Chapter 16
Galactic Standard Date: 152,323.09 AE
Zulu Sector: Command Carrier 'Light Emerging'
Angelic Air Force
Brigadier-General Raphael Israfa
RAPHAEL
"General Israfa," Glicki called down from the bridge. "Supreme Commander-General Jophiel is on the line."
"That's Brigadier-General Israfa," Raphael good-naturedly corrected, "Colonel Glicki." The first thing he'd done upon making general was promote his hard-working second-in-command to the rank he had held only weeks before.
The sound of Glicki's under wings whirring with laughter crackled through the intercom. Mantoid physiology inhibited many of the vocalizations and facial expressions soft-skinned species could emote, but the insectoids had evolved whole other ways of expressing their feelings, foremost being the sound create
