Destination Terra-2

(A short story.) 

With a brilliant flash the Ki Ga Aru jettisoned its terra propulsion module and drifted into low Earth orbit.  The vast module slowly arched back to Earth, its array of vector jets steering the abandoned hulk on its terminal impact trajectory with the unsuspecting dwellers of the yet unfinished Mongol launch Dome, Tegus Cheren.  The Ki Ga Aru was an impressive sight to behold, glittering in the blackness of space.  Seven blue-black planetoids in perfect alignment.  

"All defensive crews report to your stations.  Yellow alert.  Repeat.  Yellow alert.  Moon to horizon in 29 minutes," warned the ship avatar in a sterile voice as the ship's lights pulsed the warning.  

The Ki Ga Aru's bridge came alive.  Each crew member knew exactly what weighed on the next hour's duties.  If caught unprepared, this would be the end of the pure Japanese bloodline.  

"President Hiroki Tsukimura to Engineering ... Initiate fission reactor and report when you're ready to generate the containment field."  

"Aye sir,"  responded Urusei Ohkawa, Chief Engineering Officer, "We'll be ready in ten minutes."  

"Make it five, Urusei!" barked the President.  "Commander Suyama, ready the fighter squadrons.  Commander Igarashi, primary target is the Lunar orbit nuclear pulse cannon.  Lieutenant Ikkoku, ready your replacement team.  The drones haven't spotted us yet ... "

"President Tsukimura, lunar fighters have just horizoned!" shouted one of the bridge ensigns.  

"Put them on the secondary hologram ensign!"  

"Eight minutes to conflict," droned the avatar.  

"Reactors are on-line Mister President," Urusei's voice obviously stressed with tension, "shall we energize the containment fields?"  

"Energize and flood with antimatter and hydrogen, Lieutenant.  Ensign, launch targeting datums, bring gravitation wave generators on-line and calibrate to targeting datum."  

"Aye sir."

The main bridge hologram focused and zoomed in on the targeting datum.  Slowly it began to crush and condense to a small point of glowing red light, then white, and finally nothing.  

The behemoth ship slowly started to move out toward the miniture black hole and ascend out of low Earth orbit.  

"Increase grav-fields 100 fold Lieutenant."  

"All fighter squadrons scramble, Shigeo Squadron primary target incoming Lunar fighters.  Launch!"  announced Commander Suyama.