BEYOND THE BALONEY FACTORY Ivor received a desperate call from a planet in a distant star system from a missionary who was ministering to a race of peaceful people who were being attacked by another planet that was allied to ACE.

Ivor contacted Rasmshief and Drozin first and then the generals in charge of the stations in the Kuyper Belt. ACE was like China compared to Space Force which was like Tibet. It would be suicidal to oppose ACE.

But the generals and the Triple Team supported freedom for the oppressed. Half of the lost fleet of Ortasia accompanied the team to the planet which was being attacked at the time they arrived. There were only a dozen small starships that opposed the Space Force fleet of 100 ships. They were destroyed in minutes.

The team beamed down to the largest city which was in the midst of a citywide evangelistic meeting that saw crowds of over 100,000 each night in the outdoor sports arena. They arrived during day 17 of the meetings.

The team met with the missionary involved with the meetings and his team that helped him in the offices of the arena seated at a conference table. Ivor began the conversation.

"Were you the one who told me about the attacks?"

"My communications officer did that. I was busy preparing my next message and answering my emails. I'm so glad artificial intelligence does most of the work answering them. I get at least 30 to 40,000 a day."

"Space Force took care of the attackers when we we coming in," said Ivor. "I don't know why ACE supports them and not this planet."

"They've been with them for only three months and this planet didn't offer anything that interested ACE. We have enough to sustain the people of this planet and nothing much more. I'm glad I'm not out there to face the full force of ACE."

Ramshief asked, "Have the leaders of this planet tried to appeal to ACE?"

"The leaders of Bertron lie all the time about this planet. I've sent missionaries to the planet, but the message of salvation has constantly been rejected. Three of my people were killed there and the authorities did nothing but laugh and say my God was a myth only weak minded people believe in."

Ivor suggested, "Broadcast messages out into space from your services in the arena. Maybe through much prayer and the power of God you can keep ACE from trying to destroy this planet."

"It's worth a try," the missionary said.

There were 17 messages recorded that were broadcast in all directions from the planet in hopes that ACE would be influenced by them. It worked because a message came from one of the ACE starships to the meeting room. It was shown on the large 3-D screen.

"I'm Captain Oren Martin of the starship Hankrist. The gospel message I received reminded me of the Billy Graham crusades I used to watch as a kid in Cleveland. The message has been sent to all the starships in ACE to not attack your planet. We're going to renegotiate our treaty with the planet that has been attacking your planet. I hope they didn't inflict much damage."

One of the missionary's team members said, "About 100,000 people were killed and a city was nearly destroyed. If it hadn't been for the planet's defense system, millions would have died."

"We'll seek reparations from your attackers. From now on, we'll also protect you. Keep up the good work for God."

The Triple Team went to dinner with the gospel team and attended the evening services before flying back to Space Station Alaska.