Hey everyone and welcome back to Xcom: Human Incursion! I've had a bit of writer's block on this about what to do… but I think I've mostly got it all down so… yeah. Also as a side note, I am doing Codex entries so yay! There will not be entire chapters dedicated to the Codex cause' that's just plain annoying. Anyway, I guess I'll leave out the POV thing.

If you want something done and can't do it, call in an Air Strike.

-Anonymous Alliance Infantry Soldier

2109 July 11th 12:01 AM Earth Time

Unknown Location, Unknown planet, Species Alliance Space

The room was deathly silent as the Alliance Species Representatives gathered and said a brief greeting before sitting down in their respective chairs. Planetary states were often not involved in these sorts of conflicts but in this case, their votes were vital. All planetary state votes had been gathered and would be revealed this morning by Councilor Zero, the Human representative.

Besides Councilor Zero, were seated several other individuals, all of non-Human origin. Councilor Zero would have been pleased with the attendance of the other species if not for the dire circumstances. Next to him in the shade so no one should see their faces were the Volm Representative and the Zudjari representative. A little further down the black table was the Sectoid representative, Ethereal, Muton, Cyberdisk AI, etc. After all the representatives were seated, Councilor Zero began.

"Good day to all present, we have come together today to decide a choice that will affect the Alliance and possibly the whole galaxy. Recently, several science vessels with Alliance escorts were dispatched from Terra Nova and the nearby colony, Eden Prime to investigate some strange readings coming from the local Relay in the Eden Prime system. At exactly 4:53 PM Earth time, first contact with a new species was made. They weren't friendly and when the Alliance vessels hailed them, the aliens opened fire, destroying most of the vessels except for the Dreadnought, SAV Imperial. We have reason to believe that the aliens will then proceed and attempt to take the Alliance colony, Eden Prime." The room was once again silent.

"What were the results of the planetary poll? Do we attempt to go to war with this new foreign power or do we attempt peace?" The Ethereal representative asked, using a psionic connection, the only way now that Ethereal could talk. According to Ethereal after the Great Silence, the only way Ethereals could talk was through psionic connections.

The Muton representative huffed and made a motion similar to crossing one's arms.

"The Muton tribes have already decided! The Mutons say we go to war!" Councilor zero glanced over at the Muton though no one could tell.

"Councilor nine, please, settle down." He said in a calm voice. The Muton huffed and calmed down, looking away, though it was evident by his body language he was not sorry. Ever since a terrorist group known as Cerberus had attempted to bug the former meeting place several years ago, the representatives had decided to call each other by their councilor numbers.

"We acknowledge that the Mutons want war," Councilor Zero started, choosing his words carefully. "But the Mutons can't talk for every Species Alliance member." Councilor Zero finished. The Muton representative said nothing and just glared at Councilor Zero's shadowy form.

"But to the point, the Poll results Councilor." The Zudjari councilor said, turning his head to look at the Human.

"Yes, that," The Councilor Zero started, noiselessly clearing his throat.

"Out of the two hundred and thirty four worlds the Species Alliance has on 2109 July 10 12:01AM Earth Time, all have voted. Here are the following results; one hundred fifty worlds have voted for war. Eighty four have voted against war. It should be noted that most votes came from heavily Human populated planets." The room was silent for a moment again.

"The majority of the Species Alliance wishes to go to war then." The Volm councilor stated, masking his emotion.

"We will now take a vote on the matter, per standard." Councilor Zero stated, bringing up the voting screen. Councilors pushed buttons on the table next to them, voting on the matter. After a few moments, the voting screen started displaying the results of the vote.

"The Vote is in favor of war." The Zudjari representative stated, looking at the assortment of representatives. The Muton representative looked happy in an odd way. The AI representative's avatar had a face of stone; of course the three most important figures, Volm, Zudjari and Human representatives remained in the dark. It was decided, the Alliance would once again march to war.

"As standard, the Xcom project will be reactivated as well. May whatever Gods these Aliens pray to have mercy on their souls." Councilor Zero stated a hint of triumph in his voice.

2109 July 11th 10:13 AM Earth Time

Spirits' Dance Approaching Relay 314, Turian Hierarchy space

Ganus Dardus looked out from his ship, Spirits' Dance. The ship was a Turian Dreadnought, able to pack a punch and take a punch. Ganus looked grim. Septus was an idiot, picking a fight with a new race that had no idea what Citadel law was. Although when the Turians start a fight, they finish it. Especially when a new race had laser weapons and spirits knows what else, they had to neutralize this new threat right away. For both the Turians and the galactic community, it could possibly become another Ranchi war if this went unchecked.

Ganus could understand that the new Xeons might be a little more than upset. All the Turians revealed to the public was that the movement of troops was necessary due to a new pirate gang in the area, one more powerful than the others by far. All though the Council races were a little more than suspicious, they bought it and didn't exactly push the subject. Ganus was in charge of the first and second fleet and would be leading the charge against this threat with several dreadnoughts, cruisers and frigates. In Ganus's opinion, it was a huge overkill, this race more than likely have anything close to the size of a dreadnought since they had never encountered this species before. In his mind, the Council had been around for thousands of years. If there was a technologically advanced race this way they would have already found them.

"Sir, we are coming up on the relay now." A Turian officer informed Ganus. "Very well, get the ships in position, prepare for immediate resistance on the other side and heat up weapons."

"It shall be done." The Turian officer said, walking off the deck. Soon, they would be at the primitives' home world and it would be a slaughter. Ganus felt bad for them truly.

2109 July 11th 10:13 AM Earth Time

SAV Imperial In Orbit of Species Alliance Planet, Eden Prime

"All ships in defensive positions Admiral." Came the monotone voice of Nix. For once, the AI had almost been completely silent and hadn't said a word through the whole process of positioning the ships.

"Thank you Nix." The Admiral spoke through the Neural Command. The militia of seven Cruisers, two dreadnoughts and twelve frigates and several hundred fighters in their respective ship bays' had formed a defensive perimeter around the relay and planet. The ships had been pulled from nearby systems, coming to the defense of Eden Prime. After a little while later, Nix spoke.

"Admiral Broadley, My sensors are detecting signatures exiting Mass Relay." Nix stated calmly. Admiral Kyle Broadley sucked in his breath.

"Happy Independence day." Nix seemed confused at this statement. "Sir, Judging from my calendar, It is in fact not the American Independence Day," Broadley sighed and rolled his eyes.

"I take it you haven't seen the movie Independence Day." There was a short pause before Nix said anything.

"No, I haven't sir. Would you like me too?" There was an awkward pause before anyone said anything, just looking at their sensors as the comparably slower alien ships advanced on them. "Not… now." Broadley said. "Just focus on the aliens."

"Admiral Kyle Broadley, may I suggest attempting to contact these Alien ships; we should try to avoid impending bloodshed." Admiral Broadley nodding, agreeing with what Nix had suggested.

"Of course, why didn't I think about that?"

"Perhaps because Humans tend to forget things as such while we AIs have extra memory and faster thinking minds." There was a pause at that statement which Broadley looked up at the camera currently surveying him.

"At least we're alive."

"According to law, we are alive as much as you are."

"We have living, breathing bodies."

"…so?" Broadley sighed.

"Just open comms to all ships, get them to power down their weapons, we'll try to get them to talk." "And if they are hostile still?" Broadley paused.

"We'll proceed as planned." "Yes sir." Nix said, disengaging from the conversation.

2109 July 11th 10:16 AM Earth Time

Spirits' Dance Approaching Species Alliance world, Eden Prime, Species Alliance Space

"We are now approaching the alien's supposed Home world sir. Sensors will be in range of the planet within five minutes." An officer said, coming up to Ganus. Ganus glanced and nodded at the officer.

"Very well then, are all ships in formation? Is everyone prepared?" Ganus asked, turning his attention back to the enemy fleet. It looked almost senic in a way.

"Yes sir, everyone is ready and the last of the ships are moving into position now. Sir, permission to speak freely?" Ganus once again, glanced at his officer.

"Permission granted, what is on your mind?" The officer nodded hesitantly.

"To be honest sir, I don't think we should be punching them this hard and this fast, pushing them down before they can even get on their feet in the first place." This caught Ganus' interest.

"Elaborate officer." The officer nodded.

"These are more than likely primitives, energy weapons aside. They must only be reaching for the stars, too primitive to really fight back at all. I think we should try and open communications before we fire." The Officer said, gesturing with his hands. Ganus nodded, it was a sound plan, avoid bloodshed if at all possible.

"That is an… interesting idea officer, and I too personally approve of it as well." Ganus paused for a moment.

"We will put this plan into action; open comms to all ships and notify them power down their weapons but to keep their shields up."

"Yes sir." The Turian officer said before walking off. In the pit of his stomach though, Ganus had a creeping feeling that everything would unravel sooner than later. And with himself in the crosshairs.

2109 July 11th 10:20 AM Earth Time

SAV Imperial Attempting contact hostiles and remaining in defensive position in orbit of Species Alliance planet, Eden Prime

"Hostiles are slowing down and heat signatures show that their weapons seem to have cooled down." Nix reported. Broadley was mildly surprised and it showed on his face. But only for a second, yet it was a recognizable reaction all the same.

"That is… peculiar. Unless they have some sort of sniper ship, they may in fact be trying to attempt a peaceful second contact."

"Which is also in our ideals, is it not?" Nix stated, sounding thoughtful. "It is. Attempt to contact the lead ship-." Broadley was interrupted by Nix who didn't try to hide the panic in his synthesized voice.

"Sir! The SAV Union is heating up weapons and turning to fire at the approaching alien ships!" Nix said in a rush, panic evident. Bradley's eyes widened and he cursed.

"Open comms to the SAV Union immediately!" Broadley said, gripping the command chair and scowling.

"Captain Binne, Christophe what in god's name do you think you're doing?!"Broadley nearly shouted, trying to contain his anger.

"They are attempting a peaceful contact! Power down your ship's guns now, that is an order!" Broadley said, putting force into his words. The face of Christophe Binne of the SAV Union popped inside his mind via Neural Command. Christophe Binne had been one of Broadley' s close friends during the Espheni wars but had not seen the promotions Broadley had due to Binne's hate of aliens. Christophe Binne stood up straighter as he looked down upon Broadley with a sneer.

"You never did understand. The Human race has to walk down the path to galactic domination alone."

"Are you insane Christophe, their friendly-!"

"FOR NOW. For now, but that always changes dear friend. I'm only doing what is right… think of me as a crusader. As for my actions? My crew has been dealt with, with any disagreeing… discharged." He said with venom.

"This goes beyond your own personal agenda Christophe, you're killing a peaceful chance of friendship here! Think of all the things we could benefit from each other!"

"That's not how we see it. Not how Cerberus sees it."

"You piece of shit-you're working with Cerberus. Their terrorists!" Broadley yelled. Christophe chuckled darkly.

"No, their Mankind's saviors." And with that, the comm closed, leaving a very pissed Kyle Broadley in its wake.

"The SAV Union has opened fire; lasers have penetrated the Alien's shields. Alien frigate annihilated." There goes that… Broadley Kyle thought darkly.

"Hold onto your seats boys and girls, things about to get bumpy…" Broadley said, preparing for quick retaliation.

A war had just begun…

A/N: Merry Christmas everyone! (Well at least for me, at the time I post this, my Christmas begins today as I'm not a Native American speaker :p) For the Codex's, I'll be starting them next chapter! Yay! Now... reviews… damn. A lot of things I can't reveal because it has something to do with plot or will be in the storyline (Or Codex). So here we go…

Enji-Benjy-

1. As I said before, they destroyed them because in this timeline, they're smarter than us and don't fumble with things they have no clue how works. They didn't destroy Ethereal Tech. Because they had a better understanding at that time. They had a better understanding at the time because they had access to more equipment, technologies ect. Then they did in the 20th century.

2. The North American Council (USA) destroyed any evidence of the ship ever leaving after they left (Which would have been released in a Codex). I also explained this in my edit, last chapter. The enemies mentioned were other Human factions who they feared would use the technology against their nation.

3. it's not that hard to forget actually, plus, they destroyed all the data for fear of it ever landing in hostile hands. (To be revealed in Codex anyway…) They feared another alien invasion, like on Earth. Technically, it was plausible at the time. (Fun fact: I almost had the Espheni war happen to Terra Nova, not Earth)

4. It makes more sense for the Relay to lead to Eden Prime since the Species Alliance has not yet colonized Shanxi due to them colonizing all of the planet's in between Terra Nova and Earth.

5. Part of the plot and would release spoilers

6. You'll find out soon enough:p

7. I fixed that in my previous edit.

8. Also fixed that so it made more sense

9. This was probably the best question you had. They don't have shields because AU plus it'll be in Codex so wait.

10. All-in-all, this seems to have a lot of holes and isn't that well written either. ... Says the one with no stories. If you have stories on another site, I apologize for saying that.

FranticHamster- Thanks and noted.

Wtf- "at 1000%"

Didn't read after that.

Stories potential died with that sentence. First of all, that was pretty rude. Second, I fixed that so it said 100%

Wtf- Actually, a lot of it makes sense :/ Just going to say this outright, there was a huge typo I made, sorry guys. :/ Which I just fixed in my last edit.

1. Typo, it was supposed to be 10,000 guys on board not 1,000 and there was to be 50,000 after a while, not 500,000. Sorry that was my mistake…

2. as for the AI? Hey, we're smart guys! :p

3. by the way... I'm God. Suck my godly dick, because that's what god's ask puny mortals to do cause reasons. That hurt my feelings…

4. A Global war on a colony in a short time is completely plausible.

5. Where did it ever say that they colonized the entire planet? :/

6. I edited it to better explain why they forgot the location. And an Earth with resources? Completely realistic.

7. Why would they assume the Volm wouldn't help? That's pretty obvious actually; basically no other Alien entity has ever approached them peacefully so that's my reasoning.

8 Independence movements would grip the Synthetic public and the public would be outraged about not being another separate power.

9. Not a flame? Tell that to the review you made later.

Phantomwa1ker- THANK YOU for explaining this in the reviews!

Phantomwalker- Thanks :p

SpecH82- lol,yup. XD Thanks about the timeline, I put a lot of work into it! As for the Protoss, noted! :p As for other species… I guess we'll have to wait and see!

Timedraven117- I did a pretty good amount of research and yeah, have to do with plot so I can't tell you. :p

Adjuster- THANK YOU.

Andrewjameswilliams- Lol, yup. :p

RandomReader7- Timeline, first contact war and stupid Turians to get the ball rolling. Whelp, this story couldn't be any cliché and boring than the rest that came before it, regardless of the many additions (beyond earth) you add.

"Sarcasm. Gee thanks. And please, can everyone please not mention the Beyond Earth thing anymore? It was basically used to birth the Synthetics and their AIs, as well as the Planetary Union. Plus I thought it was a pretty cool thing to add :p

Guest- Yeah… no. If I remove all the advantages the Turians have, then it'll just be a stomp fic so by the Species Alliance.

Galardy- Thanks! As for the Terra Nova thing, I've just confronted that issue above so yup! Though you did put it in kinder words so thanks !

Echosentient- Codex only chapters? Nope, I never planned to do that so yup!

A Critic- Alright…

From the very, very first line you lost my interest. A timeline is almost the single worst way to start a fic. They are dry by nature and I have zero interest in reading about factions I am not invested in. Writing a timeline for you as an author would make sense, but a reader has no reason to go along with it. Reveal your universe as the story goes on. At this point I was pretty pissed at this review. First, that's how I chose to present my story and how I personally prefer it. And second, you don't have to read this; you're not being forced to. Don't like it? Leave.

You also started with the first contact war. Now you've just revealed it's a cookie cutter fic. Nothing has fundamentally changed! The political situation with the Council is marginally different, but the plot is too similar to canon. FCW-Eden Prime -Citadel- (Therum, Noveria, Feros) -Virmire-Ilos.. Boring.

This is completely different and judging by the first and second chapter is pretty stupid which the first chapter was the timeline. Saying the snippets were too short is probably the only logical thing you said in this whole review.

As for multi-crossovers, I don't exactly recommend it. Merging two universes is hard, any more than that, it becomes a hassle to deal with and doesn't necessarily add to the story

Just… no. I like how it is and I'm sure other people would agree with me. It adds flavor and uniqueness to the story, setting it apart from the rest.

If you want an example of a fic done right. Here is an X-Com/ME-crossover. s/10550829/1/Psi-Effect

I don't need to hear this, in fact, I've already read that story and am still reading it. While it's good and I applause the author, I don't want to steal the idea of the story from Cap'n Chryssalid.

5 Coloured Walker- Dealt with. Stupid Turian plot is stupid Turian plot. XD

Six Samurai of dragon order- yup. XD Also noted, thanks for catching that!

Lone Guardian- Dealt with all of those questions and for the ship? It's still there, operational. It's only used in emergency situations however.

Merry Christmas everyone! R&R as always! This story lives off of your guy's awesomeness! Merry Christmas to all and to all, a good night!

Edit: (12/30/2015) to say the least, I fixed a lot of things in this chapter, notably how aggressive I was answering the reviews. I'm going through a lot of things at the moment and I wasn't in the best of moods while I did review answering that day. Drewman out.