[IC] Void of the Stars II: Return to the Stars [Sci-Fi] [Always Accepting]

[WilsonTurner]

Alexandrian Contact
The Spider nodded its monstrous head, and moved to the left from the Supreme with a very smooth ease, several of her back legs climbing up onto the large Corvette behind her, and in a resonant voice that was spoken telepathically, she responded.
"We are not the last. This is only one ship of a fleet, though this is our largest ship. Each three of us are but billions on just this one ship, and there live millions and billions more on other ships. We are an ancient race, and each of us will live more than a millennia. The Captain of this ship has been rumored to be eternal; he was the leader that organized our kind and turned us into a fleet that roamed the stars at our very beginning, near the very beginning of this universe. If you ask us how, we will have no answer. As to our intentions, we are content to watch passively, and may help every other emergency. And you, little Victorians... perhaps they could grow if you let them. Give them some freedom, things to work with. They might surprise you. If they don't, then they don't, and nothing bad happens. But if they do, and they make something of serious use, then you will go down in history for unlocking the true power of having the Victorians as little servants. Although I pity you; there are so much more efficient ways to enslave a race."

And then the Spider said to a single, select Victorian:
"Are you scared little one? Can you hear me?"

[Toaw]

Supreme Contact
The Victorian stood in awe, as the spider like creature moved towards him. The Victorian looked at it, and nodded its head slightly, and slightly stumbled back. The Alexandrian put on an irritated face, and pushed the Victorian to the side. "How dare you mock our customs. If these creatures where capable of rising above slavery they wouldn't have evolved with the ability to be enslaved so easily. It was co-evolution that gave this dependent race a chance, and now we mass produce them by the thousands each day to use as laborers, soldiers, and scientist. If their is anything more efficient than that, it is certainly not worth the effort." The Alexandrian stood back, and faced the Victorian trying to control his anger. He then picked up the tiny little creature, and threw him forward. "Watch," he then faced the Victorian, and gave him a deadly glare, sending him a telepathic message Kill yourself. The Victorian simply nodded, and then started to grab its gun, point the weapon at its own head, and fired. The air went still, and the Victorian fell flat on the ground completely lifeless. "That is efficiency. A race willing to obey every single command, even if it means death. If you let that race have to much freedom, than it effectively mutes the point of enslaving them in the first place."

[TehAlphaGamer]

Listening Array Aboard PNS Emergence
The explosion was picked up along with shreds of audio. Surveyor Captain Rilsh Karkin'dum couldn't tell much of it besides the mention of "Sylve". Upon the realization that the organization may be up to its older antics, he sent the report to SCNOSE High Command. The 5th Quadrant Sazkarjhia Assault Division Task Force has been mobilized to Lakfakalle to investigate wreckage from the attack.

[WilsonTurner]

Alexandrian Contact
The Supreme suddenly frowned, and the sinister, hideous features suddenly became complimented by true anger in his red eyes.

"That is waste. You will order your underlings to kill themselves as an example. It is a disgusting example, Alexandrian. We have created races that practically enslaved entire galaxies, enslaved those who enslaved others, and those people, people like you Alexandrians, couldn't do anything to change their fate."

In less than half a second, the Supreme darted forward, slamming his clawed hand around the Alexandrian's throat, lifting him up into the air as if he were no more than a teddy bear, and shook him. Fangs bared savagely, the Supreme stared into the Alexandrian's eyes, and surrounded the slaver's mind with his own, preventing any telepathic communication to or from the Alexandrian's mind. Should the Alexandrian glance down at his enslaved Victorians, he would find them passed out, knocked out, by a telepathic force stronger than they could ever hope to understand. Both physically and telepathically, the Supreme squeezed down on the Alexandrian, stopping short of killing or forcing the creature into unconsciousness.

"What's it like to be powerless," the Supreme purred sinisterly, "Please, what's it like to know that you could die in a moment if the more powerful one so much as wished to demonstrate his strength? There are many times in many histories of many races where the enslaved rose against their masters, murdered them all, and then took over. The humans would say, Where there's will, there's a way, and you would never be able to completely enslave that race. And because you killed that Victorian on a Supreme vessel, I can take it as misdirected hostile action. I can even take that body, preserve it, and make thousands, hundreds of thousands, even hundreds of millions of Victorians, able to think independently, give them weapons and training that you could never hope to understand at your current primitive stage, and send them to take over your worlds and take your power. I have no doubt that you have power; what you have is arrogance. Time and resources can be wasted, but we believe, as a rule, that life is not to be wasted. In a war? There are disputes, and many times, letting two opposing, conflicting sides hash it out can be very beneficial; either way, it is likely that they will cease conflict for quite some time, whether by one side's extinction, or mutual agreement that the fight is too costly."

"You have insulted my hospitality and my culture, and I have been kind enough, so far, to overlook it. Even your thinly veiled distaste for my appearance. And my appearance reflects only one side of all Supremes: We can be the red-hot blade that severs the head from the neck. Or we can be the ones who pull the fallen ones back up. I get enslavement. We've done it. But if you give carefully monitored freedom with certain prices, you can make them flourish. They will not need to be commanded, and they will not need to be enslaved: They will work as hard as they can, not because their lives depended on it, but because they want to. The thing is, efficiency is having them want to do what you say. They'll do it better, and they'll do it faster, and they'll do more without having to be commanded. The right to have freedom is not yours to give, Alexandrian."

And then he tossed the Alexandrian to the floor, and summoned one of the drones. Telepathically, he told it his instructions, and in the next moment, the drone moved over the Alexandrian, and for a moment, didn't do anything except charge up an unseen device, a whine building, similar to that of some primitive lasers.

In a moment, however, all damage was removed from the Alexandrian's and the Victorians' bodies, and the dead Victorian was picked up by the Draconian. The lizard studied it thoughtfully, before, well, cutting off its head with a claw that glowed red-hot for a moment, and tossing the cauterized body back to the Alexandrian. "Keep the body; the head is all we need for study." The Draconian turned and walked down the pathway, and the Spider watched curiously.

The next moment, an overwhelming force of thousands of Supremes surrounded the Alexandrian's mind, telepathically, and didn't let him put any resistance as the Supreme Negotiator moved his mind into his head, and placed and removed memories from his mind, and effectively wiped out anything but the Alexandrian meeting with the Supreme, and the Supreme uncovering, and then a no-fire peace agreement was made, and then the Alexandrian blacked out. The Supreme didn't want to take any chances: from his memories, he would only remember the meeting going smoothly, and successfully negotiating into a peace agreement to ensure conflicts wouldn't arise if there were accidental trespasses. Then everything went black, and the people on the scout ships found the Alexandrian's ship being moved out of the hangar, with 3, very large Corvette escorts.

[Summary: The Supreme got pissed, and then broke into the Alexandrian's mind, with the Victorians conscious, and then replaced the Alexandrian's memories with a peace-going side. And don't say it's OP: A single Supreme is very powerful, especially one to live as long as this one. With even a dozen, it would be impossible for a single creature to resist the telepathic attack.]

[NewSun]

“Thorim…”

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“Equestrains…”

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The Cephalrrior continued, their previous goal of examining the asteroids had now come to a complete halt, as more of the massive creatures had begun to tune into the frequency that was connected both the scout fleets in the sector, and they had begun to speak in unison. Their voices were deep, smooth, booming and very, very alien; especially when compared with the dialects of their conversational partners in this situation.
The Equestrians and Dwarves were… skeptical. They were worried that the Cepahlrrior were going to attack, worried that it was an ambush by some much more hostile force. They clearly had not studied the Cephalrrior in much detail if that were the case. Science and discovery were their modus operandi, leaving little room for violence. Especiallyfrom this Cephaol. they merely wanted to discover and contain whatever it was that lurked in the heart of the asteroids.

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“If we wished to hide from you…”

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“We would have not made our presence known…”

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“We are Cephalrrior, we wish you no harm…”

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“We have no intent to attack…”

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“We merely wish to learn…”

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“Put aside any differences you may have…”

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“Something still lurks in these rocks…”

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The largest Cephalrrior in the Cephaol, a Cephalion just shy of one hundred and three meters long engaged the trusters on it’s exquisitely built exoskeletal frame, lurching off of the asteroid it was anchored to and into the dusty sunlight where it shone and reflected the pure light with transcendent brilliance, making sure both fleets were aware of it’s position, and demonstrating it’s intent of pacifism.

“We urge you not to be startled…”

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“Instead, help us…”

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“Scan the asteroids…”

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“Together, we shall unravel the enigma…”

[Toaw]

Head Royal Council
"My emperor" a fairly large Victorian walked into the room filled with three Alexandrians, and a few other holographic ones, each from a different branch of the government. "Word has gotten back about the meeting with the Supremes, and our scientist have yet to get responses by any other species within the area." He quickly bowed before the emperor, who was nearly dressed in a scarlet red, and purple robe not showing a single symbol making it unclear how many slaves he had owned.

"Aw yes I see, please leave the area, so that me and the rest of the council can discuss this." The Alexandrian left the room, and the Emperor continued to speak looking over the data. "From what we can tell the Alexandrian commanding the vessel remembers nothing of his past, other than the meeting, and we seem to be missing a Victorian head. Do our domestic Ministers have anything to say about this?"

A fairly tall, and brutish looking Alexandrian, with many symbols etched over his body showing that he was the owner of thousands of slaves. "It seems that the Victorian was effectively killed, and according to the Alexandrian he had order him to do so, as to why he did so, and the why the head is missing is still a mystery." He then looked at the female Alexandrian standing next to him, who nodded for him to continue. "We believe that some how the Supremes are capable of locking telepathic wave lengths with both ourselves, and the Victorians. How this is possible is still unknown, but we are able to effectively scan basic details about the life forms aboard, and the ship through descriptions by the Victorians, and the Alexander as well as the two Scouting ships stationed outside. This of course is very basic information such as the approximate size of the ship, and theoretically even the designs on some of their more technically advanced features of the ship." He then paused for a second to let the Emperor speak.

"I see, so these Supremes have most likely learned more about us, than we have learned about them?" The Emperor walked back, and forth between the small table assigned with just enough seats for everyone attending the meeting. "This is what happens when we get an incompetent Alexandrian to negotiate, simple because we were short on time, and desperate." The Emperor's face was extremely disappointed about what he had been told.

"We were able to negotiate a cease-fire between our two nations your majesty." The slightly higher pitched female Alexandrian spoke up. "Also their are many theories onto what exactly happened with the ship, of course as he mentioned before the Supremes are able to match wave lengths with our species, which we have never encountered before in an alien race. We even believe that the Victorians have maybe even spoken to them, but considering their master current condition he is in complete denial over what exactly happened, and is unwilling to tell us what his Victorians witnessed beyond facial details." The women than sat down, and twiddled her thumbs waiting for a response.

"In that case, we shall wait and see. Until then execute the commanding officer, and put all Victorians he previously owned under the command of another Alexandrian. We shall have our results by the end of the week, until then everyone is dismissed." The holographic displays left the room, and the actual attending parties left, leaving only the emperor who sat quietly.

[null123]

((Wilson, there's a post on the previous page about diplomacy with the Equestrians))
Cephalrrior
"We never thought you were hostile, you are however the most...interesting species we have contacted. We will assist with helping you find whats in these asteroids."
The Equestrian fleet scattered and began scanning the asteroids. Each aste ne they scanned however seemed to be covered in a energy. Scanners couldn't exactly pinpoint it, and going near concentrations of it messed with navigation systems.

[Keyguyperson]

Construction Report
The LIV Terminator has been completed, and assigned an all-Delphan crew. Probably because it has been assigned as the flagship (and only vessel) in the 1st Lakfakalle Attack Fleet, and Delphans are known for their... abilities. It is likely that the entire fleet will eventually be made up of Delphan-crewed vessels. First, however, more negative mass production facilities must be built to keep up with such a large interstellar fleet. As such, ground has been broken on five new negative mass factories along with fifteen new warp rings.

Lakfaklle
Detecting the intrusion, the LIV Terminator gathered up two planetary defense ships and set a course for the alien fleet. As the got closer, they noticed design similarities with the pirate vessel that had attacked the freighter convoy. Even more suspicious was the fact that they were heading for the wreckage, perhaps when the pirate ship was truly and completely anhilliated they dispatched this fleet to go rescue any survivors and find out what happened. So the crew prepared a little show of force to drive them off, powering up the four antiproton streamers and setting them to track the alien fleet.

As the Terminator neared the alien fleet, they fired off a volley from the antiproton streamers towards what appeared to be four escort ships. The streams of antiprotons completely anhilliated their main sublight engines, leaving only gamma rays behind. After the volley, a message was sent to the flagship.
"This is Captain Kuuyi Oras of the Lakfakalle Interstellar Vessel Terminator. We know who you are, we know you speak our language. You're the same scum that murdered forty-five innocent civilians and indirectly killed countless colonists on Shuroh, knowing full well the implications of your actions! We do not tolerate piracy and mindless killing, because unlike you, we are a civilized society! I assume you;re here to check on your buddies, well guess what? They're all dead! Every last one of them, you won't find any bodies or wreckage, because we tore apart the very nuclei of the atoms that formed their ship and their bodies! You will surrender yourselves immediately, or else we will have no choice but destroy your fleet to protect the rest of the universe from you Sylve scum!"

As she finished speaking, the alien flagship suddenly shook violently. The bridge crew fell off of their seats and onto the floor, forced to look up at the viewscreen which continued to display video feed of the Terminator's bridge. Everyone on it was of the same species, and their eyes all glowed purple, fixed in a piercing and disturbing stare. It was obvious that the shaking had nothing to do with an anomaly or weapon, it had come from the ship's crew. The captain smiled, taking some sort of twisted pleasure in the idea of destroying the alien fleet.

[TehAlphaGamer]

Contact: Lakfakalle

The Marku-Class Cruiser Undying Will recoiled from the attack, activating emergency booster rockets to continue moving. Rudimentary, yes, but effective. Gun decks A2-E2 (1 identifying the starboard main gun deck and 2 identifying the port gun deck) were raised as she pivoted to be perpendicular with the Lakfakalle interceptor. Five rounds of High-Impact Canister Shot (HICS for short) were launched. They were calculated to brush past the vessel while being able to slow down and burn up in the planet's orbit. A message was sent from the flagship.

"You fools! Sylve is just as much as a threat to us as it is to you, and they have been so for millenia! We Sazkarjhit have been warring with them for eons, and we are merely investigating what is left of the wreckage so we can track them in the future. Your hostilities are not taken lightly, and if you do not recall your ship and let us conduct our mission we will completely obliterate the pathetic dinghy you call a 'spaceworthy vessel'!"

[darkwolf687]

Patrol group four

"New contacts detected." The bridge officer reported, and the overseer nodded as his head began to glow orange. The four ships of the patrol group turned and cut a hole in space, gliding inside.
They dropped back into the primary universe at their destination and looked upon the ships, scanning them
"Archives report unknown vessels and a Supreme vessel"
"Supreme? Clarify."
"Universal supreme collective, contact not made in over 50,000 years."
"Unit copies, open contact with both the unknown ship and the Supreme ship."
"I obey"

Both messages were in Triarian Standard, commonly associated with the tongue of Latin, and both read
"This is Overseer Licinius of Patrol Group Four of the Collective. Identify."

High Command center

"Long range external surveillance and detection systems report hostilities at a human world" One of the Umbrae Populus that was manning a station reported, and the Overlord he was reporting to nodded, tapping a few commands
"Patrol groups 6, 7 and 9 are to proceed to Human World and diagnose the situation. Failure to comply will result in hive world assignment." The Overlord ordered over comms, as the holograms of the three patrol group overseers popped into view, each slammed his fist to his chest (Except patrol group 9's overseer, who slammed her fist to her chest) and bowed their heads, reporting
"We obey"

Lakfakalle

The total of twelve ships arrived on system examining the situation and drifting slowly forwards, preparing their weaponry and raising their shields, pinging a message to both the Terrans and the new contact who scand suspected to be another old race
"Attention please" The AI began "Identify, explain, diagnose"

[WilsonTurner]

Triarian Contact
"This is the USCS Station-Cruiser <Translated_as=Nation's_Pride>, at helm by High Council Commandant <Translated_as=Never-Still_Always-Unseen> of the Universal Supreme Collective. Do you wish to negotiate incarnate? And shall we remain within our robed selves, hidden from sight, or shall we remove our robes for the sake of a true face-to-face meeting?"

Equestrian Contact
"This is the USCS Station-Cruiser <Translated_as=Nation's_Pride>, at helm by High Council Commandant <Translated_as=Never-Still_Always-Unseen> of the Universal Supreme Collective. Do you wish to negotiate incarnate? And shall we remain within our robed selves, hidden from sight, or shall we remove our robes for the sake of a true face-to-face meeting?"

Human First Re-Contact
"This is the USCS Station-Cruiser <Translated_as=Nation's_Pride>, at helm by High Council Commandant <Translated_as=Never-Still_Always-Unseen> of the Universal Supreme Collective. Do you wish to negotiate incarnate? And shall we remain within our robed selves, hidden from sight, or shall we remove our robes for the sake of a true face-to-face meeting?"

[Keyguyperson]

Lakfakalle
"This starship uses the technology of the ancient Aif Empire, their wisdom is unsurpassed in today's civilization! This starship could easily destroy your pathetic fleet if I commanded it to! However, I am willing to give you a chance to prove that you are not the pirate scum we suspect you are. As the commander of the fleet, you will personally come aboard my vessel, where we shall perform a test. This test requires the one being tested to have no knowledge of its details, lest they have sufficient intellect to form a defense. Any hostile actions taken onboard my vessel will be considered an act of war, and your fleet will be destroyed by both the Terminator and the planetary defenses."
When the new contact entered the system, the ship quickly identified it as a Triarian vessel. While the Starfire had made contact with them, little was known of their people.
"Captain Kuuyi Oras of the Lakfakalle Interstellar Vessel Terminator, operated by the Lakfakalle Cooperative Federation and subsequently by the Delphan Collective. We believe this to be a pirate fleet, they deny it, we have asked them to participate in a test to determine whether or not they speak the truth. Do not fire upon either of us until the test is complete, after that point you may choose sides, attack us both, or take peaceful action."

Supreme Contact
"This is Lakfakalle Foreign Relations Center, yes, an... incarnate negotiation would be preferable. You may appear with or without your robes depending on your own customs. Transmitting coordinates... Universal Supreme Collective... why does it feel like I've heard that name before?"

[Toaw]

Planet Tula, head of alien research and development
A fairly large Alexandrian walked into the room, with a small holographic display of the ship that the scout team boarded on. He then handed it to the Alexandrian who was the current head of research still wearing his slick bright purple lab coat perfectly hiding the scars, and symbols imprinted onto his skin. "We have yet to find anything of importance other than that of which you can see here. The technology is beyond anything we could have ever imagined, and their was probably even more that our scanners couldn't pick up." The Alexandrian shouted excitedly at the head of research, but the Alexandrians face remained grim, and disappointed.

"I see, but what about the messages we sent out, did we get anyone? anything?" He asked skeptically still examining the holographic device, as if he was completely uninterested in the conversation.

"Sir, we have gotten no responses so far." The Alexandrian replied softly, and slowly backed away.

"Try again, and trying sending out a actual message instead. Say in English "We are the Alexandrian Empire, we wish you no harm, and no ill will, we only wish for all species to know this, a new race of people called the Supremes, a race far more advanced than we have ever seen has recently appeared in the Solar System. We are looking for allies, and possible friends willing to stand up to the possible threat that may incur in the following years. Any and all who wish to answer the call are welcome." He then turned to the Alexandrian, and asked in a monotone like voice, "How was that?"

"Sir that goes against everything we Alexandrians stand up to, what is getting rid of one alien threat compared to letting another one into our lives. You don't even have approval from the members of the head council to make that call." The Alexandrians face turned a dark red color, and he became so angry that he walked up to the head of research, and clenched him by the shoulders showing of his tremendous size compared to him.

The head of research simply tried shrugging off his arms, but when he didn't remove him he gave an vicious glare. "Remove your hands at once, and I do have permission, see here," he walked over and tossed the piece of paper towards the other Alexandrian. "Say right their, I have complete power over any, and all alien relations as of today, making me temporary foreign minister of the Alexandrian Empire." The Alexandrian stood shocked, and turned around nodding his head sending out the message just as he described, and even coordinates to their current planet so that they can negotiate.

[TehAlphaGamer]

Lakfakalle

A small diplomatic vessel was sent onto the Terminator with the Fleetmaster and a small garrison of OGVS guards on board.

[null123]

((Sorry Toaw, didn't see your posts.))
"Supremes"
"The Princesses have agreed to receive you on Equiis at Canterlot Castle. You are restricted to two diplomats, 6 guards, and a single ship for security reasons. Whether or not you remove your robes is your choice, but the Princesses would probably prefer you do."

Alexandrian Empire
Shortly after the message had been sent out, a few Equestrian vessels dropped into the system.
"We hail from the Equestrian Empire. We wish for peace and harmony to all peoples, and are a peaceful people."

[WilsonTurner]

Equestrian Contact
"Message Received. Diplomat Convoy en route now, ETA, 3 human minutes. USCS <Translated_as=Peace-Carrier> arriving shortly, carrying two Supreme Diplomats, escorted by two Supreme-Draconian Pilots, two Elite Supreme-Kilve Guards, two Elite Supreme Battlemasters. Prepare for arrival."

And in exactly three minutes from the message above being sent to the Equestrians, a Corvette folded out of foldspace, and moved into orbit around the planet. The ship was different from the previously-known Corvettes: This one had a long, lean appearence, with an 'X-wing' style in the rear section, powered by one center engine, and an engine on the end of each of the four wings, each of them leaving a trail of blue light, similar to hardlight, but not as hard, obviously. The ship, which would be big enough to be taken out of other peoples' versions of fighters, or even really really big bombers, immediately broadcasted a message:

"Diplomat Convoy USCS <Translated_as=Peace-Carrier> arriving shortly, carrying two Supreme Diplomats, escorted by two Supreme-Draconian Pilots, two Elite Supreme-Kilve Guards, two Elite Supreme Battlemasters. Permission to descend to <IDentified_as:CanterlotCastle> ?"

Human Re-Contact
"Message and Coordinates received. Diplomatic Convoy en route to sent coordinates. USCS <Translated_as:=SupremePride> arriving shortly, carrying one Supreme Diplomat, one <Translated_as=GreatTenLeg>, two Supreme Battlemasters, four Supreme-Draconian Ceremonial Guards. Prepare for arrival. Message: You have met us before, humans. We were present during humanity's golden age, and the downfall of the Galactic Empires to what you have become now."

[Toaw]

Planet Tula, Head of Alien Research and development team/Equestrian contact
The head of research was walking by the comms when they picked up a signal, and he immediately rushed over pushing the Victorian working the machine out of the way. "Hello, this is the current temporary foreign minister, and permanent head of research, and alien development in the Alexandrian Empire." he then turned around, and looked at the two Victorians staring wide eyed at him curious as to why he was doing their job. "Please if you are here about the message we sent we would like to speak with someone of rank high enough to discuss terms, and treaties. If no person in your party is of eligibility we would still like to discuss them with your highest ranking officer." He then sent the proper pass codes, and docking information to land on the planet. "Sixteen guards will escort your to my current location, and feel free to bring your own men as well." He was interrupted by a voice in the background telling him that the idea was insane, but he ignored the voice, and awaited response.

[WilsonTurner]

Orbit around Planet Tula
3 Supremes were sitting in a titanium-glass observation deck at the bottom of a Stealth Electronic Warfare Corvette, Flanking the SEW Corvette were two Stealthed Escort Assault Corvettes, or SEA Corvettes. All three of these were virtually undetectable to both the Equestrians and the Alexandrians, which brought the 3 Supreme Ship Commanders great pleasure. They sat, staring down at the planet with vision easily better than a hawk's, using 3-D maps in their head to watch the going-ons, and listen to the transmissions. As the pass codes and instructions were pinged back to the Equestrians, the Supremes quietly intercepted the signal, received, duplicated and continued it to the Equestrians with no delay, and a smaller Stealth fighter from the small single-fighter bay in the SEW Corvette moved down to lower orbit, using passcodes, memory-replacement, and hacking wherever needed to continue being undetected. When the time came, they would reveal themselves, and laugh at them and their efforts to begin forming a wall against the Supreme Collective.

[null123]

"Supremes
"A small landing pad has been set aside for you, the location in question is attached to this message."

Alexandrians
"Archmage Tullus is aboard with us and has the highest diplomatic authority and can negotiate and discuss treaties, depending on there effects and content. We will note however we are only here to discuss treaties and trade, we will not agree to any military action against any one nation or group unless there is justifiable cause."

Missionaries
Equestrian Church of Faust priests have arrived at Lakfalle and other Federation worlds, spreading the word of Faust and setting up Churches.

Offer to the Lakfalle Cooperative Federation
The Equestrians, wishing to assist there very good friends, have offered to turn one of the moons orbiting any of there planets into a moon entirely devoted to negative energy creation, free of charge. They have also asked if they could mine several asteroid fields that are controlled by the LCF, the LCF would receive 40% of the output from the fields.

[Toaw]

Planet Tula, Head of Alien Research and development team/Equestrian contact
The Alexandrian received a reply from this race, and smiled slightly. "We don't ask for military action, but mutual defense in case of a supreme invasion. We have reason to believe that they have taken or will take hostile action against our race." He then turned to three Victorians, and alerted them to signal the guards to prepare their escort. "Please, let us discuss a bit more in private on the planet with your Archmage. You can agree to nothing if you wish, but we shall set up proposals none the less, and if you aid us in this mutual defense we will even set up special trade routes for you." He then quietly directed a message towards the Emperor to prepare a comm link to the planet Tulan within the hour. We shall do our best to discuss matters of importance. I will not let this supreme race no mater how much more intelligent out smart me.