Fiction:Great Cyrannus War/Year Three

Introduction
The Great Cyrannus War is the largest in the history of the Cyrannus Galaxy, a gigantic battle for the dominance of one of the greatest galaxies in the First Gigaquadrant. The first year proved devastating on all fronts in the war, massive regions of space are now at total war, with no end in sight. Many more factions, such as the Cyrannian Grox and the Cognatus Remnant came to the spotlight last year, now things are about to get a lot more interesting...

Participants
-- Um2k9  - Fight the Future...   16:09, August 5, 2011 (UTC)

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-- Max  (Don't Follow The Lights...)

-- OluapPlayer  -  Fear me, cowards!  14:21, August 5, 2011 (UTC)

Other Stories/Side Stories

 * Reunion, by Maxi6
 * Mar-Júun's Strike, by OluapPlayer
 * Trouble in the TIAF, by CaptainTybusen
 * Place Your Bet, by Technobliterator

The Shape of Things to Come
Near the celebrations of the new year, in both the URC, the CAS and Rambo Nation, evil was stiring in the Choas Realms. The Dark Lord Antediluvian was instructing his greatest servant, Apeligateza on a great plan, a step toward domination. After they had finished communicating, Apeligateza understood his mission, and he understood the rewards if it was completed. Meanwhile, on the Confederate Capital, Chancellor Dasá was pacing in his office. He was thinking about the Confederacy's current status in the war. Though it was doing quite well on the front in Cyrannus, in the Quadrants, more and more conquered planets came back under Rambo Control. Nevertheless, he recalled the CAS Quadrantia fleets to return to Karzhamarhi-Nui to regroup and pretect it from an ineviteable invasion. However, just as he was about to go to bed, a dark figure appeared behind him... Apeligateza. Shocked, Dasá grabbed his blaster and shot at the dark entitie's head, though the laser went straight through it as though the entity as though it was made of smoke, hitting the wall on the other side of the room. Apeligateza walked forward and picked the Chancellor up by the neck. Dasá screamed in pain and was shocked to see that they had been teleported to a high dimension, with Apeligateza grip still tightening. Dasá's vision began to darken, with the last thought in his mind, was the sea breeze of his homeworld.

Apeligateza smiled, and tossed Dasá's corpse aside. He then apparated into Dasá's empty office, and with little effort, morphed his appearence into that of the dead Chancellor of the CAS. He looked out the window, before uttering, Something wicked this way comes.

Month One (13th overall)
As the first month of the year begins, all sides are preparing to see who makes the first, bold move...

Celebrations in the Cyrannian Republic
On Orbispira, Apollo and his family was preparing for the huge fireworks display to symbolize the beginning of a new year, 3 ATC, hopefully bringing more happiness and propserity for the URC, compared the last few years, where war has ravaged the galaxy, leaving few untouched in some way. Apollo looked grim, but he tried to hide it from his celebrating family. He was thinking about the future, specifically the future of his children, he didn't want for them to grow up as he had done, estranged from his father after the tragic death of his mother, and being conscripted into the military for something he didn't agree with and much later being hunted down by dark forces.

Still, he looked at his children with happiness and pride, he was going to do everything in his power to give them a better life, one without worry or pain. While also trying his hardest to protect his citizens from outside harm. Still, he thought about the upcoming election at the end of this year, and despite the fact he had enjoyed his presidency, he was glad for the burden of power to fall to someone else, and live the rest of his life pursuing his interests and goals, while growing a family to continue his legacy.

However, he kept his memories and thoughts hidden for the timebeing, and looked out the window of the Presidential Palace, looking out toward the horizen, which in ten seconds was about to be filled with fireworks. Apollo, Gianne and their two kids began counting, 10...9...8...7...6...5...4...3...2...1... Happy New Year! They all yelled, as beautiful colors filled the sky.

Celebrations in Rambo Nation
Ramashe looked at her many holo viewscreens in her office at Tirithsilliana, together with her just born son Ramaith to see citizens of Rambo Nation gathering to celebrate the start of the new year, 05 AQF. At the various colonies, even at Karzamahri Nui which was still conquered many gathered to see the fireworks and join the celebrations for the new year.

Half an hour before midnight Ramashe and Ramaith went outside, joined by her guards they all watched to the sky and gathered around a large table with food and drinks. When midnight finally arrived, Tirithsilliana her sky was full of fireworks and all present gave eachother their congratulations for the new year and began toasting at it. When Ramashe looked at her mobile holoscreen she saw that at every colony celebrations were taking place (where it was night at least). After the fireworks Ramashe brought Ramaith to bed, singing a bed song for him and returned to her office where she said her best wishes for Apollo, as the URC had also started another new year.

Bisistar Invasion
The Avenger was quickly falling apart, with each hyperspace jump back to Cyrannus (the Wormhole Generator was malfunctioning) large portions of the ship were falling apart. Captain Roslia was trying his utmost to keep the crew of the ship functioning in order to return to Cyrannus in peace. However, he was quickly becoming aggitated with the Messenger known as Shelly's constant appearences, telling him that the One would show him the way to safetly. He had no time for her preaching and sat on the captain's seat in annoyance.

However, the security officer reported that the two Bisistar ships were gaining on the Avenger. In fear, Roslia ordered the ship to engage it's hyperdrives, but it was too late. The ships began to flank the Avenger and open fire on its bow. The bridge was rocked with explosions and Roslia heared the hull begin to creek and give way. Shelly appeared to him once again, saying that if only he listened to the One, the way would be shown. Ignoring her, Roslia was just about to order the crew into the escape pods, the navigation officer told him that the intergalactic wormhole generator was finally repaired. Wasting no time, he ordered to escape.

As soon as the ship entered the wormhole, they reappeared near the shipyards of Charcati, in the Outer Rim of Cyrannus. However, before they could dock and repair the ship, an entire fleet of Bisistar City ships appeared over the planet, and within two minutes, the colony and the shipyard was destroyed. Before they could notice the Avenger, Roslia ordered the ship to return to the Core Worlds, hiding their hyperspace signature so that they couldn't be followed. He had dire news for High Command... the Bisistar have invaded the galaxy...

Taking of Acrocanthaí
The ULE had been silently watching the war for two years only partaking in a few major military operations against the URC but now as the Republic is in a state of total war they will take this time and strike. The United Lanat high commanded wanted to take a world of value from the URC and they chose the tourist world of Acrocanthaí. The United Lanat high command believed by annexing this colony that it would cause a moral drop in the civilian population of the Republic causing unrest and doubt. A large invasion force was sent to Acrocanthaí under the command of Master Admiral Tul to take Acrocanthaí from Republic control.

As the ULE dropped out of hyperspace they was greeted by a large Republic garrison which quickly formed up in a battle formation at the sight of the ULE armada. The ULE-URC fleet was locked in a vicious, cut throat battle within a matter of minuets. The URC fought bravely against the United Lanat forces but many stationed at Acrocanthaí had no experiences fighting the ULE and didn't know what to expect from this dangerous foe and plus the greatest ULE military tactician was leading the assault. While the space battle was still raging the ULE managed to land several squads of highly trained special forces soldiers on the surface of Acrocanthaí in order to secure a landing point for additional troopers. After a while the ULE began push away the Republic forces and after three hours of fierce fighting the Republic naval forces stationed at Acrocanthaí was on the break and the ground forces where starting to route. Close to the end of the battle the ULE started a small scale orbital bombardment of Acrocanthaí, threatening that if the Republic did not surrender the colony to the ULE then they would turn Acrocanthaí into a pile of rubble. The Republic, tired and desperate accepted and retreated but vowed to return with vengeance.

Shortly after the last Republic ships retreated the ULE warships descended to the Acrocanthaí surface. As the Torma warships slowly flew over the burning Acrocanthaí the ULE finally announced their ownership of Acrocanthaí. The ULE won the day but at a cost...over half of the invasion force was destroyed and even more was in need of repair.

Invasion on Ascioa
The Grox were finally done in repairing Khuenaten, and sent him to attakc their next target: the Confederacy planet of Ascioa. The Cube fleet travelled to the planet, undetected by the CAS' radars. Meanwhile, Khuenaten equipped his drones with improved armor, and even made a new armor for himself: a armor which eletroculted anyone who touched him. Upon approaching the planet, the Cube fleet revealed itself and fired its Conqrix Hive in the middle of a city. Immediatly, Dronox and Caprigrox drones started to emerge and attack the citizens furiously. The drones' group mind was being fueled by their past defeats, making them far more ruthless and aggressive than before. Feeling particularly nasty, Khuenaten started to invade the houses of civilians and slay the inhabitants. Being overwhelmed in both land and space, the planet fell to the Grox.

While the drones finished the job, Khuenaten came back to his Grox Cube to prepare for their next invasion. Khuenaten still wanted to give the Dracogonarious a payback, but he decided to target the Confederacy instead. He wanted to have some fun with them...

Space Battle
The colony of Masolirsra has never known violence or war, and yet it was at the crossroads where the traderoutes departed the Inner Rim into the Outer Rim of the Cyrannus Galaxy. The Confederacy understood this and sent a large fleet of several Providence-class Dreadnoughts and several Munificus-class frigates to attempt to take the colony by force. However, they did not expect another large enemy URC fleet to be defending the colony. Hours pasted, with no side having the upperhand, turbolasers fired across the expanse of space, hiting their targets, which vented atmosphere and crew members to their deaths. However, after endless hours of fierce fighting, hyperspace signatures were detected... the Cyrannian Grox had arrived at the battle, and began to attack both CAS and URC fleets with a huge number of Grox Cubes, which could survive even the most deadly attacks. In fact, only when an explosion neared the Cube's engines would it finally explode. The sheer size of the Grox invasion fleet was so great that both the URC and the CAS came to an unofficial truce trying to destroy the advancing Cubes, which cornered both the Cyrannian and Confederate fleets, finally destroying them. Triumphant, they sent down forces to the planet, to create more cybernetic slaves...

Ground Battle
As the Grox drones started to be deployed around the planet, both the URC and CAS started to fight them off together. However, when the opportunity rised, the CAS troops betrayed the URC and started to attack them as well. The battle raged on with all three factiosn murdering each other. However, the Grox had enough drones to outnumber both URC and CAS at the same time, and were slowly winning the combat.

In the middle of a city, at the time free from the Grox, the URC and CAS troops marched to fight each other. However, a purple object was launched from a Grox Cube and fell into the middle of the city, crushing the buildings and releasing fiery steams from the ground. It was a Dronox Hive. From it, Commandant Khuenaten and his troops emerged and started to massacre the enemies. Few hours later, both the Republic and Confederacy were defeated. It was another battle won by the Grox, with the cost of the entire Confederacy fleet and millions of Republic lifes.

Second Battle of Karzamahri Nui
At the start of the second week of the 1st month of 05 AQF a large Rambo fleet exited warp near Karzamahri Nui and engaged the Confederate fleet at the Rambo conquered planet. The HarbronrSaurien Captain of the USS Ambassador was eager to test his new ship in combat, and he was backed up by a Dagian Captain of the USS Calypso. With the fleet captain stationed at Rametru Nui the other captain were fairly unknown though had some experience in combat.

As the two fleets clashed the battle turned out into a heavy battle. During the lengthy battle the Liberty II became heavily damaged by two Constitution class ships, but managed to destroy one of them. As the battle raged on the USS Ambassador heavily damaged a Rescure Class Light Destroyer, forcing it to withdraw from the battle. Further more another Rescure Class Light Destroyer managed to cripple a Kelvin Class and the USS Calypso was also heavily damaged by a Rescrue Class Light Destroyer. Even the powerful Serindia Caradhras Class Carrier didn't manage to break through the Confederate fleet. As both the Rambo and the Confederacy took even more damage, the two fleets were actaully at a draw. Eventually the Rambo decided to withdraw from the battle, yet they left a heavily damaged Confederate fleet behind, without means to repair of to get supplies from the Confederacy. Meanwhile Ramsoria Run route leading to Karzhamarhi Nui was backed up by another Rambo armada. It seemed the Confederacy in Quadrant 82 were trapped!

Month Two (14th Overall)
The first month say devastation on all sides of the war, with the Grox conquering Masolirsra, the terrorism in the TIAF, the attack on Karzamahri Nui and the battle of Acrocanthaí. Will the second month prove as disastrous?

Counterstrike at a Grox Colony
Furious at the loss of Masolirsra at the hands of the Grox, President Apollo ordered Vice Admiral Shaw to use cloaking technology to sneak into Grox space and attack one of their bases. Glad at the opportunity of revenge, Shaw engaged his hyperdrive and set his coordinates directly into the Unknown Regions, into the known space of the Grox. After a period of several hours, Shaw detected an unmistakable radiation signature emanating from a nearby planet. Upon arriving, it became clear that the planet did infact belong to the Grox, who held a large force of drones near a large base, which appeared to be made using Cubes. Wasting no time, Admiral Shaw engaged the cloaking device and ordered his flagship, the Valorous to hold position directly over the base, while the second Star Destroyer did the same. Moving as quickly as possible, the Valorous fired a superlaser blast directly on the base, while the other Star Destroyer, the New Dawn did the same. The Grox soldiers on the surface turned toward the base as it was engulfed in flames and smoke. Just as they were about to fire their weapons on the two invading warships, Shaw ordered the ships into hyperspace, pleased at the result of the battle.

Skirmish over Carolinii
As the war dragged on, some of the more impulsive captains of the Confederacy believed that hit and run attacks on important URC worlds would be a more efficent way of ending the war in the favour of the CAS. A Basileus captain had his eyes set on Carolinii, homeworld of the Tenerensis and an important world in the Inner Rim. However, when he approached the Confederate Congress, they refused, citing that they should concentrate on possible URC invasions on CAS held worlds.

Furious, the Basileus captain decided to take his personal flagship and attack Carolinii against the orders of his superiors. Ignoring warnings from his admiral, the Basileus set his coordinates to Carolinii, where to his shock lay a Venator-class Cruiser backed up by numerous Hyperspace interdiction ships, preventing him from escaping. Filled with rage, the captain sped toward the planet at full speed, quickly followed by the URC ships. Knowing that his time had come, he his ship and faced his enemies, destroying two interdictor cruisers, and damaging the Venator. However, in the end he was hopelessly outnumered, and the price of his ignorance was his ship, his crew and his life.

Zillum's Rise
After a couple of weeks of inactivity, Zillum retired to his quarters on his flagship, the Malevolent. However, just as he was contacting the Confederate Congress to inform them of the recent events in the war a glowing orb of energy appeared in front of him. The orb spoke to him in a deep, booming voice that appeared to darken the entire room, ‘Hear this General Zillum, join me, Antediluvian, and know power unlimited!’ Zillum however was not afraid, and replied, ‘I serve no one but myself and the Mortalitas Empire!’ Antediluvian however, was expecting this answer. Suddenly, Zillum found himself becoming immersed in Apocalyptan Energies, he felt even more powerful.

‘''I think, Zillum, that you will prove quite useful indeed. I do not care if you serve me or not. Though these new powers will help you destroy the Republic. Do so any way you can.''’ The entity spoke, just before disappearing, leaving Zillum to contemplate his new powers, abilities and plans.

The Remnant's aid


General Sesoka had been tasked to go to planet Temomyho, to investigate about a possible Grox invasion. Travelling in a Tenerensis Star Destroyer ship, Sesoka and a team of scouts approached the planet, to find the invasion was really happening. He detected a Grox Cube approaching the planet, apparently carrying several Dronox Hives to be launched at the surface.

The two ships engaged, but the Grox Cube was equipped with extra defenses to protect the Hives. Most of Sesoka's scout team was destroyed, and his Star Destroyer was being damaged. However, it was then that another signal was detected, and a third ship joined the battle: a CCS Class Battlecruiser of the. The Cognatus ship started to attack the Grox Cube, who couldn't take sustained fire of two enemies at once and exploded, destroying the Dronox Hives before they could be fired.

Sesoka was relieved, and thanked the commander of the Cognatus ship for his aid. Both ships left, and the planet was secure from danger for now. The Cognatus Remnant had joined the Cyrandia Alliance's side.

Battle of Ancaoilion
On the planet Ancaoilion, a massive battle was taking place between the Confederacy of Allied Systems and the invading United Republic of Cyrannus. However, this was a different battle to the others. The government of Ancaoilion granted the URC permission to use Anti-Matter Bombs to rid the world of the Confederate occupiers, something that the Republic agreed to, albeit reluctantly, as it could cause significant harm to the planet's biosphere. Never the less, the bombs were dropped, wiping out the CAS forces in a grand flash of light and fire.

However, while being congratulated for the successful liberation of the planet, the ground began to shake violently, and a huge crater began consuming a large portion of the continent's surface, burying thousands of Republic troopers and vehicles. Suddenly an ear-piercing roar was heard across the former battlezone, and two huge feet emerged from the ground, crushing hundreds of troopers. This was followed by the appearance of the creature itself, the 2500 feet long Ryderallo Monster, a beast of folkloric standing in the culture of those who live on Ancaoilion. This giant is the last of it's kind, and very angry.

The monster began to ravage the planet, killing thousands, with all efforts to stop the beast failing. However, by the use of Republic Stun Tanks, the creature was knocked out. Acting quickly, the monster's body awaited transportation but the senator of that region of space, Senator Guolivian ordered a change in plans. Instead of being taken to a planet where no sentient civilization exists, the scientists and Guolivian wished the creature to be studied in a contained environment, the planet, Orbispira...

Arrival on Orbispira
After a multitude of debates and questions regarding the intelligence of the decision, the huge monster was brought to the Orbispira. Tensions run high as the most dangerous life form in the galaxy touched down on its most populous planet, Apollo himself believed that the creature was too dangerous to be brought to the planet, only to be assured by Senator Guolivian that finding out what makes this creature so invulnerable would bring the war to a quicker end, by studying it's scales that protect him against all known modern weapons, such as Anti-matter and even turbolaser strikes.

While being studied, the lead scientist informed Senator Guolivian that to harness the power of the creature's invulnerability, it would put the creature in tremendous pain. The scientist suggested that they bring the creature to a wildlife reserve, where it can live it's days in peace. However, Guolivian believed that it's power would end the war in the favour of the URC, and ordered the scientist to kill the beast to avoid putting it in much pain. As soon as he said these words, the Ryderallo awakened and glared at Guolivian with extreme hate, who left the test chamber and back to the Executive Building.

Meanwhile, when Guolivian returned to the Excutive Building, he was confronted by Senator Inviá who was angry about the Ryderallo's death sentence. Gianne pointed out that the beast was brought to Orbispira against its will and has no voice to defend itself. Gualivian however, disagrees, stating that it is a small sacrifice, and that it's scales would help the URC win the war.

However, just as the scientist in charge of the Ryderallo's death was about to deliver a lethal injection of a gas found only on it's homeworld, the beast became enraged and broke free of its confines, escaped it's facility and began to rampage across the city planet...

Rampage on Orbispira
The Beast quickly escapes its compound and began a devastating rampage across the city, destroying hundreds of landmarks and bringing small skyscrapers crashing to the ground. As it rampaged across the endless city blocks, it saw a holographic projection of Senator Gualivian addressing people about the beast, overcome with anger, the beast lunged at the projection, destroying it, before catching sight of the massive Executive Building.

Meanwhile, on the huge plaza outside the Rotunda, Gualivian was confronted by Princess Ramtilsae and her boyfriend, Athan Apostila, who also had doubts about the beast's condition and treatment. However, Gualivian assured them that it's death would bring prosperity and peace to the URC, by given it's troops an advantage over the CAS army. Ramtilsae had the same opinion as Senator Naberrie, claiming that they would be eradicating the last of a species. Before Gualivian could respond, the ground began to shake, as the monster sprinted forward furiously, catching sight of Gualivian, who along with Ramtilsae and Apostila, hurried into the Emergency Bunker, just as the Ryderallo climbed to the top of the building and roaring at the bustling city below. Meanwhile, Apollo was watching the scene is horror from his penthouse on top of the Palace of the Republic. He came up with a solution already, and called his senior military general to enact a method that would spare the city from destruction and also save the life of the disoriented animal. Suddenly, the creature noticed it had become drowsy. Republic fighter planes were spraying the beast with an unique gas that would knock him out, but not kill him. The beast closed its eyes, and fell unto the streets below, in a deep sleep.

The next morning, much of the clean-up operations were in progress, however, thousands were dead and Senator Gualivian had to make a public apology for the incident. Apollo also promised the public that the creature would be transported to a wildlife preserve, where it could live out it's day's in peace.

Month Three
The aftermath of the Ryderallo Beast Incident shocked the galaxy, and many planets decided to leave the Republic, giving the CAS even more strength to fight the URC...

Cybernetics versus Zealots
A Grox Cube fleet was going in the direction of Planet Carthaniapian, controlled by the Cognatus Remnant. They could not afford to fight three Tier 1 enemies at once, expecially now that these enemies were starting to fight back. Each Cube transported hundreds of drones who were ready to invade the planet.

In the surface, a Cognati priest and several other citizens were in a temple, studying and discussing their deities, when a large, gray figure entered the building with two large blades. The being towered over everyone in there. It was a Commander Dronox. "You are not welcome in here!, the priest said, before the Commander stabbed one of his blades into the priest's chest, electroculting him to death. The citizens around him screamed in fear and tried to run away, when Dronox and Caprigrox drones started to invde the temple as well.

As the planet was consumed, a transmission was sent to all nearby Cognatus planets from the Commander Dronox. He was fast and clear of what he wanted.

"You have seen an extent of our wrath. Do not engage in fighting against our units again, or your punishment shall be death and complete annihilation."