Saga's, Antiquities, Mythology, and Legends of the Star League
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Summary: The tales of how humanity, and the galaxy became what they are today. Will contain stories on what has happened before the Covenant Invasions.
Chapter 1-Level 10
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1800 hrs, 2551
Tharkad City, Asgard,
Lyran Commonwealth
Friedrich Steiner, Field Marshal of the Lyran Commonwealth, and Director of HEIMDALL was occupied in his thoughts. He had been thinking a lot since he had left Terra, troubled over the fact he could not access certain files, from the Star League's Codex. The warning also specifically stated, that a head of state classified the material, and he would need permission to proceed.
Case in point, why he decided to make an unexpected drop-in, to "chat", with Archon Katherine Steiner, and find out why information was hidden from him.
"Care to explain this to me?" He asked bluntly, yet politely, as he strode into the spacious office of the Archon, ruler of Tharkad, 550 systems, and the Lyran Commonwealth. Katherine raised an eyebrow, indicating no knowledge of what he was asking, and Friedrich thrust the datapad he had been carrying onto her desk.
She glanced over it, before motioning for her guards to leave.
"You do know that what your asking about, is a whole new level of information, even for your position..." The Archon fixed in place him with her steady hazel eyes. Friedrich didn't budge.
"I require all the angles, to better protect this nation, and it's people. Therefore, you need to explain to me, exactly why there is information classified above mine." Katherine arched an eyebrow, not liking the fact that here intel chief was being so flippantly insubordinate, and demanding. That was only one way of looking at it, she surmised, as she thought that he also looked passionate and driven as well.
Sigh "You know that there have been instances, of phenomena like Psychics and Pyrokinetics, appearing amongst humanity since the 1980's on Terra right?" Friedrich narrowed his brows, before he looked at her, curious at where this was going.
"Well, this data finding, places psychics and other such phenomena, at a very early age. They have been around for a VERY long time, in other galaxies even, and have had a staggering effect on humanities history. Are you prepared to learn of the secret history?" Friedrich stared at his cousin. He was unsure how to respond.
"Psychics... Galaxies... Time..." Friedrich found himself nodding, and finding his voice.
"To protect the people, I need to be able to assess and quantify the variables. If I do not have them, they don't fit in the battlefield I have in my mind. Meaning, at some point, my people could be ambushed, or surprised by unknown factors. I've come to accept I will not know everything in this great and terrible 'verse, but I do not except not knowing something when it is within my grasp." Friedrich stated with passion.
Katherine nodded. "I see. That is the answer I wanted." A door opened, and a figure came out from behind the Archon's desk. Friedrich noticed the door was near seamlessly integrated into the wall.
"Commodore Sieglinde will explain." A tall, blonde-haired, and blue-eyed women came from the door, eye's seeming to softly pulse silver power. Stopping a foot from Friedrich, she snapped off a sharp salute, which Friedrich returned.
"It is a pleasure to finally meet you Marshal Steiner. I am Commodore Jera Sieglinde, the director of HEIMDALL's Psychic Div. She stuck her hand out, and Friedrich shook it, naturally.
"Strong grip, even my enhanced body is feeling that... I have a psychic division?" These thoughts were running through his head, as he turned to look at Katherine, who smirked.
"Yes, Sieglinde, and several others have been running a division that is linked to yours. Yes, their have been several incarnations, and they have been with our... Nation... Ever since at least the time of National Socialist Germany." Katherine stated without reserve, and Friedrich's eyes went wide. These people were once on the side of Hitler, Himmler, Strauss, and Heydrich? He didn't know whether to be disgusted or awed that they had committed crimes, or had undergone such a fundamental character shift in allegiance.
"We fight for the good of all now. There was a time, when we were convinced of our superiority, but then the Nazi's and their Thule Mage's began to make deals with... Beings of terrible darkness..." Sieglinde said, sadness flowing over her tone.
"Mages?" Questioned Friedrich, now wide-eyed, looking from one women to another.
"Oh yes my good Marshall. You have stumbled down the rabbit hole now. Isn't this what you wanted?" Katherine was smirking in smug satisfaction, as Friedrich's mind roiled in rebellion, not wanting to accept that the hole was really this fucking deep.
"Your full of Scheiße... You have to be... I could accept Psychics, and 'kinetics, but now your talking about things straight out of myth and legend!" Friedrich gesticulated his hands wildly, as he nearly shouted at his Commander-in-Chief, his normally cool demeanour threatening to break.
"Yes." The Archon folded her arms, and sat straighter in her chair, if that was possible. The Marshal dropped his arms and stared, his mind running through countless scenarios, trying and struggling valiantly to assess this new paradigm he was being introduced to.
"... I want to know everything." He said with a tone of strained tiredness, from a man who hadn't slept in three days, trying to figure out what he wasn't able to access in the Star League's Library Codex. Magic, and anything beyond that had never come to mind, being that he was firmly set in his assessment of everything being beholden to certain rules, laws, and consistencies in the universe.
Now, he was being told that there was much more, yet it was hidden. Which brought up a point of contention.
"Why go to such lengths to keep it hidden?" He questioned the Archon, the fierceness back in his steely grey eyes, the powerful man that would go to any limit to protect the Lyran Nation.
"You can figure it out." Marshal Steiner glanced at Commodore Sieglinde, who was grinning smugly, having prodded him into a furious bout thinking once more.
"We've almost lost our history with the Mages, several times, and the fact that you betrayed the Nazis means the forces they worked with might've almost eliminated humanity at some point. Close enough?" Katherine nodded, praise in her facial expressions, as she pressed a button on her desk.
"Very good. You will soon realize the full scope of what we deal with, and truly understand why the head's of state expedited the Star League Accords, after Mad Max was dealt with." Friedrich grimaced, remembering the insane Capellan leader, and his 1,000 World Coalition, being the last major conflagration in the Age of War.
The bastard used Uterine Replicators, Clone Technology, and several other banned/restricted/regulated technological fields to build a massive army, and wage war with the rest of the realms of the Inner Sphere. After that war, many technologies came under harsher regulations, and the Megacorp Council became an entity that the Star League maintained better relations with, to prevent such a thing happening again. They were extremely useful during the Covenant Invasions however, thus they continued to exist as a quasi-independent entity, in the far Southeast Periphery.
"You don't want people running wild with knowledge again, despite what we have begun to regain, in this Age of Reclamation... Are the other intel chiefs as stable as I am?" Katherine paused, eyes shifting to the side, contemplating.
"Thomas Marik probably cannot be trusted, however, he seems to stable and sane. He is proud enough to continue the work of Blake, he so often talks of, but put him down as possible threat. Ironside is firmly on Davion and the Star League's side, given the scale of some of the recovered evidence. Shepard mourns the loss of his troops against Liao, but he is steadfast and dedicated to Terra. Parangosky we have to watch out for. The Master of the Arashikage, has known of this for longer than the Kurita's have been in power, and will continue to aid the spirit of the of the Empire of the Rising Sun, whatever form it may possess. Their loyalty is to The Dragon, and no one else." Steiner noticed that one of the Great Houses was conspicuously absent.
"And Liao?" Katherine frowned slightly, resting her chin in her interlocked hands.
"Liao is definitely more complicated. Candace rules as Duchess. However, Romano holds the Maskirovka. It is only through the events of these past 25 years that have allowed the two to come to these terms. They do not hate each other, but they definitely do not like each other. Mad Max did a number on his children. However, they understood that to take the Confederation from their father(being female and all), they must act in concert. Playing one of each other, light and dark, brightness to shadows." Friedrich raised an eyebrow while scrunching his face in thought.
"So, that's how they keep the Confederation together... The will it must take to not kill each other, having been bred from birth to do such a thing, would be enormous." The Marshal returned to the present, and focused on the Archon again.
"All in all, the Periphery is all we worry about. They may be freer with this information than we like, so it may only be a matter of time before we have full disclosure. The Megacorporation Council already know, as they have been investigating Humanities history for a long time, nearly since their inception. Not only that, they have been a part of this weird history." Friedrich looked confused.
"2527 is not the first time we were attacked by aliens." The Marshal's eyes widened, and he shook his head.
"I really shouldn't be surprised, but I continue to be..." His AID(Artificial Intelligence Device) beeped, bringing up a message. He brought his wrist to his chest, pressed a holocontrol, and the message displayed itself. It simply showed his name, rank, and new security clearance.
Level 10-Omega.
"Omega?" Sieglinde answered this time.
"There are sub-levels within each level. Operational security and sensitivity. For example, Synthetic's and their research are classified Level 6, but information regarding things like the Reapers are Level 6 - Zeta. Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Zeta, Omega. Omega would refer to the abilities of an AI like Mendicant Bias of the Forerunner Ecumene." Sieglinde elaborated, as she brought up her own holoprojection, Friedrich taking down his. The various levels and sub-levels became displayed, and showed the differences in ratings and capabilities between the two Synthetic's.
"Ok, where do we start." The Archon smiled.
"Well, a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away..."
AUTHOR NOTE: This is where I'm kicking all the stories that take place earlier than the Covenant Invasions too. Coming up with ways to integrate these Sagas into the main entries, then start the story, is being troublesome in my brain. This series will focus heavily on the mysteries of technology, various types of kinetics, magic, and some other surprises I have in store.