Free Gray Panthers: Earths Revenge by David Guenther Page A

ordered. “I am sorry General, no offense was meant. Moving on, I want to improve the quality of housing we have given you. We will separate families so they can be together. Officers and senior NCOs will also have improved privacy. I will also house civilian professionals separately so they may perform their jobs out of the public eye if you wish.” Black offered.
    “That courtesy would be much appreciated,” the Colonel replied as he emitted a very soft purring noise.
    “Colonel, if I were to hire you to attack an enemy of mine what would be the procedure?”
    “That would depend on the duration of the operation, number of troops needed, and the difficulty involved.”
    “OK, the scenario is a backward planet with no space assets, where we want to capture the planet with the infrastructure intact and minimal loss of native life. The population is thirty billion,” the General replied.
    “Sounds like a very similar operation I was on recently,” the Colonel said with a straight face. “If the local population surrenders easily that would be the best case scenario. If there is an active resistance movement then it can get quite expensive.”
    “Colonel, after inspecting both of your ships, I can’t understand how you expected to do much with your limited number of troops and no heavy equipment or supporting arms,” the General admitted. “If your troops had landed our air forces would have destroyed anything on the ground before our troops even had a chance at them. Even if they had established a major foot hold we would have just nuked them, can you explain how you planned to perform your mission?”
    “You would use nuclear weapons on your own planet?” The Colonel asked in shock.
    “Colonel in our last world war, two cities were destroyed by nukes, not too long ago our own capitol was destroyed by nukes and we retaliated with nukes. We are a blood thirsty people when attacked and will do anything to protect our people,” General Black stated.
    “That changes many perceptions we had about our mission. We expected there to be only a minimal space program at best and much less advanced technology on your planet. We were going to get an initial foot hold on the Island Nation Australia, then get everything we could grab from the planet before the main force arrived and completed the job. Would the other governments of your world actually have come to Australia’s aide?”
    “Colonel, if the Aussies did not kick your ass on their own, which I believe is totally possible since their military, simply put, is “Bad Ass”, and would have done a respectable job of representing the world’s ability to defend itself, we would have come to their aid with almost every country on the planet joining in. We would have also nuked you if we were not able to win through conventional warfare. Two things humans are not good at, losing and submission,” General Black stated softly smiling at the shocked look on the Colonel's face.
    “It would appear our initial plan would not have worked then. I will admit that now that I have seen your technology and the determination to use it. Our plan was very simple, have our ship drop a few rocks from orbit, then land right behind them. Then advance from there, if we met any strong resistance we would just with drawl then drop rocks again on the enemy accumulation then proceed on and repeat until our objectives have been met. It is very simple and that way I do not lose many of my troops. The worst case was to use special weapons in your atmosphere to neutralize your technology, but it is obvious your space force would not allow that to be an option. I am assuming your question of hiring mercenaries was strictly hypothetical.”
    “Yes it was, Colonel. I think we can do the job with our own resources. To show you my appreciation for your honesty I will have building materials brought to you so your group can modify the living areas within reason, and on two conditions. The first