AN: The Ships Classes : document/d/1X_LCJdsSYp8qPOXElf8FlloqY61ImTqivT4oUVAyzI0/edit?usp=sharing
The Important Worlds of the Imperium : document/d/1X_LCJdsSYp8qPOXElf8FlloqY61ImTqivT4oUVAyzI0/edit?usp=sharing
still taking suggestions for future possible universes.
One moment I was in my comfortable bed, in the next I'm in some weightless void, oh I don't have a body. I wonder how that works, I'm also hearing these strange- wait what ?! President Laskasris was not real last time I remember, then again this could all be a dream, no body to feel the pain if this is not. Good work brain, let's see then, this most certainly is my imperium. And that's good news, if I'm real they should help me, if I'm not, well I'll probably wake up and forget most of this. Well, let's get started then, after all what can go wrong ?
I gasped as I metaphorically picked up my presence and 'ran' to the Caput Imperatoria System, "Activate the psionic field damn it!" I roared, the Imperium had already summoned 4 Battle Groups to the Capital System, bloody hell the Reckoning was horrifying in 'real life' I found out I 'lived' on a plane different from all other planes including the 'reckoning' but the Bloody thing somehow woke up and pulled me through to the Psionic plane, I call hax.
I swiftly told the Imperium how to act though, and specialised flagships were already deployed to destroy the entity- and they also made a sweet psionic body for me. I'll have to become a semi-clone for a while, at least till I go back to my plane of existence. On that note the Galaxy looks quite nice, I was 'floating' along as the 'Reckoning' or as I call it 'Screw-the-Psionics' followed me through the dimensional tear created by my Imperium, I swiftly 'floated' into my body whilst the 'Screw-the-Psionics' was taught exactly why the abomination came to late into the end-game to matter, the combined firepower of 4 Battle Groups and 5 Modified Annihilation-Class Flagships tore the bastard apart. Side Note: Nearly Four Centuries of memories do a lot to crush home-sickness, thanks ROB.
I finally took in my first breath as I looked at the security personnel standing in front of me, huh that's a lot of reverence.
Chapter One - Welcome to the Imperium
The President almost looked like a gleeful child now, "It is true then, Humanity was chosen by our guardian" then guilt suddenly flashed through her eyes as she just remembered that thing was chasing me over 6 months as the Imperium prepared, The Overseer had not hidden the consequences of the 'Screw-the-Psionics' coming free on it's own, it horrified her just to think of what could've happened had the Overseer not not guided them to take certain actions and given them directions for an effective anti-Screw-the-Psionics ships, the 5 Modified flagships were given over to the Overseer at his own request, "Are you truly fine my lord? It must be jarring, to be chased by such a beast?".
The Overseer smiled gently, as if correcting the child, "I have faced many a threat, I was far more cautious with the Unbidden." Some sadness passed through the Overseer's mind, the memories of the war with the Unbidden...were his greatest regrets, billions were sent to their deaths by him, to save the galaxy. Many decisions the Overseer still felt guilt over. Regrets that were ancient, including one hidden guilt he had carried since the inception of the Imperium.
The Overseer developed a more grim look, "The Gateways in the Germania System shall be explored by my fleet and I, the Imperium must know about any threats on the other side" the grim look gave way for another indulging smile, "As always all those in the imperium who need guidance need not do anything but think of me" The Overseer gave a final nod before leaving the Room and heading towards a shuttle that would take him to his shiny ship of doom.
Behind his back he was being discussed by the President and her Cabinet, of course he knew about their conversation, limited omniscience allowed him to keep eye on all those he deemed important in the Imperium, surprisingly he was unable to talk to any non-human using his powers. This indicated the first block on his power, it seemed he could only communicate with the ones he 'created' the others his Imperium had conquered were not recognised as his metaphorical 'brain children'.
Just sighing at the incredulity of the situation the Overseer gazed out of the shuttles window as it ascended above the atmosphere.
Presidential Meeting, Imperial Capital Complex, Terra Nova.
The Grand Marshal stared defiantly into the Presidents eyes, "We should not let this-this absurd 'entity' to have a free run throughout our empire! why in Heavens name did you give 5 Annihilation-Class vessels to this 'Overseer', just one is the equivalent of entire navies of smaller nations! WE ourselves have just fifteen of the new variant and you gave 5 away as charity!?" The Grand Marshal was a Vivisandian Admiral found on a shielded world, ironically enough the Overseer himself had picked him for his unrivalled skill in naval command, not that he knew that.
The President almost growled the attitude of the admiral, "For the last time Tubrek get this through your skull the Overseer is and has been our eternal guardian, he acknowledged your merit and thus we chose you to command our fleets but we will not allow a fallen to dictate policy on the being that might as well be the sole reason our Imperium has prospered!"
Before the Grand Martial could speak the Overseer took over, with the help of a synthetic, the comms and was quick to calm down the Admiral as if the veteran of countless conflicts was an errant child, "Be calm Admiral, I understand you may hold grievances against me for the fall of your race but there is no reason to be so hostile to me, the 'Reckoning' was far more fearful and it held no ground either and we both know you hold no love for your species, the one that locked you away for many millennia in stasis" Even his voice sounded like a wise elder gently reprimanding a young child.
As the Overseer disconnected the President smiled smugly at the Admiral, "I told you so, now Admiral can we return to the concerning news you brought about this A.I trying to commit omnicide on a galactic level? We have things to do, other than squabble about our Lord"
The Grand Admiral just huffed, first president to even begin the rearmament and this was what he got, he sighed.
On INC Isabella, Annihilation-Class Flagship, head of the 1st Expeditionary Fleet.
The Overseer almost choked on his tea as his mind registered and double checked what the President said. Then he just got up and then sat down again before slamming his head on his desk.
The ship A.I noticed was about to call the medical droids before inquiring about the issue, "Is-is everything okay my lord ?" The A.I seemed nervous, a surprising fact was the Overseer could talk to Terran A.I, which meant he somewhere internally allocated the Synthetic and Organic Humans under the same group.
The Overseer refrained from responding before bringing his face back up with his usual serene smile, "Everything is fine, young one please set up a comm line with the President"
The A.I virtually shrugged and established a comm link before going back to what he was doing, using the numerous lasers of the Annihilator to blow up small pieces of rocks.
Imperial-Planetary Capital Complex, Terra Nova.
Admiral Tubrek continued onwards with his usual dry tone, as if talking about possible omnicide was something he did every other day, which might as well be true, he and the Admiralty Board had little to do after the disarmament, "As I was saying these A.I have awoken in one of the neutral systems under out Sphere of Influence, they claim to be some sort of 'Contingency' that is acting to prevent a 'class 30 singularity event' the Overseer has yet to inform us about them, most possibly meaning even he is unaware of the threat" The Admiral finished with a drawl.
The President's eye twitched, as anyone not alien could not hear the Overseer they had always been suspicious of such a being, usually chalking it up to Humanity's belief in a god however before she could say anything the Overseer did, "I very much know what the Contingency is young admiral, and I can assure you I know exactly how to defeat them" He remembered the basic information, at the least. It had become so hard- to remember a life of not even two decades in comparison to his millennia, oh it was all there, just hard to remember.
The President smiled smugly at the admiral, "As always the Overseer knows all that we need to know".
The Overseer coughed at the interruption, "As I was saying the ones coming towards our galaxy are the Contingency is a rampant A.I made by a species that committed suicide, it was supposed to prevent the event that led to the entrance of the three extra-dimensional empires into our galaxy. However as I said it is a rampant A.I that is just seeking to commit galactic omnicide."
The President looked deep in thought while the admiral showed his experience, as he put any disaster he held for 'the Overseer', "That is certainly… something, can they affect our synthetics?" The Admiral looked quite worried at the thought as everything but the core of the offensive army was made up of Android Assault armies, the mere threat of their armies turning on them was horrifying.
The Overseer now was quite grim himself, "Not directly, soon the Contingency shall launch a signal into the Galaxy, it'll be labeled the Ghost signal. Block it, that signal is the only way the Contingency hopes to turn our Synthetics against us" The Overseer tried to remember something more about the event chain but failed to do so and mentally shrugged, "I shall be available for any counsel you wish to take but as of now we have finally reached the Germania System, I shall proceed with the Expedition"
The President finally snapped out of her thoughtful mood, "Take care my lord, may fortune favour you in your adventure into the unknown". If only she had known what he would encounter the Imperium would have sent an actual fleet along him.
The Overseer laughed gently, "Indeed, take care child and remember, I am always there" Though he was merely a shadow of a shadow most of the time.
The Admiral rubbed his nose with a sigh and pressed the intercom, "Send the Alpha and Beta science teams to the Cabinet Chambers."
Germania System, Path of 5 Gateways
Captain Marcellius saluted the Overseer as he entered the Overseer's chambers, "Lord Overseer, we have entered orbit of the Starbase of Germania System, which gateway should we enter?"
The Overseer thought for a moment before mentally picking the first one, it felt oddly in need, "Captain, set course for the first gateway" The Captain nodded and stepped out to relay his orders, soon enough the fleet entered the gateway.
And out they came facing a battlefield the Overseer had seen in games and read in many novels in his old life.
Out of the portal created by the Gateway the 1st Expeditionary Fleet found itself in an universe that the Overseer was keenly familiar with and equally affronted by the offences committed by one of the coalitions in the universe.
They had found themselves in the Halo Universe
More specifically they found themselves in Espilon Eradani on the 25th of July and in front of them a different humanity waged a desperate war of survival.
The First Expeditionary Fleet on its entry to the gateway:
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Humans on the ship were immediately fed the images of the Covenant ships and soon enough the Overseers voice came through rippling with unbridled Psionic prowess, "All vessels get firing solutions on those despicable fanatics, leave none alive in the system" the cold fury in the voice of the Overseer sent shivers down the spine of the crew of Isabella.
Abord UNSC Trafalgar, Admiral Michael Stanforth
The admiral, like his counterpart in the Covenant Navy, was awestruck at the sizeable ships that just appeared in the system. Both fleets had stopped firing for the briefest of moments to watch the new fleet manoeuvre itself. Silently praying that the new xenos wouldn't be horrid like the Covenant, he nearly collapsed when a single phrase flashed on the Comms screen.
'REST EASY BROTHERS, SALVATION HAS ARRIVED'
At that moment Humanity dared to hope, and their salvation arrived in the form of giant beams of promised death.
INC Isabella, Espilon Eradani
The die was cast, as one the many bridge officers of both, the UNSC and the Covenant, fainted as they read the energy reading of the Blackhole Reactors spike and as one, bright lances of energy ripped through space, Both CSO-Class Super carriers of the Covenant found themselves riddled with holes as their shields were ripped to shreds and the volley of the Imperium killed nearly double the ships killed by the Covenant. Around a hundred of the Covenant found themselves derelict before they could react and then the battle restarted, UNSC once more openly attacked the Covenant who were in mass panic as the Imperial Fleet continued onwards towards the Covenant. The Corvettes flew circles around the Covenant, absorbing many blows aimed for the UNSC ships.
Meanwhile the Carriers of the INC deployed their complimentary escorts alongside the Flagship deployments, Citadel-Class Dreadnoughts absorbed entire salvos of the now desperate Covenant Navy.
The Cronos-Class entered the orbit of Reach and other UNSC colonies deploying their massive supplement of Android Assault armies on the planets. Masses of Androids hit the Covenant in a deadly Zerg rush.
The Battle was over the moment the Imperium chose to involve themselves. Now, now it was an absolute massacre, UNSC took pot shots at the Covenant but most UNSC ships were now actively looking for life pods of that might have survived the first salvo that hit them, only the Super Carrier managed to resist, it too only briefly as its own crew was lax due to facing the 'primitives'.
In Isabella the Captain looked at the Overseer with conflicting emotions, like all humans he trusted the Overseer with the fate of humanity as in the past the Overseer had asked of them many difficult tasks but in the end it was all for the benefit of the Imperium.
The Overseer just glanced at him with his patented 'It is all going to be okay child' gaze, "You have questions, young one ?" He asked softly.
The Captain stuttered a bit but got his bearings back, "Sir, why did we attack an unknown faction? It was first contact after all" Many other heads were also gazing at the pair now.
The Overseer only smiled sombrely, "The ones we attacked, they were the Covenant." His smile tightened and cold fury flashed in his eyes causing shivers to run up the spines of his crew, "They have killed nearly 18 Billion humans without cause or reason thus far" Multiple eyes widened and more than a few had fury light up in their own eyes.
The Captain was infuriated but nodded nonetheless, "I understand your decision my lord, a decision chosen with deep thought in it" the Captain ended smiling slightly, never did he question how the Overseer knew it.
The Overseer nodded, "Indeed I have seen many precursors rise and fall and I have yet to find a species with the potential of Humanity" he smiled fondly, "It has been my sworn duty to guide this potential into something greater" He had, in fact seen so, so many, precursors; the Yuht, The First League, The Cybrex all of them with so much potential and yet none had shown a light as bright as humanity and therefore for the first time in his life he interfered in the lower plane.
Half an hour after the Battle,
The Captain, received a message from his Comms officer, "Sir the Admiral of their fleet is requesting to meet the leader of our fleet, how should we respond ?"
The Overseer's eyes started twinkling suddenly, sending shivers down the spine of Admiral Tubrek who looked around with wariness, "tell them I shall me this admiral in a real meeting, I shall go myself accompanied by a squad of our Power Armoured Soldiers. [Mechanised Infantry in game]
Though the majority of the Army of the Imperium was Android Assault Divisions there was a small core of Elite troops reserved to garrison the core worlds of the Imperium. Their most awe inspiring moment was the defence of Terra Nova during the Extra-Dimensional War as the Unbidden stormed the planet, it was one of the darkest chapters in Imperial History as Nova Terra fell at the end but the Elite Soldiers had held the Planet for en entire month, only when the last Power Armoured Elite die were the Unbidden able to start the purge of Nova Terra, but the Imperial Navy patrols launched wave after waves of stalling Corvette attacks to stall as Battle Group Bastille rushed into the system and cleansed the Unbidden out of the system. After this no major planetary conflicts occurred during the Extra-Dimensional wars, but the Imperium fought twice as hard, the memory of a burning Nova Terra was branded onto the minds of the Imperium. It was perhaps his greatest regret that he let Terra burn, but it was necessary to close the access of the Extra-Dimensional Empires to the Galaxy. It was perhaps one of his most regretted actions till date, he condemned tens of billions to death that day.
Nudging his darker thoughts away he smiled at the Elites as he entered the shuttle.
[For reference the Elites wear an armour that more of less looks like a more silver version of the UNIF Power Amour]
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Back at the bridge,
The Captain gazed at the place formerly occupied by the Overseer, in his worry the Psionic Overseer had let his thoughts transmit to him, "It was not your fault Overseer" Muttered the Captain softly before going back to his position, awaiting the word of the Overseer.
UNSC Trafalgar, Docking Bay,
The Admiral looked at the Spartans II's lining the door in a parade fashion, "Spartans" he gazed at his crew, "Navy Personnel, today is a day that shall be forever remembered in history, when the evil tyranny that the Covenant represents have been finally given their just rewards by our new exponentially powerful friends" He finally smiled, a gritty smile, but a smile nonetheless, "Therefore let us welcome them with the warmest welcome humanity can afford!".
The door slid open and the Spartans saluted the entering figure, Michael's eye grew wide, not only at the power armour worn by the visiting leader's guard but also at the species of their magic helpers, he would have never thought of them being actual brothers.
The human in the middle of the armoured infantry just smiled at the Admiral, he looked maybe 23 years old and yet he commanded the massive firepower outside, "Hello Admiral, I am Aurelius, the Lord Overseer of the Imperium of Man in our universe. It pleases me to see Humanity thrive here as well, I hope your rowdy neighbours are not causing too much trouble, I'm afraid genocide does not please me" a subconscious shiver went up the spines of the Admiral at the words of the….. 'Lord Overseer'.
The Admiral finally regained his tongue and smiled at the Lord, "Of course Lord Aurelius, it is a pleasure to meet you, if you will please follow me, we have much to talk about".
The eyes of the Overseer twinkled as he smiled, "Yes indeed young one, we have much to convene upon" before he gestured to his fleet, "Look brightly upon the stars now! No longer do you fight alone!"
And this was how the Imperium of Man met the first of their neighbours.
Edit: I just wanted to add a clarification the Overseer himself does not have a name, he just adopted one to make the other humans feel more comfortable, he has been the literal second voice in his universe's humanity for so long that he probably forgot any name long ago.
