Galactic Empires Reborn I: Residual Chaos

[MuchPsykers]

[Cyngus]


"What Rubbish." The Lord-Admiral said. "We are tracking our own ships signals, including the signals of the traitors disappeared in this part of space. I did not expect such dishonesty from a species who should know their place in the universe. Especially when you speak to me in a noble attitude, which disgusts me. Now, I know you are lying because even though we might not know where they might be now but, their transmissions disappeared in this area. But also, they have stopped communicating with us entirely. This can not happen unless the crew were killed because they are manual check points that are sent back to ensure that all vessels are accounted for. One would have to physically remove those communications personnel from their posts. And last time we checked, all crew members were healthy. This is more than enough proof that you have them in your custody. Unless you want to make enemies of us, I suggest you either give us their badges and what remains of them so that we may dispose of them or, you can refuse. And we will have no choice but to deem this as a lowly species disobeying a higher species orders."


@Otakuyaki


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[NSF delegation]


"Of course. We will respect your decisions and rights. Our speakers can discuss details later on. I will assure you that we will not abuse this alliance of ours." The NSF senator said. "We respect all of our allies, and will respect you and your species decisions. Now, since we've come to a temporary agreement, I think that we need to decide when our two speakers and representatives can talk and finalize this deal of ours."


@ResonantStorm

 

[MuchPsykers]

[NSS Seis]


"This should be fine." The Admiral said, pressing a button on the glass table. "This should allow you to make your contact with the rest of your representative more easy since I blocked out the residual communications jamming in this room."


@player2

 

[Otakuyaki]

[Cyngus]


"What Rubbish." The Lord-Admiral said. "We are tracking our own ships signals, including the signals of the traitors disappeared in this part of space. I did not expect such dishonesty from a species who should know their place in the universe. Especially when you speak to me in a noble attitude, which disgusts me. Now, I know you are lying because even though we might not know where they might be now but, their transmissions disappeared in this area. But also, they have stopped communicating with us entirely. This can not happen unless the crew were killed because they are manual check points that are sent back to ensure that all vessels are accounted for. One would have to physically remove those communications personnel from their posts. And last time we checked, all crew members were healthy. This is more than enough proof that you have them in your custody. Unless you want to make enemies of us, I suggest you either give us their badges and what remains of them so that we may dispose of them or, you can refuse. And we will have no choice but to deem this as a lowly species disobeying a higher species orders."


@Otakuyaki


"They are rather bloodthirsty, aren't they?" Mutalia hummed to herself as the authorities present in the Halls of Revelation looked on at the Cyngus who were preparing themselves for battle.


"Unsurprising. It is the Cyngus." Circara described.


"Shall we deal with them?" Mutalia started, but Pravelite shook her head.


"I'd rather not." she sighed, picking up the transmitter and activating it, "Very well. Attack all you may, we shall not retaliate directly." she stopped there, and leaned back against a throne of stone, deactivating the transmitter, "Circara, you handle this."


"Already am." the Mechina replied.


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"Fate Prisms, form a blockade. Project an energy field." Circara ordered her troops through her system, before continuing, "Connect to Aeetes and Grottendief." she commanded, immediately filling the channel with requests and options. At the same time, fate prisms moved out to the edges of the Coalition fleet and formed a blockade, while the arbiters cloaked the defensive vessels behind them, allowing the collegiate mages to spread their magic freely throughout the Coalition.


"Come get us." Pravelite smirked, mumbling as she watched the Cyngus fleet in the distance.

 

[Hercynia]

[QUOTE="tims run][Cyngus]
"What Rubbish." The Lord-Admiral said. "We are tracking our own ships signals, including the signals of the traitors disappeared in this part of space. I did not expect such dishonesty from a species who should know their place in the universe. Especially when you speak to me in a noble attitude, which disgusts me. Now, I know you are lying because even though we might not know where they might be now but, their transmissions disappeared in this area. But also, they have stopped communicating with us entirely. This can not happen unless the crew were killed because they are manual check points that are sent back to ensure that all vessels are accounted for. One would have to physically remove those communications personnel from their posts. And last time we checked, all crew members were healthy. This is more than enough proof that you have them in your custody. Unless you want to make enemies of us, I suggest you either give us their badges and what remains of them so that we may dispose of them or, you can refuse. And we will have no choice but to deem this as a lowly species disobeying a higher species orders."


@tims run

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[Otakuyaki]

Diplomatic Party"Agreed." Surprisingly, it wasn't Chy'nn that spoke, but Eternos, his synthesized vice echoing through the room. "We shall split our ways, until The Speakers can finalise the full alliance with your Chancellors." The diplomatic party stood, Several T'sinlohan telepathically communicating, with a few Kileesai noting things down on their multi-pads. Reagis noted the new notice that had popped up on his cybernetic HUD. As if he hadn't planned to investigate the notes gained from the security Heworth as well as what they'd seen from their new allies already.


Exploratory Fleet

The Battleplate Tisari was awash with activity, as hundreds of surrounding ships gathered around it, patiently waiting their turn to dock inside the huge ship. The larger warships remained outside the massive crafty, providing what was more of an honour guard than anything else. The Battleplate was more than equipped to deal with any complications that could arise, with it's terrifyingly powerful control of gravity. In the midst of this organised chaos, the captain of the Battleplate and one of the Generals of the Nova Confederacy, Unit 02642, or "Artemis", reported to the Nova Confederacy and SynLabs Speaker in their cabin, discussing the ideal location for a new Battleplate that Legacy Shipyards were constructing, cutting the meeting short as they received an alert from the officer left in charge.


Now, sitting in what was dubbed the "Command Chair", Artemis thanked Commander Milwaih, watching the human female return to her station and relay his message to the officer leading the completely pointless honour guard around the Battleplate, giving them the warp co-ordinates.


Tilasi, the Battleplate's AI, spoke throughout every craft and speaker, while ripping a hole in the fabric of space for full Wormhole warp. "Warping in T-minus 3... 2... 1... Warp."


The whole craft was engulfed in a veil of blue particles, which stretched out, ripping space and time and reassembling it as the Battleplate and honour guard blinked back into existence a small distance away from between both alien fleets.


All was silent aboard Tisari's bridge for a moment, before everybody wrenches their eyes away from the two completely different, alien fleets and back to their workstations, fingers dancing over controls.


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"New entities detected." Circara announced to the attendants of the Halls of Revelation, "Affiliation: Synthesis Coalition. Estimated strength: Battalion." the two other leaders present among the groups of authorities looked at the holograms in the middle of the room, eyeing the newcomers.


"Don't mind them, they'll understand our situation when they see our stance." Pravelite sighed as she dismissed their presence, "Continue with current battle formations, keep inner ranks prepared."

 

[MuchPsykers]

[Cyngus fleets]


"Prepare all weapons." The Lord Admiral said. The entire CIC was preparing for battle as ships moved into their battle formations with an outer shield barrier system that was activated surrounding the entire fleet in an invisible field. The Lord Admiral stared at his foes and was about to give the orders to fire when out of the blue, a rift had opened up. The Lord Admiral stared at the Large triangular vessels surrounded by hundreds more smaller vessels. He was not expecting such a massive foe to make their presence known. "Quickly. Send a message to Aragion Command, mobilize the attack fleet and send them our way." The other bridge staff members quickly went to communicate their Admiral's commands back to their port planet. The Lord Admiral then quickly turned around towards his console and tapped a few buttons on his console as an enlarged image of the new species appeared before him as the Lord Admiral attempted to hail this new foe.


"Attention newcomers. State your business, unless you are here to battle, then do not interfere or meddle in the disputes of others." The Lord Admiral said through the communications.


@ResonantStorm


@Otakuyaki


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[NSF diplomats.]


"Then when would be the best time for our leaders to converge and finalize this agreement?" The Senator asked. "We prefer that you gve us your availability so that we ma modify our schedules for you and this historic deal of ours."


@ResonantStorm


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[NSS Junius]


Some of the crewmen, including soldiers had decided to make use of their spare time and try and visit the planet of Holon to see what human society was like. Inside the station, they approached the human staff and crew, as the terrans were in a tight group as to not get separated from each other. "Excuse me good sir. I was wondering if it was at all possible to travel down to your planet. The reason being, seeing as how similar our two species are, we wanted to see what human society and culture is like. It's be great use of our spare time on break."


@Assailant

 

[MuchPsykers]

[NSS Orion]


A large vessel the size of 3 jupiters put side by side exited slip space in the vicinity of the large cluster of unknown, large alien ships. The ship lumbered for a bit as it's thrusters emitted a weak light, causing the massive ship to go slow. "Admiral, we are ready to begin our out of boundary patrol mission." The First-Officer said reporting to his station. "Good. But there is just one thing." The Admiral said as he turned on the monitors showing the scans that picked up a large signature not far from the NSS Orion. "It seems that we are not the first ones here." The Admiral said staring at the monitors. "Should we take action?" The First Officer asked, to which the admiral shook his head. "No. Not yet. Let us try a peaceful method before moving to more aggressive tactics." The bridge of the NSS Orion became busy as the communications staff worked diligently to put together a communication for the Admiral. "Sir, we are ready." Te Communications officer said. "Hail them." The Admiral responded.

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The NSS Orion sent out a message saying to not take their presence or size as a threat for the ship is not here for the purpose of aggression or combat. But simply exercising self defense as it is commencing it's routine monthly patrols outside of their federation's territory for any signs of hostiles headed towards their federation's borders.


@Gilzar

 

[Assailant]

The soldier nodded to the Terrans. "Let me check." He called Max and checked to see if it was okay. After a few moments, he turned back to the Terrans. "Right. You can, provided we give you an escort. There are suspicious and potentially dangerous activities going on down there."


@tims run


@Otakuyaki ((You never responded to Max))

 

[Hercynia]

"New entities detected." Circara announced to the attendants of the Halls of Revelation, "Affiliation: Synthesis Coalition. Estimated strength: Battalion." the two other leaders present among the groups of authorities looked at the holograms in the middle of the room, eyeing the newcomers.
"Don't mind them, they'll understand our situation when they see our stance." Pravelite sighed as she dismissed their presence, "Continue with current battle formations, keep inner ranks prepared."

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@Otakuyaki


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[NSF diplomats.]


"Then when would be the best time for our leaders to converge and finalize this agreement?" The Senator asked. "We prefer that you gve us your availability so that we ma modify our schedules for you and this historic deal of ours."


@ResonantStorm


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[NSS Junius]


Some of the crewmen, including soldiers had decided to make use of their spare time and try and visit the planet of Holon to see what human society was like. Inside the station, they approached the human staff and crew, as the terrans were in a tight group as to not get separated from each other. "Excuse me good sir. I was wondering if it was at all possible to travel down to your planet. The reason being, seeing as how similar our two species are, we wanted to see what human society and culture is like. It's be great use of our spare time on break."


@Assailant

Diplomatic Party

"Our Speakers are not currently available, and are attending a meeting attending to a currently ongoing situation that does not require your assistance. Their schedule will most likely be clear in 4 hours." Eternos spoke almost apathetically, shifting his awareness to other, more recent matters.


Exploratory Fleet, Battleplate Tisari

Pushing power to the Gravitic shield around the Tri-Class Battleplate Tisari, Tilasi, the Battleplate's AI, analysed the situation as well as alerting her captain to the incoming hail. Artemis accepted the hail, listened to the message, and deigned not to reply. "Any thoughts, Tilasi?"


"It makes sense to take a neutral standpoint here, General. I've taken the liberty of spreading missile interceptors already, fighters are set to deploy on your orders. Warp Area Denial is up, and ours appears to be the only active."


"Good news then. People, we now have the option of fast extraction, and the ability to call for reinforcements. As I understand it only the Diplomatic Fleet is busy, and their Battleplate isn't currently in use. Currently we shall take a neutral standpoint, and offer support to whichever nation appears less hostile and more deserving of it. Tilasi, scramble all Battleship crews, and prepare them for combat. Deploy Fighters and Interceptors, fully autonomous. Also prepare missiles as well as point defense systems. Comms, let The Speakers know what's going on. All Analysts, please analyse all potentially hostile craft, as well as potential weaknesses."


"Yes General." Came the echoed response from all personnel involved. Artemis then took a moment to compose herself, before sending a video message to both alien fleets. "We are the Synthesis Coalition, and are currently prepared to take a neutral standpoint. This may change, if we are attacked, or if anybody else is attacked unjustly."

 

[MuchPsykers]

[NSS Junius Crewmen]


"Ah thank you." The lead crewman said. "By any chance, is there any way that we may get a guide of any sorts?"


@Assailant


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[NSF delegates]


"Understood, we shall send word to our government, and another military vessel will arrive with assisting with the escort of your delegates." The Sentaor said. "We look forward to meeting the rest of your government in our capital soon." The senator finally said before his holgram projection was turned off. "Shall we escort you back?" The General said as he and the other generals stood up.


@ResonantStorm


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[Cyngus]


Before the systems of this new faction were activated, a second fleet of Cyngus vessels had come out of shock point. "My Lord, that is the last of the fleet that has come to our aid." The Commander said. The ships of the Cyngus watched and listened as a new transmission came from this new faction. "Such Blasphemy!" The Lord-Admiral shouted, smashing his fist against his monitor. The Cyngus activated a secondary commnicatin channel directed towards both factions now as the Lord-Admiral was clearly enraged. "Listen well you pathetic infidels. You come in stating neutrality. You have not right to claim such nonsense what you do not know what the dispute is in the first place."


"And you, the other faction." The Lord-Admiral said referring to the Arclight Coalition. "Your inferior race is a swine as you make pathetic lies to cover your obvious guilt."


"Both your actions are clearly not worthy of being called a civilization. And because of this, we shall not act kindly towards either species." The Lord Admiral finished. "We shall destroy all enemies of the Cyngus. Unless you state an issue of guilt, I have no choice but to act and bring against you. If you refuse, we shall attack." The Lord Admiral turned off the transmission.


"Prepare all weapons. I do not see a good ending to this encounter."


@Otakuyaki


@ResonantStorm

 

[Assailant]

@Assailant[/URL]


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[NSF delegates]


"Understood, we shall send word to our government, and another military vessel will arrive with assisting with the escort of your delegates." The Sentaor said. "We look forward to meeting the rest of your government in our capital soon." The senator finally said before his holgram projection was turned off. "Shall we escort you back?" The General said as he and the other generals stood up.


@ResonantStorm


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[Cyngus]


Before the systems of this new faction were activated, a second fleet of Cyngus vessels had come out of shock point. "My Lord, that is the last of the fleet that has come to our aid." The Commander said. The ships of the Cyngus watched and listened as a new transmission came from this new faction. "Such Blasphemy!" The Lord-Admiral shouted, smashing his fist against his monitor. The Cyngus activated a secondary commnicatin channel directed towards both factions now as the Lord-Admiral was clearly enraged. "Listen well you pathetic infidels. You come in stating neutrality. You have not right to claim such nonsense what you do not know what the dispute is in the first place."


"And you, the other faction." The Lord-Admiral said referring to the Arclight Coalition. "Your inferior race is a swine as you make pathetic lies to cover your obvious guilt."


"Both your actions are clearly not worthy of being called a civilization. And because of this, we shall not act kindly towards either species." The Lord Admiral finished. "We shall destroy all enemies of the Cyngus. Unless you state an issue of guilt, I have no choice but to act and bring against you. If you refuse, we shall attack." The Lord Admiral turned off the transmission.


"Prepare all weapons. I do not see a good ending to this encounter."


@Otakuyaki


@ResonantStorm

"Certainly," the soldier said to the Terrans. "I can call upon one of the diplomats who is well versed in this situation, though they'll have to fly themselves over. I also need clearance from the king to have the authority to give them a command, so you might be waiting just a bit."

 

[Hercynia]

Exploratory Fleet - Battleplate Tisari

Receiving the communication, Artemis looked around to gauge the reactions of the various senior officers around the bridge, noting that most seemed to have expressions of shock and anger, with the odd neutral expression mixed in. "Well then, I believe our course of action is clear. Tilasi, please report to The Speakers - this hostile force calls themselves "The Cygnus", which seems as good a name as any. Please open comms to the other fleet then, and send them the following message." Interfacing with the communication systems, Artemis sent an audio-only message to the silent, seemingly non-hostile fleet.


"Presuming you heard the message that the "Cygnus" sent, it seems we now have a common enemy. Of course, the enemy of my enemy is still my enemy's enemy, however I suggest that we work together to eliminate the most hostile faction at play here." Sending the message, and severing communications to the hostile fleet, Artemis spoke to Tilasi again.


"Prepare to deploy Long-Guns, warp point at space co-ordinates in the center of the enemy fleet. Prepare Gravy guns at full power, deploy frigates to support surrounding warships, and make sure to deploy 10% of our anti-missile drones. Make sure all point-defence turrets are engaged and let the Offence Fleet know what's happening here and request that they stand by."


Diplomatic Party

"Of course, an escort would be appreciated, although we can send our own craft to carry diplomats. If you could bring us back to our station, Sanctum, that would be appreciated too." The diplomatic party formed up in front of the door, waiting for the NSF troops to return them to the massive hangar where the craft that had brought them to the gargantuan ship was presumably waiting to return them to Sanctum.


@tims run @Otakuyaki

 

[MuchPsykers]

[NSF Delegates]


The soldiers opened up the door to allow the alien delegates to exit the room. They escorted the alien delegates through the ship, and back to the large hangar where the shuttle that they arrived in was still docked in the same platform. "Well, then. I wish you all well on your journey back. Expect another one of our ships to arrive in several hours." The Admiral said saying his final send off to the aliens.


[Cyngus]


"Prepare all missile batteries, Turbo plasma turrets, Gamma guns, Laz-precision guns, Ballistic guns." The Lord Admiral said. "Raise the shields to maximum. Pressurize the inner area, have the outer shield dome raised protecting all ships. Allow nothing to come inside of our fleet shield bubble."


On every ship, the guns and turrets started to prime up and charge to full power. The guns all pointed at the Archlight coalition as well as the Synthesis Coalition, prepared to fire at the two factions at the call of the Lord-Admiral. The Inter-Class Heavy Multirole combat vessel which was the size of the moon activated it's 8 large domes on it's super structure as the invisible shield bubble surrounded the entirety of the two fleets of the Cyngus. The domes then charged the inside of the bubble containing the ships with high and extreme amounts of energy as the individual shields started to shoot out electricity volts. The individual shields were the only thing preventing the cyngus ships from exploding from the extreme energy within the shield bubble.

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"My lord, all weapons are charged and ready." The Commander said. "Good. Hold all weapons. And await for my orders. Until we hear a reply back, we shall not take any actions just yet. The shock of us threatening them will be enough for them to reply back." The Lord Admiral said.


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@Otakuyaki


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[NSS Junius]


"Ah, understood. Thank you." The NSF crewman said. The group decided to take a seat next to the counter, awaiting for their clearance.


@Assailant


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[NSF Navy]


A fleet of NSF navy vessels were en-route towards the barren planet that was known as Jachin. There were frigates paroling in low orbit above the skies of the planet. Along with formations of fighters and gunships.


Station 01, along with stations 00 and 03 were orbiting the entire solar system. There were two capital ships along with several cruisers, battlecruisers and destroyers all scattered around the entire system.


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[NSF Command]


"The navy has reported back. There are no life signs on the planet." One of the Generals said. "Shut the entire planet down. No one is to know about this incident. From this moment on, Jachin will be quarantined and only made accessible to the NSF armed forces and Intelligence branch."

 

[Otakuyaki]

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@Otakuyaki

"Has the Cyngus called off its attack?" Pravelite looked on at the fleet across from the Arclight Coalition, "If you really want to see some soldiers, we can always pretend we have them, just to satisfy your thirsty needs. Apart from that, I would suggest you avoid using such large weapons, in massive numbers too. You might be your own undoing with your own arsenal." she deactivated the transmitter, sitting back in her throne of stone as she pressed her face against her fist.

((Ugh, never got a notification of this, or anything else for that matter.))
Max nodded. "I made contact with your opposition in the atmosphere. They seem very intent on capturing you. They told me you were insurrectionists: rebels who wished to destroy all diplomacy and ruin us. They told us we are your targets and enemy." Max sighed. "Of course, I felt it pertinent to either get your admission of this, or hear your side of the story before choosing an alliance. I have more than learned that things often aren't as they appear.


@Otakuyaki

"Really?" Tharom raised an eyebrow under his hood, his purple eyes glowing slightly in surprise as his mouth hung open for just a moment, before he closed it once more, "You're the first leader I have met to be this... open to us." Tharom gestured, nearly forgetting that he should say something to keep the leader's trust, "Right... I'll tell you everything. Bu--" Tharom's eyes suddenly widened, and a metallic length slid from underneath Tharom's hood.


"Tharom." Urmon's voice rang out from the end of the metallic transmitter, "The Arclight Coalition is about to enter a confrontation." Already? Had they detected their presence on this planet? Were they already going to begin an invasion? No. It's too soon.





"Who are they confronting?" the mage immediately harked back into the transmitter.


"I... I believe it's the Cyngus." Urmon replied, "I'm sorry. If only I could tell you more."


"Stop apologising, Urmon. It's always been fine." Tharom replied, "Urmon, requesting a warp, you have my coordinates." a short consenting reply came from the metalic transmitter, before it slipped back under the hood and coiled itself up, hiding once more.


"I'm sorry, Max." Tharom began once more, "May I request that you come with us?"

 

[Assailant]

Max considered this for a moment. They HAD been about to tell him everything, though that could've been a ruse to trick him into following him. "Only if I may bring a force of my own," he said. "Forgive me, but blindly following someone suspect of being a national enemy seems like a poor decision without some backup, should you be as hostile as the Arclight claim you are."

 

[Otakuyaki]

Max considered this for a moment. They HAD been about to tell him everything, though that could've been a ruse to trick him into following him. "Only if I may bring a force of my own," he said. "Forgive me, but blindly following someone suspect of being a national enemy seems like a poor decision without some backup, should you be as hostile as the Arclight claim you are."

"Understandable." Tharom nodded, before he turned his head to the wall, "Miela! Axes! Come in!" Tharom looked expectantly, before he realised he was right in the heart of the building, "Oh... right." Tharom extended a hand in the direction where he had left them behind and shot out, releasing purple wisps that coiled to form a tunnel. The walls within the wisps immediately turned translucent, and the two Anima were immediately visible, "Miela! Axes! Come in!" the mage immediately caught their attention, and they walked through the translucent walls before Tharom released his magic, allowing the walls to return to normal, sturdy material once more, "Urmon, initiate warp protocols." A beep came from the metallic coils signifying Urmon's reply, "Gather your guards, Max. I want you to see something."

 

[Assailant]

Maxwell nodded to his guard nearby, and the diplomats left while the actual guard remained behind. Max then radio'd in and summoned a few more. Soon there was a small force of the fifteen most elite soldiers nearby, on edge and ready to fight, should things turn south.

 

[Otakuyaki]

Maxwell nodded to his guard nearby, and the diplomats left while the actual guard remained behind. Max then radio'd in and summoned a few more. Soon there was a small force of the fifteen most elite soldiers nearby, on edge and ready to fight, should things turn south.

"Commence." Tharom ordered, and the entire group was immediately covered in a blur of light, before instantaneously being warped onto the ship.


"Tharom!" Kyrom turned to the sudden return of the three rebels, "The Arclight!" Kyrom quickly reeled back upon realising there were outsiders with him, and upon entering the ship, Miela's body glew, before quickly unfusing into Ilum and Lexana, "Who are they? Why would you two un--"


"One question at a time, Kyrom." Tharom motioned to stop any further questions from him, "Just listen, and you will understand." he spoke, to both Kyrom and Max.


"The fleet of the Arclight Coalition." Tharom gestured to the gigantic fleet that remained in space, outside of Holon's orbit, "A nomadic civilisation. They don't strike terror upon immediate contact. Cause they don't want you to..." Tharom looked at the other two fleets who had entered the scene as well. The Cyngus, and another empire he did not recognise, "Max, they were right that we were defects. They were right that we are insurrectionists. But you won't know what the Arclight Coalition truly is until it's too late, unless you hear the whole story out." Tharom turned around to Max, confronting him with a short question, in spite of Ilum and Lexana's argument in the background, "Max. Why did you think we sought you out? In such a troublesome way?" he motioned to the surface of Holon, where the mist Miela created was quickly dissipating without her to enforce its existence, "Just as they warned you of us, we've come to warn you of them. What exactly did they tell you about us?"


"Oh just tell them, Tharom." Ilum sighed.


"I just want to know how they're condemning us, before I tell them what the Coalition actually is." Tharom rebutted, and Ilum sighed, moving towards Axes and interrupting his argument, "And no, you're not leaving right now." Tharom ordered, and Ilum stopped midway, a struggling Axes over his shoulder as he let out a groan.

 

[Assailant]

Max frowned as he recalled his conversation with them. "Well," he said calmly. If what the Arclight said was true about them, he wanted to gather as much as he can before angering them. So he stayed calm and level, not wishing to incite anything. "They told me they were once a war-mongering state, who had recently changed to a more diplomatic union. They told me that your legion was not happy with that, and wished to revert back to the imperial state. They said that they wanted to ally themselves with the state of Holon, and warn us that you had invaded us in an effort to prevent such an alliance."


@Otakuyaki

 

[Otakuyaki]

Max frowned as he recalled his conversation with them. "Well," he said calmly. If what the Arclight said was true about them, he wanted to gather as much as he can before angering them. So he stayed calm and level, not wishing to incite anything. "They told me they were once a war-mongering state, who had recently changed to a more diplomatic union. They told me that your legion was not happy with that, and wished to revert back to the imperial state. They said that they wanted to ally themselves with the state of Holon, and warn us that you had invaded us in an effort to prevent such an alliance."
@Otakuyaki

"Pravelite's a perfect liar, as always." Tharom sighed, and he folded his arms and took in a deep breath, "The Arclight Coalition is an empire that travels from empire to empire and devours everything they have, assimilating foreign cultures into their own. They have had a long history of invading other empires and completely obliterating them to..." Tharom paused for a good word, "'harvest' them. It is composed of five different races that each have different needs to grow in power. They come to an empire with a diplomatic facade, before they destroy them from within and glean everything from them. Their technology... their genetics... even their very population are used as slaves." Tharom paused once more to eye Max and his escorts' reactions, "I don't think such a thing should be surprising to you, but don't bother feeling pity for the slaves. They are but mindless husks that cannot be saved. The ones who really deserve pity are those used for their study, and those who were forced to face public humiliation."


"There are countless species aboard those vessels, from thousands of empires. They are kept conscious for a specific purpose. For them to be living test subjects, so that their results come from a sampling of diverse organisms. They live in test tubes, where their minds have been subjugated from live experiments and experiments. And then there's the public humiliations. Those who undergo that fate have their senses... removed. It is not public, per say, but through the Psia, they experience live hallucinations of their own kind, performing what the victims fear most, out of their own society and out of themselves. These victims are essentially slaves as well except they experience this torture while they are being worked to the bone. The inexplicable cringing and twisting of their flesh... and the way they scream and drool... it's not exactly a sight you wish to see, but it will be your fate if you let them take over you."


"The reason I'm here," Tharom continued, "Is to inform you of their past invasions. As a coalition of five nations, they cover all their bases. Whatever weakness a race has, another race can make use of it, until the coalition as a whole can utterly destroy their target." Tharom suddenly turned up to the ceiling, "Urmon, I want you to show them the latest recording."


"Understood." a voice echoed throughout the ship, "Kyrom, please direct the leader of Holon and his escorts to the briefing area." Kyrom nodded, and he took in a deep breath as he tapped Max's shoulder with a single finger, before he tilted his head, as if to follow him as the Psia walked towards the centre of the ship, where a holographic display, seeming ever so real, depicted the destruction of the latest target of the Arclight Coalition. It was exactly the same one as Pravelite had shown Max.


"Behold. The obliteration of an empire."


((I think we should have a timeskip to the point where the recording ends and Max has asked every question he has wanted, so that he fully understands how the Arclight Coalition invades before he watches the Cyngus confront the Arclight Coalition. Any questions you have, I will answer in a convo, preferrably the Infamous one so that the others don't know the Arclight Coalition in and out.))

 

[MuchPsykers]

[Cyngus]


"Prepare to fire." The Lord Admiral said raising his arm in the air. All the weapon were now primed and ready to fire on command with all weapon systems pointed at the Archlight and Synthesis, and the defense systems primed and ready to deflect any enemy weapons. In the hangars, Cyngus soldiers were in full military gear and were all prepared to descend towards the planets if necessary.


"Ready." The Lord Admiral called out.


Battleships, Cruisers, destroyers all got into their formations and were now awaiting the final order form their Lord Admiral. The gunners and combat specialists all had their hands on their controls, waiting for the moment their admiral call out the attack.


The Cyngus ground forces were completely ready as the pilots of the gunships and shuttles awaited the order to launch.


Fighters were also ready on the launch pads, in order to engage in close quarters combat along with the support of ground units.


@ResonantStorm


@Otakuyaki


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[NSS Junius ]


"Reports of three different fleets in the system. It seems that all three fleets have their weapons primed. "Continue watching the events." The captain commanded. The battleship as still docked on the station belonging to the Humans of Holon. The only thing that they can do is to watch the events as they unfold as the matter does not involve them in any way.


"Hey. Those ships out there. They look like they're ready for battle. Or something." One of the crewmen said prying his eyes from his smart binoculars.


@Assailant

 

[MuchPsykers]

[NSF escort fleet]


5 Heron-Class battleships

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And 1 Helix-Class Capital ship that was the size of 2 plutos put together exited the warp tear from their slip space drives next to Synthesis territory. All vessels decreased the thrust on their engines. "This is Read Admiral Hicks of the NSS Dople, a capital ship. We are here under orders to assist with the escort of the diplomatic vessels in order to finalize our alliance."

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@ResonantStorm

 

[Assailant]

Max frowned as his final questions were answered. He thought on what he'd been told whilst his soldiers did the same ((I presume they were present as well.)) He would need more time to think on this. "Well," he said finally. His mind was still reeling, but at least he had some semblance of coherent thought. "I still do not know if I can fully trust you, but at the very least I've learned I cannot entirely trust the Arclight either.. Not yet, anyway" He thought once more. "You don't entirely fit the description the Arclight gave me, although of course that could mean any number of things. Furthermore, they seem to understand my aiding nature, ergo they may have predicted I'd find out the truth. That is assuming, of course, that you are speaking the truth..." This is all so confusing. "Nonetheless, the fact that you didn't attempt to kill me, even with the opportunity, and the fact that you showed up, speaks volumes." He groaned slightly. "Same goes for them I suppose." He thought for a few moments, trying to think of what to do. "As of right now, neither of you are my enemies. Not until I can get this sorted out, and know for certain who to trust. In the meantime, what should be done to prepare should your side of the story be correct?"

 

[Assailant]

@Assailant[/URL]

A man approached one of the Terran soldiers and stuck his hand out. "I trust you are... the Terrans?" The man said. "We were sent here as ambassadors for a trip down to the surface." Behind him stood a group of similarly uniformed men. Despite the similarities in uniform to the soldiers scattered about the station, there were a few noticeable differences.

 

[Otakuyaki]

Max frowned as his final questions were answered. He thought on what he'd been told whilst his soldiers did the same ((I presume they were present as well.)) He would need more time to think on this. "Well," he said finally. His mind was still reeling, but at least he had some semblance of coherent thought. "I still do not know if I can fully trust you, but at the very least I've learned I cannot entirely trust the Arclight either.. Not yet, anyway" He thought once more. "You don't entirely fit the description the Arclight gave me, although of course that could mean any number of things. Furthermore, they seem to understand my aiding nature, ergo they may have predicted I'd find out the truth. That is assuming, of course, that you are speaking the truth..." This is all so confusing. "Nonetheless, the fact that you didn't attempt to kill me, even with the opportunity, and the fact that you showed up, speaks volumes." He groaned slightly. "Same goes for them I suppose." He thought for a few moments, trying to think of what to do. "As of right now, neither of you are my enemies. Not until I can get this sorted out, and know for certain who to trust. In the meantime, what should be done to prepare should your side of the story be correct?"

"I can't say... the Arclight Coalition has probably already sent infiltrators into your empire... and they have an impressive intel network. Their tactics are always shifting depending on their enemy, and if you pull out your biggest guns, you can bet they'll turn your own weaponry on you." Tharom spoke, "You saw in that recording, didn't you? The Swarm Horde couldn't reach the surface-side with their drop-pods as long as those skies were filled with the locals... but they evolved and made their own solution to that problem within fifteen minutes. The most I can say, however, is that there are three key things you must do to defeat them."


"You must not use any ranged weaponry that will fire with trajectories passing through their power matrices."


"More specifically, this is due to the Mechina's shared network. Through this network, they can offload additional processes to nearby Mechina, or collaborate to solve particularly stressful ones. One Mechina is already a handful, but between their entire population, they are a massive, mobile supercomputer." Urmon's voice rang throughout the ship, "The reason this is dangerous is because of their Fate Prisms. By converting into Fate Pylons, they can set up power matrices to instantly warp anything that enters these fields, in a specified coordinate, with a specified vector, with additional variables. This means that any projectile that enters this field can be warped right back at their senders, from varied directions, in varied velocities and pressures. Inevitably, you will be fighting against the full force of your fleet and theirs' if you confront them with an array of powerful, diverse weapons."


"They have many strengths, but just to list a few. Do not set up bomb shelters that rely purely on earthern or metallic material, you saw how Pravelite could bend the metal around her. Do not give them any corpses, before and during their attack. Do not engage their forces in close combat, they grow exponentially stronger in infantry battles, especially because the Psia can make puppets out of your own troops... There are too many to list, but the most important to remember are..."


"Do not try to attack their elites with simple soldiers. The best way to stop them is a preemptive infiltration to take out their authorities, and anyone but your own elites will only prove to be sacrificial distractions. And above all: do not attempt to infiltrate them without us. Especially, me. Unless you wish to be stuck in another dimension entirely, at their mercy, you'll need a collegiate mage that has experience in quickly opening gateways." Tharom finished, before sighing.