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  Daughter of Ethos

  Book 1: Unknown Universe

  By L. M. Lacee

  Daughter of Ethos

  Unknown universe: Book 1

  by L.M. Lacee

  Copyright © 2019 L.M. Lacee.

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  Table of Contents

  Characters:

  PROLOGUE:

  ONE:

  TWO:

  THREE:

  FOUR:

  FIVE:

  SIX:

  SEVEN:

  EIGHT:

  NINE:

  TEN:

  ELEVEN:

  TWELVE:

  THIRTEEN:

  FOURTEEN:

  FIFTEEN:

  SIXTEEN:

  SEVENTEEN:

  EIGHTEEN

  NINETEEN:

  TWENTY:

  TWENTY-ONE:

  TWENTY-TWO:

  TWENTY-THREE:

  TWENTY-FOUR:

  TWENTY-FIVE:

  TWENTY-SIX:

  TWENTY-SEVEN:

  TWENTY-EIGHT:

  TWENTY-NINE:

  THIRTY:

  THIRTY-ONE:

  THIRTY-TWO:

  THIRTY-THREE:

  THIRTY-FOUR:

  THIRTY-FIVE:

  THIRTY-SIX:

  THIRTY-SEVEN:

  THIRTY-EIGHT:

  THIRTY-NINE:

  FORTY:

  FORTY-ONE:

  FORTY-TWO:

  FORTY-THREE:

  FORTY-FOUR:

  FORTY-FIVE:

  FORTY-SIX:

  FORTY-SEVEN:

  FORTY-EIGHT:

  FORTY-NINE:

  FIFTY:

  FIFTY-ONE:

  FIFTY-TWO:

  FIFTY-THREE:

  FIFTY-FOUR:

  FIFTY-FIVE:

  FIFTY-SIX:

  FIFTY-SEVEN:

  FIFTY-EIGHT:

  FIFTY-NINE:

  EPILOGUE

  Translations:

  Books by L. M. Lacee

  Characters:

  Humans/Terrans:

  Peyton St. Hill: Star Daughter.

  Netta Howl: Commander of Star Daughters Guard.

  Melody James: Commander/Tocho/Tivna.

  Darby Kline: Scientist/Specialist.

  Heather Wilson: Doctor/Healer.

  Esther Lioni: Nanny/Omperea.

  Helen Merson: Chef/Housekeeper.

  Brenda Wilkinson: Housekeeper/Celebrant.

  Trina Brown: Warrior/Mystic Kailee.

  Jean Harding: Systems Analyst.

  Karen Lioni: Hotel Manager.

  Amelia Lioni: Child Minder.

  Nina Jones: Botanist:

  Fern Jones: Biologist:

  Warriors:

  Hawk Roeah: Elite/First Commander.

  Dinas Serapera: Elite/Healer.

  Kerol Naihal: Commander

  Willian Devet: Warrior/Investigtor.

  Lukas Naihal: Warrior/Scout.

  Jorge Torron: Commander Star Daughters Guard.

  Nikolas Faelone: Pilot.

  Kolin Matewe: Engineer.

  Sarn Lischer: Warrior/Guard.

  Kent Jeyer: Warrior/Guard.

  Mystics:

  Avana Hananva: Seer/Sene/Sevna.

  Jarrod Hananva: Mystic/Kail.

  Malchol Hananva: Mystic.

  Telfor Hananva: Mystic.

  Traders:

  Rose Leesungha: Chief Trader.

  Frand Leesungha: Pilot/Trader.

  Miko Leesungha: Laroro/Accountant.

  Savo Leesungha: Head of family Leesungha.

  Teelu Leesungha: Lalorla/Lawyer for Leesungha traders.

  Reeico Leesungha: Chief Inventor.

  Savna Leesungha: Pilot/Trader.

  Teenarlo Leesungha: Inventor.

  Adversaries:

  Doctor Agnes Johnston

  Jenersar Ambassador Thanikis Jenerika

  Earth Ambassador Ian White

  Emperor Uthar Jenerika

  Empress Quara Jenerika

  Sether Jenerika

  Orotha Jenerika

  Meins Thomsfar,

  Celinna Thomsfar

  Fantha Thomsfar

  Inferr: Planet of Indorino

  Leanii Undinly

  Extras:

  Sunshoona: Earths Sun

  Gaea: Planet Earth

  Lasing Undinly: Head of family Undinly

  There must be something more out there, and I want to find out what it is?

  — Dr Darby Kline

  PROLOGUE:

  Conversation between Sunshoona, Earth’s sun and Gaea the world:

  Gaea: I should have thought harder about my plan.

  Sunshoona: I did tell you, dear one!

  Gaea: I know, but it seemed so simple.

  Sunshoona: Well, yes dear, I can see how you would think that, but as you can see, when it comes to planets and humans, nothing is simple.

  Gaea: I would be angry with that statement but I have to reluctantly admit, that unfortunately what you say is true!

  Sunshoona: You will have to tell them!

  Gaea: Oh, I do not think that is a good idea. No... Not at all!

  Sunshoona: Well no, I am sure you would not but needs must.

  Gaea: I do not want to!

  Sunshoona: Yet, you will. Just use what we obtained last night.

  Gaea: Oh, I cannot. Please, will you do it?

  Sunshoona: No, dear one, I will not. Send the message, just like we decided on.

  Gaea: They will be very annoyed, and that is never a good thing!

  Sunshoona: It is not. Although I feel they may be forgiving, as I have found our Star Daughter!

  Gaea: Really! On my surface?

  Sunshoona: Yes, dear one, on your surface.

  Gaea: Oh, Sunshoona, how marvelous!

  Sunshoona: Yes Gaea, please tell the Star Child what has happened.

  Gaea: With the report we stole?

  Sunshoona: Borrowed, dear one, we borrowed it.

  Gaea: Yes Sunshoona. Have I ever told you that for a Star, you are very intelligent?

  Sunshoona: I did try to remind you of that fact before you started all this… Oh. What was the term you used? It was such an elegant turn of phrase… Mishap!

  Gaea: Yes, well, you need not harp on, about it!

  Sunshoona: Send the report Gaea. Now!

  Gaea: Alright, although I am still unsure how it will help.

  Sunshoona: Just send it dear one!

  ONE:

  Transmitting a message to Star Child from Gaea.

  Message reads: Year 2214.

  Report compiled by Dr Darby Kline.

  This is a report about our world, for the Undernet to publish and disseminate to the people o
f Earth.

  In, the year 2193 the population of Earth was approximately twenty billion people. Before a silent, relentless killer, stalked our world. It had only one name, Virus. It never slept, it never faltered, and it never died. It killed without mercy or remorse. A deadly assassin with humanity as its target.

  Within seven years, from the first sign of the Virus, our population had decreased by thirty-eight percent. Males of any age, race, or creed, old or young were the first to succumb. The Virus did not discriminate; it killed anyone with predominately XY chromosomes.

  In the following seven years, the Virus mutated and targeted the males it missed the first time around. Despite the efforts of the remaining scientists, researchers and doctors in every part of the world using everything at their disposal, the Virus continued to ravage the world removing life after life, until seven years later it mutated once more. This time it was not gender specific, and as with the previous outbreaks, it randomly selected whoever it needed to kill.

  In the early days of the pandemic, scientists postulated, the reason for the Virus was an unknown substance from a passing meteor. They hypothesized that this alien substance infected our upper atmosphere and over time made its way down to Earth. Of course there were other conspiracy theories ranging from a plot by militant terrorists who manufactured the Virus to cleanse the Earth. To the most common belief that a Government agency, experimenting in anti-gravity and hazardous space technology released a dangerous toxin into our environment. Another theory circulated on the internet said that aliens released the Virus to reduce the population to a manageable number, for when they came to take over the world. This theory has remained the favorite, and in light of what has happened now has credence. To be fair, as of this writing, none of these theories have ever been proved or disproved.

  In the end it did not matter, human life was held on a knife’s edge and the blade became thinner each time the Virus mutated. After the last outbreak the few scientists left, concluded that people who never became infected, had a natural immunity to the Virus and all its mutations. Unfortunately, no matter what was tried this immunity could not be passed on to others nor could it be cultured into a cure. We have no understanding as to why this is so. Sadly at this time, it seems that nothing will stop the Virus.

  Twenty-one years after the emergence of the Virus, it is estimated that just over one billion people remain on Earth. Countries have become vacant, as have cities, towns, and villages, whether they were isolated or not. As you know the face of our civilization has changed forever. The New World Government states that although there are still deaths, scientists believe the Virus is finally becoming dormant. I cannot say this strongly enough. We do not say this!

  I digress — as you the followers of the Undernet know. The Government was originally formed by politicians and business people from around the world, who seemed to be resistant to the Virus. Some years after their conception the Government decided to divide the world into three regions. America, Canada, Mexico and South America have become the Americas.

  England, France, Germany, basically the whole of Europe, is known as Europea.

  Asiana covers, Russia, China and all the Asian and South Pacific countries.

  This was designed to make governing less top heavy, they believed that a smaller number of world representatives would make quicker decisions. Which we know proved true, because one of those quick decisions was to have instructions uploaded to the orbiting space stations. Whereby the stations downloaded instructions to the vast array of orbital satellites surrounding our planet, turning them into long-range broadcasters, which then issued a one worded message for all of space:

  HELP! HELP! HELP!

  The hope, of course, was that the message would broadcast throughout the galaxy and continue on ad infinitum. Where it would reach planets that were occupied with intelligent life in the belief that they would have the means to destroy the Virus or the technology to at least help us destroy the Virus.

  Fear of not knowing when the next wave of deaths will happen haunts our populace. This fear has driven the Government to make decisions not conducive to the betterment of all Earth’s people.

  As we know, it is not that far in our past that the world’s armies were mobilized to create large-scale crematoriums. To prevent the spread of diseases, when mass graves became impossible for the remaining survivors of cities, and towns to accomplish. I, like you remember when smoke and ash filled the air in dark putrid clouds for months at a time, making travel by land vehicle, only one good quality air days. Still to this day, I do not leave home without my personalized breather as I am sure you do not.

  This brings me to one of the points I am writing about now, only a few months after the message from the satellites had been sent, we amazingly received an answer. Along with the rest of the world I rejoiced and celebrated in our good fortune, what a time of excitement that was.

  Unfortunately, the help provided is not in the form, we the people of Earth had sought. At least not the help, I as a scientist thought we would receive…

  The governing body or Council of Planetary Affairs, known as the Coalition, from the Universe Indorino, reached out to our Government with the first and only offer of aid. It seems that our home, our world falls under their jurisdictional control and has been since humanity was discovered to be sentient.

  So within a space of days from the first contact between our Government and the Coalition, an agreement between the two parties was reached.

  On a day that will be added to the histories of Earth, along with Man walking upright and the discovery of gravity. To the invention of electricity, and the first flight of mankind or man’s first voyage into space. We the people of Earth handed over our autonomous world, when the Government and the Coalition signed a momentous document, forever known as the ‘Agreement.’

  Minutes after the signing the conditions within the agreement were published by the Government’s propaganda department. On the surface these clauses seemed harmless and practical, Earth would accept membership into the Coalition, which subjected every citizen to the rules and regulations of said Coalition.

  One of those rules entitled them, for the good of our world and our populace to select and transport willing women to worlds in their universe, to help repopulate dying worlds. In return our world would accept other races that need to relocate to a world that is less populated.

  Another clause stated the Coalition would need to introduce technology to Earth, obviously this technology is far beyond our comprehension.

  Days after signing the agreement, the Government started public broadcasts which echoed around the world, informing us that new regulations would be implemented within the month. Now as time has passed, I believe we are being forced to live under a type of martial law. If we are not, then why has a curfew been initiated and why are our transport movements monitored, and personal weapons prohibited.

  I like you, would also like to know, why the Coalition feel it is necessary to bring their own police force known as Warriors to our world.

  It seems I must apologize again as once more I have become side tracked, another reason for the release of this report is to inform you that I have obtained a copy of a secret agreement between our Government and the Coalition. In this document it outlines the plans for the women of Earth to be auctioned or sold outright to any world, it seems we females, are a wanted commodity. Many of our Undernet contributors are scouring the information highways of the world to find out why?

  What we do know at the time of this report, is that in the last three months at least fifty million women have been removed from Earth. I should state here, that the numbers mentioned are at best an estimation, as more women are being shipped off Earth daily.

  I am sorry but this is where I will have to halt my report, as I am still gathering information and the rest of what I could write, would only be guesses, not facts.

  For the Undernet’s worldwide contributors and subscribers. I lea
ve you with these questions:

  1: Are we still a free planet??

  2: Are there other clauses in the secret agreement?

  3: Who exactly is the Coalition?

  4: Are all the women willing to leave or are they being forced?

  For now this ends my report of the activities so far of Earth’s occupation.

  TWO:

  As predicated by a select group of the population, the call initiated by the Government for help did not go well for the people of Earth. The landscape is now inundated with aliens while unfamiliar space craft zip across the skies day and night. Cities have been changed with the advent of alien technology; buildings have been demolished to make way for the new and improved high-rise structures. Which the Coalition demand for their diplomats, as well as for the new citizens that have come to inhabit Earth.

  The streets are patrolled by huge, heavily armed Warriors who enforce the strict curfew for the entire planet. Violations are punishable with home detention or jail. In the months since the signing or the agreement, people have become discontent and vocal, a somewhat dangerous act in these times as many have discovered. Often as not if people are suspected of subversive speech or acts, they are taken to some unknown destination for questioning and are unlikely to be seen again. It is widely suspected they are shipped off Earth.

  For months now an underground network of cyber hackers, and people within the scientific community have been disseminating verified and uncensored information about the Government and the Coalition on the Undernet. The fact the Virus has not been eradicated as promised but women are still being shipped from the planet, has focused the hardening discontent of many people.

  One of those people and instrumental in the Undernet’s conception is Doctor Darby Kline. A certified genius and until recently, the lead scientist at the world’s space agency. That agency has since been taken over by the Coalition scientists and Darby has now found herself, leading a team to develop translators for the human race, in her own words a complete waste of her intelligence.

  At the tender age of six, Darby was orphaned as many young children were, but unlike other children who ended up fending for themselves. She was scooped up by the scientific branch of the Government and raised within the confines of that esteemed institute.