Exodus: Empires at War: Book 8: Soldiers (Exodus: Empires at War.)

Exodus: Empires at War:

Book 8:

Soldiers.

by

Doug Dandridge

Dedication

This novel is
dedicated to all of the Soldiers, Sailors and Marines who have fought and died
through the ages for the freedom and safety of the people of their
nation.  This includes, of course, the pilots and Airmen of the modern Air
Forces.  Your sacrifices will be remembered.

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Empires at War: Book 1

Exodus:
Empires at War: Book 2

Exodus:
Empires at War: Book 3: The Rising Storm
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Exodus:
Empires at War: Book 4: the Long Fall.

Exodus:
Empires at War: Book 5: Ranger

Exodus:
Empires at War: Book 6: The Day of Battle

Exodus:
Empires at War: Book 7: Counter Strike
:

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:

Exodus:
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Cast of Characters

The Capital

Emperor Sean Ogden Lee Romanov
:  Born Year 971
(29 years old).  Fifth child and the third son of the late Emperor
Augustine Romanov.

Empress Jennifer Conway Romanov: 
Sean’s Wife
and Physician.

Grand High Admiral Sondra McCullom:  C
hief of
Naval Operations.

Field Marshal Betty Parker:  
Commandant of the
Imperial Marine Corps

Grand Marshal Mishori Yamakuri: 
Army Chief of
Staff.

Prime Minister Countess Haruko Kawasaki.

Ekaterina Sergiov: 
Chief of Imperial
Intelligence Agency.

Countess Esmeralda Zhee
: Member of the Lords’
Opposition Party.

Baron Emile von Hausser Schmidt:
Leader of the House
of Lords.

Capital Police Lieutenant and Imperial Naval Captain
Ishuhi Rykio
:  Former Naval Commando.

Fiona Ogden Lee Romanov: 
Sean’s older sister.

The Fleet

Commodore Duchess Mei Lei: 
Hyper VII battle
cruiser squadron commander.

Captain the Duke Maurice von Rittersdorf: 
Squadron
Commander hyper VII destroyer squadron.

Ensign Lasardo: 
Rittersdorf’s tactical officer.

Commodore Bryce Suttler
:  Commodore commanding
HIMS
Seastag
(Stealth Attack 421) and Stealth/Attack Squadron. 

Grand Fleet Admiral Duke Taelis Mgonda
:  Admiral
in command of Hyper VII battle force.

Grand Fleet Admiral Gabriel Len Lenkowski: 
Commander:
Battle Fleet.

Fleet Admiral Jerry Kelvin
: Commander, New Moscow
Assault Force.

Rear Admiral Lawrence Kelso: 
 Fleet
Admiral Kelvin’s Chief of Staff.

Commodore Sheila Stepanowski: 
Task Force
Leader, New Moscow Fleet.

Captain Vladimir Schmidt: 
Captain, HICS (His
Imperial Czar’s Ship)
Sevastopol.

Commodore Natasha Romanov
: Commander of NTR Light
Cruiser
Orleans.

Commodore Mary Innocent
:  Sean’s Intelligence
Officer.

Commodore Natasha Sung:
  Commanding Officer,
exploration mission to the far side of Ca’cadasan Space.

Captain Beauregard Morris: 
Inertialess Fighter
Wing Commander,
Zokoku I.

Fleet Admiral Jumar Akai:
  Imperial Fleet
Commander, Right Wing of Fenri Assault.

Admiral Theodosius Glaven: 
Akai’s second in
command.

Lt. Commander Nahuel Runningdeer: 
Naval
Commando.

Imperial Army

Cornelius Walborski
:  Ranger Captain and two
time holder of the Imperial Medal of Heroism.

Senior Marshal Beatrice Sanginawa: 
Imperial
Army Commander of Sector IV.

General Lucius Arbuckle: 
Commander, Fifteenth
Army.

Lieutenant General Samuel Baggett
:  Heavy
Infantry Corps Commander,

Lt General Walther Jodel, The Preacher
:  Head of
Special Ops in Sector IV.

Major General Hri’stanna: 
Phlistaran Commander
of the 512
^th
Heavy Infantry Division.

Major General McPherson: 
Commander 47
^th
Heavy Infantry Division.

Major General Patrice Napoli: 
25
^th
Armored Division.

Colonel Pham: 
Ranger Regimental Commander.

Lt. Colonel Montaigne: 
Ranger Battalion
Commander.

Captain Stella Artois
:  Engineering Officer.

Captain Nora Kevista: 
Flight Leader, F310
Pteranadon.

First Sergeant Renhard Fujardo: 
Ranger Company
Sergeant.

Sergeant Emanuel Sargasso: 
Ranger.

Sergeant Slater:
Ranger.

Corporal Ramirez:
Ranger.

Ca’cadasans

Great Admiral H’rastarawaa
:  Commander New
Moscow Space.

High Admiral Lisantr’nana Mishrantaow: 
Commander,
New Moscow System.

General Jawa'therista: 
Ground Commander, New
Moscow Planet.

Fenri

Supreme Emperor Jrastrina
Jastrinae:
 Ruler of the Fenri Empire.

Supreme Fleet Leader Kalisana
Jastrinae
:  Commander of the Fenri Fleet.

Others

Sonia Rupert:  
IIA Agent, former member of
Imperial Protection Detail.

Devera Walborski: 
Warrant Officer Medic and the
wife of Cornelius.

Rebecca Walborski: 
Sean and Devera’s adopted
daughter.

Cat Jeffries: 
Processing Camp Inmate, New
Moscow.

Rory Caronones: 
Ex-police Detective and Camp
Inmate, New Moscow.

Elizabeth Caronones:
 Rory’s daughter and Cat’s
friend.

Pietrov Gorbunov: 
Former New Moscow Army Colonel.

Sharon Vakhrusshev: 
New Moscow Resistance
Leader.

Timeline

2151 AD:  Hiro Yamamoto discovers subspace portal
generator.  Opens subspace dimension to transport of human colonists.

2160 AD:  Alpha Centauri B4 colony established.

2173 AD:  Tau Ceti III colony established.

2208 AD:  Humanity has spread to eight inhabitable
systems within 20 light years of Sol.

2250 AD:  12 million humans living outside of the solar
system.

2254 AD:  First contact with Ca’cadasans on Epsilon
Iridani V.  Human colony destroyed without warning or trace. 
Incoming ship discovers colony destroyed and runs back to human space with
news.

2256 AD:  Human colony at Altair V attacked and
destroyed.

2257 AD:  United Solar System Fleet established to
fight alien threat.

2260 AD:  Battle of Tau Ceti, humans meet Ca’cadasans
with a five to one advantage in mass and are handily defeated.

2261 AD:  Construction started on the six Exodus ships
to allow some of humanity to make it to safety outside of human space.

2264 AD:  Ca’cadasans, having destroyed all of
humanity’s colonies, attack the solar system in force. Five completed Exodus
ships attempt to leave the system under heavy escort.  Two are destroyed
before they can make it into subspace.  Two enter subspace with pursuit,
while Exodus III makes a clean breakaway into subspace.

2264 - 3260 AD:  The Long Voyage.  With several
fueling stops and explorations, Exodus III travels along the galactic rim and
toward the core, traversing 9,760 light years from Sol.

3261 AD:  Supersystem discovered, along with remains of
ancient civilization that had once owned it.  First human colony founded
on Jewel.  Year 1 of New Human Empire.

3268 AD (Year 8):  Humans make contact with traveling
merchant ship from Elysium Empire. Discover thriving civilizations that sprung
from the ancient civilization that used to inhabit the Supersystem.

3361 AD (Year 100):  Population 2,000,000+. 
Establishment of the Fleet.

3460 AD (Year 199):  Beginning of Terraforming projects
around super system.

3573 to 3579 AD (Year 312 to 318):  First Gardasian
War, human victory.

3589 to 3592 AD (Year 328 to 331):  Second Gardasian
War, human victory, Gardasian race absorbed into human empire.

3619 to 3621 AD (Year 358 to 361):  First Markanan War,
human victory.

3669 to 3676 AD (Year 408 to 415):  Second Markanan
War, human victory, Markanans absorbed into human empire.

3696 to 3698 AD (Year 435 to 437):  Kiniman War,
Kiniman race absorbed into the human empire.

3724 to 3733 AD (Year 463 to 472):  First Crakastan
War, human victory.

3744 to 3762 AD (Year 483 to 501):  First Lasharan War,
human victory.

3772 to 3784 AD (Year 511 to 523):  Second Lasharan
War, human victory.

3797 to 3801 AD (Year 536 to 540):  First Margravi War,
human victory.

3803 to 3808 AD (Year 542 to 547):  War of Revolt,
Imperial Victory, 150 million humans leave Empire to found Republic of Mankind.

3809 to 3814 AD (Year 548 to 553):  Civil War,
Constance the Great triumphs over Cassius the Terrible (II).

3815 AD (Year 554):  New Constitution establishes
Constitutional Monarchy.  (Bill of Freedoms added in Year 607).

3841 to 3846 AD (Year 585 to 590).  Machine
Revolt.  Human built autonomous robots rebel against humanity. 
Billions die before the revolt is stopped, Man in the Loop Law enacted.

3848 to 3853 AD (Year 587 to 592).  Second Crakastan
War, human victory.

3873 to 3876 AD (Year 612 to 615):  Third Cracastan
War, human victory.

3892 to 3897 AD (Year 631 to 635):  Second Margravi
War, human victory, ends with alliance of Margravi and Klashak with human
empire.

3913 to 3936 AD (Year 652 to 673):  First Galactic War
(against Lashar, Crakasta and Fenri).

3984 AD (Year 723): 
Donut
Project approved and
construction planning begins.

3984 to 4000 AD (Year 723 to 739):  Elysium War,
marginal human victory.

4007 to 4008 AD (Year 746 to 747):  War of Man,
humanity (Imperium) against humanity (Republic).  Political pressures
bring an end to short, sharp war.

4009 to 4114 AD (Year 748 to 853):  The Century of Peace. 
Empire involved in no extra empire or border hostilities.

4065 AD (Year 804):  Dissidents from New Terra Republic
found the Grand Duchy of New Moscow.

4114 to 4131 AD (Year 853 to 870):  Second Galactic
War, Elysium, Lashar and Fenri against Empire, New Terra and Margrave/Klashak,
human victory.

4167 to 4180 AD (Year 906 to 921):  Third Galactic War,
humanity's victory.

4206 to 4216 AD (Year 945 to 955):  Klang Consortium
attacks New Moscow.  Empire of Terra and Republic of New Terra come in on
New Moscow’s side.

4256 AD (Year 985): 
Donut
Generates first
working wormhole gate.

4261 AD (Year 1000):  Empire celebrates 1000 years of
existence and growth.  January 1, 1000 local Galactic calendar.

March 15
^th
, 1000, Ca’cadasan invasion of Empire
begins in earnest with the attack on Sestius and Massadara.

March 29-April 5
^th
1000, Sean leads rescue
mission to
Sestius.

April 27
^th
, 1000.  Sean  crowned in
Capitulum.

May 26
^th
, 1000.  Conundrum system taken by
the Cacas.

June 7
^th
, 1000.  Klassekians discovered by
Exploration Command.

December 27
^th
, 1000.  Exploration missions
launched to other side of Ca’cadasan Empire, Galactic Core and Greater
Magellanic Cloud.

December 30
^th
1000 through January 2
^nd
,
1001.  Cacas wiped out the planets Cimmeria and Aquilonia, killing over
seven billion humans.

January 10
^th
,1001.  Human counter strike
takes out Caca station in Massadara space.

May 28
^th
, 1001.  Crakistan Empire joins the
Alliance against the Cacas.

July 6
^th
, 1001.  Imperial Human forces
attacks the Lasharan Homeworld.

August 30
^th
, 1001.  New Terran Empire
attacks into Fenri Space.

September 18
^th
, 1001.  Combined New Terran
Re/files/09/83/18/f098318/public/Crakistan Empire force defeats Ca’cadasan force in the Xenia system.

November 18
^th
-19
^th
, 1001.  Battle
of Congreeve.  New Terran Empire Fleet traps Ca’cadasan Fleet in an ambush
and savages them.

November 27-28
^th
, 1001.  Ca’cadasan commando
force strikes at Elysium Home World and the
Donut
.

December 12
^th
, 1001.  Sean and Jennifer wed,
and Shape Shifters attempt assassination of the couple.

January 8
^-
9
^th
, 1002.  Imperial
Fleet defeats Ca’cadasan forces in Imperial Space.

February 10
^th
, 1002.  Renegade Machines are
discovered in extra-Imperial space.