The fall of The Federation meant that countless systems across the galaxy would fall to the Rebels and piracy would reign supreme. But that didn't mean that it was over. At the Federation capital, President Dux was being held by the rebels and was ordered to hand over the launch codes for the stockpile of missiles that the Federation had been stockpiling but instead of giving them the codes he sent details he had overheard from the rebel leader along with his strategy to the only remaining Federation ship in the hanger bays; The Nisos.
As soon as the data was received by the Crew, its captain, Jorlan, awoke with a start to find that not only had the order to evacuate the sector been given hours ago, but that there was also a message from the President himself! He rushed to the console and read the message:
"If you are reading this then it is too late, the rebels have taken command of our fair capital and captured myself, President Magna Dux.
You are the last hope of the Federation that we have slaved over millennia to create and uphold, your mission is to travel from here to the set evacuation co-ordinates that have been given to you along with the access codes in this document. The Minister of War will be forced to listen to you once he sees those codes and you are to show him this document along with the schematics of the Rebel Flagship that our spies have managed to acquire, so that he can form a strategy and beat this rebellion before the Federation is eradicated forever and the galaxy is lost forever.
You men are the only hope for the survival of life as we know it. Tell no one of this mission.
Godspeed,
President Magna Dux II of the Galactic Federation
ACCESS CODES – PRESIDENTIAL APPROVAL:
UWRHJGHD-GZCCLZVA
KNFUPZAM-HMQPFZKV
NFWXHJFU-JPJHSSXS
ASKXDYLT-FLDLXGTC
SDBDDNYX-SSFNASNH
After Jorlan had finished reading the message he tried to close it but it seemed to replicate itself and hide amongst the regular files of the ship, protection and insurance, he guessed.
"Wake up! We have a mission and we need to go NOW!" Jorlan yelled over the intercom of the ship, startling the other only other two members aboard the ship.
"What about the rest of the crew? They're in a meeting with the Presi-" Tai Li was cut off as an explosion shook the ship as it powered up, she tried to look at the presidential tower through the view port but there was nothing there, just a pillar of smoke.
"Forget the others, they can't make it in time. We have a mission from the President himself." Jorlan said flatly, his voice conveying none of his feelings.
The ship lurched forward as the thrusters gave a mighty roar and the hanger seemed to vanish from around them. Instantly small, one man rebel fighters were after them, trying to stop them from escaping.
"Hold on! This is going to cut it a little close!" Jorlan yelled from the cockpit as the FTL drive finished charging, the shields were starting to weaken and the endless barrage of lasers would soon be directly tearing the hull apart, this was the only option if not suicidal. The gravity of the planet would flatten them if they were too far down in the atmosphere but too high and they would be decimated by the rebel ships, not too mention they might hit a ship on the way out.
"Are you doing what i think you—Oof!" Tai exclaimed as she was thrown across the room by the force of the FTL jump.
"Are they doing what i think they're doing?" The rebel Admiral mused as the small federation cruiser came into firing range. His suspicions were confirmed as there was a sudden flash of light and then the ship they were trying to stop vanished.
"They have the plans of the Flagship! FIND THEM!" The rebel commander yelled down his intercom to the Admiral. He didn't need telling twice and in less than two minutes the whole rebel fleet was gone from The Capital, following the last known jump signature, chasing the one tiny ship that could be their downfall and destruction...
The chase was on, the saga had begun.
