"all shall be revealed soon. But you must do something for me, or you shall never know our secret. Go, go defend Svass. The Corocians think they have found something there; you must provide the illusion that it is worth destroying. I will provide you with four cruisers; bring your fleet to supplement it . I suspect the Corocians' fleet is anything but puny. "
"Oh, and take this with you. Drop if off on Svass's surface. It's a mock project for them to find in the event you fail in your defense. I must remain here to complete our project."
Daedelus replies, "But... what is this project? It must be of huge imp--"
"Of such import that your failure to defend Svass will be the downfall of both the Voinan Empire and you. Go, now and win!"
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Thousands upon thousands of supply ships rushed into Cthlus. They carried deuterium and Fuzz powder. The "Malcontent," as the planet was christened would soon undergo its maiden voyage - fleeing from Cthlus to a safer system.
The engines powered up for the first time, with a deafening war. Quickly the Malcontent entered the jumpstream, coming out three days later in an isolated system to the far west of the Voinan empire. The project was a success. All that remained now was to outfit it. An even larger RDF was put on the planet in the event a ship entered the system. All captains (if any came to a system so isolated), regardless of sensors, would see only scattered asteroids; nothing more.
As a backup in the event Daedalus failed, a holoprojector was placed in Cthlus. Drawing 1000 terawatts/hour, it projected the image of a planet, and the image of a new dreadnaught*. This projection system was so powerful, the ship would even be able to fire. But the projector would be able to run for only two months before exhausting its fuel supply.
*the dreadnaught would be the one alluded to by Borb in captivity, hopefully tricking the Corocians into believing the Voinans were building a ship, not a planet.
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