Alright next chapter is done hope you guys like it. Surprisingly enough I'm most excited to write about the Purity faction more then the others, it will be fun to try and write fanatic characters. Thanks to Tormound for the idea of including wonders I never actually thought of that.
P.S. The name of the Purity Faction has been changed to Purity Legion however I still need a name for Supremacy faction so any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. The only rule is that it must have Supremacy in its name.
"No plan survives contact with the enemy."- Correlli Barnett
Unknown space outside relay 314 – Hierarchy Dreadnought Indomitable
General Adrien Victus frowned as he observed the planet before him and gave a resounding sigh as he took in the sight of it. The world would have been incredibly beautiful once upon a time, maybe even a paradise. But now the lush blue green planet was dotted with grey metallic structures and orange glows branching out like a disease.
"Well they're certainly industrious I'll give them that," commented the Turian before turning to one of his officers.
"Sensors what are we dealing with?" he asked.
"Sir! The planet is covered in artificial satellites however most appear to be pointed towards the planet itself," answered the crew member.
"What about enemy ships?" replied Victus.
"A small fleet were in system but they fled through the relay when the rest 5th fleet arrived," informed the bridge officer.
"As well they should, no one can stand up against the Hierarchy," boasted another crew member.
"And now they know the exact numbers of our invasion fleet for if, no, when they decide to retake the system. I would have done the same so now we're on a time limit, wonderful," commented the general with a sigh.
The bridge was silent as he turned to face them with a frown on his face, "never let your pride blind you to facts, that arrogance will get you killed."
"Sir, shall we begin landing our ground forces?" asked his XO.
"Indeed but tell them to avoid those satellites until we can destroy them, just to be safe," ordered the general.
There was a silence in the CIC as Victus' orders were relayed throughout the fleet before numerous shuttles and their fighter escorts began descending to the surface of the planet, each heading for a point just outside the main cities. The Turian braced himself as he watched the ground forces descend, expecting massive casualties from AA fire to occur at any moment. However much to his surprise not a single enemy aircraft or incoming fire rose up to meet them and the Turian forces landed without any difficulty.
"General, all landing zones have been secured. Shall we begin setting up our forward operating base?" informed the XO.
Victus nodded but kept his expression neutral, 'something's wrong, this is too easy.' Meanwhile the officers were cheering at this success and laughed at how this would be over before dinner, the general just frowned as numerous reports came from the ground forces came in, all saying the same thing. No enemy contact. As the Turian looked over the planet he couldn't help but wonder where the enemy was and tried to banish a bad feeling growing as more ground forces landed in the newly established FOBs in preparation for a ground invasion of the cities.
+++Targets are setting up bases as predicted. Markov Eclipse is recording. Time to drop Archimedes' Lever+++
Old Earth- Affinity Alliance meeting chambers
"I think this is the first time we've ever had an emergency meeting like this," commented the Purity representative.
"Indeed Udina which should show how serious this situation is, I'm sure that the Supremacy Pact wouldn't of called it otherwise," replied the Harmony representative.
"Yes Kavitha but I would like to know why I've got reports of half their fleet leaving their systems as well as the Emancipation gate network being barred from all but military uses," growled Udina as he rounded on the Supremacy representative.
The augmented human just sighed as her cybernetic implants briefly glowed orange before speaking up, "we were attacked by a hostile race of aliens. Even as we speak Shanxi is under siege from a large enemy fleet."
The other two representatives blinked in surprise, obviously not expecting that answer, "xenos dare attack Humanity?! We will deal with them immediately!" spat Udina.
"While I appreciate the sentiment we must be cautious about this Udina," warned the augmented representative.
"What do you mean Banda?" asked Kavitha.
"We believe that they might be Protheans or at least be related to them, if so we can't afford to show our hand just yet," answered Banda Fielding.
There was silence in the chambers as the other two representatives had mixed expressions on their faces, Kavitha had a worried frown while Udina had a predatory grin on his face. Banda sighed at her fellow representative's expression knowing there was no turning back at this point, at least she could count on the Purity Legion's support for the upcoming war, if nothing else.
"At last we found them now those Xeno scum will pay the price for their crimes! I will muster the fleets for Shanxi immediately," grinned the Purity representative as he headed to the exit.
"No! Please wait!" cried Banda, drawing the attention of both the representatives.
"No? You want me to wait now that we've found them! After all these years!" demanded Udina as he walked up to her.
"Just for now," she assured him. "My faction will deal with them at Shanxi and keep them distracted. While we are doing this I would ask the Purity Legion and Harmonious Collective to attack the xeno's own planets."
Udina just glared at her, never breaking eye contact before nodding, "very well I will inform my superiors of this situation."
Banda sighed and slumped into her chair in relief as Udina left, only to jump back to her feet as she heard clapping coming from in front of her. Looking up she saw Kavitha smiling as she applauded Banda, whom grinned sheepishly as she realized that she'd forgot about her fellow representative.
"Quite the first day for you isn't it?" grinned Kavitha.
"Yeah having to deal with both an angry Udina and alien invasion, I don't know which one I prefer," agreed Banda.
"Welcome to the wonderful world of politics," laughed the Harmony representative.
"Yeah I'm starting to see why my predecessor quit," replied the augmented human.
Kavitha's expression softened as she placed a hand on her shoulder, "you did good today, reminded me of your grandparents. The cunning of Susan and charisma of Hutuma, it was a sight to see."
Banda gave a sad smile, "I've just condemned a species to oblivion, Kavitha. We both know what the Legion is capable of, how can I be proud about that?"
"Don't worry the Collective will keep them in check," reassured Kavitha in a voice that sounded like many speaking at once.
Glancing at the representative in surprise Banda saw Kavitha's veins glow a slight green before returning to normal and walking out. Banda blinked as she watched the door shut, leaving her alone in the chamber. She had forgotten that when speaking to Kavitha she was speaking to the entire Collective, it was a sobering thought.
Unknown hostile planet- FOB Bravo
Numlius Indamus of the Cabal team Soaring sighed as he watched the sun begin to set in the distance, his nerves had been frayed from constantly staying alert for any kind of danger and now that it was turning dark the chance of attack had just increased tenfold. The constant earthquakes and murmuring from the 501st troops weren't helping his mood either, honestly he knew Cabals had a bad reputation but not this bad.
"Something on your mind rookie?" asked a familiar voice.
Jumping to his feet the Turian saluted as his superior approached him, "Kabalim Vakarian sir! Forgive me I didn't know you were there sir."
The senior Cabal officer just waved it aside with a laugh, "son sneaking up on recruits is my job. Anyway is there something wrong? Feel free to tell me, us Cabals have to stick together after all."
Numlius just turned to look at the surrounding ocean as the last rays of light died, "it's just that well…it's too quiet. We've been here for an entire day without any sigh of the enemy, it's got me paranoid."
The older Turian nodded in understanding, "this is you first mission it's only natural to be nervous. Relax, if this continues going this well I'll be able to see my family before long, don't want to jinx us now do you?"
"You have a family, sir?" exclaimed Numlius before quickly apologizing as he realized what he'd said.
Again the Kabalim just waved it off with a smile, "not all Turians have this stupid fear of us Cabals. I was lucky enough to marry one, even had a kid around your age. I'll have to introduce you at some point his name's Garrus, a bit of a dare devil but a good kid at heart."
"Looking forward to it sir," replied Numlius and suddenly they were both knocked off their feet as another earthquake occurred.
"That was the largest one yet," commented the Kabalim as he helped his subordinate to his feet.
Numlius just nodded and was about to respond when his mandibles flared in surprise, noticing this his superior turned and for a brief moment froze at the sight that greeted him. The two Turians watched as the water from the nearby coast began to recede inwards, exposing the sea floor to them.
"Spirits…we have to evacuate now!" ordered Kabalim Vakarian as a massive wave began forming in the distance.
Unknown space outside relay 314 – Hierarchy Dreadnought Indomitable
Adrien Victus read the latest report from the ground forces and despite the massive progress that was being made on the FOBs he couldn't find himself able to relax. The invasion had been going for an entire day and still there had been no contact with the enemy aside from the occasional rocket barrage if they got too close to the cities. It was driving the Turian mad, these were synthetics, they were supposed to be logical! Surely they knew that once the FOBs were established the cities would quickly fall to their might.
"General! The FOBs have been completed but they're getting some strange tectonic activity nearby, the commanders want to hold off the attack until it has passed," informed the XO.
'Tectonic activity? Strange, the planet doesn't seem unstable,' he thought with a frown. They'd have to be careful with heavy ordnance and orbital support if that was the case, they could make the situation worse if they weren't careful.
"Tell the commanders that they're to wait until it has passed, we want those cities as intact as possible," he ordered, before turning to the tactical readout.
"Have those satellites been destroyed yet?" he asked.
"All of them except for the few in geosynchronous orbit around the cities have been taken out," answered the sensor officer.
Victus nodded and leaned back into his chair only to jump up when an alarm began ringing throughout the CIC. 'So it begins,' he sighed while the communications officer turned to face him.
"Sir! The FOBs are being destroyed!" shouted the crew member.
"What's happening? Are they all under attack?" demanded the general.
"No sir they're being destroyed by…that can't be right. All the coastal bases are reporting simultaneous Tsunamis heading straight for them and the inland FOBs are reporting earthquakes and landside doing the same," he informed the general.
Victus' eyes widened at this and he growled in annoyance, "tell the base commanders to take whatever they can and evacuate the bases."
The communications officer just nodded and went back to work while Victus frowned, the loss of those bases meant the loss of a great deal of their ground forces. 'It's almost too convenient,' he thought with suspicion. Unfortunately his suspicion was proved correct when the communications officer spoke up again.
"Sir, all the survivors from the base attacks are under enemy fire! They were ambushed as they evacuated, the enemy has DEWs! We've lost contact with all our forces except the 501st battalion and their Cabal support," reported the officer.
"Tell them to hunker down and wait for air support and get the fighters ready for deployment!" he ordered.
The entire Turian fleet began scrambling as it launched numerous fighters and gunships to the surface and caused one of the bloodiest wars in Council history to begin. Meanwhile Victus tried to hide his worried expression from the rest of the crew, in one day these synthetics had killed nearly half the Turian's ground forces. He shuddered to think what else they had up their sleeves.
Purity Homeworld- Kepler
The figure ducked under another swing from his opponent before grabbing the offender's wrist and pulling it towards her, unable to stop his momentum the man could only watch as the power armour clad fist smashed into his skull, crushing it on impact. The power amour clad figure just grinned before it picked up the corpse and threw it at the others surrounding her.
"Look close heretics this is the fate that awaits all traitors to humanity," it snarled, its voice reverberating from the skull shaped helmet.
"You will die for that, Dog of the Church!" spat one of the heretics.
"Dog of the Church? Now I resent that," chuckled the figure. "I'm far worse than those idiots in the Enforcers."
As she said this the group of heretics got their first good look at their opponent or more precisely the emblem emblazoned on the shoulder plate, it was a snarling three headed dog. They all backed up in fear as they realized what the emblem symbolized and all came to the same conclusion, none of them were leaving this place alive.
"Oh isn't that cute, looks like you've figured it out," teased the helmeted warrior and the group just levelled their weapons at her.
The power armoured figure was wrapped in a biotic blue haze as it charged the group before they could even fire a shot, slamming into one of the individuals with a force greater the a charging Krogan and crushing him beneath her boot. The rest of the heretics screamed and opened fire only to see the rounds get halted by the figures kinetic shield. Laughing the figure didn't even draw its weapons and just continued to use its fists and Biotics to fight the heretics. Throwing a warp at one of them she grinned beneath her helmet as the heretic cried out in pain.
"Naughty, naughty, children shouldn't play with guns," she laughed and slammed another into the wall.
The rest of the heretics, seeing the carnage she'd inflicted, turned to run only to find themselves suspended by a singularity and helpless as they watched her pull out her rifle, there were several loud bangs and flashes of light before all of them slumped to the floor. Sighing in disappointment as the last of the heretics feel down dead the figure removed her helmet to reveal a Caucasian woman before she activated her omni-tool.
"Mission accomplished," she reported.
"Impressive work as always Gabriel," replied male voice from the omni-tool.
"I aim to please sir. So what's my next assignment" she asked.
"I recently had a conversation with representative Udina, tell me what do you know about Shanxi?" asked the male.
She frowned, "it's a Supremacy world near the border of Affinity Alliance territory."
"And it's is also the site of the first alien attack in human history," finished the man.
Gabriel just blinked in confusion, "then let those mechanical monstrosities deal with it. They don't need our help."
"The attackers are related to the Protheans," he stated, causing her to nearly drop her helmet. "We must set aside the quarrel of our houses and unite under the banner of Humanity!"
An eager grin spread along her face, "oh I see so this, is a Crusade!"
"No, no, no, we don't say that anymore we're calling it…damn what do the Collective scum say?" muttered the voice.
"Peacekeeping?" she smiled.
On the other end of the line Jack Harper smiled, "right, now shall we keep the peace?"
"In the only way Cerberus knows how," came the happy response.
Codex
Archimedes' Lever: Originally developed by the Supremacy Pact during their war against Brasilia, it is known as one of the wonders of the modern world. This 'wonder' is capable of causing localized tectonic destabilization, creating earthquakes and other natural disasters. Following its success against Brasilia smaller versions of this wonder were installed on every Supremacy colony afterwards. The Turians have another name for this weapon; Death's Door Knocker, for if you feel it knocking your life is already over.
Markov Eclipse: The main defensive AI responsible for analyzing the enemy, it helps provide co-ordination between the numerous robotic units as well as updating them on new tactics to use against them. This combined with the numerous military commanders allows the armies to be highly adaptable and reactive making long engagements in the Supremacy favour. To quote General Victus, 'it's like challenging someone to a game but they have twice as many pieces as you and move three turns for your every one.'
So I know that Garrus' dad isn't a Cabal but a C-Sec officer but I changed it for my story however I would like to know would you like to see Garrus as a Cabal or leave him as he is in canon? As for the OC characters introduced this chapter, we will be seeing more of them so sorry to anyone that hates them. As for why Kavitha is still alive well her mind never died it just became part of the Collective again so it would of been an easy method to make a clone body and put her consciousness in that. Next Banda Fielding, for those who haven't played Civ, Susan Fielding and Hutama were the faction leaders of ARC and Polystralia.