GALACTIC EMPIRE – Part I

“Defense elements, engage on my command.”
“Sir, showing multiple bogies converging on Earth. System defenses bypassed.”
Kanal sighed. “Execute general order thirteen. Now.”
“Admiral?”
“Now, son.”
The ensign stared at the admiral for a long moment. He silently shook his head and stood away from his station.
Admiral Andras Kanal drew his sidearm. “Liutenant Grey. Execute general order thirteen.”
Fresh out of the academy, Grey was textbook officer material. He snapped into attention when Kanal addressed him. He did not hesitate. “Nossir.”
Kanal shot Grey in the head. The liutenant collapsed at his station, bright red blood soaking through the sensor pod beneath his crumpled corpse. He turned to the grizzled veteran manning the weapons station.
“Execute general order thirteen, Colonel Smith.”
“Yessir. Will that be with cream AND sugar?”