5 Defensive Bands
The air in the virtual conference chamber grew heavier at the mention of the coming alien offensive.
Nobody had any reason to look forward to this major turn of events. The native aliens had been steadily amassing more and more warfleets at their staging points just outside of human-occupied space.
An increasing amount of people knew about this impending threat. Even the Red Cabal had to know that their movements had long been seen by their enemies. The surprise factor was almost entirely gone.
The only point of uncertainty was when the aliens were finally willing to launch a mass invasion.
Ves glanced at the powerful figures that attended the meeting. The god pilots and other military officials were conspicuously absent. Most of the people who were free enough to arrive today were those who did not possess any immediate or important military positions.