Olber III [IC/Invite Only]
Posted: Thu Oct 08, 2015 12:12 am
Aeiouian Space: Olber System
The planet Olber III sat nearly unnoticed in the vastness of space. A small rock, nearly uninhabited even by Aeiouian standards, Olber III was worth little in the minds of most Excidians. What was the value in such an object?
And yet this little stone had somehow been deemed important enough to fight over. A matter of purely national prestige, a pointless war for a nation that had no real desire for planets. Except that one planet that was currently being conquered, but that's another story.
Over the last ten months, as the Excidium Planetis Dawn Fleet moved into position in Aeiouian territory, the forces of Aeiouia had gone to work preparing the planet for attack, mostly by evacuating the civilians to avoid unnecessary bloodshed. Or whatever AIs shed. The extent of modifications to the planet was unknown to Excidian forces, but the Aeiouians had either carried through with their original plan of constructing cardboard cities for target practice, or had fortified the place in light of Excidium Planetis' former pro-slavery policies.
And now at last, the time had come for battle. Silently, 50 of the 92 Halberd Class Cruisers in the Excidium Planetis Dawn Fleet warped into the Olber system. With them were dozens of scout craft, and two messenger ships: Phantom Runner and Shadowed Envoy.
Admiral Emmerich Peters commanded from the cruiser HL-1101 Solitary Watchman. "Communications, broadcast the greeting, followed by surrender terms. We may yet end this battle without losses."
Over unseen microwaves in space, the Excidian national anthem began to play. It was followed up by a short message recorded by Admiral Peters:
"Greetings, Alien Freaks. I know you guys hate violence like we hate supernovas, so I'll be generous here. You give us the planet Olber III, tell your buddies Tinfect we conquered a planet from you fair and square, and grant one request of ours, and our fleets will leave without a shot fired. Otherwise, the rest of our invasion force warps in twenty minutes from now, and we will destroy your and take your stuff on the planet. I await your response."
The planet Olber III sat nearly unnoticed in the vastness of space. A small rock, nearly uninhabited even by Aeiouian standards, Olber III was worth little in the minds of most Excidians. What was the value in such an object?
And yet this little stone had somehow been deemed important enough to fight over. A matter of purely national prestige, a pointless war for a nation that had no real desire for planets. Except that one planet that was currently being conquered, but that's another story.
Over the last ten months, as the Excidium Planetis Dawn Fleet moved into position in Aeiouian territory, the forces of Aeiouia had gone to work preparing the planet for attack, mostly by evacuating the civilians to avoid unnecessary bloodshed. Or whatever AIs shed. The extent of modifications to the planet was unknown to Excidian forces, but the Aeiouians had either carried through with their original plan of constructing cardboard cities for target practice, or had fortified the place in light of Excidium Planetis' former pro-slavery policies.
And now at last, the time had come for battle. Silently, 50 of the 92 Halberd Class Cruisers in the Excidium Planetis Dawn Fleet warped into the Olber system. With them were dozens of scout craft, and two messenger ships: Phantom Runner and Shadowed Envoy.
Admiral Emmerich Peters commanded from the cruiser HL-1101 Solitary Watchman. "Communications, broadcast the greeting, followed by surrender terms. We may yet end this battle without losses."
Over unseen microwaves in space, the Excidian national anthem began to play. It was followed up by a short message recorded by Admiral Peters:
"Greetings, Alien Freaks. I know you guys hate violence like we hate supernovas, so I'll be generous here. You give us the planet Olber III, tell your buddies Tinfect we conquered a planet from you fair and square, and grant one request of ours, and our fleets will leave without a shot fired. Otherwise, the rest of our invasion force warps in twenty minutes from now, and we will destroy your and take your stuff on the planet. I await your response."