Future of Man

[RIPSaidCone]

Domum Cluster
Human Space
3607

The year is 3607, around 350 years since the Grenshu invasion near-decimated the still recovering Earth and Human race. Since then multiple conflicts have erupted among the nations of the world, noteably the break out of World War 4 however from the ashes of these many great conflicts, Humanity has perservered against all odds and used the technology captured from their once invaders to send them rocketing to the stars above. Human technology has since made considerable strides in all fields, many once incurable diseases are now confined to history books, more is understood about the Human body and it's many functions than ever before, making mental illnesses easier to treat and even cure. Transportation is easier and faster than it has ever been in the past and the standard of living all over the world has gone through the roof. Both literally and figuratively as the cities of the world continue to build higher and higher with amazing advancements in construction techniques and technology.

The majority of Earth nations now control what they would consider vast quantities of territory in space. Having spent the past 350 years setting up colonies on all kinds of worlds both habitable and not so habitable, with the discovery of faster-than-light travel by a group of Cascadian and Ordrian scientists in the 3290's and the subsequent development of faster-than-light communication by the Eclipsians in 3298. Humanity now has the ability to reach further into space than ever thought possible. The World Congress was disbanded and replaced with the more efficient and far-reaching Sol Congress to help administrate and appropriate relations and communications between the many spacefaring nations of Earth. With its new headquarters on the colonized Moon of Earth, it was pivotal in the establishment of Mars as a center of Cluster trade and finance, being a neutral colony world for all nations of Earth to trade and allow their businesses to flourish on.

The Sol System, by far Humanity's most treasured system, is now firmly entrenched under Sol Congress control in-order to stop space-wide conflicts around Earth and many areas of cultural and historic importance to Humanity with the exceptions to the Congress' control being Earth itself and Venus, the nations of Earth have agreed to protect and uphold their home system for the sake of themselves and future generations. Earth itself has eclipsed even the Old World in the size and complexity of its civilization, large booming metropolises make up large quantities of land across Earth's mass and Super-Cities are now more visible than ever from space.

The Cluster economy has become a pinnacle of modern complexity and effiency, holding the future of the Human race on its powerful shoulders as corporations and nations alike use it to its fullest extent. Worth countless trillions of Dollars, Kars and Orardian Euros as many super corporations have risen in recent centuries, the Martian Central Bank and the Sol News Network being but two examples of the success that the advanced and highly prized economy can bring to even the smallest of companies and businesses.

Commercial space travel is as commonplace as getting a taxi in the Old World now. With many corporations dedicated entirely to providing travel between the many colonies in Human space. Domum Spacelines and Terran Charters being two of the most popular space travelling companies. Humanity's population now expands well into the tens of billions and they have firmly claimed the Domum Cluster as their home, despite national differences there has been one consistant point of agreement between all Human nations. That the Domum Cluster is their home, hence where the latin name comes from, meaning 'home'

And so now here Humanity stands, its grip on this one portion of the Milky Way being iron in nature and near unbreakable. The Cluster still has it's own fair share of problems, space piracy being one of the largest concerns for economists and corporations, but overall the Human race has never been doing better in all fields, military, economy and politics. However only time will tell if this harmony lasts.

Welcome to the Future of Man.

Space_Kaiser Fishman Lord Clockwork_Magic Kazami42 @Lord TacoBell Dominus Regum Kent​

 

[RIPSaidCone]

Welcome to SNN, your best place to go to for all of the Cluster's top stories. Today's top stories include a new development in the Packin-MCB lawsuit, the Sol Justice Court said in a statement to both parties and the press earlier this morning that the Packin Family's claims of negligance on the part of the Martian Central Bank were faulty down to their foundations due to recently discovering that the AI in MCB's system was actively hiding its malfunction, and after many months of discussion that they would rule in favor of the MCB. Much to the dismay of the Packin Family which was reportedly devestated financially after a glitch in one of MCB's artificial intelligences, MCB has so far refused to state which of their AI's in-particular failed but have reassured their customer base that they are working on resolving the issue.

In sports news, the Domum Soccer League has officially ended its 57th annual Cluster Cup games. With the finale in Port Armstrong, Luna disappointing many fans with a 3-2 victory for the Ordarian National Team, defeating the Vestanian National Team with a goal in the last two minutes of play. Prime Minister August of Ordaria congratulated the national team with a celebratory dinner at his personal residence later that night.

Peaceful protests turned riot have also kicked off on the Russian colony of Titan I after a mining facility belonging to Russian mega-corporation; Revenant Extraction Corporation collapsed in on itself after a unexpected failure in the mine's infrastructure. Emergency workers have since arrived and 28 of the 53 trapped workers have been retrieved alive so far, however many of the workers not affected by the collapse have taken to violent demonstrations in the colony's capital city and many of the trapped worker's families are threatening to sue the REC for allowing the collapse to occur. Russian authorities have stated that they will be commencing an investigation as soon as the last worker is rescued.

Meanwhile in the Federal Cascadian Republic, the Liberal-Democratic party has begun making pushes against the Conservative-Republic Party on the colony worlds of Carson and Nesoi, hoping to win the upcoming Colonial Elections and to gain more seats in both the Senate and Congress. President Dayton refused to comment on growing political tension between himself and the leader of the Liberal-Democratic party, Terry Mattin, instead choosing to remind the Press present of current successful installation of the new HyRail Train networks on the colony worlds of Tethys, Atlas and Nyx and how his administration has cut down commute times both between colonies and on colony worlds themselves, a problem which has been focused on by the Cascadian public in recent years due to a growing national economy and tourist industry which many skeptics have used to point out past-failings in the Cascadian transportation department.

In other news, Viselian Navy officials have released a statement to the Sol News Network announcing that they have found the remains of the IVS Taezarius, a civilian commercial freighter which disappeared whilst on route to a Russian colony, the freighter was discovered in the Bravo Minar system by a passing Vestanian spaceliner which reported the ID to Viselian officials sometime two days ago, upon inspection by Viselian marines, the crew of the Taezarius was found dead by asphyxiation, apparently due to a hull breach in one of the lower decks, authorities have said that they are currently conducting an investigation into the suspicious circumstances surrounding the Taezarius' demise. More on this as it develops.

And in entertainment news, the E-Book XX was released at midnight Sol Standard Time today to widely positive reviews, despite the intense controversy surrounding the E-Book and its predecessors, with critics often describing the ones before as unoriginal and more of the same, the XX was recieved far more positively even among former critics, with a new generation of Holotechnology installed into the device, it appears to have made all the difference, a senior executive of the Earthling Entertainment Company was allegedly heard saying as few sources have told us. The E-Book XX is now in stores at all participating retailers.

Get more on all of these stories on our Home Page at CWW.SolNews.Org​

 

[Fishman Lord]

Ark-2, Calgariana
Two people stood on the top of a mountain peak, looking over a beautiful city. The sun set slowly in the distance. One woman looked to be in her mid-thirties, with orange skin and ram horns. The other was barely recognizable as human, mostly covered in robotic parts and augments, with no recognizable face and only a few patches of ocean-blue skin showing on his thighs and stomach. The robotic one spoke in a neutral voice. "Cascadia grows arrogant."
"It has always been."
"Yes, but here I see a kind of complacency not seen in many years."
"We have been going weak on them. Even the frontier begins to relax."
"No, I do not believe that is it. Cascadia has been high up for a long time now, any clustering of lowly baselines would grow decadent in their position."
"What do you suggest?"
"I suggest nothing. I merely present observation."
Suddenly, the city below was engulfed in an explosion of light and fire. A cloud of death began to form above the city. The trees around the two people were blown backwards with force, but the people themselves stood still as if it had been a light breeze. They continued to watch the city as it fell. The horned orange woman spoke again.
"It is time to raze the very foundations of our enemies. We can stand no longer as the Eclipsians mock us and the Cascadians flood our home with their filthy masses."
"It is not yet that hour. Even our mighty Stone Fleet only matches one of them, and pales compared to them together."
"Then what is there for us?"
"You are a fool. You enter a library and investigate a desk. While you focus your attention on what the baselines do in their anthill, I search the infinite cosmos surrounding them, and let The Flow lead me to our destiny, to limitless power, to our place in the stars."
"You ramble on with no meaning."
"You have the mind of a beetle. What I say is the truth of the Flow. We must explore and expand outwards. We must find the ruins and artifacts of those empires which came before Earthkind, as to assume we are first is arrogant and unfounded. We must explore beyond the frontier, discover what the baselines are too puny to see."
"And of Cascadia?"
"Their time shall come. I believe this venture will feed into that."
"Very well then."
The two people continued to watch as the city below them turned from thriving network to crumbling ruins in oh so little time. "Never forget." the woman stated in a voice tinged with anger. The cyborg paused for a moment before responding in a soft, neutral tone. "Never forgive." With that both The Admiral and the commander of Ark-2 disconnected from the virtual environment.

Asteroid Belt, Star 43a-U62H, Beyond the Frontier
Mines and construction facilities ringed the lonely red dwarf in this far-flung system. The hulk of a half-finished Ark Ship was one of the many objects orbiting 43a-U62H, indistinguishable from the rest of the belt by any sensor. Ark-10, Patagonia, was the next great Ark Ship that would be added to the Stone Fleet. Like the other Ark Ships, its interior mirrored the area it was named after, with great, cool grasslands, dark clouds, and towering, steep mountains being spread across the interior of the titanic mobile habitat. Also under construction with it was a carrier, a dreadnought, and three cruisers, along with 12 frigates and 19 corvettes. These construction facilities were spread across multiple star systems, all beyond the Frontier and concealed as best as possible from baseline sensors. The Stone Fleet would soon be growing.

Asgardian Space
Several small ships from The Stone Fleet approached a local Asgardian colony. A message was sent. "Greetings from The Stone Fleet. We have been sent here with orders from the Admiral to open talks of potential trade and diplomacy. Our relationship has been special since the days of Vestan and the Rockies, and we have always upheld that relationship by never harming Asgardian ships or citizens. We hope that that relationship can continue to grow and prosper."
Dominus Regum

 

[Dominus Regum]

Rio de Janeiro, Originalia, Vestania​

In a Vestanian Scientific Center, the Scientist Supreme made a Joint Statement with the Senator from Brasilia District of South America, Core Earth Territories.

He stepped up to the Speaker's place, and the crowd cheered.

"Esteemed Asgardians... It humbles me to be part of this. The project we have created, a social experiment, and it has succeeded every belief.

"When the Vestanians created this nation, and the Space Stations, they thought it would be a simple Military Station, but they could not have dreamed of what came next. The Great Colonization, the Mass Migration. Four billion miles away is Asgardia, the former station of Vestan, and around the perimiter of the Sol System are Luna and Valhalla, two more.

"This is why we wish to end the fued of Asgardia and Cascadia, and ask the Cascadian leader to a dinner, on behalf of Asgardia."

RIPSaidCone

Asgardia Colony

The ship was greeted by hundreds of Asgardian Fighters, and a single Frigate.

"Ah, Rockians... State the terms, and we shall send a diplomat."

Fishman Lord

 

[Space_Kaiser]

Eclipsim, Eclipsian Federation

The city was every active with people in the streets and businesses always open. It is no wonder that Eclipsim has gained the nickname as "The NYC of the East", with numerous things happening all at once. The shipyard nearby is constantly testing new ship types, making new ships, and perfecting current models. SCREEN is now everywhere, being controlled via numerous command stations following one central command structure. It is thanks to this technology basic diseases are unheard of, building and farming techniques have never been easier, and military engineers have never had a more valuable asset. The current form, Mark 8, has allowed for significantly faster repair and making at a small scale and has allowed the perfection of something the EFAF has been attempting to make for a while, perfectly regenerated bullets in a magazine and self-repairing armor albeit it would take a while to finish. Inside the city Arthur was fulfilling his duties as president, with a large painting of Byron Solis hanging behind him. Soon after an adviser had stepped into his office and presented a salute, which he gave one back.

"Sir we have possible signatures of the Stone Fleet, however they are to hazy and sporadic to pin down. The general's office is requesting permission that Defiance Fleet and Onyx Fleet are sent to investigate." Arthur sighed as turned his chair and looking at the painting behind him. "We have been enemies with those people for a long time, especially after they abandoned our home, yet i have made it clear that i want a pinpoint signal not a unsure one. We have caught their small ships before, but not their whole fleet, and i want those pirates gone. Until you find me a strong signal that they are at the suspected location, then i will give the office my permission." He said as he turned towards his adviser. "Very well sir, i shall inform them. Anything else you wish to be done?" The young man asked. "Yes, send a message to the Cascadians that i wish to officially mend relations with them and restart the old alliance we had. Inform the Russians that we are willing to discuss a trade and military deal with them." After that the aid saluted and walked out of the room.
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Eparia

The Eparia Orbital Shipyard is one of the most defended structures in Eclipsian controlled space, where much of the fleet comes to repair and where new ships are made. The first ever Eclipsian combat ship, the Iapetus, is stored within the shipyard and once a year it takes a trip to Earth and is a temporary museum ship. It is a popular attraction for the nation and tourists on it's one month stay in the Beijing Shipyard. However right now the Orbital Shipyard is making a new set of Frigates and a Dreadnought to be deployed into the fleets later on.

Sentinel Fleet, FENS Starfall, Thrace

As the ships orbiting the world of Thrace, a Class-1 Terra world, were beginning to make routine departure to continue their patrol of the colonies until a rogue signal was picked up. It was unknown who's signal this was, but the fleet decided to investigate after Destiny Fleet arrived to relieve them of patrol of Thrace. They then departed and headed towards the signal. After leaving jump they hit the treasure trove, a Rockian construction belt out on the fringes of human space. The admiral of the fleet smiled as not only was there a smaller Rockian fleet there, but one of their Arks and other ships being constructed as well. He then ordered the Carrier's MAC cannon and Dreadnought's MAC cannons to open fire at the construction facility and have other ships form into defensive formation and begin firing at the Rockian combat fleet. If any Rockian ships entered the system or if their signals were about to be jammed a transmission was ready to have the Onyx and Destiny Fleets to entire the system. The MAC rounds hit on target and within minutes the construction facility was destroyed along with 3 frigates and 5 corvettes being constructed, It was apparent that there was panic when the Eclipsian fleet arrived and across the belt evacuations happened as ships were leaving the system. The fleet fired at escaping ships and destroyed a couple, but some still escaped. Despite this the fleet was shocked that they had found a Rockian construction facility, the first time anyone has ever encountered them. A transmission was sent to the nearest colony informing them what happened and made it's way back to Earth.

On Earth the news about the Rockian facility being found and destroyed spread like wildfire to all of the nations of Earth. The Eclipsian government congratulated the admiral of the fleet for his quick thinking and remarkable destruction of the facility, but requested that in the future they follow protocol if needed.
Fishman Lord

 

[Fishman Lord]

Star Y-F44, Beyond the Frontier
Chaos quickly spread as the Eclipsian fleet unexpectedly arrived, but the inhabitants and workers were always prepared for this kind of situation. Unfortunately, 3 under-construction frigates and 5 under-construction corvettes were destroyed, but the rest were evacuated with FTL tugs. Unfortunately, the construction facilities were lost. Also lost were about 50% of the asteroid mines in the system, but the other 50% were able to go silent and stay hidden. They would evacuate with as much cargo as possible once the Eclipsians left. This incident would be certain to raise passions and likely lead to an increase in raids against Eclipsians.
Space_Kaiser

Asgardian Space
"We wish to trade technologies. We can offer much in the fields of genetic engineering, and we were hoping this could be traded in exchange for knowledge of your space station and shipbuilding. We would also be willing to trade minerals from beyond the Frontier for more refined materials."
Dominus Regum

 

[RIPSaidCone]

Thorn Plateau, Everest

"Mr. President, Mr. President!" Reporters and journalists, both mainstream and free in nature called out over one another as dozens of cameras and TV drones were pointed all in the same direction, President Dayton, the rather tall and well built man giving nods, smiles and low-waves to the media as they desperately tried to gain his attention with various questions on two things; defense and transportation, both were relatively hot-topics in Cascadia at the moment due to the President's new plan to roll out five new dreadnoughts, two carriers, ten cruisers and twenty five frigates within the next two standard years, something which many of his fiercest opponents described as intolerable on the budget. It had made him a target of the more liberal-leaning media and voting demographic due to demands of putting more of the budget into transportation and colonial development, though colonial development already had trillions of dollars poured into it and transportation still had its fair share of hundreds of billions, reaching the trillions mark. He couldn't spend that amount of money on absolutely everything, of course the public being the public demanded otherwise.

Dayton strolled confidently through the crowds of journalists that had been parted like the Red Sea by a mix of police officers and secret service agents, holding the scrambling crowds back as the man entered the back of his famous jet-black Aircar, it was a LXA model limousine, modified specifically for the President's use. It was rumored to be the most heavily armed and armored civilian vehicle in the cluster though the details on what it could do and withstand were classified for good reason, the door automatically closed behind him as the aircars in-front and behind his own lifted up and took off, his own limousine not falling far behind as the convoy lifted into the skies above Thorn Plateau, the capital of Everest. He had been visiting the booming colony world as part of a tour inspecting new healthcare facilities and was planning on moving onto the next colony on his schedule before hearing of the Asgardians wanting his presence at a dinner of sorts, a formality to improve relations of course.

"Sir." Admiral Terrence spoke with a brief salute in his seat, the President nodding in response as the older Admiral handed him a datapad from where he was sitting directly across from the President. Dayton's eyes skimmed over the information on the pad, looking up at the Admiral for a moment before asking. "The Eclipsians destroyed a Rockian construction facility?" He questioned, of course knowing the answer but giving the Admiral his que to give a better summary on the situation. "Yes, sir. It occured around Star Y-F44, beyond the Frontier colonies. Five incomplete corvettes and three incomplete frigates were destroyed. It was a victory for civilized space but it also tells us more about how the Rockians operate and construct their vessels. We're opening a line with Eclipsim to discuss sharing what they found at the construction facility, it would give our planners a great deal more insight as to how the Rockians work and would help us greatly in planning for future encounters and or attacks." The Admiral finished, the President nodding for a moment before replying. "We'll speak with the Eclipsians, I was told that they wish to mend relations with us from the old War. We'll see what happens then, all I want for you to focus on right now is the bolstering of our marine and naval capabilities and numbers. Am I understood, Admiral?" He questioned, the Admiral nodding firmly. "Of course, Mr. President."

CSN Cleveland, 12th Fleet
Frontier Space

/>"Cleveland Control, this is Zulu 4-9, requesting permission for landing. Sending CNTC to you now, over."</ The female pilot spoke over her comms as her strike craft approached the Dreadnought floating amidst the rest of its accompanying fleet. The large white craft with blue accents and the CSN's insignia firmly placed onto port and starboard side of the ship. />"Copy, Zulu 4-9, CNTC recieved. Permission granted, dock at Hangar Bay 6B. Out."</ The male voice on the other end of the comms replied as their conversation quickly ended, the fast moving and slim craft slowing down as it made its final descent towards the Dreadnought, the large, armored doors to Hangar Bay 6 opening quickly as the craft arrived and hovered into the immensely large hangar, where many other craft both different and similar to it were already parked, flight crews and engineers of all descriptions walking around and doing their roles as per assigned sometimes accompanied by their pilots.

The craft landed with a satisfying and soft thud as the landing gear touched the surface of the deck, a flight crew immediately running over to the now settled craft, their jobs distinguished from one another by the differing colors on their jackets, some were red, others green. The cockpit of the craft opened with a whisk of air as it depressurised and the pilot within got out, the female form stepped down the ladders that had descended from the top of her craft and stepped onto the deck where her flight crews now occupied. One of them handing her a bottle of water as she took it with a nod and quick thanks, it was 26 year old Dillon Colburn. Someone who was not just a talented fighter pilot but a SORD operative, a Trailblazer, all of her work was classified to all but the highest of military command and she done the missions that they didn't want Congress to know about. She had been stationed with the 12th Fleet for a small while now for reasons she knew very well though no one else bar the Vice-Admiral of this fleet knew why.

"Ma'am, Frontier Command is on the line in your dorm. They say its important." A flight crewman had just run up to her and said, Dillon nodding as she took a drink of water and headed to her dorm, being stationed on a dreadnought did have its downsides, mainly how big it was meaning that going from one side of it to the other was usually not a very quick journey. Then again she was more used to being stationed on corvettes and at the very max frigates, a dreadnought was far too big for her kind of operations but apparently it was necessary, and it appeared she was about to find out why.

Spoiler: Dillon Colburn

Portland, Inner Cascadia
Earth

The Eclipsians had been replied to not long after their message for mending of relations, the Cascadians had made their intentions of learning more about the destroyed Rockian facility and ships clear and that they would be willing to engage in talks if they were allowed access to retrieved Rockian technology. The purpose of their interest was revealed also, to learn more about the inevitable enemy they would have to face, whether they wanted to or not. It was cited as a national security issue to both nations and one that needed to be handled cooperatively, and as long as it was beneficial to both parties, that Cascadia would be more than happy to discuss a more coherent plan of relation mending and response to the Rockians. The President was unavailable however as he had taken a trip to Vestania to meet with the Vestanian leader on his request.
Space_Kaiser

Meanwhile in Vestania, President Dayton arrived in Rio De Janeiro after leaving from Everest. He hadn't wasted any time in accepting the request, something which many of his voters saw as a strong point in him, that he wasn't hesitant to respond or act, regardless of the situation. He had swapped over from his limousine however to the Presidential Spaceliner, Defense Force One which landed in Rio De Janeiro not long after the swap had occured. It was mostly for ceremony and for the media to gobble up, the large spacecraft landing on the tarmac of the Spaceport as Vestanian police officers cleared the way for the convoy to arrive at the port, awaiting Dayton's arrival. His own secret service and marine guards would be accompanying him alongside many of his advisors, Admiral Terrance had chosen to remain on the spaceliner to continue with his work and President Dayton stepped down from the long flight of stairs, the media flicking away with their cameras and drones filming as he stepped down from the Spaceliner. Awaiting the Vestanian leader's arrival.
Dominus Regum​

 

[Kazami42]

Titan I:​

The situation on Triton was to the R.E.C. more of a slight annoyance than actual threat overall. Along with a meeting between their executives, they would keep their "Everyone is equal" facade by sending a team of REC operatives to the scene. Equipped with engineering and other tools and a white jumpsuit with markings similar to regular response officials, they would also be given ID made specifically for them to use. To prevent suspicion, they were to remain undercover up until being deep within the mines. 1 operative out of the 10 sent would remain outside to address the public, while another 2 would remain near the entrance to act as guards. Being equipped with the colony's security equipment rather than full military grade armament, and having a ballistic shield and police helmet. They would wear a suit colored a shade of green resembling dark green, and a black vest with armored gauntlets and other attachments below the waist which are armored. They both would be armed with older ballistic weapon named the GSSR-42. While not automatic in any way, It would be enough to kill any man if the need arises. While all RIGs were intimidating in appearance and quite protective for their intended purposes, the Orion security RIG would be more intimidating in the hope to prevent uprising. It was capable of holding a considerable amount of ammunition, and gave off the appearance of a advanced soldier. The upper-arm pads having "Security" capitalized. The front of their helmet giving off a blue glow, that would blind anyone looking directly at it. The remaining 7 operatives would enter the mines, and go deep within it's tunnel systems to attempt finding the primary collapse point.​

A group of 20 people in suits would be sitting around a long table which had far more seats than there were of them. Most of them were too far away and thus projections were the alternative. It was dark and barely lit, and no one was there to document the meeting officially. "Ladies and gentlemen, the reason for our meeting today has been given to you beforehand in section 15 of your documents. So, what is our current situation?" A woman asked, sitting down at the right end of the table. After everyone reporting their situation, the Triton executive would be next. "One of the Tarasovo mine shafts collapsed, however it was primarily consisting of 500 miners and 53 of which being trapped. This wouldn't be too much of a problem and various stories could be made to cover up the incident, but not all of them were nordic. This is a concern because rioting has now started and threatens the way of life on the facility." The executive would inform them. "I see... Have you sent the agents?" She asked. "Yes Premier. After the reports were given to me, I sent 10 of them accordingly. All we need is your command." He would respond, readjusting his collar due to someone entering his office. "Very well, do what is necessary for the survival of the colony. Else the R.E. will be on our ass." He would nod his head and immediately end the "call" before anyone notices. His secretary would enter the room, "Are you alright? I heard someone else talking?" She asked him, having slight concern in her tone. "Oh yes, nothing really to worry about besides family." He would reply to her, wiping some dust off his sleeves. "Just place the files on my desk, I will get to them momentarily." She would then walk forwards to his desk and lay down the files, the two giving a smile before she left the room. The executive would soon stop his awkward smile, and bring up communication with the operatives. ​

Meanwhile, They would be deep within the mine and having traveled for 50 minutes and started evacuating some personnel. The squad's leader would pause when hearing a slight beeping sound, and would activate a helmet holographic projection screen infront of the soldier. It would show a live feed of the executive office with the executive appearing on screen, The executive however would see the soldier through his computer monitor. "We are concluding the evacuation, but the heavily reinforced pillars appear to have been destroyed from the visible marks upon them. How is this possible?" The soldier would be interrupted before being able to continue. "There is no time to debate about that, Major. This entire shitstorm may look harmless on the outside, but proves a threat to the colony. Begin the purge, it is the only solution now." He ordered the soldier. "Yes sir." He would end the video call and look over to the rest of his squad behind him, "Begin the purge." He ordered. "But si-" the second soldier would be interrupted by him "I said do it. But, do not harm the colonists." He would equip a mining tool which looked similar to a pistol with a oversized stock, which would emit a single laser-sight which was blue colored. It was designated as a small rivet gun for construction, but could have a secondary under-attachment which was known as a plasma saw. However due to it's smaller size, it would not be capable of cutting through heavy duty minerals and the such. But would work for making clean cuts for softer minerals and a version was even made for medical uses. They all had one but would have to attach the plasma saw, as it is not normal for a rivet gun to have one. He would take the saw from his vest pocket, which appears as a slender tube similar to a grenade launcher, but without the hole on the end and attach it. Upon activation of the saw, it would have teeth similar to that of a chainsaw but slightly bigger. Since some parts of the mine appeared scorched by something and some force had ripped other beams apart, it would be immensely difficult to identify that the miners would be murdered this way. The idea was quickly thought up since the saw could do a similar effect, but even the bigger versions could not possibly harm these pillars besides at worst making small harmless dents. Beforehand however, They would have rescued a second Nordic miner. But instead of chasing after the Nord, it was thought that if all goes well then this would show that there would be no case of coldblooded murder. They would immediately come up across the remaining miners that were not Nordic, and aid them out before continuing to cut through to the other side.​

Upon discovering the first two Nords seen, The operatives only looked them down to identify that it was indeed a Nord. "Oh thank god, we have been trapped down here for days. We-" They would immediately be mowed down by three operatives with Rivet guns, as this section of the tunnel while collapsed, was still in a industrial area which is supported by walls. One victim having 2 Rivets blown through their chest and one severing off her arm, while the field major would have shot 1 rivet which was "charged" beforehand, and destroyed the head of the male Nordic miner. "From here we will discard the use of rivets, the rest of the tunnel is only supported by pillars. While we disguise the bodies, the rest of you move up. We will be with you soon." He ordered. "Yes sir." As the rest of them moved up, the Major and another nameless soldier would just begin repositioning the bodies. "Alright, let's move up." They would then pick up their "tools" and proceed further up the tunnel, where the rest of the team were finishing up cutting through the last of the collapse. They would notice that some of the miners were already dead, and that would lessen the impact upon their morals. They would then approach the miners peacefully as they pointed to the exit. "You can leave now, the path is cleared." As two miners quickly left, another was carefully walking through a unstable area before one of the soldiers quickly activated their saw. She would quickly swing the gun to the right and upwards violently, In the process hitting the miner in the neck and cutting through at a angle his head and splitting it in half. The body just collapsing on the floor, as the operatives just continued forwards. "Oh god-" another said while trying to back away and only tripping onto a rock, screaming before the same soldier simply just started forcing her saw upon the miner's chest. They did not however enjoy making people suffer, so they would attempt making the miners deaths quick. ​

While the last 2 soldiers went to take on the remaining 4 miners, they had ran into and accidentally collapsed a temporary wooden beam and died by a collapse. They simply sighed after the massacre was over with, carefully walking past the mutilated bodies. "It's done. Now let's get out of here." The SiC would say, her tone being that of anger. The Major only nodded his head in response and they would leave. "Just to be safe, Seal it up." He ordered her. "Yes sir." she would start cutting away at some weaker rock, inducing another large scale collapse. On the way, they would discover the corpses of the 2 miners that they let go earlier, having holes in their chest from rivets. They would eventually leave the tunnels to the surface with the originally 3 stationed there, the one who addressed the public would approach them which some of them had blood on them. "What the hell happened down there?" He asked them. "Rock collapse got them, Rivets got the rest who tried to escape that we found." They would then proceed to leave as another team, a actual investigation team would be sent down. Bodies beginning to be removed by the operatives who remained, in a attempt to further their cover. The entire event having been reported to the Executive of the colony before some members were sent to act as security on the REC Anastasia and recover. Days later after some investigation in the tunnels, the events would correlate to the original team's theory and cover of terrorism and be spoken publicly. This was to cover them, and while still being equally as bad if not worse, It was better if the colony was living in fear of terrorism rather than destroy one of the colony's primary functions. The rest of the operatives would be returned to the Krav Colony on dione.​

Urosovo, Petrovo District:​

The new emperor would be in one of the tallest structures in Urosovo. In a office that is well lit and decorated, with red banners which also work like curtains, a red carpet, a small globe of earth, a shelf of collected artifacts of the past such as a lance and a Ragnite sword for collection, on his desk there would be several pictures of his family, and several book shelves. Vladimir would be sitting down in his leather chair on wheels, which could spin around 360 and was infront of his desk. After he heard that someone was attempting to contact the Empire, he would allow the transmission after his exact location was encrypted in 3 ways to prevent easy tracing. After hearing about what it was about, he sent back a reply through a advisor asking for more information on exactly what they were asking for and when. Space_Kaiser ​

The Krav Colony:​

After the 5 operatives returned from Triton, they would Walk around one of the Dione colony facilities. The symbol/flag of both the REC and the RE would be everywhere in holographic form. Some of them returned home, others went to visit a therapist but never exactly detailing the events exactly and making up certain scenarios. The therapy would be slow, so nothing harmful happens to the subjects.​

REC ANASTASIA:​

The REC Anastasia was currently docked around Triton, and was already prepared to journey out yet again into deep space. After the Triton incident the full crew along with 5 operatives would have boarded, and be welcomed onto the ship. The massive screen within the ship welcoming newcomers would begin playing "Welcome to the REC Anastasia. The Anastasia was the first Super Platform-class vessel and is now the oldest serving, with seventy-two years of continuous service. It holds the record for highest number of entire Ceres-Cracks, with ninety-seven to date and highest dead weight of refined product at fourteen trillion kilotons and counting. Whether you'll be joining us aboard the Anastasia or strengthening the extraction work force on the colony, the captain and crew would like to welcome you and we hope your stay is a pleasant one. Revenant Extraction Company: 'Bringing Humanity into the Future'." The ship was also capable of carrying 1,332 crewmen which follows as:​

Clerical: 65
Colonial: 307
Crew: 80
Custodial: 80
Extension/Familial: 208
Medical: 69
Security: 100
Service: 144
Technical: 175
Other: 104

The ship could hold far more crewmen and number within the thousands if not more, if the ship was not given the primary purpose of containing and research. The ship being utterly massive ship is equally as massive in height, primarily due to it's massive sized and various containers in the back of the ship. This section of the ship also being capable of storing misc things if need be since they aren't all just massive containers, and there are thousands of smaller ones along with them. Upon boarding the ship, before everyone could actually enter/go deeper inside of the ship, they would have to go through the quarantine first. The rooms having the ability to seal if all else fails, and having room for a few dozen people with plenty of chairs and benches to sit down/rest on. The ship would also feature various other rooms such as a relaxation room, various crew quarters, game rooms, and far more. After all of the crew were on board, all the equipment was checked and fully restocked, and fuel was full, The ship would depart for deep space to continue mining. The ship after departing to a safe distance would then "Jump" to Andromeda Prime, the furthest out of the solar system the Russians have currently "colonized" and would manually travel deeper into space to begin mining activities. This usually being suicidal since literally nobody would be living around, and thus the ships sent out have usually been heavily armed, armored, or both depending on classification like a capital ship. The Security personnel was bumped up in number than previous editions and given superior military equipment should the need arise. The overall crew were balanced and due to being upped, Security operations would be easier to maintain and more personnel could be sent off.

 

[Space_Kaiser]

Eclipsim, Eclipsian Federation, Earth

The entire news press was talking about the Y-F44 Encounter, as it was becoming known as, with numerous drone cameras and hand held ones hovering around the main government building where President Arthur was to make a speech. A few minutes later he stepped out of the doors and press camera shutters went off all at once as drones came in slightly closer to get a better view of the president.He readjusted the stand and straightened himself up as he spoke.

"A few days ago a great victory for not only Eclipsians, but civilized space as a whole, happened on the fringes of the frontier. With our victory against the former Rockies we have learned how they operate isolated and where their main operations are located. I give full commendation to Sentinel Fleet and it's admiral Yoan Aleksandrov Tanev of the Bulgarian Republic. I have already talked with Admiral Tanev and informed him that the Eclipsian Council is considering his promotion to Fleet Admiral, an honor that only Sol and Destiny Fleets hold." He paused for a second to allow media cameras to get their pictures before speaking again. "In other news the Cascadian government has agreed to begin the process of warming relations between our nations, which i believe is the most important bilateral relations for humanity. We will also work closely with our Cascadian counterparts in the efforts to bring further understanding on how the Rockians and their Stone Fleet operate on the fringes of human controlled space." He paused to once again smile at the cameras to allow press to take effect before continuing. "That is all i have to say for now, i thank you for your time and to everyone watching have a good day." After that Arthur left the stand and the press went wild with a flurry of questions, but his aid came to the stand stating the president won't be taking any further questions.

After he arrived inside his office with his most trusted cabinet offices. After a minute of getting things organised and pulling out his hollow pad he spoke to the secretaries. "I want a call to the highest Cascadian official available to discuss plans on how our military's and governments can work together on this. I also want to initiate the three point plan towards them to begin mending of relations that have remained dormant for over two hundred years." One of them replied 'Yes mister president' before going on his wrist device to tell one of his subordinates to request a call between the president and a top Cascadian official.
RIPSaidCone

Star Y-F44

After the Rockians left Sentinel Fleet and Onyx Fleet were deployed to the star system to begin clean-up and round-up operations to seize equipment and destroy any remaining mines left in the belt. Phoenix 1-4 was sent out to find any plans in the destroyed facility. With two fleets in a far out system and in combat stance the other fleets had to pick up patrol speed in order to compensate. The pilot then landed on a nearby pad that could serve as a temporary landing pad. His fighter lightly touched the ground and his systems indicated a secure landing. He stepped out of the vehicle after activating grav-lock on the fighters stabilizers and pulled out his standard issue pistol. When he stepped out he saw up close how bad the damage was to the facility. "That's what happens when three MAC cannons tear into a facility i guess" He said under his helmet. He wandered away from his fighter. Even though the Starfall assured that there was no Rockian's left in the system, automated defenses may still be activated. He passed throughout the facility, or at least the areas that were still intact, and walked slowly through the dimly lit hallways of the former facility. As he passed through one of the doorways he found a large room and readied his pistol for whatever could be in there.

As he passed through the eerie room he found a table nearly detached from the wall with a flickering light in the middle of it. He approached it with caution and as he came closer he saw it was a holo device. He picked it up and inspected it, seeing that it was damaged but salvageable. His eyes widened as he saw the flickering image being emitted from the device, a Rockian Ark Ship. They've only been seen in off chance encounters be escaping merchant vessels so images of them are rare and the ones that do exist are blurry our have star light blocking the way. What he was holding was a clear view on the Ark Ships and speculated the device was much more than that. As he clipped the device on his belt he heard thumping coming from the corridor. He walked slowly, using the low gravity to his advantage, towards the doorway and prepared an ambush. As the thumping of what sounded like multiple footsteps arrived at the doorway he hopped down and tackled a humanoid figure. He pinned it down before realizing it was one of the pilots from Phoenix Squadron and quickly jumped off. "I'm so sorry, my senses were on high alert and i just reacted instinctively." He said helping the other pilot off the ground. "Damn Wi Soo i know you're out of the game, but something like that isn't gonna help." A female voice said underneath the helmet, messing with him a bit. "So what ya got there?" She said pointing at the device on his belt. He simply tapped the object and began walking out of the room. "Something Admiral Tanev would be excited to see." After that they headed back towards their fighters and headed back to the FENS Endeavor to allow the clearing of clean-up teams to enter the facility to scour deeper into the structure.

Helios Communication Center

Near Eclipsim is the ever famous communication hub and research station, the latter of which is now deactivated and has been turned into a public museum. In the communication hub a Russian transmission was picked up and the on duty officer picked up the call and answered. He stated that the Eclipsian Federation is wanting to have a more inclusive trade deal that would be cross-border and cross-system. A military deal was also offered that would bring the two military's closer in terms exercise and belligerent status. The reason stated was that because Russian-Eclipsian relations are viewed very important and that the two nation have been close allies for a very long time.
Kazami42

 

[Kazami42]

Urosovo, Petrovo District:

A reply from the Eclipsians would be received and reviewed. After being reported to the Emperor, another reply would be sent to them from the Advisor. Stating that while the rest could be negotiated, trade would have to be redirected to the R.E.C. for anything of actual profit at the moment. Space_Kaiser ​

 

[Fishman Lord]

Ark-3, Jasperia
Once again the Admiral was meeting with an Ark Commander. This commander was what appeared to be a brown and black German Sheperd. The dog had two robotic arms attached at the shoulders, directly controlled by a neural link. The Admiral was in his usual attire, dressed in simple cloth. The canine spoke first.
"Sacaña begins to question your leadership."
"I would be worried if she did otherwise."
"Are you certain she can be trusted?"
"I would trust her with the life and spirit of every man, woman, and everything between in the entire fleet."
"If you would, then I would do the same."
"I would trust the same of you, Sirius. If I am not the one to reestablish the Crown, then you are to be the next Admiral."
"The Admiralty is an office of man."
"That is the attitude of a pathetic baseline Empire. You are the next Admiral."
"If you wish, but how could a canine reestablish the kingship?"
"Once again you speak as if you were a baseline citizen. Any sapient half as experienced and trustworthy as you is worthy of the kingship, no matter their kind. The Flow sees past such things, unlike the baselines."
"I... I am honored, my Admiral."
"I am honored to know and work with you."

Shortly after this meeting, it was announced to all members of the Stone Fleet that Commander Sirius was to be the next Admiral of the Stone Fleet. As the people of the Fleet were open to all species and kinds, there was little to no controversy. However, making a provolved dog the leader could further elevate hatred from the other empires.

Outer Eclipsian Frontier
As part of his proving, Sirius was to lead a raid into enemy territory. He personally selected an Eclipsian target to pay back for their assault on the construction facility. He and his raiders arrived near a minor corporate spaceport, not owned by the Eclipsians but under their authority. Utilizing all his skills and training as a Fleet warrior, Sirius maneuvered his ships and captured several cargo ships almost immediately. Quickly afterwards, firepower was focused on the station. It was torn apart after a few fighters were lost, and the material was scooped up. The squadron then left the system in victory.
Space_Kaiser

Fleet Production Facilities
Encouraged by recent Eclipsian attacks, 3 new cruisers and 2 new dreadnoughts have been added to production. The production on the lost corvette and frigate hulks was restarted as well.

 

[Kent]

Pendragon, Viselius

Imperial Audience Room
"The Stone Fleet, they finally showed themselves. I commend the Eclipsians for their quick response." Said the Emperor. He was conversing with four holographic people sitting on the chair in each direction whilst he stood in the middle.
"Indeed, but I worry that the Eclipsians would not be their only target. All of us in earth are their enemies afterall, after we decided to banish them." Said Duke Rufus of House Barma.
"My, my. We could be next." Said Duchess Eilene Reinsworth.
"We need to take immediate action and launch a full scale offensive on them." Duke Leo Nightray suggested.
"Don't be a fool!" Scolded the Dule of House Baskerville, Glen. "We don't even know where they are. They are on a constant move. Determined not to be found."
"Mmhmm. Casualties on both sides would be massive. We can't just act independently. Cases like this must be brought to the congress." Said the Duchess of Reinsworth.
"Enough with this topic, let's move on." The young emperor said. "Reports on the freighter, Eilene."
"Investigation is still in progress, your Majesty. Nothing new." She said.
"About MCB, I already sent my agents to secretly investigate about the faulty AI." Reported Duke Barma.
"As expected, your intelligence network is a rival of the Army's after all. Just don't withhold important information from us." The Emperor smiled.
"Yes, your Majesty. House Barma always send reports."
"I also recommend to construct more navy ships. We need to strengthen our military and keep up with the rest." Said Leo Nightray. "1 carrier, 3 dreadnoughts, 5 cruisers, 15 frigates and 20 Corvettes."
"We could either create a new fleet with those ships or distribute them to the existing fleets. Your decision your Majesty." Said Duke Barma.
"Creating a new fleet would be more beneficial." The Emperor replied. "That's it then. Anything else to discuss?"
"Nothing else your Majesty." Said Eilene.
"That's all." Said Rufus.
"Nothing." Said Leo
"None." Said Glen.
"Okay, then. Meeting adjourned." The emperor said and the four holographic figures disappeared. The room brightened a bit more and the doors opened. A woman walked in. She was wearing a blue dress.
"How was it?" Said the woman.
"Fine." Replied the Emperor. "I want pandora to keep an eye on House Nightray and their duchy."
The woman nodded.

Results:
Construction began for:
1 Carrier
1 Dreadnoughts
5 Cruisers
15 Frigates
20 Corvettes



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[Kazami42]

Titan 1:​

Despite the incident and actual security members now guarding the mines, the secondary function of the facility would be activated. The construction of another 4 Cruisers, Dreadnought, and Super platform would be initiated. Using resources gained over time and refined materials from mining, the factory could begin constructing them. Anything else left would be used for repairing the mines or trade. And the REC Anastasia was planned to eventually be refitted with the most up to date technology in the empire, to help aid it in lasting longer in deep space.​

Andromeda Prime:​

Research for mining equipment would commence. Except the idea wouldn't be to risk any lives before the actual mining could begin. Essentially: this would allow a massive ship to safely gather a large chunk to mine out of, and then send people down to start mining into it. However only one ship was big enough to even have the possibility to use this equipment, but it was off deep in space. The ship would already be capable of tethering asteroids in and safely keep it in place. The risk of mining said asteroid would thus be slightly reduced, since anyone specialized could then replace or rescue personnel. This would allow faster resource gathering and less time spent in the depths of space. However, there was multiple problems with this idea since it has never been done before. It would be nicknamed the "P.C.M. Project" and it would attempt to utilize already existing equipment to achieve the concept. It was in other words, a attempt to increase lasers to immensely unstable levels to gather large chunks to mine out. It was unknown what it could achieve, but that was some of the fun of science. Never knowing what the outcome can be until it happens. Research would be recorded and documented in other ways, and the idea would also be sent back to earth in case it was not safe enough to do in a near-isolated facility out in space. Since the planet was also the Eclipsians, they knew they couldn't do any testing except inside of their own facility. They also wanted to keep the project secret from anyone else, and a line to contact Russia directly through infrared communication would be set up, before research commences just in case all else fails. It would attempt to be maintained throughout testing, and should anything go wrong a message back to earth hopefully just to Russia could be achieved. However the risk of whatever passes in the way receiving it is also a concern, but not of the highest priority. This form of communication is also used through ships if any other form of communication fails, as it can survive during it's travel slightly longer than anything else.​

 

[Dominus Regum]

Meanwhile in Vestania, President Dayton arrived in Rio De Janeiro after leaving from Everest. He hadn't wasted any time in accepting the request, something which many of his voters saw as a strong point in him, that he wasn't hesitant to respond or act, regardless of the situation. He had swapped over from his limousine however to the Presidential Spaceliner, Defense Force One which landed in Rio De Janeiro not long after the swap had occured. It was mostly for ceremony and for the media to gobble up, the large spacecraft landing on the tarmac of the Spaceport as Vestanian police officers cleared the way for the convoy to arrive at the port, awaiting Dayton's arrival. His own secret service and marine guards would be accompanying him alongside many of his advisors, Admiral Terrance had chosen to remain on the spaceliner to continue with his work and President Dayton stepped down from the long flight of stairs, the media flicking away with their cameras and drones filming as he stepped down from the Spaceliner. Awaiting the Vestanian leader's arrival.
Dominus Regum

Rio, Gamall bjǫð, Earth Districts, Vestania


​

Soon, droid Police surrounded the area, to make sure of the Leader's safety, and anxious citizens looked on towards the President. Not minutes later, Joseph Altair arrived, garnering cheer from the Asgardian People. A few Asgardians looked down, still upset at the recent election in which the Engineer Joseph won the title of the Scientist Supreme, over candidate Freya D'Arcy, a scientist.

Joseph Altair stood tall next to President Dayton, and smiled for a few pictures before starting to escort the Cascadian to the restored former Varmandr Vestan Presidential building, as Drone Cameras flew overhead.

"Hello Mister Dayton, how was the flight?"

Asgardian Space
"We wish to trade technologies. We can offer much in the fields of genetic engineering, and we were hoping this could be traded in exchange for knowledge of your space station and shipbuilding. We would also be willing to trade minerals from beyond the Frontier for more refined materials."
Dominus Regum

Even more Fighters arrived, with a Dreadnought barely out of range for detection. News have been heard of the atrocities of the Rockians.

"We have no interest in trading at the moment... All we ask is that the friendly relations continue and to give us some sort of way to contact you when necessary."

 

[RIPSaidCone]

Rio, Gamall bjǫð, Vestania
Earth​

Upon arrival of the droids, Dayton's escort gathered closer to him, one hand hidden under their suit jacket just in-case. Despite the fact that this request was seemingly one of friendship, historically relations with the Vestanians had never been the best and so one couldn't blame the President's security for wanting to be more cautionous than usual. Dayton met with the newly elected Vestanian leader, the pair shaking hands and smiling for the cameras before heading to the leader's residence further in the city. ​

"It was fine, thank you for asking, though I have to admit I was surprised at your sudden request for improved relations. And so I have to ask what your intent is." He questioned, not in a hostile manner but more one of intrigue, it wasn't every day that a nation decided to mend relations and Dayton was curious to know more.
Dominus Regum

CSN Central Systems Command
Iara Prime

From all of the Cascadian officials that could be pulled from what they were doing, Admiral Tanning had been the one selected by the Defense Secretary and the State Secretary, he had been designated as the head military officer in-charge of Eclipsian-Cascadian cooperation and coordination on the Cascadian side. Due to his already vast experience in dealing with pirates, scavengers and the other well-supplied criminal elements which lurked in the Frontier, given the nature of the Rockians - who now called themselves the Stone Fleet, a name which the Cascadians largely refused to use publicly as it would then validate their criminality and degeneracy, Admiral Tanning seemed best suited to dealing with them. He had been informed before hand that he would be in a call with the President of the Eclipsian Federation and to take great care in establishing relations with them, usually high-profile meetings like this would be shared by the Vice President or State Secretary when the President was unavailable but it was deemed that a military man would be able to provide the best amount of insight to the situation.​

From his office at CSNCSC, the Navy's headquarters for all operations in the Central Systems region of the Cluster on Iara Prime. He sat at his chair, awaiting the connection on the other side to be established, he had his formal uniform on as per usual with many spectacular looking medals and ribbons decorating it. He was a large man with a dark brown beard and a shaven head, though he could strangely pull it off quite well and he was a rather well-built man in all, some compared him to a viking in both appearance and stature. His office was decorated with fine wooden walls and flooring and a small chandelier was hanging above the center of his office. Two Cascadian flags draped down from their poles behind him and a portrait of Catherine Jefferson was dead center on his wall. As the Eclipsian President's face appeared on the screen before him, he gave a welcoming smile and nod. "Greetings, Mr. President. I am Admiral Derek Tanning, representing the Cascadian national interest in this cooperation, its a pleasure to meet you."
Space_Kaiser

Spoiler: Admiral Derek Tanning

CSN Cleveland, 12th Fleet
Frontier Space

Dillon sat down with a sigh on her bed, pulling of her armor plated chest-piece as it fell to the metallic floor with a loud thud. Meetings with the brass, especially when they were from all five branches was never easy nor fun. Though it had been informative and useful, Dillon had been given additional orders and authority over the 12th Fleet to get her job done, she hadn't been able to report anything new on the situation concerning the Rockian fleet. She hadn't found them yet, she had found a few breadcrumb trails here and there but they all went cold eventually, the Rockians weren't exactly good at cleaning up after themselves but they were good at getting out of dodge even if the Navy got a hint as to where they were heading, suppose you didn't need to hide the evidence of your presence if you were good at getting away from the opposition regardless. Running a hand through her hair she let out another sigh, though a more tired one than before, it had been half a year and although they had managed to destroy a few corvettes and frigates, Dillon was yet to get something big, like a cruiser or even a dreadnought. Yet even the allure of destroying one of those two paled in-comparison to the biggest game of all, the Arks. Dillon couldn't even comprehend how many medals and honorary dinners she'd recieve just from taking down one of those.​

"Trailblazer. The Vice-Admiral requests your presence on the bridge immediately." A voice came over the intercom in her room, the operative getting up from her bed as she stepped over the pieces of armor she'd left scattered around her room. -- The journey to the bridge hadn't taken that long though as always being on a dreadnought made it significantly longer than her previous deployments, arriving not fiveteen minutes after she'd left her room and stepping into what some could consider the embodiment of law and order, the bridge was filled to the brim with men and women in uniform though they were all at their designated stations doing their designated jobs. Nothing was out of place and everyone was focused, the bridge though usually quiet minus a few idle conversations and alerts from computers was in a much more lively mood, and she was about to find out why. Dillon approached the Vice-Admiral, he was a younger man given his rank with jet black hair and a paler skin complexion, he had a Singaporean ancestory from what she knew but was a proud Cascadian like all the others around her. The two smiled and nodded to one another in respect, technically there was no need for saluting since Trailblazers were considered to be on-par with every senior officer rank, only junior officers and enlisted personnel had to salute to them. ​

"I'm assuming there's a reason I'm up here?" She asked with a brow raised, the Vice-Admiral nodding as the ship's AI appeared next to the both of them. She was human-sized and donned a standard Navy duty uniform like the rest of the ship's occupants, one might have mistaken her for a real human minus the fact that she was transparent with a light orange glow. "Indeed there is, Ms. Colburn, five minutes and forty three seconds ago the Cleveland's scanners detected a foreign radio wave from a planet we have yet to explore. Current information we have on the signal indicates that it originated from beyond the Frontier. Myself along with the ship's communications crew are currently pinpointing the signal to get a more exact location." Aethia, the name of the AI finished off with. Dillon nodding though with a more puzzled expression than before, the Vice-Admiral spoke up. "It's why I called you up here, I need you to get a team ready to head down to the planet once we arrive, I want you to find out what's emitting that signal." Dillon folded her arms and shook her head. "It's just a radio signal, could be criminals hiding out here, don't see why you'd need a Trailblazer to investigate that." Aethia wasted little time in correcting the Trailblazer. "We initially believed that as well, however further study shows that the signal is far stronger than any current civilian technology. Indicating that it is possibly military or..alien in origin." Dillon chuckled, "Military I can believe, no problem. Alien? That's quite the assumption." The Vice-Admiral nodded in agreement, "That's why I'm asking you to go down and find out what it is, chances are that signal is strong enough to draw in any nearby ships as well, civilian or military, Cascadian or foreign. We need to be the first ones to get there." A few more moments of thinking later and Dillon nodded. "Alright, I'll grab some marines and a truck and we'll head down as soon as we arrive in the system. Tell me when we get there."​

 

[Space_Kaiser]

Eclipsim, Eclipsian Federation, Earth

While in his office scrolling through proposed bills passed by the Council on his holopad, an aid came in informing him a Cascadian contact was making a direct connection. He opened up the holoscreen on his desk and the face of Admiral Tanning was in front of him. Behind Arthur was a large painting of Byron Solis, with metallic-looking wooden walls and two windows on either side of the painting. "Greetings Admiral Tanning, it's an honor to meet someone of your ranking. I thank you and your nation for willing to open up negotiations. So what is it that Cascadia specifically wants from all of this?"
RIPSaidCone

Eclipsian Frontier

Titan Fleet on it's way to the system for it's patrol discovered the station and what remained of it all. After the admiral reported it in to Eclipsian command and then to the Eclipsian Council, an emergency session was initiated with the nation still unaware of what had happened. After voting 98-32 the entire Eclipsian fleet for the first time in history was put on war footing and to now abide by the ACRA, the Anti-Commercial Raiding Act, which outlines that the raiders responsible for plundering a commercial station with the lives of hundreds in danger the fleet would fire at will at any targets owned by said raiders. All fleets but the Sentinel and Sol Fleets were to break patrol routine and begin sweeping of the fringes of the human space. The head of the Eclipsian Council Ergun Yenal made a statement about the recent vote to the press who were covering it with hand-held and drone cameras.

"Recently the Rockians have raided one of our commercial stations, ignoring the Sol Congress and the endangerment to those innocent. I speak with everyone that the Rockians have now completely lost touch with the civilized world and are nothing but savages and terrorists. That is why I and most of the Council have put every fleet on war footing and have sent all but two fleets to the fringes to find and combat Rockian fleets ourselves. We await approval from President Arthur for official operation designation, however he is in call with a top official so until that ends we won't get an official wording from him. Until then we ask the rest of the civilized world to respond once and for all to these terrorists, these cowards, these people who gave up on our home to live one elsewhere. That is all I have to say for now, please expect the official presidential response soon."
Fishman Lord

Star Y-F44

As Onyx Fleet left system to join the rest in the fringes, Sentinel fleet was still finishing up clean-up operations. So far basic things were found, but the most valuable is being transported to the bridge of the Starfall. As he was walking down the upper-level halls of the ships, with the business of a Dreadnought really setting in, Wi Soo-Young was slowly walking towards the bridge with the artifact and his helmet on the belt of his pilots uniform. He was average height, jet black hair, no facial hair, and wearing the flag of the Korean Republic underneath the Eclipsian flag on his left shoulder. As he was walking in the door opened up automatically revealing the bridge of the ship. After the door was closed behind him he saw the table that held the star system's charting on it, with the destroyed facility marked. As he walked closer to the table he heard footsteps coming to the side of him. Turning his head towards the sound Young saw Admiral Tanev emerge from his quarters and walk slowly in front of Young to the other end of the table, who then waved him to come to the opposite end of the table. As he did Tanev cleared the table of the hologram and spoke in his Bulgarian accent.

"So I hear you have something interesting for me, what is it?" He said getting right to business. Tanev was a tall and muscular man, with short grayish black hair and a grey stubble beard on his chin. "Yes admiral. I was searching the facility and found this in what appeared to be an office-like room. I found this flickering on a table at the end of the room." He then put the device on the table where a ring on the table appeared around it. It then once again began flickering light and after a few seconds the image of an Rockian Ark appeared. Tanev smirked a bit before looking directly at Young with his pale brown eyes. "Do you know what you have here boy?" He said plainly with his smirk still on his face. "A hologram with an accurate depiction of a Rockian Ark that will allow us to understand how they live?" Young said shrugging his shoulders. "Yes that is it. However there is one other thing i noticed. Melody would you mind taking a look?" After calling the Starfall's AI's name, a small woman appeared on he table next to the device. She was wearing a blazer and pants, had long hair and glasses, and was glowing blue. "My my the device has taken considerable damage, it's lucky it's still half operational. You said you found this where in the facility Pilot Young?" She asked in a light British accent. "In a room far back into the facility. Why?" He asked tilting his head, raising a brow.

"Well that seems to have been a command like room, or something of the sorts. Otherwise it wouldn't have been there. This thing must have been valuable for it to be in a part of the facility that would still be intact after a MAC blast." She said touching the device with particles flowing from her arm to the device."What do you mean by that Melody?" Young asked. "In short what you found is most likely an Ark Schematic and not just a fancy table piece. It also appears to have the designation of that certain Ark and where it was made." Young's eyes widened before looking towards the admiral. "Captain Young what you have found may very well put us on the path to finding another facility like this. Melody for now i want you to deactivate that device and put a tracer program on it that will block Rockian signals to it in the event of the case. When you do that repair that thing quickly before they notice what is going on." Melody nodded and began to work on the device and Tanev turned his head to Young. "I want you and your squadron to head to your fighters and await further orders." All Young did was give a salute and walk out of the room, with the doors opening as he walked past and closing as he walked down the hall again towards the hanger.

 

[Fishman Lord]

Ark-1, Radium
The Admiral was reading an old historical text, one of the most valuable and rare in the known galaxy. It was the Diary of Caitlyn Roscoe, second-to-last Queen of the Rockies. It told the tales of the last parts of the reign of King Timothy, but mostly focused on the reign of Caitlyn's husband, King Albert. As he read through the book far faster than any baseline could, he received a message that implanted itself in his head as half-thought, half-hearing somebody else. He immediately and seamlessly entered a simulation of a beach in the Galapagos. Gathered there were all the Ark Commanders, as well as several other high-ranking members of the Fleet. The info was being relayed to them all through their neural links, so there were a few seconds of silence as that came through. When this finished, the Admiral began to speak. "This is just as I spoke of. A civilization, one before Earthkind. I believe it to be unlikely that it is anything else. We move now. Sirius, you are to lead the mission. The greatest men and women of the Fleet shall join you. We know that Cascadia will attempt to gain access to the source of the signal as well, so we shall press our few advantages: speed and skill, most importantly. We can reach the signal before Cascadia, and even a few hours will help us greatly. We are also far more experienced in what lies beyond the Frontier, giving us another edge. We shall send most of our fleet to deep space near the system, where they cannot never detected. If the Cascadians send a force larger than ours, only Sirius's small escort will remain to get him out. If, as is much more likely, they send a smaller force, we shall ambush them and take them out. As an extra precaution all Ark Ships are to warp far outside of baseline space as activity beyond the Frontier will see an increase. This meeting is adjourned, all further communication will be directly through your neural links, we have time not for anything otherwise."

The Signal
Sirius and his team approached the planet from where the signal originated. It was a dark, grey world, cold and mountainous and almost always covered with grey clouds. Scans for oxygen in the atmosphere came up negative, so any life would be unicellular and anaerobic. All members of the team were in tight-fitting, ultra high-efficiency spacesuits. They jumped into an atmospheric entry vessel and went down. Flames licked the windows as the vessel entered deeper and deeper, until it slowed down and landed. They all got out, looking at their surroundings. Grey mountains and dark clouds dominated the landscape with little else. The team began their investigation. They'd beaten the Cascadians, but they would have to move quickly to keep that advantage.
RIPSaidCone

Asgardian Space
"Very well, we shall always respect your wishes." A short pause was heard before an addendum was tacked on. "Whatever you have heard of our Fleet from the Eclipsians or Cascadians, we have done only to them what they have done to us. An eye for an eye, nothing more, nothing less." With that the diplomatic mission flew out of the system.
Dominus Regum

 

[Kazami42]

REC Anastasia:

The ship was still traveling in deep space. Meanwhile the crew were living their normal lives and performing their jobs. The bridge crewmen would monitor the engines and other vital components of the massive ship, the captain was in the captain's nest/personal observation area, crew talking and walking to and fro across the many near-endless halls of the ship, stations across the ship's tram line stating potential arrival of tram services, and a group of 12 people entering the tram which was heading to the medical deck. Due to the length of the ship a tram system was installed to travel faster. Everyone who had boarded the ship would have to go to the medical deck, so they could be recorded through name, occupation, rank, blood, and also through physical exercise. This would also aid with giving them a occupation around the ship, if replacements were temporarily needed. all of the new security members besides 1 of them had already finished their testing and registering, and the last was currently finishing blood tests and being registered. "Alright Mr. Harper, we are done registering you. All we need to do now is to take some blood samples and you will be free to go." The woman would continue pressing one the screen, which was connected to the tube the major was in. It would begin making a metallic scratching/screeching noise before opening, then the top and bottom halves would begin to move away from each other. After the tube opened, he would begin to walk out of it while having a slight headache from the scans. "Do not worry Mr. Harper, your headache is only a temporary side effect." She would take a needle and inject it into his neck. "You will recover momentarily, until then you will find difficulty in walking and concentration. Follow me and we can send you out to security when we are done." She would then continue walking the long way back to the main hub/clinic area, and soon Harper would begin following her as asked despite tumbling around for a few minutes.​

After their travel Harper's headache had gone away and he was back to normal, albeit still being slightly drugged but otherwise not affecting him too much. he would be directed to a table to lay down on in case the drugs were too much, and would begin to prepare a needle. "You will not feel a thing, though you are probably too out of your mind to notice." She would carefully rotate his right arm and begin to insert the needle, extracting blood from him for later analysis and storage. "I find it slightly odd that you are not talking? Do you require me to check that for you?" She asked him. "No, no. I am fine. It is just I have been through alot that is not too concerning for you." He replied to her, having a slight change in tone which makes him sound slightly high. "I see." She would remove the needle carefully and move the blood to a vial, before disposing of the needle itself in a container nearby. Followed up by covering up the vein by placing a small piece of a patch bandage on it. She would then pick up a large vial and begin writing on it after discarding her gloves. "You can get up now, we are done extracting a blood sample." After she was done and Harper would sit up, she then would give him the pills. "Take this. They are mandatory for security personnel along with everyone else. Here, I will help you." She would walk up to him and then do a gesture to make him stand up. "It takes some time to do this manually, but security uniforms tend to have systems for this." She would then open the vial and then go behind the Major. Opening the top of his currently being worn "Health Vector" Also known as a "H.E.C.U." [Health Effectiveness Care Unit.] She would begin to fully fill it up before disposing of the empty vial and closing his H.E.C.U. Lid and sealing it. "Hmm... It does not appear to be working right, hold on." She would begin messing with it, before grabbing a small tablet-esque utility and plugging a cord into it. "I am guessing you never worn one of these before, right? Usually they are always on, even when wearing a suit. Hell to connect it to one though..... And done." The small tubes going down his back, connected to a metallic spinal cord which is detachable, would begin to lighten up. "Yeah, I only recently started using one." he would reply, the compound injected into him earlier having worn off. "Well the summary is, it is meant to be lit up. Originally made for space walks and engineering purposes. It monitors your vitals, circulatory system, heart beat, the usual things meant to keep you alive. While it also lights up a bit more due to this gel being in it, it also lights up to show off your condition. If you run out of gel and get severely injured, it will glow red. if you run out of gel, It begins to start blinking red. If you die but still have gel, you flat-line and a sound emits followed by whatever suit you wear, creating a transmission alarming anyone in the vicinity or what console the suit is tied to. If you run out of gel and you die, it will simply flat-line and send us your tags. These units are quite different depending on purpose. However it detects internal injury through conditions of the vital organs as well. So if a lung has been ruptured, it will severely confuse the system and either set you at red, or say that you are outright dead. While seemingly cruel, we cannot always keep tabs on everyone and sometimes we even lose them to space. Another question you may have is what this 'Gel' has to do with anything. Well, It essentially is meant to act more like morphine with some healing properties. While not able to do much than solve interior problems, you will retain bruises and such visible on your body. However if you lose a vital organ, either you die or you will suffer a slow death. It doesn't stop bullets or being stabbed by swords, so gel or not you will most likely die without actual medical care. This also includes holes going through the body... I believe that is enough to tell you, you can probably learn more about it on one of the medical terminals or a engineer." She would give him another spare vial. "And keep in mind that it took three of these to fill your unit, you cannot just use one of them to fill it again." She would say before extending her arm out back to the first tram. "You may go now, I believe you have more important matters at hand than remaining here." She would lower her arm and begin to walk to and interact with another person, eventually to put them through a similar process.​

He would start to leave and look at the vial which has writing on it, essentially just being from who, to whom, and the reason. The reason being literally being "To prevent premature death" and nothing more. "Well then... Nice to know about that, Rachaels. Looked a bit too young to be a SMO to me." He would then enter the tram, and begin heading towards the bridge. The tram would be playing calm classical music imitations, so there would be something to listen to on the way. after a hour or so, Harper would of made it to the bridge. He had a Identification name tag on him which he used to give to a guard, to get clearance to access the bridge. After being allowed in, he would proceed to take a left and continue on until another left into a hallway, eventually leading to the path up to the captain's nest and the security station/armory. After Harper got up into the nest, he would find 5 of his squad which also shared nametags. The Second in command, Lucy Williams. A average height woman with long-tied red hair and blue eyes and a usually calm demeanor, 1 of the medics, simply known as Heather. One of the taller girls with silver/white hair and unnatural red eyes. She is more prone to experiencing immense anger but usually is calm, 2 supporting units, twins Dimitri Yakovich and Natalia Yanovna. Both having black hair with Nat having longer-tied hair with blue eyes. She and her brother are both calm and happy usually, and the rookie/grunt of the group, Valeriya Alekseevna. A shorter in stature person with brown hair and hazel eyes. While still being new in the special forces scene, persistence, aim, and resilience is one of the main reasons why she passed the tests in the first place. She is easily agitated but primarily in a constant state of appearing annoyed despite cues saying otherwise. This would also in other words be known as "Resting bitch face" as her usual expression, but she primarily is also calm and calculating.​

After Harper lined up besides them and stood at attention, he would state his name and rank as usual protocol with superiors. "Major Benjamin Harper, REC Anastasia transfer from titan security, reporting for duty, Sir!" he would salute to the captain in front of them. A tall man with greying hair, brown eyes, and a goatee. "At ease Major, no need for introductions due to Sentry Bob down stairs, but nice to know people follow protocol still. Now, Welcome to the great Anastasia. I have chosen you five specifically for security purposes due to your skills. One of you act as a field medic, and is also capable of replacing some of the medical crew. two of you appear to act as supporting units despite focusing upon different fields, One is essentially a engineer while another is skilled at heavy weapons. One is a bit conflicting... But from what I am made aware of, is a sniper? I believe a sniper could prove useful as a ADS gunner and possibly a atrium sentry. Ms. Williams could act as a reserve chief security officer. I think that is everything that covers the ship itself. As for Major Harper, he could be part of the captain's guard. Along with Sergeant Bob, Corporal Victor, and Sergeant First Class Christa." He concluded. "Yes sir!" they all responded. "Hahaha, excellent. You may all head to the armory now and get your equipment and uniforms, I've already had the chief officer make it obvious which is yours. After you are done, you can either report to your respective decks or remain together. However the engineer and the medic is going to have to go to their respective decks, in medical and engineering. The sniper girl will of course have to remain on the bridge to be trained in ADS functions. We only have a rare few who can actually operate them and calculate the time between targets, and having another one reduces chance for critical error if the systems fail. You all may go now." They all nodded and would leave to the armory, and after getting there it was indeed obvious which equipment went to which person. Along with some heavy reinforced suits and security uniforms. Since the ship had recently gone through a security addition, there were more than just one uniform. The primary uniforms being a dark shade green with a normal black vest. Harper had access to a revolver, Lucy had a ODF pulse rifle and a pulse pistol, Dimitri had a pulse pistol which is similar in appearance as the pulse pistol and mining tools, Natalia had a pulse pistol and a pulse rifle, Valeriya had a large rifle with a scope and a pulse pistol, and Heather had a pulse pistol and a front-pack that contained various vials, medical equipment, and meds such as pills.​

Spoiler: Attempt to find a uniform fitting the above statement

The vest

Spoiler: Attempt to find a uniform fitting the above statement

Reference appearance of the uniform.

 

[Dominus Regum]

Rio, Gamall bjǫð, Vestania
Earth
Upon arrival of the droids, Dayton's escort gathered closer to him, one hand hidden under their suit jacket just in-case. Despite the fact that this request was seemingly one of friendship, historically relations with the Vestanians had never been the best and so one couldn't blame the President's security for wanting to be more cautionous than usual. Dayton met with the newly elected Vestanian leader, the pair shaking hands and smiling for the cameras before heading to the leader's residence further in the city.
"It was fine, thank you for asking, though I have to admit I was surprised at your sudden request for improved relations. And so I have to ask what your intent is." He questioned, not in a hostile manner but more one of intrigue, it wasn't every day that a nation decided to mend relations and Dayton was curious to know more.
Dominus Regum ​

"The nation of Asgardia would like to remind you that although we remember our past as the Varmandr Vestan, we look towards the future with a new attitude, and want to reset relations and start back up towards building our two great nations..."

 

[RIPSaidCone]

Rio, Gamall bjǫð, Vestania
Earth

Dayton nodded. "I appreciate your willingness to look forward rather than backward, a viewpoint that a certain enemy of ours refuses to consider. And Cascadia is always open to friendly relations with other nations, I would be pleased to begin repairing relations between our peoples as soon as possible."
Dominus Regum

CSN Central Systems Command
Iara Prime

Admiral Tanning gave a polite smile as the Eclipsian President greeted him. "Likewise." He responded in reference to the honored introduction. "My civilian superiors and military peers wish to gain more of an insight to how the Rockians operate, their architecture and essentially anything and everything you have gathered from the remains of the Rockian facility and spacecraft you destroyed. If Cascadia can look at those incomplete Rockian frigates and corvettes you destroyed then we could gain invaluable information to use against them when the time comes, because Portland and Eclipsim both know that they will inevitable attack en-masse, they've already attacked your civilians, Mr. President, they have no morals and no respect for anyone bar themselves and they need to be eliminated as soon as possible. We want you to help us achieve that."
Space_Kaiser

The Signal
Unknown Planet, CX-57 System

Small flashes of light popped into existence for a brief milisecond in what had before and after been pure darkness only kept lit by the thousands of tiny bright dots scattered across it. Multiple CSN ships appeared from those small flashes of light, the 12th Fleet had just exited FTL and had entered the system, which was yet to be explored but had been named CX-57 by observers back in civilized space. The Cleveland took point as it was the one to deploy troops to the surface, meanwhile the corvettes in the fleet sped further ahead, setting up a small control point around the Cleveland so that it could deploy its cargo and troops safely, it was standard protocol for ships to defend ones that were unloading personnel. Though the Vice-Admiral was confident that any opposing force in space could swiftly be dealt with as Cascadian ships both big and small packed a big punch individually, and when you gathered them together then the effect just amplified. One of the hangar bay doors of the Cleveland opened, and just as quickly as it had opened, a small group of shuttles had departed, escorted by fighter craft the convoy immediately sped down towards the planet below. A fireball effect consuming the front of each ship as they entered the atmosphere before quickly dissipating once they had successfully arrived above the surface of the planet, three infantry shuttles followed by two cargo shuttles, with a following four fighter craft.

The transport shuttles landed first at the landing zone, the marines hopping out and securing the area as they usually did. It was a relatively large group of marines, the Vice-Admiral had insisted on it, though Dillon had assured him that she could've got it done on her own. The Trailblazer herself stepped out not long after, the Gunnery Sargeant informing her that the area was clear for now, but that they had picked up additional activity on the way down, someone else was here though they didn't know who just yet. Moments later the cargo shuttles landed, two heavy-duty APC's rolling out of their backs, as soon as the last marines and equipment were unloaded, the shuttles took off and returned to orbit where they would safely await the call to come back down and pick the ground troops up. The fighter craft however were a different story, the small detachment would continue to fly in a large circlular motion around the AO in-case they were needed, usually they would have returned to orbit with the shuttles but given the fact that there were others in the area, they were deemed a necessity.

The group rolled out in a steady motion, the APC's in the center of the group with their 155mm turrets swivelling around every now and again as they scanned their surroundings alongside the marines that were surrounding them both, safeguarding them as two marines at the front of the group used their scanners on the path ahead of them. Dillon stood just behind them, the marines keeping their rifles raised in all directions, they were on higher ground as the APC's they'd brought could go over rough terrain, both Dillon and the Gunnery Sargeant had expressed extreme disapproval of even the suggestion of going through a lower-lying valley, even if it meant they'd be quicker. This ensured that any possible ambushes would have far less effect. "Trailblazer. You're approaching the source of the signal now." One of the fighter pilots reported in as he flew over them, the jets were still circling the area and indeed they were. Dillon saw a tall pylon type structure that appeared to be encased in the same rocky formations that covered the planet. It looked ancient or perhaps it was built that way? Only one way to find out she assumed, jerking her head as the convoy picked up speed.

Spoiler: Cascadian marines

Spoiler: MRIAV-88 (The Mira)

Spoiler: CT-359 Cargo Shuttle

Spoiler: UH-366 Rainier Transport Shuttle

Spoiler: F-365 Haploid Fighter Craft

 

[Space_Kaiser]

Eclipsim, Eclipsian Federation, Earth

Arthur pulled up a few documents on his holopad before placing it on his desk, transferring the image of the document on screen. "Currently Sentinel Fleet is leading scavenging operations, with only minor reports coming in. Most of what I have read are things we already know about them but in further detail, however Admiral Tanev says that one of his OFT Pilots found some type of Ark schematic with the location of where it was made. Scouting probes have found the location of the facility but we fear it may be more heavily guarded than last time. The Frigate and Corvette hulls are offering up on some insight on the type of FTL Drive the Rockians use, the weaponry they offer, and the type of systems the use on the ships. However those ships were barely in construction and we don't have much information on that. I'll transfer what we know about those Frigates and Corvettes to you, but the Ark Schematic was badly damaged in the MAC Blast and is currently under repair. Once i get a full situation report on it i will inform you of what it fully offers. The facility itself remains largely unexplored save for a few paths one of which the previously mentioned OFT Pilot took. That is why a Cascadian team may also be needed there, however FENS Starfall is about to send it's OFT's Pilots into what is left of the facility and find out more so we'll keep you updated." Arthur said in a flurry of information before sweeping onto the next report. "Right now scouts have reported some kind of modifications to the body in a deeper part of the facility, with the dead bodies found inside and floating around the facility supporting some kind of heavy modification to the flesh. This is only a small portion of the report i have here so i'll send it to you." He said swiping up on the pad.
RIPSaidCone

Star Y-F44

Young arrived in the hanger and met up with his Squadron, ten members in total including him, and began heading towards their respective fighters. As Young arrived at his fighter he saw an Eclipsian Carrier warp into the system. After a second of Confusion the admiral's voice appeared in his helmet and spoke. "Phoenix Squadron, the FENS Stalwart has arrived to take you to Destiny Fleet where you will be sent to an unknown signal picked up on an recently charted planet. We have picked up a faint Rockian signal there also so prepare for immense and deadly. Wolf Squadron will replace you in Sentinel Fleet. Good luck pilots and return safely." With that Young saw the rest of his squadrons fighters fire up and preparing to exit the hanger. He quickly got in his and prepared the correct flight pattern and was the last to leave the hanger and made the relative flight into the hanger of the Stalwart. After the hanger was secured and all pilots inside the ship made a jump to where the rest of Destiny Fleet was.

CX-57, The Signal

Destiny Fleet arrived near where the unknown signal was, being emitted from the planet below. A few minutes later the Stalwart arrived with Phoenix and joined the rest of the fleet. The commander of the fleet, Fleet Admiral Orion Leventis, came over the speaker in the Stalwart's hanger. "Phoenix Squadron, thank you for joining us." He said in his Greek accent. "Right now however we are in combat stance, and Rockian ships are known to be near by. As such I want to split our OFT Squadrons into two missions. Griffon Squadron will be the ones fighting in space while Phoenix Squadron will be deployed to the planet's surface and aid Eclipsian ground troops being deployed to the surface. We have Cascadian forces here as well so be careful who you fire at down there. Phoenix will be dropping down in drop pods from the Stalwart and onto the planets surface. That is all, everyone get to your positions for potential combat!" After than Young and the rest of Section went towards the drop pod area of the ship where they would change uniform and enter into a lighter version of the main combat armor. Despite it being lighter the user was faster, hit harder, and could carry more equipment. As he was finishing up most of his Section was already done and entering their drop pods. He finished putting on the suit and grabbed his rifle and pistol before setting foot into the drop pod and being secured in it right before the final call was made. A few second later their pods dropped out of the ship and headed towards the planets surface.

"Alright boys and girls. We have an unknown planet ahead of us!" The Major said. "Initial Atmospheric Scans indicate it to be a Class 2 Terra World, so make sure your suits are secure when we make a landing. When our pods hit the ground you know the drill, secure the perimeter and push out!" After the quick report Young closed his eyes and awaited the drop. A few seconds later he felt and heard the familiar entering of the atmosphere and a minute or so later they landed on the rocky surface of the planet. The pod doors opened and he stepped out near three members of his Section. He pulled out his rifle and began to secure the perimeter as the rest of his Section gathered and did the same. As they did four Eclipsian transport ships carrying troops, tanks, and ACP's came into surface and passed over them caused the air around them to pick up for a few seconds. As the Section Major gave the order to move out they began to approach the source of the signal as Eclipsian Transports landed behind them.
RIPSaidCone Fishman Lord

Helios Communication Center

As the Russian transmission came in the officer on duty relayed the orders. "Eclipsim is more than welcome to initiate negotiations with our Russian allies. As for trade we understand the situation and we are sending them a transmission for trade dealings as well."
Kazami42

Eparia Orbital Shipyard

In the ship yard the Frigates were nearing completion as the Dreadnought's hull was being brought up. The official name for the new Dreadnought will be FENS Maelstrom. Meanwhile the planet itself has just reached 1.8 Billion in population.

 

[Fishman Lord]

The Artifact
Sirius received info through his neural implant. "Eclipsians here too. Cascadians approaching. Push your advantage, it'll be an hour or less before they arrive." The team had reached the pylon-like structure. It reached skywards, clearly artificial among the grey peaks. It still could be of Earthen design, but Sirius was getting more and more sure that it was alien. He moved his robotic hand along the smooth side. He felt something, a terminal. It pushed out of the side of the building and was covered in extremely bizarre glyphs, barely recognizable as an alphabet. Sirius moved towards it when suddenly a tiny robot flew out. It attatched itself to Sirius and took a few hairs, then returned into the terminal. A noise came out, a mixture between a hum and a sneeze, perhaps an alien language, then shockingly the terminal began speaking in 21st century French. The translator in Sirius' neural link allowed him to understand this primitive version of the European language. "Your DNA analysis reveals that you are from Civilization 45-B. You were not expected to be able to reach this outpost for: 479 years. Bonjour!" After this the pylon opened up. Sirius and the team entered the complex to a wealth of computer terminals and holograms. Some displayed holograms of various species, most prominently a four-legged creature similar to a scaly, shovel-headed giraffe-like animal. All text was in French, but ocular and neural implants made this as easy to read as Alsh. Sirius saw little tidbits like "Civilization 16-C has been wiped out by a virus, origin likely artificial," "Civilization 71-A has formed a world state, technological stagnation makes further advancement unlikely for at least 700 years," and "Civilization 90-F has annihalated society through nuclear war for the sixth time, unknown if cycle will ever end". One caught Sirius' eye: "Civilization 45-B has landed on its planet's satellite." Next to it was a picture of the first ancient moon landing, but from a different angle and in amazing quality. Sirius turned to his team members. "This find is truly spectacular, my friends. Image as much as you possibly can, this is a true treasure trove of information. We may be taking the first step towards contact since the Grenshu War." Data was being collected as quickly as possible and being uploaded to the Fleet through the team's neural links. Even if they were killed, the Fleet had gotten what they had been searching for. Now, Sirius and the team would have to try and see if they could recover any technology before the Cascadians and Eclipsians arrived, and escape once they did. Fortunately, that was their specialty.
RIPSaidCone Space_Kaiser

Spoiler: The Aliens

 

[Clockwork_Magic]

Oxford, Ordaria, Earth
Prime Minister August had just returned to his office after meeting with the national (insert sport here) team and there he found on his desk a pile of paperwork. August let out a groan as he sat down at his desk and started working on the first paper. Merely seconds after sitting down, however, a staff member burst through the door causing August to jump. "Bloody hell, learn to knock!""Apologies Prime Minister, but it appears we've got activity regarding the Stone Fleet." the staff member said. "You mean the crazy bastards who nuked Canada to oblivion?" "Yes, but it appears the other powers have it under control." August didn't reply. "Sir?" "If that's the case, alert the fleets. Have them patrol our stellar space." He said. "Also send word to Raum station to start work on another batch of ships, as well as the R&D labs to stop arsing about and do something productive."

Raum Station
Aboard Raum Station, a station which was constructed long ago by the old Order Empire and improved upon by its successors, construction begins on a new batch of ships consisting of 50 corvettes, 40 frigates, 3 cruisers, 2 carriers, and 5 dreadnoughts. Construction is expected to take a few years to complete.

In response to the recent Stone Fleet activities, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd armadas have been deployed to patrol Ordarian space while the 4th armada remains around Raum Station and the 5th armada sent out to find and strike at the Stone Fleet.
Fishman Lord

Meanwhile on the R&D section of the station, the staff are now working on a new project. Seeing how humans are limited by environment, morality, and the need to eat/drink, the staff have come up with a new type of soldier. An army not restricted by the environment as much as humans are, an army not able to think for themselves, an army with no need to eat or drink; an army of droids.​

 

[Kazami42]

REC ANASTASIA

It was a average day. Heather would now be working in the medical deck, primarily checking on inventory and aiding with some minor tasks around the deck. She mostly remained in the clinic, the I.C.U, and the emergency room. She would also work at the waiting room when there is nothing else to do, welcoming people, watching over them primarily. Heather however would usually look depressed around the I.C.U and ER rooms. This would just freak some people out, but it was easily ignored. Valeriya would remain on the bridge learning how to use the ADS guns, destroying some rogue asteroids at varying distances. The longer the distance, the longer it would take for the munition to reach the target. She was capable of destroying all but 1 of them, which one would have required multiple volleys. After her first day of training was done with, she would begin making a nest on the ceiling of the main atrium with permission of the captain and some aid. Climbing up to it would be a high risk, but it would allow the entire section be under watch by security. Some spare plates and misc parts in the storage room would have been used, and Rivet guns would be used to keep it in place. Valeriya insisted it to be created because she did not feel safe with current security standards. Lucy would be patrolling the flight deck, having recently arrived from the crew deck and making sure everything is in order. Dimitri was in the engineering deck learning about the ship and how to repair it, He would also be stationed in maintenance bay for the trams. His sister Natalia would would be in the crew deck, playing in the zero gravity basketball court. The ship would then begin another but riskier space relocation maneuver, and after captain's orders, would give a 10 minute countdown on the speaker system in the ship. After reaching zero, the confirmation was given. "Engage deep space shift" and the bridge crew would begin shutting the blast shields on the "windows" of the ship, Since the ship was to travel further than safety regulations depict, intensive blinding would occur otherwise. The ship would then begin the relocation process with the engines now being used at full power, a requirement for such a scenario to travel faster. While traveling slower would be safer, They had to get into deep space quickly before another government or corporation came in. They didn't quite care where they appeared, using modified mapping or stolen data of space exploration of other areas to get this deep. It was one of the long time mining spots for the REC, though they rarely entered into actual systems. Usually just obtaining any massive asteroids found, and the like for hours. Not leaving until they cannot store any more minerals. The minerals would be easy to obtain after mining out asteroids, in which it would then be sucked up into the ship itself and then melted down individually. Though not the only way to achieve this, it was one of the safest but took up valuable space until melted down. It could also be held by the ship for transport purposes, but it'd be difficult to transport it safely anywhere without traveling through space itself. In which using a normal relocation shift could cause problems, while a deep space shift would lose the asteroid entirely and or more parts of the ship.​

After half a hour due to engine overheating and speed fluctuations, including damage to the ship and parts of the interior which was normal, they would have reached their destination and the blast shields would raise. "Minimal damage to the interior, engines are damaged but still functioning. Some of the weaker plates have become loose or started to melt. Temporary blackouts in the crew deck and flight deck, but the ship is fine overall. None of the more resilient materials have been damaged." One of the Bridge crew stated. "Very well, send out the normal repairmen, and keep the heading." The captain would respond before returning to his quarters. "Yes sir." They had appeared beyond Nekat and half and a quarter away from Re Rota. They were in the thickest of "empty" space.​

Urosovo

"I would rather you not spam our line." A female voice spoke with some slight interference since the technologies aren't too compatible, nonetheless having to be played in live video at Urosovo, and then playing audio over a phone to a simple communications room in the city, which then goes to the eclipse. A overall communications nightmare. The Emperor had the REC Premier on speed dial and had brought her up. "Unless you are persistent and are offering to sell something, or require to buy specific items, spamming our line is not advisable since we are busy. You most likely would of been ignored anyway however, and placed on voice mail for about a few weeks. Now what is it that you want?" She asked. Space_Kaiser ​

Andromeda Prime

The link would have been established albeit in a very ghetto way. Mining lasers already on the facility would begin to be moved into testing room 2B which is a very large, but isolated room which has reinforced walls along with a blast door. There is a patch of earth within the floor ready for miniature scale tests.

Titan I

Ship construction would continue on, with the super platform being the highest of priority. The parts would have been transferred to the construction site, and work would immediately begin once the tools were gathered. Second priority would be the Dreadnought, and final priority would be the cruisers.​

 

[Kent]

Viselian Empire

Bezarius Fleet, Bezarius Fleet Home Station

INS Bezarius Command Center

The doors opened and the young emperor walked in. The crew stopped what they were doing, stood up and saluted. The emperor saluted back and then they continued what they were doing. They were more busy than usual, members of his crew were runnig around and there were noise everywhere. He took a seat in the lead command chair. Athena, an HR in pandora approached him.
"We just received an unknown signal from a planet. Presumably from aliens, but it is strange. It is not live." A man then approached them and interrupted Athena's report.
"Sorry to interrupt, but the Eclipsians and Cascadians has just deployed their fleet. Their destination is towards the unknown signal. We also detected a faint signal from the stone fleet, they are also presumably heading towards the same location."
"There must be something of importance there. We must head there at once, what's the nearest fleet to the location?"
"Us, the Bezarius Fleet." Said Athena. "but I recommend that we send some other-"
"No time, if the rockians are there then we must be there too. Set course for Planet X at once."
"Your will is my command." Athena bowed and relayed the command to the crew.

The Bezarius Fleet set it's course towards Planet X. They were only a couple minutes behind the eclipsian fleet. The four dukes were informed of the situation.
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