Looks like yet another story that I've mindlessly started. But this one just feels different to me. I read the story Star Fox: Exchange Student, by XxSanitariumxX, and it inspired me to write something similar. If you read his story and are a fan, don't worry, this isn't a rip off. It has a very different storyline to it. But you'll be able to easily tell some similarities. This first chapter is a prologue. I have a whole notebook full of this story so I have plenty of content planned. But I'm sure my talking wont keep any readers, let me get this started.

Rewriting history

As far as anyone remembered, aliens were fake. They were myths with no solid evidence. There were some believers, but they were laughed at. Sure the government "Tried" to find life. They set up many satellites to try to send and receive broadcasts form outer space.

But after years of failing, they gave up.

But not quite all of them. Some scientists in the U.S. came together to form a privately funded program to take a massive leap in space exploration.

The U.S.C.

The U.S.C. was very small and underfunded at first, but by 2035, they had all the funding they needed to do as they pleased. But what was it that they wanted exactly? Sure they wanted to find aliens, but it was much more than that. They wanted to colonize. You may think, Oh, well that's what NASA wants. But there is a massive difference from NASA.

They were willing to do whatever it takes to get to their goals.

2043, 30 years after original creation of U.S.C.

After 30 years, they were actually ready to put carefully planned…plans, into effect. They had created a fairly stable vessel capable of long distant space travel with the use of a method mostly used in a video game.

Slipspace.

What people thought as fiction from Halo was actually possible, and could be used to seek out life firsthand. But where would they go? Where exactly was life? Well, it was supposedly in a galaxy 1173 lightyears from Earth. But, since Slipspace is far faster than lightspeed travel.

The only hitch was, what if the supposed "Life" was hostile? The answer was giving the Military the technology of spacecraft. The military tweaked and messed around with the original blueprint for an addition 40 years until finally satisfied with a gargantuan spacecraft.

The exact sizes of the ship was 3843 meters wide, 2040 meters tall, and nearly 18000 meters long. It was the largest manmade structure ever created. It was armed with the most advanced weaponry available at the time. Which was Hardened Ion projectiles, and Neutralizer warheads. With the newer version of the slipspace drive installed, it was ready. This would be the craft to travel to the galaxy known as SI-7.

The ships name was Vengeance.

Seven years after completion of Vengeance.

Vengeance had arrived near the planet suspected of harboring life after six solid years of flying through slipspace. The massive vessel attempted to make contact with the planet they were close to orbiting. The crew of 870,000 waited breathlessly, awaiting a reply. They nearly shook the ship apart when the reply came back.

The largest surprise of anything came when the aliens spoke in English. The conversation between the two races was as follows:

"This is U.S.C. Annihilator Class Vengeance, transmitting 170,000 miles from the planet below. Does anyone copy"

*Static*

"I repeat, this is Annihilator Class Cruiser Vengeance, does anyone copy?"

*Static*

"Again, this is-,"

"This is General Pepper of the Cornerian Defense Force. We read you."

"Great! Jesus Christ, we did it!"

"Did what, may I ask?"

"We finally found life in space!"

"Just now? Have you not found it elsewhere?"

"We never really looked before. May we establish docking somewhere? I think it would be good for our two races to meet in person."

"Perhaps. We will send a military protected vessel to dock. Stand by."

-End transmission-

And with that, humanity had reached a major milestone. Life had been found, and negotiations followed.

An agreement was reached, and humanity found its first inter-planetary trading partner.

300 Years after first contact

Humanity remained very mysterious to the common Cornerian. Not much was known besides the fact that there was steady trade going on with them.

The same went with human knowledge on Cornerians. Since First Contact, humanity had planted very successful and rapidly growing colonies throughout space, and had strengthened its military with a massive space fleet. Humans no longer fought among themselves as different nation. Instead, after realizing they weren't alone out there, the banded together as a true single people.

However, peace was soon smashed when a military error was made.

Corneria was at war with a planet called Venom. They were being dominated at one point and called for Humanities aid for the first time. However, when a human fleet of Destroyer Class vessels reach a battle raging over Aquas, a military commander mistakenly ordered his ships to fire on the Human fleet in his panic. Fearing betrayal, the Human fleet shredded the Cornerians with their far larger and heavier equipped vessels.

This mishap sparked anger in both governments and all out war was declared. The Vengeance, still in service and boosted by new and great technology was named as the flagship of the entire Space Core.

Ground battles were fought after the Venomian forces were destroyed after interfering with humanities war effort. There were heavy casualties on both sides, but the stratedgy of the Cornerian forces destroyed many Human cites and colonies on other worlds. Humanity, having Genocide outlawed unless desperately required, acted with extreme aggression against any military installations of Corneria.

With a large part of its military destroyed by Humanity, and with many of Human cities and colonies wiped out by Corneria, a shaky truce was called. With neither side truly willing to engage in another bloody conflict, a plan was made. To try to end differences, and to see if the two races could exist together, people from both sides were sent into every aspect of life, and to many different colonies. The rule was one being per city or colony. But, with so much hatred between the two races, could it possibly work?

And that, my dear readers, was the main gist of the story I am about to write. I hope I have captured some interest, as I spent a very long time getting all of the history of the story finalized. Well, the first real chapter should be up soon. I'm going to shoot for around 6000 to 8000 words per chapter so you can have more to look at while I'm cooking up the chapter after that. Well, I do hope some people come back for the next chapter.

Until then.