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

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Alexandrians
"We are always up for trade, the exact terms will have to be worked out at a later date however. We prefer to do a bit of observation before we deterime the path of relations we will take with a certain nation or race."

Underground, Char
The tunnel was mostly dark, save for a few floodlights illuminating a massive stone door. It had a odd series of runes across it. A Griffon and a Unicorn could be seen observing the door, they carried various pieces of equipment.
"They were right, there was something magical down here. Runes appear to be Equestrian Enchanting runes, they say "Come my Children"." said the Unicorn. He was focused intently on the door.
"Better wait for the teams and Archmage to get down here. I don't wanna what kind of stuff is hidden in that vault." spoke the Griffon.

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Krugor-4

Nothing came from the fleet commander's face for the longest of time; no expression, no subtle twitch of a muscle, no nothing. After around ten seconds, he simply replied with "Acknowledged. This empire...eh...fascinates us. Would you care for a more..up-close meeting?"

He tried to make it clear about how much they were fascinated about the Zonanese, but he did his best not reveal exactly why. It was, of course, because of their relation to the Haches, but for what the Castu knew, it wasn't possible for the new contact to figure this out until another time.

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Lakfakalle

Fleetmaster Hagris'kum shook her hand, then chuckled somewhat at the difference. Where the Abh military official was in formal military dress, the reptilian Sazkarjhit standing before her towered over her by nearly half of a foot, with a uniform that completely reciprocated hers: Dull silver powered armor, with blue and maroon overlapping each other going across her chest and forming an "X", identifying her rank as a Vice Fleetmaster. She flipped a latch that folded down the helmet, showing her dull orange face, with large, black eyes and bands of yellow streaking across her snout, before popping and ingesting an oxygen capsule. Once her breathing turned to Lakfakalle's atmosphere, she began speaking.

"It's nice to meet you, Admiral Spoor. I am Vice Fleetmaster Ramli Hagris'kum, commander of the Sazkarjhia Assault Fleet 091 1st Division Task Force. I apologize for the lengthy title, but that's something I can take to my superiors. Anyways, as I had discussed with one of your military leaders, and as you had mentioned, we are hunting the nefarious Sylve Faction, and we believe we have located their command center near Rigel."

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Krugor-4

Since the fleet commander was busy with the affairs of the first contact, one of his subordinates was tasked with responding to a new contact, which had left. Before they left, they did manage to send a message through.

"Misunderstanding, this must have been a distress signal that was sent. We did not intend to fire it, but it was an accident. It is not of our origin."

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Equestrian Contact
"Well then in that case, may I suggest visiting our capital sometime?" The Emperor said in a cautious tone. "It is really quite the place, and very beautiful. I think that is the way to best understand our culture, and people." He took another sip of his wine, and raised it high. "Cheers to future friendship then, but I'm sorry that I must end this transmission early, my friend will answer any questions, and will further represent our nation." The holographic image disappeared, and the head of research gave a kind smile.

"Now, how do your people feel it is best to get to know our race? I know our emperor suggested the capital, but it is so crowded, and to many aristocrats, would you prefer a different method?"

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Omen
Ceramus Homeworld
An ill fate awaits for the next two worlds in the vicinity of Omen.

On a giant spire structure towering above the dark green clouds of the world, multitudes of Qourux mage soldiers marched in a circle, waiting for the transports to drop down from the skies. Chants of an incoherent language roared across the surroundings, the deep, evil-like voices seeming like it would bring fear to spectators who happen to stumble upon the scene, but again, the Ceramus lives upon inhospitable environments so that would be unlikely.

After a few minutes of waiting, a bright blue-green light flashed behind the clouds, then descended three fairly large ships from above. The lights on their FTL thrusters faded, and a long ramp unfurled from the sides of the ships. It only took one and a half minutes for them to load onto the ship, and just as quickly, the vessels lifted up from the ground and into the skies, then to the voids of space.

The Commander was a mere Commander; he was no leader or a president or a king. He was only a Commander who was chosen by the people to guide them in the wars to come. Around him were more commanders, three of them. Inside the Spire, one of the Omen's military bases, they looked up as the three ships lifted to their way to the designated worlds. After they have disappeared above the clouds, the commander faced the other commanders, as if there would be something to talk about.

"Chros and Ndos. As our reconnaissance ships have observed, these two worlds have the activity of sentience in the other planets bordering their star systems. Magical ability of an unknown type has been observed nearby (Equestrian contact impending). Now, we have a question."

Simultaneously, the Commanders spoke.

"Would this discovery be a product of our current Age, or would they serve to be the ones that would end it?"

This answer would be left unanswered until the time comes that the occurrence itself would answer.

Meanwhile, Chros and Ndos face their fate, bombarded by the intense Thzeer radiation upon which the life of the Qourux depends on. Bright green flashes litter these planets, destroying the life on their surfaces.

Current Status:
6 worlds (excluding Chros and Ndos, still in procedure of terraforming)
260 ships (excluding 300 fighters incapable of FTL and quite weak)

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Alexandrians
The Archmage stood, taking another sip of wine.
"I might have to take a bottle of this when I go back...What is it that you purpose?" inquired Tullus.

Equestrian Radar Outpost, Colony 02
"Magic from another race detected, orders?"
"Send a Stealth ship and observe, this could be interesting..."

GSF Operation:Sanguinem latro
The GSF helicopter glided down right next to a Triarian City. It was stealthed of course, but the Equestrians had a odd mission here. They were to collect blood samples from Triarii races, multiple if possible, and a few of the client races if they found them as well. They were stealthed in there armor, and moved towards the Triarian city, with a single goal in mind.

Underground, Triarian Collective Colony
The Triarii had managed to dig a tunnel under there world, having scanned and found odd and massive energy signatures. They found a simple stone door, wherein it add odd runes. Deuscidium squads had come along due to the odd nature of the door. It was obvious using methods that they could use some normal methods for containing entities to break the seals on the door.

Underground, Char
After the Archmage had broken the magical seals they entered the chambers. 4 stone statues, four armed with swords in each hand stood silently. The had magic about them, but they seemed to do nothing. The Archmage and the teams pressed on, heading for the main chamber.

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Contact

The Triarian Overseer tilted it's head "I would be honoured, but your biological form will likely not suit my environment, and vice versa. We would have to meet through a client race or through my use of a PER body"

GSF Spec Op

Being on the border of the City, Civilis Protectione officers and a handful of workers were the only ones in such an area. As such, they were more isolated and easier to find alone. As such, a single worker was easy enough to find. She was knelt next to a rock on the ground, having placed an odd looking device into it. Green and purple lines ran along it, and it was hooked onto a small data pad that was latched to her wrist, displaying an odd hologram and symbols. She tapped a few commands on it as she ran her hands along the device, resulting it a small chamber popping out, containing an odd solution, which she proceeded to place into a vial beside her. A single Civilis Protectione officer was knelt down behind her, tapping her on the shoulder and speaking to her
"Donec eget consequat. autem" He said, and she nodded to him, speaking back
"A pauci minutis" The officer nodded again and stood, turning and walking away, leaving her alone to work on the device amongst the heat

Unknown discovery

The Deuscidium performed the Psionic method on the door, purple energies swirling around the air before disappearing into nothingness and reappearing as if from invisible hands. Eventually, the stone door cracked open, and the Squad of Deuscidium proceeded within, backed by two Spectre Squads

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Unknown Discovery-Triarii
As soon as they stepped in a loud voice projected
"LEAVE NOW, YOU ARE NOT HER CHILDREN
Noises could be heard from deeper within in, as if something was awakening.

Discovery- Equestrians
The Equestrians reached the main chamber. Sitting a atop a pedestal in the brilliant marble room was a artifact of great magical power. The archmage grabbed it, and told the squads to immediately take it and arrange for a transport to Equiis. It leaked magical energy like nothing, and was perhaps the most valuable discovery in the existence of Equestria.

GSF Spec Op
A small dart was shot into her back by the lead Griffon. Another quickly moved in and stuck a needle in her arm. Blood filled the syringe as the Griffons moved away from the area and observed the Triarii. She would feel pain from the spot where she was stuck, and there was a small hole, it was quite obvious she was.

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GSF Spec Op

The Triarian swooned for a few moments as the poison affected her. For a moment it might seem that she was about to resist the poison and stand up, but eventually she fell down, smashing the object before her as it did. Two odd fluids began to flow from the device... and a fluid began to flow from the rock as well. The Triarian began to rise again, only to find herself staring at a strange tentacle which had protruded from a newly opened hole in the rock. She saw it, but was sluggish as she recovered from the poison, and began to stand and turn away but the tongue grabbed at her. The Civilis Protectione officer arrived on scene a few moments later, and his eyes lit up as the the Triarian flew a few meters back from the tentacle. The Civilis Protectione unit took a few steps back, before his eyes intensified once more and several blasts of energy smashed upon the tongue, before finally severing it, the same odd liquid flowing out of it as the stump protruded back inside the rock

Unknown Discovery

The Spectre Squads brought their weapons to bear, and the eyes of the Deuscidium began to glow dully as the units proceeded through the chamber. One of them called outloud "Define." He stated coldly, as his dully glowing eyes scanned the chambers

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GSF Spec Op
The Griffons moved on, apparently not phased by the tentacle thing. They were searching for more Triarii.

Unknown Discovery
"DID YOU NOT HEAR ME? LEAVE NOW YOU ARE NOT HER CHILDREN. THE GIFTS HERE ARE NOT YOURS."
The chamber began shaking, and stopped. As they marched forward 4 giant stone statues stood in there way of advancing forward. They were 4 armed and looked almost like a night of hold, a sword was in each hand. One stepped forward and swiped, and while most of the team dodged, one of the spectres was not able to, and was instally killed, as his armor was crushed and his blood and body parts went everywhere.

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Unknown Discovery

There was a short beeping noise from the Spectre... before his armour exploded under the foot of the massive hulking creature, showering it's sword in Anti-matter. Meanwhile, the units brought their weaponry to bear. Two Spectre Saeva Simius let out bursts from a Dark Energy Heavy machine gun, a weapon capable of destroying tanks with it's advanced destructive capabilities. The two Spectre Triarian Officers hovered into the air, and then their eyes began to glow bright orange, and the roof of the chamber above one of the stone statues began to give way and fall towards him. Two Aru'Shumi spectre lept into the air, running up the sword of one of the stone statues, until they arrived on his head and slapped an anti-matter charge onto it, before leaping down the other side and onto the floor behind him and dashing off, detonating it. The remaining lance spectre moved to cover, bringing out his Hardlight rifle and letting off a shot towards the chest of the statue that had killed his comrade.
The Deuscidium retreated a few paces, before their eyes began to light up orange and they began to use their powers in an attempt to tear apart the statue that the Saeva Simius were shooting at.

GSF Spec Ops

"Omnia unitatum, pervigilem moniters. Sanctificate extract" The robotic voice came, and the Civilis Protectione officers began to take positions, watching the workers. A squad of four Civilis Protectione proceeded to, armed with hardlight pistols as their eyes began to glow. But it wasn't them the GSF should be worried about, for something had detected them, but it wasn't Triarian. Above them came a screech as a strange bird came down from above, diving towards them. It's most notable feature was it's large teeth, and it came down and attempted to grab one of the Griffons, apparently aiming to turn the invisible new comner into a snack.

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Unknown Discovery
It was obvious weakening the ceiling was futile, and so were the attacks. Even the hard hitting anti-matter was only slowing them down, as any destroy bits of them rapidly regenerated. However as one of them turned around and tried to attack one of the Saeva Simus a blast hit a crystal structure on the back of its head, taking it down permanently. The Statues seemed unaware that there companion had fallen, and continued the attack.

GSF Spec Ops
The spell matrix of ones the Griffons activated, choosing the explosion spell. The bird was destroyed as what little bits of it remained went everywhere. While they were still stealthed the squad began rapidly moving back to there transport, to prevent from being discovered.

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GSF Spec Ops

As the bird exploded, it's blood splattered over their armour, slowly disappearing into their camouflage along with their armour systems. The stench of it's guts might easily give them away though, considering it smelt like it had been dead for over a week. Once they got back to their transport, they would see something bound quickly away from it, but would not catch a clear sight of it.

Unknown discovery.
The Aru'shumi jumped back atop the hostile as the Overseer's eyes lit up. They fired two hardlight shots into the odd crystal before jumping back off it's head again. The Saeva Simius took out their dark matter grenades, and attempted to toss it past the head of the monster, hoping to catch it's crystalline structure in it's blast radius, only one of the grenades succeeded in it's task, and not before it's tosser had been sliced in half. The Lance soldier dashed forwards, firing to grab it's attention, distracting it so that the Overseer could get a shot in, and it hit the back of the crystal, bringing it down. The two Aru'Shumi launched upon the third, scaling it's arms. One of them was batted off and died on impact, but the other made it to the top and fired several more shots into the crystal. The deuscidium flew forwards slightly, before using their psionics to cause a small explosion, shattering the crystal on the back of the final ones head. Finally, the remaining units had defeated the strange stone beings and looked around the chamber quickly, keeping their weapons at bear out of fears for a second assault.

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GSF Spec Ops
There got in and escaped before they could be found out. They soon boarded the ship that had brought them here, and were out before they could be figured out.

Vahlen's Lab
Vahlen looked at here prize. The DNA sample of a Triarii, using various blank genetic material methods she had recreated the sample for her other parts of her research. While the Princesses were intially mad that she had done this without them knowing after she told them her plans they calmed down. She would use it and Equestrian advanced cloning to create a whole sub-race of Triarii, loyal to the Equestrian Empire.

Unknown Discovery
With the statues defeated there was a door way. A bright light emnated from it.

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Unknown Discovery

The units slowly moved towards it and pushed through into the doorway. The Deuscidium proceeded, but their eyes glowed brighter, projecting some form of field around them

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Unknown Discovery
The room was solid white marble, and unlike the rest of the tomb looked new. Standing before a set of stairs was what appeared to be a alicorn. A sword hung from his side, and he had brilliant golden armor. His coat was a brilliant bright white, and he had dark blue hair that radiated out in the room. Atop the stairs was a pedestal, a brilliant gem set into a gold was atop it. It was the thing that had been projecting all this energy, but the alicorn had to. His mouth moved but his voice seemed to come from everywhere.
"This is your last chance, leave now. You are not her children, You are not the Equestrians." said the Alicorn.

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Unknown discovery

The Collective personnel moved forwards towards the gem and the Alicorn, but the Deus cidium whispered something to a Spectre overseer, who quickly scuttled out of the room
"Apply." One of the Spectre Overseers ordered, and one of the Deuscidium continued the inquiry
"Identify gemstone" He ordered, and a third cut in, her voice higher pitched and less demanding
"What is this place?"

Outside

The Spectre overseer activated the comms relay, and began to transmit a few messages out, tapping a few commands on the terminal and bringing up the AI, speaking to it quickly

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Unknown Discovery
This time the voice was louder, and more angered.
"DO YOU NOT LISTEN!? I SAID LEAVE, LEAVE OR DIE."

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Unknown discovery

The Spectre Overseer took a few steps forwards, and outstretched his hand, his eyes glowing dully as the gem flew across the room and into his hands. He examined it closely, before handing it to one of the Deuscidium for examination

Message to the Equestrians, composed by Spectre Overseer Balbus
"We have discovered something belonging to the forerunners of your civilisation, or so we believe. It has the presence of one of your extra-dimensional entities. The location is attached to this message"