The lush, terrestrial world of Demos loomed before the viewscreen on the bridge of the Vesetroika-class destroyer, Katonaja, flagship of the Srav Outer Rim Exploration Flotilla. White clouds stretched across the luminous blue surface of the planet, which had been used as a staging area for Taung and Zhell raids against the Srav Flotilla since it had first entered the system. Now that the Sravs had found the planet that the barbarians had been striking from, it was time to teach them a lesson. Malenkov simply chuckled. “Zakkeg Two, ready.” “Zakkeg Three, ready.” “Zakkeg Four, ready.”