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Of The Future And Past
2587: The Didact has been defeated and the UNSC, Prometheans and the Sangheili Empire have joined under the banner of the Republic of Sentient Species. The Kig-Yar, Lekgolo, Unggoy, Huragok and Jiralhanae have united and have joined the RSS as well. With all these species under the same banner, the Insurrectionists and Loyalist Covenant have been wiped out or they simply joined the RSS. While they all share the same banner, they all still have their own militaries.
2595: The Human fleet is back to pre-Covenant war levels with new technology that the Prometheans provided to the rest of the RSS. With no war, the RSS flourishes and expands throughout the galaxy. The Humans have a decent sized fleet alone but with Sangheili, Jiralhanae and Prometheans, their combined fleet is almost unstoppable. With new Promethean construction tech, the RSS have exploded amongst the stars. They began with about 200, 000 planets, but they are now at 300, 000 colonized planets and still climbing. The RSS's total population has passed 2 trillion and still looks like the number isn't going down anytime soon. Glassed worlds have been terraformed into habitable worlds once again.
2700:Over a century has passed and the RSS has had no major battles. While there have been some minor skirmishes here and there, nothing major has happened. There are now 750, 000 worlds that follow the RSS and 2 new species. The Yarotk, an avian species that has a generally human form. Averaging about 6 feet tall, with 7 fingers, and fairly weak physically, they more than make up with this in intellect. They are almost as good as the Huragok with computers and have an extremely good sense when it comes to medical sciences. They figured out how to extend the lifespan of a being by altering their aging speed. This process extends average life spans by about 873 percent. The other is the Narthoc. This species refuses to be involved in a war and prefer to farm. They expanded to other planets only to convert them and use them similarly to how the Humans used Harvest.
2702:The UNSC Infinity-Class ship, the Celeste, was traveling through slipspace to High Charity, cleansed of all Flood forms and rebuilt. The captain, Lieutenant John Marcus was in his cabin. He trusted the ship's 22nd Generation AI, Phoenix, to handle the ship.
"Captain, the Celeste is leaving slipspace in 15 minutes." Phoenix's voice came from the speakers, startling the captain.
"Alright, Phoenix, I'll be there in 10." the captain replied.
Inwardly, he grouched. Why did I get stuck with the oldest goddamn ship in the entire navy! The Celeste was over 50 years old but still had enough firepower to make some ships pause. It also doesn't help that it's one of the SMALLEST ships in the entire navy… The captain sighed, another day at work.
The ship came out of slipspace and came face-to face with the most powerful ship in the fleet. The Invincible-class Pride of All was a massive 122 kilometer long warship that was positively bristling with guns. The ship had 4 compressed planet reactor cores, and it needed over 5 smart-AI's to properly manage it. With hard-light shields and a CP-3 slip space drive, it had the fastest, and most accurate slipspace drive ever created. Unfortunately, with the massive build cost, there were only 96 operational ships with 4 more on the way. The ship was as much political as it was practical however and as such, had a crew with every species under the RSS except the Narthoc. The rest of the defense fleet included 61 53 kilometer Adamant-class carriers, 13 43 kilometer long CAS-super cruisers, and 134 23 kilometer long Indomitable-class ships. The fleet was massive and nearly nothing would get through. Sadly though, this was over half of the RSS's fleet. In this peacetime, many ships were decommissioned. The Celeste's IFF frequency was accepted and the ship was scanned. After following proper protocol, the ship was allowed through.
No matter how many times I see it, I cannot help but be amazed at how large the High Charity is. John stared at the station.
Completely rebuilt and larger that before, the 500 by 400 km station was the pride of the RSS. It housed the Senate, and the Senators along with the Admirals and Fleetmasters.
The Celeste had just come back from exploring one of the last regions of space that the RSS did not yet expand to. What she had found was puzzling to say the least. Lieutenant John Marcus had found what would soon be the most important discovery since the RSS had formed.
He did not know what it was and was hoping that the Prometheans would but as it turns out, they were just as puzzled as he was. The device he had found looked like a sword from an old game he had seen and had an unstable core. For safety reasons, he had not ventured close to the device, which he called the Monado. He had instead taken pictures and live feed back to High Charity. There the Senators decided what to do.
"We cannot do anything about this 'Monado' until we know more about it. I propose we send a probe to scan the 'Monado' and proceed from there" a Yarotk senator said.
Over 3 quarters of the Senators agreed. And it was also agrees that a squadron of Adamant-class ships would be sent to surround the 'Monado'.
3 days later, the fleet of 11 Indomitable-class ships plus the Celeste left for the 'Monado' device.
Turian Fleet 2508 1500 Cycles
Centurion System
The mass relay lay dormant in space. The Turian Fleet that guarded it was larger than average. Consisting of 5 dreadnoughts, 13 cruisers and 20 frigates, the Turian fleet outweighed most others in Citadel space.
The Admiral of the fleet, Varil Degestrian sat on the bridge, bored. 3 painfully long months had he been stuck on this job, and he hated each and every single day.
At least I will never have to do this again. The Admiral thought. Little did he know how that would come to be.
"Sir! The relay is activating!" his sensors specialist reported. "It appears to have been opened from the other side!"
Varil considered his options. He eventually decided that if there was a species that activated the relays, then it was already part of the Council. And if it wasn't, then it was breaking Council law. That was not to be allowed.
"Helm! Bring us to the relay as fast as you can. Ten the rest of the fleet to follow as well. This may well be the worst mistake that they have ever made. Activation of a relay is forbidden, we will show them no mercy. Fire upon the first ship that comes through."
Exploration Fleet 1400 hours
'Monado' device
The RSS fleet lay in wait near the relay. Sending a probe forwards did nothing.
"Sir, if I may, the scans reveal that the device has an antenna that might pick up radio frequencies. If my suspicions are correct and looking at core of the device, this may be some sort of transmitter or transporter."
"Order the fleet to begin an open frequency broadcast. Lieutenant, if you're wrong and this thing turns around and shoots at us, all I can hope is that she can take the hits from the device. Actually, Phoenix, can you run a few sims on what might happen if we send radio blasts at it?"
"I'm a 22nd generation AI Admiral. I can do it. Simulations suggest that the core will become active and the resulting might be that the lightning around it will reduce the mass of anything near it and the fire it off into space like a MAC round. I suggest that we do it but keep a sizable distance from it."
"Agreed. Send a probe in after the device activates."
The ships began broadcasting and there was something in the broadcast started a reaction from the relay.
The rings that once lay dormant around the core began spinning. An orange glow began in the core and it reached out to anything with mass. The probe that went out was touched by lightning and to all the organics, the probe simply disappeared. To the AI's however, they saw that the probe had been transported across space.
"What the hell just happened?" The Admiral, Jarik Sole, screamed. A seasoned officer, he fought at Reach but was forced to withdraw early after the reactor almost went critical. "What happened to the probe. Was it destroyed?" the Admiral had no end to the questions. When he did finish however, the AI's said that the probe was not destroyed and had been transported to another part of the galaxy. The device was apparently a transportation system if the other one on the other end was any indication.
"This is quite interesting, what does this device do?" Jarik asked.
"Admiral, this device appears to have a 'mass effect'. The core reaches out to anyone near it and then using some element, it appears to lower the mass of an object and then fires it off like a MAC round like the sims suggested. If we could harness this energy, then we could theoretically change the weight of a Mammoth to the weight of a Warthog! The applications to this tech are limitless!" Ali, the AI of the Lancer, the Indomitable-class flagship said. "Quick analysis shows that it has no natural mass! It exists but it doesn't have a mass which would put it at... zero on the Periodic Table of Elements. Wait, sir? we're getting something from the probe. It appears to be a ship of some sort. It's 887 meters long and it...just destroyed the probe. What do you think we should do sir?" this was the sensor officer. Worried about a violent first contact, the sensor officer inwardly worried about another Covenant.
"If this is a First contact, then we should have our shields up but keep our weapons off. Have our AI's learn their language and put our First Contact package through the translator. Let's only go in with 3 ships though, we don't need to scare them with a massive fleet like ours." the Admiral was just as afraid about the new aliens as the sensors officer. "Alright, I want the Lancer, Spear of Fate and Celeste to go through the Monado. Tell the rest of the fleet to stay back unless given the order to join us. Understood?"
"Yes sir!"
"Once more unto the breach" said Admiral Jarik Sole as the 3 ships traveled into the Mass Relay.
Turian Fleet 2508 1700 Cycles
Centurion System
The Turian fleet stood nearby the relay, behind an asteroid that blocked the Mass Relay from sight. When the Relay activated, a frigate was sent to destroy it. The Turians didn't know what it was as it didn't match anything that the ships knew. The frigate destroyed it in one shot and the others ships waited. Soon enough, the fleet that sent the probe followed, but what the Turians saw shocked them to the core.
"Spirits! That...how...what...WHAT IN THE NAME OF THE SPIRITS IS THAT MONSTROSITY?" the crews and captains were all astonished and afraid of the new ships that the came out of the Relay.
"Sensors, how...how big are those ships?" The Admiral was shaking in fear. Turian pride be damned! This is the worst thing that the Council has ever met! Maybe worse than the Rachni!
"Uhh, the smallest one is, is 6 kilometers long sir." The sensors officer was an Asari that had only recently joined the fleet. "The others are 23 kilometers sir."
"Spirits! 6 and 23 kilometers? How do they even move? Who could create such monstrosities?"
"Sir, the ships appear to be communicating with us! The document took a little bit longer to load than it should. Oh, never mind it's up. This is the message, I'm putting it up on screen 2 sir."
On the screen, a being that looked almost exactly like an Asari appeared. It had fur upon it's head and apparently spoke Turian perfectly. Only after the shock of seeing such large ships did the Admiral realize that they were talking to Humans.
"This is the Admiral Jarik Sole of the Republic of Sentient Species. We do not wish to engage in battle but wish to be diplomatic and-" Varil cut the transmission.
"This is a trick. It has to be! The wouldn't show up with 3 massive warships and claim diplomatic purposes! All ships go forth! Engage them and may the Spirits be with us."
Exploration Fleet 1500 Hours
"Sir, First Contact package sent. Here's to hoping that they won't fire at us now."
20 seconds later, Ali appeared on the holoboard.
"Sir, the fleet cut off the package and is moving towards us. Sensors indicate that they are powering up weapons and shields. This is new, their shields don't appear to stop any energy projectiles. They might stop all of our missiles dead though sir. They're firing but their shots seem to be slower than a pre-war MAC round. Our shields are up and they seem to be targeting the Celeste. Since this is a First contact, I wouldn't want the aliens to think that we are a trigger-happy race."
The Admiral sighed, "Avoid the shots if you can, keep our shields up and send a live stream diplomatic message I hope that this is all that they will do. I hope we won't be forced to attack them. Ali, have you hacked into their systems yet? Don't bother denying it, I know that you would have already."
Ali sighed, "Well, for your information, the yes I did and what I found could be a small cause for concern. The fleet that is attacking us is mostly crewed by a species known as the Turians, with a few Asari, Drell, and, Humans sir."
To say that Jarik was shocked was a massive understatement. "How are there other Humans? Ali, you must be making a mistake! Could they have hacked into our systems?"
Ali was just as astounded as her Admiral. "Sir, apparently, the Humans here call their planet Earth, have the same countries, the same continents, and the same presidents until about 150 years ago. Anyway, the Turians are a part of a larger collective of aliens. The group calls themselves the Citadel Council and consist of the Asari, Turians, Salarians, Batarians, Humans, Drell, Hanar and a few others." As she named each species, a hologram of them appeared on the table. "They appear to have used this 'Element Zero' for millennia and use what are called 'Mass Relays' or what I'm guessing what we came through as their primary mode of transport. The Citadel is at the middle of the Relay system and is where the Council is located. Their software protections are pretty lousy, I have to say. They do't appear to be using an AI, just a VI. Well, our shields go down to 98 percent every time they hit us but by the time another volley comes, they're already back at 100, shall we go to the Citadel then sir?"
Admiral Jarik Sole said with great finality the three words that would change the galaxy forever.
"Yes, we shall."
Well, that was the end of Chapter One, I hope you liked it. Something seems to be wrong with my gmail right now and it can't reply to messages so I'll reply to them now. I'm just an average high school kid that still needs to get his work done. You should expect updates happening bi-weekly on the weekends so the update rate is more constant. I hope you enjoy this story and expect more to come. (I really like Mass Effect, Halo, Starcraft, and Star Wars) X-overs and regulars likely to follow!
To Brony757:
This is 2700, the Celeste is actually considered a Destroyer at this point of time and the Pride of All is a Super-Dreadnought. The Adamant's are carriers, the Indomitable's are cruisers, CAS Super-Cruisers are dreadnoughts and another ship class will be a frigate. If you could name the class it would be nice. (I will give you credit for that name) The status quo has been raised, the average ship is about 45km long now. Suprisingly or not, these ships actually aren't going to be that overpowered once I reveal who the RSS and Citadel Council will be facing.
Thanks for the feedback anyhow!
-IAnswerToNoOne
If anyone knows how to make a new chapter in here, could you please PM me? This is my first fanfiction and I can't figure it out.
-IAnswerToNoOne