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#2014-06-15 05:43:10, as written by Varden

The largest strength of the various factions of Eden and Ayenee lay in their ability to project power over vast distance in the moment. Any organization within the ever warring galaxy that CONCORD watches over could move their forces in an instant to such distant places as Terra or the Garden provided they had the needed equipment at the destination and the departure location. There is no time wasted in travel so it is that any prepared force can respond immediately to any conflict in any part of the universe provided the force is prepared to move and prepared to fight.

CONCORD did not come to the Garden to fight though. They came on a diplomatic mission. The meeting's location and time had been arranged beforehand. The main goal of CONCORD in this meeting was to request a coalition envoy that would venture into CONCORD controlled space with a large degree of freedom. It would seem that CONCORD wanted peace and was submitting to the investigation UCON was intent to continue. To facilitate this CONCORD had requested an exchange of diplomatic teams and in UCON's case they were permitting limited armed escort for those diplomats and the inclusion of an investigation team.

Aaric Arlan's ship dropped out of drift, the ship slowing to hyper warp speeds as it neared the Garden Zone border. CV117 then dropped below luminal speeds producing a few bright flashes of light as the battleship sized vessel continued to slow. Plates shifted across the vessel's hull discharging electromagnetic arcs and venting heat into space. The pilot checked the coordinates and confirmed that they had arrived at the agreed to location at the agreed to time. All that was left to do was wait for the UCON's diplomatic envoy.

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#2014-06-15 08:16:20, as written by AzricanRepublic

CYS-81/923 was a dead space station that had an infamous name across the Garden and the Colonial Sphere beyond it; and was where the coordinates provided would have brought the CONCORD envoy as it dropped out of FTL, the looming wall of the Charybdis Veil making a dark blanket against distant twinkling stars and worlds. In the Imperial Wars it was a dark “hell site” of the Colonial Administration, an ancient torture facility and prisoner depot: in the Iron Revolt it was a bastion for the released prisoners freed from the Commonwealth realms yet unable to make it through the Veil back into the Inner Empire, in the Terran Conflict and Galactic War after that it was the final jumping off point before reaching the Local Region. Now, it was a silent, hallowed ground of sorts for diplomatic missions from all memberstates and the transnational government itself.

Several lightyears away ships of the Tarokanti Navy were patrolling to make sure the area was free of any marauders and pirates that would look to interfere with an international mission, while a lone Star Fleet prowler was decloaked and in orbit about the lonely station. The intelligence vessel was oriented flat along its 100 meter keel, appearing like a lean manta-ray and covered from end to end in low-intensity deceptive plating that was open and “breathing” the ship’s signals and radiation out into the emptiness of space.

Onboard the prowler, a Star Fleet Captain closed the audio channel to the Tarokanti nationals: peering at a star chart in front of him the Commune ships were preparing to depart to a Ships in Contact distress a few lightyears away in the Sphere proper, leaving the dead space station relatively abandoned and out of the prying eye of memberstates for the proceeding mission. The preliminary team, without surprise members of the Blue Legion, was ready on the prowler to meet the CONCORD vessel and start a quick voyage to the Varden home galaxy: time was not on the side of the Apparatus.

“The CONCORD envoy has arrived, Captain.” The prowler’s AI stood beside the Scatterran on the dark bridge of the intelligence vessel, the Federal adjutants standing behind them in the Officer’s Nest of the bridge.

“Activate the Fast-Light array and prepare the station: the quicker we get the first Legion group on it’s way to their home galaxy the faster the Apparatus can move on the Imperial garrisons here.” As he issued his commands the AI disappeared into the vessel’s mainframe: sub-light relays quickly spinning into action and broadcasting the rendezvous while the Apparatus personnel onboard were awoken to their stations.

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#2014-06-15 19:37:34, as written by Varden

Time: YC123
Region: Everyshore
Constellation: Odilis
System: Quier
Security: 0.7
Sovereignty: Ardenian Federation

CONCORD had already requested assets of the Federation Navy to facilitate the bridging of the Blue Legion. They had yet to communicate this fact with the coalition and the coalition had yet to discover the true extent and ability of native Ayen drive systems. The evolution of Ayen drive systems had produced five distinct drive technologies.

For sub-luminal movement the majority of vessels in Ayenee and Eden utilize an augmented fusion rocket and thruster system, usually consisting of one or more fusion reactors, an accelerator, a driver coil assembly, and a number of vectored thrust nozzles to direct the plasma exhaust. The fusion reaction generates a highly energized plasma. This plasma, is then employed for propulsion and can be diverted through the EPS to the power transfer grid, via EPS conduits, so as to supply other systems. The accelerated plasma is passed through the driver coils, thereby generating a limited subspace or warp field which improves the propulsive effect.

For faster than luminal movement the majority of vessels in Ayenee and Eden utilize the warp core drive system which warps space-time behind and in front of the vessel causing the fabric of the universe to push the starship in the desired direction at speeds greater than light. To power such a device the ships utilize engines fueled by the reaction of matter (hydrogen) and antimatter (anti-hydrogen) suspended in a strong electromagnetic field and diverted through an assembly of diamondine crystals, which are nonreactive with antimatter when subjected to high-frequency electromagnetic fields.

These reactions also produce highly energized plasma which is channeled by the electro-plasma system (EPS). The plasma is funneled by plasma injectors into a series of warp field coils surrounding the warp core. These coils generate the warp field. Though there is no limit to how fast a ship can move utilizing a warp core drive system the energy demands do increase depending on how massive the vessel is and how fast it is pushed as stronger and stronger warp fields are needed as those two variables are increased and the total measurement of energy in the universe is finite.

The third drive system developed in Ayenee was only recently implemented and is in limited use primarily by CONCORD. The drift drive system, also known as the phase drive utilizes gate technology and the warp core drive system to phase a vessel's mass to the very edge and border of the universe. In this state the vessel skips across a higher cosmological dimension in which space-time and such ideals as the conservation of energy and thermodynamics are bent to the very brink of shattering.

The drift drive system allows for swift inter-galactic travel at speeds that the traditional warp core drive system would not be able to accomplish with the combined total energy in the universe at its disposal.

The forth drive system was introduced with the invention of the gates nearly fifty stellar years ago and is the predecessor to the drift drive system. While the drift drive system causes a vessel to skip across phase space the jump drive system causes a vessel to completely exit the universe and enter phase space to return at any point in space-time through the use of a bridge and a cynosural field, a jump drive and a cynosural field, or two linked gates. Though the system does seem to break some paradoxical laws due to the constant speed of light this is a matter of perception relative to an observer at a defined point in space-time. The system can not reverse the arrow of time in relation to the universe as a whole but does allow for instantaneous travel anywhere in the observable universe provided some conditions are met.

The fifth drive system is a covert version of the jump drive system and changes only a little in application.

The Erebus class titan. A 14km long vessel of Ardenian origin.

The fourteen kilometer long Ardenian titan awaited the beacon and green light outside of the outpost station orbiting the twenty-seventh moon of the fourth planet in the Quier system in Ayenee. The titan was waiting to make the jump into the Garden so that it could bridge the Blue Legion back to Quier.

Location: CYS-81/923

Admiral Arlan directed EGO to send a query for direction and also relay the solution to get the Blue Legion to Ayenee that same day without leaving their equipment or personnel behind.

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#2014-06-16 00:09:28, as written by AzricanRepublic

Onboard the station a Chairman of the Federal Directorate stood beside two marine commanders, the emblem of the Blue Legion emblazoned on their shoulders as the elevator brought them to the empty warehouse decks of the old orbital; they were doubling as the barracks and depot for the first detachment of the Legion to make the journey to Ayenee and Eden.

“Are you sure you have everything you need for the forward mission, Lieutenant General?” The Chairman adjusted the plain suit he wore, straightening the tie that peeked from the neck of the dress shirt. The two uniformed men were a stark contrast to the proper civilian from the Federal Directorate; their stoic demeanor and rigid stance even at rest as the elevator came to a stop displayed a professional and military upbringing.

“We will be ready to handle the Taiyou in Ayenee, all that will matter for you is keeping them out of Home.” The closest officer responded curtly, the black emblems on his chestplate and pauldrons indicating a rank of Lieutenant General as the entourage left the elevator.

“It’s a little more complex than that Lieutenant General, there’s something up in the Imperial circles -- a royal conspiracy, if I am following the Counter-Balance briefings properly.” The Chairman wringed out the cufflink on one arm for a moment before the three men found themselves in a great atrium that, by the looks of it, had once been used as a processing station. “We have reason to believe someone in the royal family is preparing to ouster Nobuo in a coup, now the reigning emperor is no better than a common crook but we are not entirely optimistic about any new leader. The Princess tried her hand at leading once and was nearly murdered for it, now whoever is pulling the strings will be using this incident as an excuse to invade Ayenee and Eden and perhaps, even the rest of Onyx.”

“Some backdoor imperialism, isn’t it?” The Lieutenant General replied shortly and followed the Chairman, their steps all in quick time as they passed along the catwalk leading to a central room suspended over the great warehouse.

“Imperialist or not, no one stands to gain anything from a new Taiyou leader wanting to reassert dominance over territory that’s not theirs -- we’ve let them fester in here long enough, the Charybdis Directive is a flimsy piece of legislature we used to turn our backs on anyone outside of Home, but now we can’t let them sink their fangs into a new galaxy.” The Chairman pushed open the door to the communications office, and dozens of personnel hardly even noticed the three men entering while occupied with their various duties preparing the Legion and guiding the Varden supership to the station.

“Quips aside, we’re ready to stand down the Empire again.” General Waythright finally spoke after following the Lieutenant General in, and the door closed with an automatic wish of hydraulic and air before he removed the long greatcoat wrapped around his shoulders. “Whatever coup is being planned, it will happen in Ayenee and Eden: that’s where the war will start or stop, and that’s where we need to be to keep the traitors from dragging three galaxies into a powerplay for a New Order.”

“I’ll leave the prosecution to your judgement, General.” The Chairman nodded briefly before the two marines left the Federal adjutant standing at the center of the comms room, holographic charts and prompts swirling around him before he was approached by a junior officer.

“Lieutenant General Flint, ready the first detachment and link up with the titan: from here, we’ll establish jump gates to move the rest of the Legion while the Apparatus prepares to move on the Empire in Home. The nearby prowler will be bringing the Counter-Balance team on their own time, they’ll likely be gone before we realize it.”

Meanwhile the transport vessel CNS Promethean detached from the station on it’s rendezvous to the Varden starship, its keel barely a quarter of the length of the great titan that would be carrying it to the CONCORD galaxy. Onboard was a minor detachment of a marine division, only three battalions in strength, and equipped as lightly as possible to maintain speed and precision in a foreign galaxy. While this would be the first extragalactic expedition the Apparatus had ever undertaken, many of those who had volunteered for these duties understood the particularly special episode of history they were now a part of.

A few docks behind that a similar transport was released from it’s couplings with a similar contingent, the vessel’s space in the docks would be required for the incoming transports bringing the Blue Legion from all parts of the Coalition to the station in secrecy. With the Apparatus masking movements all over Home, awareness that the Blue Legion had actually embarked would still be days, maybe even weeks, in coming to the surface to other states and nations in Home.

As the two starships fed power to their rendezvous with the titan the station opened it's relays to broadcast to the staging zones for the Blue Legion all across the Garden, hundreds of commanders across station and planet alike hearing the call many had been anticipating. Some were undeniably frightened, some incredibly anxious, but all were ready to answer the call.

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#2014-06-16 01:38:51, as written by Varden

A cynosural field.

There were brief exchanges and CV117 lit the cynosural field. For a few seconds the system seemed to have a new star. A moment later and the titan appeared issuing a brief but brilliant explosion of electromagnetic radiation. A shuttle departed the CONCORD corvette and made its way to the station. On this shuttle resided the two CONCORD diplomats and would be advisors for the coalition in reference to all things of Ayen origin. The cynosural field vanished after the super capital came through and CV117 approached the titan.

The two ships did have some similarities but there were more differences between the CONCORD corvette and its larger counterpart than could be recorded to a short list. The Erebus allowed itself to be guided and transmitted instructions as the CNS Promethean approached it. Unlike its Aschen equivalent, the Revelation II the titans did not have the room in their hold to carry a battle fleet with them. At most they could carry with them one ship the size of CV117. The space within these super capitals was taken up by its primary and secondary weapon systems and its jump portal generator. Its main role in fleets was to assist in the moment of smaller vessels without jump drives and to destroy capitals and other super capital ships with its primary weapon system.

"CNS Promethean this is FN Bannockburn. Approach to 2,200 meters and prepare for bridge. When you are prepared give us the green light", said a male voice. EGO would then confirm with the coalition AI that CNS Promethean was the only vessel to be bridged.

'A clarion call. I am ready to jump EGO. Green', Aaric commented to no one but EGO. The AI did not reply but did make the Bannockburn's AI aware. "Alloway senior chief", Aaric transmitted from CV117.

"Alloway sir", a female voice came back in reply from the shuttle.

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#2014-06-18 06:55:59, as written by Varden

Kristen was also seated and secured to her seat in the shuttle. EGO was piloting the tiny ship with very minor input from the both of them. She was dressed in a similar uniform to him and had been watching him in admiration for a moment. A blush came across her cheeks when she eventually realized she had been staring. He was adapting to his predicament quite quickly.

"A prototype frigate class vessel was used in the bombing of The Great Seto Bridge which crosses the Solinus Sea and joins Shintenchi and South East Aslund. This ship was a CONCORD vessel. The weapon system used in the bombing was also of Ayenee origin. The weapon system that was used could have caused an extinction level event on Terra as it involved the use of self replicating nano-machines. These types of weapon systems are outlawed in Ayenee, Eden, the Milky Way, and Andromeda. We do heavily rely on nano-machines for other applications and nano-machine weapons have been used by the various empires and factions of Ayenee and Eden in the past."

She adjusted the front of her uniform. "The Inaya Accord governs what laws we can enforce in high-security space and to a lesser degree, low-security space in Ayenee and Eden. The Accord has no legality outside of Ayenee and Eden. That is a matter of sovereignty and intergalactic law. There has been no committee to establish such laws and I am sure that if we were to find the person or people responsible they would try and hide behind these details. It was a terrorist act plain and simple. Many thousands of people lost their lives and if not for the actions of the Taiyou and their allies every living soul on Terra may have very well been extinguished that day."

She leaned forward in her seat as much as the harness allowed her to. "The Taiyou support Shintenchi and from the briefings I have read there is a great amount of friction between Shintenchi and that nation's allies and the Terran National Government. CONCORD has not had dealings with Shintenchi and our relationship with the Taiyou was tenuous before the bombing. CONCORD deployed the Varden Expeditionary Force to support the Terran National Government and defend them from the Aschen."

Kristen motioned with her hands now as she continued to speak. "Letch Gordon was formerly a CONCORD agent and working on the Starburst project which was in large part the prototype frigate used in the bombing of the Great Seto Bridge. He stole the frigate a few months ago but based on the information we have gathered Letch had nothing to do with the bombing. He was killed by a member of his crew, a crew he picked up in null-security space somewhere in Curse."

She reached her left hand out to the control panel. Her fingers danced briefly across the glasslike surface. "We have reason to believe that the Taiyou intend to launch an attack on Ayenee and Eden. UCON has always been involved with the affairs of Terra and Councilor Chevalle feels they are fair and open enough in their dealings that they are the best candidate to perform an inquiry and investigation among those available. While CONCORD has hired another group and are performing our own investigation we are obligated to allow a group that can remain unbiased otherwise any findings we make can be refuted."

She then smiled brightly at Liam. "Even if we find the culprit and it has nothing to do with CONCORD the Taiyou may choose to ignore the evidence. Our investigative findings would be used to gain support from the empires and other entities in and outside of Ayenee and Eden so we could repel a Taiyou attack on the galaxy. This is why peace with UCON is so important."

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#2014-06-18 07:09:36, as written by Dr. Nikolai

Liam listened to what Kristin was saying and then he realized that she had been staring at him for a bit, but he decided not to mention it and focused on the mission at hand. "So the ship bombed the bridge that connects two regions, and we all have reason to believe that it was a terrorist attacked staged to disrupt conversations and communication between different factions." he mulled over, speaking with a tone of professionalism as before. He then rubbed his chin a bit, and looked down at the panel, seeing what she was doing. "So we are here to insure peace and stabilization among the region so nothing like this happens." he added and looked over at her, his face a bit grim.

"Do you feel as though the Taiyou have been looking for a reason to attack, and that they are using this incident to have an excuse to do their attack?" he asked her, he then smiled a bit at her in return, nodding. "If I am correct, then our work will not be easy, we are trying to prevent war and insure peace among the people of this region." he remarked, still rubbing his chin a bit.

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#2014-06-18 17:26:42, as written by Varden

She scrunched her face up and then shook her head. "Not exactly this region. We really have enough problems at home with the empires and various factions squabbling with each other. Ayenee is ever at war with itself and our mission has always been peacekeeping. We are here to open talks with UCON, learn about their various cultures and histories, and assist them in the investigation through sharing our own. With this Councilor Chevalle hopes to gain intergalactic support should the Taiyou attempt to invade Ayenee."

She turned back to the view screen and watched the ballet of distant starships briefly before returning her eyes to Liam. "No one outside of Ayenee and Eden grasps the true role of CONCORD or the complex relationships between different corporations, alliances, coalitions, blocs, factions, and empires. If the Taiyou do invade Ayenee or Eden they will quickly find themselves beset on all sides by various factions some of which are quite powerful. While some groups have no love for CONCORD we keep order enough for them to do business and make a profit. They recognize we are necessary."

"All that being said: No one has direct access to empire space from outside the galaxy except us. Once they discover this they will either have to gain the political and military support of various factions in Ayenee and Eden or retreat. It makes no sense to me that they would invade though. Based on every simulation I have seen the Taiyou have no chance for victory in Ayenee or Eden."

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#2014-06-19 03:21:56, as written by AzricanRepublic

In the waning hours of the cycle traffic had picked up around the station as ships came to and from the Varden titan. Troop and matériel freighters like the Promethean convoyed the initial ground and security forces like precious food to the queen of a giant stellar hive, piloting drones and manned craft dipping and weaving through the lumbering vessels that would be the metal homes of the Blue Legion for their stay in Ayenee and Eden. Most of the personnel transported to the Ardenian ship would be the vital administrators and diplomatic personnel that would oversee the expulsion of the Taiyou from the Varden home. These individuals were skilled administrators, capable of speaking several languages and having a propebsity to absorb cultures and civilizations unlike any they had witnessed before. The others would be embedded directly with CONCORD and Varden forces, as both a means of deniability to the Empire as well as maximizing the sparse forces the Apparatus could contribute: while many others would simply be given a ship, currency to raise a mercenary force and the simple order to harry the Taiyou until they retreated or were annihilated.

In the depths of one of the orbital's control station, the Chairman stood across the holographic image of the transnational government's Minister of the Administration: Petros Zhirayr poured over the station's personnel list and contingent, thousands of marines and hundreds of tons of armored vehicles, artillery pieces and would be the first members of the Apparatus to leave the Home galaxy.

"Very good, very good Chairman." Petros steel eyes were bright with a sense of anticipation that not even thousands of lightyears of distance could hide. "From a debriefing with the Military Council, the Apparatus is moving all over the galaxy: your little expedition should be overshadowed by the rest of their movements at the Aschen border and the Local Region."

"While we're organizing the expedition here, we are waiting to recieve a Varden delegation to bring the Apparatus up to date on the situation in Ayenee and Eden." The Chairman spoke from behind a holo-digital overlay, great planes of light shifting around him as they scoured maps od Andromeda, Home, and Onyx. "Initial planning for operations actually on-the-ground in Ayenee and Eden have yet to take shape but we are confident the General Staff will have the information they need soon.”

“Good, Chairman. As you know, the secrecy of this mission is paramount -- duly so, I am the only member of ONE with executive oversight of this expedition. Everything is to be reported directly through the Military Council.” As Petros let his gaze wander from the maps and overlays the Chairman nodded his head slightly, even before the Legion had been assembled the numbers, names and localities of anything involved had been classified into obscurity. Amongst the great bureaucratic ocean of the Coalition, nothing but the most precise eye could even ascertain what these Blue Legion personnel were.

”Chairman Kage, we have a Varden shuttle inbound.”

“Bring them on in, we’ll handle the exchanges while the rest of the transfer is underway.”

Onboard the central bay of the station, a detail of marine Security Police were waiting behind a grav-dock as the shuttle was ushered in to the orbital’s primary superstructure. As they entered, the two security drones escorting the craft from the titan peeled off to return to duty for another transport, having guided them through the clogged traffic of ferrying vessels.

As the shuttle came to a rest it was restrained in the large bay with magno-gravitic couplings, the device producing suspending fields that shimmered with bright crackling pulses of energy. With the two folds finally stabilizing, the translucent fields were able to hold the bulk of the shuttle over the gaping expanse of the bay under them.

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#2014-06-26 08:32:01, as written by barney_fife

If the Kalar didn't bring anything from the Archives, perhaps the next thing to be detected, would.

There was a whisper, and then a glimmer of energies that quickly grew brighter. There was a brief distortion in space time continuum before a massive ship belched fourth from the tear.

The ship was roughly twice the size of a Reverence II, discarding the typical bulbous look for a pleated almost insectoid look. This massive vessel seemed to be bristling with the latest technology, Turbo-Disruptor banks swiveling idly while massive 208mm MAC emplacements idly swiveled about.

Once the massive ship emerged from FTL, it was flanked by two easily identifiable Reverence IIs, the Pious Inquisitor and the Minor Transgression.

Each Reverence maintained it's position alongside the massive Aschen ship, which so far made no hostile moves.

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"We're in position, My Lord." Kesslee said as he turned to face the Divine Shadow. The Divine Shadow simply nodded.

"Set a course for Geosynchronous orbit and ready my personal shuttle." Mollem said calmly.

"Your wish, Our Command." Kesslee said as he offered a quick but deep bow.

Mollem slowly turned to the main viewscreen as Kesslee relayed the order to his suboardinate.

"Terran Triremes and unknown vessels, My Lord. What are your orders?" Another Confessor called out.

Mollem slowly slinked into his throne. "Let them contact us first." Mollem said, while the Gigashadow positioned itself roughly behind the Kalar ship, offering an eerie backdrop.

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#2014-06-27 10:07:15, as written by Nemo

"Please, send the packet," Tambalo nodded, "perhaps there's something we can do to rejoin you with your fleet." His fingers flitted across a nearby holopad. "I'm sending you the coordinates to Terra, more specifically Wing City, our capital." He looked back up at the screen. "Terra is something of a 'melting pot' world. Races and creatures of all shapes and sizes come to live there... it's a key trading location this side of the galaxy. I wouldn't be surprised if there weren't some Kalar already living on-world." He smiled. "We'd be pleased to receive you and your crew in our city, where you'd be entertained as guests of the Terran-"

A massive energy signature rippled through the Last Hours' scouters as space time began not to bend and twist not far off - a clear sign of an opening wormhole.

"Big bridge, captain," one of the technicians.

"Too big," another said, "must be the Gigashadow. Command told us we'd invited them to watch the inaugurations. Didn't think they'd actually come."

Tambali nodded, turning back to Marshal. "Captain Mallow, as I'm sure your already know, a new ship is about to enter our realspace in a moment. Just standby, this shouldn't take more than a moment."

As the Gigashadow and entourage emerged into the Sol system, the Last Hours would send them a timely hail.

"Greetings, from the Terran National Government," Tambali said, "I trust that the Divine Shadow himself is aboard this ship. We welcome you and your men to Sol. Have you come to see the inaugurations, or are you here on other business?"

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#2014-06-27 10:22:08, as written by Patcharoo

"WE GET SIG-" piped up one of the crew, only to suddenly stop when they realized Marshal was glaring at them.

"I am... aware," Marshal said dryly. He placed a paw over the microphone and started giving orders. "Send that data packet, and I want all sensors getting us as much information about the big ship in the middle as fast as possible!"

Crew scattered to their stations where they started slapping as one crew member wandered up and asked, "We'z gonna die?"
Marshal scowled, paw lifting off the microphone. "And to alleviate any concerns!" he roared ferociously into the open channel, his booming voice echoing around the ship and sending the crew member fleeing, "We are not going to die! There is nothing to say that those ships are hostile! If I hear one more sulk, I will have you manxed!"

He cleared his throat, glancing at the microphone before he calmly said, "The data packet has been sent, Captain."

The data would arrive a mix of gibberish, an unfamiliar programming language as to be expected from a species that had grown away from others. But with sufficiently advanced computing it wouldn't be too hard to decipher and before long the rest of the fleet, some one hundred and seventy ships, would be found at the Sagittarius Arm, though only a visual of the ships.

"I will wait for you to finish your business."

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#2014-06-27 10:28:49, as written by barney_fife

As the video link was established between the Terran ships and the Aschen Ships, the Gigashadow remained in place, and rather than the imposing figure of the Divine Shadow, a middle aged brown haired man in a simple yet well kept suit appeared, flanked on either side by his Confessors.

"Emperor's Wish, your command." He said, turning to the Viewscreen, a Confessor nodding.

"Our wish, Heathen's Command." The Confessor said, turning towards the Terrans.

"Indeed I'll be attending the Parliamentary Inaguration, I can be assured that my vessels will be unmolested in the meantime." The Aschen Emperor explained, before he turned to his Confessors. "Position us where directed, and maintain. Prepare my security detachment as well."

He then turned to one of his Confessors, whom pulled up a communication Uplink to the Kalar vessels.

"Attention Unidentified Vessels, this is the United Aschen Empire's Flagship Gigashadow, we mean you no harm but we will defend ourselves with overwhelming force if engaged. Proceed about your business."

Mollem paused a moment, and then turned to Tambali.

"Inform the Authorities in Wing City to prepare for my arrival, I am entrusting my security to your incompetent Government, do not fail me, or your world will suffer."

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#2014-06-27 10:38:31, as written by Nemo

Timbali cleared his throat. "As I said, we welcome you to Terra. I'll send you the docking coordinates and alert the TNG of your arrival. I cannot speak for my government as far as... personalized security goes..." He nodded slowly. "I'm sure an arrangement can be with the authorities once you're on-planet."

A few flips of his holopad and the coordinates would be sent to the Gigashadow.

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#2014-06-27 10:55:31, as written by Patcharoo

"See I told y-" Marshal barked, only to realize he was being talked to. He cleared his throat and prepared his response mentally. "No need. Kalar representatives are expendable. But, I would recommend a tolerant guide for them. Kalar can be... Excitable. We have a small supply of gold, platinum and other precious metals to trade for your local currency to accommodate the representatives." He paused and carefully added, "They will mostly be there to understand your culture, people and technology. Any formal acts of diplomacy between our people should be done directly through me on this ship or another formal diplomatic representative. Please never ever attempt diplomacy through common Kalar."

The common Kalar was an incredibly stupid creature who lived in the moment constantly seeking the next impulse. If it wasn't for Kalar like Marshal, Meownan or Leopold the entire empire would collapse.

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#2014-07-01 06:49:47, as written by Varden

Main hanger with attached drone hanger and fuel bay of an Erebus class titan.

There was a fury of activity on board the Bannockburn as it took on the multitude of administrators and diplomatic personnel. Swarms of heavy hanger drones weaved in and out of the fray to move equipment and stage it away from ammunition and fuel stores. The Apparatus personnel were escorted to a staging area and made comfortable as CONCORD personnel in gray duty uniforms performed checks on fuel levels and maintenance inspections.

A hologram roughly explained the process of a titan's bridge, the use of cynosural fields, and the documented side effects of Ayen drives which amounted to mild nausea to those that had come aboard. Those remaining on the Promethean would not get such a warning or introduction prior to being bridged. Bannockburn's pilot awaited the signal to call for the cyno and engage the bridge.

The shuttle was guided in and set down without incident. Kristen collected a single large black duffel bag after unhooking from her seat. She put the bag over her shoulder. "We have docked. Let us disembark", she said with a smirk in Liam's direction.

The setting changes from The Garden Zone to Orion Spur

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#2014-08-03 13:32:09, as written by Varden

Barnard's Star is a very low-mass red dwarf star about six light-years away from Terra in the constellation of Ophiuchus, the Snake-holder. It is the fourth-closest known individual star to Sol in the Northern Hemisphere. Despite its proximity, Barnard, at a dim apparent magnitude of about nine, is not a star that any normal human can see unaided from Terra; however it is much brighter in the infrared than it is in visible light.

The star is named for the Terran astronomer E.E. Barnard but it is not an uncommon star. In fact a very large percentage of stars scattered across the Milky Way are just like Barnard but this star lays firmly within the local region of Sol and the leaders and rulers of Terra would eventually call it their sovereign space. The system posses a small planetary system consisting of three large barren planets.

A single Varden corvette exits warp and settles into an orbit around the first planet awaiting the Invictus envoy and investigating party.

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#2014-08-06 01:31:04, as written by Saarai

"This is it." Captain Mishima said to his crew and his ship's passengers as the large Invictus ship he commanded entered Barnard's Star. After a moment it began inching deeper and deeper into the system.

"Scanning for other ships." One of the crew members said, "Alright. Tell Jade and Church to get up here." Mishima ordered, "On it, sir." Another crew member responded.

On the upper levels of the ship, Jade sat in it's mess hall with her crossbow right next to her food. She glanced up at an elevator opening on the end of the hall. "Jade, you're needed on the bridge." A woman said immediately once the doors opened to reveal her, "I'll hold this for you." She said to Jade, "Oui. Here I come." Jade responded, speaking with a distinctly French accent.

Back in the lower levels. Church sat in near-solitude in the ship's bowels. Every once in awhile an engineer would step through his space, but it was needed for them to make sure the ship wasn't going to blow up because there was some kind of leak. Or making sure the ship wasn't going to malfunction and shoot off towards a sun.

"Church!" A man shouted, "Head to the bridge!" He continued, "Finally." Church muttered, getting to his feet. The Scatterran intelligence agent slid on a black trenchcoat to go with his already black boots, fatigues and T-shirt before he began his trek up to the bridge.

"We've got something, Skipper. A ship, near that planet." A crew member told Captain Mishima, "We're already on course." Another said, "Good. Hail them when we're in range. Ready some weapons. I don't trust the Taiyou or Aschen not to have any forces in the area trying to spy. We're still Terra's neighborhood, so..." Mishima said.

Only moments later a nearby elevator's doors would open, Jade and Church stepping off to enter the bridge. "Are we ready to do this thing, or what?" Church asked.

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#2014-08-08 17:26:36, as written by Varden

Once the Invictus ship got into range for their hail communications were established. The Drift class CONCORD Corvette had a vertical construction that stretched on for little more than a kilometer. Its size and weapon compliment classed it as a battleship by the other empires, factions, organizations, companies, etc. of Ayenee and Eden. Though its purposes was not easily discerned from the outside as the CONCORD ships stowed their weapons within their hulls when they were not in use. It could pass as an exploration or diplomatic vessel in such a state.

"Greetings Invictus vessel. This is Admiral Aaric Arlan of the CONCORD ship Tiománaí. Close to ten kilometers and await further instructions. We have a titan preparing to make the jump. Estimated time to jump is five of your minutes."

The communications did not end and a female voice started to speak and if there was a visual component to the communication her blue iridescent form would be displayed. "Greetings. I am EGO, Environmental Guardian Online. You are about to embark on a journey that will catapult you out of the known universe and across it at relativistic speeds unimaginable." She went on to explain the basic concepts of the Ayen jump drive system, its side effects, and the implications of relocating across such distances so quickly. In effect you did move forward or backward in time relative to your previous position and your destination.

"A journey that would take a beam of light approximately one billion of your years is instead completed in neigh an instant with some preparation before the first step is made." She then went on about cynosural fields, titans, and jump bridges. Finally she stated the destination of the jump. "Your destination is the system of Ethernity, of the Odilis constellation, and the Everyshore region which is part of the Ardenian Federation where CONCORD is currently holding Letch Gordon for questioning." Ethernity just so happened to be relatively close to the last known location of John Rosenthal's daughter.

Aaric came back on the screen. "Alright. We are ready to light the cyno. Be on your toes. Everyone not throwing rocks and beating people with clubs will notice the beacon once it goes up. When the titan jumps through approach it and keep a range of two kilometers from its hull. You will be alerted before the titan pilot opens the bridge. You don't have to do anything at that point and your ship will be transported. Do you have any questions?"

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