Mistaken Identity - Promethia vs UUS [320 AG]

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Scipio’s Rock
3rd “Aryaal” Fleet
UNS Aryaal BB-104
Admiral Nakja-Mur

11 Ships of various emerge from the Hyperlane, a grand total of 1 Battleship, 2 Battlecruisers, 2 Cruisers, and 6 Destroyers. All bear a striking similarity to Gaian Designs. Captain Bekiaa Tab-At, a female lemurian and XO of Admiral Nakja Mur, approaches his Command Chair to give her report.

(Capt. Bekiaa Tab-At, XO)“We’ve arrived in system Admiraal, everything currently looks quiet. Whaat are we doing here exactly, If I may ask?”

The male Lemurian, sitting in his command chair, looked up from his datapad, blinking annoyance at his female XO. The 3rd Fleet had been sent to this system to investigate if it was occupied by another state or not.

(Nakja-Mur)“Do you not remember this mornings briefing? We are here to see if this system is claimed or occupied by another state. If it is, we will engage in diplomacy, the laast thing we waant is a war. Do I make myself clear?”

Bekiaa quickly saluted, blinking subtly in shame.

(Bekiaa Tab-At)“Sir, Yes Sir”

The fleet maneuvered into an investigative posture, while maintaining a position that would ensure the fleet would remain protected during an attack. Admiral Nakja-Mur positioned the fleets Destroyers between each vessel. Probes would be sent out. The fleet wasn’t even trying to hide. Most of the ship captains kept their ships on yellow alert, keeping point defense and CIWS ready for an attack, if one were to occur.

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SCIPIO STATION

Now a mining complex, Scipio’s rock was the sight of a great battle. During the promethian exodus in this very system the great admiral Lucius Aemilius Scipio held a mighty last stand with his company of 15 ships, between the moons of the massive rocky planet, to allow the rest of the fleet to escape to what would eventually become the colony of Sanctuary. The system was renamed from it’s original gaian name in his honor.

On scipio station they soon received messages from their monitoring satellites about the presence of the fleet. The monitoring crew called the governor of the station, a man called Lucilianus.

“What is it this time? I swear if you called me again over some stupid asteroid…”

“The system edge monitoring satellites have picked up a fleet of 11 ships entering the sysyems”

Lucilianus’ face quickly went cold

“Drive signatures?”

The officer quickly inputs the drive signatures into the database for the ai to find a match.

“We don’t have a 100% match with anything in our database, but the closest we get is… Gaian.”

The room goes silent

“There hasn’t been a Gaia for 320 years! Could it be pirates using the scrap they can find?”

“Unlikely sir, Panasu doesn’t use old gaian ships at all and independent pirates don’t have the funds to keep them ru…”

“Sir we just received their radar signatures, EM and infra red images, they match Gaian design almost perfectly. From the position of the radiators to the approximant location of the reactor to radar cross section everything matches gaian design philosophy and some known designs”

The air is heavy, and the tension is palpable. Gaian ships, 320 years after the fall of the empire. The only reasonable explanation was some sort of imperial remnant existing, unknown to any nation in the cluster.

“Activate the emergency lanerunner to Sula, send the information we have and ask for immediate response from the Sula armada. Put the station on red alert and ready our defenses. I want all armed mining ships to stop their current orders and assemble in a defensive formation around us. Send them a audio message translated to gaian unified.”

“Recording in 3, 2, 1.”

“Unidentified Gaian vessels, you’re in the territory of the promethian aristocratic republic. You’re not welcome here. We request your immediate identification and for you to turn around and go back where you came from or we will open fire. Don’t test us.”

“In how long should the ships from Sula be here?”

“Sula is a very small system, so approximately 4 hours. We need to hold untill then”

“Promethia be with us.”

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Scipio’s Rock
3rd “Aryaal” Fleet
UNS Aryaal BB-104
Admiral Nakja-Mur Commanding

(Capt. Bekiaa Tab-At, XO)“Admiraal, Probes have detected a smaall mining station around the planet, their seems to be a force of smaller vessels protecting it. We’ve haven’t received any transmissions.”

(Adm. Nakja-Mur, CO)“Bekiaa, contact the rest of the fleet, tell them to hold their ground.”

(Capt. Bekiaa Tab-At, XO)“Aye sir, should we send a transmission?”

(Adm. Nakja-Mur, CO)“Negative, something doesn’t seem right”

Bekiaa walked up to the comms officer to contact the rest of the fleet. The 11 ships stopped, maintaining their defensive posture, the probes were ordered to return back. A few of the fleets captains placed their vessels into red alert status, just in case.

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The ships stopped, but they didn’t anwser. The governor sent a message again

“Gaian vessels, we again demand of you to identify yourselves and leave the system. The Promethian Aristocratic Republic does not allow foreign ships to enter without permission. If you don’t identify yourselves in the next hour plus transmission delay we will be forced to consider you hostile and will fire at you without hesitation.”

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Scipio’s Rock
3rd “Aryaal” Fleet
UNS Aryaal BB-104
Admiral Nakja-Mur Commanding

(Capt. Bekiaa Tab-At, XO)“We haven’t received any transmission yet Admiraal, although, we have received some form of message via old Gayaan Channels, but we can’t anything from it.”

(Adm. Nakja-Mur, CO)“Does that station seriously think we’re Gayaan? Hmm… keep position, and send a weapons hot signal to the fleet, something doesn’t seem right”

(Capt. Bekiaa Tab-At, XO)“But sir… yes sir, sending signal now”

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Two hours since the ships first entered Scipio’s rock the tensions ware high. Both sides had weapons ready. It would only take one slip up to start a battle. And a slip up came

At T+2:33:07 the station’s automated anti asteroid system fired a missile at a asteroid that entered the danger zone. Right in the direction of the UUS ships. It was now a question what they would do.

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