The K'ryth'ralli Conflict Part Four

Posted on Sun Aug 9th, 2026 @ 3:11pm by Ensign Charalyne Blackwood

Mission: The Library
Location: Planet K'ryth'rall
Timeline: Year 2242

Contains profanity, descriptions of combat violence, and bloodshed.




The Alliance



Mission time 14:19. Ch'rell and K'shtah were taken to a place they could rest. Patrol brought in the three they picked up. The same robes. I raised my hands over my mouth and lowered them.



"Orgch ch'tokku, komu worlg nachh yom nochh!". The greeting Ch'rell taught me. They lit up and repeated the gesture and the greeting. They all fell at my feet and were going on and on faster than I could understand. Fortunately Ch'rell overheard and came to help. After a brief conversation with them, he turned to me.



"Pleases...know they do...diff-ee-cult trust...understand them you...help you...they wish...". I asked why they were so willing to trust us, given that we're here as a hostile invading force.



"Apologies...know you...bad leader a reward...given to...your capture...no talking to...bad leader's people..." Shyklo was next to me. Understandably, he was having some difficulty knowing what Ch'rell was saying. Short version, their bad leader has a bounty on our heads and Ch'rell and his people weren't at all interested. They want the attacks to end before it becomes a full scale war. Ch'rell and his people have no method to communicate outside of this area. Physiological scans showed nothing like a transmitter or a bug of any sort hidden in their bodies. Then the bad news. Shyklo tells me that a few of the men aren't at all pleased with our new friends. Later that period I called a meeting of the remaining troops.



"I understand that some of you aren't comfortable with Ch'rell and his companions being here?" I said. A few heads nodded. I heard a pistol being charged. Over on the left was Petty Officer Glynn.



"Spill it, Glynn" I said, curtly. He holstered his weapon.



"With all due respect, Lieutenant Blackwood, " he started, "A few of us had family in Tsoram the day of the incident. A quarter million civilians were murdered with zero thought. Am I to buddy up to the fuckers that killed them like that?" A few voices agreed. This was bad.



"First and foremost this is not a combat mission, Glynn. "I spat, "Our parameters do NOT include raising kill counts, especially UNINVOLVED civilians, am I clear?" He halfassedly said,



"Yes Ma'am" That was all I was going to take.



"Ensign Shyklo, please take Petty Officer Glynn into custody on charges of dissention and potential mutiny!" I barked as I put my hand on my pistol. Glynn glared at me briefly but gave up his pistol and rifle. I ordered him to attention. "If you disrespect me like that in front of the team again I will have you in chains. If you continue disrespecting me so help me god I will execute you for treasonous actions AM I CLEAR, GLYNN??" I found such use of command authority distasteful with us all on the same side, or so I had hoped. The place was dead quiet. I could hear the K'ryth'ralli speaking softly in the background. Glynn swallowed hard and barked a proper,



"YES MA'AM!", I turned back to Glynn,



"Know this, you are considered under arrest. Anyone who seeks to follow your shitty example will be dealt with accordingly, and given that we are in a hot zone and survival is slim at best, I WILL do whatever is necessary to ensure the survival of as many of these troops as possible. If you think our remote location and inability to communicate properly with command gives you leeway to defy the mission parameters then you are sadly mistaken! " Glynn looked nervous. "I need every last one of you swinging dicks as a single unit with a single objective!" I turned to those who voiced support of Glynn, "Whether you little maggots like it or not this is still MY command and insubordination, dissension, and disrespect WILL have no place in it. Remember what my directives are, gentlemen, and fuck not with them. First, we locate and stop the manufacture of the singularity devices. Second, I find a way to get all you meatheads back to Argella alive and intact. AM I CLEAR??" Dead silence again. K'ryth'ralli muttering softly among themselves. All voices finally spoke up,



"Yes, Ma'am!".