Thomas looked at the Elites tearing through the Alphas with abandon and remembered the enhanced training process that the elites underwent for the preservation of their shield world. Their bodies were modified to be stronger, faster, and much taller than the average 6 foot Xuhan. They stood at 7 feet 2 inches. The Elites had trained for a long time in virtual reality settings, getting accustomed to their artificially modified strength. The amount of time that they were made to remain in their virtual reality world made Thomas shudder.
Each elite came from the genius Xuhan families. Those with the most genetic potential made commanders and others became ordinary soldiers in the most elite faction of the Xuhan's newly formed military. The methods that had created these Elites were old found in the deep in their archives from when they were still a war-torn race.
Thomas looked on as battle took a turn into its most heated confrontation yet.
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Tailor - Commander of the Elites
Tailor pulled his Vaxium steel sword from one of the Alphas before turning it. Without looking into another crazed Alpha behind him he rolled from the attack of the third that intended to rip him to shreds before shooting it with a concentrated blaster bolt.
Tailor screamed into his helmet's intercom, "Troops retreat to position seven and regroup!"
Tailor then began to run immediately to the predesignated fall back position where his team had already gathered. Tailor had been fighting these monsters for a few minutes, and already his enhanced body felt battle-worn. These creatures were faster and stronger than them. Their only advantage is their hundreds of years of virtual experience using these bodies.
Tailor used this small break from the fighting to regenerate his already somewhat damaged Vaxium steel sword. Tailor remembered how rabid those Alphas were and thought to himself, 'Those Alphas are dominant, but they didn't know how to use their bodies properly. Its almost as if they are newborns.'
Tailor shrugged off this disturbing thought and commanded his soldiers to attack the Alphas once again. The battlefield was chaotic, but Tailor had hundreds of years of simulated battlefield experience. He was able to command his soldiers effectively, and soon, another five thousand Alphas fell.
The battle was costly; there already thousands of Xuhan deaths and 3 out of the 15 elite teams had fallen.
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Thomas saw the Xuhan death count rising but knew he could do nothing for it. Thomas knew that theses soldiers had laid down their lives to give their shield-world hope. The AI calculated that they would win the battle but the Alpha was a small threat compared to the Parthian still slumbering.
The battle between the elites and Alphas only lasted a short time before a burst of light appeared blinding its participants. Two figures shadow's appeared one human and one nonhuman.
Jake had reappeared and a Naffrite girl never seen by the Xuhan.
Jake flew into the sky, leaving the Naffrite girls side and said something at a moderate volume that was heard by everyone on the battlefield, "Stop fighting."
Immediately everyone on the field froze. The Alphas that were frenzied only seconds before calmed down and began to regroup around Calvis and the Xuhan were shocked and unable to collect themselves to keep attacking.
The Battle which had lasted only 30 minutes at most was over, but the result was a fifth of the Alphas, and thousands of Xuhan soldiers had died.
Jake floated down and landed by the command location where Thomas was overwatching everything and said in a low voice, "I never expected to meet you here."
Jake understood that the Xuhan considered this a suicide mission, and so he had not expected the Technoworld's supreme commander to be the one to run the operation.
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Jake has reappeared but if he is still on the Xuhans is yet to be known.