STAR NOVA
Devon Yates
Devon Yates spent time living on the planet Calto many years after contact was made. He was the leader of the military intelligence exchange program. There were numerous other things which needed to be addressed during these exchanges of information and the cultural development process. Cultural ideas, humanitarian needs, educational structure and basic political and theological ideas were topics that gathered much attention during the early exchange of ideals of the newly formed interplanetary friendship. Space travel, both deep space and interplanetary travel was discussed and guidelines were put into place to keep peace between the two worlds.
Devon also used much of his personal time while on Calto to allow his body to adjust to the increased gravity. The gravitational pull of Calto is almost twice that of Orion. This presented mobility difficulties for anyone visiting from Orion who wished to become involved in sustained activities for extended periods of time. Devon made plans to live on Calto for six month periods of time during his leadership of the exchange committee. His body adapted quickly to the increased gravity and the toxic atmosphere. This gave him a distinct advantage when he returned to Orion especially when it came to training exercises, fighting and most anything requiring physical exertion. He recognized that his time on Calto had increased his abilities and wanted the troops under his command to have the same physical advantages. Devon was a military soldier and any advantage he could get to enhance his abilities could only be viewed as positive reinforcement. He made the necessary arrangements to get his troops assigned to Calto for all missions going forward. By taking his soldiers to Calto to serve as part of the exchange program on all of the subsequent trips they too had become acclimated the difficult conditions.
Devon knew that there was always the possibility that the Caltonians would not be content to stay within the boundaries set forth by the exchange committee's leaders once they had the technology to begin their own space program. The boundaries were set with the intent to protect Orion from uninvited visits from the Caltonians. The guidelines allowed for the Caltonians to explore all space outside the border of the seventh moon of Orion. The Caltonians did not like the idea of being blocked from visiting Orion since the Orion's had been visiting their world for many years from space. They were even more unhappy that they could not visit Orion to see the sites and landscapes discussed during the many months of cultural exchange. Since the Orion's had touched their soil, they thought the leaders of Orion should be more open minded and allow Caltonian visitations as a gesture of good faith. This became a sore point of discussion in many of the subsequent negotiations. Shortly after the Caltonians had received enough information to launch their first few space missions they decided to stop person to person relations with Orion and would only consent to radio transmitted conversations.
Devon and his troops lived on Calto off and on for the better part of five years prior to the stoppage of person to person negotiations. Once the negotiations broke down Devon returned to Orion and was put in charge of planetary defense. He and his men were involved with the training of thousands of Orion soldiers in preparations for the possibility of visits from the Caltonian militia. Due to the time spent training on Calto he and his men became best suited to fight the invasion forces that Devon was convince would soon be coming.
It only too a few years before the first ships from Calto were spotted flying with the seventh moon and in the months that followed the Caltonian's became even more aggressive and were soon flying patterns that brought them on a path that came between the first moon and the Orion planet. The Orion's did not retaliate with aggressiveness to this breach of the no fly treaty, they simply asked the Caltonian's to adhere to the agreements of the treaty to which the Caltonians basically said to stop them if they could. Devon was in constant contact with the Presidents of the Ruling Governments and once this message was relayed to them President Melbourne issued a statement to the Caltonian Emperor which basically stated that the Caltonian spacecraft should obey the seventh moon boundary. If they should choose to violate the boundary then this action would be considered an act of aggression and could lead to the spacecraft being fired upon or worse destroyed. The Emperor of Calto replied that since the Orion representatives had not agreed to allow Caltonians to visit the planet of Orion they felt deceived and would not abide by the seventh moon boundary until the Caltonians were allowed to visit Orion. This type of dialog continued for the next several months as the Caltonian ships kept coming and the warnings were continuously being sent. Then suddenly the ships stopped coming and the Orion's presumed that the Caltonians had grown tired to the time and investment it took to make all the continuous trips to Orion with nothing to show for their efforts. Sadly nothing could have been further from the truth.
It was a year and a half before the next encounter with Caltonian's was detected. The ship was detected entering the boundary of the seventy moon and it was different than any ship ever seen. This ship did not conform to any of the plans or information given to the Caltonians. This ship was at least five times larger and was traveling at an incredible speed and was heading straight for the planet. The OSEA long range sensors detected the Caltonian ship while it was outside the seventh moon. These sensors had been developed and installed on the seventh moon to detect and event such as this. At the urging of Commander Yates President Melbourne had agreed to have the sensors installed on the seventh moon as an early warning devise. It was determined that the ship would reach Orion in four days and judging by its size it was determined that it was more than an exploration ship. It was determined that this was a ship carrying an invasion force to land on Orion and do harm to the citizens of Orion.
With all their training on Calto, Yates and his troops were nearly as strong and agile as the Caltonians which better prepared them to fight the Caltonians in the decreased gravity of Orion. The Caltonians invaded with a force so large they could have easily taken the planet if not for the resistance Commander Yates and his men provided. Their time on Calto and the rigorous training prepared them well for this fight and the Caltonians were turned back on their first effort. But it would not be their last. They had been to the surface of Orion and seen technology beyond anything discussed in the exchange of information programs and this angered them. Now more than ever they wanted to come back and take this technology. They let it be known in no uncertain terms, they would be back. And back they did come, more ships, more soldiers, and more weapons. The next fight was for the Wolfe Mountain Range.
Devon also used much of his personal time while on Calto to allow his body to adjust to the increased gravity. The gravitational pull of Calto is almost twice that of Orion. This presented mobility difficulties for anyone visiting from Orion who wished to become involved in sustained activities for extended periods of time. Devon made plans to live on Calto for six month periods of time during his leadership of the exchange committee. His body adapted quickly to the increased gravity and the toxic atmosphere. This gave him a distinct advantage when he returned to Orion especially when it came to training exercises, fighting and most anything requiring physical exertion. He recognized that his time on Calto had increased his abilities and wanted the troops under his command to have the same physical advantages. Devon was a military soldier and any advantage he could get to enhance his abilities could only be viewed as positive reinforcement. He made the necessary arrangements to get his troops assigned to Calto for all missions going forward. By taking his soldiers to Calto to serve as part of the exchange program on all of the subsequent trips they too had become acclimated the difficult conditions.
Devon knew that there was always the possibility that the Caltonians would not be content to stay within the boundaries set forth by the exchange committee's leaders once they had the technology to begin their own space program. The boundaries were set with the intent to protect Orion from uninvited visits from the Caltonians. The guidelines allowed for the Caltonians to explore all space outside the border of the seventh moon of Orion. The Caltonians did not like the idea of being blocked from visiting Orion since the Orion's had been visiting their world for many years from space. They were even more unhappy that they could not visit Orion to see the sites and landscapes discussed during the many months of cultural exchange. Since the Orion's had touched their soil, they thought the leaders of Orion should be more open minded and allow Caltonian visitations as a gesture of good faith. This became a sore point of discussion in many of the subsequent negotiations. Shortly after the Caltonians had received enough information to launch their first few space missions they decided to stop person to person relations with Orion and would only consent to radio transmitted conversations.
Devon and his troops lived on Calto off and on for the better part of five years prior to the stoppage of person to person negotiations. Once the negotiations broke down Devon returned to Orion and was put in charge of planetary defense. He and his men were involved with the training of thousands of Orion soldiers in preparations for the possibility of visits from the Caltonian militia. Due to the time spent training on Calto he and his men became best suited to fight the invasion forces that Devon was convince would soon be coming.
It only too a few years before the first ships from Calto were spotted flying with the seventh moon and in the months that followed the Caltonian's became even more aggressive and were soon flying patterns that brought them on a path that came between the first moon and the Orion planet. The Orion's did not retaliate with aggressiveness to this breach of the no fly treaty, they simply asked the Caltonian's to adhere to the agreements of the treaty to which the Caltonians basically said to stop them if they could. Devon was in constant contact with the Presidents of the Ruling Governments and once this message was relayed to them President Melbourne issued a statement to the Caltonian Emperor which basically stated that the Caltonian spacecraft should obey the seventh moon boundary. If they should choose to violate the boundary then this action would be considered an act of aggression and could lead to the spacecraft being fired upon or worse destroyed. The Emperor of Calto replied that since the Orion representatives had not agreed to allow Caltonians to visit the planet of Orion they felt deceived and would not abide by the seventh moon boundary until the Caltonians were allowed to visit Orion. This type of dialog continued for the next several months as the Caltonian ships kept coming and the warnings were continuously being sent. Then suddenly the ships stopped coming and the Orion's presumed that the Caltonians had grown tired to the time and investment it took to make all the continuous trips to Orion with nothing to show for their efforts. Sadly nothing could have been further from the truth.
It was a year and a half before the next encounter with Caltonian's was detected. The ship was detected entering the boundary of the seventy moon and it was different than any ship ever seen. This ship did not conform to any of the plans or information given to the Caltonians. This ship was at least five times larger and was traveling at an incredible speed and was heading straight for the planet. The OSEA long range sensors detected the Caltonian ship while it was outside the seventh moon. These sensors had been developed and installed on the seventh moon to detect and event such as this. At the urging of Commander Yates President Melbourne had agreed to have the sensors installed on the seventh moon as an early warning devise. It was determined that the ship would reach Orion in four days and judging by its size it was determined that it was more than an exploration ship. It was determined that this was a ship carrying an invasion force to land on Orion and do harm to the citizens of Orion.
With all their training on Calto, Yates and his troops were nearly as strong and agile as the Caltonians which better prepared them to fight the Caltonians in the decreased gravity of Orion. The Caltonians invaded with a force so large they could have easily taken the planet if not for the resistance Commander Yates and his men provided. Their time on Calto and the rigorous training prepared them well for this fight and the Caltonians were turned back on their first effort. But it would not be their last. They had been to the surface of Orion and seen technology beyond anything discussed in the exchange of information programs and this angered them. Now more than ever they wanted to come back and take this technology. They let it be known in no uncertain terms, they would be back. And back they did come, more ships, more soldiers, and more weapons. The next fight was for the Wolfe Mountain Range.
