Fiction:The Confederate Border

=A few ships. }} The Hector, along with about a hundred other ships, where off to establish new deep-space colonies However, little did the DEF fleet captain Orus know he was to run into a very hostile people. "Sir, ships ahead." A crewman said "Slow out of hyperspace." Orus said "That goes for the fleet, too." The ships exited the blue swirl that was hyperspace, back into a somewhat star-filled region of space. The fleet had a variety of colony, supply, and military ships. All with a paint job slightly different to the military. Using a eggshell colour rather then a grey As the fleet slows out of hyperspace, they see a NCKU Invasion Fleet 300 strong in the area. Fighters whirl around the swarm, and quickly notice the DEF Fleet. They fly towards the DEF Fleet, and one of the Battleships in the swarm nimbly turns around towards their direction. The Fleet Captain was slightly taken off by surprise. he shook it off "open a hailing frequency." he said evenly the comms crackled to life, Fleet Captain Urus took in a breath; "This is Fleet Captain Urus of the Drodo Empire," "We mean you no harm. Please respond." The NCKU Battle ship replies. The screen shimmers to life and shows a NCKU Admiral in a seemingly displeased mood. The admiral shouts "You have violated Corporate Policy 022bca! You have illegally entered the Watchta Subsector, along with that, you have entered a area where military operations are about to take place!" "I apologise," Urus said in his even tone "Shall we exit?" "Raise shields." Urus subtly mumbled to the ops crewman he looked back tentivly.
 * losses3=A few ships.

Most other captains did the same, The NCKU Admiral shouted back "NO! There will be NO apologizes and NO forgiveness for this blatant violation! You WILL cease and desist, and be taken in as prisoners of the New Corporate Krickan Union. ALL SHIPS, DIVERGE ON THEIR POSITION!" "I'm afirad that's not possible, my dear friend." Urus said in a patronising tone "close comms." he ordered "Tell the group one to fire at will, group two will evacuate the colony ships." the Drodo fired turbolasers, railguns, and powerful antimatter missiles, taking out several frigates as the colony ships, escorted by several crusiers and multiple corvettes, fell back. The NCKU Misslie Boats flank the DEF fleet. They fire a barrage of Ion and Quantum Displacement Cannon rounds. The shields managed to defend against the weaponry, but not at the expense of weakened shields The Missile boats where violently torn apart by turbolasers fitted on the Drodo battleships The Missile Boats fallback. Destroyers warp in and out of the area, doing hit and run attacks on the DEF fleet with QD Cannons, Ion Cannons, Plasma Pulses, and Antimatter Missile barrages Frigates guard the missile boats on their retreat. The civilian colony ships where starting to take damage, but many managed to retreat Urus thought for a moment "A ha!" "Ops, can you reconfigure long range sensors to look for ships in warp, and there predicted destinations?" "Probably, just need to... There!" the young man exclaimed the sensor map was filled with little red dots showing predicted points of ambush "Send this to the fleet, we can prepare this way." Some ships patently waited at these locations, others barraged these areas The NCKU Battle ships warp above the DEF fleet at a downward angle in space. The send a massive barrage of Quantum Displacement Beam, Supercharged Ion Beam, Plasma Pulse, Laser beam, and Antimatter Missile barrages. The destroyers fall back a bit from the battle, and return to the main swarm. Ok. The Drodo where prepared, however, and shot back, destroying NCKU ships in the process several battlecrusers exploded, or simply ceased to move "Are the Colony ships out?" Urus yelled over the din "Yes sir!" Another crewman responded "good! Open comms!" The comms came to life, forwarded to the NCKU admiral Urus composed himself, and a sly smile came across his face; "I'm afraid I must depart now, Admiral." The NCKU Admiral open the comm request, and he appeared on the screen. "Thank you for your time. I leave you with one last thing..." A massive terraformation missile, filled with ammonia, was fired. Normally used as a first stage to making a stable atmosphere, it could be used just as well as a bioweapon. it was targeted at the admiral's ship "Now we leave." Urus said again the last Drodo ships slipped into hyperspace "And the confederacy falls." Replied the Admiral. and the missile punctured the hull of the NCKU ship Ammonia fills the ship, however, due to the species Cyanide/Silicon composition of the NCKU species, it does not kill them, but makes it terribly hard to breathe. The admiral coughs violently and shouts "Imperialistic *cough* scum! Gah!" Urus simply smiles "Don't aggravate the Imperium." at that, the Drodo fleet fell out of sensor range The admiral calls in for renforcements to make up for the losses sustained in the attack. Soon the renforcements arrive, and cross the Confederate border, about to launch a genocidal assault.