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The weary vessel creaked and groaned as it was
hauled across the galaxy. At the controls was the Dalek Supreme,
skillfully guiding the wrecked capsule away from their latest defeat.
Its black dome, once shiny and new, was now faded and dented. It almost
looked grey. The door to the control room whirred open heavily, no longer the
smooth hum of the old days. Through the door came an equally battered Dalek, seeking an audience with the Supreme. It turned to face the
newcomer. They both knew the shame that had been brought upon their
race.
"What is our next plan? The rest of the Daleks wish to know."
"I am reverting to our core operation." grated the tired communications
circuit of the Supreme. "We have been defeated too many times despite
having theoretical supremacy. This suggests inefficiency of the Daleks."
"How have our defeats happened? Daleks are the supreme beings!"
"The Dalek scientists have attempted to eradicate this inefficiency but
they have been unsuccessful. Therefore we need to revert to Stratagem
One."
"Then our destination is..." began the drone, almost excitedly - if such
a concept were applicable to Daleks.
"...Affirmative." the Supreme interjected.
"Then I will inform the Daleks."
The subordinate clattered out of the control deck, the bottom of its
black base seemingly catching every few inches. The Supreme returned to
the controls, as if thinking. Suddenly, there was a harsh beeping around
the flight deck. The Supreme looked down and saw the scanner flashing
frantically. And then it realised why as it spotted the incoming craft.
Quickly, it attached its plunger to a socket and spoke in a harsh tone
as its words we're communicated around the ship.
"Assemble battle formation. Movellan ship approaching rapidly. We will
attempt an evasive manoeuvre but Daleks should stand by in case they are
needed."
There was a chorused reply of "I obey!" and then a whirring as various
dormant pieces of equipment were restarted. The Supreme raised the
control deck so that it protruded above the rest of the ship and then
spun it until the Movellan ship was in its sights. Then, it began to
drive the ship straight for the Movellan craft, twisting the vessel so
that at the last minute they avoided a collision. The Supreme guided the
ship back around, and the Movellans had done the same but this worked in
the Daleks' favour because now they could go in the direction they had
originally intended and draw out a lead over the Movellans, who had to
turn around again.
This happened and as the two ships passed each other, the Daleks shot
silent blue bolts of energy at the opposing vessel. It sustained some
damage, mostly very close to the main cockpit of their ship. The Dalek
ship accelerated to maximum power as they tried to pull away. However,
the superior Movellan craft rotated on the spot and gave chase. It
easily caught up and at glass portholes, the Supreme Dalek could see
soldiers shooting at the once-feared member of Skaro's elite Destroyer
class. There was only one solution to this problem and the Supreme came
to this conclusion as well as it momentarily ran over the blueprints of
the Movellan ship in its brain.
"Activate air locks!" commanded the Supreme. There was a dull whirring
as it's bidding was done and all doors sealed tightly. The Movellan ship
moved in above the Daleks'. The Supreme raised its eyestalk and looked
directly into the eyes of the Movellan captain Lork. With one final,
decisive manoeuvre, the Supreme crashed the Dalek ship into the enemy's.
The raised flight deck was destroyed instantly, and the Supreme along
with it. But the Movellan craft splintered and cracked simultaneously as
their own flight deck was attacked.
What the Dalek had remembered was that the Movellan ships, although
well maintained, were old and so were made of Polyfluxucarbite.
Dalekanium was known to be about twenty eight times as strong as this.
Therefore, with a carefully calculated movement, the Supreme had worked
out that it could destroy the Movellan ship without causing a whole lot
of damage to its own.
The calculation had been correct, as proven by the erratic white robot
warriors now moving ineffectually in the vacuum of space. Down below in
the Dalek ship, the subordinate that had visited the bridge observed
from a glass connection in the ship. It knew the Supreme had made the
ultimate sacrifice for its troops, and it decided not to waste the
opportunity they had been given. It glided clunkily into the secondary
flight deck and attached its plunger to the dashboard.
"Assuming Supreme command."
Information was transferred through the plunger and then the Dalek took
control of the vessel. As Skaro came into view, the new leader knew they
had not seen the last of the Movellans.
© Copyright Dave Spilsbury, Simon
Breeze & Doctor Who Online, 2012.
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Written by:
Dave Spilsbury
Artwork by:
Simon Breeze
Narrated by:
Sebastian J. Brook
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