Fiction:Serpentaxy-Quadrantia Grox Wars

The Serpentaxt Quadrent Grox Wars were a conflict around Quadrant 82. It is one of the first recorded battles where the Quadrantia Grox have purposely ventured out of their territory in an attempt at assimilating new species.

Introduction
The scouting ship entered Quadrant 82, slowly descending upon unexplored areas- the Serpentaxy had only just begun to adventure outside there borders in Quadrant 82, though they also had plans to make use of the common trade route to explore the other known Quadrants. The scouting ship was just about to enter the atmosphere of a blue planet when something caught the pilots eye. A black sphere could be seen slowly approaching the scouting ship- moving in strange fashion. The pilot noticed something moving in his direction, a slow green light. As the light hit the hull of the ship- blowing a gigantic hole where the thrusters were, smoke filled the ship as it plummeted to the planet below. Before chrashing at the surface the Serpentaxy captain managed to send out a distress call! Meanwhile the sphere disappeared from sight. Vice-admiral Ramcard, captain of the USS Dallas recieved the distress call and decided to answer the distress call. Arriving at the planet the crew of the USS Dallas investigated the wreckage of the ship. As it turned out, the pilot was still alive, having lost an arm and gained many burns from the crash. The crew of the USS Dallas recognized that the pilot was Serpentaxy in origin and asked him a few questions. Meanwhile Ramcard himself approached the Serpentaxy and began asking the questions:

Ramcard:"Whats your name, young one?"

???"Call me *(cough)*"

With that, Basvila was taken onboard the USS Dallas where he recieved some medical care, especialley treatment to his burns. Sadly the Rambo were unable to replace the lost limb. Onboard Basvila and Ramcard has some diners and learned more about eachother their cultures. It seemed the Rambo were quite large, they never ventured near the areas where the Serpentaxy had their homeplanet and were still a great mystery to them. Basvila asked Ramcard to bring him to his homeplanet and gave the Serindia vice-admiral the coordinates he needed. Arriving at the Serpentaxy home world, Basvila was given proper medical care.

As it turned out, in 02 NE the Serpentaxy and other Quadrant inhabitants began encountering Quadrantia Grox more often after this event as they increased their activity for unknown reasons.

The Quadrantia Disease
A single black sphere settled its self only a mile above ground level, the Serpentaxy colonists watching in amazement and horror as the sphere opens up one of its hatches and releases a metallic canister- which hits the ground and causes a small crater. Several armed guards approached, aiming at the strange object. As they prepared open fire, a purple gas rose from the canisters valve and the guards began coughing on the thick air, not long after all of the colonists began coughing. When the coughing stopped, the colonists skin began changing to a purple color while their limbs distorted. The colonists had just been turned into Dronox troops.

Within the Sphere the Quadrantia Grox observed what had happened, using information from the Meta-Grox Empire the Quadrantia Grox decided to use a new form of assimilation. Spreading a virus would fasten the process of assimilation to their perfected appearance (in their opinion). However first test was a failure.

Quadrantia Grox: "Analyzing results; subjects turned into Dronox. Results insufficient- more data and testing required.

With it the sphere left, leaving the planet inhabited by these Dronox. The Quadrantia Grox were eager to experiment more, however they wanted the subjects to turn into themselves, and not in what they deemed as inferior- a Dronox. Experimenting with their own DNA, they abducted a Serpentaxy civilian, having other things in mind.

The Serpentaxy awoke in small, black room. Before he could even struggle, a grey mist flooded the room and the Serpentaxy began changing. Assimilation was near perfect this time, with only small details making the subject "inferior" to the actual Quadrantia Grox.

Quadrantia Grox: "Subject is imperfect, test insufficient. Subject must be eliminated".

Quadrantia Grox (2): "Error, does not compute".

Quadrantia Grox: "Error analysed............. Error not found?"

Quadrantia Grox (2): "Error analysed............. Subject must be tested before annihilation".

Quadrantia Grox:"Prepare subject for further tests.

Quadrantia Grox (2): "Affirmative".

The new born creature was lifted out of the room, likely to be released on an unsuspecting colony to cause harm to the population there, while the Quadrantia Grox will analyse their subject before it will either be destroyed or left alone.

The War Begins
The Serpentaxy officials in a underground bunker, ready to discuss the disaster that happened on one of their colonies.

Senator Pa'ple: "As you know, one of our colonies, Laveis-106, was infested by Dronox troops. The military has decided to bomb the planet until no Dronox are left. This has caused controversial protests among citizens.

Commander Juk: " According to official data given to us by Rambo Nation, a species referred to as Quadrantia Grox was responsible. We've decided that we will have to enact war on them. Many species disagree with this, but we are sure this is the best choice.

Commander Juk showed them a holographic map of Quadrant 82. He pointed to the center of the map and spoke about plans for an attack. Juk sent a small fleet to secure the area around the Galactic Core. The ships launched and began the mission. Ships were known to disappear when they went around the Galactic Core, many unknown dangers guarding the area. The most forward of the other ships detected something on the radar, a large number of red blimps popping up on the screen. Before the ship could even get its defense system ready, a gigantic beam struck the ship and destroyed it. Soon most of the fleet was gone in the span of only a minute. A single sphere prepared to fire at one single ship which approached. A circular hatch opened, a green beam of light preparing to be fired no less. Acting quickly, the Serpentaxy captain fired several missiles into the hatch. The sphere imploded into smoke, being damaged from the inside. However, the Serpentaxy captain was unable to fire any more as another sphere settled behind his ship and fired.

Qaudrantia Grox: "Resistance is futile..... attack by Serpentaxy is irrelevent".

Quadrantia Grox (2): ''"Continue testing Serpentaxy-hybrid - analysing results".

Quadrantia Grox: "Scanning destroyed vessels for survivors - prepare for assimilation of Serpentaxy".

Serpentaxy Quadrantia Grox Hybrid
A single canister dropped in the middle of the street. Citizens were already running when it opened. The creature that stepped out was strange looking. Having a blue/purple skin and a mouth full of sharp teeth. Guards shot massive rounds of bullets and essences at the creature, but it proved to strong for their guns. Annoyed that it was being shot at, it picked up a guard and throw him over the wall of the colony. The creature destroyed buildings and devoured multiple Serpentaxy.

The creature began to do something unbelievable. Its mouth began to emit a grey fog, turning many Serpentaxy in the area into Quadrantia Grox. Any Serpentaxy that attacked the creature were devoured or mauled by the Serpentaxy hybrid. The whole colony was quickly assimilated, the whole planet soon after. A Quadrantia Grox hyper-cube lead a small fleet of spheres to the formerly colonized planet, planning to inspect the effects that the assimilation had on the habitat.

Quadrantia Grox: "Analysing results.......subject seems effictive"

Quadrantia Grox (2): "Results are acceptable"

Quadrantia Grox: "Now extracting newly assimilated Serpentaxy".

Escaping The Colony
Basvila watched the sky above him, looking out for any suspicious activity. Deciding this was a waste of time, he left to go back to his home. While he was preparing to step onto the doorstep, a green light burst from the clouds. Five buildings instantly exploded into chunks of fire and smoke. Basvila made a quick dash, jumping over obstacles that got in his way. He planned to make it to a ship and send out a distress signal to any nearby ships.

He was forced to backtrack a hundred yards due to a giant crater blocking his path. Basvila finally made it to a fighter class Serpentaxy ship and prepared to send out a message.

Basvila-"Do not approach the colony. Repeat DO NOT approach the colony."

The ship entered orbit and escaped the system before the Quadrantia Grox could follow. Meanwhile, the Quadrantia Grox began retrieving the newly assimilated Serpentaxy and searched for their subject, which seemed to be able to turn all into Quadrantia Grox. The Q-Grox went to study the effects and ways of how the creature hybrid is able to turn victims into Quadrantia Grox so easily, which could be of great use for their assimilation process.

Battle at Palavis
The colony of Palavis was one of the most financially important areas in the entire Serpentaxy empire, so it was well protected. Officials their had wanted to open trade to Rambo Nation in an effort at improving relations with the community. Basvila had came here to warn the military about the attacks on one of the colonies. However, the Quadrantia Grox had already planted a sphere at the polar area of the Palavis. The military barely stood a chance against the mechanical monstrosity that was assimilating their planet.

Commanders sent strike teams and ships against the sphere, to no avail. The sphere was sending signals to other Quadrantia Grox. Soldiers stationed on the ground throw explosives at the sphere, causing slight burn marks. It retaliated with its full capacity, vaporizing soldiers, abducting civilians, and destroying tanks. The ground began forming into melted steel. In a final attack on the sphere, the Serpentaxy brought in their seventh fleet and bombed the Sphere. Unable to withstand all of the pressure from the explosions, its shields disappeared, allowing the soldiers below to finally cause the sphere serious damage. Unable to compensate the sphere fell apart and chrashed into the surface, killing all 150 Quadrantia Grox onboard. Most of the sphere desintegrated with the plasma leaking out and burned most of the carcasses. However, the most important section, containing the pilot of the sphere and the lone survivor remained intact.

The Aftermath
A probe was sent to inspect the remains of the ship. While analyzing the wreckage, one of the pilots attacked the probe wildly, but it quickly died due to its injuries. The carcass of the lone Quadrantia Grox and its technology were taken to a government center to be studied.

Scientist: "Amazing! This specimen seems to contain no recorded DNA in Quadrant records."

Commander Juk: "So your saying this thing hasn't been classified?"

Scientist: "Commander, this is the first ever Quadrant Grox to ever be studied. We must document this!"

The scientist put the Q-Grox's corpse into a freezer and began to video tape the technology the sphere left behind. Elsewhere the Q-Grox learned of the loss of one of their spheres and were confused- never before had one managed to destroy a Q-Grox sphere besides the Secoolian.

Around the same time the Q-Grox connected themselves with the Neraida Gigamatrix- though kept their conflict with the Serpentaxy a secret, as well as the excistence of the Hypercube and the Type III sphere. Both vessels far too powerful for any civilization within the Quadrants to beat. And the Q-Grox arrogance did not allow others to learn of their most powerful vessels- afterall none ever held the Q-Grox at bay before!

Serpentaxy Advancing
The Serpentaxy managed to slowly discover how to use the technology the Quadrantia Grox left behind. Their was even data that the Serpentaxy used to learn the Quadrantia Grox. The data was in turn used to help improve machinery and equipment. Basvila was hired to rally a group of military officials and soldiers for a speech by commander Juk, the crowed waiting in a anticipation.

Commander Juk- "''We've lost a lot of good citizens and sacrificed resources. But its time to start fighting. I don't know what they want, I don't even know what these things are. This doesn't just affect us, this effects almost everyone in the Quadrants. The Grox think were inferior and believe we can't fight them. That ends now. Its time to avenge the ones we've lost.

The crowds cheered at this spectacle as the commander left the stage.

Q-Grox retaliation
The north of the Serpentaxy territories borders the territory of the Quadrantia Grox and the dangerous Serox Nebula, a preferred smuggling area for some of the Serpentaxy. The nebula itself is thick-red colored and various lightning storms roam around the nebula.

Now for the first time in their excistence a Quadrantia Grox fleet of sphere Type I's are hidden in the nebula, awaiting their time to strike. Now with the completion of the air-born virus and the recent loss at Palavis made the Grox re-evaluate the threat level of the noble Serpentaxy (an outsider would call it a retaliation but the Q-Grox are beyond feelings). As such the Quadrantia Grox dispatched a mere scouting party of three spheres to advance into Serpentaxy territories. Yet the fleet of the Serpentaxy were alerted by the recent battles and intercepted the advancing spheres when they were shown visible upon exiting the nebula.

A fleet of 7 Serpentaxy vessels intercepted the spheres, but one of them was destroyed by a lightning erupting from the Nebula. The other ships prepared for battle when suddenly the Quadrantia Grox opened a channel.

Quadrantia Grox: ''We are the Grox, lower your shields and surrender your vessel. We will add your biological distinctiveness to our own. Your culture will become part of us. Resistance is futile''.

Serpentaxy Captain: ''We are the Serpentaxy, as you are well aware of us. I wonder why your kind is here again?''

Quadrantia Grox: State your intentions.

Serpentaxy Captain: ''Begone you filth. We defeated you at Palavis and we can do so again! We will stand our ground again!

Quadrantia Grox: Irrelevent, you will be assimilated.

With that said the Grox stopped the transmission and the nearest sphere glowed green, indicating that is raised it shields and targeted weapons. The Serpentaxy captain looked nervous, after all a fierce battle was about to occur! The captain sent one distress signal south of the battlefield, hoping to get the attention of passing ships. One Rambo Nation battleship captain noticed the signal and requested additional support. In a few minutes, the Exeter sub-class USS Potemkin under command of Apanoida arrived together with an Excelsior class. Recognising the Quadrantia Grox spheres they aided the Serpentaxy who were under siege.

Serpentaxy Captain: ''Rambo, glad to see you! Take one of the spheres, we will target the other!''

Apanoida: Understood, good luck and we will give you cover!

As one, the Serpentaxy ships advanced towards a Grox sphere and began firing her weapons. Though the shields held the first wave, the second was too much for the Quadrantia Grox Sphere and exploded- though destroyed a Serpentaxy fighter in the process. Meanwhile Apanoida targeted another Grox sphere while the Excelsior class was fired upon, taking damage to her saucer. All of a sudden, the Grox retreated and vanished into the red nebula. Apanoida nor the other Rambo captain felt much for following and opened a channel to the Serpentaxy.

Apanoida: ''Well done Serpentaxy! I have been dispatched by Rambo Command to investigate rumors of Quadrantia Grox activity. However it seems that it is all to true?''

Serpentaxy Captain: ''Yes, yes. Around two weeks ago a entire colonies population disappeared, and before that we found another colony infested by Dronox troops.''

Apanoida: ''Entire colonies were attacked by the Grox? Now that is most unusual for the Quadrantia Grox to do such things. We monitored them for years and all of a sudden them seem to get out of their borders to attack colonies? We must investigate this matter at once Serpentaxy captain. Perhaps it will even improve our empire' relations!''

As the captains talked, the NOVA ship N.A.S venom entered the nebula, seeking aid from the ships.

NOVA captain: ''Hello serpentaxy and Rambo!I wish we could meet under better circumstances, but I have come to request assistance from you. A fleet of 5 grox spheres invaded the planet arkaden IV, and we need assistance in defeating them!

Captain Apanoida realised another race, known as the Nova were under siege of the Quadrantia Grox as well? What were the Grox up to? As recent friends of the Rambo, Apanoida responded and took her vessel the assigned coordinates.

The NOVA Alliance Joins The War
As the Quadrantia Grox's enemies continued to fight them, the NOVA alliance split into civil war between the Tech-nation and Bio-nation. With the tech-nation demolishing all resistance in their path, the bio-nation sent a distress signal out to all over. the Quadrantia Grox intercepted and sent 2 scout spheres to see what it was from. They came to find a colony with the most basic ships, the Bio-nation panicked and ordered their fleet to open fire after the Grox didn't answer their comms messages. The Grox spheres disintegrated the fleet and razed the planet, before going on to rampage through bio-nation territory. Soon, they stumbled onto tech-nation territory, and the tech-fleet recognized them as quadrantia grox, and opened fire. The spheres destroyed the fleet and razed 2 planets and left after one of the defense fleets damaged one of the spheres. The Bio-nation surrendered to the Tech-nation, who started sending probes to find anything about the Grox. One of the probes caught a transmission from Commander Juk, and headed down to see the signal source. it recognized it as Serpentaxy, so the NOVA fleet sent a message through the probe to the Serpentaxy government:

Message: ''Hello Serpentaxy forces, this is the NOVA Alliance commander, Admiral Coscertp. We have found that you have been ravaged by Grox forces also. we have sent this message to request creating an alliance against the Grox.we currently have our forces prepared to mobilize wherever you require our assistance. Please send back a reply so we know your people are still fighting the Grox.''

Commander Juk: ''We are currently looking at Quadrantia Grox technology and have managed to operate some of it. We would gladly except help from you at this time.''

Admiral Coscerto: ''we are sending 4 frigates and 2 brigades to your colonies. I would divert more, but our own forces are currently rebuilding and fortifying our frontiers.''

Commander Juk: ''As are we. Thank you for your forces, we will send you supplies in return.''

]]=== Battle for Arkaden IV ===

While forces from the Rambo Nation and Serpentaxy fought in the nebula, the Grox sent 4 spheres to assimilate the planet of Arkaden IV, which, unknown to the Grox at the time, was a symbol of pride for the alliance's armies and fleets. As the spheres entered orbit, a fleet of 30 frigates and 5 fighters intercepted them. This fleet was able to damage one sphere, but was almost completely destroyed by the spheres, except for 4 frigates. One frigate left off to request assistance.

In the midst of battle the USS Potemkin under command of Apanoida, dropped out of warp and offered her assistance. Meanwhile a nearby sphere launched a volley of phasers at the USS Potemkin, damaging her outer hull. Taking evasive maneuvers, Apanoida's ship tried to make a distance between the Grox sphere and her own vessel. Sadly the sphere was in interception course and remained firing.

Ensign: Captain, we are losing rear shields!

Apanoida: Contact those Nova people, tell them to give covering fire before the shields drop!

Lieutenant: ''Captain, we noticed two more spheres appearing from transwarp. They are in an intercept course at us as well.''

Apanoida: By the Gods.......

Barely able to escape the attacks from the other spheres, Apanoida prepared to recharge her shields and fire the last of her photon torpedoes at the incoming Quadrantia Grox.

NOVA captain: ''this is the N.A.S venom. We have the remaining ships of the defense force here, and we've got your backs! Head to the surface, and contact the remaining land units! they need you to take the surviving civilians to the closest planet, Ogdan III! ask for commander Korhal, and he will get us help!

As the signal ended, the last 6 frigates and fighters of the defense fleet fired their remaning weapons at the spheres, distracting them for the moment. The distraction proved to be vital as Apanoida and and several escort cruisers dove for Ogdan, using a cloaking device to not draw Grox attention towards the planet.

Apanoida: ''Commander Korhal, the civilians have been dropped off. But as of now your frigates are taking damage from hostilities, Serpentaxy are expected to arrive later on but we need every ship available up until then!''

Korhal: I'll see what I can do but you'll have to distract those spheres until ally forces arrive.''

Apanoida nodded, and her ship went back into orbit. Together with the remaining Nova vessels they engaged the Grox spheres, though kept their distances to prevent being captured by their tractor beams. One of the spheres, damaged during the attack crippled a Nova vessel and took aim at the USS Potemkin. Luckily the other Nova captains noticed as well and concentrated their fire at the already damaged sphere- who unable to stand the hammering assault exploded in a bright green explosion.

The remaining three spheres suddendly took another battle position and Apanoida joined the Nova formation for the final assault at the spheres.but as they moved in on the spheres, their radios flared with chatter.

Admiral Coscerto: This is the N.A.S Rivetor! We brought reinforcements! All ships form up on the rambo ship! Destroy the grox! [[File:Groxling.png|thumb|the groxlings, results of the grox gas infecting a globling As the Transmission ended, 40 ships and fighters entered the system, and began bombarding the spheres. Meanwhile, Apanoida noticed that a swarm of 20 transports and cargo ships desceded to the surface. These ships carried a force of 1200 soldiers and vehicles, who began clearing the planet of the grox transformed globlings.