The Cross of Mithras Vol. 1: EOD Operation Welcome to Hell (31 page)

  His first victory against the Waldaxx CAS is that he uncovered a cabal to drive a wedge between Hau’rino and its allies. He later uncover that the Waldaxx CAS was involved in secret talks with the Republic of Kase’hyn’nkk to dissolve the Waldaxx CAS. Double Shock, along with the Hau’rino government, suspected something fishy was going on. The Kase’hyn’nkk government celebrated the new peace on Waldaxx and dismiss the concerns of the Hau’rino government. The former Waldaxx CAS members convinced the Hau’rino allies to form a new coalition of allied states. The government of Kase’hyn’nkk supported the idea. The Hau’rino government smelled a rat. But the whole episode put the Hau’rino government in a very difficult situation. Should they continue spying on the former members of the Waldaxx CAS? What if they have to spy upon their allies? What if they get caught? They had to make a decision and they had to make one fast, before this new coalition is formed. So they turned to Double Shock.

  The new coalition was called Sovereign Allies of Waldaxx. And the Hau’rino government had no other choice but to spy upon each member of SAW- including their allies. After being stationed in Waldaxx for thirteen years, the Hau’rino government decided to send Double Shock to Iraxxan to see if the former members of the Waldaxx CAS were trying to expand SAW to Iraxxan. There was some evidence to suggest that was true, but not enough to go by. After being there for two years, Double Shock was recalled on temporary basis due to the death of the Hau’rino Emperor who died of natural causes. The Emperor’s son, Zeno’y’lk (zay-no e look) took over the reign. Double Shock was recalled so that he could attend the Emperor’s funeral. It was at the request of Zeno’y’lk.

  Zeno’y’lk, who was 108 when he became Emperor, was highly intelligent and brilliant. At the end of the First World War he made the Army as equally as strong, if not superior to Kase’hyn’nkk’s Army. He also saw huge potential in air power and work tirelessly to convince the Navy to build aircraft carriers. He wanted to make his father proud of him, and he was.

  Zeno’y’lk realized that, either the government of Kase’hyn’nkk was being politically motivated to the point of being, as he put it, ‘divinely ignorant,’ or they wanted war with Hau’rino. He knew that it was neither. But he said that if the Kase’hyn’nkk government maintains their current course of action; then it probably would become the latter.

  Zeno’y’lk hatched a plan that would change the course of history forever. His plan also created a last ditch chance for peace. The plan involved creating an Iraxxan version of SAW that would become the Iraxxan Union. When the Kase’hyn’nkk government learn the details on the Iraxxan Union, they were vehemently opposed to its creation. They said that the Iraxxan Union would take away the sovereignty of its members, cause the former Iraxxan CAS members to attempt to convince the former members of the Waldaxx CAS, and thus SAW, to join it. What’s more, as they also claimed, it would lead to some form of a global government.

  Zeno’y’lk called the Kase’hyn’nkks arguments nothing more than fear mongering, and he was right. Not one single argument of the government of Kase’hyn’nkk was based in fact. The Iraxxan Union could never expand beyond the Iraxxan continent. The Iraxxan Union would help to bring peace and stability to the continent, which is one reason why there was a CAS in the first place on the Iraxxan continent. The Iraxxan Union could end trade wars that come and go. And bring the much needed prosperity to the continent that should be able to end the economic depression for them.

  After the Iraxxan Union was formed, the relationship between the Hau’rino and Kase’hyn’nkk governments went downhill. There was some debate in the Hau’rino intelligence community as to whether they should send La’jyn’eu Ikkry’o (la jin e-u e-cree-o), i.e., Double Shock to Kase’hyn’nkk to spy upon them. They debated that because there was an insurrection group who was apposed to the formation of the Iraxxan Union. Double Shock not only helped the local authorities in crushing the group, but he also learned that they were acting alone. With the insurrectionist group finished off he was recalled back to Hau’rino in preparation of their next move.

  Their next move was in preparation for war against the Republic of Kase’hyn’nkk. They made the tactical decision to invade the continent of Penx’til’tota because of its strategic position. They sent Double Shock there to deal with any insurrection group that may, or may not be formed. He was sent because he had four years of experience in dealing with the Iraxxan insurrection. After two years the northern part of the continent was secured. They had no desire to take the whole continent; they only wanted a good tactical and a good strategic position for their navy.

  On western part of North Kase’aes there is a large isthmus that connects it to South Kase’aes. On the western side of the isthmus is a large island. A bit further to the east of the isthmus is a large island. North and south of that island is a group of islands. The Republic of Kase’hyn’nkk is composed of those islands, but not the isthmus or the large island to the west of the isthmus. The Kase’hyn’nkk capital lies on the mainland of the southeastern corner of North Kase’aes. The border of Kase’hyn’nkk on northern South Kase’aes, runs somewhat close to the isthmus. On North Kase’aes the border of Kase’hyn’nkk runs mainly along the eastern shore. Two hundred and fifty miles from the southern border of Kase’hyn’nkk is the equator.

  The Hau’rino Empire spent the next two years building up the strength of their military as they were preparing for war with the Republic of Kase’hyn’nkk. Their first move was to capture both the canal on the isthmus of North Kase’aes, and the large island to the west of it. Before they had the chance to consolidate their hold on the region, the Republic of Kase’hyn’nkk declared war upon them. Shortly afterwards SAW joined Kase’hyn’nkk and the Iraxxan Union joined the Hau’rino Empire.

  The war lasted for six years and was the first mass production war in the history of the Apollinarian race. Although jet power aircraft was in its infancy, both sides had them. The Hau’rino Empire had a larger number of them than any other nation, with Kase’hyn’nkk coming in at a distance second. Both sides had missile technology, but only Kase’hyn’nkk had radar. Although both sides had chemical weapons, neither side used them.”

  “What about nuclear weapons?”

  “Only Hau’rino and Kase’hyn’nkk was pursuing them. But the Emperor Zeno’y’lk felt that it was not necessary to use them since in all likelihood they would win the war. And thus, the Hau’rino Empire did not consider it be all that important to develop them. With the government of Kase’hyn’nkk they had no other choice but to hurry up and develop them.”

  “And why is that?”

  “The Republic of Kase’hyn’nkk had to hold off the Imperial Forces from invading them in western North Kase’aes. And they had to hold them off from entering into northwestern South Kase’aes. If the Imperial Forces enter into northwestern South Kase’aes they would be within a stone’s throw from invading Kase’hyn’nkk. The Kase’hyn’nkk Navy desperately had to hold off the Imperial Forces from entering into the Sea of Inuk’na (e-nuke na) which lies east of the isthmus. If I did my math right, the Sea of Inuk’na should be about roughly 600 thousand square miles. And surrounding it, were huge off shore oil reserves. Everything hinged upon the control of the canal.

  In Waldaxx the war went much easier for the Imperial Forces. Four years into Double Shock spying upon SAW he acquired their advanced encryption call Ultra Dot. Ultra Dot uses microdot technology and instead of using words it uses numbers. It then takes series of numbers and puts into groups, each group of numbers than represent a code word. Once any sequences of numbers are used they are then discarded, making it virtually impossible to decipher it.

  Sometime after Double Shock acquired Ultra Dot, the Imperial intelligence community decipher it. They were able to decipher it because some of the people who encrypt it use the same sequence of numbers more than once. After all, with or without computers, Ultra Dot is just too burdensome for people to use. After it was deciphered the intelligence community of Hau’rino was fully able to read all communiqué that SAW sent. Since SAW had a weak navy, that allowed the Imperial Forces to use the tactic of containment on SAW. The Imperial Air Core had to do the job of containment since both the Navy and Army was bogged down in North Kase’aes. With the Navy that was stationed in northern Penx’til’tota, they were afraid that if they left their position, the Navy of Kase’hyn’nkk would try to flank them and attack the Hau’rino homeland.

  The Hau’rino Empire was on the verge of, not only winning the war, but also becoming the sole super power when the war is over. But that was not to be. Despite the fact that the odds were stacked against them, it was the Republic of Kase’hyn’nkk who would win the war. And it was all because of several mistakes that the Hau’rino Empire made.

  One of the mistakes that they made were not to convince their allies to build a submarine fleet to counter the Kase’hyn’nkk submarine fleet. That fleet more than once saved the Kase’hyn’nkk off shore oil derricks. They also prevented the Imperial Navy from finding an alternate route around the canal by going around either North, or South Kase’aes. The second mistake that they made was the logistical problems that their fleet in Penx’til’tota posed. The third mistake was assuming that Kase’hyn’nkk would not be able to climb out of the economic depression that they were still in. The war solved that problem for Kase’hyn’nkk. The final mistake was the most costly of them all. By not pursuing nuclear weapons it left them vulnerable to when Kase’hyn’nkk created them. The Kase’hyn’nkk Army used it upon the Imperial Forces in western North Kase’aes, the isthmus and on Hynno’e’ato (hen-no ay a-to). That was the name of the large island to the west of the isthmus. After witnessing the shock of seeing what nuclear weapons can do to an army, and the fear of what it can do to the homeland, the Hau’rino Empire sued for peace. One hundred and twenty-nine years later Ydxx’od’omaa would be promoted to the rank of General.”

  With that, Mad Dawg got up and said, “You need to excuse me... but I really need to go use the bathroom right now.”

  “Anybody else?” Taylor asked everyone. “Go for it.” With that, everyone who had to go left. Before Ikknustll could leave Taylor asked him, how much longer it would take for him to finish. And Ikknustll said not that much longer.

  After everybody got back Taylor said, “Okay Ikknustll... you were about to mention why did General Ydxx’od’omaa went back in time to collect you and your family.”

  “At the end of the Second World War the Hau’rino Empire wanted to become a nuclear power. After twelve years it finally became one. But its actions greatly upset the Republic of Kase’hyn’nkk, who was now enjoying its status as the lone super power. The Hau’rino Empire pursued nuclear weapon as a deterrent to nuclear war. Despite that, for sixty years there was a cold war between the two nations. The cold war ended when Emperor Zeno’y’lk grew tired of if and wanted to create a new era of peace and greater prosperity for his people. He also wanted to end it because he became more interested in space travel. Eight years later the Hau’rino Empire put a man on the moon Yikodota.”

  “That’s the name of our moon that looks like Earth’s moon.” Vaistll added.

  “After the Hau’rino Empire put a man on the moon it touched off a space race. Namely, who would be the first to build a space station, build a moon base, and so on. It was the Iraxxan Union who first met the Hun’narlians. Emperor Zeno’y’lk’s plan worked: instead of nuclear war, let’s pursue peace and greater prosperity through a pursuit of space travel and colonization.

  Ydxx’od’omaa was promoted to the rank of General when, during a war game, he was playing as the Imperial Forces of Hau’rino and won the Second World War. He picked the Imperial Forces because his wife was a Hau’rino national. He won the war game by doing the following: first, he totally ignored Penx’til’tota. Instead he invaded the island of Hynno’e’ato and the isthmus. The computer simulation predicted that there was a high probability that Kase’hyn’nkk would not declare war. That was mainly because of the fact that there was political turmoil in the region, and Hau’rino and Kase’hyn’nkk had a free trade with one another. He then used the next two years convincing the Iraxxan Union to build a submarine fleet, and he used the time to build a naval base on the eastern shore of the isthmus. He then sent Double Shock to Kase’hyn’nkk. The computer simulation gave Double Shock a 88-93 % success rate. At the end of the two years he used the Imperial Air Core to crush the SAW air force. He then used the army and navy, that would have been sent to Penx’til’tota, and invade SAW. The computer simulation made the prediction that Kase’hyn’nkk would have declare war at that moment, but within four to five years SAW would have been defeated. It then becomes self-explanatory how the Imperial Forces could have won the war.

  When General Ydxx’od’omaa closed the lid on that biohazard cryo chamber, he became obsessive with what happen to his wife. For the first time ever he was no longer a patriot. He thought that it was absurd for Kase’hyn’nkk to rely exclusively upon him. What if he died? What if the Tylkuoply hive captured him? He started to devote a large amount of his time in studying the Hau’rino culture and history. He started to realize that his people were always too weak. That they forgot that with freedom, it is an eternal struggle. With the Hau’rino people their history constantly reminds them of that. You can hear it in their national anthem.”

  “Why don’t you sing it?” Vaistll said wanting to hear her brother sing again. “Come on now... you’re a damn good singer.”

  “Yeah go for it.” Ramirez said just being very curious.