The Great Galactic War: Northern Front (FT Open)

[Magna Omega]

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[Magna Omega]

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[The Steppe Empire]

"They have ignored the Warning." The Communication's officer said. "I am thinking The Hyperborians are right about Human's being not Inteligent." Raiana said "Fire all Weapons at The enemy fleets and drive them out of Khanate Space." She ordered

Soon The Capital Ships started fireing their weapons against The Invaders. The Republic was not firing her Superlaser yet, but it would if it have to. Gal-Mali was Hyperborian Territory.

and The Hyperborians would keep the Coalition from taking it.

[Dbrought]

disregard this

[Khornate Worshippers]

Emperor-class Battleship Kill The Alien
En-route to the Gal Mali system
2345 hours Imperial Time
1345 hours Local Time
Thought for the day: Hatred is the Emperor's Greatest Gift to Humanity.

"Sir. We're about to exit the Warp. The other ships are preparing to do so too." reported the navigation officer.

"Good." replied Admiral Coertica



As the battleship exited the Warp and reverted to real-space, the rest of the fleet did the same, appearing around her.

"Sir, sensors show two Coalition fleets, and one Khanate fleet." reported the sensors officer.

"Go to red alert. Give me a report on the Khanate forces. I want us to be battle-ready as soon as possible." ordered Coertica.

[Dbrought]

Finally i'm am not gonna be a noob and post in the wrong place

Out of the warp emerges the dominion flagship Veras.
(heavy assault ship with 3 companies plus battleship armaments and heavier armor)
2 strike cruisers (1 company each)
1 destroyer
2 frigates
(This is roughly half my fleet
In keeping with the one capital ship per million people i figured for each million you could have 1 capital ship 2 cruisers 3 destroyers 4 frigates My total fleet consists of 3capital 4 cruisers 3 destroyers and 4 frigates Capital ships are 1 battleship 1 heavy assault ship and 1 carrier. the rest are back at my home system)
So anyway
The Veras sent out a transmission

This is captian Jacobin of the dominion vessel Veras. to any and all Hyperbolian forces reinforcements are on the way

[The Steppe Empire]

bump for telros.

[Khornate Worshippers]

"Sir, we've got some Terran Alliance forces here, on our side. Otherwise it looks like we're outnumbered."

"Good, just the way I like it. Launch all fighters and bombers, concentrate all fire on that big ship there."

"Right away, Admiral."

[Dbrought]

On board the Dominion heavy assault ship Veras (Equivalent to battle Barge class)

"Captain Jacobin. an Enemy battleship is moving into the fray."
"Plot intercept coarse full speed. Attention Fleet. Prepare to engage designated battleship theta. assemble into formation trident Omega. Frigates move into Killzone support positions. Crack the shield and will will deal the killing blow."

OOC: i'm talking bout battleship kill the alien btw so no confusion.

[The Steppe Empire]

"Sir, we've got some Terran Alliance forces here, on our side. Otherwise it looks like we're outnumbered."

"Good, just the way I like it. Launch all fighters and bombers, concentrate all fire on that big ship there."

"Right away, Admiral."

The enemy had made a mistake. as they sent out their fighters and Bombers, The Hyperborian Fighters turned from attacking The British ships and headed for the attack on the new enemy. The enemy would suffer for this.

"Fire on th ship with the Superlaser." Raiana said as the fleet Capitals opened up on the Terran fleet. Turbolasers, Ion Cannons, Missiles and Torpedoes fired on the enemy heavy. The Republic targeted the lead ship, a Emperor-class Battleship. The Green Beam soon shot off at the enemy ship to destroy it.

[Khornate Worshippers]

The huge green laser hit the Emperor-class battleship's shields, and here a flaw in their plan was made known.

The shielding against which this superlaser was designed had, in fact, been a complete different design, one which 'absorbed' the laser by producing the equal and opposite energy. However, the shielding that was used on its current target was completely different. It operated by opening portals to the Warp, and letting the enemy fire be wasted upon that, and the way to penetrate it, if you will, was to use many shots at once, in order to overwhelm the shields. The single blast from the superlaser required more energy, yes, but only because the portal needed to be larger. The enemy had made a terrible error, as the many blasts from the turbolasers, ion cannons, missiles, and torpedoes, were not as fast as the superlaser. Instead, their shots hit the shields after the superlaser had been successfully diverted, and in fact some of these managed to get through.

The starfighters being launched were relatively few in number, compared to the Khanate fighters, but made up for this in size and defence. Each 60 metres long, they easily outsized the small enemy fighters.


On the bridge, the tactical officer was running some numbers.

"Sir, may I request you call some reinforcements?" he asked.

"Oh, go ahead. Bring the whole fleet in here. We ought to be able to teach these xenos some manners." consented the Admiral.

"Sir, we've been studying the enemy weapons, and that large ship appears to be mounting a large lance weapon." reported sensors. "That was the big green ray they fired."

"What? Why waste lance weapons at the start? Goodness, don't they know how wasteful it is? Void shields woul- Wait a moment." the Admiral thought out loud. "Maybe they don't use void shields. Weapons, new orders. Fire our lances at that big ship, and tell me what effect they have. Maybe they've never had too many lance weapons. Would be better for us."

"Right away, Admiral."

"Sir, reinforcements are en-route. The entire fleet is bursting to the seams with people wanting in at a fight."

"Good..."


The battleship turned its lances towards the enemy ship, and fired a sustained shot.

[Telros]

The fierce and slowly overwhelming fighter battle continued to rage, as the Telrosian drone fighters fought the Hyperborian TIE's, X-wings, and ARC-170's and the two capital ships moved towards each other, firing all the way. The use of the Force enhanced their abilities enough that the drones started seeing more casualties, resulting in the loss of another twenty-two drone fighters. The assault continued, as the drone's switched tactics and formed into groups of three that went after single fighters, hammering them until they turns into puffs of flame and spreading shards of metal and then moving after another target. They would systematically wipe out single fighters until the enemy force was wiped out. Another wave of missiles was launched at them from the drones before they split into the teams and attacked.

Higgins took a sip of her coffee as the Kronos continued its advance on the Hyperborian SSD. The enemy fire coming in began to overwhelm the WD Field a bit, causing the shields to take some of its first hits in the battle so far. However, they were strong and held well against the attacks. It would take some pounding before the shields would come down. Another volley of MAC's and missiles were sent at the SSD when the navigation officer spoke up. "Ma'am, FTL drive is hot and in the green, awaiting your orders."

She smirked. "Very well, lock in these coordinates and prepare to jump." She sent over coordinates to the officer's console and she entered them in, the computer quickly locking onto the coordinates designated.

"Ready to jump, ma'am!"

Higgins nodded. "Very well. Sound the jump alarm and have all hands brace for jump. On my mark...five....four...three...two...one...MARK!" The Kronos opened a bluish-white tear in space and shot into it, seemingly vanishing from the system. The drones continued to fight, however, signaling that it had not gone far and this was true when a second or so later, it reappeared behind the Rathbart]/b], snugged behind its engines. Higgins grinned viciously as the SSD's engines came into view. "Tacticals, unleash everything we got on them!" The ship unloaded its MAC's and Couched MAC's, its missiles and it added a new twist into the battle. As the shells and the missiles, interspersed to hit the shields in a staggered salvo to ensure no loss in the projectiles due to collision, dark and bright blue energy beams slammed into the shields. These were the Antimatter and Asgard Beam Weapons, powerful energy weapons that could rip apart enemy shielding and hulls with great abandon, and they were used in tandem with the other weapons they had.

Higgins sat back and drank more of her coffee. "Let's see them escape this one."

The enemy surprise attack was a total Surprise to The ship as it rocked as it was being blasted. "All Power to Rear Deflector Shields!" The Admiral Ordered.

12 more fighters, 10 ARC-170s and 2 X-Wings blew the dust because of the enemy attack. "This is not Good." Enrru said. "All Fighters fall back to the Ship, The Drones will have to fallow us." The Hyperborian Fighters soon begun falling back to The SSD. The Drones would be fired by Turbolaser fire if they got near the Ship.

"Enemy fighters are retreating towards the SSD. What should the drones do?"

Higgins snorted; it was blatantly obvious what the enemy was trying to do, trap the drones inside their point defense cone and have both the ship and the remaining fighters blast the drone swarm into dust. Then again, in this situation, the Hyperborians had little choice; their fighters were outnumbered in the initial engagement and more were just waiting to reinforce those. It was not smart, but it would have been stupid to remain and fight. She thought for a moment and then spoke up. "Have the drones remain in their two groups and have them both return to cover the ship, while keeping out of range of the enemy's guns and missiles. If they want to play the waiting game with the fighters, we can do the same. In the meantime, status report on the enemy ship."

The Tactical officer replied. "Ma'am, enemy shields have briefly strengthened due to them shunting them to reinforce the section we are battering. However, I estimate that it will not be long until we start to bring them down again. Also, the ship has suffered medium damage to its forward hull from our previous engagement, while we remain unharmed. We are still in the dominating position."

"Very well, Tactical. Keep up the fire and let me know if anything changes. We are in their engines, ladies and gents, they'll have to pull something desperate if they want to have any hope of trying to win this fight. Be ready for any surprises."

The entire bridge crew sounded their acknowledgments and returned to their duties.

The battlecruiser continued to pound away with its one hundred and twenty MAC's, five Heavy MAC's, 100 missile and torpedo tubes, 24 Asgard Beam Weapons and 5 Antimatter Beam Weapons, all battering away at the SSD's rear deflector shields. Unless the Hyperborians did something quick, it would not be long until they failed and the [b]Kronos began to wreak havoc on their rear. As this all went on, the drones moved into position on the flanks of the battlecruiser, finishing the order they had been given and waiting for their next assignment.

[Dbrought]

"Curse his false god emperor's technology! fine we shall let him see what happens to those who oppose the machine god."
"firing solution ready sir"
"Feel the wrath of the Machine God! Open Fire!"

The space between the Veras battle group and enemy was filled by the trails of plasma torpedoes, cyclonic torpedoes, heavy lasgun fire and the Veras's Hellstorm cannon all colliding with the enemy's shield in a glorious light and explosion. The frigates fired their own shrapnel missiles cutting the enemy's fighters apart with their own velocity.

"we will make them see the error of using void shields. ready warp missiles"


OOC: even with void shields that stuff i threw at you is gonna hit. hard. full salvo from battlebarge and 2 cruisers.

[The Steppe Empire]

The Ship was struck again by the enemy. It appear the shields would not hold. The main problem was to fight back.

Luckly the Admiral had a idea "Prepare to Preform a Marg Sabl closure maneuver." Ordered the Admiral. It was a simple maneuver, but when properly executed, had a highly unstructured attack profile. The Admiral Hoped it would work as The ship started do move to start The Attack. The Superstructure faceing the enemy ship as The fighters soon starte moveing around The enemy ship.

Enrru's X-wings and The ARC-170s made a small jump on the two sides of the enemy ship while The TIE Intercepters raced to attack The enemy Drones. "All X-wings and ARCs Fire!" Enrru said as The ARCs and Xs fired their Torpedoes against The enemy capital Ship.

[Khornate Worshippers]

"Sir, chaos ships sighted. A battle barge and....two cruisers. What should we do?" asked the Tactical officer.

"Well... First option, of course, is to hope those warp signatures behind us are our allies...." returned the Admiral.


Out of the warp burst the Battlefleet. Consisting of approximately seventy five capital ships, it was enough to defeat even the traitor fleet. Escort craft moved up to support the beleagured Emperor-class battleship, while the capital ships moved to attack the Chaos fleet.

[Dbrought]

"open safeties on the Nova cannons. fire on the reinforcements before they can orient themselves. send the signal to the Herald for plan beta. order the frigates to focus their lances on the fleeing battleship."


from behind one of the moons the the Retribution class battleship Herald appeared and let loose a full broadside of plasma torpedoes.

[Khornate Worshippers]

"Sir, they're firing nova cannons!" said the sensors officer.

"Feth!" swore the admiral. "Order all the ships to spread out!"


One squadron of frigates got the warning, and managed to spread out, the Nova cannon only destroying one of the five. However, the other one fired at was not so lucky, and all five were obliterated in a single blast.

"Return fire with our own nova cannons! Forget about the other vessels, those are our top priority!" ordered the admiral.

The four Apocalypse-class battleships fired their nova cannons at the enemy cruisers that had fired the nova cannons, two battleships per cruiser.

"Sir, another enemy battleship, coming out from behind a moon! Its a Retribution-class! Its firing a broadside of plasma torpedoes!"

"Send off our own Retribution-class battleships to deal with it."

"Yes, sir."

[The Steppe Empire]

The huge green laser hit the Emperor-class battleship's shields, and here a flaw in their plan was made known.

The shielding against which this superlaser was designed had, in fact, been a complete different design, one which 'absorbed' the laser by producing the equal and opposite energy. However, the shielding that was used on its current target was completely different. It operated by opening portals to the Warp, and letting the enemy fire be wasted upon that, and the way to penetrate it, if you will, was to use many shots at once, in order to overwhelm the shields. The single blast from the superlaser required more energy, yes, but only because the portal needed to be larger. The enemy had made a terrible error, as the many blasts from the turbolasers, ion cannons, missiles, and torpedoes, were not as fast as the superlaser. Instead, their shots hit the shields after the superlaser had been successfully diverted, and in fact some of these managed to get through.

The starfighters being launched were relatively few in number, compared to the Khanate fighters, but made up for this in size and defence. Each 60 metres long, they easily outsized the small enemy fighters.


On the bridge, the tactical officer was running some numbers.

"Sir, may I request you call some reinforcements?" he asked.

"Oh, go ahead. Bring the whole fleet in here. We ought to be able to teach these xenos some manners." consented the Admiral.

"Sir, we've been studying the enemy weapons, and that large ship appears to be mounting a large lance weapon." reported sensors. "That was the big green ray they fired."

"What? Why waste lance weapons at the start? Goodness, don't they know how wasteful it is? Void shields woul- Wait a moment." the Admiral thought out loud. "Maybe they don't use void shields. Weapons, new orders. Fire our lances at that big ship, and tell me what effect they have. Maybe they've never had too many lance weapons. Would be better for us."

"Right away, Admiral."

"Sir, reinforcements are en-route. The entire fleet is bursting to the seams with people wanting in at a fight."

"Good..."


The battleship turned its lances towards the enemy ship, and fired a sustained shot.

The enemy had now idea about Hyperborians it seemed.....which was good. The 'lance' weapons hit the shielding of the Republic, showing to the enemy that The Ship had layered shielding, seven layers, enough to keep the enemy weapons from hitting.

when The enemy fleet came, Raiana saw that they did a Mistake: Divide up into half. No Admiral in his/hers/its right mind would do that, even to take on the other fleet. "I am wondering about the sandity of the enemy." She said "All Ships attack, those escorts are useless against Capital Ships."

The Large enemy ships that were called "fighters' sis have size on their side, BUT not the power of teamwork. The Hyperborian Fighters ganged up on the enemy ship (which The Hyperborians were calling Corvette Analogs) and fired.

The tactic against Them was the pack tactic, three fighters were attack the enemy ship from behind to chase it. then that is when the attack comes from all sides. Torpedoes and Laser Cannons fireing at once and hard enough that no shield could withstand it.

The Capital Ships soon started fireing on the first half of The enemy fleet. All weapons fireing like demons fron The Underworld. mainly constraited on The enemy Battleship.

[Khornate Worshippers]

"Admiral, our ship is being hit by concentrated enemy fire! The void shields can't take it!"

"Move up the Oberon-class battleships to take some of the fire. Task the escorts with enemy fighter hunting."

"At once, admiral."



The problem with the Hyperborian fighters was that, while they did have teamwork, the Imperial fighters had instant communications, and the Fury interceptors were able to quickly turn on the enemy ships as they destroyed one of them, with lascannons quickly punching through the ships. As the frigates and destroyers started hunting these fighters, the Hyperborian fighters had to become swifter in their responses to avoid the enemy fire.

Meanwhile, the rest of the fleet, aside from the Apocalypse-class battleships, turned from firing on the chaos ships, and returned fire to the now reacting Hyperborian fleet. The weapons they fired now included the lances they had previously used on hulls, not shields.


The void shields protecting the flagship were now being bolstered by three Oberon-class battleships, which had moved to block enemy fire coming upon the flagship.

Lance fire from the battleships were now concentrated on the enemy flagship.

[Dbrought]

"That's it." Jacobin laughed
"Their ships are now lost fire the warp missiles into that battle group cluster. send the frigates and cruisers into defensive pattern alpha the Calvary is almost here."

They only had one salvo so the warp missile needed meaning. The enemy's void shields worked well. They took the best energy and kinetic weapons as if they were nothing. The difference however was that nothing yet was made to stand against the path of those who traveled through the immaterial. The warp missiles hit their mark passing straight through the shields of 3 Oberon battleships each detonating with 100 megaton explosive directly against the hull and some even rematerialized inside the ship detonating within. The destruction was magnificent. 1 ship instantly vaporized the second's bridge and engine were destroyed setting of chain reactions throughout the ship. the 3rd was cut straight in half.
BLAfhfkhjlgfahugsrehiu!@YIG1w1iuwwef

"captain! direct hit. our shields are failing. we should leave."

"No! we will stand and fight."

He saw the enemy's flagship limp away


"All hands immediate evac. telll the fleet to fall back behind the Hyperbolian fleet and regroup. get to the escape pods and pray to the machine god for salvation. Focus all power to the engines. leave ensign i will take it from here."

The captain went to the helm. he put in a course for the flagship. He would die. But all men die. how many get to have the satisfaction of taking their enemy to hell with them.

OOC: simple physics object motion tend to stay in motion unless a much greater force acts upon it.
also i'm ramming you.

[Khornate Worshippers]

"Sir, we've lost the Oberons!" reported the sensors officer.

"Dammit! What killed them?"

"The Chaos fleet!"

"By the Emperor...."

"Sir, the Chaos flagship is moving in to ram us!"

"All ships, destroy that capital ship! Hellfire missiles, now!"

Twenty hellfire missiles fired from the Imperial flagship. As the bomblets separated, they spread and exploded against varied sections of the enemy ship. Lances raked across it, creating ripples of explosions.

[Huerdae]

Reliasa System, Station 00 "Cholera"

The news was terrible. Fi'Lasai would have preferred if it had been from any other ships but her own. Herald's scouts had reported troop concentrations and arrivals of even more enemy defenses. It was clear the Dominion had seen their buildup, but the silence in the meeting room was absolute. She stood before the rest of the officers, with the data displayed behind her, obvious and ominous. They all knew that the enemy had built up because of them, but it put them at roughly even strength, and that meant casualties.

The silence was broken when another man entered the room, easily a head and shoulders taller than anyone else in the room. As soon as he stepped in, everyone at the table rose, saluting with a closed fist. But it was her job to greet him. Swallowing, Colonel Fi'Lasai spoke to the man before her.

"Major Marn'Es, we didn't expect you until tomorrow. I assume you've gotten the most recent reports?"

The man shook his head, moving to take a seat with the others, immediately bringing up the information before his eyes on the display as it opened. "I just arrived. Fill me in, Colonel. You lot reek of fear."

Gritting her teeth, the Colonel turned to the information, hiding her annoyance with the man's words. Fear was important, all Huerdaen knew that. The man was a fool to ignore that. It kept you alive, and reminded you of danger. It was useful, if you knew to take it as an adviser, instead of an all-encompassing lord. It could even be used as a weapon.

But the man wasn't Huerdaen. He didn't understand those values. He was a soldier from another empire, and another world, where they saw bravery and foolish sacrifice as the ultimate in martial prowess, instead of success and efficiency.

"Two days ago, we started getting initial reports of enemy FTL signatures and movements around the four border systems with Dominion space. They have increased their defenses noticably around all four systems, in addition to the expected defensive satellites and-"

The man raised his hand. "I'm sorry ma'am, but can you elaborate? What is common knowledge here isn't common knowledge to me. Expected defensive satellites? What sort of defenses are we looking at?"

Again, Fi'Lasai was annoyed. Squaring her shoulders, she turned. "Major, I would request that you allow me to finish before asking any questions. I can assure you I will cover that in due time."

The man nodded, and she continued. "Across the systems, the Dominion reinforcements outnumber us approximately six-to-five. We have yet to face them in combat, but can expect roughly equal footing in firepower, defense, and mobility. Casualties are expected to be high."

As he raised his hand, she made a swift chopping motion across her chest, and the man stopped immediately, sitting back for the Colonel to continue. "Individually, the fleets are outnumbered, but unless we want them all hitting us, we'll have to separate them." She stopped, and glanced to the Major before continuing.

"Their fleets are supported by satellite defenses, not as tough as ships, but they still carry some firepower. They're armed with a mix of energy and projectile weaponry, and also supply the planetary shielding. Before we can do any significant assault on the planet, we'll have to disable these defenses. To that end, I propose a two-pronged assault. With the arrival of Jormungand, we're in position to draw their attention away from our primary objective, using two equal-sized fleets to wage war against the enemy and conceal our actual objective."

The major nodded, but before he could speak, Mishyonai spoke up. "That's idiotic. We should concentrate our force, draw them away from the defenses and face them there. We're Huerdaen, we can defeat their fleets on even ground!"

Colonel Judochi was quick to respond, however. "Are you crazy? Even with my carrier group, we can't risk that many casualties. We don't understand their support forces, they may be able to resupply before we can take advantage of any victory we earn."

But the argument came to an end abruptly, with the Major's words. "Colonel Fi'Lasai, am I right in assuming that you're most familiar with the enemy?"

The woman nodded, but before she could respond, he put his hand down. "Then it's decided. The colonel and I will draw up plans for the assault. She'll be in charge of the operation. I'll act as XO."

With the final fleet in position, the Warfleet was gathered, under the command of Colonel Fi'Lasai.

[The Humankind Abh]

What was once old had now become new for the Abh as their long lost home had finally been reclaimed. In truth and had never been lost, but simply erased from their memories due to time. A great schism had forced a number of Abhs to start over in a new galaxy, here, to change the Humankind Empire Abh into the now Abh Empire that ruled amongst the stars. Once learning the location of the ancient Empire that engulfed trillions of lives and millions of stars, the Abh were quick to return and see what was left of the second half of their society.

All that ultimately remained was the great floating city that had been the hub of diplomacy and the Abriel's authority for centuries on end. Now the halls of the great space city were merely empty with no sign of their Abh brethren to be found. True to form though, the city was made to last even without attention from its occupants. Efficiency was ever a base programing in their ancestors' lives.

Floating amongst space clouds made of gases and space particles, life returned to the jewel among the stars as the Abh once again walked the halls. Birot Gasordal was even grander than Lakfakallae in stature and majesty. True to its baronh name, eight sords orbited the artificial system that had been created by the Abh so long ago. Power still flowed into the space city from the artificial sun and its network of solar conductors.

It was here that the true power of the Abh was now being commanded while all still thought that Lakfakallae still controlled the power. Emperor Gaf'ton sat on the Jade Throne of the city of eight gates where the eight pillars of the original Abriel families towered behind him. Each one bore their house's insignia with pride. Since moving to the capital to a new galaxy, the Emperor had taken steps to secure their old claims in the Milky Way. Gaf'ton had begun an aggressive series of upgrades on planetary defenses as well as a communication net over the realm of the Empire save for one world, D'Hara for other reasons that need not be explained here.

While communication frequencies and such could still be received from systems outside of the Empire, there was little that would ever be heard from the Empire. It was as if the Empire itself had gone dark but it was simply a means to keep the realm secure until the Abh were ready and strong enough to rule both regions. Their forces had been divided to maintain a presence in the Milky Way to aid their allies and defend planets when needed while the other half was mobilized to the recent Imperial Expansion to defend their tentative hold over the capital against local hostile life forms.

But no sooner could the Abh begin their greatest endeavor in their history, had a new problem arisen to cause concern to a reign that Gaf'ton knew would be remembered throughout the millenniums. The Abh had always wanted space to be a peaceful realm so their merchants could trade without worry and be fruitful. To achieve this end, the Abh had long ago created an aggressive and powerful military to deal with any nation that would hinder that desire. Originally, Star Forces had been created to conquer the entire galaxy but after many wars and new races continuously popping up, it simply became inconvenient unless a nation had something the Abh truly desired. In recent years, they turned to a new method of politics and peace treaties to keep the sphere of influence stable.

Unfortunately not all nations of the universe were willing to agree to such terms and the threat of another war spilling into Imeperial territories was unacceptable to Gaf'ton. The Abriel pushed his long blue hair behind his pointed ears while his one eye studied a series of holographic screens that floated all around him. While his other eye had been lost in battle, his extra sensory organ more than made up for its loss as he was able to "see" everything regardless of its position around him. It was in a sense, what made Abh superior to humans in space. Not only could they withstand greater forces of acceleration but they could plug into their ships and sense what was happening around them without a reference point.

"I had hoped that this war with the Khanate would have ended by now but they seem stubborn in their attitude in persisting. Do we know who is responsible for the war escalating?"

An attendant to the Emperor and officer within Star Forces scrolled through some notes and intelligence gathered by the Information Bureau. "There are competing accusations with some claiming that the Steppe Empire brutalized citizens of unclaimed worlds while they accuse other nations of firing on their ships."

The Emperor was taller and more muscular than was normal among the Abh which was evident as the military adviser from the new Imperial Admiral was dwarfed by the Abriel. "It really does not matter. What is the concern now is that this wildfire is brought under control before we feel the flames."

"What does his Majesty wish?"

"Admirals Spoor and Trife are still in the Milky Way as they have territories there which must be governed. Their vassals and citizens cannot be abandoned for the expansion of the Empire here. However, I do not want either of them partaking in this endeavor. They are far too valuable as wartime Admirals to waste their time in peace talks. Not to mention Trife might simply pick a fight for the thrill of war again."

Gaf'ton now took up pacing as he contemplated who should be sent to the source of the fighting. "Admiral Wakapale is securing outlying territories here and Admiral Rahl spends his time with the Rangers to his own demise. Admiral Bebaus has set up defense around the new capital so that leaves Admiral Dashnu with the Black Fleet or Imperial Admiral Abriel."

"Your Highness, might I suggest the Imperial Admiral? She has proven to be quiet diplomatic when necessary and commands enough ships to handle the task at hand."

The Emperor stopped for a moment and took a moment to weigh the options. Eventually he turned and nodded his head. "Make it so. Relay her orders immediately and have the Third Space Gate ready for instant travel. Do we know the location of the nearest battle?"

"It seems there is a system called Gal-Mali in Steppe territory where the largest collection of nations and ships has gathered."

"Very well. Plot the coordinates and get her there immediately."



Lafiel awoke to a call from her Chief of Staff. She quickly threw the covers from her body and jumped to her closet where her Star Forces uniform hung. Once fully dressed, the Admiral moved to the elevator that would take her to the bridge.

Lafiel walked out while still adjusting her golden double winged tiara. "What is the situation, Chloaria?"

The Abh woman turned a crisp salute as the Admiral found her seat at overlooking the rest of her officers aboard the ship that had once been her father's flagship. The black metal of the Light Snowflake was the telltale sign of the Admiral's presence when light was in abundance. Lafiel found her father's sense of humor a little odd when comparing the name to appearances.

Chloaria had apparently been speaking for some time but Lafiel had missed most of the speech. The woman was a good chief and an honorable member of Star Forces, but she was not her poor departed husband. Nothing had prepared her for a human's short life span and even though she had moved on, there was still a lingering pain.

"In conclusion, we are to proceed to Gal-Mali and try to put an end to all of the fighting. Head Quarters has you as the designated negotiator on behalf of the Empire."

Lafiel merely blinked as she looked up at her Chief. "Very well. Have all ships cast off ties to space dock and prepare to enter TSG-39. All coordinates verified for Gal-Mali."

"Yes your Highness."

It took approximately ten minutes for Admiral Abriel's fleet to form up and make their way to the Third Space gate. White swirling energy ripped a tear in the fabric of space until the universe was shrunk so that at the end of a short dark tunnel lay the ensuing battlefield in Steppe space. A similar vortex of energy appeared at the opposite end but already ships of the Abh Empire were moving through the hole in space.

By the time the gate closed behind Lafiel, the entire 2nd fleet had made its way to Gal-Mali where ships battled one another and were turned into molten husks. Flanked by two Paryunu destroyers, Lafiel allowed her fleet to get comfortable in their position over the battlefield before advancing. Once well in range of their long guns a message was relayed to the ships under Lafiel's command to hold positions and ready battle stations. She was unsure if the commanders from other nations involved in this campaign were of sound mind or simply fired on the closest ship for no apparent reason. Either way, Lafiel was not willing to endanger her crew.

"Load Electromagnetic Rifles and Graviton Cannons. I want those two systems ready to fire if necessary. Communications, prepare to get their attention."

Kinetic rounds were the safest to prepare for firing as there was no means of detecting them since no energy was used to load a round but simply mechanical parts moving. While weapons were prepared, high frequency beams used for communication flooded the battlefield which were typically used by the Abh to jam communications if necessary. In this case it was simply to get the attention of those involved.

Her Senior Communications Officer nodded his head to inform the Admiral that all equipment was working at expected performance.

This is Imperial Admiral Abriel Nei Dobrusk Paryunu Lafiel of the Abh Empire. We have been monitoring the progress of this conflict for some time to the point where it can no longer be allowed to continue. This war threatens to spill over to other star systems and involve other nations that don't necessarily wish to become involved.

On behalf of the Abh Empire and her holdings, I am here to ask that all ships cease hostile actions in this system. At such a time a representative from each party will be invited to my ship to begin peace negotiations and resolve this matter without further loss of life.

Whether you agree to hear talks of peace is your own concern but either way, the fighting here is over. If peace is simply a word absent from your vocabulary, then it is in your best interest and the interest of your crew to leave this system now. The next ship that fires a weapon in anger will be attacked and destroyed without question.

As I've stated, this fight is over.

"Do you think they'll listen Admiral?"

Lafiel shrugged. "We'll find out who wants peace and who wants to meet whatever deity they feign to worship."

[The Steppe Empire]

The Hyperborian Fleet started falling back. Raiana knew of the Abh and had heard of their weapons. "Cease-Fire!" She ordered, "But Keep The Shields up!"

The Hyperborian Fleet soon stopped fireing.

[The Fedral Union]

Admiral Stavros was pleased; he had waited until the enemy ships were thoroughly engaged by the other ships in the system. He twiddled his thumbs for a moment his eyes gazing across the holographic representation of the star system, it had location of ships, battle groups currently engaged units and in coming ships in blue green, red orange and yellow. Distance markers and status markers flickered under these representations. Stavros sat down upon his hovering chair; he crossed one leg over the other. Athena gave a smile, the ship mind knew what Stavros was thinking, and without delay sent a message To Terran ships. ~All ships open fire on Hyperborian vessels, I repeat all ships open fire!~

That simple order echoed throughout the neural link system of the various Terran warships, Stavros looked towards a sensor station that had an actual visual of the outside. The serene darkness of space near the quiet Terran fleet was shattered, missile tubes lit up with a white hot fiery glow as missile after missile lunged forth from Terran ships towards the various capital ships of the Steppe fleet, their forms lit up with as missile after missile flew out creating a massive screen of thousands of ultra high yield missiles. Each missile crackled to life with its own Metric, their bodies shimmered as they moved at 99% the speed of light slowing down ever so often to do course corrections and guide towards targets. Sixteen meter long guns from the heavy cruisers came to life, high density RVK shells ripped through the darkness a yellowish bright hue of plasma clung to their forms as they screeched and ripped a trail of fire across the sky moving at ninety nine percent the speed of light. The rest of the fleet followed suit first with a volley of missiles then shells of various calibers. Ship mind Athena gave another order instantly to the other ship minds and crews of the other Terran ships ~All beam and energy weapons open fire, bring in our reinforcements!~

Space ripped to life with orange beams of disruptive fire, space time warped around these beams, a white hue of energy formed around them as space born particles were ripped from space time and converted to energy , white hot beams of Gamma- ray laser fire followed suit, a phalanx of beam , round and missile fire came from the Terran fleet. The fleet had been moving in the direction of thirty degrees below and to the right of the Steppe forces, Orange pulse fire crackled out of various batteries out in bursts of three.

Meerkcat corvette packs lunged themselves forward, the Terran fleet was now advancing, these corvettes targeted the smaller ships and “fighters” of the enemy forces, their small eighty meter forms engulfed inside of metrics, they moved nimbly and quickly several packs converged from multiple directions upon one capital ship opening fire with a volley of Pulson missiles, multiple rapid fire pulse cannons and a nose mounted positron beam. Orange and blue fire ripped out of their small bodies, they strafed and turned as nimbly as something a quarter of the size. There engines roared to life, their rough hulled forms silhouetted against the mass cornucopia of colors provided by the cauldron of deadly fire streaming from Terran ships.

The opposite end of the system was quiet, the additional twenty Terran ships in reserve were called in, Space crackled and ripped as capital ships jumped in first followed by progressively smaller capital ships and escorts. Multiple heavy cruisers streamed masses of fire in to the center of the enemy formation pinpointing and precision striking at weak points. The additional ships opened fire, their own phalanx and gauntlet of relentless missile, pulse beam and round fire sliced through the darkness as their forms bore down upon the enemy.

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 This is ship mind Athena to Abh forces, Terran forces will not stand down until criteria are met. First and foremost, All steppe forces are to pull back from the south,  and surrender conquered systems. Second, all forces in this system surrender and are to be placed under arrest  by coalition and Terran forces, once they agree to surrender we will cease firing. Third  any attempt to fire on our ships for not complying will be considered an act of war. Our country is willing to settle this but until these terms are met, these ships will be treated as enemy combatants. Good day.