Fiction:Andromeda War/The Darkest Hour

In the midst of Firestorm, a new enemy appeared before the allies - a dark force, the. With dark allies behind it, the terrible Empire goes towards the destruction of all life. The newly formed is up to challenge, indeed, for The Darkest Hour is upon it...

Battle for As Radan
On Alcanti, the leaders of the Andromedan Galactic Commonwealth were watching upon the large holographic map of Andromeda. An ancient relic from the times of the Four, this holographic machine showed various magnetic disturbances, allowing the Highlords to observe the actions of empires all across the galaxy. Suddenly, a massive flash of light appeared on the map around Segmentum Draco, signaling that a large fleet has just appeared here.

Uriel - The Grox. Iovera - ''Indeed. Who are they trying to attack? This is not our space.'' Uriel - ''The Domain of As Radan, a small isolated civilisation on the edge of a Segmentum led by a species known as Kaelar. Their territories would provide the Grox a good foothold in the region.'' Tyraz - Then we shall stop them here and now! Iovera - ''Tyraz is right. The Black Fleet would dispatch immediately to the As Radan territory. I assume you would do the same, noble lords.''

The cold wasteland of As Radan was originally a powerful, rich capital world full of many aliens and many cultures. Since the decline of the Domain due to the near destruction of Cinis cluster, however, its glory started to wane. Massive skyscrapers slowly rusted without anyone to live within them, and streets of massive cities were now nearly completely empty save for a few random visitors. Those Kaelar who remained here to witness the slow collapse of the Domain's glory were grumpy, despair-driven people, who were sure that nothing could get worse on their planet. However, it turned out things could get worse, with a huge Grox fleet descending on a planet.

Grochius - ''Don't devastate the planet. Just come and kill everyone here. I want for all these cities to remain intact... we need a base to be estabilished.''

Millions of Grox battlesuits teleported on a planetary surface, marching towards the capital city of the world, blasting and mercilessly murdering any opposition. Suddenly, an unstoppable metal horde was stopped abruptly by a group of Kaelar soldiers with antimatter grenades. These Kaelar have immediately fired their weapons towards the Grox warriors, evaporating them into a blast of antimatter.

Kaelar - Commander Tarken, unknown enemy forces within the city! Tarken - Who? Kaelar - ''Strange mechanical beings, we have not encountered others like these before! I request inforcements immediately, commander!'' Tarken - Request accepted. Kaelar - ''Yes! Oh, wait, there are more of the-AAAAAAAAAH!''

A transmission abruptly ended when a new squad of Grox appeared, brutally murdering the Kaelar resistance. Tarken and his reinforcements appeared too late to find themselves being surrounded from all sides...

TBC

Iron Systems Federation Sub-plot
''Magos Sabato let his consciousness drift through the information network of Forgeworld 36. Lazily, he observed hundreds of his fellow Paladins experimenting on newer, more efficient weapons, armour and civilian technology. He filed away packets of data for dissection and analysis later. All of a sudden, a spike of data was injected into the system. A scouting team had just returned to the forgeworld, carrying terabytes of data on activity in Galaxy 0105, called 'Andromeda' by the other races.''

''Sifting through the data available, Sabato began to pick up irregularities- small granitic distortions, minor deflections of electromagnetic detection sweeps. These things a lesser, flawed organic might have missed, but their significance was not lost on Sabato. Something was in Andromeda- something they had not encountered for a long time.''

''Marshalling his available resources, Sabato began to assemble a scouting mission- literally. Beneath his inactive body, machinery began to cut out and piece together an unmanned scouting craft. Engine, sensors, communications and hull all drawn together and constructed in less than an hour. With the drone complete, its programming was downloaded from the general data net, and the machine was clear for launch. With a small magnetic boost, the device deployed, thrusters firing to propel it out of atmosphere and on its mission. Whatever was out there, Sabato intended to find it.''

Best Enemies(IGA sub-plot)
There was a ripple of electromagnetic energy and a flash of blue light as a Jet-Black IGA stealth corvette jumped into the system, 10,000 km away from the collosal Galactic Blade. Onboard, commanders Rayker and Jingo waited as the stealth corvette fired its VASIMIR engines and began docking maneuvers. A panel flipped out in front of them, showing the face of Supreme Admiral Varcaytya. "Hello", said Varcaytya."We've, well,been debating whether or not its a good idea to deploy both of you in the Xeelos system for a while now, but we've decided it might be a neccesary evil, even considuring, you're little "competition"." Jingo proceeded to punch Rayker in the face."However, we think it might be neccesary for us to take control of the system. Just remember though, youre not on Jin-Git anymore.' The Galactic Blade fired its Antimatter cannon, destroying a nearby Grox Cruiser.