A/N: Well guys…. This is gonna be a wild fucking ride for me as finals is drawing nearer and nearer by the day, But first off: I want to respond to reviews on the last chapter, It's about goddamned time I address you guys directly rather than indirectly as I have been.
Valkrus: I won't buddy, Thanks for the advice and thank you for the kind words.
Azai Jin: Oh there'll be a lot more that'll happen buddy especially in this chapter… and please take some notes from the way I present things and this also goes to all of you.
For me Quality matters a lot more than quantity, I put 100% of my effort into these stories because I love you guys like y'all my friends and family.
The Guest who left a long ass review: That's a damn good question regarding Carriers, And I think I have a theory why think of how Before Humanity entered The Galactic Stage it was almost the same as World War 1 in the sense where you would have ships pound the absolute hell out of one another until either your fleet is still standing strong or until you or the enemy retreats or is destroyed outright.
But with the Humans I guess the rest of the Galaxy woke up to the Potential of Having Fighter Escorts to escort their fleets and to provide air support for Ground Troops, The Empire already had Carriers in Service as far back as the late 2100s, Most of these Carriers are of their Predecessors Designs and indeed half of these ships are of Celestian origins, Until The Fragmentation of the Celestial Imperial Empire and it's rebirth into the Terran Imperial Empire before the onset of the 2nd Celestian Civil War or in Terran Records the War of Two brothers broke out between the Loyalist Celestians and Terrans versus the Dark Celestians and Dark Terrans, Now getting back to Mass Effect, As I said the races of the ME Galaxy before they met humanity had no idea about Carriers, fuck probably until they saw what us crazy humans did with ships carrying Fighters that they took note of it and went like: "Hey the humans are doing this, So why don't we copy them as well?" It's… crazy but true.
Anyway Enough talk, let's dive into the story, Shall we?
The Unknown Races' Homeworld, The Rift System, Harbin Class Dropship, Angel of Mercy.
Sarah sat down on one of the many benches on the Dropship, as she looked around the hold of the shuttle, She saw the Peregrine Guardsmen and women accompanying her. Most of these men and women are veterans from the Days of Lady Irene and Lord Arcanus… Her Grandmother and grandfather respectively but Sarah wasn't entirely concerned about her Protection, She was more concerned about the Battle for Kar'shan, in spite of the fact that Imperial Forces were on the verge of winning the War, The Batarians were putting up a stiff fight but was slowly but steadily losing ground and Terran Casualties were rising Sharply recent figures puts the Empire's casualties around 3 Million dead, 2 Million wounded or missing in action.
"Your highness, We've got clearance to land." The pilot reported over the inter-com as she nodded and stood up and spoke after looking at her guards.
"Understood, Y'all ready to make History?" Sarah asked her guards who nodded, Their silence a testament of the enduring Legacy of the Celestian Solar Guard before being reformed into the Peregrine Guard, Sarah had pondered why it was that among her many titles was the Solar Princess that garnered her wide-spread recognition from her Celestian Subjects, Of course ever since the Discovery of Terra and the inter-marrying between Her people and Celestians it was widely accepted that both groups are under one culture group namely Terrans since the line had blurred for the first time in 300 years, Since the beginning of the Celestial Imperial Empire to its end and Rebirth under the Terran Imperial Empire of which It still stands for 140 of those years til 2230 when she was born but for now, She had to stay focused, because diplomacy calls for her and she will answer…
The Landing Pad, Near the City of Lashan…
As the Shuttle Landed Commander Decius Marius Frontalis watched the Shuttle landed, The Prothean Commander had fought during the Prothean-Reaper War and was one of the very few survivors picked up by the Prothean Remnant Forces that was part of a Hidden Prothean Colony and any records pertaining to this Colony was known only to a select few Protheans in High Command of which… All were dead.
He was surprised when he saw a Squad of Soldiers exited wielding spears that also had a gun built into it and a Woman emerged, with her Helmet on her belt and the thing that stunned him and several other Prothean Soldiers was the fact the person was a Human, As the woman looked at him, She walked over and snapped into a Crisp but cool salute and her voice was Militarily crisp.
"Crown Princess Sarah Beatrice Smith of the Terran Imperial Empire, Commander of the 145th Terran Imperial Marine Division, Irene Battalion, Gypsy Company, Wrecker platoon, Orion squad." The Prothean was at a loss for words but for Sarah herself she was freaking the fuck out internally.
Holy shit these guys are Protheans…. Living and breathing Protheans. She thought to herself as the Prothean Commander at first spoke in an unknown Language but then he grabbed her after approaching her unexpectedly, Causing the Guards with her to tense up…
Sarah's Mental Landscape.
Sarah looked around and then noticed the Prothean next to her, She tensed up but he spoke in her language. "Calm down, I was only curious, But this will be an exchange from my people to yours, Primitive."
Sarah narrowed her eyes at him before speaking up. "For fuck's sake I am not even apart of this Galaxy and you fucking called me a Primitive? My people have been spacefaring for 300 years." Decius was surprised and looking through her Memories with her he was shocked to find out she was right and her people were like them and unlike them in so many ways, But for Decius there was a flicker of hope that arose in his Soul as he thought back to a Prophecy one in which Sarah picked up on as well.
"So… We're exchanging Memories and ideas… What does this Prophecy have to do with my People?" She asked as this snapped Decius out of his train of thought as he then asked a question.
"Perhaps, Pray tell what is Theta Ender Sarah?" He asked, deciding to not insult her further though that word Theta Ender suddenly caused a huge shift in her posture and stance as she looked away she sighed.
"An Zombie Virus escaped from an Ancient Bio-lab we didn't know about the outbreak at first, But when the Colony suddenly went Dark I was Eighteen at the time and I was deployed with my newly minted 1st Corps… What we found there was way beyond my fucking paygrade for not just me… But my officers and soldiers…" She said as the images shifted to Sarah and her soldiers landing and meeting with the Surviving Garrison Troops, The men and women of The Terran 1st Corps showed up with the Units that made up the corps: 145th Terran Imperial Marine Division, 395th Airborne Division, 45th 'Iron' Tank Division,492nd Mechanized Division 1st Terran Royal Army Division, 95th "Hyper-space runners'' Titan Legion, and the 194th Grenadiers Division which Decius was surprised by the grenadier's trust in Sarah to lead them to victory
"We landed at the Starport and after getting a briefing by the Sole surviving Planetary Defense Force General, I launched an all-out Assault upon the undead, It was slow at first and casualties mounted but it wasn't until one of my Tank platoons bursted through the enemy lines that I exploited it with Calvary and Mechanized Infantry." Decius and Sarah watched as her forces poured into the gap, And pressed the undead all the way back to the Research Center where Terran Forces laid siege for more than a Standard year.
"What did you find there?" Decius asked as the footage shifted to Sarah's helmet camera, What he saw terrified him, Ritualistic sacrifice, Blood on the walls of both Human and Non-Humans.
"No words can describe what the fuck I felt… Sorrow, Fear, Anger? All of those thrown out the fucking window even reason and logic." Sarah said as she shook her head before looking at him.
"We should get back, Your leadership is probably anxious as fuck about word from our two galaxies." Sarah said as Decius nodded in agreement while he still had a bit of pride and superiority but after seeing the shit She and her soldiers fought he respected her…
In the present.
Decius and Sarah moved away from each other as she was sweating, and Collapsed onto a Royal Guardsman's shoulder, Decius meanwhile stood there before he spoke in his language to his men and showed them Sarah's memories of Theta Ender.
"Ma'am what happened?" One of the Guardsmen asked as Sarah finally straightened up before speaking.
"I have no fucking idea what happened, Guardsman, All I know is we taught each other our memories and that's it." Sarah said, replying to his question before Decius stepped forward to provide the Answer for the Terrans who tensed up slightly.
"We have a gift of touch to see the memories of others, even our Environment, It was a necessity for us to survive in a Hostile Environment." He said as the Terrans nodded, allowing them to relax as they were taken to the palace where the Emperor of The Prothean Remnant…
Meanwhile back on Akuze, Terran Military Outpost.
Shepard and his Squad had been at the Terran outpost for little over two months now and that one day watching the Psi-Interrogator was still very much in their minds, Amria Crystoffer spoke up.
"Commander, these people… Do you think there's a Reason for them to be the way they are?" She asked as the Alliance Marines were currently reading up on the Alliance-Batarian War, Of which The Federation the Empire founded called The Terran Imperial Alliance declared war on the Batarian Hegemony, Which turned it from being a Purely Imperial Struggle into an All-out War between the Batarians and the Denizens of the Hellas Galaxy.
"I don't know…. But it seems like the Terrans and their allies hold an edge over the Batarians." Shepard said as they watched Terran and their Allies besiege Khar'Shan, The Batarians had this coming for a long time but no one knew it would be an outside Faction that will be the very thing that'll lead to the downfall of the Batarians.
"We're this way because of our ancient history." A familiar voice said as the Alliance Marines looked towards the doorway to see Lt. Commander Hailey O'Connell standing there, Clad in her Commando Armor, The woman entered and sat down at the table, Her Helmet was currently on her belt.
"What do you mean?" Toombs asked as the Woman leaned back in the chair, Her amber eyes locked onto Toombs as she spoke.
"Our history has been full of conquests and wars, But more so the Celestian Civil War and the Brothers' War, The two deadliest conflicts that saw our Empire torn apart by two Civil Wars and it caused so many deaths that it shattered our civilization's belief that our people could never fall to corruption… And from there the Modern Terran Empire as we know it now is born, Religion for a time overtaken Science but it wasn't until the Birth of her most Solar Highness that Science and Religion co-exists side by side…" She said as the Alliance marines stared at the Imperial Commander as one of her Soldiers darted in panting out of breath
"Lieutenant Commander, We found the Cerberus Base, Her highness has detached Elements of the 145th specifically Ice Company to support our Offensive." Hailey stood up quickly and nodded before barking out orders.
"Get all of our forces prepared for the Assault, Commander Shepard shall we hit these fuckers?" Hailey asked as she put her Helmet on her head as Shepard agreed and each and every last one of them headed to their Tanks and APCs for the push on Salvation Base…
Meanwhile on the Citadel, Terran Imperial Empire's Embassy.
Urdnot Wrex sat in the Terran embassy talking to ambassador James Young, The Terran Ambassador to the Citadel Council, He also had a huge amount of respect for Victor the brother of the Ambassador.
"So… I sent word to her royal highness, She hasn't responded yet to it, She's currently in negotiations with an new alien race." Ambassador Young said as Wrex nods and was in deep thought as he then spoke.
"How will you guys cure the Genophage? The Salarians and Turians gave it to us after my people rebelled." He asked as Young looked up after sipping from his Coffee mug before setting it down and handed him a PDA to which Wrex accepted and was surprised to see the words
GENOPHAGE RESEARCH AND CURE PROJECT
"I think you'll be interested in this Wrex. Her Highness has given authorization alongside the Senate for our Research and Disease Prevention Agency to work on curing the Genophage, We only need Krogan Support to make it happen." Wrex thought this was too good to be true but then again…. The Terrans were basically a Rogue state of its own and has allies to back up it's every word, Hell he is even allowed access to a Star map of the Hellas Galaxy and what he saw absolutely shocked the Krogan Battle-master: The Empire has hundreds if not thousands of Colonies and the life-style of the Imperial Citizenry isn't as decadence as one would expect oh no… The Empire has a Military-Industrial Complex but emphasis on Quality and Quantity was part of the reason why the Empire has survived for over four hundred Years, The Empires' production is also staggering with most planetary output operating at 100% efficiency this was thanks to the many Laws and often Governmental Oversight and Religious Authorities ensuring that the furnaces of war is always glowing hot, From the Massive Urban worlds to even the Furnaces of the Forge and Industrial worlds, and indeed even the most lowly of Argrain Worlds all have a part to play.
"This is impressive." Wrex said after reading through it all, He was genuinely sold on an Alliance between the Empire and his people and Ambassador Young smiled warmly and handed him some documents as he then spoke.
"Well, then… Let's ratify an Accord together, one that mutually benefits our two peoples and then we can give the council a Royal fuck you." James said and Wrex started laughing as the Terrans within the office smiled at each other: The Citadel Council is not going to keep doing the same shit they've been doing to this Galaxy for long, If anything The Empire will protect not just Humanity but any species wronged by the Council…
Within Valern's Office.
Valern stared at his screen in shock and horror, The Terrans had just allied themselves with the Krogan and it turns out that STG fears has been realized but that's not the only issue plaguing Valern at the current, The Terrans were in the process of Annexing Batarian worlds and dismantling their slaver based empire, Of course such a thing normally would've been a welcomed sight by the Denizens of the Council Races but in truth it is a blatant fuck you to the Council to make matters worse Anita Goyle and the Systems Alliance were currently in talks with the Terrans to join the Empire's Federation something which alarmed the Turians and Asari as it became more and more clearer the Terrans were up to something but what and why?
"I'm wondering if and when I will meet the Empire's Commander?" He asked his brother Kirrahe who shurgged as he replied.
"I have no idea, Agents on Rederan have acquired news of a First Contact meeting between the Empire and an unknown Race, we still don't-" He was cut off as a News report began playing from the Terran News Network which recently allowed it's own news reports to be shared to the Galactic Community.
"This is just in, Her most royal highness had sent a report back to her father our Beloved Emperor and the reports was just recently been gifted to us by The Emperor himself: The Crown princess has re-discovered a thought long-dead Civilization thought wiped out by the Citadel Species, The protheans, Our news Correspondents have noted that Grand Admiral Micheal and Lord Valerian and Lt. Commander Vanessa has refused to comment on the matter at hand,We'll be continuing coverage on this latest event as it unfolds, for now This is Krystal Gail signing off." The news report ends as Valern and Kirrahe stared at each other in shocked silence and already the news prompted a reaction out of the denizens of the Galaxy as many began to re-think what they thought of the Protheans, Even Scholars across the Galaxy are heavily debating everything they thought they knew but even so…. The Quarians are next on the Imperial Agenda of Alliances…
The 4th "Hell-storm" Imperial Navy Fleet, Not far from Daleon.
Rear Admiral Collin Edwards sat in his Command Chair watching as his fleet jumped out of hyper-space aboard the Flagship, The ISS Spirit of Irene a Cyprus Class Battle-ship was the troops of the 8th Terran Imperial Royal Army Division and Jemma'Gemma vas Harrah who was talking with Ambassador Anne Denise Schaffer, Another friend of Sarah, She was probably the one person Sarah knew could assuage fears of others and show them the Empire in a positive light.
"Sir, Looks like we found the Quarians." An Ensign reported as he stood up and nodded.
"Send them a Communications request as well as an invitation for their chosen representatives to come aboard, Docking Bay Oh one, Send a Report to Sarah and High Command, We found them." He said as his crew busied themselves carrying out their Commander's orders Jemma did her part and made sure that the offer they were sending was Genuine and as Anne and Jemma walked off the bridge to the meeting room, Collin sighed and began to drink some Whiskey, it will be a long 2 Days of Diplomacy with the Quarians and he'll sure as hell fight to protect them, alongside Imperial Naval warships, He has some Hospital ships accompanying the Fleet which was part of the Cult of Irene's Hospice Order, The Terrans were ready to ensure that the Quarians not only have Check-ups and decent health-care but were quite willing to help their populations increase for the First time in years…
Hello, everyone! I am almost done with Warhammer 30k's next chapter and I am almost done with finals, I am slowly getting back into my habit of writing and now I present to you Chapter 6 of StellarEffect, Yes this story will feature my ideas and beliefs on other Prothean Contingencies, because… Let's be honest these fuckers probably had a lot more protocols and contigencies set up in the event of their Empires' fall, Hell the Empire itself has 3 Protocols for Governmental Continuation should something happens to either Terra, The Royal Family or in the event of an unstoppable Crisis which will force the Empire to carry out a massive evacuation effort to ensure it's survival.
With that being said thank you all for being here and have a nice day.
