Star System: Aquilon
Planet: Delgosh, Swamp World
The last rebel outpost stood within this system, on the forsaken swamp planet that would be considered a slum to any other nation and yet there the rebels had set their base. There, the rebels were waiting. They knew that the X'Cor fleet would be upon them all too soon and with it would bring the death of the rebellion, they had to get off world before the fleet got to them. Where would they go afterwards? If they fled then they would become pirates that plundered any trade ships, no doubt. Many did not wish that fate, many stayed to fight the X'Cor to the brutal end.
The rebels set up trenches within the dry parts of the swamps, encircling the entrance to an underground base that contained the last hope of freedom for all the slaves.
"General! X'Cor Battle Cluster just warped into orbit! There are five Capital-classes and twenty Azur-classes!," a communications speaker stated to the rebel general, a X'Cor who supported the movement that the slaves held. The scouting vessels would be shot down no doubt.
"Sound the alarm! Prepare all men for combat!," The general ordered, a siren began ringing through the base which signaling the soldiers to the trenches and turrets that had been set up. Each man, each women, all soldiers, awaited their demise. They would not go gentle into that good night, they would rage against the dying of the light. There were possibly thousands of soldiers waiting for what seemed like hours, a plethora of slave races united against a common foe.
The time had come. Terror Worms descended from the skies to land men on the surface of the murky swamp planet. The X'Cor would not risk drawing their troops by flooding the underground complex so that the men could take it. They would need survivors to prove as examples to the other slaves. The Worms deployed their men away from the trenched so that they would not die to weapons, they proceeded to go back to their respective ships and deploy more ships. 23,000 X'Cor totaled when all their men were deployed. There was only 3,000 rebels to be slaughtered, three-thousand to butchered.
Then the X'Cor charged the rebel lines, using the many trees as crude cover whenever they could. Coil guns began roaring on both sides as the battle truly begun. Explosions could be heard, the battle shouts of both sides, the death screams of many who would see this battle. The rebels were giving it their all, but they were not as heavily trained as the X'Cor military was. One by one they began to fall, though they refused to break even with the sound of the Hercules-class fighters overhead. Seconds passed, many would die within that second. Minutes, many more deaths. Hours, countless deaths.
How could one predict the amount of deaths that would happen?
Hours passed before the adrenaline-filled X'Cor mustered the bloodlust to draw their swords and charge for the trenches to end this fight once and for all. They charged through a hail of coil rounds, through the knee-high waters of the swamp. The plan worked.
The X'Cor begun cutting down the slaves one by one, heads and severed limbs began filling the trenches as the X'Cor pushed forward with their thirst for war. The X'Cor seemed to feel no pain and they didn't seem to notice damage that they had taken before they bled out on the field or were flat out killed.
The general gazed upon the field with sorrow in his eyes before he ordered the surrender of the rebel forces.
The battle had lasted aa total of three hours, 2,786 rebellious slaves had been killed in the battle and around 3,976 X'cor had been lost within the battle. Those who surrendered where sent to prison outposts where they would forever live out the rest of their days, death would have been a mercy compared to those places. Regardless, the rebellion was destroyed.
"The rebellion has been defeated! The X'Cor empire can now rest knowing that its populous will not rise against it! My loyal citizens and loyal slaves, this marks a wondrous day! All shall be free to celebrate the end of this travesty! All hail the X'Cor Empire, Uplifter of Civilizations! - A speech made 15:65:09, general galactic time, by Empress Ssirek.
With the war out of the way for many, the X'Cor scientists pondered on why their ships could be vulnerable when they had the weaponry that they needed. The first option would be to put more guns on all the ships, but that would only get in the way of other weapons unless they proportionally scaled the ships. However, the X'Cor could navy did not want larger ships or more guns to arm themselves with, they wanted something that could deflect incoming fire. Thus, their ships could last longer in a fight, long enough to calculate another strategy if their attacks were not working.
So, the scientists began work on these 'Deflector Shields' no doubt this would notion would be absurd sense that seemed like a coward's decision in the matter. The Oin had agreed to it. With the backing of such a respected man, surely the scientists had to be forced to succumb to the Navy's demands. With that began their first project after the rebellion. Some were at first skeptical, many others believed it to be possible somehow.
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