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Two hours later, Josh was still silent, only this time it had turned from stunned to grim. He sat in the underground control room, listening to the different reports on troop movements by the Legion. He sat back at the end of the table. His fingers were templed as he stared up at the lighted board while Hutu explained what was going on.
“General Landais’ Battle Cruiser has been retrieving parts of an unknown spaceship that was discovered in the Torrian area,” Hutu explained.
“Why is Andronikos wasting the time and resources of one of his most successful Generals to retrieve debris?” One of the men sitting around the table asked with a frown. “It doesn’t make sense. Landais is one of our most difficult opponents.”
A low murmur of agreement swept around the room. Hutu turned to look a
