Fiction:New Cyrandia Wars/Year One/Dealing with the Devil

''The recent events have caused an unsuspected change in the Galactic Order, former enemies are now forced to fight by side against the newly emerged threats. Even the xenophobic has to search for new allies, coincidentally among one of their worst opponents, the. Now these two powers have to collaborate, if they want or not. But will it work ? Will the distrust be overcome ? Or will it end in chaos ?''

An Unlikely Alliance
Story= ''Conflict in the Unknown Regions! The constant growth of the caused them to clash with another powerful civilization in their sector, the. The Troodontid senate has send out the main fleet to stop any more intruders right at the border. However the Gigamatrix managed to outmaneuver the blockade and now goes for one of the most important structures of their new opponent...'' It seemed like a regular day at the Bifröst. Nothing seemed to happen. the Troodontid fleet had left to the borders, no ships needed to use the wormholes to reach a far distant world. Only four Nemesis Star Destroyers remained in orbit around the massive space gate.
 * Bifröst under attack

But then suddenly something happened, something totally unexpected. Two Neraida Cubes arrived right in front of the Bifröst. The controlling AI was ripped out of peaceful slumbering by the event. The first thought of the AI was that the blockade had been broken and their fleet defeated. A quick uplink to the other AIs, the ones controlling the fleet revealed that this didn't happen. All ships were still intact and on position. The next action was the call for help. However the AI soon realized that the help wouldn't arrive in time. the Troodontid fleet was spread several light-years away, even with Transwarp the nearest would need over an hour to reach the world. The AI send out a Distress Signal to the nearby allies, but those were unable to help as well. The Bifröst seemingly was on its own.

The Nemesis Star Destroyers engaged the cubes, opening fire with all their weapons. The strong ships were among the most common Troodontid ships and quite capable of taking on most threats. Firing ion and energy blasts, as well as lasers and missiles they managed to knock down the cubes' shields surprisingly easily. Their own shields in return seemed to withstand the heavy lasers fired by the cubes quite easily. Surprised by this realization the controlling AI already hoped for an easy victory, at best be without losses. But reality hit them hard, very hard. The heavy weapon fire from the Nemesis Star Destroyer might have got rid of the shields, but it turned out they were not enough to crack open the hull.

Then all of the sudden, the Troodontid sensors picked up another presence nearby, at the border directing towards the Galactic Core. It took some moments to identify the object, but after comparing it with the database revealed that the presence was a ship, a ship that could possibly save them from the situation. It was an.
 * Help from an unsuspected side

Quickly the senate agreed on asking the Imperials for help. Opening a Trans-Galactic channel to the Core Worlds, they managed to gain access to the Bri'sa'tana, the Grand Mandator of the Unknown Regions. Informing him about the situation, they managed to convince him to grant them the help of the Empire. However in return of the aid of the Empire against the Neraida, the Troodontids would have to defend the Imperial borders against the recently emerged threats.

The Imperial Star Destroyer arrived just in time, the shields of two of the Nemesis Star Destroyers already started failing. The heavier weapons arriving in form of the new capital ship allowed them to finally effectively battle the cubes. Rather than battling the two cubes at the same time, the defensive fleet now concentrated the fire on the one that had already reached the Bifröst and begun attacking it. Though the cube managed to fully take down the shields of one of the Star Destroyers and cut it into halves, the other managed to break through the armour of the other one. Explosions shook the massive cube as it slowly drifted away into space.
 * Clearance

With one cube down, the other one saw itself outnumbered by far. Rather than risking a direct fight, it turned around and prepared to leave the system. Realizing that the controlling AI ordered the AI in charge of the other chipped Star Destroyer to abandon the ship and accelerate it into the fleeing cube. Though the ship managed to crash into the cube right before it could retreat, it couldn't prevent the jump to faster-than-light speeds. The hull had been severely cracked by the impact, but only the Troodontid ship was ripped apart by it. Heavily damaged the ship now floated away. Repair ships would soon arrived and reassemble or at least reuse the parts. Together with them several Troodontid Battleships arrived, making the Imperial Star Destroyer obsolete. After the Troodontids thanked the crew, the Star Destroyer left the system to continue with its patrol duties.