Chapter 160
Galactic Standard Date: 152,323.09 AE
Earth: Sata’an Forward Operating Base
Lieutenant Kasib
Lt. KASIB
Lieutenant Kasib's claws trembled as he knocked on the door to his commanding officer's office. General Hudhafah stood, poking pins into a map of the planet. Each day they logged new territory, new resources, and new tribes that either needed to be wooed with promises of the good things Sata'anic rule would bring, or troublemakers roughed up so the rest of their populace could be brought under Sata'anic control.
"Sir—" Kasib's tail twitched with worry "—the Jamaran just registered a data burst emanating from the planet."
"Where did it originate?" Hudhafah's dorsal ridge reared in anger.
"The area called Mesopotamia. It didn't last long enough to isolate the source."
