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Starstrikers is a military space opera that takes place during a thousand year war between two galactic civilizations. It captures the strategy of fleet admirals, the bravery of common spacers and the adventures of an elite special forces team as they all struggle against a powerful enemy war lord with devastating new technology.
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From the Galaxy Collision Series STARSTRIKERS by Ken McConnell This is a work of fiction. All of the characters, organizations, and events depicted in this novel are products of the author’s imagination. Starstrikers Copyright © 2008 by Ken McConnell All Rights Reserved including the right to reproduce this book, or portions thereof, in any form. ISBN is 1438206372 EAN-13 is 9781438206370 Printed by CreateSpace® An Amazon.com® company First Edition: October 2008 Printed in the United States of America Cover art and layout by Byron McConnell The official Starstrikers web site: http://starstrikers.ning.com The author’s blog: http//myview.w0pht.org For Jason and Ed, fellow dreamers. Prologue I n the first millennium of galactic exploration, three worlds thrived together in near perfect union. Selene, a blue and white orb rich in natural resources and mature in technology; Ursai, an exotic world with vast mineral deposits and a hardworking, industrial society, and Drexel, a large, oceanic world with a rich, natural biosphere and a hearty population of sea going people. All three worlds enjoyed free trade agreements and governed themselves separately but equally in a tripartite agreement known as the Federation. The Federation ensured open markets and maintained the trade routes by upholding the law. Wealthy conglomerates of high technology and industry funded research missions to far away star systems in hopes of gaining new resources to fuel the expanding economies