Al's arrival among humans was not the easiest. There were no particular incidents, but that certainly did not mean that the journey had been smooth.
First, Abe's security measures had slowed the convoy's speed considerably. Al knew this was for his safety, but it was still annoying for him to stay in a truck in the blazing sun. Luckily, Abe had taken care of that and had a huge industrial fan installed in the vehicle that gave the allosaurus some relief. However, this had further slowed the journey as that object consumed a huge amount of energy and therefore had to stop to refuel the truck. Because of this, it had taken them nearly three days to reach the capital.
Secondly, there had been not one, but two assassination attempts during the trip. In the first case it was a massive number of car bombs positioned along their path, and Abe's security measures had proved effective in avoiding them. In the second case, the attackers had become more ingenious: they had tried
J. Wesley McCullough was a veteran of Odaria's old army. The only reason he was alive was his luck: just a week before the disastrous battle with the dinosaurs he was discharged because he was deemed 'too unstable'. That was the only reason why he hadn't been slaughtered like everyone else. After that event, he had been reintegrated into the army by force of circumstances, since almost all the officers were dead, and from a simple captain he had been promoted to colonel. Since more than 90% of the army had disappeared, he had easily obtained a high-ranking position, also because he had very high-level acquaintances.However, everything had recently changed. Householders had been eliminated and McCullough had lost his ties with the government with them. Then, the new nation began promoting peace with the dinosaurs. To which McCullough had firmly opposed. He had founded his own party, Defense Humanity, and had promoted a defense policy against the enemy. Much of the surviving a
Quaritch went inside the hold. He was aboard the flagship that was leading their fleet to dinosaur territory at the time.Inside the hold were all of his subordinates: the colonels, officers and other high ranking individuals, who had come personally from the other ships to learn about the plan.Quaritch spread a map in front of them, on which was drawn the square shape of the continent of Maakanar. “Gentlemen, this is how we will act. We have already contacted all our allies in Beleriard and are ready to act. Here's what will happen in the next seventy-two hours"Quaritch placed a tiny model of the flagship on paper, near the colony of Cartago. “Our fleet will head here. We have taken all precautions against marine animals: our hulls are very resistant and the submarines will offer us cover. Marine reptiles won't be able to stop us from reaching the bay. It will be here that we will attack"He placed a model plane on the coast. “Our job
"So this is the strategy of the Colonel and the NMWA..." Jocelyne smiled. "If he didn't put the country and humanity at risk, I could almost praise them"Odaria's new president sat in her study, listening to Al's words. The allosaurus had explained to them everything Snock and Rambo had discovered.The two were not alone in the room. All the people most loyal to Jocelyne were gathered there with them. There was Jackson, the new foreign minister, who had returned promptly given the emergency situation; there was Abe, the defense minister, who obviously couldn't miss a meeting like that; there was Malcolm, the interior minister, and there was his friend Dreyfus, the new chief judge; obviously there were her parents and there were some collaborators with him.“We did well to put so much pressure on the NMWA and to speed up the peace projects so much” Jocelyne murmured. “If we hadn't, the Colonel could have recruited many more people and fomented a
"... and that's all I discovered""I see I see. Thank you my friend. Are you sure that's all we need to know?""There is certainly nothing more in this world. This is what I know and so far I have no reason to believe that there is more satisfied"Snock and Rambo were gathered in the usual shed. The rhamphorhynchus was carefully explaining to the giganotosaurus everything he had discovered about the location of the outposts.Once all the information had been obtained, Snock's mind had already begun to act. “If the Colonel wants to divide his army in this way, then each outpost cannot contain more than a hundred soldiers. A single team of four or five dinosaurs will be more than enough to deal with it""Are you sure? I remind you that they will have many powerful weapons"“If I were in the Colonel, I would have the most powerful weapons for myself. While the weapons in the hands of the outposts will be strong, they won't be as des
"The fleet is three hundred kilometers from the target""Optimal. No signs of retaliation from the dinosaurs?" Quaritch murmured, chewing his own saliva. "It is now impossible that they have not spotted us"“It is probable, but they still do not act. Not even the marine reptiles are doing anything: our submarines confirm that there are no signs of life underwater" replied the man on the radio. "It seems they want to use our ultimatum to the last"Quaritch sighed deeply. “Keep your eyes open. Don't be fooled: they are around there somewhere”. He stared intently at the screens in front of him. “Let's move on to phase one. Let all the jets take off and bomb the coast"As soon as his command reached the fleet, a flock of planes rose from the aircraft carriers. At least 150,000 jets lifted off the ships' decks and set off for the coast.Three hundred kilometers was not a huge amount for jets that could fly at supersonic speeds. M
As soon as he received the approval from the NMWA, the Colonel immediately set to work. He knew he didn't have much time: he had to act immediately and take over the Eternal Palace as soon as possible.The Colonel was in no doubt that after the NMWA's attack, the dinosaurs would show their true nature as brutal killers and attack Beleriard. Even if the NMWA's fleet could keep them busy, even a small handful of those monsters could have exterminated tens of thousands of people. The nation had to rely on NMWA protection right away, before the dinosaurs made any move.The Colonel gathered his soldiers in his base and made his speech: “Brothers! Today is the big day! We will finally get rid of this plague. Today we will conquer the Eternal Palace and bring the nation back on track. There will be no more room for dinosaur sympathizers; the country will once again take sides with the species to which we belong, humanity! Because humans are the only ones who have the ri
The Colonel looked at the man who had appeared in front of him. "What a surprise... Abraham, the new minister of defense" he laughed. “Or rather, a security guard playing minister of defense. But I imagine that being close to the president has the advantages of her "Abe didn't give in to the provocation. "It's over, McCullough!" he said. “You have already lost. We know all about your plan and all the intrigues the NMWA has set up. Let's avoid further bloodshed. Give up now and cooperate, and maybe the law will be kind to you""Tsk!" The Colonel wasn't intimidated. "Do you think I'm falling for it? I have studied my strategy for a long time. You may know something, but it is impossible for you to know everything. And even if that were the case, you can't hope to stop us. You are too few and we have the best weapons"“Even if you manage to reach the Eternal Palace, how do you think you can rule the nation? With the support of the NMWA?" Abe aske
Hoskin Bay was quiet that day; there was no wind and the sea was calm. The sky was clear and nothing suggested a worsening of the atmospheric conditions. Logically, nothing could have disturbed the tranquility that the ocean enjoyed that day.Yet suddenly the sea began to boil. It happened for a few seconds, then a giant metal box emerged. Small waves formed around it and the fish fled as it passed. The submarine was more than 170 meters long, like the Typhoon-class ones on Earth.Other submarines emerged one after the other. Very quickly at least fifty submarines were making their way to the coast. Then they became a hundred. Eventually, two hundred submarines could be seen in Hoskin Bay.When they docked Colonel Wainfleet was the first to get out. Behind him came hundreds and hundreds of soldiers equipped with the best technologies. Very soon more than ten thousand soldiers were gathered on the ground."Hurry! In line for three, and in combat gear! Kill
It took Sobek a few moments before he realized he was back in the room where it all began. That room where time and space ceased to exist, and where everything and nothing seemed to have changed at the same time. He already knew where he had to go; walking through the infinitely large (or perhaps infinitely small) room, in a few minutes (or perhaps a few centuries, who knows) he reached the familiar armchair on which was seated a woman with white skin and light hair.God didn't even seem to move since she sent him to Eden. Even her expression didn't seem to have changed at all. She was still the same, beautiful and terrible at the same time, whose gaze was both magnetic and loving on him. “Welcome back, son,” she greeted him in her crystal clear voice.Sobek advanced on her. This time there wasn't an armchair waiting for him, but a large mattress wide enough to allow him to lie down. She lay back on it and gazed intently at God. Even now, after he'd grown i
On the continent of Maakanar, near a river that was once a typical spinosaurus nesting place, something immense could be seen. A huge creature was lying on its belly, but nevertheless it was so tall that its dorsal sail towered over the surrounding masts.Sobek was now thirty-three years old. To say he had grown into a behemoth was an understatement: he now measured 150 meters from head to tail and reached 45.6 meters in height. Even without activating the mutation he was now larger than Godzilla: the gigantic atomic reptile was a tiny lizard compared to him. All kaiju would be small compared to him. Even King Ghidorah would have been forced to acknowledge its superiority.In the last five years he had hardly moved. After the death of his last loyalist he returned to his birthplace and settled there. He ate what was provided to him from the [Personal Manger] and drank the water from the river. Otherwise, he remained calm, warming himself in the sun or admiring the star
After a few days Nefertiti settled at the lake together with her father and her last remaining uncle. With the help and indications of Sobek she built a comfortable nest and there she laid her egg.Thus began the brood. The female spinosaurus never moved from above her little egg, keeping it constantly warm. Sobek and Buck brought her food and water. When Nefertiti was hot, Sobek used her huge wing as a parasol and Buck fanned her with his tail. In the rare moments when it was cold, the two of her huddled to help her warm up.That routine went on for three months. Finally, at the end of the third month, a familiar clicking sound came from under Nefertiti's paws.The female spinosaurus reared up and looked down. A small crack was opening on the egg. With a smile she moved from above it. The crack widened more and more and finally a large piece of egg broke off, showing a lively green eye that stared intently at Nefertiti.“Hello, baby. I'm your mothe
Time had passed again. Sobek couldn't even figure out how much time had actually passed now. One year? Two? Maybe three? He didn't know.After his retirement, Sobek had gone deep into the forest of Maakanar. It was hard for him to move his huge body through the trees and very often ended up destroying them: his passage was evident as a trail of uprooted trunks was always behind him. He had moved permanently to the lake where he had met Buck and where he had established his first army. And he hadn't gone there alone.Carnopo and Buck had joined him just a month after his departure. They, too, had decided they'd had enough and abandoned their roles entirely. After all, in the new world there was no longer a need for either an army commander or one of the shock legion. Now there was peace, and the old war veterans had no reason to try to find their place in their world. So they had decided to do what they had always done: follow their pack leader.The trio spent th
Another year had passed. In Sobek's eyes, time seemed to have begun to flow more rapidly. The months and weeks all passed almost the same and in a flash the morning turned into evening.Humanity had continued its advance. By now, Aphrodites had been fully colonized. Whole cities had sprung up on it and millions of settlers had begun to live there. Davis had now reached more than a billion inhabitants and Hermes now owned thousands of mining establishments.Thanks to teleportation technology it was so advanced that traveling between planets was even easier than going from one city to another. Since energy and material consumption were now no longer a concern thanks to solar panels on Hermes and mining plants on asteroids, everyone had a portable teleportation device. By now, being hired to work a mine on an asteroid was no different than being hired to work at the local convenience store.Colonies on the moons of Leviathan and Behemoth had multiplied, providing e
More time, more changes. In just one year, many things had changed.Nefertiti had assumed control of the entire astrophysics division of the dinosaur pack, effectively acting as acting pack leader for them. After the first shared mission, she had begun to promote more policies of integration and union between humans and animals. She had facilitated interspecies interspace operations, sending animals and humans to work together in the new worlds to be colonized. Furthermore, there was still much to colonize, as human attention was slowly shifting beyond the outer Solar System to the dwarf planets and comets of the Oort Cloud.The work was not cheap and with it the possibilities of working together. With the Dyson Sphere nearing completion, energy was no longer an issue. After determining which moons to colonize, the Eden Union had begun an intensive mining program in the asteroids of the main belt in order to be able to build huge lenses to capture the sunlight and also
One more year, more innovations. The more time passed, the more progress seemed to accelerate. It was like a speeding train that multiplied its speed every second: first slow, then faster and faster, until it turned into a giant projectile.Sobek knew that progress was bound to accelerate more and more, after all it was his nature. For each new discovery, countless doors open. And every door leads to other doors. This was the nature of progress. It was no coincidence that it took humanity less than two hundred years to go from horses to aircraft capable of leaving the orbit of their home planet.He recalled that on Earth, where he came from, progress had become so fast in the 21st century that it was enough to be born even a generation later or further back to find oneself in a completely different world. While in 1990 the main communication system was the satellite phone, in 2020 people used social networks for the most disparate things. While in 1990 movies were watc
More time had passed. This time it was a year… or maybe a year and a half? I don't know. Not that it mattered much, actually.The world's attention to the inner solar system was gradually waning. Now that three planets had been terraformed, even if one of them still wasn't enough, and Hermes had become a stable colony that was continuously producing large panels of glass that joined in the orbit of the Sun to form the Dyson Sphere, the humanity was beginning to anticipate new challenges. From the inner solar system it was time to move to the outer solar system.Although some colony outposts were already present on some moons of Behemoth, they could not be defined as true colonies. However, now that energy consumption was no longer a problem thanks to the Dyson Sphere, which although not completed already released enormous amounts of energy, the Eden Union decided to start an exploration program of the entire outer solar system, or at least of the space between B
Two more years had passed. The advance of humanity towards the stars continued inexorably.The hypotheses of the scientists had proved to be correct: using a combination of gravity control technology and energy obtained from the Dyson sphere, although still incomplete, they had managed to accelerate the rotation of Aphrodites. The planet was slowly accelerating, though not too fast. There was generally talk of an hour each week. At this speed there was no risk of destroying the infrastructure already present on the planet. Yes two years, the rotation period had gone from 2082 hours to 1978 hours. Continuing at this rate, it was expected to reach 24 hours in 'just' another 38 years.Once this process was completed, the huge orbiting mirrors could finally be taken off. The day/night cycle would no longer be artificially determined and there would no longer be the risk that something would go wrong due to the impact of a micrometeorite. In addition, the accelerated rotati