Authors Note: This is a Crossover with multiple series, mainly warhammer and Vandread, beginning at the end of the anime.
Note: A few things in the original plot will be changed. Also, if anything feels unexplained please bring it to my attention but also realize it is likely that it will be explained in later chapters.
Imperium of Tarak
Chapter one
The Taraak Diplomat named Alexander Calik fidgeted slightly in his seat. He was being sent to neutral space to discuss peace terms with Mejere, and to discuss a 'co-habitation' experiment between men and women. Calik was on a desert class battlecruiser called Man's Conviction. Man's Conviction was an impressive ship, two and a quarter kilometers long, three quarters kilometer wide, and a half of a kilometer tall, it was capable of transporting up to five thousand soldiers. It had an overlapping sphere of coverage from its Mass Accelerator Cannons, missile silos, and anti-fighter turrets and counter measurs that covered most of the ship. It's main hanger housed two hundred fighters, one hundred bombers, and four hundered boarding/attack vessels for planetary offensives. Calik leaned forwards onto his elbows, the Prime Minister certainly wanted to give the women a show of force. At the moment Man's Conviction carried five thousand passengers of the Imperial Taraak Guard, or simply Imperial Guard. two and a half thousand infantry, fifteen hundred armour crewmen, and one thousand Artillery personal. Calik looked up from his desk when someone knocked at his door.
"Come in." Calik answered. The door opened to reveal a Kasrkin, part of Alexander's 'personal bodyguard'. Calik completely understood that while the Kasrkin squads were assigned to protect him, he had no doubt that they had orders to kill him should he disgrace Tarak, man, or Grandpa.
"Sir." The Kasrkin saluted Calik, acknowledging Calik's rank, all government positions on Tarak required military service and participation.
"Yes, what is it?" Calik asked the man, with the Kasrkin's helmet on Calik had no way of identifying the Kasrkin.
"We will be approaching the Mejere Pirate base in roughly two hours, I was told to notify you." Reported the Kasrkin. Calik nodded.
"Very well, you are dismissed." Said Calik, the Kasrkin saluted again and left Calik's quarters. Calik slumped in his chair. The Kasrkin had always unnerved him, they were the elite of the elite soldiers from the fortress-war world of Cadia, Taraak's only other colonised world besides Taraak itself. Cadia had always had a deeply ingrained military upbringing, and the world had been put to the test when it was invaded by the Harvest*. Thought to have been defeated, after three months without support from Tarak the fortress-war world was victorious against the Harvest, successfully pushing the Harvest off world. The first planet to ever do so on record. Calik arose from his desk. He showered quickly, shaved, and put on the uniform of his military rank, Brigadier General. Calik made his way to the bridge of Man's Conviction. Calik entered the bridge.
"Room!" Shouted a Chief Petty Officer Second Class. The entire room stood at attention.
"At ease." Calik ordered. The bridge crew sat back down and went back to work. Ordinarily an officer of the guard would not be saluted at or would have any authority over naval personnel, but Calik had been put in charge of the entire diplomatic mission, so he had authority over both Guard and Naval personnel.
"How is he?" Calik asked the Captain of Man's Conviction, a man named Runch.
"He's doing fine sir. ETA is 120 minutes." Runch reported.
"Are we within com-link range?" Calik asked him.
"Yes sir." Runch confirmed.
"Then lets get a connection." Calik ordered.
"Are you sure that is a good idea sir?" Runch asked.
"If we don't all they're going to see is a massive warship appear on their sensors. Tell me Captain, what would you do in such a situation?" Calik asked the Captain.
"Faire point sir." Runch nodded. "Communications Officer, get me an uplink connection with the Pirate base, video feed if possible." Runch ordered.
"Yes sir." answered an young officer, a Lieutenant. "Getting frequency now. Video feed not possible sir, preparing audio now sir." Reported the Lieutenant.
"Very well, open connection." Ordered Runch.
"Yes sir." Answered the Lieutenant.
"Mejere Pirate Base, do you read?" Asked Runch into the connection. The Bridge was quiet.
"What's up?" Asked a high pitch voice cheerfully. Everyone on the bridge waited for their ears to melt or their heads to explode. After about ten seconds of waiting they decided that the whole 'head explode if you talk to a woman' theory was just a load of cap.
"Hellooooo?" asked the high pitch voice of what everyone assumed to be a female.
"This is the I.T.S. Man's Conviction of Taraak for the Taraak and Mejere negotiations reporting in." Calik reported.
"Really, we don't have you on are scanners? Wait, you're from Taraak, what is it like there? what do you eat? what do you do for fun? what are your names? do you like parties, what about cake? Silly question everyone likes cake!" ranted the voice of the female. Calik slowly sighed, his shoulders sagged, and his palm met his face.
Clare was sitting beside Pinkamena Diane in the communication center when she just started rambling off as if she was talking to someone.
"Uh… Pinky, who are you talking to?" Clare asked Pinkamena.
"Oh, the men from Taraak of course, I was just asking them what their favorite kind of icing was." She said innocently.
"Pinkamena Diane," Clare told Pinkamena, using her full name to get the point across that she was being serious, "I will take over with communicating with the men, I want you to go tell the communication officer that we have made contact with the men, is that understood?" Clare told Pinkamena.
"Okiy dokiy lokiy!" Pinkamena smiled and bounced off to find the communications officer.
Calik was messaging his temple, he honestly couldn't tell which kind of female he hated the most, the ones that ate your innards, or this kind, maybe their strategy was for him to turn his gun on himself. Then suddenly the ranting stopped. Calik instinctively looked up.
"Hello?" asked a different high pitched voice.
"Yes?" Runch asked cautiously.
"I apologize for my friend, she isn't very...proper, I ask for your forgiveness." Pleaded the new voice.
"Understood, you are forgiven." Calik said to the female.
"Thank you, please identify yourself." ordered the female.
"This is Brigadier General Alexander Calik aboard the I.T.S. Man's Conviction reporting into Mejere Pirate Base, reporting in for negotiations of Taraak-Mejere treaty." Calik said into the connection.
"We do not have you on raydar, please transmit your coordinates." Replied the female.
"Understood." Calik said, he nodded to Runch, turning of the com piece to talk with the crew without being easedropped on.
"Transmite are location to the females, also send them level three information about the I.T.S. Man's Conviction to them. Have all weapons loaded but not hot, bring us to level two combat readiness." Ordered Runch. The Bridge crew acknowledged his orders and went about their tasks with practised discipline.
Clare's console pinged as the information from the men downloaded. The Taraak ship was roughly 100,000,000 kilometers away and was moving roughly 50,000,000 KPH. Her eyebrows shot up as she saw the ships specs. Her mouth drooped when she read that the men were transporting five thousand troops, not including naval personnel.
"Clare!" shouted the voice of the second in command of the pirates, Buzam A. Calessa. Clare gulped,
"Y-yes ma'am?" Clare said fairly terrified. She knew that BC was infact a male but it was just so hard to comprehend.
"Move." BC ordered and took Clare's place at the communication consul.
BC sat down at the communication consul. She pressed the gem button on her neck to change her voice to her male version.
"This is Tenmei Uragasumi, commander of Taraak Intelligence, identify yourself immediately!" BC ordered into the consul.
Calik and Runch both were surprised when they heard the unmistakably male voice come through the com-link. They had both dismissed the notion of a Taraak Officer stationed at the Pirate base. Apparently he and the Captain were wrong.
"This is the I.T.S. Man's Conviction notifying our position. ETA to your base is two hours." Runch reported.
"Your mission is diplomatic in nature correct?" Uragasumi demanded.
"That is correct." Calik responded.
"Then why are you transporting five thousand troops in a desert class battlecruiser?" Uragasumi demanded.
"Commander, you of all people should understand our distrust of the females. We will speak further upon our arrival." Calik told him bitterly.
"Very well." agreed Uragasumi.
BC sighed.
"Well, there not here to attack us." BC told the gaggle of girls that had formed around her. There was a general sigh of relief from the crowed. BC stood up, ready to give her orders.
"I want all senior staff and the three males summoned to the conference room, immediately!" BC ordered. The communications crew scrambled to complete their orders. BC then turned her voice back to its female setting.
Hibiki was grumpy to say the least, ever since he had gotten back he had been quarantined. Supposedly to stop an inter-gender incident from happening. Bart and Duelo were in similar situations. They had been separated and while not in a cell per-say, they certainly weren't allowed to wander around freely.
"Get up." Ordered a familiar voice from the door of his locked room/apartment. Hebiki looked over to see Barnette. Ordinarily Hibiki would sneer at her, but her tone was one of fear and worry, not of arrogance and authority. Hibiki cautiously got to his feet.
"Lets go." Barnette told him. They walked briskly. They were in the Pirates base itself, on a moon, not in the Nirvana. Hibiki followed Barnette, his frustration rising whenever he passed a female who wasn't on what was now known as 'The Voyage'. They would flinch whenever they saw him and would immediately start whispering.
"Ignore them." Barnette told him. Hebiki grumbled but complied with the suggestion. Hibiki and Barnette eventually entered what appeared to be some sort of mission briefing room filled with all of the senior staff, the captain and Hibiki's fellow men.
"Thanks Barnette, Please take that seat Hibiki." BC ordered Hibiki.
"You mind telling us why in the hell you had me locked up like a criminal!" Hibiki demanded.
"I thought I already told you, the Nirvana has crew members that were not on the voyage and as such they are unused to male contact, as such, we had you contained in suitable quarters." BC explained to Hibiki. Hibiki mumbled a few choice words under his breath and unhappily sat down in his assigned chair.
"Know, I imagine you're wondering why you're here." BC said.
"Obviously." Hibiki remarked. BC sighed at Hibiki's attitude, it was apparent that he had not taken kindly to his treatment.
"Around ten minutes ago we made contact the the Taraak diplomatic forces, they will be here in around one-hour and forty-minutes. The Tarakk Diplomatic forces consist of one Dessert class battlecruisers with five thousand Imperial Guard personnel onboard. If that was not enough, all of the Guard personnel are Cadian." BC reported to the group. The women all had confused or uncaring looks. Hibiki's mouth fell open, Duelo's eye's widened considerably, and Bart out-right fainted.
"And why should that mean anything to use BC." Jura asked, flicking her blond hair.
"An excellent question Jura, if you don't mind explaining this BC." The Captain said with a knowing smile.
"The Cadians are from the planet named Cadia, the only other male colonized world aside from Taraak itself." BC explained. there were a few raised eyebrows, Mejere was the only colonized female world after all, so the news that the male's had already began to expand was a bit of a surprise. "Cadia is a fortress-war world, meaning its entire purpose is military. Cadia's only duty to to the Taraak Empire in the production of soldiers." BC told them. To the women this was an utter shock. Military service on Mejere was something you did only when you had no other choice. "Combat doctrine is taught by the time the children are able to walk, it is said that any Cadian who can't field-strip his own gun by age ten was born on the wrong planet. At age fourteen all who are considered combat worthy are drafted into the Cadian Youth Army, better known as whiteshields, which is part of the Planetary Defense Force, or PDF called the Interior Guard. From then on they pledge their lives to the defence of Cadia and the Empire of Taraak. At age eighteen those in the Cadian Youth Army are drafted into the Imperial Guard or remain in the Interior Guard. Even those who do not remain in military service are fulfilling some rear-echelon role essential to the upkeep of the immense defensive army and are expected to maintain their skills and remain vigilant, stepping up to fight should the Internal Guard be overwhelmed. Cadians are given the very best wargear. Hibiki, as I understand it, before the Vanguards you made military equipment for the Cadians, correct?" BC asked Hibiki. Hibiki nodded.
"Yeah, I worked on their stuff, rifles, armour, tanks, helmets, you name it, I've made it, and thats what makes me scared of the Cadians even more, I know the quality of their stuff." Hibiki said, looking around the room, seeing the disturbed faces of the females. If the Cadians were able to make Hibiki admit openly that he was scared of them, they must be some kind of people. BC nodded.
"As you can see, the Cadians are not to be trifled with, Captain?" BC said addressing the Captain.
"Yes BC?" The Captain asked.
"I wish to make this information known to the crew and to the Mejere personnel at our base at this time." BC purposed to the captain. Captain Mango took a moment to think, one one hand, revealing this information could have a negative side-effect to the negotiations, on the other hand, not having this information known could lead to a confrontation, and from what is known about the Cadians so far, it would be a confrontation that the women would lose. Mango considered her options carefully.
"Very well, send out this information to the crew and Mejere personal." Captain Mango said, BC nodded.
"BC, what about their space faring capabilities, what are they?"Meia asked BC.
"Their main ship that they are sending is a Dessert class battlecruiser called Man's Conviction. Which is a two and a quarter kilometers long, three quarters kilometer wide, and a half of a kilometer tall ship, it can carry two hundred fighters, one hundred bombers, and four hundered boarding/attack vessels for planetary offenses. its main ship batteries are Mass Accelerator Cannons or MAC's for short, their main MAC capable of firing a five meter by fifteen meter projectile of depleted uranium covered with a titanium alloy at 30,000 meters per second, the normal MAC's fire a two by five meter projectile at 15,000 meters per second, the ship is also well stocked with missile silos and anti-dread defenses." BC reported. At this point the women were abundantly moved with surprise and fear, it appeared that the men were sending a ship that could assault or destroy an entire planet.
"Uh...wow." Meia said in a shocked voice.
"They also have space craft that are in some way similar to our dreads." BC told them. Everyone in the room began conversing about the information they had just learned. "They are expected in about an hour-and-a-half. Captain, permission to inform the crew of the mens arrival?" BC asked Mango.
"Granted." Mango said nodding to BC.
"I want everyone on their best behavior while the men are here, are very lives might well depend on it." BC told them. "Dismissed, and someone pick up Bart, he's begining to drool on the floor."BC ordered. Everyone left the room Hibiki, Duelo, and Bart, when he woke up, were informed that they were now free to walk around where they wish, anything they could do in an hour and a half couldn't be worse than what several thousand Taraak soldiers could do.
There was a general feeling of surprise and shock when the information on the Men's arrival and the Cadians was revealed to the crew. Jura however, was delighted,
"Surely Barnette, amongst so many men there must be at least on who is worthy of giving me his seed." Jura said in delight. Barnette sighed, knowing full well that there would be no way to get Jura to shut up or change her mind at this point.
Cinthia was in her quarters when she got the newsletter about the men on here datapad. It had honestly shocked her deeply at the male's capabilities, but it also confirmed her views of them, they were savages, uncivilized and barely intelligent, devoid of any kindness or compassion. Cinthia had not gone on the voyage, as such her view of men was about the same as any other from Mejere.
Calik was dressed in a decorative uniform, it was a tan and light brown colour scheme, adorned and embroidered with golden threads. Numerous metals covered his chest. Attached to his shoulders was the pelt of a feline animal native to Taraak, on his left hip, in its sheath, was a sword, a saber to be precise. On his right hip he had a pistol that fired a one-inch diameter bullet. Calik had called an inspection of the first, second, third, fourth, and fifth Platoon of the 203 Cadian Regiment as well as his Kasrkin bodyguard. Calik walked up to the dais after inspecting the men personally to address the men in front of him.
"Good afternoon men!" Calik shouted to them so that all of them could hear him.
"Good afternoon sir!" they shouted, coming to attention.
"In one and a half hour, we will be arriving at the Mejere Pirate base, when our gunships dock, we will deploy in paraid-presentation Omega-Bravo-three pattern. We will be drilling through this until you have met my expectations, platoon leaders, you know where your men are supposed to be, brief them once I have finished speaking." Calik ordered. "Well, get to it!" he shouted. They all saluted and immediately went to work.
Hibiki, Duelo, Bart, and the rest of the gang were together in the hangar along with a large number of females who wanted to see the men arrive, the rest were either in the observation deck or were watching the video feed.
Calik stood in the bridge, the only part of the ship that let you see what was outside of the ship, not by a window, they were structural weaknesses. The outside of the ship was covered in cameras, the bridge had several screens allowing you to see the space outside of the ship, and it was actually in the center of the ship, the hardest part to destroy unless you hit the reactors, in which case everything was destroyed. At the moment he was watching the pirate base on the surface of a moon revolving around a gas planet. The base was on the surface of the moon,
'Pointless, it would be better protected if it was underground, and all those windows are a huge risk.' Calik thought to himself. Fighter squadrons and the odd Vanguard were already patrolling the perimeter, relaying information to the ship's officers and the female pilots.
"General?" asked a voice behind Calik. Calik turned around to see Lord Commissar Lendik behind him.
"The men are on the gunships and are awaiting the launch orders." Lord Commissar Lendik told Calik. Calik nodded,
"Right, have the Kasrkin join me in my gunship, and I would like you to accompany my as well Lord Commissar." Calik told Lendik, while Calik had no authority over a Lord Commissar, Lendik was inclined to join him to ensure discipline.
"Of course." Lendik told Calik and the made their way to the gunships.
Calik and his kasrkin guard were in a troop deploying gunship, as were the 1st-5th platoons of the 203 in their own gunships. Calik had ensured that commissars were present among the men. While Calik had a firm belief in Cadian discipline, he was still worried that they might open fire on the females. Calik had ordered to the commissars that any man who open-fired on the females without reason or permission would be shot. The commissars knew their orders and so did the men. Calik felt the shuttle vibrate and knew they had left the ships hanger.
Barnette Orangello watched indifferently as the men's ships landed. The moment the shuttles landed the men rushed-no, not rushed, their movements were to precised for that word, hurried perhaps, out of their craft and and began assembling into lines, a first it seemed random, but after a few seconds she could see a clear formation. Barnette realized they were in armor, and had their weapons with them. She felt a fresh wave of hate and disgust for the men for their lack of trust.
The Taraak infantry formed into their assigned spots as they had practiced. Two perpendicular horizontal columns of men, six men deep, formed. The outer two files on both sides, the ones closest to the females, turned outwards to face the female crowd. They stood at ease, their feet apart with their rifles pointed at their left foot, all magazines were loaded and safeties off, the men were ready for any treachery from the females.
Meia was impressed with how the men had formed up, there had been not a word from them and they had deployed with discipline that she reluctantly admitted wished her pilots had. The men now stood in what Meia assumed to be a parade formation, they were completely unmoving, their faces covered with helmets that had faceplates. Once the men had were in position, one more shuttle flew into the hanger. The wind generated from the craft caused most of the females to become staggered, and a few even fell over.
Calik walked out of his gunship once it had landed,
"PARADE ATTENTION!" shouted an officer, the entire room of men immediately went to attention, raising their left legs so that their thighs and fore legs bent in a ninety degree angle, and then slammed their feet back down, creating a resonating 'slam'. Their heels together, toes apart, rifle barrels at their left shoulder and the butt of their rifles at their right hip. Calik walked down the files of men to the edge of the columns. There Calik stopped and waited for someone of authority to converse with him. Soon a party of three approached Calik. One an elder female, a young, brown skinned female, and a pale female in a decorated uniform.
"Good afternoon." the elderly female greeted Calik.
Mango greeted the Taraak oficial politely, with his heavily armed bodyguard and the few hundred Cadians in her hangar, Mango didn't want things to go sour in the first few minutes.
"Greetings, I am Brigadier General Alexander Calik, this" Calik said pointing to a man to his right wearing a black overcoat and a red hat, "Is Lord Commissar Lendik. these are the Kasrkin, my bodyguard." Said Calik, pointing to the group of men that had gathered closely to him. "AND THIS" Shouted Calik turning to the rest of the men "IS THE 203 CADIAN REGIMENT!" Calik shouted. The formation of men gave an enthusiastic war cry.
"Is that really necessary General?" asked the Mejere diplomate in an irritated tone.
"Completely." Calik told them.
"If we could move to a more private area to discuss matters of peace." Mango interjected, hoping to avoid a battle.
"Of course, lead the way." Calik said, motioning to them.
When Calik, Lendik, the Kasrkin and the female officials began to leave the men were given the signal to split up and guard the gunships. Calik and his entourage were led into a meeting room of sorts, six Kasrkin followed him into the room and stood at attention behind him and the rest waited outside the room. Calik and Lendik took their seats and the females sat in there own.
"Now, to begin," Calik started, "I must ask that Hibiki Tokai is returned to Taraak authorities, him being the son of Grand Emperor Lord Grandpa, I am sure you understand our reasoning at wanting him back, as well as his modified Vanguard." Calik requested politely.
"And I am sure that you understand that we must keep such valuable technology for ourselves and Grandma." the Mejere diplomate respond.
"Hold on, Hibiki's Vanguard is in the position the Caption Mango." BC protested, earning a look from Lord Commissar Lendik that could cut adamantium as his hand moved slowly to the pistol on his right hip. The conversation turned into diplomatic babble after that.
Authors Note: So what do you guys think, please Review.
Note: Also, if you would like me to write a story of the Harvest attacking Cadia before continuing on with this please tell me, vote in the reviews or PM me if you would like the vote to stay private. Guest reviews that are voting will not be counted to prevent spamming, you can only vote once. If no one votes, I will flip a coin on my own.
* The Harvest has planetside troops. They will be described and expanded on later or in the planet-siege of Cadia.