Ok, I feel a bit burned out for writing the other stories so I'm writing a short FanFic where the Reapers immediately get curb stomped.
Extreme Mass Effect and Stellaris AU, and a hint of HFY (or is it CFY, as its a coalition, not just Humanity?)
Anyways, here's a somewhat short story where we immediately go into curb-stomping the Reapers. Not supposed to be realistic. enjoy.
Codex: The United Nations of Sol's Rise.
2023- After Rising tensions and deciding to act, the Third World War starts with NATO, Russia, and most of the United Nations on one side, and the Coalition of Authoritarian states on the other.
2027- WW3 ends, the UN is victorious. The death count is 23 million.
2030 - Efforts are made by the UN to repair the planet from climate change. International efforts are made by several nations for a moon base.
2038 - Armstrong city is constructed as the first Human settlement on Luna. Helium three, which is exported back to Earth, makes Fusion energy possible.
2041 - New sublight engines allow for faster travel, which helps in the colonization of the belt for resources.
2045 - The European Union creates the first outpost on Mars. Other outposts by other nations are built quickly.
2053 - Tensions rise between Earth and several outer colonies. The UN assembles its own military force called the United Nations Allied Force. Meanwhile, political reforms are made so colonies have a bigger voice.
2059 - The interplanetary wars begin, though there is less bloodshed than WW3 due to the efforts of negotiators and less radical rebels.
2062 - The interplanetary wars end, with the UN victorious, though all colonies have some form of autonomy.
2070 - Fusion power eliminates the need for fossil fuel. Research into terraforming Mars begins.
2084 - Terraforming of Mars, Venus, and Luna begins. The UNAF begins growing in strength.
2090s - Fed up with the slow advance of Human exploration, the Ulysses project begins with the support of corporations. 6 ark ships are built heading into deep space .
2093 - the expeditions leave using experimental wormhole drives. All 6 ark ships lose contact with Earth.
2100 - The Solar System celebrates the 2100 new years. Then, a massive discovery on Mars is made, an Ancient Warship. This throws many into a panic.
2102 - Efforts made by Human scientists unearth a 20 KM long warship called the Grand Herald. They discover 2 ancient AIs who have used the names of Triumph and Gaia. Both claim to be from an ancient empire called the Irassian Concordat that existed millions of years ago. They claimed this empire was destroyed by a race called the Unbidden, which is supposed to return in a matter of centuries. They call upon Humanity to defend the galaxy.
2103 - Humanity rallies to the call of the Irassian AIs. The United Nations of Sol is formed with the task of defending the galaxy.
2104-2400 - The Golden Age of Humanity begins. An age of peace for the Human race as they use the technology of the Irassians to carve out a nation in the galaxy, New technology ends many of the sufferings of the 21st century. Yet space is surprisingly quiet and the Human race, along with their new AI brothers, continues to build up their military while facing some rebellion due to previeced facism in the UNS.
2400-2503 - the age of contact. During this period, Humanity comes into contact with dozens of new races. Three nations in Particular, the Vissari Planetary Directorate, the Ztrakphor Parliamentary Kingdom, and the Lox-Ungrak Union come together and form the Pact of Defiance with Humanity. Humanity also discovers their lost brothers in the Ulysses Project, the Commonwealth of Man. A number of moderate size wars are fought amongst the empires of the galaxy, with the UNS fighting a few to better understand space combat.
2503-2537 - the age of conflict begins. Due to rising tensions, Much of the known galaxy breaks into open warfare, with the Pact, ancients, and Commonwealth of Man. Much of the galaxy descends into war. Meanwhile, the neutral nations are enjoying a time of technological enlightenment, with megastructures, genetic therapy, nanites, and other wonderful machines.
2537-2545 - a raiding fleet attempts to sack a Vissari Colony, bringing the Pact into the war. The Pact, in a surprising show of efficacy, knocks out every belligerent in the 1st Galactic War. Despite only fighting minor proxy conflicts and insurgents, the Pact knows how to fight tanks to the wealth of experience accumulated by the Humans.
2545 - 2700 - the age of silence. During this period, the galaxy experiences an age of prosperity and technological advancement. AIs, wormhole stations, and large machines meant to bore out resources for the galaxy become commonplace. Only minor conflicts are fought in this age.
2700- 2705 - the great Unbidden war begins. The Unbidden attack. Despite early gains by the UNbidden, the Pact and the rest of the Galaxy pool their resources and destroy the Unbidden wormhole while detonating a dark matter bomb that severely damages the Unbidden's home realm. The Unbidden are wiped out.
2705 - 2900 - the second age of enlightenment. With the victory over the Unbidden, Humanity and their Pact allies become the Custodians of the Galaxy. The galaxy rebuilds, and the United Nations of Sol (which is now a more traditional government rather than an alliance of nations) leads the galaxy to a new age. The population reaches the dozens of Trillions and new races are discovered. Dyson Spheres, Fortress, Matter Decompressors, Ring Worlds, and Megashipyards dot the galaxy. Antimatter, Darkmatter, teleportation, and other technologies are now everyday technologies. The Galaxy reaches Post-Scarcity age.
Add on: 2857- 2868 the Dust War occurs. Explorers discover a world with Human on it. They are known to be some of the last pisnoics users in the galaxy. They are trapped under an energy disruption field that interferes with local energy resources. The planet, later named Remnant, also holds a mutated version of the Prethoyrn Scourge. UNS and Pact forces launch one of the large ground invasion of the planet, freeing the planet from these cursed monstors. Many of the inhabitants join the United Nations Intelligence Service or the Special Operations Command.
2900 - the Grand revelation. While combing through ancient archives, scientists discover something that the Irassian Concordat seeded many of the Galaxy's races in another galaxy. Most notably the Humans. They also discover the potential threat of the Reapers. This causes the Pact, which is reformed into the Coalition of Allied Nations, to begin looking into travelling to this other galaxy, which is the Triangulum Galaxy.
2905 - the Great push. The Coalition discovers an extragalactic cluster near the Triangulum Galaxy. Work begins on colonizing the worlds of the Cluster, named the Zentunzin Cluster, after the Admiral that led the first counterattack on the Unbidden. Military infrastructure is constructed in case the reapers become a threat. The main military command is in the Phoenix system.
2913/ 2186CE - The UNS tenth fleet begins the first major FTL jump into the Triangulum Galaxy. The 10th fleet runs into the reapers and makes hostile contact. Reaper forces are decimated. Coalition Command authorizes Operation Sunshine in the Darkness to begin.
UNS Taipei (Broadside Class Super-Titan), observation deck.
2913, October 4th.
Valhallan Threshold.
Field Marshal Victor Ross watched as the Carriers and Battleships of his fleet float around. He smiled, nearly 800 years of development and work had resulted in over a million top-of-the-line Capital Ships and many more cruisers and automated patrol vessels protecting the Coalition. And now, he had 500 Capital Ships moving into the first system outside the wormhole system.
The UNS Taipei was the first Super-titan. At nearly 40 Kilometers long, armed with thousands of kinetic artillery batteries, energy siphons, plasma cannons, thousands of fighters, and many gauss, auto, and laser cannons. Most of all, it had 3 spinal mounted Arc Cannons, 2 Particle Cannons, and 2 Mega Cannons meant to devastate entire squadrons of Capital ships or whole fleets of smaller vessels.
"Field Marshal, the Fleet is ready." a voice called out. Ross turned to face the AI in control of the ship, EVA. A Human Female AI, shared the smile with Ross. Displaying from her hologram, she was Human in almost every way.
"Good to know. It was nearly 150 years since the last major deployment of UNS forces on a combat mission. Hard to believe that we're invading another galaxy." Ross said.
"We're not invading, just an aggressive exploration mission. Besides, the Reapers could be around here." Eva stated.
"Eva, you know how to be optimistic." Ross chuckles.
"Something You can learn Ross." another Female voice called out. Ross turned to see his Wife, Fleet Admiral Sophia Limburn of the UNS tenth fleet.
"Good to see you Honey. Ready to get this show on the road?" Ross smiled.
"There's the man I married. All 500 Battleships and Carriers of the tenth fleet are ready. Escort Fleets 1-16 are ready." Limburn said, giving Ross a hug.
"Right, EVA, get the fleet ready. Spool up both Jump Drives. Time we see it this galaxy has something we can conquer. All hands to Combat Readiness Condition 2." Ross said as both him and Limburn went up to the bridge.
"Yes sir, spooling up the Jump Drives," Eva reported.
Both Field Marshal Ross and Fleet Admiral Limburn entered the bridge to see a number of officers and enlisted running around completing tasks.
"Field Marshal, Fleet Admiral, all ships are ready. Phoenix Command has given us the authorization to jump." Eva reported.
"Very well, let's make history. All ships, jump to waypoint Alpha," Ross ordered.
"Jumping in 3, 2, 1." a white flash engulfed every ship in the fleet and the entire tenth fleet jumped.
At the outer edges of the Paz system, over 5000 warships jumped into the system.
"We're here. Uninhabited system would make a great outpost. Activating sensors." Eva said. There was some cheering in the bridge and on the comms.
"Eva, what's out there?" Ross asked.
"Let's see. One barren world, a moon, an asteroid belt, hey what's this? Found 3 dozen artificial contacts." Eva said, happily.
"Bring it on screen," Ross ordered. The screen showed a squid-like ship nearly 2 kilometres long and another over 200 metres long.
'Those are tiny. Our cruisers are the same length and our now obsolete first-generation corvettes are bigger than that tiny squid." Remarked an officer.
"Comms, attempt a hail. If we're going into a shooting war, better us be on the defensive." Ross ordered.
"Hailing. No response." the Comms officer said.
"Their range is now 2 million kilometres. They appear to be charging, Kinetic Barriers?" Eva asked.
"Why? What's wrong with barriers? Half of our weapons are kinetic." Limburn asked.
"Yay but, these barriers, they're Eezo powered. And they're not rated for defending against energy weapons, and they're pathetically weak by even 22nd century standards." Eva frowned.
"Alright, what about weapons, speed, and fighter complement?" Limburn asked.
"Let's see, their main weapon appears to be a large energy weapon, which apparently sends molten metal at the speed of light. And its covered in a laser grid system for shooting down missiles. Fighter complement appears to be these weird eyeball drones. As for speed, that's the only part I'm impressed with. It's capable of keeping up with our battleships and cruisers, at least the smaller ones." Remarked EVA.
"Do any of these ships match any ship designs? Presently used, mothballed, or from the Irassian archives?" Ross asked.
"Actually yes, these match the so-called Reapers that we came here to investigate. Should we open fire?" Eva replied.
"Hmm, get me the UNS Platina," Ross ordered.
"This is Platina, send traffic." a voice over the comms asked.
"Platina, this is Ross. I want you to take your battleship and 3 cruisers and get closer to those contacts. These Squids, I want to see if they are hostile." Ross ordered.
"Yes sir. Full steam ahead." Ross watched as the 5 Kilometre Battleship and 2 kilometre cruisers that made up the battlegroup.
"Range is 600,000 kilometres. Their not stopping." the captain of the Platina reported.
"Keep hailing them," Ross ordered.
"Uh, they're charging their big energy guns," Eva reported.
That was when one of the Reapers, a Sovereign Class, fired one very large red beam that impacted against the Platina's shields.
"They're firing on us." the Platina's captain reported.
"Shield strength?" Ross asked.
"Uh, 100%. That hit weaker than a Blue Laser." was the response he got back.
"Platina, you're clear to engage. Show these squids what happens when you mess with the Coalition." Ross ordered.
"Aye Sir! Charging Gamma Lasers and Phase Disruptors." Platina's captain replied excitedly.
The turrets of the battleship and cruisers turned towards the Reapers. Then a bright flash of gold came out of one of the turrets. It sliced right through the Reaper, causing it to explode into thousands of smaller pieces.
Taken by surprise, the Reapers attempted to break off their attack. However the Cruisers fired several energy siphons. Power quickly drained from the Reapers, rendering its weapons, propulsion, and barriers offline in a matter of seconds.
"Platina, this is Ross. I want you to use those Reapers as target practice. She how well they fare against our autocannons." Ross radioed the battleship.
"Understood. CWIS and secondaries Sections 4 and 8, fire at will."
Thousands of shells, many reach 60 millimeters in diameter, smashed into the Reapers' armour. Not accustomed to losing it's barriers so quickly, the Reapers' shell succumbed to the barrage of large bullets hitting it. The destroyer fell quickly, and the Sovereign classes went down with ease.
"Kills confirmed Platina. Congratulations, your battlegroup just earned its first kills and you hold the distinction of having the first ship to ship kills in the Triangulum Galaxy." Ross said, smiling.
"Thank you sir!" the Captain responded.
"Eva, disperse our sensor data across the fleet's AIs. Have the AIs begin analyzing this information. Find any tricks the Reapers might have. Comms! Get Phoenix Command on the Horn. Tell them that the Coalition is at war." Ross ordered.
"Yes Sir!" Eva and the comms officer reported.
Ross turned to Limburn. "Looks like we might have someone to vent our anger against."
Outer boundaries of the Paz System.
Random STG stealth ship
"WHAT THE FUCK." was all the Salarian agent could say.
They were sent by the STG to shadow Reaper forces and to determine whether or not the Reaper fleet present would be moving onto the Terminus system or on Salarian space. Now, they just saw a single super- no, an Ultra-dreadnaught and several super dreadnaughts demolish 3 dozen reapers.
And that wasn't counting the many more ships, including the one that was nearly the size of the Citadel.
"GET US OUT OF HERE! WE NEED TO WARN THE COUNCIL OF THIS DEVELOPMENT!" Shouted the ship, Captain.
"These newcomers, they could be the end of the Reapers." whispered some naive agent.
The STG captain was extremely doubtful. If they had this much power, what would happen when the Reapers were gone?
Broadside Class SuperTitan:
The Broadside class is an experimental Titan class meant for long-range missions for the Coalition of Allied Nations. It's design is a combination of the UNS's Reptilian design, the Commonwealth's Humanoid design, and a hint of the superstar destroyer from Star Wars. Despite being over 40 KM long, the Broadside is still a rather fast ship, thanks to it's dark matter reactors, propulsion drives, and Jump Drives. In addition to being a large gun battery, the Broadside also carries and maintains 8 cruisers (2 KM long cruisers) or light Carriers. You simply cannot outflank something when there are guns everywhere.
Current ships of the Class;
1. UNS Broadside (relegated to defence at the Interstellar Coalition Station).
2. ZRS Morater (under construction)
3. COMS Deneb (stationed in the Deneb system).
4. VSS Viss (Stationed over Viss)
5. UNS Taipei (Assigned to the 10th fleet under Operation Sunshine under the Darkness, under command of Field Marshal Victor Ross).
8 more ships being built by other nations