The Warriors of Fury

by acerpilot

When the Dragons returned, we lived in peace. When we left for the Heavens, we discovered wonders. When the Insects came, we fought back as one. When people from within our own race turned against our draconic brothers, we fought back. And now, years after finishing our last war, we discover just how much we are needed.

1. prologue

2 thousand years ago, 2 children, young warriors of a forgotten era, changed the world.

They befriended the beasts known as dragons, ferocious beasts bent on killing, and proved them to be wise creatures equal to humans.

Ten years later, they vanished with the dragons.

None know what happened to them.

A thousand years after that, the dragons returned, dozens of species of them.

We lived in harmony with them and went to the stars.

Then, the Rathni attacked.

Vicious insectoids bent on consuming everything, they attacked the hatchling human colonies in horrendous massacres.

We fought back.

Rallying under the dragon riders, we formed the Archian Federation, and fought back against the Rathni.

In battle after battle we fought beside our dragon brethren and exterminated the Rathni.

But in our hour of triumph others struck.

Humans who denied the equality of dragons, the OPA, they struck.

With fleets designed specifically to defeat our ships, and tactics to fight our dragons, they struck.

They glassed entire planets, exterminating their inhabitants and burning the planet to a crisp.

Vanaheim, Freyja, Pol'ni, Ral.

All gone.

Destroyed.

Vaporised.

But we fought back.

We had martyrs.

Fury squadron 6, the midnight strike, fallen to the last warrior on Ral.

Commando team 98, the wingdivers, destroying the OPA superdreadnought from within.

The Pillar of Autumn, sacrificing itself to save a civilian colony off Freyja.

We had leaders.

General Heather Atali, bonded to the dragon Windshear, victor of the battle for Napthli's Gate.

Admiral Viggo Grimborn, a former OPA Leader and his fleet, who turned against the OPA and saved Reach.

Lord Fury, the leader of the Fury Corp, champion of a thousand battles.

We developed new tactics, new ships, and better weapons with our draconic brothers.

Then it was our turn to strike.

We attacked them and drove them back, reclaiming every lost world and avenging every fallen soul.

Then we took the war to the OPA territories.

In a deep strike, Lord Fury and Admiral Viggo captured the OPA capitol and forced them to accept terms.

We knew at that point that we were not alone, but we never realized just how large the galaxy was.

Or how much we were needed.