A/N sorry for the long update time I had a severe case of writers block.
The Dosyta, the flagship of the Alliance assault fleet, was a Poseidon class combat dreadnaught. It was 6 kilometers long and was equipped with two hangar bays, one on each side, each with hundreds of Geth program-piloted fighters. The ship had an area near the main reactor that was packed with Geth intelligence nodes that allowed the Dosyta to be a mobile program storage hub. The Dosyta had a spinal mounted main gun that was a fusion of the best of Human and Geth technology. The gun had an experimental dark matter reactor that allowed it to super heat large blocks of iron and magnesium to temperatures of over 20,000 degrees Celcius, then used mass effect fields to collapse the molten metal in an extremely powerful, modified kinetic barrier that was active all the time, repulsing all objects regardless of speed. The cannon then fired the projectile down over a kilometer of mass effect accelerators before it leaves the barrel. The result was a projectile that could bypass most kinetic barriers due to its relatively low speed when compared to an average mass effect field accelerated projectile, but could also deliver massive amounts of thermal and kinetic energy. The Dosyta also was equipped with several hundred thousand Geth programs designated for cyber warfare. The Dosyta also had several hundred Human and Symbiont marines on board, as well as over ten thousand geth combat platforms in storage. It was equipped with a hundred and twenty five lightly armored dropships for planetary invasions.
The Dosyta was the flagship of the fleet that was being massed up to invade the nearest star systems and stop them from being used as staging areas. From there, the Alliance would send several deep strike fleets to disrupt and destroy military presence across Council space, then form up at the Citadel where they would force the Council to accept their terms of peace.
Citadel NewsNet
"Shock across all of Council space today as Turian Council Member Drakos Valern was murdered by unknown assailants at the same time as the Turian Imperator, Lord Praesadis. Both the Turian Hierarchy and the Council have pledged a full investigation.
Timeline
After weeks of mobilization, the Systems Alliance had begun their offensive. Due to the Turian act of war of firing on a diplomatic vessel, the Systems Alliance decided to respond with their standard doctrine against unprovoked threats. Utter annhillation. During the first few weeks of conflict, Turian ground and space forces suffered 88% casualties while the Systems Alliance suffered 23% casualties. Also, the Alliance authorized the use of dark matter bombs and orbital strikes on all groundside targets, both military and civilian alike. Hundreds of thousands of turians were killed during the opening days of the conflict, as their aggressors were not only ruthless, but very thorough. Turian counterattacks were sent during the beginning of the war, but they eventually began to use their fleet entirely for defense. Finally, after six human standard months of armed conflict, the Council decided to intervene. The other Council races, though after learning the truth behind the reason of turian mobilization, sent reinforcements to aid Palaven. Palaven was the first of two high value targets labeled by the Systems Alliance, the second being the Citadel. An Alliance battle fleet broke through the Palaven home relay with a massive battlegroup, larger than the entire Council fleet. After achieving space supremacy, the Alliance fleet commander Admiral Steven Hackett ordered the planetary deployment of dark matter bombs. These bombs reduced the turian galaxy population to 45% of what it had been and marked a turning point where the Alliance was no longer just winning the war, they had won the war. Alliance high command then ordered the battle group to form up with the other victorious groups and simply force the council to comply with their demands. The council, after losing the Destiny Ascension and a several hundred other ships in the battle of Palaven and the surrounding colonies, declared the war a "turian interest" as they feared the wrath of the Alliance. Two standard weeks later, another, slightly larger battle group was formed to assault the Citadel. The battle group was able to completely bypass the relay network by using an experimental geth FTL drive that fired concentrated blasts of dark matter to create a localized wormhole that allowed incredibly fast FTL, just slightly slower than the mass relay technology. Using these experimental drives, the Alliance fleet was able to completely bypass the Council fleets that had been deployed to the surrounding relays to stop the Alliance. At 3:45 AM human standard time the battlegroup arrived at the citadel and hailed the council with a transimission demanding that their defense fleet stand down lest they be fired upon and that they send representatives for each race. After a few minutes of deliberation, they decide to come for fear of the Citadel's safety. With them they bring the new turian Councillor, Ralen Liakos, a female who had been the turian trade diplomat for twenty one years. These new negotiations would not only mark the arrival of a new galactic superpower, it would also mark the beginning of the end for the Council.
Bridge of Alliance Flagship Dosyta
The Alliance had chosen two officers for negotiations. Admiral Steven Hackett, a well decorated human and the man who had led the offensive in this war. The other officer was a geth platform with the chosen designation "Acolyte".
"Admiral, Council shuttle is incoming" said an ensign seated at one of the sensor booths.
Hackett looked over to Acolyte.
"Lets go over this one more time, just to be sure" he said
Acolyte turned to face him
"Acknowledged"
Hackett cleared his throat "Right so I will tell them our terms which are the following: full payment for mobilization and impounding of every turian military vessel in existence."
Acolyte nodded "We will step in if there are details that require consideration".
Hackett's radio beeped.
"Sir, we are on our way to the bridge with the council representatives."
"Roger that, Hackett out."
A few minutes later the doors to the bridge opened and in walked a serene asari, a nervous looking salarian and an angry looking turian, all flanked by human or geth military escorts.
"Greetings, Councillors. We have much to discuss so please, have a seat" said Hackett with a serious expression on his face.
The two alliance representatives took a seat at the table and the council representatives followed suit.
"First things first, our non-negotiable terms. Refusing these is an act of war that if you refuse, we will fire on the Citadel" said Hackett.
"Term one: we demand cessation of all hostilities against all Systems Alliance personnel by any and all council citizens."
"Term two: we demand full reparations from the turian government for the mobilization and deployment of our forces."
The turian council member chose that moment to speak up.
"Unacceptable, you have killed our people thouroughly and ruthlessly I will not simply stand by and watch as you simply take apart me species !" roared Liakos as she looked up from the floor and stared Hackett right in the eyes.
"Filthy turian, do you want us to kill everyone on the Citadel merely due to your foolish pride?"
Tevos spoke up "Calm down Ralen, think about the good of Council space. If you will not pay, then we will. The Asari republics is willing to make full amends for this war, Admiral. No more blood must be spilled."
A glimmer of surprise shot across Hackett's face, if only for a second.
"Councillor, we accept those terms" said Hackett.
A cold look crossed Hackett's face.
"However, Councillors this last term is non-negotiable under any circumstances. "
A brief look of dread crossed the salarian's face.
"We demand the immediate impounding of every military vessel in the Turian Hierarchy's fleet. You will have two citadel standard months to comply or we will take the vessels by force."
The Turian councilor didn't even bother to mask the look of pure rage and hatred that crossed her face upon hearing Hackett's words.
"You expect us to hand you our fleet? Not only do you bring a geth, the very machines that nearly hunted the quarians to extinction in here, you expect us to simply surrender our fleet? You filthy terrorists have destroyed our homeworld and a good portion of our colony worlds, and I mean destroyed, they are now uninhabitable and this is what, the final insult? You filthy mongrels are little more than monsters! Killing the innocent without a second thought. You all deserve death."
Acolyte spoke up.
"What we have done is standard combat doctrine. You attacked us and killed our citizens without provocation and we have responded the same way we would to any other threat. Also, we have sent a transimission promising no more death if you surrender but your kind has ignored it every time."
Tevos looked at Ralen.
"Is this true, Liakos?"
"Tevos , you must understand that we thoutht that it was a cyberwarfare attack or something along those lines! Not a demand for our surrender!"
"Liakos, if your kind wishes to remain on the Citadel then you will comply with the Admirals demands. Now do I make myself clear?"
Liakos sighed.
"Yes, Tevos."
Over the next few weeks, other terms were decided upon and negotiated. At the end it was decided: No vessel from either power would enter the other's territory. Also, the alliance would return every colony world taken from the turian hierarchy by the systems alliance. Unknown to both factions, an entity awoke in deep space that had not been awoken in fifty thousand years.