Fiction:Tertius Bellum

Tertius Bellum is part of the Saga

The have ended, the conflict that raged and threatened the  seeing its conclusion in the crimson skies above. While the cluster still smothers, the political geography threatened by the defeat of the, the fall of the and the subsequent capture of , it seemed the  could finally enjoy a new age of peace.

However, the visions of Tyermaillin and the Primercer told of the coming of danger, the war machines of the and the   were tested, giving others who awaited their time new opportunities, among them the, the , the  and the. The new tensions seem to be the build up to a new conflict threatening the Cyrandia Cluter, though the major powers try to prevent another conflict at all costs, others continue to struggle within their own borders like as more and more voice their opinion to break open the. Meanwhile, Emperor prepares for the rise of a grave new threat to his power, one that will require all of his strength to overcome.

Welcome to Tertius Bellum, a new saga in the !

Subplots
Subplots will run along most or part of the Tertius Bellum and will focus on various characters and their adventures and problems they encounter.


 * Quadrantia Adventures An ongoing story centering on the andventures and endeavors with the crew of the .

Prologue
08 AQF/06 NE, the has finally ended. The has been left shattered after the defeat of their leader; the  entity known as the. The has been smashed with a crushing defeat at  and the capture of its leader,. As dawn rises in the new year in the, many were relieved the war was over and a period of peace shines upon the Cluster. However new threats awaits the heroes and villians of the Cluster as others who awaited their time began moving their pieces!


 * General Prologue Various events are set in motion as the starts their carefully planned incursions of Quadrant 82, starting with the invasion and occupation of ! The incursions start unpredicted events and raises tensions amongst the native Quadrant 82 powers, though one can only wonder where it will all lead to.

Part I: Threat of the Tormentor
After the first days of the new year had passed, troubles were far from over. The were causing troubles at the Ramsoria Run with their bird of preys, targeting ships hailing and native from the, shattering the safety of the largest and most used trade route of the.
 * Prologue

The frequent assaults of the Hutters at civilian vessels meant political pressure was send against the send against the government of Rambo Nation, who were meant to protect the Ramsoria Run, though the Rambo didn't feel much to go against the Hutters. Elsewhere, the mythical entity took  and  at An Unexpected Adventure!

''Main article: Troubles of the Jenassian Kind First contact between the Quadrant Colonial Sector and  turned out to be a disaster. The USS Grissom, an under command of captain  goes missing just outside the borders of the Rambo Badlands Colonial Sector. Gul tries to play out his own plot against the wishes of the colonial Central Command wich forces Rambo Command to investigate the matter. The investigation is led by captain of the USS Brittain, a  battleship.
 * Troubles of the Jenassian Kind

Tension arise between the Jenassian and Rambo due to the engineering of two people though could they avoid a war between their nations?

Main article: Battle of Ramalivua After the Hutters consolidated their hold over and held the Ramsoria Run in fear, they set their eyes upon their next target, with warlord  spear heading the assault against  by systematically testing the defenses of the Ramalivua fleet, starting the first major conflict of the Tertius Bellum, the Battle of Ramalivua. During the battle, Ser pledged for aid of Empress  herself, who ordered her troops to aid Tirithian Lord. As arrived in orbit and began deploying troops, Warlords Anjulius Gaitonius and  searched Orcgrubad for the Bloodwing sister,. Under command of Inquisitor the Rambo forces besieged Skull Temple, where a massive gathering of orcs was going on. Though the battle was led by Rambo walkers, general, lieutenant and captain , the battle turned against the allied forces after Bolgrash attained unimagenable powers from an Atlantican artifact and forced the allied troops to retreat. A last valiant stand of General Varian allowed most of the troops retreat unharmed, though the General went missing after personal combat against Bolgrash. Later on in orbit, Chodecra was unable to prevent the escape of the warlords though learned that the Quadrantia Heer Stekeveel and the Brown Orcs of Ramalivua were now servant of the.
 * Battle of Ramalivua

Main article: Battle of Ramar Shadda Shortly after the Battle of Ramalivua, the retalliated against  and attacked  during the Battle of Ramar Shadda at the 23th of january. Hutter forces under command of Lady invaded Ramar Shadda and took Lord  captive. retalliated and came to aid the ancient seat of House Le Rambo with Empress personally leading the assault together with captain  and. After taking both the listening station and Ramsterdam, the Rambo forces continued their march towards Ramar Shadda City but were pinnend down and had difficulties to advance into the city. Due to a plan made up by Ramashe they managed to infiltrate the castle by hidden passages and liberated Lord Ramannis, who rallied his guards and attacked the Hutter forces from within the fortress while the clone troopers pressed their assault beyond the walls.
 * Battle of Ramar Shadda

Eventually both Ramashe and Ramannis faced Lady Liandra in personal combat, at first it seemed Liandra woud gain the upper hand, but the fist of Ramannis ended the battle. With Liandra taken down, the remaining Hutter forces soon surrendered and Ramar Shadda was liberated. Main article: Concordian Liberation In february diplomats of the hosted a diplomatic meeting on -station. Various delegates met with representatives of the to issue an assault at. The meeting saw some troubles and mistrust but eventually all parties agreed and the first joint operation between the New Republic and the Initiative resulted in the Concordian Liberation.
 * Concordian Liberation

The battle against the was harsh and gruesome, as the proud warriors were difficult to defeat.

Eventually the battle was won in favor of the allied forces, and many saw it as the first steps in rebuilding the once grand !

Main article:Senate Scandal The 12th of march 08 AQF, the young reporter,  has a meeting with Lord. His meeting ended without gaining any useful information to publish an article. However, due to machinations by Lord, who met with the report at in secret gave him the means to publish an article about corruption within the Rambo Government. Dennis sought out the facts and at the 17th he published his article in the morning news paper, resulting in the senate scandal! The media attention brought a lot of unwanted attention, eventually forcing senator to resign her position.
 * Senate Scandal

Lord Rambarth, with aid of Chuinaylia sought to benefit from the current situation and sought the aid of, whom he wanted to elevate to the position of Chancellor of the Royal Crown in service of Rambo Nation.

Main article: Fury of Galvarus At 29-03-08AQF, commander  kills  admiral  after his refusal to support  and wage war upon the  once more. Mortikran uses the superweapon and destroys the three moons of the  after firing its main cannon. The destruction of the moons killed millions of citizens and even more perished when debris of the moons crashed on the surface of the Capital, destroying entire cities and changing the capital's geographic lay out. Countless lives were lost, remaining cities damaged or destroyed by tsunami's and earthquakes, certain wildlife went extinct due to the destruction of their natural habitats. In the aftermath, with the destruction of the Shipyards of Rowar and a large part of the senatorial Government, Lord appointed the Libertus politician,  and re-organized the political structure and removed  from office and replaced himself as the Hand of the Monarch.
 * Fury of Galvarus

Main article: Da Reckoning Quadrantia Front April 08 AQF, still shaken by the destructive power of and its subsequent chaos and fall-out, Rambo Nation faces a new threat as  sieged control over the  and launched a major campaign against the First Gigaquadrant. A lone pirate, by the name of  travelled to the  to ally Da Rogue Boyz and siege command over the. Meanwhile, the Loron invaded to siege control over the Wormhole Plataeu.
 * Da Reckoning

The Loron later managed to hold their blockade over Rambo Prime and even managed to conquer Liothrica II, another planet in the Inner Core.

Main article: State Visit The President of the decided to visit  in the aftermath of the destruction at the capital. Onboard the Republic One, the president  had his mind set upon meeting with empress  and the new chancellor of the Royal Crown,.
 * State Visit

Welcomed at the royal palace by a large Rambo envoy, Ramashe and Valkistar dicussed polital matters during a large banquet, something the Rambo were well known to organize upon state visits from foreign empires. When Valkistar suggested the Rambo and Republic join forces against the growing threat of the, the meeting took a turn for the worst. Ramashe got furious and claimed the Rambo will have no part in hostile engangement with the Empire as long as both of them are at friendly terms.

Ramashe refused to listen more of it and the banquet continued without political debates. In secret, Valkistar met with Lord Hand and promised the Republic president he would ensure that the Rambo aided the Republic in none public ways, among them offering their own intelligence upon the Empire. ''Main article: Torment of Arcaniox 05-07-08AQF, the conflict between the and  ceased without reasonable explanation. Meanwhile the Kingdom made incursions into the colonial space, attacking ships and destroying convoys. By chance, Gul Arritzia and captain of the USS Brittain met eachother again after the Jenassian commander aided the troubled Rambo vessel. Together they came to the conclusion that the Hutter Kingdom had a lot of activity around a planet called. Rambo Command agreed to send the crew of the Falcon on a covert mission to investigate the matter and if possible to sabotage the Kingdom operations at Arcaniox. Meanwhile, one of the, Elder travelled towards  and asked formally to aid. The Government was first hesistant but when an Atlantica artifact was involved the dire situation became clear. At one they dispatched the time weapon to combat the awakened, aiding the crew of the Falcon. Together they managed to stop the Tormentor to destroy the Quadrant Galaxies, though the entity changed the geographic lay-out of the entire Quadrants and placed most of known space into Q82.
 * Torment of Arcaniox

During the celebration, Empress was attacked and rendered comatose, sending Rambo Nation into a political and fragile position.

Part II: Rambarth's Regency
08 AQF - ongoing During the early days after Ramashe's fall, Rambarth worked hard to keep the Government together and tried to send a strong signal to the rest of the First Gigaquadrant that was still a force to be reckoned with. In the following months Rambarth ensured the safety and continued thrive of Rambo Nation during his early months of regency.

''Main article Battle of Light and Dark coming soon
 * Battle of Dark and Light

Timeline
Chronicling the most important data during the Tertius Bellum.

Trivia

 * The Tertius Bellum will follow the lay out of the a bit, with cross-overs being welcome!