"First" Galactic Conflict Chronicles
Introduction
My name is Alice Elizabeth Samson, callsign Corona. For the past few years, I have been collecting and writing reports about the Council/Coalition Alliance-Reaper/Flood ("CARF") War. But that galactic conflict goes by many names, the media call it the "First" Galactic Conflict (GC-1). Others call it the Tide Crisis and other less flattering names.
We, the people at ONI call it CAR-F or Caref War. Ironic that when you add another "ree" at the end, it becomes Carefree? But thankfully we didn't have the carefree attitude. We're ONI, and we've seen how bad things can get. If everyone unanimously agrees on one thing, it's the job of the last guy to disagree and get to the absolute truth, no matter what. That stance saved us so much grief in the past.
The Reapers, it was one of the greatest cover-ups or lost-in-translation moments of ONI. With so much happening in the Magellanic Clouds we didn't have the man power or resources for a full investigation of the Reaper Myth. Number crunching proved that the Reapers weren't a real threat; their file was lost in our vast expanse of archived information, collecting dust somewhere. Back then, the threat just seemed so small and insignificant, especially with the Insurrectionists running rampant in the outlying regions.
People think that ONI is an omnipotent clandestine power, in most scenarios, it works in our favour, having a larger-than-life image. But if you combine all the conspiracies involving us over the span of our existence, well, it would say that we are more powerful than the Coalition. So yes, we were powerful, but we didn't have enough resources to go chasing a myth, while there were IEDs going off.
So when CAR-F War begun, we had already hit the ground running, but we knew we were going to lose momentum. Reapers had destroyed a lot of strategic positions in their pacification campaign, leaving us with very little to stop the Flood conventionally.
I've already written a formal report about the war, but I do think that it is appropriate that I document my interviews, in order to preserve the essence of being sentient, the countless hours of labour, and retell the horrors of difficult decisions.
This record contains declassified information of the feared ONISAD-SOGs, Special Forces from all branches and factions, civilians from all walks of life, and politicians of every conglomerate.
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A/N: If you haven't noticed, it is an Epistolary novel I'm writing (Which is legal in the eyes of FF). It is centred around Lost Legacy, in order to provide a deeper depth in to the 'verse I've created.