fleet. He had detected it for a sizeable one; ten ships of one destroyer and nine frigates.

“So, the Amazonian taken the bait.” Ajax the Great smiled.  “Red Leader, the bitches will be in your sight soon. I am proceeding to the moon. “

“I read you, Great. Fuck those bitches hard.” Lesser replied.

Ajax the Great sighed at the attitude of Lesser. Unlike him, Lesser was boastful and most times wild which was why Ajax had to think out the moves. If Lesser was not his brother, Ajax would have him removed and ejected into space.

Ajax the Great directed the remaining frigates in his command towards the moon. He was to destroy the Amazonian base there. The bitches have built a new base there and served as a refueling station.

“Frigates, this is Ajax One. We will do the task.” Ajax the Great called it out. “All weapons armed.”

The four frigates went in ‘V’ shaped formation with Ajax One leading the attack. The missiles were released and the cannons soon followed through with their projectiles. The impact was to take place in three seconds with the missiles removing the defensive shields and the projectiles will take out the refueling station.

However, it did not.

The missiles disintegrated on contact and so were the projectiles.

“What… how did that happened here?” Ajax the Great called out. “Break the attack. We need to re-deploy.”

The fleet had turned and fled from the moon but not all had retreated.

“Red Squad, we will make contact.” Lesser had countermanded the order. “We fight.”

The three frigates under the command of Lesser engaged the fleet of ten ships. The space battle was to take place.

“Ajax Ten, make a run on that destroyer,” Lesser called out the command. He knew it was a tough task with the destroyer protected by three other frigates but he was not to care for his own.

“Do it, Ajax Ten. You are the nearest.” Ajax Twelve was under attack by two frigates driving it to retreat while Ajax Eleven was singled out by six frigates. It was also retreating.

“Ajax One, we require reinforcement.” Ajax Ten called out for assistance. “Our shields are down to ten percent.”

“Ajax Ten, we got you covered.” The call came from Menelaus who had arrived. “My fleet is twice their number.”

The fleet from the Frontier took the cue to retreat. Ajax the Lesser was saved and he did the completion of the task.

“Take out the refueling station. We will complete the work.” The command was heeded and the three frigates bombard the refueling station. At that moment it was done with all the missiles and projectiles hitting it.

“We did it,” Lesser called out and then the fleet rejoined the other Ajax’s, Ajax the Great was upset.

“Who called in the Archaeon fleet?” Ajax the Great roared out when he saw his brother’s image on the screen.

“Commander, the Archaeon fleet is hailing us.” The communication officer relayed the request to Ajax the Great.

“Good tidings, Ajax.”

“Hello again, Odysseus.” Ajax the Great smiled. He admired the other King. “When did you come out to play?”

“I came back for Menelaus of Archaeon called on me. I need you to join me.” Odysseus told Ajax.

“Yes, we will.” It was Ajax the Lesser who called. Out. He was still on the communication link. “Ajax, I took out the station.”

Ajax the Great did not reply. He was thinking of Odysseus' request and the station. It can’t be the failure of his ships then. There must be more to that.

Unknown to the Archaeon, the Trojans had sought out the assistance of the Amazonians. They offered in return to them was the defensive weapon of the Trojan.

“We have a new shield that can block the missiles and projectiles from the fleet. It’s held a smaller cover and you need to see it how will work.” The Trojans exchanged the gift to the Amazons.

It worked due to the concentrated attack on the station but the shield took on damages. The Trojan used the shield modified to be over the station and soon after the botched attack, it was destroyed there to prevent it from falling into the hands of the other worlds. \

“The shields we developed over our moons are called the Trojan Wall, can withstand more than that. We will win the war this time.” The Trojans told the Amazons. “We just need to weaken them.

“I gave you my assurance.” It was said by Hector of Troy. “Odysseus will soon fear me.”