Hey there here is the first real chapter enjoy. Fixed the turian name.
On Shanix
General Williams stared out into night sky knowing that something bad was going to happen. "Sir!" An officer yelled as he came running up to the general. "We just got word that they are now activating the relay and are going to be sending in the expedition," the officer reported causing the general to sigh.
"This is not a good idea, we only have a few cruisers and a little over a dozen frigates along with one defense station to guard this world. And the expedition fleet we are sending though is only one heavy cruiser a science vessel and three frigates," the general stopped to look back at the sky. "If there is something on the other side of that relay we won't be able to defend ourselves. Every other time they open a relay they had a dreadnought and big fleet backing them up."
"Budget cuts sir you know how it is. A lot of the politicians are believing that there is nothing else out there since we have not seen anything except for the occasional Prothean ruin," the officer said causing the general take a deep breath. "I hope they are right because if they're not we won't last a week here, we only have a few dozen tanks, a little over a hundred aircraft with about a quarter of them being gunships, and about 10,000 men with about half of them being actives."
"We also have 300 of those new combat mechs. Those things should be able to put anything down even a fade," the officer said earning a laugh from the general as he formed an ice shard in his hand to put in his drink.
"Never gets old seeing the abilities of an active sir," the officer said as he made his way out of the general's office. "Good night sir," the officer said as he shut the door behind him when the general nodded in return. 'Hopefully we wake up to a good morning,' the general thought before he made his way bed.
With the expedition fleet.
Captain Andrew Pyke stood on the bridge of his ship the Indominable as they just passed through the relay. "Status," the captain asked as he walked towards the helm of the ship. "Sir all ships are reporting in and the science vessel has begun to scan the area," reported an officer the captain nodded his head hopping that they would find a rich source of element zero or another garden world. 'This is the time for me to show my worth. No more of those damn actives getting in my way and hogging all the glory, this time it will be a true man. I wonder if I would get to name a planet if I found one?' The captain thought before the ships A.I. called out to him.
"Captain we have incoming unidentified contacts coming into sensor range," Jonathan the ships A.I. said. Pyke froze knowing that there were no System alliance ships out here or any human ships that that matter he was dealing with aliens.
"Are you sure?" Pyke asked as he marched over to a terminal to see what was going on. "Yes, sir all vessels are reporting the same thing. There appear to be about 88 ships sir of different class the largest is over a kilometer long while the smallest is just over a hundred meters," Jonathan said as highlighted the vessels.
"Alright tell the science vessel and the frigate Restitution to head back through the relay to tell the rest of the Alliance of what we found while we and the other two frigates see if they want to talk. Open a communication channel," Pyke said as he took his seat trying to collect himself.
"SIR THEY ARE CHARGING WEAPONS!" Yelled an officer causing the captain to panic. "Tell all ships to open fire. Send a message that we have engaged in hostile first contact," captain Pyke said.
With the turian fleet.
General Desolas Arterius was bored, he was not entirely sure what he did to get this boring post overseeing a patrol unit all the way out here. 'I'm a general not an admiral I shouldn't be out here patrolling some inactive relays. All of this because I killed a well-connected Batarian. At least I have a dreadnought,' he thought as he stared out into space wishing something would happen.
"SIR! Relay 314 just went active!" An officer said gaining the generals attention. "Finally, something to do, tell me do you know who active it? Is it those suit rats or is some Batarian pirates?" The general asked as he walked over to a monitor to see if he could get a reading on the ships.
"Negative sir, it was activated on the other side," another officer said causing the bridge to become deathly quiet. "Contact 5 ships just came out of the relay 3 of the ships are 250 meters long another one is 300 meters and the last one is 800 meters. They don't match up with any know ships General," the first officer said causing the crew to understand what this meant.
"We have first contact," Desolas said as he stared at the images of the vessels on his monitor. "Charge weapons, raise shields, and someone try to get a communication to that ship," He ordered as he thought about what he was going to say.
"Sir are we going to open fire on them for activating a relay?" Asked an officer causing Desolas the stare at said officer. "Not if we can help it I, know they have no idea about the rule the citadel placed on opening new relays and that would just start a war. Also make sure to send them our first contact package," the general said.
Desolas could imagine it now the Turians would be the ones to bring them into the fold and if he played his cards right he might just get a promotion and who knows the turians might get a new client race. 'Take that asari,' he thought happily before an officer broke him out of his trance like state.
"Unknown ships are opening fire and one of the small ones and the middle ship have fled through the relay!" An officer yelled. Desolas looked out the window and saw bright lights flying through space and obliterating ships on contact.
"OPEN FIRE!" He yelled as he saw more of his ships get destroyed. "Is that an energy weapon!" He yelled out as he saw another cruiser destroyed from one hit from the brightly colored beams. "Were not sure but whatever it is bypassing out shields like they are not even there," stated an officer.
"Sir we can confirm that two of the smaller vessels have been destroyed leaving only the large vessel," stated his xo. "We lost another cruiser sir!" Yelled out an officer but Desolas couldn't tell all he was focused on was that one ship that managed to take out 3 cruisers and 2 frigates singlehandedly.
"WE HAVE A HIT!" A Turian yelled out causing the bridge to cheer out. Desolas smiled knowing that soon that ship would be destroyed. Only seconds later the unknown ship was ripped to pieces by rail gun fire.
"Sir, unknown ship is destroyed, orders sir?" His xo asked causing the general to think on what his next action would be. "I want to know how many ships we lost and how many are damaged. Send word to Palaven and tell them what happened. Secure the remains of the unknown ships wreckage and see if there is anything of value. Also make sure to secure the relay and destroy anything that comes through," he said before he walked off to his chambers to begin to write his report.
The next few hours passed by in blur for Desolas as he filled out an incident report for his superiors. His men were not able to gain anything of value from the wrecks except for a few bodies that at first glance gave the general a panic attack because of how closely they resemble the Asari.
In the end 3 cruiser and 5 frigates were destroyed while another cruiser and 3 frigates were damaged and in need of repair taking his fleet down to 1 dreadnought, 19 cruisers, and 57 frigates.
'If this is what they can do with only three ships who knows what they can do with more? Let's pray to the spirits that 800-meter ship is only a prototype,' Desolas thought as he was doing a final check in on the fleet before they went through the relay to teach them a lesson about what happens when you mess a Turian.
"Brother there you are I have been looking all over for you," Saren said catching Desolas off guard. "I'm sorry Saren but as you can probably tell I have been busy these past few hours with all that has happened," Desolas said as he acknowledged his brother.
"Are we going to show those primitives the might of our people and put them in their place?" His younger brother asked being filled with pride. "I believe so and if nothing stops me in the next few minutes we will be headed straight there, also I wouldn't call them primitive if I were you that one weapon managed to kill 3 Cruisers. Its shields were able to withstand a bombardment of close to 60 warships, a war with them will not be easy," Desolas said as he tried to imagine how many of those ships this unknown race had.
"Yes, that is true brother but still they can't have more two more of those ships, and just wait till we have them as a client race that technology will be ours. This will prove that the Turians are the true dominant power in the citadel," his younger brother said causing Desolas to laugh.
"Brother, you have much to learn but you are right if we do manage to gain them as a client race there will be no doubt as to who is in charge of the citadel," Desolas said as he walked to the bridge with his brother only to be stopped by the communication officer.
"Sir councilor Sparatus wants to talk to you and the fleet is ready to jump," the communication officer said causing Desolas to be a bit annoyed. "Thank you I will take the call in my room. Sorry Saren but we will talk later," the general said earning a scoff "Alright Desolas let's just hope that Sparatus doesn't feel like firing you," his younger brother joked as he walked off to find the rest of his squad.
'I thought it would take them longer to contact me. He better not order me to stand down and let those accursed Asari do all the talking,' he thought as made his way to his private chambers to take the call.
Desolas took in a deep breath before he activated his communicator. "Councilor I was just about to enter the relay and subdue this new race," the general said as he watched Sparatus for any change in facial features to see if he agreed with his plan.
"Do you think that you can take them with only 77 ships?" The councilor asked as he stared down the general waiting on an answer. "Yes sir, I believe so they only sent 5 ships through the relay this leads us to believe that don't have that many ships," Desolas replied feeling like he was on trial.
"I hope so but if they have a few more of those large cruiser class ship your fleet might not be enough. I know that since you are a general you have almost no knowledge of how to fight in a space battle. This is not an insult I am just stating facts. I called in admiral Caellius Fausnianus he will join you in about 2 days.
As long as you have control over the situation you be in charge but if admiral Caellius Fausnianus believes that you have failed he will take command. You can either wait for him or go ahead and go through the relay, I strongly suggest that you wait for him. We will not be able to dedicate any more resources unless we want to alert the STG. The most we can give you is a week maybe 2 if we can stall," Sparatus said causing the general to feel relief.
"One more thing do you have any idea why they may have fired on you?" Sparatus asked causing Desolas to squirm a bit. "We did have our weapons charged sir just in case they may have been hostile, but we don't know how they were able to detect that," he said which caused Sparatus to grow quiet and scratch his mandibles.
"This goes against everything that I believe in but first only send one ship through to try to talk to them and to negotiate," Sparatus said causing Desolas to be lost for words. "I know you are questioning why but the reason is simple if we are able to subjugate them and take their technology the asari and the salarians will demand that we hand it over. We might have the largest military force, but we couldn't take on the rest on the council by ourselves."
For the next few seconds Desolas was quite as he thought about what the councilor said. "So, you want me to get this new race on our side?" Desolas asked causing the councilor to nod. "Yes, because if we bring them in peacefully not only will we have a powerfully ally but the rest of the council won't have the grounds to outright take their technology for themselves. Also, there is a chance that the world behind that relay is not their home world," Sparatus said making the general fully understand the situation.
"I see and what am I to do if they still remain hostile and blow the ship up that I send through?" asked Desolas even though he knew the answer, but he still had to ask. "Then take the world but do not target civilians or anything of the sort," Sparatus said hoping that it wouldn't come to that.
After a brief pause Sparatus spoke up again, "I would suggest that you wait for admiral Caellius Fausnianus but if you believe that you can take the world with what you have then so be it but it will be on you if you fail."
Desolas knew that Sparatus was all but ordering him to wait for reinforcements so the decision was easy. "I will send a vessel through within the hour to talk to them and I will wait for admiral Caellius Fausnianus," Desolas said.
"Good now I have told the admiral that you are in charge but in any space warfare decisions he is in command. Now I must inform the hierarchy about this, good luck Desolas." Sparatus said before he turned off his communications.
Desolas marched out of him room and went straight to the bridge. "Sir, how was councilor?" His xo asked while he was typing away on his omni tool. "It was different from what I expected. We are to wait two days until admiral Kastanie Drescher shows up with reinforces. In the mean time we are to send one vessel through the relay to try to communicate with this new race," Desolas said earning a surprised look from the crew.
"Spread the orders through the fleet and find me which ship has the most level-headed captain and crew. In the mean time take defensive positioning around the relay incase they attack," the general said causing the bridge to erupt in movement.
Shanix just as the science vessel and the frigate Restitution came back though the relay
"General we have a problem!" An officer said as he crashed into the Generals room who had just gotten ready for bed. "You have got to be kidding me what is it?" He said as he stood up and saw the face of the officer in front of him. "Its aliens isn't it?" The general asked as he started getting dressed.
"Yes sir, and we just got a transmission from captain Pyke's ship they didn't make it sir," the officer said causing the general to curse. "Damnit, he may have been a racist asshole, but he didn't deserve that, at least he gave us the warning and time which we need. Sound general alarm and have all the civilians placed into the bunkers. Send word to command and tell them what is happening. And finally, I need to talk to admiral Haymith and see about him sending any troops he has to help us out."
"We have already sent a message to command and we have also began evacuating the citizens into the bunkers and all of the troops are ready sir," the officer said earning an approval from the general.
"Good now let's see how long we can hold off an alien invasion," general Williams said as he left his room followed by the officer.
It took only 8 minutes for the general to make his way towards the command center. On his way there he could see all of his men running around and getting ready for an invasion. He even saw a few of those combat mechs walking around. Nine feet tall and weighed about five tons, armed with a tesla gun and two massive machine guns on each side.
"So, tell me how goes the defense and how many people do we have left to move into the bunkers?" The General asked as he poured himself a cup of coffee. "We have deployed all of our troops, mechs, and armored vehicles in anticipation but for the most part they are hidden so that they can't be seen from space. We have also been reinforcing our anti-aircraft guns in anticipation of enemy air power," An officer said as he pointed to locations on a large map showing the general where defensives were being put into place.
"Most of the civilians have been secured into the bunkers we expect the last of the civilians to be in the bunker by the end of the hour," a different officer said showing the general a tablet with the names of people who have not yet entered the bunkers.
"Good, now what I am about to ask is crazy, but does anybody here know if there is a Grimnior chapter on this plant?" The general asked causing the all the officers to look at him in confusion including the actives.
"Sir, shouldn't you know that?" A younger officer asked who had no magic. "No, I don't. I have meet a member of their society once but that was it. The reason I'm asking is because those people have some of the strongest actives in their midst and I don't know about you, but I think we could use a few more powerful men," the General said earning a nod of approval from all of those with magical powers while those without were split in half.
"Good and listen I'm not asking you right here right now to tell me you're a member or anything just tell them I need to talk and if not spread it though the men we need all the help we can get. Now tell me how many surface to air missiles do we have and do they have spells carved into them and if they don't I want as many spells carved in as possible." General Williams said as he began to listen to his officers on how they can best protect their planet.
In space above shanix.
It took a lot to cause admiral Haymith to worry and he was a brute. But when an alien invasion is imminent, and you only have 2 heavy cruisers 5 light cruisers and 14 frigates, that can cause one to panic. He did also have a defense station that had a massive rail gun along with 3 peace rays.
'Hopefully Pyke was able to buy us enough time for reinforcements to arrive, but I strongly doubt that,' the admiral thought as he watched his fleet arrange itself into a defensive formation in front of the planet with the defense station in the center.
"Sir, General Williams is wondering if we have any extra troops that we can send down to him," one of his communication officer asked. "Yes, tell every ship to send half of their troop complement down to the surface we can't spare any more in case if the aliens try to board any of our ships. But tell him he isn't getting any troops from the defense station," the admiral said knowing that if his ship got boarded he would blow it to kingdom come before any aliens got a hold of his ship and he knew every captain in this fleet would do the same thing.
"Admiral, commander hill reports that her defense station is ready for combat and that she has all of her peace rays and rail guns ready to fire," reported an officer making the admiral feel a bit safer.
'Those defense stations can destroy anything they set their sights on. If anything, I know that we will make them bleed,' the admiral thought as he saw transports leaving his ship and descending to the surface with extra troops.
The next few hours seemed to inch by as the admiral waited for either a massive alien armada to immerge through the relay or for him to get a call from command. But all he got was communications from general Williams and a few from the other officers throughout the fleet reporting in.
"Sir we have contact," his xo said sending a chill down his spine "We have 1 contacts measuring 300 meters sir." That shocked the entire bridge only one ship they were expecting an entire armada. "Battle stations, have all ships raise shields and charge weapons and make sure to send a message to the general on what is happening. Lastly open a communication channel to enemy flag ship. Lets hope that they are here to talk peace."
If you liked review it if not sorry about that. The next chapter should be up in the next few days.
