Fiction:Second Great Cyrannus War/The New Shadow: Part I - Umbra du Elen'nathien



 Second Great Cyrannus War: Chronicles - Part III: Umbra du Elen'nathien 

I · II · III

 Chapter I: Madness within Rambo Society 

After High King ordered Commodore  to invade New Republic space, his own citizens protested against it. Within Rambo City, the capital city of protestors marched together in hopes to change the king's mind. In other places, among them at, and  riots broke out as angered citizens attacked local law enforcers. The King's response was a brutal one, sending his knights of Fornaeria and personal guard to quell the riots by force. He issued orders to Rambo Command to use troopers against the citizens and place them under arrest. Noble officers, amongst them Marscalcus and rear-admiral  openly refused to carry out his ordes and were imprisoned as well, leaving vice-admiral  in command, a known sympathizer and loyal supporter of the crown. Rambert personally silenced both the Senate and his High Council under threat of treason when they would stop supporting him, ensuring that Rambert's might and royal degree was final.

Chancellor of the Royal Crown fled the Rambo Capital in hopes of joining forces with the  now that the King was turning his forces against the Rambo population. Meanwhile, other officers who openly questioned recent action were placed under arrest by the knight of Ramveral as well, Rambo ships were send into drydock while its crew were send on shore leave without imminent return to duty.

Fleur entered the bridge of the Eendragt, the Dutch commandeered as remained in the Purpara-Nebula with the remainder of the Loyalist fleet. She had hear rumors the Loyalist had send a scout party to Isle Blue but she wondered why the fleet hadn't moved in yet. Turning to face her were a hologram of New Republic President and the Lord  in person himself.


 * Ramannis: "You bring bad news with you your excellency".

The Serindia Lord wings moved nervously, and she noticed the royalty looked tired and exhausted, not to mention Apollo. Though he always looked neat and carefully ordined in his carefully chosen suites the Libertus looked tired as well.


 * Apollo: "We need to put an end to this war, and the only way to do that, is to bring High King Rambert to justice. It is clear, given the events on the Rambo Capital against his own citizens, that he has become deranged, and tempermentally unfit for the throne."

Rammanis and Fleur nodded.


 * Fleur: "And that is the challenge Mr. President, M'Lord. I have a proposal, we can take one of those Hammerhead-classes and send an infiltration team on the capital. Rambert will not change at all."

Ramannis frowned and crossed his arms in front of him, unsure what Fleur was proposing.


 * Apollo: "You mean to assassinate him?"

Fleur nodded, while Ramannis looked shocked by the proposal.


 * 'Ramannis: "A dangerous proposal your excellency, it would bring Rambo Nation into chaos which would not make things easier for us!"
 * Apollo: "It would be best to arrest him, and have him stand trial and be judged by his own subjects."

Ramannis nodded, Fleur looked pleased as well.


 * Fleur: "Well, I believe we can leave the details to Apollo then".

Apollo nodded gravely.


 * Apollo: "I believe this should be led by the Rambo. If House Le Rambo are to be restored as the royal house, they must have the people's consent. Therefore, we cannot imply that the New Republic are their puppet masters. In any case, Admiral Cretacea's armada, as well as the crew of the Auethnen Raptor, are within the Quadrants, and will be in a position to help."

Ramannis and Fleur expressed their hopes they would succeed. Ramannis promised to intensify the attack at Isle Blue in hopes of creating an access to the Quadrants. They would continue to discuss the details for minutes more, though their goal was at this point clear; for the sake of the future of the entire Cyrandia Cluster, the reign of High king Rambert had to come to an end. After the conversation ended, President Apollo rose from his desk in his office in the Presidential Pyramid, and contacted Admiral Cretacea. To Apollo, Rambert represented the last major hurdle to overcome before the forces of the New Republic, and the disparite remnants of the Mou'Cyran Accords, could finally concentrate on shoring up defences in the Republic, and finally bring the fight to the Empire. The Admiral shared his son's thoughts on the matter, claiming that once a more amenable monarch was sat upon the throne, the Rambo would join the fight against the Empire, fighting alongside their Republic allies as they had since the days of the.

 Chapter II: The Plan of Action 

The course of action was set: a group of highly skilled individuals would be sent to the Rambo Capital in order to infiltrate Tirithsilliana and capture Rambert, so that he could be brought to justice. As the forces of Rambo Loyalists and the armada of Admiral Cretecea prepared themselves, devising the best means to attack what was likely the most well-protected world in the known Quadrants, the crew of the Auethnen Raptor had spent their time with their own preparations. Since rescuing from Pauvenris, and parting ways with, ,  and  had remained in the Quadrants, where they studied up on the events of the past several months.

Several days earlier, Aoirtae received a communication from Grandmaster, who warned his former pupil that the Ethelnór Aldárae, aided by classified information gathered by the infiltrated , feared that Rambert was acting under the influence of a member of the dreaded , who had successfully undermined the old alliance between the Rambo and the Republic, and thus threatened the Cyrandia Cluster with a reality in which the Empire would be granted dominion not only over Cyrannus, but the entirety of Cyrandia. Kara, who discussed the High King with her brother, agreed with Ryen's assessment, for her brother noted that while Rambert was never as friendly to the Republic as Ramashe or Rambarth, he had forged a political partnership with President, and the two spoke at length about eventually overthrowing the Empire. That the High King would abandon such a hope, in favour of siding with the doomed True Republic, was a sure sign that not all was as it seemed.

To their surprise, as the Republic fleet massed around station, an unidentified starship emerged from the wormhole to Cyrannus. With a chrome-plated hull, more than one Republic vessel prepared to fire, before Aoirtae informed the Admiral that the ship belonged to her sister—, who had freelanced for the Republic military since the Battle of Cadian, without formally joining it. Upon docking with the Raptor, Caranye stepped out of the airlock and embraced her sister.


 * Caranye: "It's good to see you again, little sister. You've been busy I hear."

Aoirtae frowned and placed a hand on her hip.


 * Aoirtae: "And I haven't heard anything from you in months! You could have been dead, for all I knew!"
 * Caranye: "Ye of little faith. Remember, I am a spy. I'm doing my job if you haven't heard anything. But rest assured, I've been a busy girl."
 * Vanikaimar: "I hope you are prepared for a true battle. We are delving into the capital of Rambo Nation to bring an end to Rambert. Weakness will only result in a premature death."

The holographic projection of the, Caranye's AI companion, suddenly appeared.


 * Eternal Enigma: "I see the walking, talking museum piece is as cheery as ever."
 * Caranye: "Manners, Enigma. I assure you, Nagith, I'm as ready as I'll ever be."

The Nagith clenched his fist.


 * Vanikaimar: "Listen to me, machine. When we left Pauvenris, I thought to have seen a in the surface, watching as we left. It was . He is behind all this."
 * Kara: "That freak? I thought he died when the Battlestation was destroyed."
 * Aoirtae: "Last time we saw him, he teleported off the station. I suppose it's possible that he's behind everything."

Caranye crossed her arms.


 * Caranye: "He survived, no doubt about it. I still have contacts in Imperial Intelligence, and they're keeping tabs on him. But I doubt even they have the full picture. He's a Phaedric Lord, after all."
 * Vanikaimar: "Curse him and all of his filthy kind. The Basileus are our galaxy's greatest mistake."

, the captain of the Raptor, appeared from the cockpit, with a worried expression etched on his face.


 * Munalur: "I've received word from Admiral Creatacea. We're to travel down the Ramsoria Run to the Capital. While in transit, the crew of the Constitution will provide us with access codes. We should leave immediately, so lets get underway."
 * Vanikaimar: "We should see who the Rambo rebels have chosen to accompany us in this mission. I hope they are competent."

In the next room, with a view outside looking at a Hammerhead-class and CS-10 class corvettes, sat a Loyalist strike squad. The squad introduced themselves as, commander captain  and. The groups shook hands and sat down to discuss strategy.


 * Vanikaimar: "I hope you understand the gravity of this mission. There must be no doubt ot weakness. Rambert must fall."

The group nodded, though looked grim as they were all aware of the dangerous aspects of the mission. They would engage the Rambo at were they were strongest, at their own capital.

Several hours later, Rambo captain of the USS Constitution, an original  and an undercover Loyalist provided the crew of the Raptor with clearance codes to land on the surface on the  after intercepting and inspecting them on the Ramsoria Run.

Ramickon approached Kara, flanked by her own niece and a cadet known as. Ramickon shook hands with Kara and informed her she was cleared to continue her journey to the capital even though with all the weapons onboard.

Ramickon nodded and wished the crew all the luck in the world with words of hope.


 * Ramickon: "For Rambo Nation, daughter of Apollo, I pray the Atlantica are with you!"
 * Kara: "Thank you captain. With any luck, Rambert will finally answer for his treachery."
 * Vanikaimar: "No gods or luck will help us. Only our skill will see us through. It is time to bring an end to this charade."

 Chapter III: The High King's Master 

Trivia

 * Written by Cyrannian, OluapPlayer and Dinoman82.
 * The story occurs simultaneously to the Battle of Cadian, a day after the destruction of Mou'Cyran.