Elizabeth was surprised at the ease with which the Orsonians has been taken by surprise. She had thought the species which had killed her lover would have been a formidable foe indeed, but now, she thought, they are just as malleable as any other biomass. An easier target too, because they had such little experience. A total of 700 bioships had been deployed, and, as Redlight spread exponentially across the sectors worlds, more were being grown. Her Silencers had feasted well, and she discreetly ordered the oldest among them to be brought back, deep into the security of The Red Wastes. She had plans for them, but the newer ones needed to continue killing and absorbing psionics for now. She knew magic presented a unique threat to her and her Children. For now, she began to reinforce the sectors, starting to develop a few Hives from which lethal Hive Guardians would be created, and where Runners could “incubate” and develop before being sent to infiltrate uninfected populations as “refugees”. Every ship in the sector capable of FTL that had not already fled, was being converted for a special mission. She would fill them with biomass and would attempt to infect other worlds, sending them through FTL to random worlds, where they would crash and begin spreading the infection. Finally, she decided the world of Aicury, capital of the sector, would make a good place for her to manifest herself. She would take advantage of the inexperience of the Orsonians and spread her gift far and wide throughout their borders. Something occurred to her, and it thrilled her. If she infected every Orsonian, she could present them as a gift to Alexander. She felt that he would appreciate such a gift. He had always enjoyed being given species of slaves in the past, after all. The Redlight covered ground shifted as The Red Queen appeared in our reality, every Redlight infected organism in the sector receiving a jolt of energy, Her mere presence made them faster, stronger, hardier, and smarter. Her presence drove weaker-willed psionics across reality mad, sending them into murderous rampages or into rambling fits of madness and hallucinations. Almost anyone capable of sending magical signatures would instantly know that her avatar had been created anew. She waited, patient as a lawyer, for the response she was sure would come. She made preparations, summoning five Hive Guardians and two Silencers. Her magic would not work while they were around her, but her physical abilities could easily match or overpower any mortal foe.