Talking
Thought
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Altering someone's mind was a lot easier when you had hundreds of years to slowly change their opinions and behaviors. Hippolyta remembered everything, she remembered not only her rape but also those of her sisters, despite me attempting to help the first time she shouldn't have trusted me. Nanites dropped on her when we first met, at superspeed, made her trust me and gave her the push she needed to dislike the gods. Of course, through the years I watched and observed the Amazons to pick out the ones with the most influence, they got nanites as well. When Hippolyta eventually brought the idea to them, these ones would be the people who would turn the others.
I was sad I hadn't met Diana yet; I didn't want to approach her outside of Paradise Island because Batman would somehow get involved. Then he would involve the League and I would have to deal with them bothering me while I tried to get the Amazons on my side so I would have to play nice. She was gorgeous though; I couldn't wait to have her under my control and not just for obvious reasons. "Of course, I need to meet her and get nanites on her before she thinks I'm brainwashing her sisters and decides to fight me." I chuckled and looked down at Earth from the cloaked Atlantis.
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Diana always enjoyed coming home to Paradise Island, no where on Earth was as peaceful or beautiful and to see her sisters again was always pleasant. It was odd for her mother to suddenly summon her, she was worried but her mother didn't mention a problem so she didn't think there was anything wrong. She landed the League Javelin, their space capable aircraft, in a field not to far from the city but a bit farther then usual so she could enjoy the flight through the Island. After a leisurely flight and some small talk with a few sisters who waved her down she made her way into her mothers mansion and was guided to a large meeting room. "This is serious." Diana thought when she saw who was in the room already.
Her Aunt Antiope, General of the Amazons and sister to Hippolyta, a strong and fierce warrior. Philippus, Captain of the Guard and a good friend of Diana's and Hessia, a General for one of the Amazon legions and one of the oldest. Finally was Areto, their Chief Healer and one of the wisest Amazons Diana knew. "So you were invited as well?" Areto said with a smile as she stood and walked to hug Diana, her arms out wide.
"Hello Areto." Diana hugged her. "Antiope, Philippus, Hessia." She nodded to her sisters as she said their names, all of which returned the nod. "Why has mother called us here today?"
"They are as in the dark as you daughter." All the women turned to see their Queen walking in, closing large wooden doors behind her as well.
"Mother." Diana bowed her head. "It is good to see you, though you didn't say there was a problem this meeting does not ease my worry."
"There is no emergency but there is something we all need to discuss." Hippolyta said and gestured to the table; the Amazons took their seats.
"What has you worried sister?" Antiope asked, she knew her sister better then the others.
"Diana, did you bring the lasso?" Hippolyta asked, Diana looked confused but nodded and pulled the rope off her hip. "Good, what I have to say will not make sense and even seem a lie even from me so I want there to be no doubt on what I say to be true." She held out her right arm and Diana looped the lasso on her.
"Sister, what information do you need to say to us that we would not believe?" Antiope asked, almost leaning forward in anticipation of what it could be.
"The Lasso of Hestia compels you to speak truthfully." Diana added and the lasso glowed with power.
The Amazons listened carefully as their Queen began spilling a tale, Diana now understood why her mother wanted to use the lasso, she wouldn't believe this if they didn't. "Time travel, rape, murder…. To think they could have gone through so much."
"You are saying we were raped by those bastards." Antiope slammed her fist on the table. "We should have gutted them all."
"You have been holding onto these memories all this time." Areto muttered with a frown. "Why couldn't you have shared this with us?"
Hippolyta removed the lasso. "What good would come from that?" She asked. "The point of my attempts was to make my sisters happier, not let them think about what could have been." She sighed. "When I think back to how we were, the anger we had, no matter how justified…." She shook her head. "We are better off now, happier, stronger."
They all sat in silence on that, Diana admitted that is sounded like they were better off then what their fate should have been, but she didn't like it. "You trust this man?" Hessia asked, breaking the silence.
"Entirely?" Hippolyta asked then shook her head. "No, however he answers my questions and I do not sense hesitation or subterfuge from him."
"Can we trust his word is true?" Antiope asked. "How do you know this is not another trap, one where he used your trust in him to trick us?"
"Another reason Diana has brought the lasso home." Hippolyta answered. "If we decide to hear him out more, our final answer is contingent on what he says under the lasso's power." They nodded at that.
"We are considering this?" Diana asked, having sat silent long enough. "Leaving our home, abandoning the Gods? Abandoning Earth?"
"The Gods seem fine with abandoning us." Philippus said. "Three times Diana, three different times we were punished for surviving." Diana frowned.
"Of course, Zeus would always favor his precious son." Hessia muttered.
"I am more curious about his ability to grant us children." Areto said. "To have little ones running around again would be nice, passing on our wisdom." She sighed. "I do miss it."
"Could we not find a way here?" Diana asked. "The Justice League has many resources, perhaps we could find a way?"
"Have you heard of any such thing happening in the world of man?" Areto asked.
"No but just because I have not doesn't mean there isn't a way." Diana said.
"True." Hippolyta said, surprising them. "But if there were, do you not think your friends would have told you?" Diana frowned. "They know men are not allowed on Paradise Island, they know you are the only child born here and that we are not found of men. Would they not have brought it to your attention?"
"It could be experimental, possible dangerous or even still under development." Diana replied. "Perhaps no one wanted to get my hopes up until the time was right."
"And he has a way now." Hessia cut in. "Not later, not possibly, now."
"What of the Gods?" Diana asked. "If we were to just leave what would they think, how would they react?" Their wrath was not something to laugh at. "Do you think they will just let us go unpunished?"
"Diana." She looked at her mother. "This man, no, this being Magnus took me backwards through time, not even the Gods are capable of this. Who knows what else he could accomplish?"
"Athena, Hera and Artemis." Antiope said drawing their attention. "Besides those three the rest either resent us or don't care what we do unless it involves them."
"What of Doom's Doorway?" Diana pointed out.
"As Magnus pointed out others watched it before us." Hippolyta said. "The Justice League perhaps, or the Gods could enlist the armies of men."
Diana sighed, those answers made sense and men could walk on Paradise Island if the Amazons were gone. "This all seems so strange; we have been here for centuries."
"Prisoners." Hessia added quickly.
"And you all seem just fine with leaving." Diana ignored the woman's comment.
"I am not." Antiope quickly said. "Not yet at least but to just turn away from a chance to be what we once were, to raise Amazons again, that is not something we should walk away from."
"I have always honored the Gods, but I wouldn't say I was not angry at them." Philippus said. "They punished us for defending ourselves Diana, for keeping our sisters safe we were sent off to an Island."
"Apparently also for being raped and enslaved." Hessia muttered.
"The only reward we have ever received for our work in defending Doom's Doorway was you Diana." Hippolyta said. "He has done more for us then the Gods ever have, he gave me the chance to save our sisters. If we, as sisters, decide to accept his offer I will still ensure everything he says is true before we go anywhere." Diana and her mother stared at each other for a few seconds, then the younger amazon stood.
"So long as we are moving forward cautiously, I do not want us to be tricked into something." Diana said.
"Agreed." Antiope voiced from her seat.
"I think we are all in agreement there." Hippolyta replied. "But the purpose of today's meeting was to see if we should even bring this before the others."
"We should." Areto said. "We need to decide if we will hear him out, if we do, he will be questioned under the lasso's power and from there we will decide what to do." She looked to the others to see them nodding.
"Very well, spread the word that we will have a gathering tonight and all Amazons need to attend." Hippolyta ordered, they all nodded and then headed out to spread the word.
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I watched the meeting between the Amazons thanks to a cloaked Kino, those things were extremely handy. I was glad the nanites did their job correctly, no one was overtly against or for the plan but leaning towards it with hesitation was enough for Diana to not suspect anything. Tomorrow was the seventh day since my meeting with Hippolyta so hopefully Diana wouldn't get back to the Justice League and ask to many questions or bring them in. Once I got there, I could give her the nanites and then alter her mind, just to make her want to go with her sisters to their new home. From her actions I could tell she was hesitant for them to accept the offer because it would force her to choose between them and the Justice League, I was going to make it for her.
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I smiled as I looked around the meeting hall, though I had to make sure not to look to happy or smug because that might make them resent me. Hippolyta had meet me at her balcony and walked me through the mansion to the meeting hall, I don't think she trusted the others to not question me. "Sisters, this is Magnus the man we have been discussing." Hippolyta announced as we entered the room, stopping us in the middle of it. "We have discussed your proposal and before we make any decisions, we have questions."
"I will do my best to answer them." I replied, knowing what was coming but feigning ignorance.
"This is my daughter Diana." I turned to look at the approaching woman, the video did not do her justice.
"That outfit is way better than I thought." I had noticed what she wore during the meeting but in person to video was so much better.
"Greetings Magnus." Diana said to me and I gave a small nod to her.
"Princess Diana." I replied, she frowned at the title though.
"The lasso she holds is known as the Lasso of Truth." Hippolyta cut in while Diana pulled it off her hip. "Under its power you will be compelled to speak the truth no matter what we ask. Joining you is dependent on you answering a few questions we have."
I nodded but I was curious how this would go; the Lasso of Truth was extremely powerful artifact but it wasn't more powerful than an Infinity Stone. I was confident the Mind Stone would protect me from having to tell the truth, the question was do I play dumb or tell them. "No problem." I held out my arm and watched curiously as Diana looped it over my arm. As soon as it was tied on my arm the Mind Stone flared to life, though I tried to suppress it I couldn't because of the amount of power, my hand and eyes shone with a yellow light which caused several Amazons to gasp. I felt a vast pressure attack my mind, but the Mind Stone held it at bay, a psychic shield forming around my mind and not budging under the assault of psychic energy from the lasso. "It seems we have a problem Queen Hippolyta."
"What is happening?" She asked, I had to give her credit she didn't sound confused at all.
"It seems your Lasso of Truth is not powerful enough to compel me to answer honestly." I replied. "As proof I am wearing a purple dress."
"He can resist the lasso." Diana muttered perplexed, not surprising as no one ever had before.
"I would assume this poses a problem then." I said looking to Hippolyta. "I doubt my word that I will answer honestly is going to work."
Hippolyta frowned and looked around the room, all the Amazons were either looking at me in wonder or whispering to each other. "Perhaps you could give us some time to speak amongst ourselves."
"Of course, I can find my way back to your quarters and promise to wait there." It wasn't like I didn't have a Kino in the room, I could tap into the audio and listen in. With a smile I sped off to let them figure out what they wanted to do.
The talks were far more interesting than I thought they would be, as only the Olympian's themselves could resist the power of the lasso I had impressed many of them. I wasn't even using the nanites and some were voting to trust my word, though it was not a large faction, so I was still going to have to manipulate a few of them. I started with Antiope; besides Hippolyta she was the most influential and her word carried plenty of weight. She had already supported the idea of leaving so it wasn't out of place for Hippolyta, Diana, and the other higher up Amazons to speak up in my favor. Hippolyta pointed out that I had plenty of chances to do something to her or the Amazons but only showed up after years of them resettling. After two hours of speaking, and only a bit of manipulation, a result was found but it was not what I had expected, though I was happy with it.
Hippolyta came to get me and gestured for me to wait in the center of the room while she moved to her throne, Diana and Antiope stood on either side of her. "We have debated and come to an agreement, while the Amazons are interested in joining you the fact, that we cannot fully trust your word gives us pause."
"Understandable, what can I do to change that?" I asked, though it was unnecessary.
"We have an idea." Hippolyta turned to her daughter.
"While we still wish to ask you some questions, we also request you take me and show me the world you plan to give us, allow me to see you Empire and the technology that you told us about." Diana answered. "Once we return, I can be put under the lassos power to prove you speak true."
"An interesting proposal." I replied, doing my best to not seem eager to get Diana under my thumb so quickly. "I see no reason to deny it and I appreciate the trust you have in me Princess Diana."
"My mother trust you, I believe in her judgement of you." Diana replied. "I will require time to prepare for our departure, are you in a hurry to leave?"
I shook my head. "No hurry, I will bring a way to contact me here and when you are ready you can send a message."
"Could you not give me something to take with me, I could leave from the Leagues Headquarters in space." Diana said. "It would shorten our time."
"Ah, she's trying to get me on the Leagues radar." I thought with a smile. "I don't have anything prepared, so I will have to bring it here." I answered.
"I could give you the coordinates and you could bring it." She replied quickly.
"Hmmmm, perhaps that could work." I said and acted like I was thinking about it while sending a message to the nanites in Hippolyta.
"You wish to leave without saying goodbye Diana?" Hippolyta asked, causing Diana to whip around to her. "This is a diplomatic mission for us, not the Justice League. They do not need to interfere in our business."
Diana frowned but gave a reluctant nod. "Of course, mother, I was just trying to find the most suitable way to begin my journey."
Obviously, Diana was still on the fence about this, I was going to have to watch out for some tricks from Batman and the Justice League when I picked her up. "Well with that out of the way." I channeled the Reality Stone and made a chair for myself. "So, what questions do you have?" I asked as I sat down.
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Diana sighed as she landed the Javelin in the bay, her mind was racing with all of the information she had discovered on her trip. She was not entirely against the plan, the idea of her sisters free and having families was heartwarming and she wouldn't deny she never liked the punishment they received from the gods. Finding out that their fate could have been far, far worse had shocked her like nothing ever before, Magnus's actions there had won him at least some trust. She made her way down the ramp and towards the Monitor Room, she needed to call for a meeting with the other founding members and inform them of what was to come.
She didn't rush, rushing would alert the people who saw her something was wrong but she moved with a purpose so no one would try to make small talk. Arriving she saw J'onn watching the monitors. "Hello J'onn."
"Greetings Diana, how was you visit home?" J'onn asked without turning from the large monitor bank.
"Interesting to say the least." Diana replied. "J'onn I need to call a meeting with the founders, as soon as possible."
That caused the Martian to turn around. "Has something happened?"
"Yes but nothing dangerous, things are happening on Paradise Island and with the Amazons." Diana answered with a frown. "Things that will cause a lot of change."
J'onn studied her for a moment then nodded. "Very well, I shall send messages to everyone."
"Thank you J'onn." Diana replied before turning and heading to her room, she needed to gather some things for her trip.
Getting the founding members of the Justice League together was no simple task, unless there was a crisis happening. Aquaman was a ruler and couldn't always just walk away, Batman was always busy patrolling or investigating something, Superman could usually get away for a few minutes before some catastrophe happened in Metropolis, Flash was the easiest to get a hold of while Green Lantern could be off world for weeks before returning. Luckily J'onn had added that Diana was calling for the meeting and it was important, that sped the process up, but it still took a day for all of them to meet.
"So, what up Diana?" Flash asked from his seat. "Not often a visit to the island of beauties requires us to meet."
"While I don't agree with everything Flash says I am curious as to what happened on the trip." Superman added with a small glare to Flash, who shrugged.
"Many things happened while I was home." Diana had been thinking about this conversation and honestly, she didn't know where to start. "However, the main reason I called this meeting was to tell you I will be leaving for an undetermined amount of time."
"Wait what?" Flash quickly asked. "What do you mean leaving, like leaving the League? Are you quitting?"
"Flash!" Batman snapped making Flash shut his mouth quickly. "What happened that led you to this decision?" The dark knight asked.
Diana sighed. "Of course, he would ask." She thought. "A visitor came to the island, with a very interesting proposal."
"A visitor?" Aquaman questioned. "I thought Paradise Island was hidden from the world?"
"It is, though he is more powerful than most people." Diana noticed Batman's eyes narrow.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa." Flash held his hands up. "He? You said the island was off limits to men."
"It seems odd that the Amazon's would allow a strange man onto the island." J'onn said, sharing a glance with Batman.
"He wasn't a stranger, at least not to my mother." That startled them.
"Whoa, the Amazon Queen had a booty call." Flash said with a grin, which was wiped off his face when Diana slammed her fist on the table.
"How does he know your mother?" Batman asked, drawing attention away from Flash. "She has never left the island."
"Before Hercules came to Themyscira mother was warned about their intentions." They didn't need to know the whole history and the fact her mother relived the events twice. "It was thanks to him that they found the drugged wine." Everyone knew the history of the Amazons but that was an interesting fact.
"How is he still alive?" Green Lantern asked. "That was centuries ago."
"He is not human; he is an alien." Diana replied and watched the group tense.
"Aliens visited Earth that long ago?" Superman asked.
"How did he get the information on the wine and why did he approach the Amazon's now?" Batman added.
"He is the Emperor of the Nova Empire; he came to study Earth and has asked the Amazons to leave Earth and join him." Diana answered, looking directly at Batman. "Why he waited until now I don't know but he approached mother with the proposal, she called for a meeting and we meet to discuss it."
"I've never heard of the Nova Empire." Green Lantern said with a frown. "How do you know you can trust him."
"Wait are the Amazons actually considering this?" Superman asked.
"We are." Diana said with a nod.
"We?" Batman cut in before she could say more.
Diana nodded again. "Yes, we, this was too large a decision for mother to make by herself. We discussed it and have decided to consider his offer, I will be going on a diplomatic mission to learn more."
"You can't be serious." Aquaman said. "Going to a different country is different than going to a different planet."
"You know nothing about him and you're just going to run off with him to an unknown planet?" Green Lantern asked while shaking his head.
"Oh, come on guys." Flash said. "This is Diana, no way she is just going off with a stranger without using the old Lasso of Truth on him first." He grinned at her. "Right D?" Everyone looked at her. "Wait seriously?" Flash said when he saw her frown.
"It wasn't that I didn't try, it was that he was able to resist it." Diana quickly answered, she could tell Batman and J'onn thought she was compromised.
"Impressive." J'onn said. "Even I cannot fully resist the lasso's power." He had tried as an experiment and found its power could overwhelm his mental abilities. "I understood that only the Olympian Gods were immune to it."
"So, you have no information on this alien except for what he has told you." Batman pointed out.
"Is this an ideal situation? No, it is not." Diana replied. "But if I do not go another of my sisters will, and they are not as experienced with the technology of man's world as I am. I will be able to understand more of his Empire then the others could and if it comes to a fight or needing to escape, I am the best choice."
"The Amazons are that close to leaving?" Superman asked. "There just up and ready to leave their home?"
"They have never been happy about their circumstances, forced to live on an island for simply defending themselves." Diana said with a sigh. "I never spoke of it but there has always been unrest among the Amazons, but with nowhere to go they simply dealt with it. Now with an option they have hope."
"We could speak to the U.N. about finding land somewhere for the Amazons." Superman replied. "They don't have to be on the island."
"If the Amazons abandoned Paradise Island for anywhere on Earth the Gods would rain their wrath upon them." Diana answered with a frown. "Though I do have a question, do any of you know of a way to use only female genes to create a child?"
Batman frowned. "No, there have been advances in cloning technology but that. Is that another thing he offered?"
"Yes, the ability to create children between my sisters." Diana answered. "He says he can either allow one to carry the child to term or even have the child grow in some kind of chamber until it is healthy and grown."
"I can check if Krypton had anything like it but…." Superman said but paused.
"I know you are reluctant to share Kryptonian technology and I understand." Diana replied. "And even if there was such technology that might not be enough to appease everyone." It was a only a small part of a bigger problem. "The Gods may not even allow it."
"So are we really just going to let D go off alone with some strange alien?" Flash looked between all of them. "Though not to say we have any say in allowing you anything." He quickly added when he saw her face. "Just, ya know were all friends here and we don't want to leave you all alone."
"We won't." Batman said. "I will get you some of our best trackers, show you how to activate them so they won't be detected quickly. I have been working on a smaller zeta transporter, I will see if I can get it working and you can take that as well."
"I am not worried about that." Diana replied. "If he does have nefarious intentions, he won't settle for one Amazon, no matter what he will return for my sisters."
"Possibly, but if his technology is advanced enough, he might be able to clone you and create and army of Amazons." Batman said and Diana had to admit that was a possibility.
"Very well I will take it, he said he was not in a rush so I can take some time, but I don't want to wait to long or he might ask for another diplomat." Batman nodded to her.
"I will see what the Guardians know of this Empire." Green Lantern said and stood up.
"I would like to say one thing." Superman spoke up. "What if he is exactly what he says and has no ulterior motives?"
"I want to believe that." Diana said. "But I am not going to risk my sister's safety so I will take precaution and hope they are unneeded."
"Wait before we all go off and do our own thing can we talk about the elephant in the room?" Flash asked.
"What elephant?" Green Lantern asked, again having to stop form leaving.
"D said we earlier and never clarified, if the Amazons leave are you going with them?" Everyone turned to her.
"Yes." Diana answered quietly but they all heard her. "While I can stand leaving Paradise Island for months at a time, I do not think I could be separated from my sisters for years, possibly forever."
"Let's take this one step at a time." Batman said. "Everything may not turn out in the Amazons favor; they may decide to stay on Earth. Green Lantern see if you can find out anything on this Empire, Superman see if you have anything on the medical technology the amazons might need while I work on the zeta generator." Everyone nodded and started to leave, all except Diana and Batman.
"You have more questions I suppose."
"Yes, I would like to know everything from when you landed on the Island to when you left." She sighed but nodded and began telling him everything that happened.
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I had been overly cautious with my nanites, Batman was anything if not cautious so once Diana and he finished their meeting I had them go silent. Batman would scan every frequency just to be sure and while my technology was very advanced, I wasn't going to risk it, him finding a signal would just boost his and Diana's mistrust. I then moved Atlantis, towards Paradise Island so I could pick Diana up and make an impression, I couldn't wait to see her face when Atlantis dropped its cloak. I had taken a communicator to Hippolyta two days after our meeting, couldn't let her think I had something ready or that it was too easy to make.
Once she had signaled me, I flew to the island to meet her, arriving I saw she had three duffel bags and a chest. I did a quick scan and saw the duffel bags were full of different types of clothing while the chest had coins in it, they were a mixture of different metals, along with some jewelry and gems. I noticed some devices in the bags, hidden amongst the clothes, I figured it was all the devices batman came up with so I ignored them. "You ready?"
"Yes." Diana answered. "I have a variety of clothes along with coins, jewelry and gems so I may purchase anything I find interesting." She pointed to her things. "You never mentioned what currency you us so I hope this will do."
"Of course." I said as walked over to the chest and flipped it open. "Very nice, I think you will be able to trade easily with all of this."
"Trade? You do not have currency?" Diana asked and I shook my head.
"Not yet." I answered and closed the chest. "As I told you I am still building my Empire, most of the races I saved did not have a concept of currency, so I have yet to introduce it." I smiled at her. "If I push to much on them at once they will be overwhelmed, I have to take small steps."
She nodded. "I understand." The Amazons had no currency either, while they did when they were in Themyscira it became pointless once they got to Paradise Island. She personally only learned a bit about currency when she was growing up, she had to study it herself when she left the island. "It is not an easy concept." She grabbed her bags.
"Not saying goodbye?" I nodded to her mother and Antiope, they along with the Amazons were all watching from a few feet away.
"We have said our goodbyes." Diana informed me. "I knew it would take time from experience, so I got it out of the way."
"Very well." I replied, I had already spoken with Hippolyta, Antiope and Areto about the trip and Diana so I had said my goodbyes as well. "Follow me." I lifted off and Diana followed, after we got a few dozen feet off the ground I headed off towards Atlantis. I slowly increased my speed to see how well she could keep up, she kept pace well enough and we got to Atlantis before I could really test her. Signaling Atlantis the cloaked dropped and I heard Diana gasp.
"By Hera, that is your ship? It looks like a city." Diana called out as we slowed our approach.
"It is basically, they are equipped with everything we might need for long voyages." I replied and headed for the main tower. "People could live their entire lives here."
"Amazing." Diana said as we landed on the balcony to Ops and headed inside, several Asuran's were at work and Natasha was observing them.
"Natasha, this is Diana, Princess of the Amazons." I announced as I put the chest down. "Diana this is Natasha Romanoff, our resident spy master."
"I wouldn't say spy master." Natasha replied with a smirk. "Expert spy maybe."
"A pleasure to met you." Diana replied and held her hand out, Natasha smiled and shook it. "An interesting name, it sounds like name from Russia, a country on Earth."
"It is, like you I was hired to help him." Natasha nodded to me.
"Really?" Diana replied, that was going to pique her interest for a good bit. "I was unaware he selected more then the Amazons." She looked at me.
"As I said, I need help on many fronts." I replied with a shrug. "77 please take us into orbit."
"Yes sir." The Asuran replied and took his post.
"Come Diana, lets drop your things off and give you a tour." I turned and grabbed the chest before heading towards the living quarters. We assigned her one of the large rooms I had redesigned for important guests, after dropping her things off I took her on the tour showing her mostly the labs and other science areas. While I didn't go to my personal lab, I had setup a lab that could show her how the process would work, most of it went over her head but she listened to the whole process. After the tour I let her wonder around on her own, she needed to speak to the Jaffa and Asuran's without me around.
XXXX Star Wars: Novus Prime, 39 BBY XXXX
Coming back to the Star Wars universe I didn't close up the time, arriving two weeks after I left so some progress had been made on not only the construction of the cities but the probes gathering data. Give normal people two weeks and you might have the bones of a few buildings up, with advanced technology you would have a few buildings. With Asuran's and advanced technology though, half the planned city was up and ready to use, even the massive tower in the center of the city and the castle for my meetings. I was impressed as I looked around the building, unlike in the movie this building was larger with extra rooms to act as offices for different people I might need in the castle. The throne room was a long room with plenty of room for people to stand in, at the far end was a tall dais, I'd say it's top was twenty feet off the floor, with a large white stone throne on top. It had gold along its edges and a golden cushion for me to sit on. Banners hung from all of the columns holding the roof, long white ones with a golden star pattern on it for the Nova Empire. A gap of a few dozen acres was left open then homes were built, I knew businesses would eventually be built so I left room for them to be close to the main tower.
After I had looked over the tower and castle I went to the lab and looked over the data from the probes. They had made good progress, of course a few had been lost but the Asuran's had used the data up to that point and sent a new probe on the route to figure out what happened and correct it. We did have some luck and found a few planets we could terra form along with some that were habited by some life forms. The probes were not designed to research the planets entirely, so we were going to make trips ourselves, I was excited and curious what kind of life we were going to find. I wasn't going to be just observe though, they were going to fall in line or be taken out and their planet reinhabited by loyal citizens. Before we left though I was going to put about the changes to the military, mostly changing up their uniforms and equipment so they were different then what the planets would have. As I told Hippolyta each planet would have its own army for their defense and use while I controlled a military made of all of them to keep our area secure and if need be fight.
I decided to use the Halo uniforms and weapon styles for my military, the dress uniforms for the officers and non-combat personal but instead of the grey and black I made them white with gold trim to go along with my theme. The soldiers would wear our version of the Gen2 Mjolnir armor from the Spartan IV program, mainly because I like the look of that armor. We upgraded them with plenty of sensors, filters for both possible use in underwater, vacuum and poisonous environments but not for long periods of time, those suits would be made as needed. The weapons would be made to look like the UNSC counterparts but use the Dark Elf plasma technology, it was better at dealing damage then the Wakandan weapons and that's what I wanted. I made versions of the UNSC MA5D Assault Rifle, M6H Handgun, BR85 Battle Rifle, M7 Submachine Gun and the SRS 99 Anti-material Sniper Rifle that now fired the red colored plasma. I didn't yet know how they would stand up to the armor of this universe, but I was excited to see how they would hold up. After getting the armor, uniforms and weapons ready I had to reorganize our current structure, selecting who would be in the Imperial Military and who would remain on the planets. I sent information on the military to all of the planetary leaders to spread, the Jaffa would likely jump at the chance, but I would have to deny some, to ensure they had a decent planetary force incase of attack or invasion.
The title Prime would be reserved for the Jaffa, the military would use a different ranking system based of the US Army since I knew those ranks already. Bol'vak would become the General of the Army, while the other Primes would all become Brigadier Generals. Technically there would be a gap in the ranking system but it wouldn't really matter with me around, once we gained more people we could fill in any gaps as well. The five of them would select who they thought should become officers and NCO's, though I took into consideration Malekith's thoughts as he knew his people and the Jaffa did not. Bucky was given the Command Sergeant Major position and I promised he wouldn't be stuck behind a desk or out of the action when it came. After explaining the ranks to Sif I asked her to be a Colonel and promised her that like Bucky she wouldn't be stuck behind a desk, she agreed and I saw her smirk when she learned she out ranked Bucky. For now, I was going to ignore the fraternization rules the military had, once we got going that might change but for now it was good for them.
Natasha was not given a rank, she and her organization would not be part of the military but a separate entity under my command. Much like S.H.I.E.L.D her people would just be Agents with a level of one to ten to signify their rank, seniority would decide rankings between people of same level. We didn't want to call it S.H.I.E.L.D so she was thinking up another name fore them, so far she hadn't shared and I wasn't pressing her. I also had Diana around while doing much of the organization and some of the weapons, wanting to show off my technology and use some time to alter her mind while she wasn't paying attention.
Things were progressing well but it would be a few weeks before I could field a functioning military to investigate the planets we found, though I did send out some Asuran's with a ship to begin terraforming some of the planets we found. There were still other places I wanted to go but with time literally not being an issue I didn't need to rush.
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Sorry for the long delay with this chapter, February was an odd month for me and i didn't have much free time to write.
Doctor Dandy: True but Odin could tap into the Odinforce which was what made him so powerful and that was mostly a magical force so it would harm a Kyrptonian.
Shadowhorror: Good suggestions, thank you.
Zero9933: Some good suggestions but not Hippolyta as I showed in this chapter, I'll think on the others though.
Val'Hor: I did not, as this story is based of an ROB allowing him to travel into any universe anything will work just because it will entertain the ROB. Not rational or logical but that's the fun of fanfiction.