For Colin MacIntyre, it began with a routine training
flight over the moon. For Dahak, a self-aware Imperial
battleship, it began millennia ago, standing guard against
an unknown enemy which once devastated the galaxy-and now
has returned. So Dahak grabbed MacIntyre's ship and
informed him that he was drafted to be its new captain and
lead the fight against the ancient enemy.
MacIntyre had doubts that he could handle the job, but
Dahak had definitely picked the right man. Before it was
all over, MacIntyre would:
" Defeat a cadre of mutineers, formerly part of Dahak's
crew, kept alive through untold generations by alien
technology, who have been secretly manipulating life on
earth for thousands of years . . .
" Mobilize the planet into a fighting force that might
have a slender chance of stopping the ancient alien menace
from eradicating all intelligent life in its path . . .
" And resurrect the ancient galactic empire, which had
fallen into chaos and barbarism, with himself as Emperor-
which meant that he immediately became the target of a
plot to assassinate him, and strand his son and daughter
on a planet where their chances of surviving in a
superstitious pre-tech society would be zero for the
average human . . .
Fortunately for the galaxy, Colin MacIntyre and his heirs
have never even heard of average, and anyone, human or
alien, who got in their way was going to be very, very
sorry.
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