Free Rise of the Resistance (War for Orion Trilogy Book Two) by Conner Walworth

options right
now,” Alura said. “Maybe with their lives on the line they will
help us.”
    “If you sent Anlon to get information on how
to defeat the crodillians, that means you’ve planned to use the
ships on Ares the entire time.”
    “Yes. We have been contemplating about it,”
Alura nodded. “But that was before the Queen's message. We’ve
spoken, and we believe it's best that we follow what the Queen has
told us. If Anlon does get information, we’ll have it for later
use, if need be.”
    “Let me set up rebellions!” Pyrrhus urged.
“The crodillians will never stay peaceful for long, no matter what
you tell yourselves. Adira bought us time and spared millions of
lives! She wants us to rebel, I promise you that. We can't squander
our chance because the crodillians claim that they want peace. By
the time other realize it was a lie, it’ll be too late to stop them
from killing every last one of us.”
    “They'll burn our planets if we rebel!”
Alura stared with fear in her eyes. “Look at what happened to Gaea
because they rebelled! That was only a small group willing
to risk their lives and they lost not just theirs, but thousands of
others who wanted no part.”
    “They were seen,” Pyrrhus said. “If they let
us live our lives normally, I can set up hidden bases on the
planets. If they don't see they rebellion forming, how are they
going to punish us? They don’t know this galaxy like we do.”
    “I'm sorry Alura, Pyrrhus is right,” Aldrick
said. “Things have changed since we spoke last about what course of
action to take. We need to be ready when the crodillians do decide
to change their minds.”
    “It's foolish,” Alura shook her head.
“What’ll happen to all of the innocents if we get caught? Have you
that about that?”
    “What will happen when the crodillians
decide to break their promise and we aren't prepared?” Hildereth
asked this time. “Look what happened to us last time we weren't
prepared. We barely survived! How are we supposed to sit around
while we have a chance to take our homes back and save millions of
lives?”
    “We won't get caught,” Pyrrhus said. “I know
of many hidden military bases where we can gather thousands of
rebels without raising any suspicion. Once the rebels are there,
they'll never have to leave for anything. There’s only a slim
chance we will get caught, but it's what Adira wants us to do. She
doesn't want us to wait idly, she wants us to prepare for war.”
    “How are you going to do this?” Alura asked.
“I mean, setting up rebellion forces? That’ll take months of
traveling from planet to planet.”
    “If they're really going to let us live out
our lives normally, that means that we can travel right?”
    Alura shrugged. “I guess so, go on.”
    “That means that I can travel to planets as
a merchant and find those who want to rebel. I'll gather them up
and send them to bases to get ready to strike when the time is
right.”
    “How are you going to find these races
without the crodillians finding out?” Alura asked. “Word will
spread you're gathering rebel forces, and don’t be fooled, the
crodillians will catch wind of it.”
    “Do you really think that it'll be that hard
to keep quiet?” Aldrick asked. “Families have been torn apart and
homes have been destroyed. There will be more than enough races
that want to rebel, and no race would dare speak about this where a
crodillian can overhear.”
    “He's right,” Pyrrhus said. “I'll be able to
find races fairly easily, and from there they can find others. I
don't need to find every rebel, or go to every corner of every
planet, I just need to find a few and be certain they’re able to
lead.”
    “So I guess that means there’s no chance you
send someone else to do this in your place?” Alura asked.
    “That’s correct,” Pyrrhus nodded. “I need to
make sure that this is done without mistakes. There’s no margin for
error, not now, not ever.”
    “You do know