Chapter 2: Emperor Crowned and Alliances made
100, BC, Earth: Maximus sighed, it had taken much work but he did it, he had created his people into an empire within a matter of decades and the supreme power in their solar system, with the advanced brain power he bestowed upon his people their technologies skyrocketed beyond even his expectations. While everyone had the intelligence to do whatever they wished there were still many that chose to follow one main tenant of the "Human Code", the defence of both Human and sentient life. It presented a problem for him and his people seeing as they had not fought anyone before that was not a native animal of Earth, no wars, no arguments, so in essence he might have doomed his empire before it truly took shape before a brilliant man by the name of Nathaniel Johnson, who came up with the idea of the multiverse theory, while an interesting topic there was no sure way to prove it, they however did not account for Maximus's power, by being given the power of evolution it also made his own powers become evolved along with him, which empowered him with something that he believed to be both a saving grace and something to fear, he could travel to an alternate reality.
He decided to find one thing only from an alternate Earth, the ability for ultimate war.
The first worlds he travels to were unrecognizable, for complete nuclear fallout had encompassed the world and killed off all Human life, so he decided to find one where they were able to use total warfare that had not wiped out all life, and he did.
What he saw made him have hope, a milatirized Earth with a fleet beyond imagining, but it was their military training and their ways wich fascinated him, apparently their capital was called Sparta which had been able to both beat back a force called the Roman Empire, conquer it and become the new rulers of the world, he was very impressed, they trained their warriors from the age of 6-7 for one purpose, to fight in war, while many had been broken only the strong survived even to this day in their world.
He was not totally concerned about breaking his people seeing as their brain capacity was beyond what any normal human could achieve in even 500,000 years, he was confident that by taking this training into his mind and sharing it with his people he could make both a powerfully intellectual and fierce warrior race, he would need to bring this training back as soon as possible so that his people could assimilate to the new techniques, his mind began to process immediately.
When he returned his people rejoiced when he announced what he had brought, the ability for war. They had grown fearful that with their peace like ways that they could not beat the Reapers with only their minds but now that fear had passed with this new gift. With both the intelligence of 5 super computers and the training and physic of the Spartan warriors, I believed that in time we could be unstoppable, for that is what we would have to be to defeat a force as vast as the Reapers.
0, BC/AA, Earth: (the AA means After Acension)
"Mr. Maximus Sir!" a young boy yelled
"Yes child what is it?"
"The senators wish to talk to you upon the hill sir"
"Thank you young one I will go see to them now"
The hill upon the center of the great city of Elysium that I had sat upon waiting for my people to gather still remained as a sort of historical sight to them, and as a sign of hope for future generations, however I had heard talk on the streets of some plans that the Senate had for it, while I was curious I respected my people's privacy, I wasn't so malicious as to read their every thoughts, it was simply too rude to do.
As I arrived at the hill I could see the entire assembly, each senator represented a city that was spread throughout the world, and whenever a new city (or in the future a new colony) was created a new senator had to be named.
In front of them all was the un-official leader of the Senate and senator of the Capital Elysium Polpius.
"Ah Master Maximus, what a pleasure to see you" he said
"You as well Senator Polpius, what is it that you need of me?"
"Well as you know there have been whispers of some change upon the ground we are standing upon and to have a true voice of the people"
"I had heard of the change of the hill but not on this "True voice" you speak of, what is it"
"They actually coincide with each other, we the Senate have plans on building a palace upon this area and call it the Imperial Palace"
"Interesting, it will show both the strength and ingenuity of our people and become as symbol as well, good thinking"
"It is not just to be that, as you know we are an empire, we were created so many years ago by both you and our ancestors, out people and technology thrives, we have even begun plans of both an army and a navy to take into the stars when we feel that we have ample strength, but what the people need now is a voice, someone who will lead us in both times of war as in peace, while the senate can do it the people have spoken for a change, we are an empire and if you would grant us this great honour we would like you to become our Emperor for all time"
I was shocked, they wanted me to lead them? Sure I could guide them and even help them during the times ahead and I believed they would choose someone of their own people, not an immortal Man-God like me.
"You wish for me to lead, all of you do?" I asked
They all nodded with smiles on their faces
I didn't exactly like the prospect of being above my people, I simply wanted them to happy and survive the coming darkness, but then I thought who better than me, I could keep my people on course and make sure that this Galaxy defeated the Reapers.
"I accept Senators"
Time Table:
1, AA, Earth: Emperor Maximus, Man-God of Humanity ascends the Throne of the newly built Imperial Palace, production of both the army and navy are put into over drive to claim worlds and defend humanity.
5, AA, Earth: New Terraforming technologies are created able to both destroy and create, the life giving tech is called Eden while the life killing is called Tartarus. Army 10,000,000 and Navy 10,000.
6. AA, Earth: A.I. is successfully created for the first time with sentience and are given full citizen ship, new units are designed specifically for both ground and air forces. Plans are formed to colonize Venus and Mars, however the Emperor states that before colonizing can begin they must secure and properly place defences before any large human migration can begin.
8, AA, Earth: The army is put into the latest power suit that offers both shielding and physical protection, researchers guarantee that the armor can withstand even a nuclear blast. The armor is proven to have success and is immediately made in massive quantities. With the automated A.I. installed the suit can upgrade without new suits being made and produced.
15, AA, Earth: "Fake" wars are created to keep the trained soldiers in top shape, the time between them can range from 5 years to 40 depending on how well each side fights the opponents, and Imperial Royal Armor is made for the Emperor (Look at Valerian Mengsk from StarCraft and that is what he should look like, it looks cool to me, but if anyone has anything better for Maximus to wear please let me know in the reviews) along with the "Imperial Blade", the Human Empire flag is also commissioned, it displays a shield with two blades crossed behind it with white wings on the front of the shield (what they believe to be a symbol of a guardian and peace) with the motto on the bottom, "Honour, Justice, Morality"
80, AA, Earth: Defences of both Mars and Venus are complete and colonizing of other worlds begin, the Emperor personally travels to Mars to honour his long dead friends the Protheans, many follow him to honour those who gave Humanity and the Galaxy itself the chance to fight the Reapers on their own terms, thanks to the knowledge of Prothean culture bestowed to him the Emperor gives them their final rights the traditional Prothean way, the research center and burial site become "Holy Ground" to the Human Empire till time Immemorial.
600, AA, Earth: Army stands at 800,000,000 including the 100,000,000 A.I. soldiers and the Navy stands at 500,000,000 with "Super A.I." aiding the captains and admirals of their ships. The number of ships in the fleet number at 600,000 not including fighters. The Emperor begins plans for what is called "Leviathan".
1000, AA, Earth: Exploration vessels find Pluto and the "Ice Moon" which all know to be the Mass Relay and the first step of the trap laid out by the Reapers, military officials begin Operation: Shield, Reaper logistics and IFF from the research center on Mars are downloaded and used on missiles to be used in the operation, missile silos cover Pluto ranging from Anti-air missiles to the fabled Hell Bringer's. All planets are outfitted with Anti-space turrets along with kilometre deep bunkers to house an entire planet population in case of total invasion, man-made battle stations are created to overpower anything in their radius and thanks to the Protheans knowledge of the Relays, 10 Hell Bringer missiles are placed inside of the Relays as a failsafe and can only be done by the Emperor if Humanity is on the verge of annihilation. The majority of the Imperial Fleet is stationed around the Relay as there is no other way into their Galaxy without their Slip-Space technology. After many improvements are made over the years, Operation: Shield is deemed a complete success.
Time Table done:
1040, AA, Earth, Imperial Palace: Maximus smiled to himself because today he was going to take his new ship for an exploration mission into the next solar system that was connected to the Relay without using it. He would not be taking any dreadnought however, he was going to use the new flag ship to the Empire, the Leviathan.
Created with sheer power and defence in mind it was the epitome of war that Humans had created thus far, the best weapons the best shield and armor and cloaking capabilities, if he could be honest to himself he was as giddy as a kid given a new toy.
As he laid eyes upon it he could not help but shed a tear at its magnificence, the many years his people had toiled to create this beauty warmed his heart, its size was something to marvel as well, it was measured at a length of 55.5 km and able to house 3 whole cities if it needed to, he just hoped he never had to use its full capabilities until the Reapers came.
As he climbed into the bridge he was saluted almost instantly with the shouts, "Hail Emperor!" along with it, as he sat upon the Throne that represented the one in the Palace he turned to his A.I. Elizabeth or "Liz" as he like to call her.
"Liz, how are the final maintenance checks coming?"
"They are coming along very well sir, almost no problems at all except for a few malfunctioning doors, all in all it seems as if she is ready for take-off"
He smiled
"Then by all means my friend take us into the unknown"
"Plotting destination"
1040, AA, Unknown: If you were any council race you would have found something quite peculiar, the Quarian Flotilla battling a Batarian slaver fleet intent on capturing all of the Quarian race in one decisive moment and thanks to the nearest relay being inactive they had them cornered.
The Leviathan: "Alright scanning "said Liz
A millisecond passed
"Um sir?"
"Yes?"
"It appears that there are two fleets engaged just a little ways away from the Relay"
"Do we know which species it is, I can sense them but there are too many panicked emotions for me to find which race they are"
"It looks like a Batarian slaver fleet is trying to capture the Quarian Flotilla"
All movement on the bridge instantly stopped
"Slaver's?" I asked with barely contained rage
"Yes sir"
"Prepare all weapons and shield lasers and fire on my mark!"
(In Human Law slavery is forbidden upon punishment of death)
An interesting invention the shield laser, when its lasers hit, it did not damage anything, it instead created a literal shield around the object it impacts preventing it from being harmed in any way, and as we closed the distance to the battle they were fully prepared.
"FIRE!"
Quarian Flagship: "Admiral we have an unknown ship closing distance fast"
Rael'Zorah was very tired, the Batarians had been hounding them for months and they had finally trapped them sealing their races fate to eternal slavery. He was surprised that the new ship was called "Unknown" seeing as they traded with every species known to council space.
"What do you mean Unknown helmsman?"
"Sir what I mean is it a new species and its, Oh Keelah! The ship is 55 km long!"
Silence overcame everyone
"And its firing!"
"What!" he said
"Brace for impact!"
But it never came, all they could see was that their ship had stoped shaking from the constant firing of the Batarian ships and saw that they were encompassed by a yellow ball with a honeycomb pattern to it.
"Sir the Batarians are still firing at us but it cannot penetrate whatever we are in, I think the new ship just saved us"
This was new to them, no one ever help the Quarians, ever, and they were vilified in the Galactic community.
"Sir, the Batarian fleet is falling apart!"
He looked once again at the viewport and he could scarcely believe it, one shot after another destroyed entire ships of the Batarians and the newcomers did not appear to be taking any damage what so ever!
"By the Homeworld, who are these people?"
The Leviathan: Slavers the Emperor thought, slaving another sentient life is an abomination and those that practice such a thing must die, preferably very painfully.
As the last of the Batarians were destroyed he turned his attention to the Quarians.
Their people have suffered so much, I can feel it, driven from their homes over a mistake, forced by the council to become nomads and slowly die in space and being forced to live in a suit because your immune system was weak and only got weaker from this forced exile, well whoever this "council" is he was going to have a few choice words with them, and he doubted he would be very kind about it.
"Liz"
"Yes sir?"
"Open up communications with the Flotilla, I believe we should begin to have diplomatic talks"
Quarian flagship: What the hell just happened? Rael kept asking himself.
"A warship larger than the Citadel, firepower that can wipe out a fleet in a minute and shield technology that negates our weapons and they wanted to help us?"
Silence was heard across the bridge
"Sir it seems like it wants to talk to us"
"Well at least they are not too aggressive to start shooting at us, alright, open up comms"
It took a few seconds before they saw their saviors.
"Greetings Quarians of the Migrant Fleet, I am Emperor Maximus of the Human Empire, we wish to open up relations with your people and we offer our aid to those in your damaged ships"
Rael would be a fool not to accept their help and he did not have much to lose seeing as these Humans could wipe them all out if they wished.
"I am Rael'Zorah of the Quarian people and we accept your aid and hope for the continued good relations between both of our people"
"Our medical vessels will head to your damaged ships immediately then and we ask if you would be able to allow us to invite you to our ship for diplomatic talks"
"I believe that I speak for all of us when I say we would be honoured"
"Excellent, please follow these directions to one of our hangers, I hope to see you soon"
Once they disconnected he called up his daughter Tali.
"Tali please have all of the Admiralty Board join me on the flagship so that we can begin diplomacy, and I would like to have you with us as well"
"Of course father, I will tell them and be there shortly"
15 minutes later, The Leviathan: Rael could scarcely believe it but the hanger they were told to dock in was larger than the actual flagship! He just knew that if the council ever found out about this beauty that they would either be too panicked to respond or just declare all-out war.
When the hatch opened he and the rest of the admiralty board, their guards and Tali were shocked because before them stood countless Humans filling up the hanger completely, honour guards on both sides of the aisle and at the very end he assumed to be the Emperor.
They slowly began to walk forward, their guards casting frightened looks as one Human yelled "Attention!" after wards all the humans saluted. Once they arrived before the Emperor the other Human yelled "At ease".
"Welcome my friends to the Leviathan, flagship of the Imperial Fleet, we Humans welcome you humbly into our home away from home"
"And we thank you Emperor for this great honour"
"Well then I believe that introductions are in order, as you know I am Emperor Maximus, to my left is General Shepard who is in charge of the standing forces upon the Leviathan and my personal body guards the Spartans, to my Right is my Co-captain of this ship and A.I. Elizabeth.
As soon as he finished speaking everything froze.
"A.I.!" a Quarian guard screamed
The Quarians raised their weapons just as the Spartans raised theirs however the other Humans simply looked on.
"I ask that you lower your weapons before you create an incident"
"But you carry A.I., they will turn on you and kill you all, destroy it!" Rael yelled
The Emperor raised an eyebrow
"We created A.I. a millennia ago and they achieved sentience a few years after wards, in that millennia we have only know peace and prosperity, they even have citizenship within the Empire so I will ask again for you to put your guns down"
They were reluctant to do so but they were ridiculously outnumbered, not to mention that standing before the Emperor it felt like standing in the presence of a god. But that was ridiculous.
"Now please follow me we have a meeting room set up for occasions such as this" he said with a smile
When they arrived they sat at opposite ends of the table
"First and foremost, why did you help us?"
"While we are not an aggressive people we seek to be the guardians of all life, to preserve it, the Batarians and their slaving practice is an abomination that must be purged, it was not difficult to decide to help you as your people have suffered so much already"
"How do you already know this? You obviously did not come here in the nearby Relay, you say you know of our people and our history without meeting us you have the most powerful warship know and say you are not aggressive and yet for all intents and purposes you are a new species on the Galactic community in Council Space" said Daro'Xen
"We have been a technologically advanced race for thousands of years and have developed technology that makes the Mass Relay tech inefficient in everything, and since we do not rely on it we can continue to grow technology at a rate 50x faster than any species in this "Council space" and as to how we know about your kind and others, we sent invisible probes to document all species known to this council so that we might be prepared for anything"
"But before we go any further I would like to ask if you would allow us to give you a gift"
"A gift?" Tali asked
"Yes, (a projection of Venus shows above the table) this is one of the world's closest to our Homeworld, according to the info that we know you are a Dextro-Amino based species correct?"
"Yes"
"Well so is this world, we had no use for it as Mars was enough for our current colonists and we did not wish to stretch out our resources, with a little Terraforming we could even change the atmosphere to become identical to your Homeworld Rannoch therefore allowing you to breath and be free from your suits for the first time in 300 years, we would also grant you two of our top researchers and scientist teams to help you create a cure for your immune system to make just as strong as ours"
Two of the Admirals nearly fell over unconscious from such words.
"You would do this for us, why?" asked Rael
"The motto of our Empire is "Honour, Justice, Morality" it would simply be abominable to not help you to our every capacity, however the only thing we would ask in turn is for you to become our allies and join the Empire, you would be subject to our laws but would gain full citizen ship and any and all benefits that a Human citizen now enjoys but that is optional and even if you don't take it the world and scientists are yours"
The Admirals immediately began debating for a solid half-hour.
"We should take the deal, even the alliance between our two people will completely revolutionize our race" Daro'Xen said
"I agree with Xen, these people are more advanced than the council itself, to not ally with them will be a mistake we will regret" Raan said
"But what of the Homeworld, are we just going to abandon our dreams and what of their A.I.?" asked Gerrel
"Even at this moment we do not have the capacity to invade Rannoch, and every year our people die faster than they are born, this is a chance to build a bright future for our race, besides the Homeworld is but a giant rock with a unique atmosphere and if these Humans can use their Terraforming to create an exact duplicate on this Venus than what is the point of taking back Rannoch but a 300 year old grudge and they are able to co-exist with A.I. for centuries, I believe that we can learn a thing or two from them and rebuild our people to their formal glory" Rael said
The Admirals were silent and then nodded, this was the best choice.
"Emperor, we have come to a decision, we accept both the planet and accept to have our people join yours in the Empire, may our two people combined bring a Golden Age for all of our people"
"Then I as I as Emperor of the Human Empire accept, welcome my friends to a brighter future for both of our kind."
/Hey everyone its Zidran hope you liked this chapter, being in college really sucks when you try to make a story in your free time but its doable, please tell me if I did anything wrong I am still new to the Fanfiction site by a week or so and I want to create a story that you will love not cringe at so please review because I know exactly what to do next, so until next time guys, bye.
-Zidran
