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1. They had 2 centuries (approx.) to build their ships. Each fleet contains 200 vessels
2. As of 2157 Humanity has 60 core-industrialized words (terraformed planets included) and 78 Agricultural/Mining worlds with medium sized populations and a arms race
3. Reviews with less anger would be appreciated however all reviews are welcomed
4. Humanity will not be overpowered in this fic I assure you
5. Codex/Timelines are used to provide background information
6. Also I am willing to listen to my followers and if enough reviews suggest pushing back first content I will do it just leave a review on what you wish to see in the story
12-23-2157 0330 hours
Shanxi
SSV Pacific
Battleship
On the SSV Pacific battleship under the command of Captain Khirrilov; The crew, much like the captain, was not enjoying the new post, which was guarding the new colony of Shanxi with a mere battle group of 34 vessels. While the only presence in the sector were his ships, General Williams planetary forces of 300,000 men and women, and the occasional mining freighter to pickup supplies from the colony; Khirrilov had a feeling things were about to be interesting.
While incompletion of the Super Rail gun cannon or as the public refers to it as the Ion Cannons, which to avoid confusion the name has been adopted by the military, does avoid 'early colonization' as some analyst call it. It does not however deny shipping freighters or planet-side companies from mining the planet, leaving much to be desired.
Sensors on the ship detected a massive energy spike coming form the relay. Urgently the voice of engineer Davidson rang throughout the command deck, "Captain the relay... it is powering up. There is a possibility that the best-case scenario will be lost a probe."
"And worst-case?" asked the captain
Davidson replied "First contact with a hostile alien fleet that outnumber and outgun us and probably want to commit genocide on our race."
'We will see if I will regret being right' Khirrilov thought to himself. Soon he began giving out orders through the ships AI, Troy. "I want all battleships and battle cruisers up front and cruisers on the side. All frigates and Destroyers spilt up and wait for my signal to flank. Troy send a distress signal to all nearby civilian ships and inform General Williams to be on high alert in case any ships get past us."
Troy responded "Done Captain, the closest battle group is seven hours away."
"Lets pray we wont need them." said Khirrilov as he waited for what could be an inter-system war.
Everyone waited to see what would come out of the relay
Beyond Relay 314
HWS Heavy Fire
Dreadnought
"Vakarian get us to that relay!" Rear Admiral Septimus Oraka ordered to his navigation officer.
"But sir activating a dormant mass relay is against council law." Cadmus Vakarian responded, he was a husband and was about have a child.
"So is slavery, but that doesn't stop the Batarians from practicing it now go!" Oraka shot back
"Roger that sir." Vakarian responded. Like any good turian, he followed orders.
'I may have ended my career in the Hierarchy, but at least I will not have ended the lives of my crew.' Oraka thought to himself as his ships went through dormant mass relay.
The mission to investigate pirate activity in the area near dormant relay 314 had started out normally even with a small task force of 64 ships. This changed however, when an unusually large pirate fleet of 187 ships ambushed them and destroyed 12 frigates and 6 cruisers of his ships, and to make matters worse their communication was being jammed.
'May the spirits watch over me and my crew' Septimus Oraka prayed in his head. Normally prayer isn't banned on Hierarchy ships, but in situations such as these its best to stay concentrated on the task at hand.
As they exited out of the relay they were met with a shocking sight. In front of them albeit a few hundred thousand kilometers from their current position were 2 of the largest ships any Turian has ever seen, minus the Destiny Ascension. They were stunned into silence when an Desolas Arterius the ships weapons officer, reported that both vessels were at least 2 kilometers long. "Sir, those ships...they're 2 kilometers long!"
'Spirits 2 kilometer ships that is twice the length of a Turian dreadnought!' Oraka thought to himself, no doubt many crew members sharing the same thoughts.
Quickly Turian discipline kicked in and the first contact package, per Oraka's orders, was broadcasted and everyone held their breath as to how this species would react.
To ensure the safety of his men Oraka stated to his troops "All vessels do not power up weapons or move we do not know if this new species is easily provoked. Divert all noncritical power to kinetic barriers and be ready for anything."
'This species is certainly not primitive, but are they savages?' Vakarian contemplated on his thoughts.
On the other side of the Relay 314
TPS Slaver's Fortune
Goreck Torgon, the captain of the pirate fleet ordered a message be sent to the Hegemony and inform them of the situation. "Ensign, sent a message to the Hegemony government. Tell them that we have an interesting development." He smiled at the thought of taking a turian officer captive.
His men followed orders and it was no long before he got a reply. The image of Admiral Sibon Brell appeared on the vid-com. Torgon filled him in on the details.
"Are you sure the Turians are weakend?" asked Admiral Wecok of the Hegemony 5th fleet.
Torgon replied "Affirmative the Turian cowards fled through a dormant relay to avoid having the honor of being destroyed by my fleet."
"Do they know of the operations occurring in this sector?"
"Ha! Those turian were unaware of our presence in the area, let alone what we were doing." Torgon replied with confidence.
"Very well an additional 164 pirate vessels will be joining you, including a decommissioned Salarian dreadnought. Do not disappoint or the results will be severe." the Admiral warned.
"You have my word I will not." Torgon promised and the link was cut. "What is the damage to our fleet?" asked Torgon to one of his ensigns.
A lieutenant replied "Sir, 23 frigates and 9 cruisers lost. We have 13 ships severely damaged."
Despite his losses Torgon could not help but smile. "How long until they reinforcements arrived." Torgon asked..
His comms officer replied "About 3 hours."
'It's only a matter of time' Torgon thought to himself.
SSV Pacific
Battleship
When the relay powered up, Khirrilov was uneasy as unknown ships appeared through it. By the looks of the ships, they had an almost predatory look to them, yet appeared lightly armored. He had his men power up shields and if necessary be ready to fire their main cannons.
However, these precautions seemed unnecessary, when the alien ships seemed to have sent a first contact package.
"Captain Khirrilov it seems the alien forces seems to be broadcasting what looks like a first contact package." Troy informed the Captain.
"Can you translate it and try to broadcast our own language?" asked Khirrilov
"Yes and you would like to know that I managed to acquire their native tongue, apparently it bares some similarity to the ancient ruins found on Luna and before you ask no they are not the ones that built them." replied Troy, in a coy manner
"Very well patch me thorough to the battle cruiser class vessel. By the looks of the ships formation, it appears to be the flagship of the alien's battle group." Ordered Khirrilov.
"Patching in... now, though there may be some static as their technology is based on element zero it seems." informed Troy.
"Very well then." With that Khirrilov began the first ever recorded contact with an intelligent alien race whether for good or for ill.
HWS Heavy Fire
Dreadnought
Shortly after the first contact package was sent, many Turians were surprised at how fast they got a response in their native language while others seeing the pair of large ships were not.
"To the alien vessel in Alliance territory hold your current position while we deactivate the mines near you." A rather monotone voice with static ordered.
"They had mines and we didn't even know it?" asked Desolas Arterius suddenly alarmed
"As of right now we don't know what they have." replied Oraka in a calm manner
Again the alien voice was broadcasted to the ship, however Oraka made sure that all of his ships heard it just to ensure readiness in case anything goes wrong. The voice gave Oraka's dreadnought-class vessel coordinates and instructions to Dock with one of the 2 kilometer ship. Oraka did as he was told and docked with the ship. He was informed that he could bring a squad of soldiers.
Once he docked with the ship, he selected his men, all heavily armed to show the strength of the Turian military. He walked towards the airlock and prepared for first contact with this new race. He was shocked to say the least when the airlock doors opened revealing a creature similar to a Asari expect without the tentacles, pink skin as opposed to blue, and most importantly to Oraka, not as attractive.
Khirrilov, in Turian, greeted the Turian Captain or what he assumed to be the Captain. After they exchange names Khirillov motioned for a room where they could engage in diplomatic talks.
Oraka noticed the alien's dual guards were the size and heavily armed as the krogan, this unnerved him, however he did not show it.
Both leaders brought body guards to the room, however the Turian escort were awed by the heavily armed giants that towered above them by at least a foot and had their faces covered by polarized helmets. The Turians were put off-ease by a one the aliens guards who had a rather large knife and was sharping it on his armor as the rest stood still in parade rest formation, showing military discipline.
"So Rear Admiral Oraka what has caused you to come here with damages caused to your ship." asked Khirrilov
At this Oraka momentarily becamse silent and then responded "Pirates and I fear they may be strengthening their forces on the other side of the relay."
Khirillov then quickly got up and with a hint of alarm said "Then we must prepare immediately, I would like to ask you if your battle cruiser is functional for a fight."
At this Oraka became confused and said "I believe I misheard you when you stated my ship to be a battle cruiser whatever that maybe, my ship is a dreadnought-class vessel and to answer your question we Turians are always ready for a fight."
Suddenly Khirillov became embarrassed, but held an immediate respect for the man and said "I apologize normally a ship that size in a human fleet would be considered a battle cruiser."
Oraka began to understand and responded "Ah yes I can see the confusion, so I assume these vessels that are at least 2 kilometers long are your dreadnoughts, by the way how many do you posses?"
Now it was Khirillov's turn to be confused and replied "Well we only have 16 dreadnoughts currently in service, however this ship is not a dreadnought it is a battle ship."
Oraka suddenly was left speechless by this new information. A species with two of the biggest ships in the known galaxy at 2 kilometers long and yet these don't even register as dreadnoughts.
Hesitantly Oraka asked a question he soon may regret he asked Khirillov "How large are you dreadnoughts?"
Khirillv replied proudly "5 kilometers long."
Oraka was again left speechless for a second time, however he is a Turian for a reason and calmly told him he could count on his ships to assist in repelling the Batarian pirate fleet and left to his ship. Before he could leave however he was informed of the ship's AI. As soon as he heard this he cringed.
With alarm Oraka asked "You use AI?" silently he prayed to the spirits he was only hearing things.
"Why of course. Is there a problem with that?" asked Khirillov with a hint of suspicion.
Normally Oraka would have said that it is illegal in council space to have AI's. Considering though how they are not in council space and he himself just broke a citadel law he simply replied "Its just that the citadel council doesn't view AI's in a positive light."
Intrigued Khirillov asked Oraka about this citadel council and their history. Instead of explaining everything to him and with a Batarian pirate fleet attack imminent he simply gave Khirillov a copy of his codex.
Oraka asked Khirillov if he had any basic information that could be shared with the Turian government. Khirillov gave Oraka the human version of the codex.
After the Turian left Khirillov ordered Troy to inform Alliance command and parliament of the situation.
"Messaged already sent sir. Before you ask I sent it when we confirm these aliens are nonhostile." said Troy
"Do you know what alliance command wishes me to do?" asked the captain
"Assuming you survive? You are to establish friendly relations with this Hierarchy while a diplomatic team is sent to the citadel council and again before you ask since they are militaristic society Alliance parliament believes a seasoned veteran such as yourself with be the best representative , however you will be partnered with Admiral Hackett." replied Troy in a coy manner again.
'I don't know whether AI's are a gift or a curse' Khirillov thought to himself.
HWS Heavy Fire
Dreadnought
Back on his ship with comms back online Oraka proceeded to call the Primarch of the Turian Hierarchy, Teturis Sedoir and inform him of the situation.
"Is this information accurate Rear admiral?" question the primarch
"Yessir." Oraka replied
"Very well your orders are to establish friendly relations with these Humans as they are called and ensure that Batarian pirate fleet is destroyed. I will be dispatching the 23rd fleet to your location, however they may not get their in time. The best we can hope for is that the 23rd fleet cuts off all avenues of escape." Stated the primarch
"Very well sir. Will the council be briefed?" asked Oraka
The primarch replied "Yes, but not at this time. I want to ensure any relations Humanity has is with the Hierarchy. I will contact Councilor Fedorian and inform him of the situation. We may have to give these Humans a council seat to get them to join as well as make modifications to our restrictions. If things go well the Hierarchy may overlook your activation of dormant mass relay. However I want these Humans to make an appearance on the Galactic stage on Palaven. After you destroyed the pirate fleet tell the humans we wish to personally congratulate them, do I make myself clear? "
Oraka was surprised at his good fortune and replied "Yes sir. Thank you sir. For the Hierarchy."
"For the Hierarchy." the primarch repeated and cut off the signal.
Silently Oraka thought to himself 'The spirits are truly watching over me.'
Both human and turian forces prepared for the inevitable confrontation with Batarian pirates.