The Cosmic Junkman

After the war, Earth stored away its robot armies or sold them for scrap—because fighting machines were dangerous. But more deadly was—
Log Report :—
Fleet: Alpha Aquilae; 20,080 surviving ships. Flagship ROVER.
Personnel: human;
Fleet Admiral William A. Ford, Vice Admiral Paul G. Belcross robot;
2,649,366 (Ids. appended)
passenger: (human);
Generalissimo Vilbis (prisoner under w.c.a.)
Dates May 7, 4765; flight formation arrow, speed 1,700,000 m.p.s.
Scheduled date of arrival at Earth: June 11, 4766
Distance from Earth on Earth-Aquilae axis: ten light years.
Rummy, Vilbis said, reaching through the hand-hole in the inch thick laminated glass wall of his prison and spreading his cards on the table. His lips formed into the cruel haughty smile that had been his trademark to billions of humans for almost half a century. His wide-set black eyes mocked the other two players.