by DN Farrell
"Colonel kell." He said politely, while sitting to his right hand side, was Commander Jack Trellon, who declared excitedly, "Wow I can't believe it, we all thought you were dead!"
"Well your dead wrong commander, I'm alive and kicking and I've got three other marines with me."
The captain nodded and then said "Well I guess it's a hell of a tale colonel, I take it you want to come on board?"
"Sure sir, but what about the Trigerius ?" Kell queried and then asked the Captain, "And you brought more ships this time?"
The captain just smiled and then said, "The Trigerius was badly damaged and has been forced to head back to Space Station Alpha for repairs."
Then Commander Trellon added that, "We've got half the fleet Kell along with us, we're going to kick some ass, do you want to join us?"
"Sure thing Trell," replied Kell, " but we've got a bunch of Incenotopians on board, so we'll have to take them along for the ride, I guess."
The captain nodded, smiled some more and asked "Incenotopians, so I guess that's where you got the ship?"
"Yes captain." Retorted kell, "But I don't think they'll be too happy about the state it's now in."
"Well that's what they get for hanging around a war zone!" Exclaimed Commander Trellon.
"We'll drop them off at the nearest friendly planet and they can find their own way home." Replied the captain.
Kell just smiled back and then looking over at Kolkalka and smiling, he flicked on the unit comms and said "Guys we're going home, the Byrant has been our cavalry today." And with that the four marines and their Incenotopian guests, prepared for teleportation back to the Byrant.
Once on the Byrant, Kell looked back out of one of the Plexiglass viewing windows, he looked back at the shattered hull of the Mark IV saucer and reaching down to the crucifix which sat on a gold chain around his neck, he kissed it then quietly thanked God for letting himself and at least three other marines, still be in one piece, after what could only be described as a hell of a week!
Preview of The Artemis Trap
Wonder what happens next?
Well take a look at the prelude from the next book in the Trellon Adventures series, "The Artemis Trap."
Prologue
The Bryant – Bridge
"Captain."
"Yes Colonel kell?" Captain Jobi said without looking back over at the bridge lift doors, which had just slid open and the burly figure Colonel Kell, had strode out with a stressed expression on his face. Then walking past Commander Jack Trellon, he stood in front of the Captain, blocking of his view of the Holo Tube, in the process.
"Well Artelius what happened back there?"
"I should be asking you this question Henry." Replied the aged and bald headed Captain Jobi, as he looked up at the hulking figure of Colonel Kell.
"With all due respect sir, I just lost all but three of my men." Kell retorted with a very genuine and forlorn expression on his broad face.
"I know Kell, we've been tricked," said the captain as he looked Kell in the eye and then he added, "the Trigerius and the Virgil were sent in to take back Exugenes from the rebels on the understanding that resistance would be light..."
"Light my ass captain." An angry Colonel kell declared, as he continued to stand in front of the captain.
"Kell take a seat." The captain spoke plainly, while indicating with his left hand for Colonel kell to sit down in the chair, to the left of Captain Jobi. Then looking over at Kell he said, "Kell we lost the Virgil!"
"I heard that already captain, what about my men and Bravo, Charlie and Delta Battalions?" Asked Colonel kell, while he stared at the planet Exugenes, as it came into view on the Holo Tube.
"Bravo Battalion went down with the Virgil, while Charlie and Delta Battalions never got a chance to leave the Trigerius, they took some casualties, but most of them are still alive." Said the captain, who went on to add, "Of course there are probably a remnant of marines still alive on the planet and some are drifting in space, but we can't pick up the remnants of Alpha Battalion, until we clean up this planet."
"What's the low down captain?"
"Well kell we have a Dreadnought orbiting the planet. We have to take it out and then re-invade the planet." Replied the captain.
"We got marines?"
"We have five hundred on this ship and another one hundred are present in each of the three destroyers, who are flying in formation with us. We have the Aldabaran, the Poseidon and the Obdurant tagging along with us."
"Got it captain, let me get my posse together while you and the other naval craft take out the Dreadnought." Said Kell, while staring intently on the Holo Tube, in front of him.
"Good idea kell." Replied the captain, while Kell got up to go. However, Commander Trellon leaned forward and grabbed him by his right leg, as he walked by. As he did so Kell looked down with a sad expression on his face and Trellon exclaimed, "Good to see you in one piece buddy!" To this kell just gave Commander Trellon's right shoulder a firm squeeze and with that he was gone.
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My name is Dermot Farrell (DN Farrell) and I hail from Dublin, the capital city of the Irish Republic. I have a somewhat eclectic background, having worked in just about every job imaginable and also I have a varied educational background, which has covered such diverse subjects as Psychoanalysis, Hypnosis and Traditional Chinese Medicine.
Presently I am living in India with my wife and son and I have set up this website as a reference point to my science fiction writings.
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Why military science fiction?
Well I was raised on the original Star Trek TV show and on the "Next Generation". Also living in Ireland I was exposed to popular British Sci-Fi shows, such as Doctor Who (in particular Jon Pertwee, Tom baker (my personal favorite) and Peter Davison). Another great influence, at that time, was the political dissident sci-fi show, "Blake's Seven", which was a wonderfully despotic show by sci-fi standards.
Another great influence was 2000AD comic, which I picked up on with the release of the fourth edition back in 1977 and I kept on buying them weekly over the next ten years. Such great characters as "Judge Dredd", "Mack Man", "Strontium Dog" and "Sam Slade" AKA "Robo Hunter" sucked me into the sci-fi world. The comic strips had a long lasting effect on me and my writing style, once again like "Blake's Seven", being British sci-fi, the tone was always somewhat dark and despotic, but I always loved the characters and how iconic they were in their own ways!
And of course I was fortunate enough to see "Star Wars" in the cinema and of course "Superman", back in the day when these were the first large scale sci-fi movies ever released, so there's no comparison as to the effect of such movies on young children like myself at that time!
So militaristic sci-fi feels like a pretty relevant genre for me to write in. I have put a lot of work into creating what I like to call the Trellonverse, regarding the books which serialize the adventures of Commander Jack Trellon and other members of the Galactic Federation of Autonomous Species (GFAS) and their efforts to contain a three hundred year old war between two empires (The Analusian Alliance and the Galbraggian Empire), within a quadrant of space known as the Kolatian quadrant.
The Kolatian
Quadrant is based in an actual part of our Galaxy, which is known as the Scutum Centaurus spiral arm of our galaxy, which is about ten thousand light years from here! The stories are set in the thirty fifth century and in my writings I focus upon the members of the GFAS having to maintain the peace treaty of San Orora and the difficulties which they have, in being a peace keeping force, in a part of space which is overrun by rebel forces, which are being manipulated by both the Analusians and the Galbraggians.
It all sounds complicated, but it's all good fun and at the same time I try to write from the perspective of the difficulties faced by the GFAS peace keeping force, in difficult circumstances, as are all peace keeping forces on earth at this present time.
So I've been happy putting the Trellonverse together and hope you will enjoy the journey along with me.