The Quartizine Chronicles

by DeVermisMysteriis

We know from the show that Rose Quartz was the leader of the rebellion to free Earth from Homeworld. We know Pearl and Garnet fought in the war. We know Rose eventually won. This story aims to describe exactly HOW she won, told in epistolary style through a myriad of sources from both sides of the war. I also aim to tell as realistic a war story as the setting permits, so warning.

6. Chapter 5

The Quartizine Chronicles

A History of Rose Quartz and the Earth Rebellion

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Part 5: A Noble Heart, A Broken Will

"I thought I would like it here on Earth. When Lady Sapphire first told me that we were going to live with Hegemon Rose, I was overjoyed. I had never met Lady Rose, and was...well, excited, to say the least. Of course Lady Sapphire mentioned something to me about a Rebellion, but until the recent battle, I thought maybe the Rebellion might be bloodless, or over quickly, or that Lady Rose might surrender and simply be welcomed back to her old position, with nothing said of this whole 'insurrection' incident. I was wrong. From the first battle of this war, I can already tell. I was very, very wrong. The worst part is, I didn't even see the battle itself, just the aftermath: That was more than enough. Fragments of Gems, scattered about the battlefield like so many rocks upon a mountainside. A hole the size of a small starclipper where a Homeworld Warp had once been. The smashed Gem of Commander Zirconia, whom Lady Sapphire and I once personally entertained back on Theta Proximus. I don't know how much more of this I'm going to be able to stomach. I just want it to end."

-Audio-journal entry by SH8242S

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Archives of the Library of the Grand Imperial Institute of Technology

Category: Light Spacecraft and Aircraft

File: Rubinus-class Lightning Attack Craft

The Rubinus-class Lightning Attack Craft is the smallest spaceworthy ship ever designed by our Institute. Colloquially referred to as a "starclipper," the Rubinus-class, as its full name would imply, is intended for quick, hit-and-run attacks against larger enemy vessels. Lightly-armored and highly maneuverable, the Rubinus-class is stocked with a disproportionately large complement of weapons (given its size), and has proven itself time and again as the Imperial Star Navy's premier lightning-combat starcraft. Though small, the Rubinus-class is maneuverable enough to be more than a match for an entire squadron of heavy cruisers, able to move at almost unbelievably high speeds between the beams of laser-cannon broadsides and even straight through barrages of warp torpedoes (via creative use of the Rubinus's miniature warp impeller). For example, in the Battle of Golodori Sextus in Imperial Year 21,405 (fought between our Star Navy and that of the hated Fal-Drath Unity), a small battle company consisting of 12 Rubinus-classes managed to not simply hold their own against 20 Tal-Ka-Thir-class heavy-armor cruisers, but also destroy all but three of them, which quickly retreated.

Technical Specifications:

Length: 4.5 meters

Width: 1.5 meters

Armor: Superlight ReflectoSteel anti-laser plating (Homeworld-pattern)

Arms: Autolaser cannons (4, forward-mounted), Single-tube warp torpedo launcher (1, bottom-mounted)

Engine: Grand Imperial Institute Mark XVII miniature warp impeller (Homeworld-pattern)

Total Weight: 450 kilograms