Upon the Spire of Stars | UoSV - SEC First Contact [427 BBT]

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// Union of the Seraphim Veil
// UNDFV Spirit of Action
// 427 BBT / 864 PSY
Commander Emiko Susura, Lieutenant Commander Asana Mardoa

Fleet Composition - Patrol Force Yoko Anvil Willow

Patrol Force Yoko Anvil Willow – Union Naval Defense Force 328th Border Patrol Task Force
Mooring - Border Protection District Station J-39-ADR, Deepspace
Fleet Commanding Officer - Emiko Susura
Fleet Executive Officer - Asana Mardoa
Fleet Master Chief - Kioko Jericha

Naval Efficiency Medal
Seraphim Senate Unit Citation

Ship Manifest

UNDFV Spirit of Action
Virtuous Class Guided Missile Cruiser | CG-1484 - FLAGSHIP

UNDFV Spirit of Integrity
Passion Class Light Carrier | CVL-1093

UNDFV Spirit of Decisiveness
Ambition Class Light Cruiser | CL-1792

UNDFV Spirit of Wisdom
Ambition Class Light Cruiser | CL-1793

UNDFV Clear Skies
Harmony Pattern Destroyer | DD-4932

UNDFV Kindred Hearts
Harmony Pattern Destroyer | DD-4933

UNDFV Long and Short
Harmony Pattern Destroyer | DD-4934

UNDFV Lantern of Light
Endurance Class Guided Missile Cruiser | DDG-3945

UNDFV Eyepatch
Insight Pattern Scout Frigate | FFS-6295

UNDFV Spyglass
Insight Pattern Scout Frigate | FFS-6296

UNDFV Telescope
Insight Pattern Scout Frigate | FFS-6297

UNDFV Electroscope
Insight Pattern Scout Frigate | FFS-6298

UNDFV Divisible Action
Cooperation Pattern Point Defense Corvette | FFD-9532

UNDFV Sarasota’s Smile
Cooperation Pattern Point Defense Corvette | FFD-9533

UNDFV Multiplicative Affray
Cooperation Pattern Point Defense Corvette | FFD-9534

UNDFV Madore’s Riposte
Cooperation Pattern Point Defense Corvette | FFD-9535

UNDFV Preventive Pretenses
Cooperation Pattern Point Defense Corvette | FFD-9536

The border region between the Union of the Seraphim Veil and the Star Empire of Calerost had always been lax. Although there remained no official contact between governments, and the Sundering prevented Calerostan settlements from forming in the voidsea, there was always an unofficial trade between them, through supplies, maps, and luxuries. When the Miraline began taking over and slaughtering border settlements, the Union doubled their standing patrols and enacted Case Plan Scarlet (potential core-counterspin invasion). The task forces that patrolled the border were given phonetic names in the rush to deploy them to the field. New stations sat in deep space, while RC-18 ‘Nymph’ Early Warning & Control Spacecraft flew signals intelligence missions close to the border to gleam any information from inside the potential threat.

Emiko Susura and Asana Mardoa sit in the Commander’s Office, talking over a briefing that they were going to bring to the fleet’s crew.

“It’s a worrisome situation.”

“Considering we’re using phonetic names.. Mothball Alley’s become legitimately worried.”

“They’ve brought a regional command’s worth of RC-18s, really want to find something out here.”

“Do you really think they’re genociding their own species like that forwarded report says?”

“I don’t know if that’s correct, I mean-”

“General Quarters, General Quarters! This is the TAO, This is the TAO. Now launch the Alert 15 and go to battle stations for anti-spacecraft and anti-warship combat! Repeat, General Quarters, General Quarters! All hands man your battle stations immediately! Contact off Reference Point Query. General Quarters, General Quarters!”

// UNDFV Spirit of Action
// Combat Information Center
Commander Emiko Susura, Lieutenant Commander Asana Mardoa, Command Master Chief Petty Officer Kioko Jericha

“Board, Sitch, Now!”

“I got a hundred large radar blips off Reference Point Query. The closer they get, the more they split. We’re looking at least twenty five thousand ships and spacecraft, maybe more.”

“They’re moving towards our border. They have no IFF or transponder codes.”

“Open a multispec with them, maybe they can give us some information on what’s going on.”

“Get a priority bounce to regional headquarters, ask for assistance, there’s no way we can process all of them.”

“Line is ready aye aye ma’am.”

“Unknown ships, you are approaching the border of the Union of the Seraphim Veil, identify yourselves and state your purpose, you are entering a free fire zone. Failure to comply with specific instructions and commands as provided will result in being disabled and you will be boarded.”

// Border Protection District Station J-39-ADR
// Signals Traffic Relay Black Box

UNDFV Par for the Course STOP
Casting off mooring STOP
Heading to assigned duty station STOP

Six Minutes Later…

UNDFV Spirit of Action STOP
Priority One Signal STOP
Need assistance STOP
Unknown contacts STOP
Initial Assessment twenty-five thousand ships STOP
Alert Mothball Alley STOP

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The miraline war was like nothing ever seen before in calerostan history. It’s brutality surpassed the trench and chemical warfare of the first continental war by light years. It was a war of extermination.

In the first year of the war, before stable fronts ware established, calerost was losing billions of people by the day. Many wanted to escape that horror, so they did. In the latter part of the first year of the war a large escape convoy was organized. It aimed to get to the seraphim veil. It was the only other place they knew had civilization, and hence was the logical choice.
The convoy was lead by captain Nordir of trans calerostan logistics, a semi nationalized shipping company. All military officers, even retired, ware called to serve, so a civilian captain was the only option.

The convoy managed to cross calerostan territory with surprising ease. Not a single engagement with the miraline took place. The priests in the convoy declared it devine intervention. A guardian angel followed them on their travel, stopping any miraline ship that wanted to engage.

Approaching the border and hearing the message, Nordir opened a voice chanel

“Union of the seraphim veil, this is captain Nordir. I am leading a refugee convoy from the star empire of calerost. The empire is consumed by a brutal war, the casualties are massive and growing further every day. We come here seeking asylum, wanting to just protect our lives and the lives of our children.”

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// UNDFV Spirit of Action
// Combat Information Center
// 427 BBT / 864 PSY
Command Master Chief Petty Officer Kioko Jericha

Fleet Composition - Patrol Force Yoko Anvil Willow

Patrol Force Yoko Anvil Willow – Union Naval Defense Force 328th Border Patrol Task Force
Mooring - Border Protection District Station J-39-ADR, Deepspace
Fleet Commanding Officer - Emiko Susura
Fleet Executive Officer - Asana Mardoa
Fleet Master Chief - Kioko Jericha

Naval Efficiency Medal
Seraphim Senate Unit Citation

Ship Manifest

UNDFV Spirit of Action
Virtuous Class Guided Missile Cruiser | CG-1484 - FLAGSHIP

UNDFV Spirit of Integrity
Passion Class Light Carrier | CVL-1093

UNDFV Spirit of Decisiveness
Ambition Class Light Cruiser | CL-1792

UNDFV Spirit of Wisdom
Ambition Class Light Cruiser | CL-1793

UNDFV Clear Skies
Harmony Pattern Destroyer | DD-4932

UNDFV Kindred Hearts
Harmony Pattern Destroyer | DD-4933

UNDFV Long and Short
Harmony Pattern Destroyer | DD-4934

UNDFV Lantern of Light
Endurance Class Guided Missile Cruiser | DDG-3945

UNDFV Eyepatch
Insight Pattern Scout Frigate | FFS-6295

UNDFV Spyglass
Insight Pattern Scout Frigate | FFS-6296

UNDFV Telescope
Insight Pattern Scout Frigate | FFS-6297

UNDFV Electroscope
Insight Pattern Scout Frigate | FFS-6298

UNDFV Divisible Action
Cooperation Pattern Point Defense Corvette | FFD-9532

UNDFV Sarasota’s Smile
Cooperation Pattern Point Defense Corvette | FFD-9533

UNDFV Multiplicative Affray
Cooperation Pattern Point Defense Corvette | FFD-9534

UNDFV Madore’s Riposte
Cooperation Pattern Point Defense Corvette | FFD-9535

UNDFV Preventive Pretenses
Cooperation Pattern Point Defense Corvette | FFD-9536

The vessel staff of Spirit of Action met outside CIC. Lieutenants of their respective stations, the ship’s intelligence Warrant Officer, all crowded into the hallways surrounding CIC.

“We can’t not help these people!”

“And what if they’re liars?! What if they turn around and put a bolt through our backs when we aren’t looking!”

“You would condemn a billion lives to death because of an IF.”

“My daughter has traded with them before. If they’re truly in this desperate situation like they say they are, they won’t turn their weapons on us. It doesn’t make sense.”

“You will kill us all in a pitched battle.”

“I joined the Fleet Arm for Action, not to sit on my ass. If you do nothing Commander, I will declare Navire dans des.”

“Sophia, is there anything in the system about them embroiled in a war? Genocide? Anything? We’ve all heard rumors, speculation, what’s Naval Intelligence saying?”

“..Yeah. It just came through yesterday. It was supposed to be disseminated through the patrol forces.”

A petty officer in CIC rushes into meeting space, nearly dragging the Master-at-arms with her.

“I just got a communication off Coroner Squadron. There’s a potential hostile force heading our way. Make up your fucking minds!”

“Look guys, kids right. Hurry the fuck up. Now get back to your station.”

Through the squabble, the staff puts it to a vote.

// UNDFV Spirit of Action
// Combat Information Center
Commander Emiko Susura, Lieutenant Commander Asana Mardoa

“Captain Nordir, this is Commander Emiko Susura of UNDFV Spirit of Action. You cleared through the Union Border. We are transmitting a local star chart of the area. Proceed to Point Jacket, Indigo, Light. There is a potential hostile force closing on this area. If there are any warships in your formation, we could use them. My XO has alerted a local system defense force who will bring you into harbor. You should be meeting a..”

“Haleigh Conoro.”

“You should be meeting a Haleigh Conoro at reference point Jacket, Indigo, Light. May starlight guide your path. Susura out.”

// Border Protection District Station J-39-ADR
// Signals Traffic Relay Black Box

UNDFV Spirit of Action STOP
Priority One Signal STOP
Need assistance STOP
Unknown contacts STOP
Initial Assessment twenty-five thousand ships STOP
Alert Mothball Alley STOP

Five Minutes, Thirty-Two Seconds Later..

Coroner 2-1 / R/C-18 ‘Nymph’ STOP
EMERGENCY ALERT STOP
Patrol Section Anvil, Query, Forge, Oasis STOP
Potential Hostile Action Detected STOP
Large Fleet Movements Detected STOP
Moving towards Union Border STOP
Calculated route is Yoko, Anvil, Willow STOP
Alert Mothball Alley STOP

Three Minutes, Eleven Seconds Later..

UNDFV Spirit of Action STOP
EMERGENCY ALERT STOP
Need assistance STOP
Contacts Reclassed as Refugee Convoy STOP
Need a Harbor STOP
Apparent Hostile Action Incoming per Coroner 2-1 STOP
Alert Mothball Alley STOP

One Minute, Six Seconds Later..

Isabella’s Watch Port Authority STOP
Responding to Spirit of Action STOP
We have open Harbor STOP
Local SDF on Alert STOP
Bring to RP Jacket, Indigo, Light STOP
SDF Commander is Haleigh Conoro STOP

Two Minutes, Forty-Seven Seconds Later..

UNDFV Admiral Riako STOP
Priority One Signal STOP
Departing Force Mooring Samsara STOP
Responding to Assistance Call by Spirit of Action STOP
Mothball Alley alerted STOP
Stand by for additional reinforcements STOP
Local Settlements alerted for potential engagement STOP
ETA Five Minutes STOP
Hold your ground STOP

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There ware no dedicated war ships in the fleet. Following the convoy would be considered deserting, which was seen as highly dishonorable. But that didn’t mean that none of the ships ware armed. Civilian ships often carried armaments to protect against pirates in remote areas of the star empire. Now, the ones more heavily armed and in a twist of fate pirate ships would stay behind with the defense fleet, to fight and die for their comrades.

The Miraline fleet was fast approaching. If they had access to mirial space the convoy would have been long gone, but a never before seen mirial storm was blocking their way. As the 5 thousand miraline ships approached, accelerating at unimaginably high g forces, they released their first attack: a massive swarm of torpedoes. Standard miraline tactics, the front ships emptied half of their magazines in a cloud of death, launching 17k torpedoes. These tactics would trough the war make calerost crate one of if not the best point defense systems in the sistem, but that was years away, and they and their Seraphim veil protectors had to survive the swarm now.

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While Point Defense wasn’t the strongest against missiles, –Union doctrine dictated spacecraft were a bigger threat– it did mean that Union PD had longer reach, through long range flak batteries, sand-shot coilguns, and missile racks. Augmented with jammers, decoys, chaff, and flares, the combined countermeasures barely brought down the barrage down, only a dozen squeaked through, completely destroying the Spirit of Wisdom while also tagging a frigate, destroyer, and a few of the pressed civilian ships.

Unable to stand toe to toe with the Miraline fleet, the Union fleet made flank speed to draw the attackers deeper into Seraphim space.

// UNDFV Admiral Riako
// Combat Information Center
Vice Admiral Reina Sloan, Commodore Hoshi Koridio, Fleet Commander Haleigh Conoro

“…you collected the convoy?”

“We made the linkup. I’ve mobilzed most of my SDF to bring them back.”

“How many ships are in your SDF?”

“About two thousand ships, I got a total of around 200 Resolutes, Righteouses, Responsibilities, and I got two Justice Dreadnoughts.”

“Divert your heavy assets. I’m being screamed at by Susura that she’s actively dying over there. You’re closer. You’ll be able to slam into their flank.”

“I like it. Let me call up Mytoma, see if she can send more vessels out. Conoro out.”

“Mytoma?”

“Gabriela Mytoma. Nepo. She won’t show to battle. She’s from a wealthy family. She’s their key into politics.”

“Can’t you order her?”

“She would cut the line and claim her antenna broke.”

Sloan sighs

“Carol, bring us to battlestations, prepare for anti-warship and anti-spacecraft combat. Tell FDCs across Samsara to prepare their bombers, and corresponding patrol segments. I want coverage on flanks, and divert the nearest patrol forces to cover the retreat paths.”

“Yes ma’am. On it, ma’am.”

“Make reports and prepare for silverspace exit.”

“All Stations Report When Manned and Ready.”

–stations begin sounding off their readiness as it occurs–

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In Calerost the miraline’s tactics ware often compared to hungry animals. And that was a very accurate description. They ware reckless and short sighted, especially at the start od the war. Very few edhels they converted ware military officers, and even less of them senior. Calerost’s cult of honor helped there as many high ranking officers would prefer to take their own lives rather than being captured and converted by the miraline. But at this part of the war the miraline’s mysteriously advanced technology, intrinsic knowledge of mirial space and superior biology gave them a advantage against Calerost. By the War in heaven the playing field would be leveled and the miraline would develop proper battle tactics, but that was years away.

The miraline fleet gave chase to the escaping seraphim ships, continuing to hold fire on them. Outmaneuvering the miraline was borderline impossible. They could take many G forces more than most species, leading to them pulling maneuvers that would kill ships. One day calerost’s anwser to this would be some of the most advanced combat ai in the sector, capable of chasing and taking out miraline ships even if the crew got knocked out or killed by Gs.

As the reinforcement fleet came in range of their radars the miraline broke chase and took formation, prepared to repeat the same torpedo attack on it, but with a larger volley. The overture finished and proper battle has officially begun.

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The ‘Vampire!’ call came out over the radio, as torpedoes in their hundred thousands streamed like spiders towards Battlegroup Samsara. Again, the reach of Union PD proved it’s worth, but this time, through sheer volume alone, interception and softkill simply was unable to do its job. A good third of the ships went out of action as soon as they broke silverspace.

Meanwhile, the Edhel refugee ships entered Isabella’s Watch Port & Skyards, while different systems rallied their SDFs to protect from what was an expected assault. The heavier ships and their escorts eventually departed to join the fight.

Celestial based bombers of the Isabella’s Watch SDF exited the heliopause, a hundred formations of a hundred, streamed towards predesignated launch sites. While they couldn’t match the lethality or mass of Miraline torpedoes, they had them beat in the range department. Each carried twenty-five of the new Wayfarer AShM. They were coordinating with Samsara’s nearly six thousand Bombers and Fighters to set up a “Time on Target” attack. The Wayfarers were set to precisely arrive in the battlespace as soon as Samsara’s Bomber Wings launched their own strikes, overwhelming PD by being in the right place at the right time. To add fuel to this flame, multiple guided missile cruisers and destroyers dumped their own missiles stocks into the strike.

// UNDFV Admiral Riako
// Combat Information Center
Vice Admiral Reina Sloan, Commodore Hoshi Koridio

“IWC. IFF ping from Isabella’s Watch. I got at least eight thousand
celestial bombers. Transferring communications to CSC.”

“This is Admiral Riako Combat Systems Coordinator..”

“Director Continuous Fire. Targets will be fine across our starboard bow. AP-SBF Projectiles.”

“Director Continuous Fire. Targets will be fine across our starboard bow. AP-SBF Projectiles.”

“DCC, get me a damage report.”

“Battery Anvil Harpy is out of commission, Forward flight surfaces are smashed, FDC is having them patch it with phase-shielding. Shields hold at 66%, holding steady.”

“IWC, status on other ships.”

“Patrol Force Yoko Anvil Willow slipped out and is providing our fire control locks. Most of our lighter ships took the brunt of the missile attack. Conoro is set to jump in from on high. I’m getting distant IFF connections.. Not sure what it is, but it’s friendly.”

“Runner!”

“Yes ma’am?”

“Bring me up a S-Ration.”

“Yes ma’am, on it ma’am.”

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Death. Death was the only way to describe what happened. 225 thousand missiles was the size of the barrage that hit the miraline fleet. 50 for each ship. More than half of the miraline fleet was reduced to rubble, half of what remained was disabled, and half of what remained after that heavily damaged. Only a small amount of ships that ware lucky enough to be in the center of the formation ware still functionally operable.

The strike seemingly killed the entire high command of the fleet though, so the survivors ware unorganized, flying around like decapitated flies. Easy picking for the Veil’s fleet. Even though the refugees ware already deep in seraphim territory, now they could breathe easier, knowing that they’re fully safe. The miraline won’t be stupid enough to send another fleet, they already had enough war to fight.

And then a radio signal appeared. One capital ship survived and was desperately trying to organize the remaining fleet to no avail. It’s engines and weapons ware damaged but the hull remained pressurized. This opened a opportunity for the Veil to get some answers.

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Shipborne weaponry finished their fire missions and fell silent. The battlefield was awash with broken hull and stricken parts. Ships of Battlegroup Samsara pushed through this relative lull and began issuing coup de grace strikes against the crippled warships, three torpedoes, one at the stern, one at amidships, and one at the bow.

Several of the larger intact ships were brought under tow to black sites, where they would be boarded, commandeered, and studied. Scientists would be tasked with understanding their assailants, and a few would reach out to their comrades in the Compact. The ships who were completely destroyed and had become scrap metal would be collected, samples of which would form the basis for new research into metallurgy and other scientific studies.

Meanwhile, a temporary encampment of Edhel made their homes inside a storage complex, made from storage containers and leftovers, whatever could be scavenged from local shelters and other structures.

// UNDFV Admiral Riako
// Combat Information Center
Vice Admiral Reina Sloan, Commodore Hoshi Koridio

“Fire mission! Targets-”

“-That’s not necessary fire director. Conning.”

“Go for Conning.”

“Close range. Five kilometers full speed.”

“Affirmative. Close range, five kilometers full speed. Bring her to port.”

“IWC, say status on allied fleets.”

“Yoko Anvil Willow is pulling from the battlespace, they have damage control out on the hull. The Isabella’s Watch Bomber Divisions are returning to their bases. Their warships are pulling on our arti-grav, gonna pull out of silverspace in a second.”

“DCC, how are we?”

“Pretty well off, Machine Shop has replaced Anvil Harpy and we’re in process of replacing the forward flight surfaces, phase weaver is good. Shields back at 82%.”

“IWC, Yoko Anvil Willow reports one large ship still active, no shields, no weapons, and its primary thrusters are damaged.”

“Marine Liaison.”

“Marine Liaison standin’ by.”

“Bring out your best troopers, prepare for a hot drop.”

“You want a hot drop where? There ain’t no celestial bodies out here. Hell, no star either.”

“Why, the capital ship out there, probably got some nice intelligence. Bring out your less than lethal, play beat cop.”

“..Yes ma’am. FDC, prepare the banshees.”

“Made the arrangements. You’re good whenever.”

“They want us WHERE?”

“On the hull of a warship.”

“With Less-than-lethal? What kind of sick joke is this?”

“What does an admiral know of celestial combat? We’re marines, not constables.”

“Admirals orders, five beanbags, two slugs. I don’t care what your plates are, just make sure your portable phase-weaver is ready. This is gonna be messy ordeal.”

// Isabella’s Watch Port
// Storage Complex 6A
Sub-Lieutenant Koto Misuri

Koto Misuri stepped into the storage complex, one of the larger ones designated to hold the Edhel temporarily. A member of the Diplomatic Services of the Union, she had arranged for a meeting between herself and the leader of the convoy, Captain Nordir.

“Hello Cap’n. I’m Sub-Lieutenant Koto Misuri of the Diplomatic Services of the Union. Your asylum case was forwarded directly to the Seraphim Senate, who approved a resolution granting you a free passage through our territory last night. I’ve been assigned to help you through our territory. If you have questions, just ask.”

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"My people are grateful. Calerost has become incredibly dangerous thanks to the war. I’ve lost most of my family in the day of many tears, thankfully me and my wife and kids ware off world, visiting a friend in Celebar. I was going to be drafted but was deemed physically incapable of serving in the military, so they assigned me to this mission. Now, as you probably know, our nations have never made first contact, and Calerost has no idea of the politics, customs, etc of the region. So if you can I’d like some basic info, just to know where we stand at and also where we can settle, at least until the war ends.

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Click.

Click.

Click.

The boots of the troopers went click, magnetized metal on metal. They crawled like ants, each group snaking their way to the entry points. Planting breaching charges on the hull, they breached the hull and started working the rooms and corridors for threats.

// Isabella’s Watch Port
// Storage Complex 6A
Sub-Lieutenant Koto Misuri

“Well, this is the Voidsea. There are five major polities, about a million minor ones, and they’re all fighting to see who can blow themselves up the fastest. You’re in the Union of the Seraphim Veil, to the spin is the Vandalence Compact, to the rim is the Orion League and most other smaller nations. We’re in the Linden Prefecture, in the System of Isabella’s Watch. As for customs, the nations are so different that it’s comparing apples to pears. Sure, we share common DNA and ancestry, but we’re completely separate nations with our own foreign policies.”

“We have two big species and one minor cross-species. Humans, pale skinned bipedals, and Serniani, purple skinned bipedals. We call the cross-species we can procreate Vocates. Not sure what it means for you being blue, since being purple for us is because we intake an eighth of a Humanoids normal oxygen.”

// Terisi Orbital District, Seraphina’s Rest
// Vandalence Compact Embassay
Deck Lieutenant Kira Jescal, Sub-Lieutenant Chieko Akimoto

“…Why’s it called ‘Deck Lieutenant?’ Is it something from tradition?”

“Back in ye olde wet navies, you had officers in the forward quarter, amidships, and the aft. They were your Deck Lieutenants and they would work with the sailors on jobs. Name stuck apparently.”

“Better than Junior Grade or whatever Omaso Directorate’s smoking.”

“Agreed, it’s a bit strange. Swapping gears, you don’t summon me often. What’s going on?”

“There’s a.. Refugee convoy. It’s a lot.. Maybe too much. We wanted to reach out and ask if-”

“If they’re in your territory legally, the border’s open, they can cross. I mean other than that, I could make a few calls and get someone from the ministry of integration to help or maybe a settlement program that could use more hands. Let me see what I can do for that, but they can make their way spinwards if you can’t handle 'em all.”

“That’s refreshing to hear. Serene Swords hung up on me, and Orion is..”

“In election season. They love their elections.”

“Sure do.”

“Well, I’ll get back to you, probably within the next day or two.”

“Thank you.”

“Take care Aki.”

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Neither the troopers nor the officers who sent them knew what they ware up against. The ship was guarded by Izhmâb gazatûk, blood swords, the peak of Miraline combat prowess. Highly armored, above averagely strong even for the Miraline, and well trained. Until the creation of the hataloqueltar around 10 years into the future Calerost wouldn’t have anything that could deal with them without heavy losses. Less than lethal wouldn’t survive the first encounter. It quickly became kill or be killed. The battle for the ship began.

menwhile…

“Interesting. How come it became so divided if you all have the same ancestry? Infighting? Widespread spaceflight and ftl before your home planet was unified? A large empire’s collapse? Please, I’m genuinely intrigued. Since we achieved spaceflight we’ve never encountered something like this. I mean to be fair we haven’t encountered ftl capable civilizations at all but you get it.”

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As casualties mounted, Union troopers would switch to a very different tactic. Troopers would load full slugs in their tubes, and would shoot out their Miraline attacker’s legs, stabilize them, and ship them out. It took several hours, but eventually they would clear the ship top to bottom. Unfortunately, most bloodswords would pop a pill that stops their hearts whenever capture seemed imminent. The officers were far more cooperative with the technique, and would be dragged away to black sites, where they were interrogated, charged with crimes, and would rot away in a cell for the rest of their lives.

// Isabella’s Watch Port
// Storage Complex 6A
Sub-Lieutenant Koto Misuri, Sub-Lieutenant Chieko Akimoto

“Around eight hundred years ago, a large… Storm came from above the equatorial plane and passed through my nation. My people call it The Sundering. It interfered with our faster than light, disrupted communications arrays, and dimmed the brightest of stars, killing trillions. The scarce few surviving rallied their planets and systems into their own nations. The silver-lining, as there are to many tragedies, gave us another form of faster than light travel in our literal data.”

Koto sighs, and a message from a Chieko lights up her wristcomp

“Hey Miss Akimoto, what’s up?”

“Vandalence’s ministry of integration has offered a program to refugees in the Chiso and Tackaeo Clusters. They can set up jobs and transportation, as well as citizenship should they desire it. Relay that to them.”

“…A pleasant surprise from the usually bureaucratic institutions. Thank you. If there’s nothing else, I’ll go ten seven.”

“Ten seven out.”

“So I have good news.. You’ve been offered citizenship and work up in a neighboring country to our spin. Vandalence. They always have a need and a want for refugees. They can arrange transport for those who want to go. If you wish to stay, I can pull contacts for resettlement efforts here. If you plan to leave after the wars ends, send our regards to the Calerostan government so we can formally meet.”

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"I will hold council and a referendum between my people to see what they want. Now that we’re in safe space i can use mirion communications on my ship to contact the Calerostan government and urge them to establish diplomatic channels. I once again extend our gratitude to you, and to Vandalance. I will go back to my ship now. Was a honor meeting you, Lieutenant.

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// Isabella’s Watch Port
// Storage Complex 6A
Sub-Lieutenant Koto Misuri

“The honor rests upon you, cap’n. May we see each other in more fortunate circumstances.”

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// UNDFV Admiral Riako
// Pressurized Flight Deck
Admiral Emiko Susura, Fleet Admiral Reina Sloan

In the years following the Great Revenge, the newly appointed Admiral Susura was appointed to the Admiral Riako, an Honor Class Titan in the Eighth Home Defense Fleet.

Stepping off the gunship, she is greeted by the ship’s master-at-arms and the retiring Reina Sloan.

“Sloan. The war seems to have treated you well.”

“Likewise to you, Emiko. Although it seems to have left you with more nicks and scrapes.”

“You could say that, you could definitely say that. Why the early retirement?”

“If early retirement is five hundred years of service, day in day out, then yeah, I’m taking an early retirement.”

“Did the Iron Soul of Juniper finally find something outside the military to life for?”

“Oh, I most certainly did. I have to admit, leaving the Admiralty will be… a change.”

“I’m sure you’ll adjust, as we all do.”

“Well, are you ready?”

“Ready as I’ll ever be.”

“Per the rules and regulations of the Union Naval Defense Forces, I, Noel Mecelli am authorized to conduct Miss Sloan’s final change of the watch.”

// Orbit of Ilanor
// UNDFV Crystal Harbor
Commodore Asana Mardoa

“Realspace propulsion online… Disengaging silverspace drive.”

“Probably not the keenest to let a military fleet into their capital system, after what happened?”

“Nonsense, why would they invite us if they didn’t expect us to show up like this?”

“It’s a symbol of unity. The allies from upspin who saved billions have arrived to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the end.”

“Making contact with traffic control, waiting on a response..”

END RP

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