Fiction:Return of THEM

"You will succumb, whatever you like it or not!"

- Xizothano Ada

"Just as I fought we had entered an age of peace...it turned into an age of shit..."

- W'tze

= A Time of Peace = One and a half year had passed since the Enlightenment War. The intergalactic Attero Dominatus war had ended a year ago. The empires involved in the Unified Enlightened Alliance lived in peace, rebuilding their empires and strengthening their alliances. In this time, soldiers were trained and people of various races were able to live in harmony.

Ascon
A cool morning on Ascon. A nice breeze could be felt drifting from the marshes up into the cities. Gartoomia, Ascon's capital, had finally regained it's former glory. Many races could be seen entering the city, buying, trading, and selling goods. Dr. Que, the leading Volver scientist now showing gray hairs, supervises the creation and modification of new weapons. The royal castle could be seen standing strong in the cool morning fog. Brygon steps out from his balcony wearing his royal attire. He's taller more muscular than he was years ago. Looks down to his people. They all cheer as they see his helmet gleam. He smiles and waves to them before returning to his bedroom. His wife, Maari, having just woken up.


 * Maari- Hm? You're up early.
 * Brygon- Of course. I shouldn't be sleeping if everyone else isn't.
 * Maari- [laughs] Well I'll be here getting some much needed rest if you need me.
 * Brygon- Alright. I've got a long day ahead of me so, I won't be home early.
 * Maari- I will await your return my King.

The two kiss, then Brygon leaves the room. He later enters the training grounds. Kyaan was watching the Volver knights and Marines train. Some of the Knights and Marines ended up failing the obstacle course as Brygon was watching. He quickly called it to their attention.


 * Brygon- You there, Marine!
 * Marine 1- Yes sir?
 * Brygon- Can you explain why you and the Knights and other Marines failed that course?
 * Knight 1- Because we aren't a good team!
 * Brygon- Exactly. You all must communicate on the battlefield properly to survive. Anything else will get you killed.
 * All- YES SIR! WE UNDERSTAND SIR!
 * Brygon- Good! Now this time..get it RIGHT!

The soldiers run off to redo the course. The other groups of soldiers decided to follow by their lead. Brygon smiled to himself as he walked to his office.

Farmia
Oskel, now king of the Antroths, still holds his position as General. He leaves most of the decisions to Si'daal. Si'daal finishes her daily meditation and searches the castle for Oskel. She eventually finds him in the court yard, training with their daughter.


 * Oskel- Come on sweetheart. Parry my next attack alright?
 * Ta'lia- Alright father, I'll try.

Si'daal watches nervously, hoping that Ta'lia could counter one of Oskel's strikes. Oskel slashes at Ta'lia with his Enchanted Sword, though with minimum power. She parries the attack and manages to push her father back slightly. Oskel stumbles slightly before catching himself. He smiles and kneels down.


 * Oskel- That was excellent!
 * Si'daal- It sure was.
 * Ta'lia- Thank you. I've been practicing a lot!
 * Si'daal- I can see! Now, how about we see how good you magic has gotten?
 * Oskel- Ah, yes. That sounds interesting.
 * Ta'lia- Ok! Watch this!

Ta'lia opens her hand as a small ball of light appears. Si'daal could feel the immense power coming from the ball. Suddenly, it dissipates. Ta'lia looked down at her hand and pouted. Oskel began to comfort her.


 * Ta'lia- That was a spell I made...but it didn't work.
 * Oskel- Don't worry, it will be ok. Just keep trying alright?
 * Ta'lia- Alright.
 * Oskel- Now run along, I've got business to attend to.

Ta'lia runs into the castle, thinking about how she can perfect her spell. Si'daal looked to Oskel to see him smiling, something that not many people saw. She smiled as well, though it did not last long.


 * Si'daal- Oskel, I don't think I should teach her what I learned as a child.
 * Oskel- What? Your magic? Why not?
 * Si'daal- Oskel...I mean the dark arts. The spells I know can kill.
 * Oskel- I see.
 * Si'daal- After witnessing that spell she was casting...I realized that she is much more powerful than both of us. She shows powers that I never could harness.
 * Oskel- Hm. She is strong for a girl her age. I wouldn't worry about it too much. I'm off to the command center.
 * Si'daal- Alright. Have a good day.

Oskel leaves the castle, leaving Si'daal confused about her daughter. She did not want a repeat of her childhood.

Volcanis
Volcanis, a molten world with blistering heat. The Lavauft Empire was strong. Magmos, now the King, had become a better combatant. He had learned the secret arts of pyrokinesis, being able to shoot walls of molten lava at his foes. Lavern still stood as a great figure in Lavatuft history. He advises his son on good decisions, hoping that Magmos can be abetter king than he was.


 * Magmos- Ah, another beautiful day. What say you father?
 * Lavern- Agh, It's alright. Lets get a move on, you don't want to be late right?
 * Magmos- [chuckles] Dad, there's no appointments today. We can relax.
 * Lavern- bloody finally!

Lavern reclines back in his chair and lets out a huge, cinder filled sigh. Magmos looks over at his father, examining his many scars.


 * Magmos- Dad, how old are you anyways?
 * Lavern- Hm...well I'm not sure if I remember! Hahahaha! But I believe I was a mere lad when the...the...agh, what were their names again?
 * Magmos- The what?
 * Lavern- Oh yes! That's it! The Spoxid! Such a religious bunch. It's a shame what happened to them.
 * Magmos- Wait...you're saying that you were a kid when the Spoxid were exterminated?
 * Lavern- Yeah.
 * Magmos- Dad...you're over 2,000,000 years old!?
 * Lavern- Hahaha! Probably son.
 * Magmos- Unbelievable!

The two laughed, enjoying their day off.

Militora
Pulporius V, leader of the mighty Soldarian Empire, commanded the Unified Alliance of Enlightenment's military force. He was organizing various fleets and infantry units in his war room. His son, Pulporious VI, a military captain, walked in.


 * Sixth- Dad, the weapons have been delivered from the Volver.
 * Pulporious- Good. Get the shipment to the armory son.
 * Sixth- Sure thing dad!
 * Pulporious- How's being a captain feel son?
 * Sixth- Ah, it's great. I am very respectable according to my subordinates.
 * Pulporious- That's my boy. Now get going, we need to have the army prepared.

Six put on his helmet and rushed out of the room. Pulporius smiled to his son before looking back down at his work. He is a military genious, having almost everything organized. His Soldarian instincts were warning him of something...something bad.

Ugandalore
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Waptoria
The Waptoria Alliance took heavy losses in both the Enlightenment and Aterro Dominatus wars, but after these wars ended, entered a golden age like never before. Since Raptoranea had been relentlessly attacked by the Drakodominatus Tyranny in the Aterro Dominatus war, the Waptoria Alliance had decided to bring in a new planet into their home system. It was a worldship, literally an ancient Enlightened One's world with had various rings around the planet, both natural and artificial. The artificial rings we are nearly indestructible, and contained cosmopolites, research labs and shipyards. The planet itself was a huge mangrove, lakes and rainforests intertwined. It was the new capital of the Waptoria Alliance.

However W'tze preferred the former capital, Raptoranea, with was also the homeworld of his species. He looked at a datapad, with contained information about the technology the Waptoria had salvaged from the Drakodominatus Tyranny.


 * W'tze - The blueprints, Tyranny records and genes of Tyranny Biotitans and War Steeds...the blueprints and genes of the Titans of Corpulus, the Doombringers of Fenris, the Leviathans of Scyllraken, the Triarchs of Anibis and the Impalers of Skali'Drazz...The genes of all other overseer types, but no blueprints...the schematics of all Tyranny Walkers, Organic repair vehicles and terraformers, and Tyranny Strikecraft, the schematics of the Veil class stealth Destroyer, the Assassin class stealth Cruiser, the Krakan Class Dreadnought, the Vampire class Armature and the Cerberus class Devourer...I'd say we put some good effort in salvaging all of this.

W'tze put away the datapad and looked out of the window. They had put the salvaged TyrannyTech in good use. The Seeker Swarms had been upgraded with Titan of Corpulus biotech. Were a single swarm could formerly only disable the abilities of their targets, now they could completely paralyze them with a single string. The Waptoria had augmented the vocal chords of their bestial bioweapons in a manner the Tyranny did to their Doombringers and Leviathans. Although their bestial bioweapons were not fully sentient, they could now at least speak, allowing non-Waptoria to understand them. The technology behind the Triarchs was now used to create Scions, Champions and Tripods faster. They had developed new Bio-Titans based on Tyranny Biotitans and War Steeds, as well as new vehicular bioweapons based on Tyranny walkers and spaceships.


 * W'tze - *Smiles* The Waptoria are ready for what lies ahead...

NOVA
Conscerto looked up in the sky. NOVA pilots were exercising evasive maneuvers with their spaceships. Globlings were exercising hard. But Conserto wasn't. He had a day off. Yet he was here as he knew his presence would boost the morale of his squad. Conscerto walked over to General Travern.


 * Conscerto - Hey, Travern! How are the lads doing?
 * Travern - Working hard as you can see.
 * Conscerto - I see.
 * Travern - Well, despite that attack of the so-called "Drakodomintus Tyranny", joining this alliance was a good move wasn't it.
 * Conscerto - Yep. We are much stronger than we were before.
 * Travern - So what we're going to do now?
 * Conscerto - You continue training our troops. I'm gonna relax.
 * Travern - Good luck!
 * Conscerto - Thanks!

Conscerto put on his sunglasses and walked outside. there was still morning for present, but that would soon clear, and the sun would rise at full glory...

Spodists
The Graater Mirusian Church of Spode held a massive Tridentine Mass in order to honor those who had sacrificed themselves for Spode's mission of everlasting peace. After this, the Holy Prophet of Truth took lead of the mass, started to preach.


 * Truth - So they were chosen by Spode, and they became his messengers. The ancient Ones of Andromeda, peace with them, were chosen by Spode as his favored, and he ascended them. But there were many others chosen by the Benevolent God, He who purges the Darkness and drives away the Night to the chasms of chaos. Amongst them were the Anointed, peace with them, and our creators who returned to guide us, everlasting glory be with them! But there were also prophets of His word in the Plazith Rim: the Spoxid, who were wiped out by the Grox, that dreaded blasphemy in machine form. Some of them believe they follow His world, but they lie: they are incapable of understanding the gifts of organic life with Spode all created. For long we believed the False God That Will Come was the greatest enemy, but He is just Spode, worshipped by primitives who have not yet discovered His true name. Yet Demons have used the alias of the False God That Will Come to spread discord amongst us faithful. One of them is Spevile. If you encounter his followers, know that you encounter an enemy! But if those banish his lies from their hearts and accept Spode's truths, like our allies the Volver did, Spode shall have mercy. This are the words written in the Scrolls of Faith, explained by the Holy Prophet of Truth. Peace be with you, brothers, and take care around heretics. But do not reject the traveller, until you know his purpose.

As the mass ended, the spodists headed back home...

= THEY Arrive =

Ziskin's Encounter
(Ziskin accidentally stumbles upon a dimensional opening, discovering THEM)

S'actha Discovery
(Ziskin barely escapes, warning the S'actha of his discovery. They don't believe him at first, be realize he is telling the truth)

Warning to UAE
(The S'actha arrive with Ziskin to warn the Alliance of THEIR arrival. Many leaders disagree, mainly because their distrust of Ziskin (W'tze, for example, believes Zisking is luring them into a trap for Unitech), and because of their religions (Spodists (False God That Will Come) and Brygon))

THEY are here
(Ada makes contact with the Alliance, requesting that they give the Milky Way to him.)

= The Storm Breaks Loose =

Groxic reaction
(Goxis realizes THEY want to reclaim their old territory in Milky Way's core regions. He calls in the Cyber Collective Overseers and Supremius, and they decide they will replace the Cyber Collective and Grox Follower Milky way colonies to the Inner Core, in order to prevent THEM from advancing further into the Core Regions)

The Grox of the Omega
(Ada, furious his march into the core was stopped by the Grox, spreads small amounts of Shattorium into an Omega Grox colony. The Omega Grox adapt to it, and starts to use it as a power source. They go on a rampage to find more of it, and end up in Ada's domain. Ada promises them as much Shattorium they want, as long as hold the Grox at bay. He then moves his eyes to the Enlightenment Alliance, and orders his paws to attack it.)

Strike of THEM
(THEY attack for the first time.)