Briggs Fortress
"Do or die huh? Sounds like basic all over again. This should be an interesting stay. You know, this place looks a lot like the Saronian Hold don't you think boys?"
"No, if it was like the Saronian Hold we'd have been fired upon before ever getting this close. Those metal bitches really loved to fire their guns."
"They shot at their own ships. Wasn't their thinking that if you were crazy enough to keep flying into their range you were clearly one of them?"
"Didn't help them at all once we stole one of their ships and got inside. Place went up quick once the assassins reached their queen. Too bad they nuked the place from orbit afterwards, it would've made a great base of operations for the rest of the war."
"Can we just get to the fortress? You can tell your war stories there."
Jos'arro grunted but started to follow the others towards the fortress in the mountain.
Arcadia
"The teleporters were developed as a way to stabilize an old form of item delivery. Unfortunately that old form included disintegrating an object to then easily teleport it before it was reformed at the desired location. Trust me, it was insanely painful and not a process you'd want to go through. Luckily we refined it so as to remove the crippling pain, though it now only goes to another teleport pad. Still useful for transport to and from orbit though. Emperor Callisto, the Nightmare Emperor will meet us in the teleportation chamber. Shall we go?"
Receiving a nod of approval from the Roman Emperor, they each stepped onto a teleporterrs which sent them down to the Moonlight Castle. Once they arrived, they were greeted by the Nightmare Emperor of the Roa'marii, wearing his full armor minus a helmet which was replaced with a black crown.
"Welcome Emperor Apollo Callisto of the Roman Empire. I am the Nightmare Emperor of the Roa'marii Empire, you may call me Nox."
Expedition Fleet A-9, Dullahan
The two ships exited into orbit around a large planet, the surface covered in large craters. A massive wall could be seen from orbit, surrounding a great portion of land that itself was divided into one mega city surrounded on one side by an enormous body of water and on the other by green lands used for agriculture. All of this was encompassed by the wall which towered above mountains. When the ships appeared, a blue dome quickly formed over this land before a broadcast was sent up to them.
"State your business here, the Dullahan Confederacy is a sovereign state of the United Empire and will shoot you down if necessary."
"This is general Sta'falia Silvad of the New Roa'marii Empire, core of the United New Roa'marii Empire. We are carrying a number of wounded and require repairs. We request acceptance under the Queen's Cross and General Zer'icia Velkorn who is on your planet now."
There was a brief pause before the shields to the planet were brought down and another message was sent.
"You are accepted. Welcome to Dullahan. Please make your way to the Dullahan Keep as soon as you make planet fall. There you will find the Queens Cross station and General Zer'icia."
With that, the two ships moved into high anchor above the planet before a number of transports filled with those rescued from Finnegan's trade house were sent down to the Dullahan Keep. Aboard these transports was Finnegan himself, still clutching his pot of gold in hands that had not been pried open for fear of further injury to the fairy. Many of the fairies aboard the ships had quickly come down with an illness of sorts that seemed to have been caused by the presence of iron as well as radiation. Down on the planet they would receive the best medical treatment the Queens Cross could give.