The Celestials

Light-years from home, about to carry out a survey of their designated star system. The crew of a survey vessel learn they are now at war with an unknown adversary who has destroyed a sister vessel in another quadrant. All that is known of the enemy is the side-view shape of their giant vessel. Shaped like a letter Z, they are henceforth designated as Zedds, by the Central Command War Council. This then is the prelude to the adventures and the horrors of fighting a war of survival, within a war, on an alien planet. Which would ultimately cost the lives of millions of beings. That has yet to unfold for the unsuspecting crew.