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Usually, the shocked Verm sailors are frozen in fear.
Sometimes, however, there is some armed resistance and Verm deaths occur.
    ***
    All of the military objectives have been secured, and Company K is in
control of both vessels. Now there will be a ‘mopping up’ phase, wherein
the crews of the warships either surrender or are killed. The ship’s
armory was one of the main Company K objectives, so there are no heavy weapons
available to the crew for armed resistance. Most of the shocked
crewmembers surrender without a fight. The ones who do fight are quickly
eliminated.
    Danion, aboard the Nemesis, approaches the captured vessels, and reports
that each warship had launched one FTL probe, and that both have been
destroyed.
    Captain Nemo wants to be true to the words that he gave to Bartat, the
extrucian leader. He contacts Bartat and informs him that the mission is
a success. Both vessels are under Company K’s control, and that no word
has gotten out about the ‘change of ownership’.
    The next thing to do is to send an FTL probe to Darinx regional
headquarters, to request military assistance, and to request that the alliance
proposal, between the Darinx Empire and the planet Parin, be re-proposed.
Bartat agrees with that plan and the communiqué is sent, using one of the Verm
vessel’s FTL probes.
    Captain Nemo also discusses the repatriation of the extrucian youth,
aboard the captured vessels. Bartat is going to announce, to the citizens
of Parin, that the Verm vessels have been captured by a coalition of extrucian
civilians and Darinx military forces. And as a result of the military
success, the extrucians aboard the 2 warships will be returned to the planet by
shuttle craft, within days. Also, Bartat will inform the public that a
request has been made for Darinx protection, as part of an alliance treaty.
    Captain Nemo still ‘has his hands full’ managing the two warships.
There is still some armed resistance aboard each ship. Most of the verm
crewmembers have surrendered, but there are a few holdouts on each ship.
These verm sailors are using guerilla tactics, and are taking advantage of
their familiarity with the warships interior. Also, there are almost
1,000 verm prisoners, who must be treated according to the Darinx Rules of War.
    The 100 soldiers of Company K are kept busy guarding prisoners, searching
for the holdouts, facilitating the return of the extrucian youth, and arranging
for the return of the tribute, which was taken from Parin.
    Probably, all the Company K soldiers will need to do is to
maintain control, until more Darinx forces arrive - but what if those forces
don’t arrive, or what if the Verm Navy arrives first.
    ***
    The Nemesis is in space, in close proximity to the captured ships.
Captain Nemo contacts the Nemesis’ AI through their mind link: “Danion.”
    “Here sir,” is the immediate response.
    Captain Nemo asks a personal question: “We need to get to a ‘battle
ready’ condition on these warships. I remember that you said you have
learned how to pilot these ships. Is there any way that we can clone you,
so that we could have you on all three ships?”
    “Yes and no,” replies the AI. “It’s possible to transfer my
knowledge base and experienced memories, but it’s not possible to clone my
personality. The results will be similar to a human having
children. The ‘children’ will begin as babies, and then will mature into
unique individuals. The results will be somewhat unpredictable, but the
children will usually resemble the parent.”
    “That is why Artificial Intelligence entities take so long to
produce. It takes time to mature the ‘child’, to the point where you can
determine whether or not they will be acceptable. There is even a danger
that a cloned entity might choose evil instead of good. The answer to
your question is ‘yes’, but proceed with caution.”
    “That’s a good answer, Danion. How quickly could the ‘baby’ AIs be
matured, and could