First Contact Was Peaceful Until The Phantom Fleet of Earth Emerged part 02 of 02

They wore no crowns, they demanded no tribute, they did not expand like locusts, nor in slave, nor threatened. The council dismissed them as late comers, a people destined to orbit around the true powers of the galaxy, until the war, until one arrogant empire the Threx Dominion decided to seize a human colony just to test them. The first reports arrived in Whispers, a Dominion fleet, vanished, not destroyed in battle, not limping home, vanished, entire ships, entire crews, gone. Impossible, the council scoffed, humans have no fleets, their navy is a handful of escorts, and yet one by one Dominion warbands disappeared, one by one systems fell quiet. Until finally the council convened, hundreds of species filled the crystalline chamber, their voices sharp, clashing like storms, fear was beginning to know at them, though none admitted it.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/little-scifi-stories-on-the-go--7033804/support.