Luke Sullen's Story

Alissa strained to get up only to be pushed back down but the medic tending to her wound. "I... Have... Work to do." she said still fighting it, "M-miss please! The bleeding hasn't stopped yet! Plus.. well.. Your shirt is pretty much useless now." She just groaned and shouted, "Then get me another one!"

Out of the shadows appeared a strange sight: An Ereb Alpha Trooper. His body was wrapped in a black mesh-like substance that covered the entirety of his body. Atop his head sat his helmet, his face hidden behind a dark green visor. On his back were an Ereb Katana and Ereb Blast Rifle, on his thigh was an Ereb pistol, and Ereb Combat Knife, and around his belt were ammo packs and various grenades along with other things.

He looked around the scene, his AI scanning everything around him and buzzing info to him in his head. "Well, this place just looks lovely." he said, thinking aloud as he crossed his arms in front of him.

One of the men wearing Ronin power armor spotted the Ereb Trooper only to wave the man over as he and several others like himself were pushing down a door and leading several wounded people to one of the drop ships. "You there! Come help us with the civilians!" He cried out as suddenly as he was forced to move away in order to help one of the A-12 units clear more of the rubble from the site. Mars Corporation ships kept on bringing more and more to city square in order to keep the flow of injured people to a minimum and transporting them to several medical facilities.

Descorp Dragoon Force The Descorp soldiers moved as deep as they could into the blast zone, looking for survivors- one saw something worth noting and hit a button on his comm, sending a direct link to the Boss. Whatever it was the soldier saw brought about a swift response...a wave of psionic force caused a bit of rubble to shift falling and crushing the man. The rest of his squad recieved orders to move along.

Athena would pull out a kit from her bag and hand it over to the girl, "Here it's adrenaline... I should not be giving you this, but since you can actually help people take it." without any warning she injected it into the girl arm and said, "Go, go help I will be there again just need some time to recover."

Meanwhile Terrance part of the TETRs force was surveying the scene, making estimates in his head. He was more the explosive expert, not for the events after, but well they needed someone who knew their stuff. Moving around the scene, he picked up pieces and residue from what he assumed were the explosives. There was no clear pattern, other than the blood decorating the concrete.

This would all need to be studied back at HQ.

The Ereb Alpha Trooper looked over to the soldier who addressed him, then over to the moving rubble in the distance. "Paia, scan the area for survivors that haven't been found yet. And find out who's in charge here, I'd like to speak with them." he muttered to his AI as he looked around.

He walked over to a pile of rubble and lifted some rocks, only to find a dead body. "Oh, this is just...fan-tucking-fastic." he said as he pulled the body from the rubble and laid it on it's back. 'And here I thought I wasn't going to see the body of a dead teenager after I quit my last job...' he thought, kneeling down and closing the eyes of the body before letting out a breath and moving away.

Seems like the big, tough trooper had a soft side to him.

The man wearing the IF power armor was directing orders to other troopers that fell under the Mars Corp. logo and was doing a rather damn fine job at that sense the wounded were being treated or transported out of this glorified war zone to facilities more capable of treating the injured than he or his men could.

After pulling a few more bodies out of the rubble, some alive and some not alive. He went over to the nearest medics, telling them where the people who were still alive were, and giving them some details about them. After that he put a finger to where his ear would be and nodded. "This is Storm-Shadow, returning to base as requested." he said as he walked to the nearest shadow big enough for him to hide in and vanished without a trace.

Seeing things starting to improve, Athena sighed in relief thank god for Mars Corp or this would have been worse. Sitting in the ambulance she was not sure what to do now. At least there were details emerging, very slowly but details, the news crew would likely show up soon which would make people aware of this. Sadly it had been horrible day, and for those people who had suffered there were those close to them, and they would likely have their own tears to shed.

A lexury freighter made it's final FTL jump followed by two SEC corvettes and a convoy of freighter ships. The ship landed in the marvelous docking bay and the small fleet registered with flight control. Luke walked down the ramp followed by a small army of body guards. Time to make my entrance into galactic politics He though smugly as he wondered what type of bargaining they could pull off here. Who ever read the news would recognize the SEC as the corporate conglomerate that, a year ago through a vast amount of threatening and secret warfare took over a few minor planets and reeled in at least one of the medium sized nations in this sector.

Today Luke was not here to make threats or plot galactic domination, no, this was behind him now. With the Aschen on their knees and other powers coming to talk Luke saw this as a business opportunity. Time to sell some guns and make some political alliesHe thought with a small smirk.

Soon he noticed his escort was departed and he was thrust into the group of diplomats as they walked along. He could have sent his own but he wanted this done the right way.

Seated in her VIP space with her camera-man the young reporter appeared out of place with the other delegates who were here to witness this moment, Steve was of course less than happy about this, but here he was off on another gallivanting cause because Clair had nothing stopping her from getting stories. Still this was just insane, most of people here were titans of business, politicians and corporate CEOs. A Terracast reporter would make sense, but this was not even Clair's department which really angered Steve, but of course he followed because his sister was too brain-dead to be allowed on her own and her point of views were controversial at best.

as they sat in their place, Clair was half-dreaming, staring out into the wonders of space this was history in the making and she was going to be report this, this was a moment you would hear echoing through the ages a landmark, a milestone and it was her who would report it. This was news, not some mundane problem on Terra but historical events of this magnitude, that is what her brother did not understand.

Einar Falls accompanied Cain Genesis to this gathering, arriving late but managing to find seats among those present. They sat closest at hand to those that directly represented Terra.

One more ship seemed to lurch fourth from Hyperspace just adjacent to where the Aurora emerged. Though unlike the previous ship, this one was far different, a whitewashed finish trimmed with red adorned the hull of the vessel, which was bristling with cannons. A few moments passed and several dozen more ships emerged, followed by hundreds more, Battleships, Carriers, frigates, cruisers. Until the ship count in this particular fleet numbered 15,000 Ships.

One by one the ships jumped in and settled on a large line like formation across the front of the Station The ship's IFF Broadcasted as Taiyou, with identification codes for each vessel aligned with this massive fleet.

"CNS Carpathia this is the ITN Nagato, you will permit us passage immediately. His Imperial Majesty wishes to attend this delegation that the Aschen so feebly attempted to attend." Admiral Yamamoto's voice echoed on the coms.

"This is non-negotiable. We will be on an approach vector in five minutes."

"Whot..." Glaorb quivvered to another like him at his side. The situation seemed tenser than he had originally planned for.

"Whots gongong?" Glaorb asked the counterpart diplomat gelatinous creature like he, who's orb-eyes circulated around the room. To be honest, they had no idea. Everyone acted as if there was an enemy afoot, yet they had simply arrived to negotiate free trade.

"Whots Gong Ong?" He spoke up, the others like him murmuring in agreement.

The King paced with the word from his ship, and turned to his golem not saying a word, before nodding slowly and returning his attention to the summit, "I see, I am sure all who are gathered here have heard what is taking place and I am sure all are wondering what we shall do. I am King Josiah Liwave first minority King of Mezzadrate and proud half Catraxian, this is our test, this is our chance to prove we can stand up to the old order. We will not waver, we will not worry, we are the David's who shall crush the Goliaths not with conventional or unconventional weapons, but with words and diplomacy. I speak now as your equal in this room we have assembled some of the best and brightest of our time." taking a breath deep trepidation he went on, "The Summit shall continue, let no one snuff out these lights not if one dies, not if two die. We are making history and no intimidation or show of strength shall silence us!" with that he sat himself down.

"Now back to far more pressing matters, "I shall address the Democratic Coalition first in this agreement, I see your concerns and yes maybe we should allow a chance for them to join. But I am of the opinion to respect the losses UCON have faced and give them the final call on the Aschen. As for The Pandorians your offer of technology and medical care is admirable and truly a sign this can work, since this is meant to represent all, we will allow your scientists to do their thing."

Finally he turned to the Forners, "You my Jelly-like friends, you seem resourceful if somewhat naive, I have great plans for this station and you are welcome to be part of this whole thing. I am sure your kind and everyone here, can agree you were brave to come to such a powerfest. I intended not this, but what can I do."

"As for the representatives who have just entered, whether the media or people who represent Terra, I ask only what does your place offer to this construction, for each nation to strengthen our ties must give something in the construction, we are all scared, we are all worried. But this summit will not be a mockery of, broken we are alone, together we are powerful, not with ships, not with massive fleets.... But dreams. I rest my case"

Glaorb Nuurk and his delegates listened intently to the funny clothed man as he spoke. He had a long name, Glaorb Nuurk was only two sounds, but the party didn't dwell on that. They didn't think too much of the strange terms like David and Goliath. David, two knew, was a name. An old name, a true name for humans. Goliath was perplexing to hear, but the ones who knew David nodded along anyway. They assumed they were fighting for a cause by the general tone.

Far more pressing matters? They jiggled with near anticipation, or fear, or lust for what was to come. The Democratic Coalition, that sounded rather fancy. People were discussing treaties, science, trading?

"Trading?" One of Glaorb's advisers jellied his way.
"Trading?" Glaorb spoke up to the room. "Power-fest?" He added on slightly lower, not understanding how this was so.

The media was here? The jellies pillared themselves, and consolidated in form.

"For peas!"

The Pandorian Alliance was not amused with the Taiyou attempting to force their way in. In fact, the Catricarch, their massive Capital ship that was larger then most other Artificially made Space Objects, sent out a signal to have other Pandorian fleets be nearby on standby, but they were sure to use heavy encryptions using encryptors powered by Rift Tech.

Meanwhile the delegates listed to the King's speech. "Excellent, then we can not wait for construction to begin..." Artemis said, while Sarasha added "And I do hope you plan to make the Taiyou ask first. Uniting under peace is best done without the use of force, or a fleet of ridiculously large numbers...".

Hadaksha, for the first time in the meeting, spoke up, saying "Those who use Death Camps have Dark Hearts. A Dark Heart will do Dark Deeds. It would be wise to be cautious with the Taiyou, show we will not be pushed around, but it would also be best to not provoke the fighting. If any fighting is to be done, then let them fire the first shot..."

Artemis agreed to this, and so did Sarasha. Although Artemis added to bolster defenses for safety reasons.

"I believe this can be the start of a glorious alliance...one that will help bring peace to the galaxy..."

Luke Sullen had been listening waiting, he smirked when word of the Taiyou reached the room. Maybe I can gain them as a possible ally in this dreadful peace meeting. He thought. Then with a sigh he stood, "The Sullen Enterprise Confederation will offer it's trade fleet to help move goods and will offer some supplies." He said clearly.

Then with a pause he turned to the Pandorian Representatives, "If this is truly about peace then I would cease attempts to hold hostilities against anyone." He said firmly, "I do not think it is fair to plot against those coming to this meeting even your small comments. " Added Luke before he took his seat once again.

All I need to do is keep the focus off me and onto each other, I need to slid in here quietly without drawing attention to the SEC's recent controversial methods of securing power. He thought, and knew from here on he was going to have to choose his words carefully.

EGO coupled with the ghost fleet's numerous ship board AI and advanced sensor technology hard wired into the covert operations vessels easily detected the massive Taiyou battle fleet before it got within ten light years. EGO represented the fleet as a great tsunami, an unstoppable force if just by their sheer numbers. Though the fleet was massive the ghost fleet had chosen well their position and did not have to move to avoid detection or a collision. These were the ship board assassins and watchers of a fleet unknown to all but the Aschen and in conversation, UCON.

Einar spent the following minutes looking about at the different representatives while listening to each speaker in turn. He witnessed strange jellied beings of which he had not seen the like at least in self-aware variety. Though he understood they were confused he could not explain the situation to them because of the distance between them. Every so often the menu pad, now in Cain’s position emitted a low tone as if it was a phone and was ringing. Einar seemed to just ignore it.

King Josiah Liwave spoke and he quickly realized what this conference really pertained to. Though it was possible that the actions of this conference could stabilize the region this conference would not have an immediate and direct impact on Terra’s situation. It would not have an immediate and direct impact on the chaos that had just started to spread through the Cynus arm, through the Aschen Empire.

Einar rose then, attempting to choose his words carefully as he spoke. “Greetings rulers, leaders, dignitaries, ladies, and gentlemen.”, he spoke out in a clear voice so that all could hear. It helped that his voice was magnified. “I am Einar Falls. I represent myself though I am sure there are some here that can represent Terra. It warms my heart to hear that you have all gathered to further the cause of peace. A commitment to design and build such a structure will forge strong bonds between all those present. It could stabilize the local region or constellation. Perhaps it could stabilize the galaxy.”