The Battle of Duna

The Battle of Duna occurred in the year 4835 (on Earth, the year was 2018). It occurred towards the end of the first war between the Intergalactic Alliance and the Industry and served as the final act of the novel Dark Matter III.

Following a skirmish within the the Neutral Zone between Fusia II and the Industry-controlled Fusia I, William Ordazed returned to Viridi Mortem to kill Rula Fikes. Upon his arrival, Fikes was rescued by Athena Williams. In a panic, Ordazed checked the vault where the Relic's crystalized heart was stored, realizing the Angel had just stolen it. Shortly after, Ordazed tried to make contact with IGA's president, Rika Mortoosa, though as luck would have it, the president was not in office. Instead, Ordazed was surprised to have the call answered by Collin Williams. Ordazed made a quick threat: IGA would have the heart returned to him, or he would launch a planet-destroying warhead at Alpha Prime.

A meeting was held to determine IGA's next course of action and Collin Williams made the final decision to make the deal, though requesting it be done on Duna. Several thousand IGA soldiers were sent to orbit over Duna along with hundreds of ships with Admiral Jarod Frey leading the fight to end the war. Only Collin, several Knights, Angels, IGA Agents, and a platoon of IGA soldiers touched down on the planet's surface and prepared to take Relic's heart to the drop point. While most of the group hid themselves in a caravan rig, Collin Williams, Blare Williams, and Kyle Reyes met with Ordazed, Colonel Horothe, and Relic of the Industry. The warhead was handed off to IGA and the heart to the Industry, but just as the deal completed, Athena Williams aided an IGA sniper and the crystal was destroyed.

The Battle of Duna finally unfolded with Collin Williams facing off against Ordazed for what many presumed would be the final fight against the Industry. The fight between the two ended a while later, but not before numerous battleships on both sides dotted the desert landscape. Aided by several Angels, Collin Williams finally found the time necessary to charge up his dark matter powers and unleash a beam that he had hoped would blast Ordazed into orbit. Unfortunately, Ordazed had managed to survive and used his earth-manipulating powers to bury himself and form a kraken-like stone beast and began tearing apart IGA battleships with it's stone teeth and tentacles. Collin Williams pushed through the sandstorm that now protected the base of the behemoth, and allowed himself to be eaten in order to stab Ordazed through his chest. Collin Williams found himself and Ordazed in an a room within ancient ruins underground. Collin Williams eventually would report that he killed Ordazed.

While the stone kraken was defeated when Ordazed went down, the battle in the atmosphere over Duna continued between the IGA and Industry fleets.

## Main Characters Involved

* Amber Harkins
* Angelica "Angel" (Harkins)
* Athena Williams
* Benjamin Riley
* Blare Williams
* Collin Williams
* Destiny Yarbrough
* Ellie Samuels
* James Briggs
* Jarod Frey
* Kyle Reyes
* Lisa Harkins
* Marie Turner
* Miles Koran
* Orion Williams
* Raine Harolds
* Ray Pearson
* Relic
* Sarah Robinson
* Selene Williams
* Titus Garson
* William Ordazed