Crubboth called the meeting to order and immediately all Universals stopped to listen. “Here so forth begins the Meeting of The Universe, year 3019, month 1001280,” he said in Hothrovic, and then he began to ask for any problems to deal with.
A small Universal popped up in the crowd. “The earthlings still refused to join the Alliance of the Cosmos.”
“Now, now, Acroforth,” said Crubboth. “They’re only afraid. Give them some time.”
“Some time! Some time! We gave them some time! A thousand years, to be exact!”
“I know. Humans can be a slow learning race. It took them 55000 years to discover super speed. But they’re the only ones that are Allies with the Onoc. And in this time of war, it’s the only choice we have.”
“Sir,” said a skinny, one eyed Universal in Rentovith “Speaking of the Onoc, they’re advancing. There’s many of them that have already moved to the south entrance. If we don’t get more troops, fast, they’ll be attacking Ioflurn 232, which we do not want. We need more troops!”
Crubboth pondered for a short time, then through gritted teeth, said “Fine. We’ll need to force some troops out of Earth. Begin preparing the Acco cannons.”
I got very confused when Crubboth said the month and year. Is there 1001280 months in a year. Is there more? Overall it is a great book and I can't wait for you to write more
ReplyDeleteThey are measuring the amount of months since the Alliance of the Cosmos began.
DeleteThis is explained later in the story when a human character askes the same question.