And here it is. The sequel to The Will of Resistance, The Will of Revenge, second in TWR series. Anyway, this story is gonna be quite different than the previous one, considering the time that passed. This is gonna be more like military sci-fi. But I hope that you will enjoy this prologue and what comes after it.
I'm really grateful for the mostly positive reception The Will of Resistance received and I hope that this story will not fail your expectations.
So, with nothing else left to say, let us start.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Gate and everything belongs to the franchise's owner/s.
Prologue
February 2, 2166
13:22 local time
Unknown location
The walls of the corridor were lighted up by many luxurious chandeliers and lamps. Walls and floors lined up with red carpets and paneling only gave this place the powerful and aristocratic look it was supposed to have. This was his sit of power after all. The place he spent last one and a half decade in. Place, from which he prepared to retake what was rightfully his.
The man walked down the corridor, looking in front of him, with determination and arrogance. He was walking towards the door, next to which stood two generals, dressed in their ceremonial uniforms and with medals hanging from their chests. Seeing the man, two generals put their hands to their chests and bowed.
"Emperor."they both said.
"General Kerrel, general Margas."Emperor replied.
Generals stood aside and opened the door, allowing Emperor to exit on the balcony.
Immediately when he stood on the balcony, he was greeted with view which made him smirk. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers, all standing in rows and looking right towards him and all of the military leaders beside him. Over their heads, Emperor could see tens of warships. All powerful and intimidating. And among them, the pride of the fleet. Dark Vengeance. Giant, six kilometers long Dreadnaught, main strike force of the fleet. All of this was his and only his to order. It was the type of power he never felt in his grasp.
Finally, he took a deep breath and placed his hands on both sides of the podium and spoke to the microphone:
"Soldiers! Brave heroes! It's been fifteen years! FIFTEEN YEARS, since we were denied what was rightfully ours! Fifteen years, since the enemy from beyond the Gate came and destroyed everything we believed in! We were humiliated! We were pushed back! We were showed as nothing more, than weak, pathetic losers! We were pushed into hiding!"
Immediately, soldiers started screaming, showing their support for these words. Many of them remembered it. And all held a big grudge over it. Emperor continued.
"But now, the time of waiting has come to an end! Fifteen years, we were hiding. And that's enough. We spent these years working hard. We prepared our army. We armed ourselves. And now, we are ready to reclaim what is ours!"
Another round of supporting screaming.
"Within few months, a campaign to reclaim our rightful property will commence, under the command of our great commanders! We will bring glory to us and our people! We will take our REVENGE!"
Soldiers simply exploded in cheers and started rising their fists in the air. All of them screamed one of two things.
"Sons of Sadera! Sons of Sadera!"some screamed.
"Emperor Zorzal! Emperor Zorzal!"others screamed.
Zorzal watched all of this with pride. Finally came the time, when Saderan Empire will take it's rightful place. And he was sure to make all of this happen.
April 17
12:43
ICTA HQ, Ankara, Earth
Agent Muammar Sabari walked down the hallway of the headquarters of the biggest intelligence agency known to man. As the main intelligence body of the United Nations Space Alliance, the Agency was very important for the safety of both Earth and all other planets in the United Nations. But although that, everything seemed to be calm. At least on the surface. The underground, the one hidden from the public eye, was not so calm.
Sabari knew it too well. Last twelve years, including last four years of Great Galactic War, he spent in the field, having numerous missions behind him. Sabotage, gathering intel and, sometimes, even assassinations. Pretty good times. But Sabari was getting old and before long, he changed operations in the field on simple desk and office.
As he walked down the crowded corridors, he remembered the uncertain times which followed the end of GGW. Large spaces of the Galaxy were left almost without control, while millions of refugees were searching for new home after loosing the previous ones. It was a period of struggle and hunger.
But now, everything finally returned to normal. Well, not much. As a result of the GGW, there were several changes on the galactic political stage. More precisely, a number of single-system or single-planet countries, which emerged from Unknown Regions following the demise of Holy Order. First interactions were rough, but after some time, they accustomed themselves with other races.
Second such change, were the Tertans. With their home system erased from existence, everything went tumbling down. Federation disintegrated into smaller states, which started warring with each other. Some of them, however stayed loyal to the head government, which was now represented by only surviving child of Tertan Presidential Family, Aquexymeva Nequxororp, which herself asked for the intervention. Soon, UNSA, Nashini and Chakdrik forces crossed the border and started stabilization mission. The result: newly created Tertan Protectorate under leadership of Nequxorop joined United Nations, becoming the first alien nation to do so.
And last, but not least, was the Holy Order. Disintegrated, decentralized and left without any form of leadership, it changed into large amount of independent warlords, as even entire armies and fleets were left without goal in the Galaxy. But, fortunately, the Anti-Holy Order Remnant Campaigns of the years 2151-2158 successfully eliminated most of danger from their side. Many criminal groups put their hands on HO equipment, but mostly on smaller ships, like Frigates or Destroyers, while ships like Cruisers, Battleships and Dreadnoughts were confiscated by the navies which took severe losses in the war.
In short, the decade following the end of the war was full of political turmoil and uncertainty. But now, Galaxy was safer place than ever before.
Sabari walked into his office and looked at his secretary.
"Any news, Maya?"he asked.
The woman looked at him and nodded.
"There is a new bunch of documents for you, sir."Maya replied."I sorted all of them and put them on your desk."
Sabari sighed. It seemed, that he will have a noon full of work.
"Thank you, Maya. You can make yourself a break."the agent said.
"Thank you, sir."Maya replied.
She stood up and walked out of the office. As she did, Sabari couldn't help himself, but look at her. Long legs, shapely ass and ample chest. Additionally a pretty face and slim body. No wonder she had so many admirers.
Anyway, Sabari could not distract himself. He walked up to his desk and sat down, looking at the mountain of papers in front of him. He started looking through them. Fortunately, most of them were nothing too serious. Some bandits, some pirates and several uncertain information he decided should be taken care of by other departments of ICTA, not by a simple agent sitting behind the desk in Ankara.
However, two of these documents took his attention. One of them came from the allied Royal Falmartian Intelligence Service, or RFIS in short. It read:
From: Royal Falmartian Intelligence Service, Sadera, Flare Prime
To: Intelligence and Counter Terrorist Agency, Ankara, Earth
Uncertain phenomenons and unidentified objects being noticed withing the borders of UNSA Andromeda Branch. Objects disappeared before any form of contact could be made. Requesting assistance and possible military support. Waiting for response.
Uncertain phenomenons? Unidentified objects? What were they talking about? From one side, RFIS was pretty young organization, set up only thirteen years ago. On the other hand, they already had several successes. They helped in tracking a number of HO warlords, as well as criminal lords and rulers of criminal underworld. Not to mention, that they assassinated as many of them. The intel they gave always turned out to be true, so there was nothing indicating, that they would be lying about this. Just to be sure, Sabari marked this information as 'REQUESTING FURTHER INVESTIGATION'.
With this done, he went to the other interesting message. This one came from American CIA. More precisely, from one of the border outposts in one of American star systems. This particular outpost was located just on the border of United Nations space with Laconian space. Since the fall of Minenia and Attica caused by Holy Order, with the first being reintegrated within UN and latter being annexed by Laconia, Laconian Republic became a new regional power, rivaling not only UNSA, but also any other Human power, such as United States, Russia, China, Mars and few others. Any of their moves was closely observed. You could say, that there was kind of a Cold War between UN and LR, as well as all allies the two had.
The message was as follows:
From: Central Intelligence Agency, Langley, Earth
To: Intelligence and Counter Terrorist Agency, Ankara, Earth
TOP SECRET:
1. Scout satellite in Danton System-detecting two [2] Laconian fleets. Severe System [1] and Klonia System [2].
2. Possible operational danger on Vengra Hyperspace Route.
3. Wait for further reports.
OVER
Sabari narrowed his eyes. Now that was interesting. It was not a secret, that Laconia openly declared their ambitions of replacing Earth as seat of Human power. However, they never had enough military power to do it. But now, who knew? The Post-Great Galactic War Disarmament Treaty lowered the military potential of UNSA by at least forty percent. This was not a problem, considering that all superpowers of the Galaxy also signed the Treaty. This was chance for Laconia, but the post-war reconstruction consumed enough funds, stopping them from rearming.
Sabari quickly marked it as 'NEEDS SPECIAL ATTENTION'. Whatever Laconians were planning, this could not been neglected.
But this was not the matter for today. After finishing reports and messages, he was going to simply go into the city and eat something. At least, the Galaxy was at peace and no war was fought both here or in Andromeda.
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And there is the prologue. Hope you liked this short introduction and I hope you like the story. I don't have anything to say, so that's about it.
See you in chapter 1!
