These characters are mine, all mine! BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Excuse me. 

This was slightly inspired by "Wings of Honneamise", but is in no way
related, besides that.

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The ship maneuvered itself slowly.

Captain Arden, of the newly formed Imperial Stellar Navy, was nervous.
This would win the war. This ship was the first of its kind, and its
first mission was a combat mission. 

Hell, this was the era of new technologies. They had the most up-to-date
atomic pile there was. This ship was in orbit of the Earth, and they
were getting ready to fire. He uncovered the speaking tube, as he spun
round in his mahogany chair. He yanked the handle that rang the bell
announcng that he was about to adress the ship.

"This is Captain Arden. I know you are all volunteers. This is a general
welcome, just before I issue the first order: Battle Stations."

The Lieutenant at the door rang the bell. The ringing was taken up all
over the ship, as the crew rushed to posts they barely knew.

"Open Bombard hatches."

Outside the ship, twenty steel-and-oak hatches opened, the brass wheels
spinning as half-terrified men opened the hatches.
Twenty blue-and -grey nosecones slid into position.

"Bombardier! Do we have a firing resolution?"

"Yes, captain." The voice was tinny through the speaking tube. "Paris is
directly below us."

"Very well." The captain was silent for a second. "Open fire."

The bombardier pulled the trigger.

Silently, the twenty missiles began planetfall.

Inside the ship, all were near-deafened by the roar of the missiles
leaving.

"Reload and refire."

The bell by the speaking tube pinged. "Arden."

"First wave impacted. All twenty detonated.Damage unknown."

Six more waves were sent down to paris, that day in 1815. The Napoleonic
wars ended with the British empire having an undeniable superiority over
the rest of the world.

One thing was not known by the crew of the "Imperial Pride": Not one of
their missiles actually struck Paris. The missiles burned up and
exploded in the atmosphere during reentry. 

The effect was enough to cause the surrender of the Napoleonic Empire.


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Well, if people think that this is worth continuing, I will.

PLEASE C&C!

And I am very surprised that NOONE has flamed me for my recent AMG 'fic.