Fiction:New Dawn

"The era of the Confederation's dominance is over, the era of the Commonwealth shall begin."

- Uriel Ultanos

With the end of the in early 2788, the  immediately took charge of restoring the inner-rim. The Andromedan Light became the new authority in Andromeda's inner-rim but the defeat of the Grox was only the beginning for the fledgeling alliance.

With the Grox gone the Andromedan Light could begin new projects to solidify its position in ggalactic politics. There was still mystery and chaos beyond the inner disk and the entire commonwealth was eager to learn the ancient and untapped secrets in the galaxy it called home.

Members

 * Imperios - admin
 * Lucario of the Gods - admin
 * Brood of War
 * Monet47 - admin
 * Draconid Imperium
 * Draconid Imperium

=Year 1 - Dawn is Breaking=

From the Ashes
12th January, 2789 For over a decade, Argena V was of little notice. During the the Imperial Talon Navy had glassed the planet after an infsstation of undeath had overrun the planet. Warping otu in mid-orbit was the Kalmvadus, an 800m long civillian cruiser outfitted as a science vessel. It was esorted by a small wing of gloryhunter-class frigates which were half the length. Upon arriving several shuttles were launched from the Kalmvadus'shanger bay and descended to the planet's surface. One shuttle touched down in the crumbling ruins of a large city. The buildings surrounding the pad had been blown clean to reveal the ground beneath. The mildly coarse surface was indicative of a planet-glassing shockwave that had been obscured and eroded from a decade's worth of wind and dry ground. The dhuttle door opened and three figures resembling a, a Terratrix and a Draconis stepped out, their figures obscured by advanced hazardous environment suits that covered their bodies and sheated the wings of the latter two. Their heads were enveloped in helmets with large visors that stopped mid way aroudn their heads.

After emerging the group took out a medium-sized tripedal device with an emitter at the bottom of a cylindrical body. the Heeyorian and the Terratrix fixeda probe into the hard ground while the Draconis plodded around, he looked at the crumbling city in the distance. After fixing the probe, translucent energy fields extended form the legs to create a contained area while a scanning lazzer swept the ground. The results appeared on HUD systems projected onto the visors of each team memeber.

Terratrix - ''Residual ionising radiation at background levels. Atmospheric levels at 25% oxygen, 58% nitrogen, 15% neon and 2% other. High levels of gas-like hydrocarbons, particulates and carbon dioxide making up 1.6% of atmospheric levels. Air is mostly breatheable.'' Heeyorian - It sounds like a lot of dust was kicked up from the blasts, or these buildings have rotted for the best part of a decade. Terratrix - Surface scans show prokaryotic life traces. Heeyorian - Oh good, so we now know this atmopshere isn't completely inhospitable.

The Draconis had wandered away as the pair debated theri findings. After travelling a few metres away he kneeled down and scooped up a clump of soil, and rubbed it into his palm with his thumb. He seemed distant as the other two called over to him. After a few shouts he perked up.

Terrareix - Erunvos? Erunvos - ''Hm? Oh. What about areas that were not directly hit by planet-glassers.'' Terratrix - ''Reports from other teams are that debris particles have a reduced level. We estimate an average 13% difference in particulate Levels per kilometre from each glasser impact site. Heeyorian - We run these tests but orbital scans indicated the planet was habitable to an extent. Terratrix - It never hurts to be thourough.

The Heeyorian rolled his eyes inside hsi helmet. Erunvos kept rubbing the soil, scattering clumps until he disturbed what appeared to be a tiny seed pot, his eyes widened inside his helmet and he stood up quickly to pullo ut a smal lscanning device. Pressing a butto nat the top a line of blue light passed over the seed in his hand and he linked the findings to his HUD once it had finished. He was surprised to see that the scanner had detected evidence that the seed could still germinate.

Erunvos - Continue the operation and inform the captain we can go ahead with terraforming protocols. Terratrix - What changed your mind?

Erunvos pressed a few buttons on a console mounted onto his wrist and the data he had found in the seed was transferred to the other two

Erunvus - ''This kreeda bush seed is capable of germination, life can return to this planet without needing radical atmopsheric alteration. And like you said there is a thriving culture prokaryotic life in the soil.'' Terratrix - ''What about that 1.6% of material? And the particulates?'' Erunvus - Have a nanite cloud disperse in the atmosphere and inform the local university that the restoratino of the Argena system can continue as planned. Heeyorian - As you wish boss.

Erunvus looked at the ruined skyline in the distance .Once-shinging towers were covered in dust and ash and had been dulled to an erthy orange. His gaze honed in on one tower in the foermer inner-city and he could abrely make out the balcony juttingo tu fro mthe size, some of which had crumbled off. Behind him the pair conducted a few more readings before they packed the probe away and caaried it back into the shuttle. the Terratrix walked up to Erunvus and looked out to see waht he was looking at.

Terratrix - Former home? Erunvus - ''Do you see the remains of the balcony on the 42nd floor? That was my own home. I was one of the lucky few who managed to escape the plague... I lot my brother to those creatures.'' Terratrix - When we fix this place up we can always plant a tree in his memory, perhaps his soul will find peace in time.

Erunvos chuckled.

Erunvos - ''Perhaps it will. We will continue our studies by visiting the urban areas, perhaps one day this city will become glorious again.'' Terratrix - Only tiem will tell, right now it looks like the prrfect home for rock-slugs.

The Terratrix chuckled as he and Erunvus returned to the shuttle. After stepping aboard the doors closed and the shuttle lifted off, heading towards the ruined city as pods fired from orbit burst open several kilometres above the atmosphere, releasing silvery clouds that dispersed when the capsules erupted. inside these capsules were clouds of nanites that set to work re-adjuting the atmosphere's composition while on various other locations across the planet, other science teams probed the ground for signs of restoration. It would be years before the planet became anthing like what it used to be, but for now the scientists returned filled with hope.