Deep in the bowels of the command ship a tall being rose slowly from a pool of briny water. As the glistening flesh reflected the dull lights, the being wiped water off the sleek limbs. Turning large black eyes towards the smaller Angar-Ryllan that waited patiently, High Cleric Landars dressed slowly, as he did so he nodded for the smaller being to speak. “We have found another system with life and possible; clues about the Nexus of Worlds that can benefit the Angar-Ryllan.” The being spoke rapidly to the larger being, who nodded as the ornate robes shifted and draped over his form.

Glancing at the smaller knight, the High Cleric said, “Has the General been informed of this?” The smaller being nodded then after a moment hissed before speaking, “Our sister ship has encountered life forms willing to fight. It seems that they found a small system of bi-pedal hominids. When our brothers attacked, other fleets of ships appeared to defend the planet.” 

The High Cleric pondered this as he moved with an elegant grace towards the lifts that would lead to the command center of the vast world destroying ship. “Do we need to assist them then?” He queried. The cleric shook his head, “No, the Lord Abbot merely said it was a delay to the search, nothing more.” 

Stepping on the vast command deck, the High Cleric peered at the captain of his own assault ship and spoke to him softly, “This system. Tell me of its potential.” Rising from her chair the captain bowed slightly as she pointed towards the massive screens, “This system has life and the possible clues we require. It appears easily conquerable, however we have noted an oddity that seems to surround the system.”

Gliding towards a smaller screen, the captain tapped it and the exploded out a multidimensional map display. “They have this...cloud. It seems to be inherent to the system itself but we are having trouble isolating and identifying the exact nature of it.” 

The High Cleric peered close to the screen allowing the data to scroll as he took it in, after a long moment he nodded saying, “Send a single destroyer, if makes it with little effect we shall proceed.”

The captain nodded and began a series of orders to several officers on the command deck, who promptly began their own order chain until on one of the destroyers that sailed ahead and below the flagship raced ahead.

On the command deck, the High Cleric moved to his large chair and sat down slowly, as he did so, a thought edged at his consciousness. With a growl he spat, “Psychics!”

Aboard the Voided Lights, the combat information center crew began relaying the positions of the Patronius ships and their distances to the central combat computer in order to plot new firing positions. Captain Hussar narrowed her eyes a moment then exhaled slowly, “Plans go to hell once the enemy is encountered.” she muttered to no one in particular as she felt the ship shudder again as the massive main guns unloaded their deadly bursts towards the Angar-Ryllan warship closest to them.

It was almost exactly at that moment that hundreds of screens began to relay information that required the crew to check the data before a sudden chill passed through many of them. The officer in the CIC depressed the comm, leaving it hanging a moment before he spoke, “Captain? We have some off the chart readings...We have the same readings, it seems as if cosmic energies are being unleashed in large amounts.” The words caused Captain Hussar to pause, a sickening feeling in her stomach as she moved to look at a screen to read the date herself.

“CIC, get me telemetry data on the source of that energy build up and I want it yesterday.” she murmured as she began sliding screens until the latest information came up. Toggling the hailing frequencies she spoke in a low tone, “Patronius TF 112/424D, this is Talisan Cruiser Voided Lights. We are picking up massive energy build-up from a source that is located near the fifth planet in this system, near one of the moons. Our scanners are detecting a massive heavy metal body as the source of the build-up, can you confirm? Over, out.”