Thread:GreatDestroyer12/@comment-5714344-20121111090320

Lingur arrived at the homeworld of the Fligurians. His Empire, the Aeoneonatrix, had received distress calls from this empire, and two others, all clients of theirs, claiming all of their planets had been attacked. Ships had been sent to each planet to assist. They attempted to contact the surface. There was no response. They went in closer to the planet, expecting a fight. Instead they saw ruined cities. The buildings had been flattened, and the turrets destroyed. “Spodists maybe?” suggested Awesh, the ship’s pilot, once he got over the shock enough to speak at all. “No,” said Callanni, the science officer, “Spodists would’ve done something with the planet after eliminating whoever’s there.” “Have the other ships reported back on the Fligurian colonies?” Lingur asked. “Yes,” Awesh said, “they’re just like this one, no evidence of survivors, same with the others. No signs of life. All three species … seem to have gone extinct.” Lingur began quietly seething with rage, “Mardor maybe?” he suggested. “The technology here is too advanced,” Callanni said, “Whoever did this is past tier 4, Mardor are 4.2.” “Who then?” Lingur asked. “Scanning,” Awesh said, “no, couldn’t be…” “Who?” Lingur asked, his anger visibly increasing. “I found a crashed ship, its taken damage from the city’s turrets…” continued Awesh “WHO!?” Lingur demanded. “Drodo,” Awesh said, “It’s a Drodo ship.” “Are you sure?” Lingur asked. “Yes,” said Awesh “I’ll pull it onscreen”. Onscreen was the unmistakable image of a Drodo inquisitor. Lingur activated the loudspeakers to communicate with the rest of the ship. “All personnel to your stations,” he said, “we’re going to battle.” “Sir,” Callanni said, “With all due respect, this makes no sense, attacking random, defenseless colonies is completely uncharacteristic of the Drodo.” “You saw what I saw,” Lingur said, “It was clearly a Drodo ship. They have destroyed three of our clients, who we swore to protect. We must send the message that this sort of thing isn’t tolerated.” “By doing the very same thing to them?” Callanni asked. “No,” Lingur said, “We’ll keep a space station with about 10,000 of them floating around; in case we find out we need them for something.” “You don’t have the authority too--” Callanni began. “Don’t try it,” Lingur said, “we both know I do. Awesh, contact Aeoneonatrix, and get them to send us a war-fleet, we’re going Drodo-killing” Lingur was able to get 10,000 ships to accompany him; their destination was the closest Drodo colony.  