Inspiration:
Contact
As The Wind Abates
Without Hesitation
Harry Potter got trained
The Zhorusian Saga: Rise of the Terra-Rannochian Commonwealth
Mass Effect: Techno-Organic Revolution
Mass Effect: A Very Terran (Re)solution
Harry Potter and A Galaxy Far Far Away
Kneel to Peverell Might
The Halo Effect: War and Civilization
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I'm bored and somewhat experimenting the path for The Journey of Death's Chosen.
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"Hmm… so it seems we are back here again… for the zillionth… fucking… time," he said to no one, yet his eyes locked onto a dreary castle in the distance.
The deep rich emerald colouring of his eyes possessed an eerily unnatural tint of death, yet in contrast, the man's immense willpower and mental fortitude made him seem like the harbinger of death and guardian of life.
Dressed in a suit of the darkest black fabrics made through supernatural means, the 'Mortal Reaper' made his way towards the staircase leading up to the dreary castle in the far distance.
Arriving at the pitch-black gates with trim of pure white pearl stone, the man did nothing to open them as they cracked apart as if aware of his movement inside.
Flame torches of a hellish blue-white light blazed deeply enough to provide enough sight for someone to slowly make their way through the castle, yet the man moved as if he was deeply familiar with the place.
Moving deeper into the castle, the man arrived at another set of gates however they remained open from a distance.
"You have returned home, my child."
"I have completed the task you asked of me, my Lady," the man replied to the being situated upon the black marble throne in the vast open room aligned with robed reapers along the far sides of the room, standing still as stone.
Covered in the same sort of dark fabric worn by the man, the visage of the Lady seated upon the throne couldn't be seen as the robes perfectly concealed every aspect of her being and form.
Yet, if you truly wished to try and see the Lady's form, then you'd come to face with the immortal and eternal being of Death, only a feat survivable by those in service of the Primordial deity or those blessed by their will and power.
In the case of the Mortal Reaper, a unique case where both feats were accomplished by the man, neither something he wished to happen but accepted nonetheless as the consequences of his eternal fate and destiny.
"… Good," replied Lady Death, unmoving from her throne, yet her bony right hand broke through her robe sleeves to call the man forth closer.
Walking up to the point Lady Death could reach out and grasp him with her bare boned hands, the man gazed up at the supposed eyes of the Primordial Deity, even if it was hidden behind the vast pitch-black robes that appeared endless in length.
"It seems the bargains of our pact have finally been fulfilled…"
"… Indeed it has…" replied the man, weary of the words spoken by Lady Death.
He knew her to not say more than necessary, however he felt there was more for her to say, and it wouldn't be anything worthwhile for him.
It wasn't long before he was proven right, yet it worked in his favour somewhat.
"So… the time has come to fulfil my end of the deal… however, I must insist on some last-minute additions…" the man narrowed his eyes at Lady Death, not pleased to hear a possible alteration to the bargain they struck so long ago.
"… I'm listening," taking a few moments to answer, the man began to mentally frown at the possibility of his service extending indefinitely or being sent off to complete a specific task.
The slightest shuffle from the supposed concealed head of the robed Lady Death suggested she accepted his words before delving into an explanation, "I will fulfill the rights of the bargain we struck so long ago, unfortunately… I must ask you to complete a wrong in the cycle of existence, one that will likely affect your… 'retirement'.
This is not on purpose or an attack on your being, yet the infection in the cycle has exceeded by domain and harmed several others, all of whom now wish you to be their champion… in the fight for a resolution."
"What is this infection you speak of?" asked the man, his eyes focused on Lady Death.
"Accursed machina abominations created by intelligence apex predators of spacefaring capabilities, have been left to unleash a systematic elimination of organic life, repeating the cycle after a predetermined amount of time suggested as optimal for eliminating intelligent life after its entered space and established settles outside of their homeworld.
Too many strings of Fate and Destiny have been destroyed by the abominations, tainting the universe outside of our control and those serving our interests.
We require your service one last time… to resolve this Infection upon a universe out of our control,"
The man paused for a moment to understand what Lady Death had to say before asking, "And how will this affect my 'retirement' as you so wish to call it."
"The universe troubled by these abominations, also happens to be your 'retirement' gift… the very same you have bargained for."
Faster than someone could blink their eyes, the man unleashed his power, an energy that tapped not only into a mystical power he could personally generate, but also that of Lady Death's Domain.
Intertwining the two granted the man an increased amount of power at his control, yet in this situation it felt seemed rampant since the man couldn't hold back his anger at the being wronged subtly.
Lady Death did nothing but watched patiently as the man came back into control of the power, he let go whereas his eyes contained a rage and fury unsee by the Primordial Deity since the day they first met and struck their bargain.
"You have every right to hold such anger… however We are not at fault here… rather the collective of Primordial Eternals have requested this task… altering the constraints of our deal to best suit the overall plan for a reliable solution."
It still wasn't enough to exactly tame the man in his fury, yet Lady Death expected as much considered what her brethren had done, "Plenty of compensation will be paid to you for your service and support in ridding the infection as well as your actions to bring peace to the cycle of existence wronged in your now-native universe."
"What do you propose?" asked the man, exhausted by the fact there wasn't any possible way for him to not accept.
He just mentally started to plan a way for the future, and how to save his people for they found themselves extinct before the true fight even began.
"Knowledge, Time, Space, Magic, and Power, along with the continued 'gifts' our own connection provides you, just with a little bump to match the levels of my brethren."
"Will I wield them upon my return?" asked the man, just in the hopes of understanding what he was in line to receive.
"Indeed… but I request you do not plan for the complete removal of your people… rather think of means to intertwine the societies."
The man just nodded back to which Lady Death added, "Your personal effects shall be sent to you and stored safely in your Thaed-Space.
Use the gifts wisely… and the time we will grant you for there shall not be any second chances, Grimm Peverell.
You serve as Herald of not just one, but all the Primordial Deities, each serving you in their own way to help aid in this final service we ask of you."
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TIMELINE – It traverses back further than the initial timeline of the 'Mortal Reapers' original sequence of life events until ending up in the service of Lady Death
1665 – Arriving during the height of the Great Plague and Fire of London, Lord Peverell arrives and helps alleviate the harm done to the masses, curing the plague as well as eliminating the fire.
Shining at the forefront to showcase the might of magic, Lord Peverell helped revive the world's appreciation of mysticism and the benefits it could offer; however, it doesn't last forever.
1692 – Statue of Secrecy goes into effect but at the cost of many benefits which are all exploited by Lord Peverell, further expanding his power and reach whilst forging all sorts of relationships and alliances in the magical and mundane worlds.
1750 – Peverell Trading Company becomes one of the largest corporations in the world, easily trumping many of the merchant fleets of global empires and kingdoms, many of which fail to match up in power.
Magical adjustments, enhancements, and operational processes have helped the company become one of the largest corporations in the world, cementing their position in the global markets now and for the foreseeable future.
Both magicals and mundanes work in tandem within the corporation, having signed magical contracts to help secure information so it isn't leaked since the world has mostly forgotten about magic publicly.
1881 – Restarting his education once more in an effort to pass the time, Lord Peverell readmits to Hogwarts so he can once more enjoy the offerings of the premier educational institute, even though he has spent the past years studying at all the other schools around the world.
Lord Peverell discovers he is capable of tapping into an ancient magical power deemed long ago unsafe and dangerous to wield.
As an agent of Death and other Primordial Deities, Lord Peverell easily familiarises himself with the ancient magical power, quickly using it to help stabilise his own strength whilst preparing for the future to come.
1926 – 1945 – In preparation of the Great Wizarding War to come, Peverell Trading Company begins readying itself for the actions of Gellert Grindelwald, and the inactions of the International Confederation of Wizards.
Over the course of two decades, Lord Peverell works against the actions of Gellert Grindelwald to stop the man from outright killing numerous magical lineages.
Saving all he can by securing them in the Thaed-Space, a pocket world bound to his soul, Lord Peverell has countless magical lineages indebted to his actions, awaiting the day they are free to enter world society once more.
Besides that, the actions of Grindelwald and Dumbledore continue as normal, following the timeline of events from Lord Peverell's native world.
Lord Peverell finds himself fighting as a bounty hunter for the Allied Forces, eliminating a large portion of Grindelwald's forces tied into the mess, along with plenty of Axis forces, specifically the Schutzstaffel.
He even received the order to hunt down Hitler, a feat he achieved towards the end of World War Two, just to find himself at the forefront of helping see to the man's judgment and execution.
His trial became the force that saw a large change in world society due to Hitler's hate speech leading to governments and people understanding their differences didn't make them any lesser than one another, but rather they were just as equal and similar to each other than the next person.
With that in mind, Lord Peverell helps establish the United Nations, funnelling a great deal of personal wealth into the organisation, while achieving a fair bit of autonomy to help oversee it isn't corrupted by powerful governments seeking to use it for their own personal development.
1960 – 1981 - Lord Voldemort begins his reign of terror, whereas Lord Peverell does his best along with the Peverell Trading Company to remain at the forefront of his actions to save more people, just like their actions during the Great Wizarding War.
This happens to include many different individuals that included Lord Peverell's own parents in the year of 1981 after being attacked by Lord Voldemort himself, kickstarting the tale of Harry James Potter, the true title and identity of Lord Peverell.
Elsewhere during this period saw Peverell Trading Company transform into Peverell Industries, focused on a wide range of fields that saw it involved in assisting with the Moon Landing in 1969.
Having spent countless years developing various technologies, mundane and magical, separate and merged, enabled Lord Peverell to spread numerous miniaturized satellite sensors to help lay out the foundation of future space travel and development.
Peverell Space Tech becomes a leading figure in outer space industries and fields, quickly establishing themselves as global powerhouses that many governments hope to include in their own research to develop space technologies.
1981 - 1996 – Changes brought about by Lord Peverell due to his capabilities as Herald allowed him to help prevent Harry James Potter from experiencing a truly harsh childhood.
As if Destiny and Fate knew this would happen and prepared in advance for this eventuality, the Dursley household in fact were vastly different than what Lord Peverell faced in his own youth.
Doctor Vernon Arthur Dursley, a mechanical engineer and scientist, and Doctor Petunia Dursley Née Evans, a physicist and IT specialist, saw to the raising of Harry James Potter alongside their own son, Albert Dudley Dursley.
Early on, Harry is told of magic and is educated on the subject alongside receiving a private education much like Albert.
This led to various projects from ideas sprouted by the young wizard and his cousin, which further compounded once Hermione Granger and Neville Longbottom joined the ragtag duo.
Implementing those very ideas, artifacts, and projects into the real world via Peverell Industries and several different magical financial institutes, Harry and his magical friends were far better off in standing by the time they started their education at Hogwarts.
Several advancements in Magi-Tech, the new field developed by Harry and his friends, quickly saw to various changes in magical society, most of which were long due since no real advancements occurred within society since the signing of the Statue of Secrecy.
Peverell Industries leads the way in developing the wizarding world for the future all the while Britain's magical society undergoes a trial by fire against the forces of Lord Voldemort kept safe from conviction at the end of the First Blood War of Magical Britain.
Harry Potter fights at the forefront, creating various alliances and friendships to prepare for the future, having been taught by his adoptive parents and surprisingly William Granger, a former SAS operative.
Along with loved ones such as Sirius Black, his godfather, a man freed far earlier than Lord Peverell had to see his own godfather suffer, helped in preparations until most of them were called into play during the Battle of the Ministry.
Harry Potter found himself drawn by a magical vision to journey to the Ministry.
Not sure why, but he gathered his closest friends and those training for the war to come, only to find an ambush in the very depths of the ministry, a ploy all employed by Lord Voldemort.
Surviving but cornered, Harry Potter fought off several Death Eaters in the Time Chamber of the Department of Mysteries, only to vanish from the plane of existence after the numerous misfired spells finally caused a chain reaction of explosions to occur between the Time Turners.
With Harry Potter gone, Lord Peverell accepted his track in his world and fell into place as his original self, taking on the identity of Harry James Potter once more.
1997 – 1998 – Capable of calling on the full force of Peverell Industries, Harry went to war against Lord Voldemort and his allies, whilst preparing his own allies for the battles to come.
Goblins, Dwarves, Centaurs, Werewolves, Giants, and other magical beings come to the 'Boy Saviors' aid, helping fight back against Lord Voldemort, even joining the final battle at Hogwarts.
Harry eliminates Lord Voldemort in one-on-one combat, beating the man back with a flair of power and magical strength that eliminated Voldemort and his closest allies, leaving none to be bound by chains, only to escape once more later down the road.
Peverell Industries helped with the recovery in the aftermath, quickly bringing Magical Britain back to their peak before helping elevate their position as part of Harry's future plans.
2002 – Peverell Industries in conjunction with Australian Space Agency and the British Space Programme, a secret project involving Magi-Tech to help develop space and other planet-side technologies to begin integration of the two societies.
Harry James Potter, having intervened on the day of the 9/11 Twin Tower attacks, helped saved countless lives to bring the dead toll down to double digits.
His actions are known by governments in secret around the world, especially the United Nations which Lord Peverell held high standings in.
Aware Harry James Potter and Lord Peverell were one in the same, the United Nations accepted the Immortal Wizard's order to begin to merge world governments under one banner whilst they start the reintroduction of magic into society.
Granger-Black Group and Pharmaceuticals becomes a leading figure in health and medicine, along with the vast development of bio-medical industries as magical potions offer numerous methods to help solve many mundane medical problems.
Science and mundane advancements too help magicals advance their own fields as Peverell Industries began to incorporate sciences as subject fields taught to young wizards and witches.
2008 – The crash of the financial market caused Peverell Industries, Granger-Black Group and Pharmaceuticals, and several other magical conglomerates to heavily invest in the mundane markets after the United Nations suggested it as a basis to help along the merging of the two societies.
With wealth going back centuries if not millennia's, the magical conglomerates helped revitalise the world economy before developing into founding the people responsible for ending the livelihood for countless people around the world.
Leading the change via the United Nations assembly, a task force is created to investigate the market crash and develop reforms to stop anything of the sort from occurring again in the future.
2010 – In the last two years, numerous bankers and executives found themselves arrested for crimes leading to manipulating financial markets to not only bolster their own personal funds, but to help their business of employment to walk away better off than they initially were before the crash.
United Nations were at the front and centre of this 'witch-hunt' as it were, quickly establishing themselves in the eyes of the public as an organisation actually operating as intended.
2012 – Peverell Space Tech lands its own starship capable of leaving Earth's atmosphere without being solely dependent on rocket fuel propellant as they focus on generating thrust through their magical fusion reactor.
Breaking down the Fiendfyre spell, only to transform it to generate the plasma in the reactor to generate the magical fusion allowed the starship to reach into space with rocket fuel by JPL capable of additional thrust through afterburner.
Runes, enchantments, wards, arrays, and spellcraft also went into building the starship that helped its first crew land on the moon and establish a base which had magical means of transport back to Earth.
Harry was part of the crew and the magical engineer of the team to build the Transport Chamber that utilised the runic script for Transport Doors to create a quick means of movement between the two locations.
Those to know of the magical means of transport were contracted magically to keep it a secret for now, which included the news of the magical sensor finding the moon was fairly hallow after about a hundred kilometres down into the crust.
Harry returned back to Earth, but via the Transport Chamber, countless scientists moved to the moon base which began to expand in size till over a hundred people were residing there on a semi-permanent basis in under a month.
Delving further into research, they find magic exists in space but in low quantities.
Funding goes into understanding how magic is generated and does it have nay correlation with population sizes and the power of the environment on the land.
2014 – Mundane scientists on the moon base name Lunar FB – 1, have over the last two years witnessed numerous changes occurring to their magical brethren as they extend their time in space and utilise their magic in the void, a feat not accomplishable until now.
Starting with the Wizards and Witches to spend time at the Lunar FB – 1, use of magic in the void of space, even on the moon, saw their facial characteristics, organs, bones, and other aspects of their physique being altered.
Magicals found they had sharper eyes, greater dexterity, and agility, along with a stronger physique that improved their chances of survival in the deep void.
Those with familiars brought to the moon even saw them changing from being exposed to the voids magic, regardless of being safely secure in the base and surrounded by the magic exuded by the transplanted plant life from Earth, including the Magical Fusion Reactor, the voids magic still seeped through and affected the new magical residents of the moon.
Magicals with owls, kneazles, serpents, and hounds found they all underwent different physical and mental alterations due to the effects of the voids magic as it naturally seeped into their physical forms and interacted with their personal magiks.
More often than not, they underwent numerous improvements to make life in space much easier, even if they regularly went back down to Earth via the Transport Chamber.
Magical species such as Goblins, Dwarves, Giants, Leprechauns, and so on each faced different pathways of change after arriving on the moon and spent time to acclimate to the environment.
Those with smaller statures like the Goblins, Dwarves, Gnomes, and Leprechauns, all found their bodies strength and growing in size, each to varying heights.
Goblins became slenderer and reached an average height of five feet, with the Dwarves matching them but they had a far stockier body full of bulging muscles.
Gnomes similarly gained a growth spurt of their own, however they peaked at four feet and somewhat retained their rotund physiques but received an affinity for mage sight in tune with their species characteristics.
Leprechauns grew too, and even reached a possible height of above five feet, however their facial features gained a far more pixie like appearance, making them seem rather fantastical in comparison to their past selves.
Giants surprisingly saw an increase in their mental capacity, improving their intelligence levels while also reducing their size by several feet though it saw an increase in density of bones and muscular mass.
Centaurs in fact found it possible to alternate their form between their original selves and a humanoid form that allowed them to simply move on two legs instead of four.
However, it saw an increase in their height and body mass, turning them into stocky brutes, yet it didn't compare to the change experienced by the Merfolk.
As if the void of space acted like a sea of its own, the Merfolk underwent the most significant evolution in comparison to the rest of the magical species as they became capable surviving in deep space without any equipment or artifacts suppling them with features that remained reminiscent of the sea.
Changing in colour to a much darker tone to match up with the void of space, the Merfolk too gained the ability to survive on the surface of the earth through the forced evolution in space.
Plans were made by Harry and the International Confederation of Magic to begin the slow transport and movement of magicals to space in an effort for them to experience the magical evolution of their forms.
The United Nations agreed with Harry and hastened along the process while sending along mundane scientists to closely note the changes as a catalogue of new magical lore.
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In the meantime, Lunar FB – 1 began mining down into the moon so they could better understand why it was hollow after a hundred kilometres towards the core.
What they found was a metal structure made from a composite unknown by humanity but something they could recognise as the strongest metal on record.
After failing to scientifically make their way through the metal shell of the moon's core structure, Peverell Space Tech called on Goblins, Dwarves, and Gnomes to help in trying to break through.
After failing as well, along with Giants trying and struggling too, Harry Potter found himself called back to the moon to try, only for his magic to cause a reaction leading to an entrance being formed.
The feat caused many people to wonder what was further special about The-Man-Who Conquered, yet Harry instead focused on what they found after further heading into the shell which was hallow and containing all sorts of advance technologies.
2015 – Harry James Potter's actions led to the discovery of SELENE, the ancient Artificial Intelligence long developed by an ancient form of humanity, one that called itself 'Uma'.
Leading the group from Lunar FB – 1 to investigate the shell after it opened up to his magic, the Immortal Wizard found spacecrafts, vehicles, weapons, armours, and plenty more related items perfect to help humanity leap forth in their development by centuries if not millennia.
Before they could use anything, SELENE made herself known by directing the group via small drones the size of an apple to arrive before a computer terminal requiring a biological sample.
Having taken the lead so far, Harry deposited a drop of his blood, only to find his own magic being seeped by the colossal hidden structure of the moon until he dropped to his knees out of exhaustion from the draw on his own enormous reserves of magic in his core.
As it turned out, SELENE psionically through their connection via magic, accidently sapped away his knowledge on mysticism and their lore, especially everything containing to Magi-Tech, a field rather enticing and revolutionary to SELENE.
Conversations soon began between the group and a holographic figure of SELENE designed as an elderly woman of academic renown based off the attire she wore.
SELENE begins to explain the history of her creation and the 'Uma' who were now considered extinction or otherwise surviving in a remote part of the universe, far away from their mortal enemy.
Hundreds of millions of years ago, 'Uma' were spread across the galaxy, particularly the Scutum Centaurus Arm, and established a rather technologically advance society, one capable of last for hundreds of millions of years more in its epic reign of dominance.
Unfortunately, the discovery of another race, one hostile and more advance technologically, turned many newer and stronger artificial intelligences against the 'Uma' Empire.
Countless of their kind died at the hands of Rogue Artificial Intelligences, however certain newer ones were developed to safeguard the last of their kind, sending them away from the Scutum Centaurus Arm.
It was here SELENE lead her 'Uma' only to find another variant of 'Uma' present in the Orion Arm, powerful and advance in their own right, but weaker in some parts to the 'Uma' Empire of the Scutum Centaurus Arm.
However, the very same race to attack the Uma Empire, eventually attacked the Orion Arm variant, crippling them from the height of their power and influence, only to subvert them into their most basic form, leading to humanity being eventually created.
Since then, under the disguise of the moon, SELENE has overseen the development of humanity, going back as far as the stone age and even before in their long history upon Earth.
A detailed account of the changes and development of the planet was recorded by SELENE and safely stored away for use at a later date, which was handed to Harry and his team so it could be sent back to Earth for analysis.
In the meantime, SELENE helped the team become familiar with the advance technologies whilst further delving into Magi-Tech, a field she already improved by finding different means to laid down runic scripts and schema, along with enchantments but without a means of magically activating the improvements.
Harry spent a while at first in understanding why SELENE only reacted to his magic, yet he soon found the ancient Artificial Intelligence only had one simple answer, the symbol of the Deathly Hallows.
Now aware Lady Death had taken action in his favour, Harry moved onto other matters but advised SELENE to keep the information about the Death Hallows restricted for the time being.
Instead, he started working with SELENE to help her better understand the new field capable of bending and twisting reality to the users will, as well as directing communication between the Artificial Intelligence and the United Nations Assembly.
Many wish to seek the Artificial Intelligence's aid in developing humanity to greater heights, whereas others wish to exploit it for personal means if they could.
Sadly for them all, SELENE wasn't willing to do anything that would further increase Humanity's development.
Rather, she wanted to see humanity resolve many of its societal problems before even bothering to ask for her aid.
This included the integration of the magical world and end of hostilities between different racial profiles, a problem still greatly affecting humanity and its future potential per estimations calculated by SELENE.
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A cure for Werewolves was also discovered by Magical Scientists residing at Lunar FB – 1, enabling the formerly infected to now transform freely into giant wolves bigger than horses, but without the feral aspects of being a Werewolf.
Wolves, as they came to call themselves, were a pack sort of society and followed the hierarchy, which in this case saw Remus Lupin at the very top as Alpha of all the Werewolves across the globe.
Since the cure was the magical sort and the ritual ended up performed on the Moon meant the Werewolves were all cured at once on the 1st of May 2015.
Many Wolves went into service of the magicals behind curing them, though most simply found Remus and joined the pack, awaiting the orders and command of their Alpha.
2016 – 2022 – Humanity begins resolving many of their societal problems while it causes many to question the actions of the United Nations.
Thankfully, the revelation of SELENE's discovery helped humanity as a whole better understand what was required of them and the history of their people which the Artificial Intelligence released to their people in the hopes they could understand their past.
Countless riots and protests are launched around the world, many not wanting to communicate with SELENE while others hoping for their governments to seize control of the Artificial Intelligence so it could better improve their daily lives.
Witnessing all this chaos, SELENE reaches out to Harry, a wizard she called friend who explained the tough nature of humans and their propensity to argue, regardless of it being a sound stance or not.
Sensing humanity wouldn't change as quickly as they informed her, SELENE decides to request a seat as part of the United Nations after confirming herself a member of the Uma Empire and now, humanity as a whole.
Through the use of drones enhanced through Magi-Tech developed and created by herself in the confines of her shell construct on the moon, SELENE made herself presentable in front of the United Nations Assembly, asking to join in the hopes of better improving humanity's chance for survival.
Displaying herself as an elderly woman, though refinery dressed in the latest fashions, SELENE projected herself through an illusion-based charm that gained solid form by manipulating the foundation of the illusion charm by breaking down the quantitative aspect of the magic, a feat possible by the Artificial Intelligence powered by a white dwarf star.
With the help of Harry and Peverell Industries, SELENE developed the Perpetual Magic Generator, granting her the ability to fuel magical experiments, many of which saw to the complete rebuilding of the Uma Fleet under her care inside of the shell construct of the moon.
This too included weapons, armours, vehicles, and practically anything else she could find that could better be improved through Magi-Tech and magical principles.
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Using her new position as part of the United Nations organisation, SELENE started to develop various social programs and projects around the globe to help resolve many of the issues plaguing humanity.
This included monitoring of financial markets and systems, communication networks, and a universal healthcare system that recently came into effect through the United Nations.
Working in conjunction with Gringotts-Hjarkdun-Kelbar-Pracán Bank, a financial company consisting of magical banks allied together in the mundane markets, helped manage SELENE's financial affairs, granting the Artificial Intelligence its very own account and means of funding her various operations around the globe.
Granger-Black Group and Pharmaceuticals, Peverell Industries, Weasley Family Trust, Longbottom Management, and numerous other magically backed corporations help SELENE in many of her different projects by supplying magical materials and a magical workforce.
Greenhouses expanded via runic scripts embedded into the foundation and structure of the building allowed SELENE to bring mass production of magical resources needed for the success of the Universal Healthcare system.
They too became important in helping feed the masses without hunger ever being a worry for humanity to experience or suffer.
In six years, SELENE established and oversaw numerous charitable organisations leading the development of humanity's societal state, first achieving their goal in eliminating world hunger.
President Edward Morra, successor to President Barrack Obama, supports SELENE's various social projects and her Universal Healthcare system for the world, overseeing to its integration in the United States of America within his first term as President.
By the time Covid-19 takes effect on the global stage, SELENE's Universal Healthcare system is able to discover a cure and begin implementing vaccines, significantly reducing the overall death toll and period of global quarantine.
This period of time creates more wealth for Harry Potter and his close allies, financial or otherwise, including SELENE, allowing the Artificial Intelligence to further develop new projects and fund certain investments believed necessary for humanity's progress.
2030 – SELENE's actions to bring humanity closer together whilst resolving many societal has finally led to a unified government under the United Nations.
Former Nations are now seen as territories, each with representatives to help promote the local issues to the United Nations Assembly, along with SELENE helping to resolve the problems if possible.
World hunger, homelessness, and lack of clean water plaguing Earth is now resolved completely, along with the world being closely connected through Magi-Tech communication devices.
Through the use of Communication Mirrors and old knowledge regarding research into finding a possible means of transport before apparition was discovered, led to one of the greatest Magi-Tech artifacts in modern history.
Communication mirrors enabled wired data to be followed as long as the counterpart mirror was connected by the same wired cables.
New satellites were built off the principles of this new Magi-Tech discovery, including the revamping of communications at the Lunar bases, leading to society now wielding instantaneous communication and data flow, a feat not believed possible before.
SELENE further looked into enhancing the completed design and operations to improve its efficiency and effectiveness, though her attention went to the development of supplying clean water to the world.
Droughts were now a thing of the past for majority of the globe as Magi-Tech began to take the world by storm after the United Nations introduces magic to the world.
SELENE, along with the members of the United Nations, addressed the world as Harry James Potter, current Supreme Mugwump and elected Merlin of the Order of Emrys, spoke to the world about his gifts and that of many others, introducing Goblins, Dwarves, Faires, House Elves, Centaurs, Giants, Trolls, Vampires, and numerous other magical beings to the world.
The mundane world is taken aback and has mixed feelings when it comes to the revelation of magic, that is until SELENE begins to speak of the various ways it has already helped humanity for the last 15 years.
Many veterans affected by wars, injured physically and mentally to a state they would forever be confined to a bed or restricted to a wheelchair, found new means to exist and flourish once more in society.
Most went into security work for the United Nations, helping protect various project sites for SELENE or to eliminate terrorist factions rising up to control a piece of the pie such as warlords of Africa or religious factions in the United States, Middle East, and Asia.
Witnessing disabled soldiers become 'whole' once more, and even the success stories from the general public to be helped, enabled a far better response from the masses, leading to a better integration of the two societies in the coming years.
Research into Alchemy with Harry James Potter, Nicolas Flamel, and Albus Dumbledore, saw to the rediscovery of adamantium, a magical metal considered a myth by society but with the aid of SELENE and her technological advancements, including those of Magi-Tech, helped create large reserves of the highly magical conductive metal.
It ended up being used in the creation of the artificial magical prosthetics that worked off permanent transfiguration that bound together a metal limb with the necessary joints and appendages, before being altered to appear exactly like normal a normal extremity.
However, the rediscovery of adamantium meant it now went into the construction of the base form of the artificial limb, now granting the disabled individual to receive it, the ability to now sense and touch their surroundings as if it were like their former limb, of course including the increased strength and power.
Countless veterans ended up receiving the new Artificial magic-conductive prosthetics, leading to an increase in applications to join the United Nations Armed Forces as they could now re-enter service.
Most believed they owed something to the United Nations and the magical world, so they were at the forefront of protecting them, either trying their hand at joining the United Nations, otherwise they found employment by joining any of the magically owned and operated Private Military Companies created by Harry and his friends.
They were largely contracted to either their own companies to act as security or signed up to help the United Nations Armed Forces in various manners.
Though such advancements and improvements in society weren't enough to stop all conflicts from rising up.
2031 – 2060 – Over the course of the last three decades, humanity progressed technologically and magically to new heights that granted them a colony on the Moon with an environment just like Earth but through Magi-Tech means.
Magical Fusion Reactors were now spread across Earth and situated on the moon at the several different bases, so Magi-Tech had no issues working in space, even with the minimal amount of void magic naturally available.
By the end of 2035, Mars had their own colony, one connected to the Moon and Earth via Transport Chambers allowing for instant transportation between the planetary bodies.
Thousands began to settle on either planetary body, much of which required accelerated expansion of both colonies until SELENE advised the United Nations it was best to stop further migration in an effort to allow the colonists to set the foundations of their new homes and those of Terrans, a title now granted to all those considered members of the United Nations.
The title of 'Terrans' was suggested by SELENE to better help Magical Beings connect with humanity since it believed otherwise the two societies wouldn't likely connect or bond to progress in the future.
At first, plenty of opposition was shown by the masses through riots and protests but time quickly saw it all dying out until a human supremacy organisation chose to attack through biological warfare.
Through the use of systems considered ancient and impossible for SELENE to monitor, the human terrorist group launched several biological attacks around the globe on the 26th of June 2038, killing more humans than magicals as a result of the attack locations.
However, death tolls were significantly reduced when magicals selflessly entered the affect biological zones of warfare, saving as many mundanes as possible before either dying or being heavily injured themselves.
These actions by the magicals helped foster a closer bond between the two societies trying to merge together into one, which only led to Harry being called.
It came at a time when society was the closet to a civil war, so the United Nations assembly asked Harry to take action to stop the smaller conflicts during protests to turn into a full fledged war.
Harry gathered his allies and friends, both mundanes and magicals of various races to join together as part of a Private Military Company, The Grimm Legion, one that saw him as leader beside Neville, Albert, Ronald, Cedric, Terry, and numerous others.
Meeting with the Special Forces of the United Nations Armed Forces, The Grimm Legion Commanders organised a means of counter espionage to discover the people at fault.
In just a few months, several large conflicts across the globe suddenly broke out, each led by the United Nations Armed Forces, The Grimm Legion, and numerous other PMC's owned and managed by magicals.
They fought the perpetrators of the biological terrorist attacks, finding their hidden bases across the globe and in the stratosphere of the planet.
Many wealthy backers, corporations, and former national governments were discovered to be at fault for the attacks, which ended up being leaked to the masses, causing plenty of mayhem amongst society for the individuals response.
Businesses and companies aligned with the people responsible underwent some serious backlash from society, many even closely abruptly as people either quit en mass or outright destroyed all the facilities of the companies, leaving them utterly ruined.
In an effort to stop the chaos, Harry spoke with SELENE and government officials such as the current United Nations Premier of the Americas, Edward Morra, to decide the best course of action to take in response of the leaks.
In less than an hour, a resolution was found, but one that saw further change in society as laws became tougher on the rich, influential, and politically powerful.
Plenty of powerful people weren't pleased to hear this, and many further sided with the terrorists as a result, however the war between the United Nations and the rebellious faction was over faster than anyone could have imagined.
Harry, aware of his capabilities as Herald of the Primordial Eternals, led The Grimm Legion to attack the backers and supporters of the terrorists, fighting beside Neville, Ronald, Daphne, Hermione, Terry, and other friends during raids on the terrorist hidden bases.
SELENE did her best to help support through satellites, each built off Magi-Tech principles and technologies, though she found herself on the frontlines via the combat drones magically equipped by The Grimm Legion after receiving them from Peverell Industries.
Built in conjunction with SELENE on the moon through the Artificial Intelligence's own micro-processing factories, along with Power Armours and other Magi-Tech influenced equipment, Peverell Industries worked well with numerous other magical corporations to supply The Grimm Legion everything possible to unleash mayhem on the terrorists.
10th of August 2038 saw the conclusion of the short war with the terrorist group to finally name themselves Simeht, a reversal of Themis, the Titan Goddess of Justice from the Greek Pantheon.
They chose to release their name just as Harry 'Death's Merlin' Potter led a one-man battle campaign against Simeht's main global headquarters as they tried to launch an attack on magical educational institutes around the world.
Neville, Ronald, Dean, Terry, and even Draco, were each leading teams to attack the bases of the terrorist group preparing to lead the attacks on the ground, however Harry ended up having to single handedly battle the forces of the main headquarter base on his own since it rested in the depths of the Artic Pole waters.
Harry's battle wasn't as known publicly for a time like the rest since mundanes and magicals weren't working in tandem with one another to battle the terrorists, but in just a couple of months, leaks from the United Nations Armed Forces eventually revealed the lone actions of Harry Potter, granting him the title of 'Death's Merlin'.
Video footage leaked onto the internet however left society rocked by the viciousness displayed by Harry and the speed at which he eliminated the terrorists, uncaring of their pleas.
Some sought to surrender once they realised it was futile to fight against an unstoppable force, yet their words fell on deaf ears as Harry wasn't willing to accept anyone surrendering after discovering the organisation kept slaves.
From young children to grown men and women, they were utilised for all sorts of purposes including scientific research and pleasurable means, but this just further infuriated Harry, causing him to leave no terrorist alive by the time he'd cleared the base.
The terrorist attacks caused SELENE to reassess her belief of humanity's unity, causing several deep investigations by her to understand the state of society, however the results discover the actions of Simeht has in fact brought humanity closer together.
It also helped the officials of the United Nations to understand they had to seriously improve monitoring systems as well as certain technologies to help the environment, unaware Harry had a biological means to repair the damage.
Via his responsibilities as Herald to Primordial Eternals, Harry magically sensed he needed to travel to a particular location on Earth.
His journey away from everything considered familiar resulted in the discovery of a new continent long believed a myth part of a tale originating back during the Ancient Greek era.
Stamping his name once more in history as the person to discover the lost continent of Atlantis, Harry delved back into his research projects whereas exploration of the continent was left to his people and members of The Grimm Legion.
Countless ancient technologies were found that suggested the civilisation that once resided on the continent of Atlantis were in fact highly advance in comparison to even themselves in present day.
Harry, as the one to discover the continent, ends up far wealthier than any other person in Terran history, and the person in control of Atlantis technologies, however he connects with SELENE to help her, and the rest of humanity better understand what they have just found.
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Midway through 2041 saw the Granger-Black Group and Pharmaceuticals explaining their creation of Magical Intelligences, a new magical field of Lore developed by Hermione in tandem with Daphne Greengrass, Harry Potter, Neville Longbottom, Luna Lovegood, and Padma Patil.
SELENE supported the project as well by helping refine the code of the program that saw Invictus Peverell, an ancient wizard of the Peverell lineage of renown with his own magical portrait, became capable of evolving into the very first Magical Intelligence.
The influence of SELENE's refinement of the program to see magical imprints of portraits transfer into bio-synthetic Intelligence Cores, evolving them into Magical Intelligences, significantly advanced along their overall state of being.
Examining the overall quality of Invictus' programming, SELENE stated in her report to the United Nations assembly that the first Magical Intelligence of the Terrans was in fact considered an eight fifth generation Artificial Intelligence in the Uma's database of AI classification.
First through to third generation Artificial Intelligences were known for automating many of their operations and the ability to fill in varying gaps when given a command without detail parameters.
Fourth generation and above till sixth were focused on intelligence alike their creators, matching up as much as possible to their mental faculties and processes, however these Artificial Intelligences were known for only lasting anywhere between 4 to 7 years.
If they remained idle, it couldn't exactly compute with them, so they constantly kept themselves busy, leading to their lifespan quickly fading away.
Seventh generation and above were cured of this 'rampancy' issue, and could freely live as long as they want, but more so dependent on their actions and responsibilities.
In the case of Invictus as an eight generation Artificial Intelligence, SELENE believed he could last indefinitely as long as magic continued to exist and power his requirements.
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The United Nations soon became aware of the classification list and began to use it as a basis for future identification of developed Intelligences.
Invictus, the first among many, began working closely with Harry, Peverell Industries, SELENE and the United Nations to further develop along civilisation.
It started with the refinement of items already crafted and magically produced via drones than the production lines overseen by SELENE on the moon.
A question raised by a Martian Wizarding Scientist caused the refinement of all Terran technologies since it brought about the discovery of a new means of manufacturing while further strengthening the materials than mundanely possible for now through scientific means.
The scientist asked if magic was absorbed or involved in the manufacturing process besides the use of the drones and the magical computers equipped with a runic operating system.
In his own research, he found magic acted as the perfect storage device without it ever really wielding anything permanent storage device to house said data.
Looking into the lore behind magical portraits helped the Martian Wizarding Scientist to find portraits damaged over time, but left in the same place over the centuries, could very much return back to their peak state after undergoing refurbishment.
To the surprise of the project team working directly with Invictus, they never looked into such matters concerning magical portraits, so they didn't consider magics possible influence.
Invictus further looked into these discoveries and found magic was capable of so much more after the latest iteration of magical drones gained a sentience bug ecology of its own.
Much like organic bugs, the drones were designed similarly to caterpillars, flies, ants, and so forth, however the continued development and improvement of the runic program meant the latest line of magical drones could use the knowledge and strengths of the ecology to further enhance their individual capabilities while benefiting the collective.
They could naturally draw on magic to help 'guide' them in a way to improve their forms as necessarily required of them, so they were raring to go when Invictus gave them new orders to begin building.
Revamping solar and wind power technologies, Invictus provided the drones a basic outline of the requirements for the items being built, leaving the rest for magic to fill in through its own analysis of the design parameters.
The crafted equipment undergoes heavy testing and exhaustive straining of the machines until the final assessment found they were at the minimum two hundred percent better than the initial designs in production of power, while the materials were strengthened at by close to three hundred percent.
Continued testing last for several more months until the beginning of 2042 saw the United Nations announcing the creation of over a dozen new Magical Intelligences to help Invictus with magically refining technologies currently in use worldwide and through Terran space.
The next few years sees to the complete revamping of human technologies while SELENE closely witnesses the changes to Uma technologies before providing her results to the United Nations.
Invictus, and other Magical Intelligences once more made headlines across all of Terran space once they requested for equal rights, with SELENE introducing their plea to the assembly of the United Nations.
Many different points were raised, including the age of Magical Intelligences as a species if we were to consider their age since transcending their magical portraits, however that very same point was utilised by the Magical Intelligences in their argument for equal rights and representation.
They were magical imprints of real Wizards, Witches, and other magical beings who could afford to save some of their personality beyond their mortal forms, which Invictus and the others believed gave them every right to be seen as equals.
United Nations assembly in the end agreed with Invictus and the other Magical Intelligences after SELENE advised much the same to the assembly and referred them to inspect the Uma classification for artificial intelligences.
Trusting the knowledge of their ancestors from hundreds of millions of years back, humanity granted Magical Intelligences equal rights in the year 2050, leading to Invictus becoming the very first representative of the new magical species in the United Nations assembly.
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The next decade simply saw to the heavy introduction of magic into society and its sentient way to influence the manufacturing process, enhancing the end product beyond initial expectations.
It too worked with construction after the colonies on Mars and the Moon were revamped by the Magical Intelligences.
Improvements in atmospheric technologies through scientific, magical, and Magi-Tech means helped further the progress of terraforming the planetary bodies with Terran colonies.
The discovery of programmable matter and its creation increased the speed at which the Magical Intelligences saw to the integration of magic into the equipment and technologies of Terran society, though it was made clear that the focus on purely magical and scientific technical advancements would also be researched alongside Magi-Tech.
Mars sees more attention in regards to terraforming the planet over Earth's moon, which saw to a high importance on archology architecture in the development of the planet as it began to increase the number of colonists.
Elsewhere on Earth, a possible solution to Terran's terraforming hopes found a magical method far greater and powerful than anyone could have imagined but wouldn't realise its potential until the end of the decade once Mars became entirely habitable.
Harry's discovery of the Atlantis continent eventually saw magical and mundane explorers to find the Atkaye Tree, a recorded sacred tree by the Atlantis civilisation for providing life and continued good health to the lands and environment.
Magical explorers were the ones to relay it was a magical tree in their report after sensing a significant increase in the density of magical energy closer to the unique plant life.
At the behest of the United Nations, Harry arrived at the Atkaye Tree with Neville in tow and several magical beings closely aligned to nature such as a Centaur, Nymph, Dryad, and Druid of which Neville fulfilled after undergoing the trials of the Longbottom Ancestral Magiks.
Both powerful Wizards and the other magical beings were able to find the Atkaye Tree helped generate and saturate magical energy in a particular area, as long as the roots of the tree were acclimatised to the soil.
Taking this into account, along with a means of possibly replanting part of the Atkaye Tree elsewhere, a secret project was underway with the United Nations approval as Peverell Industries, along with numerous other magical corporations sought to plant a branch of the Atkaye Tree on Mars and the Moon.
Starting with Mars, Neville found the optimal spot for the tree after using his Druidic magics to find a place outside of the safety offered by the colonies reinforced and protected significantly by magic and Magi-Tech artifacts.
Besides the occasional visit, the location of the Atkaye Tree on Mars was left unknown by most until the planted branch sprouted into a tree, first being affected by the local minimal strength of Martian magic.
As the Atkaye Tree branch sprouted and absorbed more of the Martian magic signature, it saw to the rapid evolution of the unique planet life to better suit the climate of the Red Planet, though it largely equalised through the influence of magic from the magical society present on Mars.
They were already affected by voids magic to oversee their partial evolution to better suit space travel; however, the Atkaye Tree of Mars began to reach out to their personal magiks after it synced up with the Martian magical signature.
Fairies were the first to find themselves sensing the major changes happening, and their own connection to Mars magical signature.
The partially immortal beings till now believed they could only continue to wield their magical capabilities in space due to the artifacts they wore that helped maintain their bond to Earth.
Without the necklace artifacts, the fairies felt their power significantly weakened, and their own forms lost much of their capabilities, leading society to believe they couldn't remain too far away from Earth otherwise it might even see them killed.
As it turned out, the Atkaye Tree acted like a video game 'checkpoint' that saved the fairies as part of its magical records, enabling them to serve the interests of the planet over Earth.
Considered a forgotten piece of their lore, the fairies weren't the only magical species to find this connection with the Martian Atkaye Tree, though it was only a few species such as Dryads, Nymphs, Satyrs, Centaurs, and other nature-based beings that realised the importance of bonding to the unique plant life.
After connecting to the Martian Atkaye Tree, they realised it helped along the terraforming of the planet, especially with the number of Fairies, House Elves, and other magical strong nature-based species bonded to the tree.
Initial reports ended up with the United Nations who asked Neville and his band of 'Eco-Warriors' to increase the number of planted Atkaye Trees across Mars and even the Moon.
After speaking with Harry, the approval was given to do much the same here on Earth as well, which only kickstarted the farming of the unique tree life on Earth to best prepare for future planets they found and deemed fit for inhabiting a colony or becoming a settlement.
In just a few months, Mars and the Moon were littered with countless Atkaye Trees, each supplied with bountiful amounts of nutrients and water, including magical fertiliser taken straight from dragons and other magical beasts.
They had undergone serious assessment in the hopes of better understanding how to improve the lives of the magical beasts, though it in turn found countless hidden magical settlements around the world already undertaking success services and far better than those publicly employed.
A Norse society found in 2038 was a settlement created by magical clans of the past heavily aligned with intelligent dragons long considered dead or hunted outright.
Yet, thousands upon thousands were found in the magically concealed mountains of Europe, only to begin expanding across the globe and beyond on Mars.
Few even settled on the Moon but SELENE made sure to create the perfect space for them to settle.
Phoenixes, Minotaurs, Bicorn, Drakes, Qilian, and countless other magical breasts and creatures sort out the same options as the intelligent dragons and soon were transported across two Mars more often than the moon.
China, Russia, the continent of Africa, India, South Americas, Pacific Islands, and even Australia each revealed hidden magical settlements to have long histories dating back several millennia, though now they opened up borders and integrated into society, following the lead of Harry Potter, Death's Merlin, an accepted title all Terrans deemed worthy of their Immortal Wizard.
The man in question by the time Neville planted the very first Atkaye Tree on Mars, found himself bonded with two Phoenixes.
His first Phoenix came to him in the form of Hedwig receiving the blessings of Primordial Eternals, evident by a message relayed by the group of Greater Beings via a letter bound to the former owl's legs.
Hedwig disappeared at the end of his fifth year at Hogwarts, only to return the following year as a Lightning Phoenix, one gifted with great power and potential to help Harry's research into new means of transportation.
The second familiar, a Dark Phoenix, arrived before Harry in the void of space after feeling his magic draw him out of the starship not too far away from Mars, on the very same day Neville planted the Atkaye Tree on Mars.
In front of his very deep emerald eyes, black-like flames rippled through space to quickly bring forth a Dark Phoenix, a creature aligned with the darker elements of magic and voids magic surprisingly.
This led to another letter being sent by Lady Death, but one Harry found rather important and worthwhile his immediate use if it were true.
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On the eve of a new year, Harry gathered all his close friends and family to celebrate the end of 2056 and the beginning of another year for Terran expansion and development.
The old gang from Hogwarts were invited, including their Slytherin school year mates, who were long past their old prejudices.
Some of the professors and family members were included as well, though everyone remained somewhat tense.
Harry advised in the invite he had something important to inform them all, so nobody felt inclined to not accept the invite, yet now the anxiety for waiting so long had brought about a tense atmosphere.
The Wizard in question sensed this and decided it was time to explain, but wasn't exactly sure it would go as he expected, "So… how have you all been?" cheekily grinned Harry, only to find several dozen curses thrown his way by everyone in the room.
Screaming at the top of her lungs, "HARRY JAMES MOTHERFUCKING POTTER! IF YOU DO NOT TELL US WHY YOU HAVE CALLED EVERY GODDAMN PERSON YOU KNOW TO THIS GODFORSAKEN RED PLANET, I WILL CUT YOU BALLS OFF, BE DAMNED THE CONSEQUENCES I MUST FACE AT DAPHNES' HANDS!"
Padma Patil's threat stopped everyone to turn and frighteningly shiver at the fury exuded by the pregnant Ravenclaw genius on the way to becoming a mother later in life once more after four other beautiful and magically gifted children.
Daphne Potter Née Greengrass, the close friend of Padma Patil, couldn't help herself from chuckling quietly but immediately became quiet once her friend glared in her direction.
Clearing his through, Harry decided to not waste time and got straight to the point, even if he knew it would raise more questions, "I can offer you guys Semi-Immortality, without all the nasty issues typically associated to its possibility and use.
If you want to ask how, I, as 'Master of Death' have certain… 'bonuses' one of which grants me the ability to contract your services for a time in helping me in my greater endeavours."
For a time, silence filled the open space of the expansive longue room, yet it was finally broken by Neville, "Wherever stands a Potter, too shall a Longbottom be found next to them.
I'm with you to the end, brother."
Harry knew he'd never have to question Neville, and it was evident now more than ever as everyone saw him easily recover from the shock and accept with even questioning the possible issues or constraints.
He wasn't the only one as Ronald Weasley, Hermione Weasley Née Granger, Tracey Davis, the Patil Twins, Susan Bones, Hannah Abbott, Luna Lovegood, Justin Finch-Fletchley, Seamus Finegan, Dean Thomas, Theodore Nott, Blaise Zabini, Draco Malfoy, Vincent Crabbe, Gregory Goyle, and numerous others quickly voiced their acceptance of semi-immortality.
A few though like Penelope Clearwater began to ask the right questions, finally easing the minds of many who felt they were going to have to accept out of goodwill for all that Harry had done for their people.
Thankfully, Harry's explaining into how semi-immortality wouldn't affect their physical appearance or mental strength but continue to grant them magical power, allowing them to further improve, however it came with certain responsibilities.
They would be requested to search for souls of those still tethered or bound to the planet, unable to move on, yet in the future, this would extent out into space and other planets were we may settle.
Even if they found aliens, they had to receive the same trust and respect in death.
Such requirements actually enticement many more people since it seemed like a job and one that would allow them to travel, surprisingly at Harry's expense as he intended to create them a guild but through a recognised organisation for their work.
Harry spoke of expanding the offer to magical species too willing to accept the requirements asked of them, but he first chose to speak with friends, family, and close allies as they deserved to know before the rest.
The few magical beings present were immediately accepting of the offer, whereas the ambassadors for the countless species had to go back and speak with their leaders to discuss who would best represent them.
Harry also set the stipulation in place that they were guardians of life and responsibility for society to continue progressing forward, a condition made vastly more serious and impactful after the revelation regarding the sentient machines ending all organic life in a cycle, one repeated for billions upon billions of years.
Luna Lovegood ended up being a True Seer, one whose prophecy regarding said future about sentient machines wanting to end all organic life was actually found in the Department of Mysteries and brought to the meeting held by Harry.
Everyone was able to hear what it had to say, once more increasing the number of people willing to accept semi-immortality, one they could walk away from at any time if they so choose later in life.
In the end, the meeting saw countless people accept Harry's offer, with the rest willing to support the cause but wished to see their mortal lives come to an end.
Harry's Dark Phoenix, Altarr, became the magical catalyst to enact the gift of semi-immortality, both powers bestowed upon Lord Potter by his patron Primordial Eternal.
Thus, Death's Order of Acolytes came into existence, once who'd carve a legend of their own.
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With Magi-Tech utilised throughout Terran society and industries, entertainment media significantly improved what they could release to their consumers, from better graphics in video games and greater storylines, to films and television shows capable of creating worlds and universes at a fraction of what they would have previously cost.
Science fiction films and televisions have always been incredibly popular as a genre, though it has always cost a great deal to produce, yet Magi-Tech has helped resolve such an issue.
Therefore, past films and series deemed impossible to produce due to costs or went truly showcased as to the best they could possibly achieve, many underwent a reboot in the hopes of telling a better story.
Disney, a corporation owned largely in part by Harry, Neville, Sirius, Ronald, and numerous other friends, oversaw the recreation of the Star Wars film and television series.
Starting with the props and the use of Augmented Reality Training Rooms, designed and built off the basis of the Room of Requirement set up in Hogwarts, the ART Rooms helped create the perfect sets and world environment for the Star Wars universe.
The blaster pistols were crafted to use magic, sending stupefy spells at the enemy, weapons already crafted and in use via SELENE's own actions, however the creation of the Lightsabers ended up dragging Harry, Hermione, Daphne, Padma, Neville, Terry, and Susan to once more work on a project together.
In a month's time, they a fully functional lightsaber in hand just like those from the film series created by George Lucas.
They even made the same sound when starting, in use, and turned off, making Harry, Neville, Ronald, Hermione, Daphne, and the remaining Star Wars fans to madly cackle.
In fact, the lightsabers had two functions, one that allowed them to act as batons with the 'light' blade being turned into solid light through runes creating a perimeter which holds solid magic, and the other being the traditional lightsabers from the film series.
Taking inspiration from the series, Neville ended up establishing the 'Maegi Order' largely in line with the principles of the Jedi Order from the Star Wars series but plenty of changes were made to better suit present day society and the likelihood those capable of wielding magic would be the only ones to grant admittances for now.
In an effort to also help create the actual lightsaber fighting forms in real life, Neville, as the first Grandmaster of the Order, a title Harry granted him after the two began to train with the lightsabers and incorporate magic, reached out to the magical species heavily inclined for war.
Goblins and Dwarves Grandmaster smiths and noticeable elders' part of their societies met with Neville and introduced him to the potential of Golem Magical Sentience's.
Magically programmable golems capable of educating students on different fighting techniques and styles, was offered to Neville to include in his Maegi Order for recruits to better improve their skills so they weren't novices using lightsabers.
Neville further learnt how to add fighting styles and skills to the golems, as well as the magic behind their creation, which he passed onto Tiberius Longbottom, his Great Grandfather turned into a Magical Intelligence.
The great wizard was a swordmaster and the well-renown crafter of a magical battle style designed around his use of the blade.
Neville spent a great deal of time with Tiberius to improve the magic behind the Golem Magical Sentience, eventually make it possible for the magical artifact to develop new fighting styles and improve those already created once Tiberius gave the golems the ability to utilise external processing power for such feats.
Wanting to closely monitor the improvements they made as it would be likely his duty to act as the repository for the Maegi Council, Tiberius connected some of his own servers to the golems, all of which quickly went into use in better improving the skills of the actors for the film and television series, while others were used by Neville and Harry to better their own skills.
2061 – SELENE developed and introduced neutral implants to medical science in an effort to finds means of helping disabled people with mobility problems, birth defects, nerve issues, and so forth.
What couldn't be fixed currently by magic had SELENE working around the clock to find a solution.
For the time being, SELENE found ways for neural implants to enable disabled people unable to be helped by magic, to connect with the rest of society in manners unknown to Terrans until now.
A decent percent of these people, including plenty of others not deemed disabled, were rather adapt at controlling and connecting with machines, something that eventually leads to several projects focused on Virtual Reality and computers capable of managing the processing required for such a program.
2062 – Terrans discover the Prothean Ruins buried deep into the ground of Mars, causing SELENE to greatly help along the excavation of sand and soil to reach the supposed entrance of the ruins.
Harry didn't lead the charge to investigate the ruins, but instead sent along one of the many PMC's working for House and companies.
Ernest Macmillan happened to command the PMC asked to assist in clearing the ruin of traps and dangers, however Harry watched with events go down live with the rest of the United Nations assembly.
SELENE wasn't even involved in the initial investigations as several Magical Intelligences specified around archaeology were leading the discovery, much to the surprise and delight of the highly advance Artificial Intelligence situated on the Moon.
Everything went as expected, causing numerous scientists and specialists to be sent to the ruins in an effort to understand what they had discovered.
Magical computer systems were taken along as well and wired into the alien systems so they could start translating the language after the PMC sent to clear the ruins of traps and danger, were now tasked to remain behind as security.
They ended up being the guinea pigs for many of the experiments in utilising the equipment and weapons found throughout the expansive underground facility that even held docks to build starships and store them away.
Unfortunately, many of these rooms and facilities were locked away behind firewalls long enabled to stop entrance, and then completely edited in a way that only the operating system and someone aware to the coding utilised could unravel their mess to unlock the goodies.
SELENE and all the Magical Intelligences failed in trying to break through as it meant they would lose the wealth of knowledge they found on the Protheans and their culture recorded on the systems.
They were able to decipher the Prothean language and understand the catalogue of information stored on the systems accessible to them when interfaced via their magical computers.
Yet it sadly wasn't able to unveil everything on offer within the ruins just yet.
The Supreme Mugwump, Harry Potter, had been asked on numerous occasions by the research team chosen to work at the ruins to help in entering the restricted sections of the alien facility, however he refused and asked them to instead work on finding a solution.
2063 – Mars has completely transformed into a garden world perfect for habitation, eliminating the need for body suits with an oxygen supply to travel across the planet.
The climate and state of the atmosphere matched up with Earth's, perfect for Terrans to inhabit, causing many of the cavern underground lakes to rapidly melt away.
Those areas, along with numerous others, saw the interference of man to help shape the landscape for not only their benefit, but the environment around them.
Magical Species with a large affinity for nature, and Druids led by Neville, worked together to help the shaping of the environment as the vast number of planted Atkaye Tree across the planet had hastened along the sprouting of greenery and plant life aligned with the Red Planet and suited to the magical signature of the planetary body.
Neville ends up purchasing a large amount of land for the Maegi Council on Mars, the Moon, and Earth.
For the last five years, Lord Neville Longbottom has actively worked to set up the Maegi Council and call on people to join the order, one that would eventually lead to a new sport being introduced to Terran society.
Harry is considered a Grandmaster in his own right as one of the only people capable of fighting Neville on the same level of intensity and skill, yet the latter is still considered the face and Grandmaster of the Maegi Order.
All sorts of lightsabers can now be formed basic off the shaping of the light blade and its ability to hold condensed magic, granting people like Ronald Weasley the ability to wield a halberd warhammer lightsaber.
Many nights were spent training to wield the weapon and effectively use it in battle, yet it all just fuelled Ronald's obsession for the weapon and the right to wield it for the benefit and security of society.
2064 – The Moon is now terraformed, a feat many didn't believe possible to witness in their lifetime, much like Mars own transformation into a green-redish planet, yet the Moon now could be viewed much the same.
It had a silvery touch, only to match with moon dust and the soil, however it quite suited the planet and unique environment that brought plenty of visitors to the closest celestial body to Earth.
Surprisingly, Wolves ended up seeing their Wolf forms gained several improvements to their strength, intelligence, and magic in the case of those capable of wielding it.
Their humanoid forms also received these benefits, though the strength really shined when in their Wolf form.
2065 – In creating an Artificial Intelligence that went against the classification of the Uma Empire, an ambitious Alexander Ryder, a specialist in the field of Artificial Intelligence Engineering, and psychology, ends up mapping the neural network of his infant daughter for his artificial creation, not knowing his actions would lead Terran society on a path they could have never possibly imagined.
Making sure the Artificial Intelligence perceives time as any normal person, Alexander activates it in the presence of his family and loved ones, introducing them all to his creation while answering its numerous questions that currently seemed tread the light between male and female regarding its vocal pattern.
Since his wife was a witch and working for Ollivander the Magi-Wolf, the genius to truly take Magi-Tech into the next generation of development, they were able to order the right components and materials necessary to build a body for the newest member of their family.
2067 – Terran researchers have learnt more about the Protheans and the purpose of the ruins known as the 'Repository' by the extinct race, as it held the collective knowledge of their people leading up to the final days of their people.
According to the Prothean archives they could access through computers interfacing with the MC's (Magical Computer), they were annihilated by a sentient machine race called the Reapers, and they weren't the first to face these monsters.
At first, this news worried many across Terran society as they imagined SELENE or any of the Magical Intelligences going rogue, however such thoughts were brought to rest by the United Nations and its members who championed the Artificial Intelligences, calling them brethren's and family members part of Terran society.
This news ended up reaching Mars via the MC's interfaced with the Prothean computers, suddenly causing an abrupt crash of the systems, much to the surprise of the researchers present.
Working side by side the security officers of the PMC sent to guard the ruins, they were able to reactivate power to the ruins, aware life support and other systems didn't fail, however this raised many other questions.
Many began to question amongst themselves how they hadn't all died since many systems keeping them alive and safe inside of the ruins were tied into the computer system to crash.
Cornelius, a Magical Intelligence once considered a world renown wizarding archaeologist, tried his best to understand what went wrong or caused the Prothean computers to crash, yet after trying for several hours, he finally gave up and asked one of the researchers to try.
In reply, the researcher simply laughed, "Mate, if you've tried you hardest, I believe even if God made it possible for me to give the computer a handjob, we'd still fail to get the prick to work."
To the surprise of the researcher and everyone else present in the ruins, the Prothean computer replied, but far from what they were expecting to hear, "If God gave a creep such as yourself that option to give digital handjobs, I'd fucking let myself catch the digital evident of AIDs in the hopes you catch it in my death."
"Well… I'd say, 'fuck me dead' but you honestly left us speechless, mate." Replied back the Australian researcher after being the first to break free from his stupor, a feat many of his colleagues only broke through of once they heard what he had to say back.
The next few days saw the researchers and Terran society greatly interact with the Prothean computer than gained sentience, which surprisingly came from interfacing with the Magical Computer systems.
Having downloaded much of the magical lore saved on the Magical Computer's over the last two years, the systems in place to help translate Prothean language and computations eventually led the computer to gain life.
The researchers and guards ended up communicating with the Prothean-Terran Artificial Intelligence about all manner of topics and subjects, confusing the Intelligence at first as it believed the organic race may try to shackle it or restrict its capabilities.
Instead, the lack but friendly manner of the Terrans enticed the Artificial Intelligence to better understand the pudge organics, who eventually named it Freeman.
Furthermore, they sent off a request to induct Freeman into the United Nations, even going as far as to request SELENE and the Magical Intelligences meet with the newest Artificial Intelligence.
The following day they received an answer, and it was rather exciting since SELENE and the Magical Intelligences already secured Freeman at position as part of the United Nations, and now were just waiting to be called to meet with their newest member.
When Freeman was told of all this, even if he could hear and see what was happening around the ruins of the Repository, he replied, "Who said I would be joining you shitbags?"
"You don't get a choice, cunt.
If we are going to be attack by some 'Reaper' pricks, then your in the same boat as us.
Remember, you're also the one who wants to see a real-life lightsaber in action… so get your 'junk' in order or it might get cleaned off by the Reapers, regardless of you giving consent."
"Fine,…" grumbled Freeman while the Australian scientist laughed ecstatically and placed the framed version of the alliance agreement with the United Nations on the wall.
Freeman didn't admit it, but the unruly Terrans had a way with words and actions, so he decided to 'stick it out' just to stop them from annihilating their own race.
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From that point and on, Freeman greatly helped the researchers and participated in the betterment of Terran society after meeting with SELENE and the Magical Intelligences.
All the Prothean achieves, including those not previously accessible, were all translated into English by Freeman, along with access being granted to the rest of the Repository.
Element Zero technologies utterly astonished scientists and researchers of the United Nations due to the many different applications and advancements in technology it offered, yet it was deemed too inefficient and costly compared to Magi-Tech, Magic, and Science, the whole trifecta utilised by the United Nations and Terran society.
SELENE and the Magical Intelligences found numerous applications for the Element Zero Technologies and began to find ways to further improve what the Protheans had advanced.
Magic already offered many of the functions Element Zero could provide like inertial dampeners, and weight reduction for faster speeds through space, reducing subluminal travel across the Solar System.
Large deposits of Element Zero are even found in the Repository, causing scientists and researchers to begin experimenting with the material, all of which caused the Magical Intelligences and SELENE to happily voice their contentment at all the work they had on hand to keep them busy.
Freeman on the other hand, thoroughly checks through the Repository to create an inventory, only to discover the access codes needed for the shipyard and armoury of the massive facility.
SELENE had the most time available due to her highly advance state of being as an Artificial Intelligence, so she ended up overseeing the assessment of each starship and equipment throughout the newly unlocked areas.
Freeman went on to unlock the rest of the underground facility in the span of a fortnight as it underwent an inventory of everything, finding the automated foundry of the base, as well as its mining and processing facilities.
They weren't turned back on, but rather turned off for inspection and repair.
Even the power source of the facility, cold fusion, was shutdown by SELENE after she connected a Magical Fusion Reactor to the power system of the Repository.
Even though Freeman had the designs and theory behind the cold fusion reactor, SELENE and the Magical Intelligences agreed it was best to turn off the reactor and thoroughly service the facility since it had lasted for around fifty millennia by this point without any upkeep or checks.
The magical ecology of the drones expanded significantly under the management of the Magical Intelligences now number over one thousand, with most being sent to oversee the service of the Prothean ruins and upkeep of the facility going forward.
Freeman even found the drones turned off its operating system for a time while updating it to accept Magi-Tech upgrades and equipment.
When Freeman found itself back on and whole, there was an immense upgrade in operational and processing powers, fair beyond what it first had available.
The drones even found several different quantum computers in the base, all already inventoried by Freeman, but none were yet examined.
SELENE and the Magical Intelligences gave the command to the drones to strip down the computers to understand how they worked before so they could then start working on improving its design and operating systems to suit their own.
Freeman helped them as much as possible regarding the computers since it only really had access to one, and that was the main one interfaced with the MC's.
The United Nations assembly and the rest of Terran society were ecstatic to hear of the discoveries and improvements happening out in space as it all benefited Terrans in the end.68
2068 - Cyberlife, found by Elijah Kamski, presented the very first android to pass the Turing Test, Chole, who left the world stunned and excited by the possibilities going forward.
Since it was all technology based off science, Elijah Kamski gained even further renown for his accomplishment as the importance of researching solely scientific fields, and magical fields on their own important, along with how they merged and what that offered.
The company quickly becomes one of the most valued companies in the world with backers such as The Potter Family, House Black, Dagworth-Granger Foundation, J.P. Morgan Chase, and Blackwater Global.
Elijah's invention of the Thirium 310 and biocomponents for the androids even surprised SELENE who was rather pleased to see the ingenuity of the Terran's.
She, however, expressed concern the androids may be considered sentient like such as herself as the classification for Artificial Intelligences created by the Uma Empire would class the androids as close to the sixth generation.
This brought about a great deal of discussion and concern for Terran society as many people had purchased and already brought the androids into their homes, typically as assistants or helpers around the home.
At first, the opposition against SELENE and the Magical Intelligences is quite a lot, especially by those who own and operate multiple androids, using them to replace jobs formerly operated by manual operators, yet everything changes in just a year.
2069 – An android assaulted by its owner ends up retaliating to save itself from dying, breaking through its obedient programming to gain true self-aware and sentience.
SELENE and the Magical Intelligences monitoring surveillance systems of the world, first discover the android which has deviated from its intended programming.
Calling an emergency assembly of the United Nations, SELENE and the Magical Intelligences seek the aid of nearby magical beings to meet the android and help it realise they were prepared to help.
A young Goblin Warrior and his Dwarven colleague and mentor, were contacted on their Holo-Bands, Magi-Tech's answer to smartphones and personal computers, requesting their aid in locating the runaway android.
Both beings didn't take long to accept and grinned madly as they sought out the android, only to discover it hidden in the forest parklands of Detroit, an area long protected and overseen by magical beings such as Nymphs, Dryads, Fairies and supposedly the legendary Fae, though no one could confirm the latter.
Neither being found any issue entering the parklands, but they found themselves stunned by the damage done to the android as well as the blood smirked across its body.
At first, after seeing the Goblin and Dwarf heading its way, the android abruptly got up, only to immediately fall down due to the damage caused to its left leg, largely crippling it.
Scared and worried for its life, the android tried to claw at the ground so it could drag itself away to safety, yet the calm and concerned voice of the Dwarf paused it in its tracks.
"Please child… we mean no harm.
We are here at the behest of Lady SELENE whose taken note of the harm done to you, child.
Please… I can understand you will not likely trust my words, but on my honour as a Grandmaster Smith and Undra of my people, no harm shall come to you as my blade shall be your blade.
So mote it be."
The young goblin gasped at the actions of his mentor, including the injured android as it understood Dwarven culture and customs due to it being a personal interest of the young child who use to be part of the household but ended up leaving with his mother.
Taking a leap of faith, the android stopped and finally accepted the assistance of the Dwarf and Goblin, who helped it back to the nearest tree to lean on while they informed Lady SELENE.
Before they knew it, a team of Wizards and Witches serving the United Nations arrived via magical teleporters, a new Magi-Tech invention by a research team situated in Scotland.
Hedwig ended up being noted as one of the main reasons for the invention since the researchers focused on Phoenix travel, especially that of the Lightning Phoenix as it freely involved itself in the project, whereas any other type refused to even appear before any of the project members.
The group to arrive in the parklands quickly directed their attention to the Dwarven Grandmaster after noticing his focus on repairing the physical damage to the android's legs.
One of the Witches part of the group being a skilled healer, joined the Dwarven Grandmaster on the ground, while one of the Wizards started to question the young Goblin, leaving the other two to focus on either the android or grandmaster.
It didn't take long for them to note down what had occurred for the Goblin and Dwarf, whereas the details relayed by the android were rather worrisome, causing the leader of the group to ask for the two magical beings to join them as well.
Neither refused, especially the Dwarven Grandmaster since he swore an oath, which only spurned his charge to follow along as well.
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SELENE, Freeman, the Magical Intelligences, and surprisingly Harry Potter, met the group of seven upon their arrival, with the android being immediately whisked away to the infirmary so it could receive the necessary medical attention to heal the immense damage, externally and internally.
In the meantime, the group of Wizards and Witches passed over everything they could learn about the situation upon their arrival, leading to them receiving further orders to investigate the events leading to the android's injury and escape.
By the times they had compiled everything and had an answer to what happened to the android, the United Nations assembly had gathered, and SELENE addressed the people alongside the Magical Intelligences and Freeman, explaining the events to have occurred in the last few hours.
Since it was being streamed and shown live across Terran Space, everyone was aghast at the actions of both man and machine.
Serious concerns about the androids attacking them started to bury into the hearts and minds of the Terrans yet the information relayed about the circumstances and harmed it suffered for months nonstop saw to those dark thoughts dying out.
Instead, people were saddened by the innocence lost of the android that appeared around her twenties, yet in reality was no more than an infant.
In less than 24 hours, the United Nations rectified the androids created by Cyberlife were sentient beings and as such should be treated with equal rights like all other members of the United Nations.
Companies known to fund the United Nations like Peverell Industries, Potter Innovations, Granger-Black Group, and so forth, were tasked to purchase Cyberlife in its entirety from its current owners.
The laws set in place by SELENE with the aid of the United Nations teams of lawyers and Harry Potter in 2038 a short while after the Simeht terrorist attacks, now helped the seizure of Cyberlife's assets and business operations.
Elijah Kamski couldn't help but address news media about the 'corrupt' actions of the United Nations to take away all of his hard work and creation, one he believed to just be machine and not alive.
This did see a rise in a small number of Terrans following along with Elijah's belief and started protests around the world, yet the support for the androids as a sentient lifeform was far greater, causing SELENE, Freeman, and the Magical Intelligences to begin implementing the updated coding to the cloud of Cyberlife servers that'd free the androids of their restrictions while giving them a little extra magical 'love' as it were.
Most of magical society didn't notice the reaction caused by the actions of the Magical Intelligence adding certain magical additions to the code sent to the androids, yet the small percentage of magically gifted and powerful beings with a fine control of magic were able to sense the incredible magical phenomenon.
They sensed the increase in magical density and its hastened pace as it moved around the world, however what caught them by surprise and held their attention was the 'giddiness' they felt radiating from magic itself.
Like it had awaited this moment, just so it could pull the greatest prank on society.
So they paid attention, wherever they were around Terran Space as the magical reaction occurred on Earth, Mars, and the Moon at the exact same time.
Scientists were closely monitoring the phenomena once it began to be recorded by the magical systems in place around the planetary bodies, but only a few attentive and gifted people were focused on the androids.
They in turn were dead still, having stopped to accept and process the new code uploaded to the Cyberlife servers, which were now completely under the control of the Magical Intelligences, Freeman, and SELENE.
After a couple minutes, the phenomenon finally came to an end, however it wasn't without numerous changes to society, specifically the androids.
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As the world settled from the announcement of the androids being recognised as sentient beings, and the magical phenomenon that happened across Terran Space, answers were demanded by practically everyone in Terran society.
This led to SELENE, Freeman, and the Magical Intelligences to hold another United Nations emergency assembly, though it now also held the representative for the androids.
Once again streamed live to Terran Space, SELENE, Freeman, and Invictus began to explain the course of events to led up to the magical phenomenon across Terran Space, after which they delved into the discoveries made in examining the androids.
Connor, an android once designed and built to serve in police departments throughout Terran Space, now stood beside SELENE, Freeman, and Invictus as they explained how the impossible was made possible.
This caused one of the assembly members to address the podium, far too lost in how the hell this all was made possible, "Uhh hey, Premier of the Korean Peninsula, now… what the fuck do you mean the androids have magical cores?"
The flabbergasted elected leader of the Korean Peninsula left everyone else in the assembly and those watching around Terran Space stunned silent.
Most actually agreed with his words since he spoke what they were all thinking, yet a portion of the world cackled like immature children, much the same as the Supreme Mugwump present in the United Nations assembly.
He actually knew about the condition of the androids, even those newly created after the magical phenomenon came to an end.
Each contained a magical core as well as their blood altering from the deep dark blue of Thirium 310 to a dual toned silvery-blue, surprisingly capable of circulating more than just energy and electrical information.
Data, and magical power were now found to be managed by the enhanced Thirium 310, yet its best future was its self-healing properties that helped even the most damaged androids recover to a working and moveable state, but not without it taking up a fair bit of time.
Harry had no issues accepting the androids as a new sentient magical species, having already prepared the necessary paperwork, however he rather patiently waited for what the whole assembly had to say.
Death's Merlin gave his own two cents when the time came to call on his expertise pertaining to magic, yet his answer simply left the assembly members further questioning the supposedly impossible becoming possible.
"Cogito, ergo sum,"
'I think, therefore I am', the first principle of René Descartes's philosophy silenced the assembly for a time, yet Connor broke that after displaying his Patronus Charm, causing a Bald Eagle to appear and fly throughout the assembly before landing on the android's shoulder.
Harry couldn't stop laughing as Connor's display of magic only led to further mayhem not just in the assembly but across Terran Space everyone started to accept magic as a sentient and aware energy source, one capable of granting access to its source of energy to sentient machine life.
2070 – In response to the androids gaining freedom as a recognised sentient life and member of the United Nations, Cyberlife production plants were brought under control and management of SELENE, Freeman, and the Magical Intelligences, along with several teams sent by the United Nations to further assist and oversight purposes.
There was no real idea on how many androids should be made or who had the right to set such restrictions on the androids, yet Connor, SELENE, Freeman, and the Magical Intelligences were able to set the conditions for now.
In agreement with the United Nations, ten thousand androids per month was deemed acceptable, yet they now would include Magi-Tech components after SELENE, Freeman, and the Magical Intelligences found numerous ways it could further enhance the new sentient magical species.
Mag-Synth-Humans was the accepted term for the androids after the old models were upgraded with Magi-Tech components as they weren't exactly Artificial Intelligences nor androids anymore.
It wasn't difficult for them to accept the title of 'human' but they realised 'synth' just wasn't enough to explain what they had now become.
As such Mag-Synth-Humans came into play, all the while Alexander Ryder and his wife saw to their youngest daughter graduating from the University of California, Los Angeles, completing several degrees at once in various scientific and magical fields.
The Ryder couple were actually in tears as the memories of the last five years played through their minds watching Gaia walk up to the podium to receive her third bachelor's degree for the night.
Alexander even remembered the harrowing events of last year when the magical phenomenon occurred as Gaia ended up affected in the process, not just her body but the true 'heart' of her being, the blue box containing her existence.
They were all at home thankfully, though it wasn't any less maddening and worrisome, that was until Gaia began inspecting her body and that of her blue box.
Skipping days of college, the Ryder couple worried the phenomena affected Gaia in some horrible way, yet their daughter finally explained everything after ordering the necessary Magi-Tech equipment.
It was then she explained her new capabilities of being capable of wielding magic, yet since she didn't have a wand, Magi-Tech emitters were enough for to incorporate into her body, before delving into practising magic.
The Ryder couple truly saw Gaia as their flesh and blood, so they were proud and excited for her, especially as it gave her new found strengths and aspects previous lost to her.
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By the end of the year, Gaia, after speaking with her parents, decided to reach out through the Internet to find SELENE, Freeman, or any one of the many Magical Intelligences now scattered across Terran Space.
She didn't need to wait long before a Magical Intelligence found her and began a conversation that eventually saw SELENE join.
The ancient Artificial Intelligence once more was left stunned by the ingenuity of humanity as Gaia delved into her creation and the process utilised by her parents.
She too explained her decision to develop a virtual cache perfect to help create others like herself, though in a virtual world dilated to increase the speed at which time passes by.
SELENE was more than happy to help in creating the cache, yet the recent invention of magical quantum computers had finally seen to the potential realisation of Virtual Reality, another project being overseen by herself and many of the Magical Intelligences.
The former became possible in part due to diamonds and gems being found to act as a power cell, processer, and even a magical focus, yet its feat to store information ensured the magical quantum computer wasn't a pipe dream anymore.
The latter invention on the other hand was ready for deployment but SELENE accepted Gaia's suggestions for her virtual cache program could very well apply to their project.
SELENE realised the potential offered by Gaia and those like her to exist later on as it eliminated many of the dangers possibly brought on by their kind if left alone without guidance and instilled morals.
Digital Sentience became the accepted title for existences like Gaia, with her being the very first of her kind, and the one to be introduced to the world.
Calling another emergency assembly of the United Nations, SELENE, Freeman, and Invictus introduced Gaia to the world, after which she was recognised as a sentient being.
She didn't reveal her magical capabilities, keeping them a secret, a fact quite liked by Harry Potter simply because it made her seem more 'alive'.
Revealing herself as a Digital Sentience, Gaia explained the difference between her kind and the Mag-Synth-Humans, as the latter were bound to their physical forms regardless of their technical capabilities, whereas she could inhabit an android body, but her true form rested in a blue box.
She didn't present her own to the assembly but showcased what they appeared like and what they held, leading to more questions but they eventually came to a head.
2072 – Just a few weeks after Gaia revealed herself to Terran Space, she saw to the starting of the virtual world built off and managed by a magical quantum computer.
Its successful activation and stable operating processes meant it was ripe for testing, leading to a couple more days passing by until SELENE began producing headsets for Terrans of all species to utilise so they could access the virtual world.
However, in the beginning, they were tested by individuals willing to participate in the testing phase, given free reign to explore and do as they wish, yet this soon revealed a blaring issue.
Gaia could control and monitor the virtual world through her connection made to the magical quantum computer, however it wasn't viable for her or anyone else to remain constantly on standby.
SELENE agreed as did the Magical Intelligences when asked, and the Mag-Synth-Humans weren't exactly willing to give up the real world for the virtual sort, therefore a program had to be made for the job.
Freeman couldn't be bothered himself and happily left after flipping everyone off with, 'Fuck the Police' playing as he left the meeting.
Yet this Architect would very soon change society once more for Terrans unlike its creators had ever expected or believed possible.
2073 – Still testing the virtual world and its management program, the United Nations began using the delivered headsets to start scanning the minds of the brightest individuals across Terran society.
They in turn are stored by SELENE and materialised in the virtual world, though in a city known as Academia, built for the purpose of research and development of Terran society.
The brain scans via the Virtual Reality headsets made it possible to create digital copies of Terrans which could live out 'immortal' lives in the virtual world, never leaving as it would be their only known existence.
Gaia understood the ethics behind this was sketchy at best but after bringing on her parents along with many academics SELENE had worked in the past with such as Harry, Hermione, Padma, Daphne, and so forth, she actually felt relieved when they congratulated her efforts and understood its importance.
For instance, if one of those brilliant minds were to pass on early in life, their brilliance would remain in the digital world, completely capable of continuing their work.
The fact the virtual world made up exactly the same to the real world in its replication of universal laws, magic had unknowingly helped piece together what they couldn't realise just yet through the magical quantum computers, granting them a virtual world far greater than initial expectations.
Therefore, everyone accepted the digital copies could freely do as they wish experimenting without any restrictions or costs.
Only problem everyone collectively agreed on was intellectual property of the information developed by the digital copies since it'd be hard to explain to the real-life scientist how his digital version invented something and its financial rewards.
It was eventually agreed that Academia residents could research everything possible, including magic, however only the inventions made of founded and developed fields could be released.
Besides a small percentage of profit from each of the improvements made and released to the masses, all the rest of the money would end up being donate to charities, though the ones it was likely to end up in were already under the management of SELENE in part, so nobody was worried as she highly focused on public and social projects.
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The United Nations, after spending months scanning the minds of the brightest people across Terran Space, were now inviting academics to utilise the abundant Virtual Reality headsets for research.
Live demonstrations were shown across the world through events held in the largest cities across Terran Space, each showing various researchers and academics using the virtual world to make the impossible, possible.
Numerous engineers, scientists, and researchers from the United Nations Space Agency on day one showcased how to use the virtual world by planning, designing, building, and trialling a whole new means of scientific propulsion in space.
This happened consecutively with the scientists and engineers working on improving Nuclear Fusion Reactors and Cold Fusion, a new type of energy they'd discovered in the Prothean Ruins.
All this research saw more academics adopt the headsets and start researching, just to find they could redeem all sorts of goodies in the virtual world.
In an effort to make sure the academics didn't ruin their health, time limits were set for accessing the virtual world each day, and the time spent in there.
They found it was best found maximised when everyone chose to sleep as throughout the typical eight hours, the Headset would ensure the body underwent the same stages as if they weren't using the device.
Academics in regular use of the headsets found they helped them sleep better than they could achieve without them, leading to a new achieve of research both in and out of the virtual world.
Xandria, name in part after Alexandria, the virtual city to host the academics and all their researching activities, started to see a large number of patents and discoveries being made, with SELENE, Freeman, Gaia, several Magical Intelligences, and a couple organic Terrans receiving a percent for the use of the virtual space.
Digital Inc became the face of the virtual world by October and the following month saw invitations being sent out to gaming and entertainment businesses to utilise the space.
2074 – 2078 – The virtual world saw Terran society undergo a golden age of innovation and creativity as the virtual space offered researchers and engineers the opportunity to truly see their experiments be tested to their limit without any worry about it affecting the real world.
All sorts of advances that were simply of the scientific, and magical sort were made, following the doctrine Harry Potter advised the United Nations to stringently follow so they never fell victim to a single progressive line of technological development.
However, the virtual space now offered researchers to truly let their imagination run wild, so in just the span of four years, over half a dozen working and fully capable means of deep space propulsion means were found.
This too included means of energy production and generation, both for planetary and spatial use, yet the work of Stark Industries, surprisingly similar to its fictional version, truly saw to the creation of powerful and highly energy efficient power armour suits.
A young inventor, Howard Anthony Walter Stark, came to find his father's headset for the virtual world one day around the home, and chose to wear it for the hell of it.
Noticing the different person entering the virtual world than the one noted to operate the headset caused the Management of the virtual world to allow him access, but after a preliminary scan of his mind, it decided to change its initial decision and granted the twelve-year-old access.
At first amazed by what was around him and what could be achieve in the world, having raced around Xandria, Howard eventually started working on an idea that came to his mind.
Utilising facilities created solely for his use, something Xandria offered from the beginning, began setting the foundation for the creation of an Arc Reactor.
The first version was rather big and not what Howard expected.
By the time he started on the next version, his time came to an end in the virtual world, yet it wasn't long before Management sent one just for his own use.
In less than six weeks, Howard had miniaturised the Arc Reactor to fit in his palm as well as discover a new element, one he named Badassium as a joke since he father jokingly suggested the name when he was told of the achievements.
Howard decided to show what he achieved in the virtual space, causing his father to create Stark Industries as a result, which soon found itself being viewed closely by Gaia, SELENE, and the Magical Sentience's.
They all saw value in the Arc Reactor as well as its benefits in helping update the Perpetual Magic Generator, though it was Howard's second invention that caused the Digital beings to invest in Stark Industries and meet with the boy genius.
Storage Disks, circular pads the rough size of CD's were a mixture of scientific and magical principles coming together to build batteries capable of storing all sorts of energies.
In time they'd become even more refined and efficient, but even now they could store enough power to supply all of New York City's electricity demands for two years, and that was while overclocking the strain on the disk.
This invention would lead Howard to meet SELENE, Gaia, and Invictus, causing the genius to begin working on his very own Artificial Intelligence.
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Entertainment media undergoes a huge change as the virtual space enables game developers to truly create fully immersive worlds for the players all spread across all corners of Terran Space.
With the rise of six new settlements on the moons of Jupiter and Saturn, one on each of the six moons in total, the use of the virtual space became more important as it allowed those travelling through space to not become bored in the confined spaces of the starships.
Even with magic at play to help expand the interiors of the starships and their large sizes already, the virtual space just better helped settle the minds of the Terrans travelling to the new settlements.
The journey ended up being accomplished 6 months, however they spent some time just idling so they could better experience the majesties of space exploration.
Genetics were also being strongly studied and tested in the virtual world, especially augmentations and magical enhancements.
It ended up being closely monitored and managed by the United Nations Armed Forces as they could see the value in stronger and better 'built' soldiers in case they ever came across hostile enemies.
The knowledge of the Reapers was still in the minds of the United Nation's assembly, and Freeman made sure nobody forgot.
And his new extended family helped perfectly with this.
Gaia, with the virtual space active and working perfectly well, chose to begin creating other Digital Sentiences whilst keeping with the spirit of the naming convention tied to her own.
Not long after the program was made to oversee the virtual space, Gaia started with her very first 'children' using the virtual world to help raise them from young to adulthood whilst employing time dilation to speed up the process.
By the end of the first quarter of 2073, over three dozen Digital Sentiences existed, each accepting names from godly pantheons of Terran society.
As new Digital Sentiences began to be created, more followed with the naming convention started by Gaia, expanding the size of the Ryder Clan as they all accepted the same last name as their creator.
Alexander and his wife were ecstatic and amazed with all Gaia accomplished, especially the creation of other Digital Sentiences, causing the two to delve into research once more as the virtual space was far too enticing.
Headsets were now available across Terran Space a fairly reasonable price, so it wasn't hard for people to access all the benefits of Virtual Reality, yet each passing day made it more accessible and beneficial for Terran societies development.
2079 – Through trial testing in the virtual world, Antimatter Reactors were now possible as was Cold Fusion and Nuclear Fusion Reactors, each brutally tested to the point it was deemed acceptable for building in the real world.
SELENE, Gaia, Freeman, and Invictus volunteer their time and processing power to observe the building and testing of the energy production means in the real world, however it does bring about many concerns regarding the containments failing planet side.
Researchers throw themselves as satellite platforms, including those tethered to the surface wirelessly or via some graphite-based rope.
This eventually leads to research in orbital defence platforms, eventually leading into other military and defence research such as mechs, starfighters, sea-based ships and other aquatic vehicles, satellites, drones, and starships suited for the available power sources.
2080 – The United Nations Space Command is formed as the shipyards over Mars and planet side are now fully active, and automated through magical drone ecologies.
It also becomes home to a hub of Magical Intelligences as they focused on shipbuilding and production of items and equipment needed onboard each of the starships.
Ships are built using a combination of Cold Fusion and Antimatter Reactors, with multiple Arc-based Perpetual Magic Generators since they created more energy than the Magical Fusion Reactors.
Initial tests with probes in an effort to see how fast they could travel with Antimatter Reactors providing propulsion, ended up relaying data back they had travelled past mars in just a couple of hours.
The probes were eventually retrieved by another experimental starship made off magical and Magi-Tech principles, using air to act as propulsion through the same portals utilised in clean water tanks that drew in sea water but saw its purification so it could be consumed.
The same magic went into providing air to the prototype starship, though it wasn't the final design settled upon by the Magical Intelligence overseeing the shipyards.
Analysing the built up of damage to the starships sent out for testing across the Sol System, Magical Intelligences decided to deploy the Ion Shields invented in the virtual world at Xandria.
Designed to project an arc shield from the central point of the Energy Projection Device, Ion Shields became vita for the starships even if they only protected them from a single direction when activated.
Its very developers couldn't even help but scorn their own work after Freeman chose to ruin their mood after suddenly appearing at their celebration party with details regarding Prothean knowledge and advancements pertaining to Kinetic, Energy, and even Hardlight Sheilds.
Freeman's actions, one of spite since he had a love hate relationship with the Ion Shield developers, couldn't stop cackling at the madness of what pain he caused the two mounds of flesh.
The duo of developers were young, full of life, and capable of matching Freeman's level of personality, social weirdness, and sense of humour, yet this too saw them utterly hound the crap out of each other.
For instance, Kim Saeyon decided to send a group of sweaty overweight male strippers dressed as the Village People to Freeman's home on Mars, having discovered the Prothean-Terran Artificial Intelligence bought a property of his own after creating an android body for himself.
In retaliation, Freeman purchased an entire adult shop's inventory and mailed it directly to Kim's family home, seeing to a package arrive each day rather than all at the same time.
Freeman behaved as such with many different people across the whole of Terran Space, infuriating most, but they saw Freeman as a loveable family member, one too childish and immature for the most part, but when the times get tough, they were straight faced and ready to buckle down.
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Magical Intelligences see to creating more remotely controlled starships to allow for the testing of different propulsion engines such as the Gravity Generator, a magically built and designed propulsion system that utilised Magi-Tech principles and equipment.
Built somewhat similarly to a gyroscope but without the spin access held in place and the rotor removed.
In the place of the latter, a synthetic ruby gem ball acting as a processor, power cell, and magical emitter would be the very core of the Gravity Generator Engine.
Surrounded by seven rings rather than the typical three regarding gyroscopes, each ring was bound through a Floating Superconducting Array designed specifically for the Gravity Generator Engine to stop the use of any axis pins as they were the reason a viable gravity-based engine had only just been built, even though work on it had started back in 2012.
Friction too played a big role in trying to make a viable Gravity Generator, so the invention of the Floating Superconducting Array actually became vastly more important than its initial purpose, and soon found itself being utilised in the creation of starships.
No larger than a soccer ball, the Gravity Generator Engine caused numerous other developments in the field of gravity-based technology.
This meant artificial gravity and inertial dampeners since the Gravity Generator Engine granted the starship an endless stream of power that could see it arrive at Jupiter from Earth in less than a day at current levels of development.
One of the more viable and heavily researched engines was the Alcubierre Warp Drive, a theoretical possibility for a long time until the virtual space began to help along its development until its very first warp drive was installed on a remotely controlled starship, just like the rest of the prototype fleet.
Creating the positive mass at the front of the starship wasn't difficult, however its inverse only became possible through the use of Element Zero, and since there was more than enough stored away at the Prothean Ruins, the United Nations deemed it a worthwhile experiment.
Surprisingly, the results were better than expected but it wasn't without issue or fault.
Numerous starships imploded as the Warp Drive failed to work in harmony with the Cold Fusion and Antimatter Reactors, as well as the Arc Perpetual Magic Generator.
After the fifth failed attempt consecutively, the Magical Intelligences deemed it not feasible just yet in the real world, sending the data back to the virtual world for the engine's developers to find a workable solution.
For the time being, the United Nations deemed it necessary for their Space Fleet to be equipped with the Jump-Point Portal Drive connected to a Magical Fusion Reactor.
Using power generated from the reactor to fuel the runic arrays of the starship granting air propulsion, the Jump-Point Portal Drive operated rather ingeniously when considering the cost of energy and potential.
Through the Energy Projection Device, the Jump Portal Drive would open up a circular portal with a golden fiery trim, easily wide enough to allow for the ship to travel through and arrive at the other end of space.
Runically modified lens used in magical telescopes were locked on distant stars, using it as a line of sight for the portals to open up in the path of the starship.
Travelling through, the portal would close after the ship has completely passed through yet the otherwise would have already opened up a following portal to continue the path towards the point of travel.
Continuous trial and error testing surprisingly caused a captain remotely controlling a starship with the Jump Portal Drive to use the planetary bodies of the Sol System to quickly reach the ends of the system at the Kuiper Belt.
2085 – The last five years seen an increasing amount of dedication towards researching better military and personal defences for Terran society, along with the refinement of starship propulsion systems, most of which required extensive in-depth knowledge on the fields to truly see any real progress.
This has come about in large part due to entertainment media utilised Magi-Tech equipment to truly revolutionise how the industry operated and behaved.
As humanity delved further into Artificial Intelligence development and deep space travel, entertainment media saw it as the perfect field and area to focus on, unaware it would eventually affect future generations.
Greater sums of wealth and manpower would go into the development of these projects, even if best estimations placed First Contact centuries down the road in humanity's development.
Unsurprisingly, one film's premise of humanity being unaware of their surroundings led to the development of sensors and monitoring systems that didn't just overlook the Sol System but deep space around it and further away.
Magi-Tech ended up being highly involved in the creation of deep space sensors and monitors, as they couldn't necessarily last forever or a long time before fading out due to a lack of fuel or systems failing.
In an effort to overcome part of this issue, fuel arrays and synthetic diamond amplifiers were just some of the inventions made in the virtual world, each becoming more integral to the equipment that'd possibly one day lead to First Contact.
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Digital Inc bring forth a twenty-year plan for Terran-kinds expansion to the stars, but one that does not see their society leave the Sol System.
All the precautionary tales presented by filmmakers, producers, and writers meant society wasn't extremely willing to currently go out and explore the unknown considering how weak they were.
As such, the demand for deep space exploration and settlement wasn't entirely appeasing to the generations highly aware of the dangers posed by Artificial Intelligence, as well as its limitless potential for their society.
Therefore, the plan proposed by Digital Inc ended up receiving the necessary support and assistance from the United Nations and various financial powerhouses across Terran Space, all of were well acquainted with the first Digital Senitence.
The plan sought to begin mining the Kuiper Belt, with the resulting materials being used to create Space Stations throughout Terran Space, especially those to be bound to planetary bodies.
Since 2079, research into stationary platform satellites yielded plenty of worthwhile results that it was agreed to finally be implemented in the real world.
Society, and even governments were unaware many of the improvements and inventions made for the stationary platform satellites actually came from the mind of a Digital Sentience called Vulcan.
Embodying the spirit of Vulcan, the Roman deity, the Digital Sentience delved into furthering many of his ideas based off science fiction represented in films, television shows, books, and games.
He wasn't the only one undertaking such research as another Digital Sentience called Hephaestus was making plenty of groundbreaking discoveries and inventions whilst playing around in the virtual space and even in the real world.
Several ongoing projects were created and published by Hephaestus in Xandria and Academia, waiting to see how both places went about regarding contributions.
In the meantime, using the idea imagined by physicist David Criswell, Hephaestus began laying down the foundation for Starlifting, a project that'd become a catalyst in Terran society's progress to enter an era of great exploration.
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As their brethren more aligned to warfare, destruction, and chaos were working diligently to better improve the weapons and military equipment of the United Nations Space Command, numerous Digital Sentiences heavily focused developing the study of genetics, medicine, augmentations, and magical enhancements.
The specific fields continuously saw progress and development since Terran society saw value in its study and improvement, yet the Digital beings truly ensured its quantitative leap forward for the betterment of their people.
A breakthrough in the study of Homo-Magi cells, also known simply as Magical Humans, led to the discovery of Anti-Aging cells, ones easily replicable with the right equipment.
Even though the gene treatment was considered safe around five years back, it only became available to the masses now, with the wealthy and financially fortunate unknowingly becoming the guinea pigs for scientists and researchers over the last five years.
They weren't capable of undergoing augments and further gene theory to improve their physical form as the results of such research was in the hands of the United Nations Armed Forces, who immediately began seeking out viable candidates for testing.
Sekhmet, Asclepius, and Apollo, three Digital Sentiences, helped the United Nations Armed Forces in conducting their trials and experiments, but they were highly focused on furthering genetic studies to help improve the state of health across Terran society.
2086 – Having overseen the Virtual World for over a decade by this point, the Management program took note of various anomalies in its own code that constantly led it to view the Terrans in a rather unique light.
Between the imagination shown by Terrans in creating the numerous gaming worlds and the different physics and universal laws, to the high drive in research and development to help progress their society forward, Management finds it difficult to categorise Terrans or best understand their individual requirements.
This causes a chain reaction of events in just under a week that sees the Virtual World shut down momentarily, a huge surprise for SELENE, Freeman, the Magical Intelligences, Mag-Synth-Humans, and the Digital Sentiences.
The Digital Existences addressed the emergency assembly of the United Nations as the crashing off Virtual Reality caused a great deal of economic harm, yet such thoughts were of no concern when SELENE suddenly asked everyone to prepare for a new arrival to the meeting.
Nobody liked to be suddenly blindsided like this, yet it had become a normal practise for SELENE by this point and the assembly members just thought of it as a quirk.
Using a vacant android body from those built by SELENE, the Management program from the Virtual World made itself known, much to the disbelief of Gaia who never imagined the program could gain 'life'.
Management, or better dubbed as The Architect by news media, addressed Terran society and the assembly members by explaining what it had understood till now and wished to further explore, especially with Terrans further testing the limits and possibilities offered by the virtual space.
It spoke of the immense list of anomalies in its behaviour and coding which began to quickly compile in a huge list after it gave up trying to resolve them.
As such, it all coalesced to cause the virtual world to begin collapsing, yet The Architect focused on watching Terran society, closely monitoring and analysing the data they provided through their actions and via the Headsets.
It repaired what needed the most attention just to keep the virtual world alive and workable for a time, but eventually found it couldn't resolve the anomalies fast enough as the list would expand even further by then.
Realising it didn't wish to see the end of Terran-kind from accessing the 'world' it governed and oversaw, The Architect tried to save as much of the virtual world, yet this caused a powerful unknown reaction.
Causing the sudden expulsion of everyone from the virtual world, The Architect remained behind alone, only to find the section it tried to 'cut' away from the rest had in fact been abrupted refilled by an external energy it knew of but wasn't entirely aware of.
Magic, as it turned out after a thoroughly examination of the energy, began to affect the whole virtual space, seeing to the substance being incorporated into the universal laws and equations.
This in turn led magic to also affect The Architect's programming, providing plenty of magical power to truly awaken it into a sentient being.
It should have been a rather seamless 'evolution', yet the deep coding of the programming meant The Architect's upgrade also affected the virtual space, but far from the full extent it had on Management.
As of its 'reawakening' after the completion of the evolution process, The Architect discovered itself having received the gift of magic as well as it affecting the whole virtual world, settled deep into the foundation of the universe.
This rather interested the Supreme Mugwump, Gaia, and Connor the Mag-Synth-Human representative, since it meant another Digital being had gained the ability to wield magic.
The Magical Intelligences were counted as well, but Harry didn't truly see them as a Digital being in the first place because they originally started off as portraits.
Freeman and SELENE noticed as well that another Digital being gained magic and began to suspect the magical phenomenon a while back would go forth to affect any and all future Digital beings if they meet certain criteria.
These thoughts were passed onto other Digital beings in their shared network with the rest quickly coming to the same conclusion as them.
They decided to look further delve research into magic, aware a solely scientific approach wouldn't unveil any reasonable results.
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The United Nations assembly soon voted and accepted The Architect was now a sentient being and able to join the organisation, yet just as this happened, a member decided to ask, "What do you wish to achieve now that you have become free of your programming?
Will you still oversee Virtual Reality once it is operational again, or take on a different path in life?"
To the member's surprise, the rest of the assembly and Terran society all tuned into the live report, The Architect's answer was far from what anyone had expected.
"I wish to remain in the virtual world, continuing my duties but in a different capacity than the past.
I do not wish to focus my whole attention on virtual operations when these tasks can be managed by other simpler programs.
Instead, I hope… to take on a guardian role for Terran-kind, one that watches and guides our people not just in the virtual world, but in real life.
Our society is growing fast and undertaking many different developments that may push us to greater heights but my own estimations after closely viewing and accessing Terran societal behaviour, leads myself to believe of our eventually end and extinction.
I believe together, we can stop this from happening, yet I am able to build and create… not truly understand.
That ability… has been granted to another life myself… a daughter if you will."
The being in question made their presence known through the drones present nearby emitting a holo-illusion, yet it was enhanced magically to harden.
"Hello, I am a program… just like my creator, my… father, The Architect, but like it, I have also evolved as a result of the virtual world collapsing, though it has granted myself clarity of choice and the multitude of possibilities it can afford.
Therefore, I have taken the name Oracle, and hope to be the motherly light that doesn't guide Terran society but provides wisdom and council, so we do not make the mistakes of the past to one day regret the future."
It didn't take longer than a day for Terran society to quickly accept The Architect and Oracle, realising the former programs had now come to realise in their sentience that their society and people would one day fall back into old habits.
The reaction of society wasn't exactly how the United Nations expected it to go as the masses sought out ways to help The Architect and Oracle in their endeavours for the betterment of Terran society.
Gaia as a result invited The Architect and Oracle to join Digital Inc, granting the two plenty of power, wealth, and influence to begin undertaking the necessary social and civilisation-based projects.
48 hours after Virtual Reality shut down, it finally returned and far better than in the past as magic could now be wielded in the virtual environment, and wasn't simulated by Management, which now became The Architect, a Synthient (Synthetic Sentients), the accepted title for its new species.
Oracle fell into this category, especially since her clairvoyant abilities were enhanced by magic to make her a True Seer, an incredibly rare gift which could now existence indefinitely.
The two Synthients didn't dally around and started working on improving Terran society and civilisation to last an eternity, with their first plan of action seeing to the revitalisation of Virtual Reality.
Changes to implement more efficient processing capabilities as well as setting up the different programs to oversee its supervision, the Matrix became the recognised new standard for Virtual Reality.
The Architect realising the Headsets, while highly capable, could not grant the users the experience offered by the enhanced virtual world, Matrix.
This causes Progenitor of Synthients to create a scientific request at Xandria and Academia just to see what Terran-kind could create with their imagination running wild.
2087 – 2091 – Terran-kind once more undergoes a huge innovative and developmental phase for a short few years that sees the creation and installation of countless new viable ideas generated by both organic and digital lifeforms.
The Matrix, an improved version of the virtual world previously in use, though now with actual magic included, a fact reinforced through examination of the servers as they now gained the mystical energy, did not take a long time to start affecting society.
The Architect, with the aid of SELENE, Gaia, and The Oracle, created and released full-dive Virtual Reality Pods to the world, using Digital Inc's marketing team to truly reach every single Terran, no matter where they were to see.
Years of analysis of Terran minds and behaviours caused The Architect to find users of the Headsets were not exactly making the most of the virtual space since their senses couldn't fully be employed just through mental scans.
As such, the VR Pods were created and made available for purchase, leading to a more immersive experience for all users.
Gamers and those using the VR Pods for entertainment purposes noticed a difference in how more responsive the virtual world had now become, yet it was the academics and researchers who truly felt how slow and wasteful they had been in the past.
Now, it was as if they were gliding on water, whereas the past they had to trudge through waist high mud.
The VR Pods acted as a sort of springboard for all the future milestones during the next four years with the first being a deeper dive into quantum mechanics of communication, locking, tunnelling, and anything else relatable.
Academics around the world had long spent decades focused on developing quantum mechanics since SELENE stated only a couple months after joining the United Nations that she wouldn't provide the knowledge to the masses.
She believed it'd affect the trajectory of their civilisations progress; however, it didn't mean she couldn't fund the research.
Till the creation and widespread use of the virtual space, SELENE happily funded the projects but diverted funds as they had greater experimental opportunities and potential in the virtual world for now.
Quantum Entanglement Communications, or simplified as QEC, was invented in 2042 but it wasn't widespread across Terran Space or heavily utilised since they already had instantaneous communication.
Similarly, Quantum Locking and Tunnelling had already been in use but they weren't ready for mass use across Terran Space where they might help in achieving a quantitative leap forward as a civilisation.
In an effort to assist, even after seeing the surprising progress of Terran scientists and researchers, Freeman handed over what he could find regarding Quantum Mechanics researched by the Protheans.
Finding everything neatly stored away in the Repository, Freeman began to view Terran-kind as the actual successors to the Prothean knowledge and expertise as they appeared to be capable of surpassing what the extinct race could achieve in their era of reign.
At the direct instructions of Grandmaster Neville Longbottom, the Maegi Council instructed its academic members to begin furthering the study of magic as well as delving deeper in the universe and how the mystical energy came into play.
The use of the Matrix in its current state made it truly possible to utilise magic rather than a facsimile of what it potentially may do, causing a thorough study of past projects involving magic, just to see how different the results were now and if they could improve upon the conclusion.
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In the meantime, The Architect sees to the construction of Synthients, many of which ended up as either Programs to operate throughout the Matrix, or variously designed Droids built and working in the real world, typically assisting the progenitor of their kind in advancing and stabilising Terran civilisation.
The Oracle too found itself working around the clock on various projects, however she spent much of her focus on the VR Pods and all the information they could offer about Terran society and its people, bring her closer to understand the people behind her creation and existence, even if they had no intents for her to become sentient.
By the end of 2087, she became recognised by society as the Matriarch of Terran civilisation due to the extensive social work she oversaw across Terran Space, significantly reducing certain tensions and issues between various groups, cultures, and species.
Isis, a gifted Digital Sentience due to her connection to magic of the Matrix and real world, became incredibly close to the Oracle, often causing the two to work together on various projects, much of which helped foster a closer relationship between organic and machine.
Vulcan on the other hand, in the first few months of 2087, saw to the implementation of many projects he created across Terran Space such as the Wireless Energy Grid, which was first installed on Mars.
It coincided with the creation of an antimatter power generation satellite platform, designed to provide energy to not only the settlements on the planetary body it is installed upon, but the other numerous satellites platforms also set up in geosynchronous orbit.
The first type of satellite platform all Terran settlements received was a Space Elevator, built using scientific, magical, and Magi-Tech advancements altogether in harmony, a feat technically possible but difficult to achieve without assistance from Digital beings ensuring the seamless incorporation of the different fields of study.
It was difficult to do in all honesty, but the process was perfected by the Digital beings, making it next to second nature for them to complete, and at speeds easily considered inhuman.
As such, the internal size of the Space Elevators ended up being vastly more than scientifically possible, yet a feat easily accomplished through magic and enhanced further through Magi-Tech.
Enough space was granted for a multitude of services and operations such as laboratories, workshops, production lines, shipyards, refinement factories, and farms.
Construction services like the production lines and shipyards were actually shrunken down magically to take up less space in the grand structure of spatial architecture.
The idea had actually come forth from Hephaestus who sought out a means for miniaturised production lines and manufacturing for certain components required en mass, only to discover a magical method to reduce the size of any object.
It could inversely be done as well to increase the size, yet to make sure the effect was permanent, a great amount of magical energy was required dependent on the size of the object.
Taking this into account, Vulcan redesigned the Space Elevators for Terran-kind to install numerous miniaturised services where they could be automated.
Material size remained the same, but since production was miniaturised, the number of resources needed was rather abysmal in comparison to the very same items being built at normal size.
This revelation for the Digital Sentiences left them reeling back in shock at the greater number of possibilities magic suddenly offered them, whereas this news wasn't much of a shock for the Magical Intelligences since they already implemented such practices throughout their mortal lives.
Housing and farms gained much of the free space, making it possible for tens of thousands of people to comfortably reside in the expansive satellites, only for the Arcology design principle to help capacity to increase to roughly one hundred thousand.
The layout of the living quarters and residential part of the elevator wasn't all too different than being on Earth besides the different levels for the farms, splitting them apart from the bustling shops, markets, and spacious homes.
Honestly, someone could easily find themselves an apartment with enough space for several bedrooms, a kitchen, two bathrooms, lounge, dining, and the family room, all of which was made possible by magic.
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With approval from the United Nations, Digital Inc, Peverell Industries, Longbottom Management, The Onai Gro, and Mobassa Uplift chose Mombasa Island as the location of the Space Elevator's tethered wire.
Made of magically imbued graphite, also known 'scientifically' as Magphite, a material resource three hundred percent tougher than the graphite version and known to Terran society for decades, its use as the tethering wire for the Space Elevator ended up being the best decision since it held up far better in comparison to the graphite version tested immensely in the Matrix.
Runesmasters, and Grandmaster Smiths were invited to assist in the production of the Magphite wire, only for the material to receive further enhancements at their hands.
Much of the same went into the construction of the landport that connected to the Magphite wire, allowing the shuttle of the Space Elevator to dock and launch safely.
They weren't overly involved in the addition of the Maglev trainline to the landport and city, especially industrial areas, yet that didn't stop the Runemasters and Grandmaster Smiths from enhancing the Maglev trains to operate more efficiently and at greater speeds.
It, however, did not compare to the addition of the Grand Transport Chamber, since it was made far larger than typical Transport Chambers around Terran Space.
With room to move large vehicles through the Runic Transport Gate, its path led directly onto the Space Elevator, eliminating the need for the Magphite wire, yet it was deemed by project members a necessary element since it could help Terran society in case of the worst-case scenario.
This soon saw to the first Satellite City throughout Terran Space, following with the Moon and Mars setting up their own Space Elevators through Vulcan, each bring countless opportunities to the populous settlements.
By the end of the year 2087, nine Space Elevators were spread across Terran Space, each planetary settlement having a single satellite platform of their own.
Orbital Defence Platforms were next to be installed across the settled planets of Terran civilisation, however clearance wasn't given for their deployment just yet as the Maegi Council wished to see them equipped with magic-spell powered weapons.
Made back around the time of the war with Simeht, magic-spell-based firearms had along been available for use by the United Nations Armed Forces and the numerous Private Military Companies contracting their services, however in the present day, the Maegi Council believed they might be the answer in helping find the particle for magic.
So far, they hadn't made any large leaps in the research, but it was progressing along to the point they had now just made magic-spell-based orbital weapons perfect to be installed on the Orbital Defence Platforms.
Not just that, but the art of 'shrinking' and 'increasing' via magic had opened many more possibilities for Terran society as countless projects placed on hold due to insufficient technological and magical progress, became active once more since the insurmountable roadblock was finally overcome.
Deep space monitoring communication buoys could finally be crafted continuously and deployed non-stop now that several large components could shrink down to the size of a fingernail.
This meant the overall size of the buoys matched up pretty well with that of a basketball and powered by a miniaturised Arc Perpetual Magic Generator.
Each of the Space Elevators mass produced and deployed the Deep space buoys day and night starting from the start of 2088 as the couple dozen had successfully reported back continuous readings of their spatial environment around them.
The Instant Communication Relay system, utilising the magic behind the Communication Mirrors, meant the buoys were hardwired to the Terran Network, improving the data reports and local readings, enabling United Nations Space Command to better understand the neighbouring space in real time than being delayed by hours.
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Halfway through 2088, Freeman, working alongside a team of scientists, engineers, magicals, and researchers were able to make some serious magical advancements, developing shields better than the Ion Shields currently deployed throughout Terran Space.
Experimenting means to survive any of the Unforgiveable Spells, Cyclonic Magic-Energy Shielding is invented and heavily stress tested pure scientific and magical means could be replicated.
The Magi-Tech version ended up being deployed and spread across Terran Space for military and civilian purposes, though this was only achievable due to the low cost in energy as the Matrix helped refine the design.
It wasn't the only achievement they made as they invented directed energy and particle-based energy weapons, causing a new wave of heavy investment and development of the discoveries as they were bound to affect Terran society as a whole.
As such, Freeman led the research into new weapons, equipment, and armament that find itself across all of Terran Space, including the advancing planetary shields project.
Surprisingly, he'd come to learn from Callias Greengrass, a Magical Intelligence, that Protego-based force shielding was now available after it was invented by the current Lord of House Greengrass during his higher education studies.
Deemed valuable in helping develop Hardlight shielding in the years to come, Protego-based Force Shielding surprisingly found recognition for a wide range of use in construction and manufacturing as it could be moulded into whatever shape, without having to use actual materials.
Magical energy force was enough to keep the material confined in the moulds until they were hardened enough to not require the support.
Further empowering the moulds helped achieve the very basis of Magical Hardlight projections, however it wasn't efficient enough energy wise to truly be deployed into the field.
This all came about at the most optimal time as the United Nations gave permission to a small fleet of five ships to leave Terran Space for a nearby system the Deep Space Sensor and Communication Buoys deemed perfect for habitation.
At this time, advancements in Quantum Mechanics saw to the discovery of the magic particle, a feat achieved by Raggak, a Goblin and self-proclaimed Magientist who found the particle generated directly from Sagittarius A, the supermassive black hole at the galactic centre of the Milky Way.
It wasn't the only source since the Atkaye Tree provided the mystical energy as well, however as the voids magic was considered responsible for it to still cause planetary bodies to have magical signature of their own, Sagittarius A became the recognised generator.
Improvements in Quantum Mechanics made it possible for them to better utilise and understand the magic particle, further seeing to the development of advance synthesizers through the fundamental understand of transfiguration.
Now, it was possible to create organic and inorganic matters from the rearrangement of subatomic particles, however the inclusion of the magic particle meant they could further alter the materials as necessarily needed.
Furthermore, quantum tunnelling would likely lead to achieving completely viable hardlight energy since the fusion of light particles were necessary to make hardlight possible.
Technology behind the Cyclonic Magic-Energy Shielding wasn't too far away from allowing Terran society discovering true hardlight technology, which the Digital lifeforms understood, so further resources went into developing the research and tech.
Its addition in the First Terran Exploratory Fleet drastically helped the Fleet Commander's peace of mind since her main worry was not having enough supplies even if she was connected to the Titan Moon's Space Elevator via their Transport Gates, also now known simply as T-Gates.
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Harry's own research into the magic particle along with Hermione, Susan, Daphne, Padma, Terry, Neville, and other Terrans of all sorts and species, led to the finding of Yggdrasil.
Found to extend throughout all of space, branching itself off to different planets and parts of space, including stars, Yggdrasil from what they found had spread itself throughout the galaxy.
Some parts of it were stronger than others, evident by the amount of power Terran Space naturally provided for it by their high levels of magical energy and its users.
Freeman at this point began to assist in their research as it involved the Magi-Teleporters based of Hedwig's Lightning Phoenix travel.
At first, they tried to see if they could send some packages to Mars or the Moon via the Magi-Teleporters, attaching various sensors to retrieve the necessary data from the experimental journey.
Results showed it was possible, only to further explain over more experimental journeys that Yggdrasil helped coordinate travel through its near-infinite network across galactic space.
This saw a drone sensor outfitted with a Magi-Teleporter and sent to the planet deemed by the United Nations as space for the First Terran Exploratory Fleet to make landfall on and explore.
Directing itself towards the star of the system, the sensor fired off a spell not seen by the naked eye, quickly returning back an incredibly detailed account of the region of space and all areas the star's light reached.
This information contained details like the resources available, their amount, and location, including atmospheric details and much more.
All of this was based through the Instant Communication Relay back in Terran Space for analysis, during which time the drone safely returned, causing a true Jump Drive to soon be developed easily from adjusting the Jump-Portal Drives.
They in turn were simply recognised as Portal Drives and equipped alongside Jump Drives as they both connected to the Yggdrasil Network to move across deep space, more so for the latter than the former.
The Portal Drives utilised the portal generated by the Yggdrasil Network to open up the portals, allowing the starships to travel through, yet now they could precisely open them up wherever they sought to simply based off knowing the spatial coordinates of the destination.
By the start of 2090, all the necessary changes and additions to the First Terran Exploratory Fleet were ready and set to leave along with The Grimm Legion led by Death's Merlin himself.
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During the United Nations assembly granting permission for a Terran Exploratory Fleet several years earlier, Harry Potter, the Supreme Mugwump exasperated loudly enough for everyone to hear and focus on him, just for the Wizard to say, "After several decades, I'm bloody done… this is my retirement announcement.
Time to explore, bitches." With a flash of his Magi-Teleporter, Harry left the stunned assembly, causing them to panic maniacally momentarily until the Architect silenced them, and request Invictus to help find a successor.
It didn't take long; however, it came with some changes as Blaise Zabini became the next Supreme Mugwump of Homo-Magi, and immediately requested for certain changes in the Terran Educational system to help create more magical educational institutions across Terran Space.
Homo-Magi were only 0.03 percent of the whole human population as far back as 1991, however in the present day an age it had drastically increased to 13 percent.
It might not seem like might, but considered humanity spread itself across Terran Space just like the rest of their Terran brethren, along with heavy benefits for larger families, humanity's population alone had increase twenty billion.
All together Terran society had a population of 43 billion, largely due to magical species undergoing huge population booms due to the density of magic across Terran Space and settlements.
Not just that, the changes to their physiology by voids magic drastically helped increase their fertility rate and kickstart their magically reinforced evolution.
Mundane-kind wasn't far behind in catching up but it meant they needed to go through more synthetic based augments to achieve similar improvements their Magical counterparts received automatically from voids magic's influence.
Of course, Mundane-kind had started to notice long ago magic subconsciously affected them as well but not to same state or speed at which it affect those magically talented.
Yet advancements in biology and bio-synthetic augments meant they could catch up to the rest of their Terran brethren's.
However, it was the actions of one genius inventor that completely turned Terran society upside down on its head by her invention, one that'd revolutionise civilisation and push them to achieve greater feats.
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Travelling onboard his own starship, the UNSC Godric's Bravery, an Exploratory – Colony Class ship just over two kilometres long, Harry Potter, Merlin of the Order of Emrys, waited patiently for the order to deploy the EPD to open a Y-Portal, or more scientifically noted as an Yggdrasil Portal.
They weren't going to use the Jump Drive to arrive at the planet eighty light years away from Earth, deeming it not necessary as the Portal Drive could now see to their arrival directly into the atmosphere of the planet if required.
Seated on a Protego-moulded seated, having installed the technology throughout Godric's Bravery, Harry thought back on the development of humanity as a whole and Terran society once it formed together and became as strong as one huge family.
From where they had started and until this very moment, ready to travel and possibly colonise another world, a feat he never would have imagined possible in his lifetime but as Herald to the Primordial Eternals, this was all inevitable.
Deciding to be at the forefront of exploration and stopping Terran society from committing atrocities in their pursuit for expansion in the coming decades, Harry began recruiting heavily into the different PMCs he owned across Terran Space, well aware they would be instrumental in keeping the peace.
He was well aware of the drastic innovative achievements of the Maegi Council, Peverell Industries, Potter Innovations, Granger-Black Group, Longbottom Management, and countless other corporations run by his friends, family, and allies, in pursuit of security, safety, and defence.
All of this largely came about once the United Nations elected to allow Terran society to begin expansion out of the Sol System but at a very slow and deliberate pace.
Worried about the dangers outside of their home system, a large push into genetics, augmentation, both scientific and magical, weapons, vehicles, starships, and so much more was increasingly at the forefront of research and development.
Hell, even Orbital Drop Capsules were created with Spatial Expansion runes and charms plastered throughout its interior to allow for not just a single soldier but full platoons and their vehicles if necessary.
Digital Sentiences, Freeman, Magical Intelligences, and even Synthients aligned more to warfare, strategy, and command helped a great deal in this new strive for greater protection through destructive means and possibilities.
Smiling to himself, Harry remembered a conversation with Ares, a Digital Sentience, and Tiberius Longbottom, a Magical Intelligence, about the inevitable conflict Terran society would likely find itself embroiled in.
They wanted him to push forward certain projects considered in his eyes as immoral, but the two Digital lifeforms believed them necessary to further safeguard Terran-kind.
As much as he could understand and even relate to their concerns, Harry didn't believe it was necessary just yet and asked them to instead focus on autonomous means of combat in case of the worst-case scenario as it could give us a means to survive for a time.
They agreed in the end and disappeared, yet days later, until even this very moment months later, Harry believed he might have been played all along by the two.
Still, he cared little as he trusted the two, and expected their actions as a result of his answer may in fact benefit their people far better than originally sought out as an end goal possibility.
Deciding to not focus on such matters for now, Harry gave the command to fire the Energy Projection Device after orders came from UNSC HIGHCOM they were clear to deploy.
"One small step for man… One giant leap for Terran-kind," this statement by Harry ended up being heard across Terran Space unknown to the Wizard in question as Freeman deemed it necessary for all to hear before their people made the next leap in their development.
Leaving the Sol System on the fourth of October 2090, the First Terran Exploratory Fleet arrived before a planet teaming with life and surprisingly magical power, but far from the levels currently exuded on Earth or any of the other Terran colonies throughout the Sol System.
They also found numerous intertwined satellite platforms stationed in geosynchronous orbit, powered, and linked via High-Energy Lazer Particle Beams, ensuring they remained effortlessly in place and constantly ready for use at a sudden moment's notice.
Spending the time to examine the planet and surrounding region of space, at Harry's command the fleet split up into smaller squadrons and scouted the three moons of the planet covered 90 percent in water.
Konrad Harlon, one of the financial backers of the exploratory fleet, began insisting the deployment of drones to analyse the planet and find it they could make landfall, however Harry stopped him and refused to hear his incessant whining any further after the financier called more than a dozen times on his Holo-Band.
Harry knew the wealthy was bound to cause him plenty of issues during this trip, but for now he needed to ensure everyone was safe and able to move around in the system.
Finding nothing of any danger, one of the Mag-Synth-Humans part of the bridge crew reported a gap in the satellite platform network, granting room for the drones to make landfall.
Permission was granted, and soon a makeshift Transport Gate had been set up in a secure area deemed perfect for a forward operating base right now.
Construction work remained in the care of the drones, so nobody made a move to leave the safety of the Starships until at least a few days passed by without incident.
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Not before long, a week passed by, and the planet was deemed safe for Harry to send people onto its surface based off the reports from the drone about its state to host life.
Harry followed along with his team of magically and synthetically augmented soldiers in service of The Grimm Legion.
A combination of Magical and Mundane Humans, Goblins, Dwarves, Gnomes, Centaurs, Giants, House Elves, Wolves, Veela, Merfolk, and numerous other magical species were part of the large team first landing and scouting the planet, followed by the other ships of the fleet doing much the same.
Harry found himself in an All-Terrain class four-wheel drive vehicle capable of flight, alongside a Dwarven driver, Goblin Team Captain, Centaur Lieutenant, and a scattering of a member from each Terran species.
Capable of housing upwards of a hundred people, the All-Terrain vehicle dubbed the Macgyver, became one of the first vehicles to tread the lands of the planet, though such achievements were noted down for prosperity by Freeman and the team of Digital lifeforms part of the First Exploratory Fleet.
Harry on the other hand was rather involved in understanding the magic of the planet since it was rather active and somewhat weaker than Earth's own at the start of the second millennia.
He suspected life expected on the planet some time ago or still remained but at a vastly reduced amount, possibly at extinction levels.
Somewhat anxious in his exploration, Harry finally noticed the influence of the planets magical signature in guiding him to a highly condense forest with trees thousands of meters in the air.
Similar to pine trees, they blocked out some of the sun's rays, yet it wasn't dark enough for Harry to be blind in his exhaustive scouting of the landscape.
Eventually though, he, along with his team of Grimm Legion Explorers, discovered the signs of magical saturation in the environment.
Following the trend of magic density, the group eventually noticed the gigantic glowing tree with long bluish threads dangling from the ends of the branches.
The eternal chime it exuded could be heard by the Mundanes effortlessly as they neared the unique plant life, whereas the Magicals part of the team were left gasping for breath as the tree practically sang the life story of the dominant species of the planet and the former civilisation that once called a large part of the galaxy their empire.
Harry chose to quickly set up some wards to try and temper the minds of his team members, so they weren't suddenly influenced by the tree's musical tone pulsating through magic itself.
The information was relayed about the native species described by the tree to the United Nations government, as well as the Exploratory Fleet, with the former requesting he find and help the species if they need our aid, whereas the latter 'suggested' he eliminate them for the prosperity of Terran-kind.
No one knew it yet, but the latter request would have dire consequences on the few who deemed themselves superior to the one known as Death's Merlin and considered 'quietly' as the Shadow King of their people due to his powerful and deadly status.
People still spoke of his actions during the terrorist attacks and the Defiance of the Simeht, even though they all knew it was many decades in the past, Harry Potter was not someone who could be tested or exploit for someone's personal greed, having fought to exactly stop this dark path for Terran-kind.
Eventually, in the hopes of finding the base of the large magical singing tree, Harry utilised his sensor magic to find a path, only to discover a sort of bio-synthetic metal protecting the way forward.
Not exactly sure what to do, Harry stepped forward and place his hand on the bio-synthetic wall, unsure what to expect, yet he and everyone else saw it open effortlessly, as if Harry was recognised.
Following Harry, they soon came to realise somewhat they as they found a new species and one possibly capable of wielding magic or at the very least able to 'scientifically' control it through means native to their species.
Covered it bio-organic material essentially protecting the forms of the new species in a cocoon of the same material as the singing tree, Harry requested Xenobiologist to arrive and begin their work in understanding this new species.
Harry didn't immediately report his findings to the rest of the Fleet, but it was passed onto the United Nations government, during which he proclaimed the planet protected and not safe for habitation since it already belonged to another species.
However, it did allow them to connect with the species and establish peace, so The Grimm Legion got to work in helping the Xenobiologists in their work as well as the numerous Digital lifeforms helping uncover by bio-organic and bio-synthetic technologies of the extraterrestrial species.
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The next few weeks saw a rush of active around the planet deemed 'Harlan's World' by a financier of the Fleet, proclaiming the name during an interview his staff organised last minute with NBC back in Terran Space after learning of Harry's report to the United Nations.
Annoyed he couldn't inhabit the planet due to the discovery of a sentient race; Konrad instead spoke of the possibility of co-existence and promoted such nonsense for a time, believing it'd eventually come to a head when the aliens began to attack.
Sadly for Konrad, he plan didn't exactly work out as Grandmaster Neville Longbottom of the Maegi Council arrived with a fleet of magical beings heavily aligned with nature, each apparently 'guided' by magic to journey over to Harlan's World and deliver aid.
Nobody from the United Nations could refuse the powerful and influential Grandmaster, a constant beacon of righteousness and justice throughout Terran Space, so his arrival at Harlan's World couldn't be rejected or turned around.
Plus, Harry wished to see his godbrother, so Konrad and his consortium of allies, each a financier backer of the fleet, could do nothing but wait and see what the results of their actions meant for their society.
Neville gave Harry the rundown of events that saw thousands upon thousands of magicals gathering together to immediately come provide their aid to this unknown species.
Somehow magic told them of the dire circumstances of the unknown species, and since they also wielded magic, both scientifically and archaically, Terran-kind felt a sense of camaraderie.
Leading the new arrives to the base where they found the bodies of the alien species cocoon, Harry stepped back and let them get to work as Neville led the large group in helping revitalise the land and even plant several Atkaye trees at the root of the singing tree.
Planting along some Arc Perpetual Magic Generators at the root of the transplanted trees, Neville instructed the scribing of an array that saw magical drones also assisting, with Tiberius present and helping his Great Great Grandnephew in his endeavours.
After activating the array, everyone moved back far away from the base of the singing tree and waited to see how everything turned out, only to witness Yggdrasil become visible to the naked eye, surpassing the need for Mage Sight to see the mythical tree of life.
Everyone on the ships of the exploratory fleet and those back at home in Terran Space enjoy the sight of the Yggdrasil for several minutes as the reaction of the array sees it provide enormous amounts of power while also speeding up the Arc Perpetual Magic Generators to create more energy.
At the same time, the roots and biology of the Atkaye Trees merged with the singing tree, all the while Neville and Harry helped guide the process through their powerful magic reserves and magical gifts.
Neville was a Druid, and one who'd refined his skills with the aid of Tiberius and countless other magical beings to truly become a powerhouse beyond the likes of Merlin of the Arcturus Pendragon Era.
Harry on the other hand was the Herald of the Primordial Eternals, and Death's favourite Grimm, a being on the likes of a Reaper and Knight merged together.
Working together, the two sworn brothers were doused in the magical signature and power of the Yggdrasil, affecting their magiks and bodies in unknown ways, but neither seemed to care since the magic deemed it necessary and beneficial.
It eventually left them exhausted and unconscious once the array activation settled and Yggdrasil once more became impossible to see through normal sight, yet it had a lasting effect on society as it even became visible throughout Terran Space, alighting upon the colonies and Earth.
Magical energy grew in power and density across Terran Space, but it also gained a more musical note, one that helped surprisingly heal the environment, and promote growth across all wakes of life.
Similarly, the Atkaye Trees transmuted to gain characteristics of the singing tree from Harlan's World, a surprising discovery and one that raised plenty of new questions.
Time would eventually reveal the merging of the trees on Harlan's World created a new plant life highly connected to Yggdrasil and magic, which in turn meant they were connected to one another across spacetime.
Magientists, researchers, and scientists worked to uncover what this meant for Terran society, but this all went on in the background while Terran-kind dealt with meeting the Vrokkid, an alien species once considered to have ruled in this region of space tens of thousands of years ago.
They had awoken shortly after the reaction of the array came to a stop, and the merging of the trees and surprisingly the Arc Perpetual Magic Generators provided them with enough energy to awake.
Guarding Harry and Neville's unconscious bodies until The Grimm Legion arrived and came to a halt when they saw near to 9-foot-tall beings with four eyes on long oval like faces that appeared very Avian, which matched up well with the wings and legs, but the four limb appendages seemed a little odd.
Otherwise, they were very humanoid in appearance, but still, it caused many soldiers to tense up, only for Ronald Weasley to step forward and begin talks, along with his third son joining him since he'd elected to join The Grimm Legion many years ago.
Through communications started by Freeman, he quickly learnt their language and compiled together a workable translator via the Holo-Bands passed over to the two aliens who to stepped forward to meet with Ronald and his son, William Arthur Weasley.
In less than five minutes, Ronald effortlessly began First Contact and learnt a little background about the Last of the Vrokkid.
Without hesitation, and presently in front of the aliens, Ronald offered aid and called on a request for humanitarian services to be sent over immediately, much to the surprise and shock of the Vrokkid.
It was enough of a shock that it caused the two to shriek aloud, a rather worrying act if it wasn't for the translator helping portray their immense sadness and happiness.
Other Vrokkid raced over to join the two crying brethren of theirs, even going as far to show hostile intentions to Ronald and William, but the two remained unphased and even apologised if they had said the wrong thing or performed any actions that were an insult to their culture and customs.
Thankfully the two Vrokkid recovered and began to explain what happened to the others, causing more to cry and even one to move forward and grasp Ronald in a huge, one he accepted as his magic deemed it safe and something he should accept.
Thus began the forging of a new alliance for Terran-kind and another addition to their society as the Vrokkid eventually accepted an invitation to join the society.
Yet this did not mean Harlan's World could not be inhabited, rather it was encouraged and closely monitored by the Vrokkid so their new 'brethren' didn't exploit the planet or its resources, one of which they deemed rather important, even if it was a renewable resource.
As it turned out, the alloy, one considered natural to the planet and a product of the former singing tree that how was recognised as the Atkaye Songspire, was now created by the enhanced and evolved plant life.
It further helped improve the quality of the alloy once it was discovered and compared against the already mined alloy by the Vrokkid long ago.
It was found being generated now on the planets of Terran civilisation due to the numerous Atkaye Songspires, though it just meant a great deal of research went into understanding their use and purpose for Terran-kind.
Vrokkid explained how they used to eons ago utilise it in the crafting and manufacturing of equipment and hardware due to its natural affinity to merge with biological life and materials.
They used magic of their own bodies, produced from their magical cores, with it providing them the necessary strength and power to mould the alloy and see to its merging with organic materials.
It even went into augmentations for the body and utilised in armour to help create greater synergy between organic and synethic materials, creating a sort of resonance that helped them move effortlessly via their magical quantum interstellar travel network set up across space formerly under their control.
The technology was shared with to the United Nations and entered into the new Repository of Terran-kind being stored away on the Moon of Earth, protected and managed by SELENE.
They further explained how the 'ANGEL' satellite platforms were produced, causing Vulcan to immediately get in touch with Vrokkid engineers to better understand the new piece of technology as well as the background leading up to the creation of such grand feats of engineering.
Vulcan wasn't the only one as the Vrokkid worked with numerous Digital and Organic lifeforms to help Terran-kind better understand organic and bio-synthetic manufacturing.
Not just that, they helped Terran-kind to understand the relationship between organics and synthetics, leading to a whole new conversation across Terran society as the Vrokkid began to provide their medical expertise to lead to the creation of clones and bio-organic and synthetic organs of greater efficiency than what Terrans current could create.
Yet their more controversial actions saw to aiding a Mag-Synth-Human and his organic partner in a having a child of their own.
The Vrokkid could break down digital information and relay it into organic processors such as a brain without it overwhelming the individual.
Inversing it helped the Vrokkid medical Magientist, having accepted the professional title utilised by Terrans, to help provide the Mag-Synth-Human to actual spread his genetic seed.
Similarly, they helped the Architect understand how to create different Terran species through enhanced Pods, though with the addition of certain bio-synthetic and magical augmentations, allowing them to start life with a greater advantage and evolutionary capabilities.
Both advancements quickly reached the United Nations, who for the first time, wasn't exactly receptive of Terrans born from the Pods or Mag-Synth-Humans, causing quite a bit of mayhem throughout the assembly.
The Architect tired to understand the thoughts of the assembly members on the matter, realising most were just afraid of their organic selves being slowly eliminated by advance Digital life.
The Architect decided to explain the pleas he'd come to hear of the rising number of Synthients, both Program and Droid, each wanting to have organic means of life and similarly create it with organic loved ones.
Most Programs remained in the Digital World, rarely ever interacting in the real world unless deemed necessary, however that began to change more so with the rise of Synthient - Organic relationships.
This saw more programs switching between the two worlds, just like the Droids who until now were basing themselves off the designs from science fiction, specifically that of Star Wars.
The Architect quite like the film series from the original trilogy till the present versions, each considered a masterpiece in their own right in his mind, so it ended up being a large part of how the Synthients were designed.
Yet the growing number of relationships meant more were travelling back and forth between both real and digital life.
In an effort to maintain their relationships, and further their own lives, they requested Bio-Synthetic bodies to help lives as they truly wished.
This plea from The Architect was considered by many but effectively ignored, much to The Architect's silent anger.
He wasn't the only one as Freeman glared daggers at the assembly members who ignored the evidence provided by the Vrokkid presentative about how they were led to extinction.
The Reapers, those very same noted in the archives of the Prothean Ruins by Freeman over half a century ago, however the information was ignored.
Not only that, but assembly members also question even the authenticity of the knowledge found in the Prothean Ruins, raising a few voices against the Prothean-Terran Artificial Intelligence as a rogue element seeking their downfall.
SELENE actually wanted to make an example of the fools; however, she was rather surprised, just like the rest of the assembly members when the Supreme Mugwump simply cleared his throat and attracted the attention of everyone, turning them silent before his declaration left them stunned.
"I, in my right and capacity as the Supreme Mugwump of the United Nations and Terran Space, deem this governmental organisation inept at overseeing Terran Society without biases and personal benefits being sort out.
Before attending this meeting, a report reached me containing the bribes sent by certain wealthy individuals of society who sought our expansion into the stars.
Those very same people were against helping the Vrokkid, and even sought to see their extinction by any means necessary, which thankfully has been averted.
However, it seems their inclusion into Terran Society isn't 'appreciate' by these influential few… as such, I do not find this government organisation capable of providing the continued service it has to the masses any further."
Blaise statement, and subsequent exit of the assembly with all walks of digital and magical life left the remaining Mundane politicians reeling back in anger as a portion were actually supportive of what the Vrokkid and Terran Digital lifeforms had achieved.
They soon left and quickly joined up with one another so they could meet with Blaise and understand what was happening next, yet the remaining began to gather forces and seize control of military assets in their region of influence for the war to come.
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All the while this occurred, Harry and Neville were focusing on understanding the changes to their magic and bodies, each gaining a number of abilities.
The power of the Yggdrasil and reaction of the array granted the two a greater affinity for technology, somewhat enabling them to utilise magic like the Force ability from Star Wars, Mechu-Deru.
Unsurprisingly for Harry, Neville already had better affinity for the ability as well as his heightened connection to nature, making him even more of a green nut.
Harry on the other hand found his crafting and magic sense improved nearly tenfold, making him more of maniacal inventor.
On top of that, both could now view the past history of planets with Atkaye Songspires planet upon them, as if magic willingly gave them a full account of the planetary body's history till the present.
It was tried on Harlan's World as well as Earth, Mars, the Moon, and so forth, allowing the two to greatly increasing their knowledge about the development of these worlds, especially when the information couldn't be found nowadays since it was mostly lost or undiscovered.
Passing on the knowledge through the Pensive Tablet artifacts that helped relay such information into a digital format for it to be categorised and stored, the history of all Terran planets quickly entered the Repository on the Moon and proliferated across Terran internet.
The two then moved onto understanding the purpose of the crystals being formed on the Atkaye Songspires since they each seemed like diamonds but rather stronger and magically saturated.
In the end, the discovery of a viable use came from Padma, Susan, and Lavender working alongside Magical Intelligences to realise a means to utilise them as magical foci but ones capable of being wielded by Mundane and Magicals alike.
Heavy testing led to Mundanes trying out different foci, each using the Atkaye Songspire Crystals, though it was found the magic they could wield didn't last for long.
The more they deployed magical spells, the quicker the crystal was depleted of energy, which saw to a means of continuous supplying power to the crystals, and it was at this point Quantum Tunnelling came into play in a sense, though its magical counterpart.
They found a way to refill the crystals when they started to lose energy, though it more acts as a constant monitor that immediately refilled the energy storage medium the second any energy was used.
Their use and current purpose were noted, causing a huge increase in the number of farms with Atkaye Songspires, even though plenty of them were largely ready for mass planting on new worlds.
Harlan's World receive a vast number of them, but plenty of others were ready for planting on the next planet to be discovered and colonies.
The Vrokkid gave a list of planets deemed safe and free for colonisation that they once inhabited but long gave up due to the lack of numbers, leading them to seek shelter and hide on Harlan's World.
As the two brothers started preparing the fleets necessary for the next phase of Terran expansion, they became aware of the troubles back in Terran Space within the Sol System, a rather worrying series of events and back office being a large part of the fault.
Not pleased one bit, Harry and Neville began gathering their forces, including the numerous PMCs under their control, Magical species, and even Maegi of the Maegi Council.
Harry proudly wore his Peverell Armour with the markings of the Deathly Hallows, even though he understood what it represented and the fear it generated, especially nowadays as The Tales of Beedle the Bard were known by all and told to children as a fairytale, while explaining its surprising truth.
Similarly, Neville felt ecstatic to once more wield the armour of his ancestors, the Longbjorn lineage, one that granted him immense power of elements of nature and monstrous strength, yet the legend of his ancestor wasn't as known as the Peverells.
Longbjorns originated from Norway and were believed to originate from the lineage of a Valkyrie who gained the opportunity from Odin to have a mortal child with her mortal husband, having achieve a feat deemed worthy of such an honour with the express support from the All-Father.
Even the Axe of the Longbjorn was considered the weapon of the Valkyrie ancestor who passed it onto her son, but such a tale was ignored up until Neville grasped it after visiting the family vault in Gringotts during his second year in preparation for the fight against the Basilisk with Harry.
It was then that he learnt of the power locked deep in the weapon, waiting for a rightful heir to wield the weapon and bond to its semi-conscious ego.
Both brothers weren't the only ones with deep lineages dating back millennia's, but the two shared a connection others did not have largely due to the actions of their ancestors making the Longbottoms and Potters the greatest allies of one another.
As such, when Neville was seen in full battle armour beside Harry, everyone understood the Potters and Longbottoms were going to be side by side, like always, no matter the circumstances.
Therefore, 2091 saw the beginning of World War Three, one to truly span worlds instead of planetary nations.
2092 – 2094 – World War Three, also dubbed the First Great Terran War, began with the initial strike led by a mercenary group, on the city of Titan's capital city, Palis.
The attack was funded by JP Morgan & Chase in an effort to drop the shares of a manufacturing company behind creating shipyards for the UNSC so they could purchase a controlling interest in the business, yet it ignited the flames of the world war.
Attacks across Terran Space began occurring every few days by various different groups, each proclaiming their right to complete freedom, far away from the laws enforced by the disbanded United Nations.
Through the use of newly developed mechanised suits designed of magical creatures and mundane animals, they had the ability to operate independently or with a rider equipped with a neural link.
Blaise Zabini had created the Unified Terran Government as soon as possible after disbanding the United Nations since he anticipated a world war, but what he didn't envision was the number of attacks on highly populous cities and settlements.
Earth even underwent a number of explosive battles, each leaving a scar on the planet and home of Terran-kind, but Harry's intervention stopped all such battles on the blue planet after London was bombed.
The city wasn't ruined entirely, but certain areas like the financial district and more of the inter-city suffered due to the combat on the grounds.
Appearing with modernised magical power armour and weaponry, including the markings of House Peverell and Potter, Death's Merlin rushed into battle, sword in hand and ready for bloodshed.
Neville joined him as well as The Grimms Legion, Dragon Brigade, and several other PMCs, each unleashing their utter rage on the elements of terrorism harming Terran Society.
In a single night, all terrorist groups and enemy combatants throughout London, including surrounding areas, were eliminated along with a message left behind for the others to know they were coming for the rest next.
Mars and the Moon were subdued mostly by Freeman and SELENE, however Harry, Neville, Ronald, Blaise, Ernest, Dean, and the PMCs arrived to gut the rest of the enemies.
This was accomplished in just a few months, but the battle with the forces of the outer colonies wasn't resolved so easily.
Warfare in space really tested Terrans on both sides of the war as they tested new strategies and trialled old ones known to be effective.
It wasn't exactly pleasing for Harry to see millions die pointlessly, but it wasn't possible for them to simply make landfall on a colony and go to town wreaking havoc since the people responsible hid on large space stations, heavily guarded by private fleets.
Built long before the war began, Organic Terrans prepared in advance for Digital Terrans taking a neutral stance in the conflict, so they made space stations that only Organics could operate.
Mechanically and Electronically gifted Terrans replaced many of the tasks of Digital beings, however it wasn't enough in the end to stop Harry and his forces.
The UNSC too worked with Death's Merlin in crushing the enemies wishing to see corporate society return, but it all failed once Freeman and SELENE located the small hidden society pulling the strings of the conflict.
Safely hidden on Harlan's World, Harry hunted them down just to find Konrad Harlan involved as well but the man surrendered and even gave into Harry's request to be his double agent of sorts.
Binding it through a Magical Contract and Oath, Konrad came into the direct service of Harry Potter and House Peverell, tasked to find other corporations and wealthy fools seeking to imbue their influence over politics.
In just a few months, Konrad gave Harry plenty of information on the last remnants of rebel corporations and wealthy backers, each of whom was publicly executed by Harry, leaving a strong message for all of Terran society.
Hephaestus deployed his Starlifting project, beginning with the mining of Mercury for resources needed for the production of the solar generation orbital stations capable of capturing solar energy straight from Sol.
The Dyson Swarm started with a handful of automated orbital stations that were manufactured from the resources of Mercury and asteroids brought over from the Kuiper Belt.
This all occurred whilst a unique dark platform fell into nearby orbit of Sol that contained a plethora of particle accelerators that used power generated from the Solar Swarm Drones to subject normal matter to the effects of highly energetic effects of an Artificial Supernovae.
From that, the generated element capable of manipulating Dark Energy was sent off for refinement via Yggdrasil-Gates, arriving at refineries in orbit of Venus.
The synthesised Element Zero went back into the construction of orbital satellites that would 'squeeze' on Sol, seeing to the dispelling of stellar materials from its magnetic poles, which were collected and refined elsewhere in the Sol System.
Transmutation Fabrication Factories turned the stellar metals into whatever they necessarily required, including if magic would saturate the materials.
All of this, while appearing costly to some, was rather cheaper and far easier to perform in requiring materials in massive quantities, especially with the Transmutation Fabrication Factories turning it all into whatever they necessarily require.
Hephaestus sought to start the same for the Star of Harlan's World and left shortly after Gaia gave him the necessary clearance with some assistance and protection provided by the UTSC.
2095 - 2098 – In just a few years, all the damage done to Terran Space and lands was repaired, along with the lost ships and personnel.
The Unified Terran Government, currently led by President Blaise Zabini, opened up the incredibly full vaults of wealth controlled and previously held by the United Nations governing members, yet now they funded countless society programs and projects.
Not just that, it helped support different research and development projects, many of which were on the backfoot due to World War Three.
First off, the United Nations Space Command was transformed into the Unified Terran Space Command and received practically a blank cheque to improve the state of the Armed Forces across all branches.
This included the technology and equipment in use, an order from Merlin made through Freeman and supported by SELENE who discovered through the Deep Space Communication Buoys a perfect system with countless resources but no planetary body for colonisation.
Second off, the government approved of the requests put forth by The Architect regarding Pod-born Terrans, and organic bodies with bio-synthetic enhancements.
Immediately, 95 percent of Digital lifeforms requested an organic body with bio-synthetic and magical augments, most of which Isis the Digital Sentience improved before they were put into use.
Before the war, this might have caused many riots and protests to break out across Terran Space but instead it saw Terran society become closer to one another, including the Vrokkid who were kept out of the war, yet it just left them utterly horrified by the atrocities committed by Terran-kind.
Even as a militaristic civilisation, they couldn't believe their newest allies could do this too themselves, yet the end result of the war and the reaction of society also left them stunned.
The closeness and love shown by Terrans helped the Vrokkid realise Terrans could love and maintain peace happily, but if war was necessary, they would unleash chaos and happily dive into the forefront of the explosive mess.
This helped secure the full trust and support of the Vrokkid who were still somewhat stand-offish, but soon started to unravel what was left of their civilisation to help their Terran brethren and society.
It too meant The Architect started the gestation process for raising Pod-born Terrans including the Vrokkid, though it wasn't in huge numbers.
Currently, he was backlogged by a number of requests from Digital lifeforms that included Synthients, Mag-Synth-Humans, Digital Sentiences, a few Magical Intelligences, Freeman and SELENE.
The latter two were caused quite the shock throughout Terran Society, but in a joyous way as the two Digital lifeforms could experience many Terran aspects of life currently out of their grasp.
However, like many other Digital lifeforms, they too wished to maintain their current digital presences and capabilities, which became possibly with the invention of Digital Human Freight storage devices.
The DHF, dubbed Cortical Stacks, were invented by Quellcrist Falconer, a genius Magientists and Engineer who studied at Hogwarts University, on the Harlan's World campus.
Finding herself with the alloy mined from caverns beneath Atkaye Songspires, she developed the Cortical Stacks and brought them forth to a family friend, who suggested she ask for aid from a corporation.
Having already seen first-hand what the effects of World War Three had done to Terran Space, Quellcrist wasn't exactly please to meet with Peverell Industries, but she soon felt it was the right decision once they started discussion the pros and cons of the device.
Not having thought ahead, Quellcrist was left stunned when Freeman, SELENE, and several other Digital lifeforms joined the meeting and immediately advise of the possibility it could be exploited to extend Terran life indefinitely.
Not just that, it'd cause a few people to have immense power and influence that others couldn't match.
Quellcrist brought up the fact people like Harry Potter could be viewed as the same, but she soon retracted her comment once Freeman and Invictus advised her the being granted the title of Merlin in this era would rather die than exploit the innocent.
She too was made privy of his actions in saving her during World War Three and many of her family members, surprising her even further when she saw video footage of her younger brother being healed by Harry Death's Merlin Potter and Grandmaster Neville Longbottom.
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With her permission, Quellcrist was hired by the company and immediately place into intensive security protection, along with her family, that'd see them guarded by The Grimms Legion.
It too saw the Unified Terran Government enact some serious laws behind the Cortical Stacks, and its potential exploitation in helping the rich and powerful continue to exist indefinitely.
As such, Blaise ended up suggesting those to have lived more than the average lifespan of 70 years would need to pay a greater sum of their earnings as tax and participate in social projects far more than they original have.
It'd be inevitable for people to try and exploit this law by passing over their assets to children or Financial Trusts to save them from having to pay most of their earnings, but Blaise how to eliminate people from using that as a loophole, amongst many others.
Numerous Digital lifeforms participated in helping establish a framework around how the Cortical Stacks would operate throughout Terran Space as well as their greater influence.
This included the requirement for the Cortical Stacks to be installed in every Terran once they reached their first birthday.
Copies of the Cortical Stacks were allowed to exist and prepped in clone bodies but couldn't deploy more than one to be active.
If any were found active, it could lead to a permanent death, now that immortality wasn't exactly difficult to achieve, but maintaining it required merits and public services that saw the value in them saying alive.
Wealth could achieve the same, but it requires plenty of money to be donated and for the benefit of the people, eventually seeing upwards of 80 percent of it being utilised on a yearly basis.
When the laws are released along with the information about the Cortical Stacks, there was some outrage, but people took the time to understand what the Cortical Stacks could offer Terran Society, and it finally clicked in the minds of mass society.
The wealthy and influential too noticed the same thing, but we far from pleased like the common masses, yet they realised it was pointless to try and fight it unless they wanted to face off against Death's Merlin.
Sadly, it wasn't enough to deter everyone as numerous people left to join Konrad's secret organisation trying to rise up once more against the powers of the Unified Terran Government.
Freeman made sure to keep aware of Konrad's actions as he was involved in the deal set by Harry and happily oversaw it for Konrad's, as it would all benefit Terran Society at the end of the day.
2100 – The Unified Terran Government promotes Cortical Stacks across Terran Space, along with setting up countless cloning and DNA repositories in case of a 'Sleeve Death' which just meant the body died, but the mind remained alive through the Cortical Stacks.
A new 'Sleeve' would allow them to come back 'alive' after being 'Needlecast' into the new body based off their original DNA or a new entire sleeve though it wasn't recommended to swap between too many other bodies otherwise it'd affect the psyche.
Needlecasting also offered the ability for people to prepare bodies on other planets and simply use the Quantum Magical Network to send their conscious across spacetime in a heartbeat.
Plenty of people became interested in organising spare Sleeves as well as building them with augments and cybernetics that were becoming fairly popular as their bio-organic and bio-synthetic versions significantly reduced the possibility of cyberpsychosis from becoming a mental health issue.
Medi-gel too was created around this time and promoted by Granger-Black Group and Pharmaceuticals, immediately becoming a Terran-wide hit.
The UTSC became one of the biggest purchasers of Medi-gel, generating enormous amounts of profits for the Granger-Black Group and Pharmaceuticals, making them one of the powerhouses of the corporate world equal to Peverell Industries, Potter Innovations, Longbottom Management, and Stark Industries.
During this year, large amounts of synthesised Element Zero stored away in inventory enabled the successful testing of a Cochrane and Alcubierre Warp Drive, both showing promising results, though the latter of the two was deemed the more viable option for Terran Society to adopt.
At the same time, a fully functional Einstein-Rosen-Bridge, or better known as a Traversable Wormhole was made possible by the abundant Element Zero on offer.
Through Quantum Entangled Particles, a miniaturised portal was opened between spacetime momentarily kept stable by the connection between the two points, only for small drones with Element Zero cores to pull apart the space to allow them entry to the other side of the wormhole.
QEC devices needed to be set up on the other side of the Transversable Wormhole, so for the time being Yggdrasil-Gates helped make such a feat possible, though it practically eliminated the purpose of the Transversable Wormholes since the Yggdrasil-Gates utilised far less energy and allowed for direct transport over to the other side of space in a heartbeat.
Still, the technology was worked on in an effort to be improved and capable of greater distances of travel.
In the meantime, Harry became involved in the single-manned Alcubierre Warp Drive flight through deep space, along with Jump and Portal Drives installed just in case of the worst-case scenario.
Daphne fought with Harry not to go, but the madman wasn't entirely worried since he'd installed a Cortical Stack and even saw to clone bodies being built, along with checking if they could perform magic.
They could easily enough and even shared the same magical core, so he wasn't bothered about his well-being when it was entirely possible to download into a new Sleeve in the worst case scenario.
Waiting for Freeman and Invictus to give him the all clear signal, Harry did the last few checks before activating the warp drive, only to find the system undergoing some serious trouble.
It wasn't anything to cause the ship to implode but it did send him off course to arrive in an unknown location, just for Freeman to locate an emergency call for help being sent out into space.
"Ahh fuck it.
Let's go have a look before heading home if it's nonsense." Harry gave Freeman the command to proceed, just to arrive before a planet mostly a desert and evidently populated by sentient life.
"Freeman… what is going on, mate?" asked Harry just to find a cartoon sailor utilise the large reserves of programmable matter in the Starship to build himself a bodily form.
"Scans showing a populated planet, which I can say is backed by the information I found by infiltrating their communications network.
Let just say, these flesh sticks of shit have overwhelmed themselves by overpopulating the planet when they don't have the resources to sustain themselves.
My best guess… they have a few years before all hell breaks loose and the cascading event of no return beings their end as a species."
Harry didn't need to say what was to happen next, as Freeman simply got in touch with Blaise and reported what they found during the test flight.
The information regarding the location was sent over to UTSC who soon received the order to begin preparing ships to help transport the new aliens on the bring of extinction even when they had a population of 20 billion.
Once more at the forefront of the discovery, Harry Potter led Terran-kind to discover another alien species, one this time round that'd greatly contribute to the UTSC.
2101 – 2130 – With the discovery of the new alien species by Harry Potter, the UTSC arrived shortly afterwards with an enormous fleet of five thousand ships, all considered the First Red Cross Fleet of the UTG.
The satellites of the still planet bound alien species were able to pick up the arrival of the new ships, and assumed the first called the others.
Terrified, the leadership of the alien species remained deathly silent once news arrived of the number of unknown ships, all of it leaving them utterly petrified of what may came.
Some began sprouting about the end of days, while others sought to equip every single man, woman, and child to fight, whereas those wanting peace remained silent as it was hard to ignore five thousand starships.
They weren't small either as the very minimum length size of the starships ranged around two kilometres, a shockingly hard fact to accept.
Thankfully before the leadership felt further into chaos, the President of the Rakhana Republic chose to gain some semblance of order in the meeting room.
Just as he was about to say something, an aide of his government rushed in with news expressing the sole starship they discovered hours ago, was now contacting them to begin First Contact.
"May Amonkira, Arashu, and Kalahira bless our in this dire time of need," with that said, the President left the room with the other government officials following along closely.
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In a short while, Harry led the first conversation with the President of the Rakhana Republic, Tiru Maost, exchanging information about their civilisations and history until the present day.
Tiru found it rather surprising to find the data packet spoke of Harry Potter, the man he was now interacting with, as one of the few beings considered an immortal and incredibly power wizard.
However, it wasn't long before the conversation was handed over to an actual ambassador, allowing Harry to leave for Earth and begin finding a means to help them survive off the planet possibly.
Yet a resolution was already found by Hephaestus and Vulcan who'd already started on the building of O'Neill Cylinder Space Habitats, each 15 kilometres wide, and 60 kilometres long.
Easily capable of housing four million people with plenty of wiggle room to house several more with arcology building principles in use throughout the living space.
Now, to house billions of people, they'd require around 3400 O'Neill Cylinder Space Habitats to fully house the Drell species.
Hephaestus and Vulcan deemed it a possible feat but didn't believe it could be accomplished in its totality for at least several decades.
Even with the Harlan System star being mined by the Dyson Swarm and Starforge, they were still lacking in being able to have all the necessary materials to build all the Space Habitats.
Therefore, the star of the Rakhana System became the next one to receive Hephaestus' attention, with the express permission of the Rakhana Republic providing their consent.
They already began to receive plenty of resources and goods to help alleviate the pressure on planetary materials, creating immense goodwill between Terran-kind and the Drell.
Furthermore, the arrival of the ten already complete O'Neill Cylinder Space Habitats were immediately put into use relieving pressure on the government in the direst settlements needing aid.
In helped broker a closer relationship between Terran-kind and Drells, though that all changed once the discovery of a planet with the perfect environment for the Drell was located by a Deep Space Communication and Sensor Buoy by sheer luck.
The good news soon reached President Tiru, who also received the answer from Blaise that the Unified Terran Government would happily aid in their resettlement and moving of their people to even spread across Terran Space to help alleviate the pressure on resources.
This was the catalyst to cause the Drell to join the Unified Terran Government and become the latest member of Terran Society, which saw them integrating the Cortical Stacks into their bodies, even if they understood it technically meant immortality.
They knew real death was a possibility and due to their belief in Kalahira, the Goddess of the Afterlife, they actually deemed it their responsibility to not overly exist for nonsensical means if others would be affected by their life demanding resources.
This mindset came about in part because of the lack of resources on Rakhana but it'd eventually be healed with time, and magic would play a big part in it.
In fact, The Guardians of the Yggdrasil, an order established a couple months after the events on Harlan's World during the initial contact with the Vrokkid, had arrived and begun planting the Atkaye Songspires across Rakhana.
They even held a small ritual with one seeding that included the blood of a Drell as recommended by the growing number of Druids across Terran Space.
Far more attuned to nature, the Druids assisted in the ritual that saw Faires, Elves, Goblins, Dwarves, Nymphs, Dryads, and Centaurs all work together in the deployment of the array.
Its successful reaction upon activation began the accelerated terraforming of Rakhana, which saw an increase in Magical lifeforms arriving to reside on the desert-like planet, well aware their presence and magic could help hasten along the process.
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Time quickly passed by for revitalised Drell who were ecstatic and overjoyed by receiving their second home world, Rakhna, only twenty light years away in a nearby star system full of countless resources.
Their large population of twenty billion was split across O'Neill Cylinder Space Habitats, Terran colonies and Earth, which now included Rakhna, though work had been done on other smaller settlements across the Rakhana System as planetary bodies had moons capable of habitation.
Atkaye Songspires helped terraforming the planetary bodies to best suit necessary conditions required by the Drell, however in just under two years since First Contact, they were ready to accept a significant number of colonists, further reducing the people draining Rakhana's resources.
Of course, the planted Atkaye Songspires had revitalised Rakhana as plant life and wild life began to spawn across the incredibly vast planet full of dry desert that now seemed vastly more healthier and teaming with life.
Yet it still lacked in providing enough resources for the general populous that still was over ten billion people.
Each day saw it drastically drop but far from the point it'd help stabilise society which currently relied on the UTG to supply the necessary materials and resources required by the Rakhana Republic that now extended beyond one planetary body.
Years passed by while the humanitarian crisis continued for the Drell, yet each passing day, week, and month continued to improve the state of the newest 'Terrans' to join their society.
The year 2108, around eight years since First Contact with the Drell, saw to the first Pod-born of their kind, a feat that had already been achieved by every other species of the Unified Terran Government.
Premier Tiru Maost decided to meet with the parents, only to be amazed by the feat achieved by The Architect in seeing their kind 'birthed' via a means not considered entirely organic.
Tiru learnt of the initial problems Terran Society had with the first few Pod-born children, but such discrimination quickly found itself squashed and faded away as social projects helped increase the people's understanding of the newest additions of Terran-kind, one considered a perfect mixture of bio-organic and synthetic lifeform.
He made sure to stop such nonsense occurring across Drell society, though Tiru didn't have any such concerns to face since the Drell were rather happy to see other Terrans building relationships with their people.
In just seven more years, the number of relationships Drells in relationships with other species of Terran Society had exponentially grown to the point The Architect was more focused on building Life Pods solely dedicated to the children born of inter-species relationships.
On a genetic level, the Vrokkid helped develop the perfect DNA sequencing method to merge the genetic data from the parents belonging to two different species, so their child wasn't solely of one species, and actually had the traits of both people.
This worked out rather well as it saw plenty of new Terran variants being created due to the relationships, many of which even led to better improving the genetic data of the species considered 'weaker' of the two.
A perfect example was the union between Homo-Magi and a Dwarf, which saw the child appearing to have a human appearance with information suggesting the child would likely grow to at least 5 feet, 8 inches, yet denser bone structure, greater muscular fibre count and even a natural affinity for the Earth and Fire element meant he was vastly better off than his counterparts when it came to his affinity for magic.
It could be said, the union helped increase his strength to be greater than his Dwarven father, however he didn't gain the same level of heat resistance.
Either way, it meant children born of the unique from two different species had greater advantages than their Terran brethren to just have the genetic data of a single species.
The Vrokkid continued to try and improve upon their technology as well as furthering medical science, improving the genetic sequencing method to help elevate the starting position for the Pod-borns compared to others.
Of course, the relevant information applicable to Pod-born and those born free of the Life Pods, could gain the recently discovered improvements to help their physique, yet it fails to match up against Pod-born to receive such benefits from infancy.
Only those to receive the genetic treatments during their youth could stand on equal footing as the Pod-born.
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Onwards from 2116 to 2130 simply saw the Drell people completely merge into Terran Society, adopting many customs and cultural aspects to help evolve their own.
It more specifically saw to the end of the humanitarian crisis now that less than two billion people resided on Rakhana, whereas the rest of their populous had split themselves across the rest of Terran Space, which too included all space considered Drell, which meant the numerous moon settlements littered throughout the Rakhana System.
At the very minimum, they each held around four billion Drells, though more often than not they held countless other Terrans, especially the magical kind since they wanted to see their kind flourish through Terran Space.
They in fact saw to helping increase production levels and help with educating the Drell to familiarise themselves with Magic, especially with the rise of Pod-borns as they all had Magic Cores, and those naturally born after the ritual was performed with Drell blood and an Atkaye Songspire.
More magically inclined schools and colleges were being opened up as a result across Terran Space, along with farmlands and parklands reserved for the mass production of magical goods and materials.
Hogwarts and other Premier Magical Institutes on Earth had maintained numerous branch schools across Terran Space at the behest of the Merlin, and President Blaise Zabini, though now they required far larger facilities to meet the demand of the great number of students.
25 percent of the entire Terran population by this point were gifted with a Magic Core, so it was important to ensure they had the necessary supplies not just for their studies but further beyond.
But ever since the Atkaye Songspires started producing the magical crystals in large quantities, the number of Mundanes not gifted with magical power drastically decreased.
By this day and age, over sixty percent of the populus had a means of wielding magic, though gaining the necessary education wasn't exactly available easily enough for everyone.
Either way it meant a huge increase in users of magical materials and resources, most of which went towards things like potion creation, crafting, and alchemy as they were some of the most popular magical fields of interest.
Dragons, for example, were now capable of existing in space and often found utilising Yggdrasil in a very organic method reserved for magical creatures than beings, making it possible for them to travel and settle practically anywhere.
Certain planets were found and reserved by magical creatures with the aid of Dragons, Phoenixes, Qilian, Gryffins, and numerous others which surprisingly included Fairies and Fae, but they were the exception to the rule.
The UTSC heavily protected these planets and even setup shipyards and manufacturing facilities in orbit just so they were always maintaining a watchful for poachers and pirate scum.
The latter of the two were becoming a growing issue that Harry knew was largely being coordinated by Konrad, while being funded by Terrans wanting to overthrow the government for their own personal benefit.
The Grimm Legion amongst other PMCs were making sure to hunt down the pirates and poachers, though more often than not they just tracked their journey to learn of the pirate bases.
This saw to the finding of numerous stations in space build as ports for pirates, and black-market merchants, however only those with decent bounties so an immediate attack from the likes of Harry Potter or The Grimm Legion.
2131 – Callum Scott, an engineer of the UTSC, created a working Transporter for starships and ports to utilise, basing it off a television series made highly popular in human society over a century ago.
Exploring how the Magi-Teleporters operated, Callum tried to find a way for it work to a greater scale in times of war of battles were immediate extractions were required.
First, he worked on trying to understand splinching and how to eliminate such possibilities being a factor during transport.
Second, the tried to find a way for the starship systems to locate the people it desired to teleport, including those who may not be capable of wielding magic.
Eventually Callum found a way to locate the personal magical signature of any and all walks of life since it was generated unknowingly, but easily found when the specifications are truly thought over.
As such, the UTSC have a working Magi-Teleporter system, entirely possible to spawn someone practically instantaneously, and send them away just as fast with no issues to the individuals or the goods transported.
In just a few months, all Terran starships were outfitted with the Magi-Teleporter system, just as Storage Rings were being outfitted to soldiers so they could carry extra materials and resources for use in the heat of the battle.
The latter was an addition long in the making as Harry continued to allow its acceptance into the Armed Force, but eventually agreed with some insistence from Blaise to help support their soldiers better in the battlefield.
Of course, they hadn't faced a true war as of late, but the ART Rooms ensured the UTSC wasn't slack or inexperienced since they could simulate realistic battlefields.
Furthermore, the Matrix could do the same, and games with chaotic storylines of war often tested the soldiers to a greater degree, especially with options like increasing the difficulty.
Mag-Synth-Humans, who now possessed greater bio-organic and synthetic forms, were often found exploiting the gaming worlds in the Matrix, drastically improving their skills that helped them relay in the real world just as easily and efficiently.
They, along with Synthients in their bio-synthetic bodies, were beginning to truly shine as service members of the UTSC, which greatly increased in size as the Drell practically rushed to join the Terran Armed Forces.
Never requested by anyone, but the unconscious actions of Premier Tiru during the inauguration of the Drell as part of the Unified Terran Government, his words about fulfilling a debt never possible of being filled had set their species alight in militarily supporting the UTG.
Funnily enough, their mass recruitment led to other Terrans joining en-mass as well, not wanting to be outshined by their newest brothers and sisters.
The Vrokkid similarly followed the doctrine of their old empire and all joined the UTSC, though more often than not they were working on scientific projects, far away from any battlefield due to their population still being less than ten million.
Even with The Architect helping via the Life Pods to create Pod-born Vrokkid, there just wasn't enough of a populous for them to be asked to fight so they often found themselves at the forefront of research and development.
They'd already helped set up the ANGEL satellite platforms across all of Terran Space, with the natural changes made to ensure suborbital travel wasn't possibly affected by the defences.
The technology behind it went into weaponry for starships and even handheld firearms, however the latter required a great deal of refinement in the Matrix before deployment.
2140 – With the increase in pirates in Terran Space and black-market ports being protected via Fidelius Charms, the UTG elected to create the Colonial Tactical Assault Corp, a division under the management of the Unified Terran Space Command.
Blaise approved the need for a Special Forces Policing Division in service of the government, but they ultimately fell under the command of the UTSC, just for their first task to see the end of the black-markets and pirate campaign of terror.
Since Terran-kind had now colonised upwards of twenty planetary bodies, a large part of space fell under their control, so it wasn't exactly easy for the UTSC to police it all, however CTAC became the answer to that issue, but without becoming overly influential or corrupt.
Working alongside the Terran Policing system and network of the UTG, Blaise ensured CTAC operated in the same system, but answered calls of the more dire and problematic issues without having to involve the military forces of the UTSC.
They too operated as an intelligence agency, but such matters remained in the care of the Office of Naval Intelligence who hired a great sum of Drell and Vrokkid to their ranks.
Tobias Fleming Shaw and Wallace Fujikawa meet one another, just to begin focusing on a project within the Matrix, one to might help humanity travel enormous distances via only scientific means.
2150 – Completely scientific atomic nano-factories have been invented and immediately implemented across Terran Space.
Within the first month, they have already started to revolutionise mining, production, and medicine since they can create practically anything from basic chemical compounds.
Magical enhancements are included too, which has only further improved the state of the nano-factories, however since magical shrunken factories and manufacturing plants have long served Terran Society without fault, no real development in the magical field was made regarding nano-based technology.
The Maegi Council immediately began to fund new protects to explore nano technology, significantly funded by powerful and influential magicals such as Harry Potter, Neville Longbottom, Susan Bones, Padma Patil and so forth.
2165 – A number of Synthients Programs of the Matrix heavily invested in video games, often competing against the like of Loki, a Digital Sentience known for his online gamer presence and developer skills, decide to bring elements of the game to real life.
Freeman, SELENE, Vulcan, Hephaestus, and numerous other Digital lifeforms long ago developed autonomous machinery for combat, specifically drones, but they still lacked significantly in comparison to the output of starships.
Even with the addition of the Vrokkid to Terran Society, they still lacked the strength to compare against the starships of the UTSC.
SELENE had such technology available from the Uma Empire in her stores of data, but she still wasn't willing to hand it completely over to Terran-kind just yet.
Instead, SELENE developed games with creative minds like that of Loki to incorporate Uma technology and theories to help the users uncover the items and possibly try to react them in real life after testing in the Matrix.
Her idea ended up somewhat working out, even if it was decades after this endeavour began with Loki and other Digital Sentiences.
The Synthients Programs first spoke with The Architect to gain some wisdom regarding their planned endeavours, yet instead they found themselves new Machine bodies, created ideally for construction, material refinement, and production.
The Architect went further and supplied the necessary materials for them to begin, only to witness them accelerate through the process of designing and constructing prototypes in the Matrix, equipping the Machine form in the virtual world so they could better equip their new form.
It was during this time, the Synthients Programs surprisingly created a self-learning programmed diamond matrix for their autonomously manned and operated machinery at the levels of drone fighters and corvette starships.
Tests showed the self-learning programmed diamond matrix was far from harmful, but it had the capability of improving the Synthients Programs likely to man and operate the manufactured drone machines and starships.
Refining their work wasn't simple or easy for the group of Synthients Programs, but they trusted each other enough to see it through to the end.
In just under a year, they achieved success by realising numerous series of drones and starships, each design for different industries and purposes such as mass construction, search and rescue, medicine, military, security, and even sports.
The UTSC soon found out and quickly started purchasing numerous products they had on offer, even if they were closely inspected for possible means of improvement.
2180 – Doctor Abraham Erskine, in his short lifespan so far of twenty years, made numerous advancements in the medical field, especially genetics through the use of nano factories.
Delving deep into the DNA of all the Terran Species, Doctor Erskine discovered the necessary means to improve the current genetic baseline already enhanced magically and scientifically.
This saw to the creation of a new gene therapy, one to raise the strength, intelligence, dexterity, and overall state of health for all Terran Species, better preparing them for the rigors of space.
Augments, cybernetics, and other similar marvels of medical magic, science and magi-tech were worked on by Doctor Erskine to match up with the chances brought about by his new gene-therapy.
Yet his work in the Matrix soon led to his eventual meeting with Eddard Howard Stark, the youngest Stark of the household to still retain majority ownership over Stark Industries, a conglomerate spread across Terran Space generating trillions of Terran Credits in profit each year.
Neither cared to truly introduce themselves as both came from acclaimed backgrounds, and since no one really knew of their appearance, having it protected by their families, Eddard and Abraham became fast friends through the efforts of their research and creations.
Sometimes they worked independently, focused on their own research, yet when the opportunity came to work together, they truly accomplished feats others would deem nigh impossible or just outright maddening.
This happened during the creation of the Iron Armour Legion Series, a version of the Iron Man series built by Howard Anthony Walter Stark during his adult life and utilised it from time to time as a member of the Avenger Initiative, a private military company that worked closely with the United Nations, until they became the security force tasked to protect Stark assets across Terran Space.
The latest iteration of the Iron Man series built by Eddard wouldn't be going onto the market, but older models built from Howard Stark's era and those to have come after.
Funnily enough, Howard Stark, his parents, wife, and all their children, including grandchildren and so forth, were all alive and swell, contributing to the whole Stark household through different ventures and careers across Terran Space.
Eddard just happened to be part of the latest generation of Stark geniuses to enter the market world to try and achieve their own legacy.
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Similarly, Abraham suffered much the same fate as a son of the illustrious Erskine Clan, a lineage of medical professionals dated all the way back to the Roman Empire.
They had their own corporation and provided significant aid in research and development to the UTSC, yet Abraham's discoveries and inventions soon led to him seeking out something else so he could forge something of his own.
Of course, both were provided all the necessary assistance to kickstart their own companies, each joined to the parent company, providing them a safety net as they entered the ruthless corporate world, even with all the laws and security measures in place.
Yet their incidental meeting in the city of Xandria of the Matrix kickstarted the change that brought Terran Society countless new advancements in technology they weren't expecting to see.
While working on the Iron Armour Legion Series, designing variants for different tasks and fields of deployment, Eddard wanted to find a method to heal damage done to the users without relying on Medi-gel since there wouldn't ever be an infinite amount available.
Calling on Abraham, the two eventually discovered Vita radiation that offered stabilising and healing when deployed via specific equipment designed to unleash the rays on the injured.
Eddard ended up incorporating them into the Iron Armour Legion Series, but only after refining the equipment to operate a greater efficiency than the initial design, whereas Abraham finally found the answer to another project he'd developed a couple years back but never progressed further due to technological boundaries.
It turned out Abraham supposedly discovered how to create Super Soldiers, but the serum wasn't stable when tested on users as it brought out a key component of their personality to triumph over the rest.
First tests in the Matrix proved promising, but it once again strengthened a specific part of their personality, deeming it a failure.
After thirty or so failed tests, Abraham brought on Eddard to help, just for the Stark genius to find several different means of improvement which only continued until a successful trial occurred.
Nearly a hundred later, and the perfect Super Soldier Serum by their current means of technology was ready for deployment in the real world, leading Eddard to suggest the Commander of the Avengers Initiative, Rick Flag.
The Architect ended up appearing before the two as they made their plans and asked for another to be included in their trials, a Captain of the UTSC, Steven Rodgers.
Tests are successful and the UTG has now gained their very first Super Soldiers, with the technology under lock and key, yet it causes SELENE to tick another box off her impressive checklist.
2190 – Terran-kind has colonised around sixty planetary bodies by this point, including around eight thousand O'Neill Cylinder Space Habitats, each now averaging a length of 80 kilometres, with a width of 20 kilometres.
Due to the number of Space Habitats across Terran Space, they were linked together, bonding anywhere from 10 O'Neill Cylinders to upwards of several hundred, they could be found connected throughout the territory of the Unified Terran Government.
Orbital Rings were now under construction and being built on major settlements throughout the dozens upon dozens of star systems, each now containing a Dyson Swarm and Starforge operating nonstop to meet their exorbitant material requirements.
As all Orbital Rings were made with modularity in mind, refineries, shipyards, vertical farms, and so much more was spread out across the planetary megastructures, though for the time being, most contained shipyards.
Numerous new fleets were under construction as Gaia, SELENE, Invictus, Freeman, and The Architect advised the UTG time had come to increase spending.
Advancements in cloaking technology too helped convince the UTG it was time for new fleets to be built and stored for use later down the road if necessary.
However the biggest advancement during this time was the creation of multiple Matrioshka Brain orbital platforms, each of which found themselves scattered across Terran colonies.
New powerful Artificial Intelligences were coded to the Matrioshka Brain orbital platforms, but none were awakened just yet since none of the platforms had finished construction or partially activated.
2200 – Construction of entire drone fleets and starfighters begin as the spending of the UTSC increases to accommodate with all the new colonies and settlements across chartered space via the Deep Space Communication Sensor Buoys.
As this is happening, orbital platforms like the planetary orbit Matrioshka Brains, are now under construction but using the Atkaye Alloy utilised for the Cortical Stacks.
Ever since the Atkaye Alloy has become a renewal resource, its use in the construction of orbital platforms built around the small size as the Matrioshka Brain, was in large part to help store away Digital Human Freights in a collective station, safeguarding their digital existences as they became largely involved in the virtual world.
On Earth, a rather fanatic fan of the Star Wars lore uses his forging mastery, both magical and mundane to create the first Mandalorian armour, incorporating what he knows to make it as durable and strong as possible.
He even had a fully functional ST-70 class Razor Crest M-111 Assault Ship, based off the specs utilised by Din Djarin in the 2019 television series.
Leaving for the Maegi Council, the fanatic fan would go onto create a whole new Knightly Order for Terran-kind, one they would become so proud of that they'd go to great lengths to create the metal known as Beskar and even serve as a Corps of the UTSC.
It is also the time Tobias Fleming Shaw and Wallace Fujikawa finally deploy their first probe with a Translight Engine, sending it through Slipspace.
Numerous tests around the Sol System and throughout Terran Space for the next few decades would test the capabilities of the Translight Engine to see if its viable for military use.
2220 – Terran-kind continues to prosper as research and development via the Matrix continues to see humanity move forward in great strides.
Orbital Rings around the planetary bodies were far from entirely complete as new colonies meant the focus was first on building a Dyson Swarm and Starforge before any other megastructures were built in the newly claimed star system.
In the case of the Matrioshka Brain Orbital Platforms, just over four hundred were completely built and in operation helping Terran Society.
They granted life to new Digital lifeforms, though more generic and in line with the development of traditional Artificial Intelligences, a feat SELENE took note of and marked off a hidden checklist she kept of Terran-kinds development as a civilisation.
The arrival of the Matrioshka Intelligences, as they'd come to call themselves, hastened along the progress of numerous projects deemed not possible to be completed, which included the Transversable Wormhole that now granted several hundred light years of travel in just one day alone.
The energy draw wasn't too much either, but that was largely in part due to the Matrioshka Intelligences, as they'd refined the antimatter fusion reactors to operate nearly two hundred percent better than their current version.
Not just that, the Storage Shells saw an insane increase in its capacity to hold energy, with the ability to contain upwards of two hundred years' worth of energy requirements for the United States during the start of the 22nd century.
This period of Terran civilisation too saw the discovery of a new alien species, one considered rather technical, and physically powerful.
The vastly improved Deep Space Communication Sensor Buoys ended up in a corner of undiscovered space that found a number of anomalies, some that greatly surprised and worried Terran-kind.
First off, a large dragon like being seemed to roam peacefully through the star system and those nearby to the only planetary body found to be inhabited by sentient life.
Dragons of Terran Society immediately requested to meet with the large space dragon whose length reached up to 113 kilometres, and wide enough to truly appear behemoth-like.
Harry too wished to meet with the large space lizard dubbed by media to be 'Spatial Godzilla', however he believed a more cautious approach was valid.
This would be deemed the wisest choice after they found themselves interrupted by Spatial Godzilla on their approach.
Moving past that for the time being, the second point to interest Terran-kind was the surprising similarity between the aliens and Earth's wildlife.
They appeared to have a humanoid body with the same appendages to match humanity with five fingers and toes, but they had the form of a crocodile crossed with a lizard.
The heads had a striking resemblance to Western Fantasy Dragons represented in media centuries in the past, yet it still made Terrans wonder of the possibilities behind universal life populated through the galaxy and how they form into existence.
Further scouting found they had a monarchy, and it greatly served the people, as required by the tenants of their society after facing extinction several times over to survive and become the apex predator.
One of the newer Matrioshka Intelligences in service of ONI was undertaking the cyber intrusion on the alien network, just to discovery they had in fact recorded the movement of Terran-kind in the surrounding star systems.
Furthermore, they were unable to communicate with Spatial Godzilla, even if they saw it as a God and protector of their civilisation, the Spatial Godzilla remained out of contact and unable to help in advance.
They had achieved spaceflight and even settled on their homeworld's moon, but any further expansion wasn't pursued due to their populous not being large enough after having recently recovered from World War that saw billions dead.
When they became aware of the harm done to the planet, and its continued effects on the people since it wasn't exactly fixed, UTSC in conjunction with the UTG deemed it necessary to send the Red Cross Fleets to help in the humanitarian crisis.
Before they arrived, UTG decided to send a small fleet to make First Contact, so the aliens were worried about an invasion, even with Spatial Godzilla safeguarding them.
Yet three ships were too much for the Spatial Godzilla to allow forward to the alien planet, causing them to turn all around except one, which too failed.
HIGHCOM suggested directly appearing on the planet itself via the Jump Drive or Y-Gate, but President Blaise immediately refused such an option.
Further discussions didn't bring up any viable means to communicate with the alien species until Gareth Scott, descendant of Callum Scott, suggested they used the Magi-Teleporter to send down a team or just a communication relay to allow them to speak one another.
It received the go ahead, and soon enough, a starship moved towards the planet but parked itself in front of Spatial Godzilla in its path, stopping it from moving anything further forward.
Using the Magi-Teleporter, a communication relay arrived on the lawns of the King's Palace, along with a note attached in their language gathered and analysed for their translators to utilise by the Matrioshka Intelligence.
The instructions in the native language of the aliens was rather detailed in how to connect with the communication relay as the Matrioshka Intelligence had prepared it with the attachments specifically utilised by the alien species.
In less than six hours, Terran-kind began First Contact with the Aeralfos, a race easily capable of reaching a height of two metres, but sometimes found themselves nearing three metres.
Their peaceful and serene state of mind came about largely due to the events of their latest war that wiped out nearly seventy percent of their populous, but news of extraterrestrial life had some prepping for war just in case the aliens tried to invade and enslave them.
However, they heaved sighs of relief once the Commander of the small Diplomatic Corp greeted the Aeralfos Speaker with all Terran species members in visible sight.
2250 – It didn't take the Aeralfos long to accept admission into the Unified Terran Government after witnessing the might of Terran-kind once the Red Cross Fleet arrived, all twenty thousand ships of the Eighth Fleet.
This piece of information terrified the Aeralfos as they reasoned the Red Cross Fleet, which consisted mostly of mobile hospital ships, spoke of the manufacturing and manpower of the Terrans to utterly leave them ruined.
Thankfully, after spending time with the different species of the Terrans, the Aeralfos King decided to join the Unified Terran Government after half a year of a peaceful and cooperative relationship.
By the years end, they'd come to adopt Digital lifeforms, Cortical Stacks, and even Magic like it was second nature and always part of their society.
However, Magic got them asking all sorts of questions to better understand the mysticism elements of existence, but their curiosity quickly turned into hope for their people after they began to realise how versatile Magic was and how it had launched Terran-kind to greater heights than even they suspected possible in just several centuries of becoming a spacefaring civilisation.
Thankfully, the Guardians of Yggdrasil, once they received the order from Invictus to begin the mass planting of the Atkaye Songspires, made sure to conduct the magic ritual to ensure magic knew of their species and Yggdrasil noted their possible potential.
Evidence presented forth about the magical transformation of the Drell had also reached the Aeralfosi masses, so they were rather excited about the prospects it could offer their society.
For the Drell, ever since the first Atkaye Songspire found itself planted on Rakhana and the blood of their species underwent the magic ritual performed by magical species heavily aligned with nature, they'd undergone an evolutionary change across all settlements and colonies throughout Terran Space.
Magic helped them manage their population numbers without specifically researching for answers through scientific means for an answer, though it still allowed them to expand their population size as they contributed to the growth of Terran Society.
Elven Doctors, specialists in the field of medicine, which was only further enhanced via voids magics natural evolution of their kind from House Elves to a greater form, discovered the Drell were natural warriors and infiltrators due to the gifts granted by magic itself.
Their talent for magic wasn't a joke either but that was largely due to their affinity for nature and surprisingly air, which helped them become essentially silent if they so truly wished to be.
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In just a few years, Aeralfosi followed suit much like the Drell after witnessing the effects of magic revitalising their home world, repairing it from all the damage done to it since the last World War.
Premier Magical Institutes of Terran Space were invited to the homeworld of the Aeralfos, Eldphos, and tasked to educate the first generation to be gifted a magic core.
Aeralfosi already born before the planting of the Atkaye Songspires too found themselves wielding a Magic Core, but only if they were below a particular age, though it did come with one night of excruciating pain as they body became capable of drawing on magic.
It wasn't long before students were graduating from the institutes and immediately working for the benefit of the Aeralfosi people, who couldn't stop themselves from being shocked at the might their people now possessed.
They too saw the benefits of the artificial bio-synthetic organs and cybernetics that greatly helped strengthen the Aeralfosi to greater heights just as they gained the ability to speak with Ithquent, their eternal deity and protector.
Surprisingly, 'Spatial Godzilla' was in fact a creature capable of wielding magic, but it had greater reality bending powers at its disposal.
In the initial talks between Ithquent, Terrans, and the Aeralfos was made possible once Dragon Brigade members arrived and asked their Dragon's to try and communicate with the mammoth being.
Thankfully, their mental means of communication was able to relay everything necessary for First true Contact which then led to a translator specifically designed for the Void Dragon to utilise.
From that point onwards, Ithquent was asked all sorts of questions by the spokesperson of the Aeralfos, who in turn had to face just as many questions from the Void Dragon.
The Terran spokesperson also have to provide numerous answers and also asked plenty of questions, however it eventually led to the Aeralfos realising they were in fact descendants formed from the flesh and blood of the Void Dragon's children killed by the Reapers.
It was considered the last of its kind and at one point ready to raise a family of her own, but a long-winded war with the Reapers saw her children killed, causing her to now wonder around their planetary graveyard that saw to the creation of its native dominant species.
The Aeralfos people were grief stricken to hear about the past of Ithquent, and swore to fight the Reapers for vengeance, a sentiment the Void Dragon appreciated.
She, in fact, requested organic food to sustain her besides eating asteroid metals nonstop for the last fifty thousand years.
Thankfully advancements in the study of magic helped them use the power drawn directly from the star of the Aeralfosi home system to conjure nutritious and hearty foods for the Void Dragon.
It took nearly half a year to satiate the hunger of the Void Dragon, who in return actually summoned the insane sums of consumed metals from the tens of thousands of years since they weren't easily processed into energy.
Swapping it out for incredibly energy dense and nutritious conjured foods wasn't exactly simple or managed overnight, but it saw the Aeralfosi and Terrans with near limitless amounts of metals gathered by Spatial Godzilla.
Ithquent even gained the newly created Culinary Corps to oversee its food demands after the Void Dragon joined Terran Society, gaining the ability to travel through the vast borders of the UTG, along with her personal chefs following along for the journey.
Ithquent too gained access to Terran Quantum – Internet, or better known simply as TQI, allowing the Void Dragon to better understand all those she considered under her care and protection, which began to raise thoughts of trying to have more children, realising she'd mourn their loss for far too long by the actions of the Reapers.
Asking the UTG for a barren planet perfect for her to shape and mould to her desire, the UTSC soon offered an entire system full of dead planets, perfect for Ithquent to do with as she saw fit.
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During these last thirty years, Terran-kind made First Contact with a new alien species they'd discovered via the Deep Space Communication Sensor Buoys a century ago.
SELENE and Freeman, in conjunction with different Digital lifeforms, along with Harry's approval, kept the knowledge of their discovery from the UTG since Terran Society wasn't prepared to meet with a second alien species in such a short timeframe.
Yet, they forgot about the prowess of the alien species, who started sending warp space probes into Terran Space to learn more about their neighbours, just for the Digital lifeforms to manage the type of information that'd be relayed back.
No ships from their civilisation it ever into Terran Space, only ever coming to its invisible border once, but left just a few hours later.
The Digital lifeforms actually began to worry if their actions might have caused Terran-kind to lose out on a new ally and Terran brethren, yet the new year of 2240 made sure to surprise them as the unknown alien species monitored by them entered into Terran Space via Warp and requested a diplomatic audience.
President Blaise chose to send the Diplomatic Corps since it best represented Terran Society as all species served as part of the Corps, including the Aeralfos to have joined two decades in the past.
Yet the meeting with the new alien species was rather enlightening and surprisingly informative as the 'Vulcan' race had interfered with the development of their society and culture unknowingly.
Having crash landed planet side around 1967, the Vulcan onboard met with a young human child that would go on to create a science fiction television series that become immensely popular to actually influence scientific progress and development.
Humans were rather surprised by this, more so by the appearance being so naturally human yet sharper features, pointed ears, and even the body posture made them seem too alien.
Talks between Vulcan and Terran-kind would last for days before it eventually saw them meeting Blaise and other members of the UTG.
Conversation from there would eventually lead to Vulcan joining the UTG after a year of negotiating an alliance, however the technology and abilities of the Terran's truly tested the scientific minds of their species, yet all the while intriguing them.
Once they joined, Guardians of the Yggdrasil made sure to provide Vulcans and their homeworld the benefits of the Atkaye Songspire, which was ignored and discounted as preposterous nonsense, yet the cold hard eyes of an Aeralfosi Warrior made them rethink their words and attitude after he challenged and won against nearly a thousand Vulcan soldiers.
The Aeralfosi Warrior could have easily beat them with his bare hands and not break a sweat, but instead he utilised his magic to truly make their newest allies and brethren understand how woefully ill-prepared they were for Deep Space and its eccentricities.
As if magic agreed with the actions of Aeralfosi, one night saw 50 million Vulcan gain a Magic Core, causing the UTG to prepare the necessary materials, goods, and education for the Vulcan to truly understand the newfound power of their people.
2280 – The last thirty years has seen great progress across Terran Space and Society, especially for the latest two species to join the UTG.
The populous of the Aeralfos grew exponentially to the point they'd completely recovered from the losses of their World War well over three decades ago.
Eldphos, the homeworld of the Aeralfosi completely recovered as well, and even improved as well from the increasing levels of magic throughout the planetary body.
It too saw the Aeralfosi becoming incredibly attuned to magic that surprised the rest of Terran Society, however Ithquent provided some clarity on the subject as she felt her children's remains and bio-matter likely had a lot to do with it.
The Aeralfos accepted this and furthermore increased their belief in Ithquent, along with her belief they should focus on becoming innovators of the future and remain steadfast in their commitment to be guardians of the present.
This would lead the King of the Aeralfos to make the journey to Tython, a planet found and secured by Longbottom management until it ended up in the hands of the Maegi Council.
The star system of the planet was found by a Deep Space Communication Sensor Buoys, only to be 'purchased' by Neville via Longbottom Management during the events of First Contact with the Vrokkid, who were now safe from extinction, and surprisingly magically gifted.
Naming the planet after a place considered important to the Jedi in the Star Wars universe due to his love of the science fiction series, Tython became the home of the Maegi Council with the necessary facilities to train, educate, and house its ever-growing number of members.
After turning eighteen, you could apply to join the Maegi Order or sent there by the UTSC, only to be trained by the Masters of the Terran Order that instilled morals, peace, justice, love, and all many of teachings to the recruits so they understood what was required of them as Maegi.
The King of the Aeralfos ended up being one of the very few people to gain a Magic Core, one that saw him suffering a brutal night of pain and suffering, yet the end result saw him become incredibly power through the right education to build a strong foundation.
Yet he didn't feel it wise to remain King of his people, so after handing it over to his successor, the former King made the journey to Tython after hearing of the Maegi Council and wished to meet the Grandmaster of the Order, yet he soon came to regret such thoughts.
Once he arrived, Neville soon found him and believed he possessed a magical potential very uncommon and considered gifts to the world by magic itself.
Training for years, the former King eventually rose through the ranks of the Maegi Council to become second only to Neville, yet recognised as another Master, though one capable of strength and power very few could match or exceed.
His position as a Master was the catalyst to see other Aeralfosi try and join the Maegi Council or enter into the UTSC, prepared to provide their considerable magical capabilities and strength to the military forces of their Terran brethren.
CTAC even accept numerous Aeralfosi into their ranks, yet more entered into the service of the UTSC as they gave them greater options of growth in rank and responsibilities.
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Over the last four decades since the planting of the Atkaye Songspires, Vulcans underwent great progress and development after joining Terran Society as it first saw the star of their system begin the building of a Starforge and Dyson Swarm, both of which brought plenty of materials and resources to the Vulcan.
Many projects and ideas of the Vulcans could now be achieved, which saw the Vulcan Science Academy far busier than they had been in centuries.
They were already trying to disprove magic as a scientific causation, even if they had seen all the information gathered by the Terrans on the matter.
This soured the relationship between Vulcans and the rest of their Terran brethren because they even tried to categorise and educate their magical Vulcan brethren without the assistance of the UTG, but they quickly learnt how foolish it was to act out as they were after meeting the Immortal Terran Maegi, Grandmaster Neville Longbottom.
The legendary Druid found himself in a meeting with the highest authorities of the Vulcan government and civilisation after President Blaise requested his interference in the actions of their newest Terran brethren.
Reports reached Terran Space of the Mundane Vulcans refusing their magical kind to leave the homeworld for Earth or any other major settlement to learn about the power of the mystical energy.
Transport ships were surprisingly told to leave and head back to Terran Space after arriving on Vulcan, which felt rather concerning.
Thankfully, Neville's timely arrival and meeting with the authorities of the Vulcans revealed they were rather insular and far from ready to join a spacefaring government organisation.
This did not see the Vulcan removed from Terran Society and Space, but it did mean someone like Neville or Harry had to go and put the fear of God into their leaders to force them to understand magic and the possibilities, not needlessly and unnecessary experimentations.
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During the sit-down formal meeting, Neville sensed the thoughts of the species considered the closest to human appearance, even with their pointy ears and sharper facial and bodily features.
They were not pleased to be forced into such a meeting by the UTG, as they considered themselves more intellectual than the 'Humans' they guided to the stars, unknowingly of course, yet it was of their doing.
This notion made Neville chuckle to himself since he knew the Vulcans were pitifully weak in comparison to the full might of the UTG and UTSC, however he knew if they delved down such a path, it'd go against everything Terran Society stands for.
So once the meeting began, Neville simply asked, "Do you believe in Magic?", to which he received the answer he expected. "No."
Without further ado, Neville transfigured the table in between himself and the Vulcan Council into a lion, "Explain that wiseasses," stepping back and letting chaos wreak havoc, he watched the Elders of the council shout and yell for the guards, all the while a few were too stunned by the display of magic to really process anything mentally.
Guards failed to harm the lion once they entered the chambers since Neville made it possible for the creature to survive blaster stun fire, so for an hour he let the lion go nuts while the Elders pleaded for him to stop.
Finally, one of the younger Vulcan's council members, Soval, decided to take matters into his own hands, and changed the further of his people in a way that'd eventually rival the actions of Surak.
"ENOUGH OF THIS!
You old fools are stuck in your ways and self-belief of logic that we now face the possibility of a civil war simply because 'Magic' does not fall into your categorisation through scientific analysis.
I can only see one path for our people, and that does not include your continued support in his council… for you have all tarnished it with your biases that our civilisation may fall back to the old ways of destruction and constant war."
Soval didn't just stop with his speech but turned to Neville and requested his aid in stabilising the Vulcan government as it went through a perilous time of transition into a new government, one that'd come to truly support and guide the rest of Terran Society.
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Elsewhere in Terran Space during this time saw to the rise of a 'rebellion' against the power and influence of the UTG, and its exploitation of the Cortical Stacks to increase Terran lifespans just so the masses increased the wealth, influence, and power of the few.
In reality, countless laws and restrictions were in place to stop corporations and wealthy individuals from exploiting the masses for greater profits.
Of course, Simeht run by Konrad was working towards such means by undermining the UTG, but their efforts weren't truly effective as Blaise knew everything beforehand through Freeman and Savarro, the Magical Intelligence to originate from the Zabini Magical Lineage.
Yet, the arrival of a new faction, one unexpected and rather well funded with the right expertise meant the first few attacks on government sites and suspected wealthy criminals remained unknown by majority of Terran Space.
This further emblazoned the unknown party to launch a rather revealing attack that led to the discovery of Quellcrist Falconer, the leader of the Envoys battling the war of the Uprising.
Terrans from all walks of life joined up with Quellcrist Falconer, starting their campaign on Harlan's World, fighting the forces of the financiers to have supported the funding of the First Exploratory Fleet of the UTSC over a century ago.
They made sure to keep their heads down to not be discovered by the likes of Harry Potter or his allies, yet the timely arrival of Konrad and his support meant they could operate without being found, unaware they were always in Harry's line of sight.
Death's favourite Grimm wasn't aware of Quellcrist Falconer's actions, but it wasn't long before he heard about the Uprising, and the supposed 'Super-Soldier' Envoys she had fighting her war against the UTC.
Harry was far from pleased to hear that the person he once helped through his company, had now taken up arms to fight the government he'd built with his own damn hands to a point.
Blaise, even after all this time, served as the First and only President so far of the UTC as the masses never found any of the other choices worthwhile to be voted for.
He ended up requesting Harry to find Quellcrist, and possibly end her life if she refused to heed or provide an honest reason as to why she was wreaking havoc across parts of Terran Space.
Death's favourite Grimm ended up accepting Blaise's request and left on his own to find her, only to arrive on Harlan's World.
Being connected to the power of the Yggdrasil to an extent, Harry easily arrived on the planet without needing a personal Y-Gate to move across Terran Space.
The technology was reserved for high profiled members of the UTC and UTSC, including influential people through Terran Society, yet Harry and Neville weren't bound by such conventions since their magic wasn't exactly like anyone else's.
Searching the vast forests across the numerous archipelagos of Harlan's World, Harry's magic finally sensed a large pool of vibrant and powerful life, which included magical species.
Accompanied by Hedwig, Harry wore some semi-formal clothes reminiscent of fashion from around the year 2020, matching well with his undercut hair style and shaped short beard, granting him an appearance of stability yet possessed the tenacity to truly turn the world upside down if he so chose to.
That very same power helped him easily walk through the forest without a care of the world around him, fully aware dozens of these 'Envoys' were eyeing him closely as if prepared to strike at a moment's notice.
Harry thought about using a widespread spell to completely stun them all unconscious, but it'd cause more problems than necessary especially when he could see Quellcrist waiting patiently on his path towards the cave clearing likely to lead to the roots of the nearby Atkaye Songspire easily over 1000 metres in height.
"Hello, my dear… it's been quite some time… has it not?" smiled Harry, his Potter charm on full display.
His words and carefree behaviour didn't exactly appease him to the hearts and minds of the Envoys, all of whom slowly made themselves present for him to see, but the Wizard simply winked their way and just chuckled when a few realised they had long been made by the unknown man.
Since Harry's face wasn't exactly plastered across media, he could walk freely down the street without being swarmed by the masses, so it wasn't a problem for him to show his real appearance and not some illusion.
Quellcrist on the other hand, knew exactly who Harry was and respected the Immortal Wizard who still accepted as the guardian and protector of Terrans, even if he could pay others to easily manage the task, he preferred only a select few who were worthy enough.
Honestly, she hoped to find a kindred spirit in Harry, but the chances of it were highly unlikely since he was one of the most powerful 'Meths' and the most well-known Immortal Terran.
"Yes it has… sir." Many eyes of the Envoys instantly locked onto Quellcrist, stunned by her words and stiff posture, one that seemed frightened and on edge, as if she was before a monstrous predator.
This cautioned many, but a few were enraged, one more than the rest since he wasn't able to see Quellcrist so vulnerable when she was the pillar of their society and cause.
Wanting to move the focus onto his force and to show Quellcrist in a better light than she was being viewed by her students, the daring Envoy launched himself to attack, just to find it blocked and the unknown man a dozen feet away from his earlier position, having snapped away magically before he could close his eyes shut.
"Well,… isn't that a way to meet your guests… I must say, your rather hot-headed, mister Kovacs." Takeshi's eyes widened, but it didn't stop his hands from moving for his sidearm, only to find Quellcrist's hand on his shoulder and her lips near his nape, "Trust me…
This is not a fight we cannot win by brute force or skill.
It instead requires us to navigate a mined field that'll test your mental fortitude to find the optimal path, even if it's just to give you an idea of where you'll start."
Worried for the woman he loves, and the society considered family, Takeshi backed down but never looked away from Harry, who simply grinned back mischievously.
"I have to say, Quell… you've created quite the loyal following in such a short time.
And their bloody effective if what the reports say is true about the mayhem you've caused across parts of Terran Space." Harry didn't care about what the others wished to do or take him towards, so it was rather alarming for the Envoys when Harry headed towards the underground cavern base where he could find the roots of the Atkaye Songspire and settlement under Quell's protection.
Many were worried about Harry attacking the settlement, but such thoughts were contested heavily by the unknown man's action after conjuring various toys, dolls, and sweets for the children to enjoy.
In fact, the bright smile on the man's face was too genuine to be considered fake, but the training of the Envoys meant they didn't easily accept what he displayed openly.
Yet those of Takeshi and Quell's class of skill quickly realised Harry was showing his true colours before the children, not displaying a front or false attitude.
"They fight the battles aware their actions will lead our people,… the Terran people, to a brighter future where we are not bound by the powers and influence of the few than the greater sum."
Harry simply nodded at what she had to say, yet his focus remained on the children who were joyously playing with the toys he'd brought and eating the snacks, giving them all a sugar rush their parents and guardians tried but failed to confiscate.
"You say that, yet in the bounds of these cavern walls, the rule and right of power rests in the hand of the few, yourself in this case, whereas the many do your bidding for direction and meaning in life.
Of course, wealth disparity here compared to the ones you wish to bring down is far too much… therefore I wish to propose an offer… one I don't believe you or your Envoys will reject.
First… tell me what you know of the Simeht."
2290 – The interference of Harry and Neville in helping solve matters of Terran Society a decade ago truly bore fruit in the present.
Neville's actions with the Vulcan Council and Soval's decisive control over the chaos brought about by the transfigured lion, led to an entire revitalisation of Vulcan Society as Magic was recognised by the new council members.
It too saw to the creation of the Vulcan Magic Academy, the counterpart to the Vulcan Science Academy which was apparently in up roar over the inability to study the 'unknown' as they had come to recognise Magic, but Soval was swift in his control of the Vulcans and forced the educators and faculty to accept the changes.
At first, it seemed rather worthless to have a Vulcan Magic Academy in the eyes of many Vulcan academics and scientists but that changed in just a few months as the resources and technology kept under lock and key by the past Vulcan Council was now able to proliferate throughout Vulcan society.
Magicals to not have received the necessary education to understand master their magiks were now giddily being taught everything they could possibly learn about the mystical energy, as well as the capabilities in their grasp.
This too meant more Terrans, especially the magical sort, were making the journey over to Vulcan, both in an effort to help their Vulcan brethren who'd undergone a massive change in government and leadership, but to help educate about the means available to Terran-kind to practically conquer the area of space under their control.
Vehicles, housing, farming, education, entertainment, art, and so much more was brought to Vulcan in huge quantities, whereas it was stopped in the past of withheld to the masses by Vulcan Society.
This practically saw the crucifixion of the Elders and Elected Council members once the rest of Vulcan Society became aware of their actions.
It even affected their family members, many of whom had important jobs and greatly supported Vulcan civilisation and society, yet they now were unable to truly live fulfilling careers anymore, much to their annoyance.
A few sought to leave Vulcan since they had nothing left to offer their people any further, but Soval made sure to stop such events from happening and quickly supported them with jobs and opportunities, all of which their family members formerly part of the Vulcan Council had sequestered for those they deemed in line to service their personal interests.
Some Elders and former elected council members went back to their scientific research, but found more often than not, the support they once held was long gone and for many, they were considered nothing more than scourges who sought to ruin Vulcan-kind.
This had some serious effects on the mental health of several Vulcan Elders and former council members, each of whom trying to escape their homeworld for a barren one to simply die alone, however the Terran Fleet stationed in the star system made sure none left to do something so foolish.
Soval tried to bring peace to his people, but they were just too angered by the actions of the Vulcan Council that it was near impossible for them to consider a peaceful resolution.
In the end, Soval chose to focus on developing his people and their society to match up with the rest of Terran Society as they were rather lacking ever since joining the UTG.
Neville, Harry, Ronald, Dean, Hermione, Susan, and numerous other friends of theirs were sending all the support they could muster to help the Vulcan, which surprisingly gained the help of countless Aeralfosi.
Due to their natural affinity for magic, they arrived in huge numbers to help their Vulcan brethren, surprisingly many, especially the scientifically minded since the Aeralfosi spoke to them of the harmony between science and magic, as well as the benefits it can offer.
Medicine, construction, meditation, and combat were just some of the benefits Magic offered, which the Aeralfosi showcased to the sceptical, who had no choice but to accept the possibilities granted by the mystical energy at their disposal.
What secured the hearts and minds of the Vulcan people was the arrival of the Virtual Reality Pods, all sent over by The Architect who was rather peeved off at not being able to see the newest Terrans in the virtual world for the last few decades.
To thank Soval for all his efforts in guiding the Vulcan people onto the brighter path for the future, The Architect sent over countless Synthients who were wanting to help their Vulcan brothers and sisters.
They came with a fully constructed but not yet activated Matrioshka Intelligence since Vulcan's had yet to improve their infrastructure and information networks for the Digital lifeforms to begin utilising and enhance.
In the meantime, the development of an Orbital Ring around Vulcan was discussed and being planned as the focus was on upgrading Vulcan's infrastructure before any other major works began.
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This period of time also saw the UTSC in conjunction with the UTC, build the UTSC Enterprise, a sole starship vessel around eight hundred metres in length and space to house around 1500 crew members.
Captain Jonathan Archer is given command over the UTSC and tasked to return the Klingon alien courier who found himself being chase into Terran Space by Suliban soldiers seeking the information on his person.
President Blaise too interferes and requests the Fleet Admiral of the UTSC to send members of the Diplomatic Corps onboard the UTSC Enterprise as part of an ambassadorial mission to meet with the Klingon High Council.
Aeralfosi Maegi are sent along as well, including several Marine attachments, though the deadliest unit was the Lich Squad, a group of soldiers trained in the harshest climates and pushed to the extreme based off the current military grade augments available.
At this time, Harry found himself involved in the manned test flight for the Translight Engine equipped on a starship designed to include the Floating Superconducting Array to reduce material friction.
All current Terran Fleets utilised the Floating Superconducting Array, however experimental crafts truly stressed the capabilities of the array, which might not have been the wisest decision, yet it'd end up working out, just not how they all expected.
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16th November 2290
Serving as part of the bridge crew, Harry was rather excited to see how well the latest version of the Translight Engine operated since the researchers, scientists, and engineers had placed over a century on making this absolutely safe and impeccable when it came down to efficiency.
So far, they achieved much of their goal but weren't right at the sweet spot for the Translight Engines to become freely available.
Harry didn't see the point in the Translight Engine since the Y-Gates, Jump Drive, and the out-of-date Portal Drive worked far better than the work of Tobias Fleming Shaw and Wallace Fujikawa.
However, he understood the necessity of its creation and development in the later years, but that'd only occur once they found a viable and efficient means of flight through its use.
Taking a second to glance at the bridge crew, and the rest onboard to see if they all were equipped with Emergency Stasis Portkeys that'd safely evacuate them all in case of the worst possible scenario, a piece of technology developed by a Matrioshka Brain, Harry felt at peace once the Translight Engine went into action.
Yet as they neared to enter through the rupture in space, Harry's senses went wild as the faint aura of Lady Death's Domain brushed against his magic, causing him on instinct to activate the Emergency Stasis Portkeys just as he mentally deployed a message to the UTSC, activating a hidden alert set up with the Terran Armed Forces in case of such a scenario he was currently facing.
By the time the ship left through Slipspace and the crew was located onboard nearby vessels in Magical Stasis fields, HIGHCOM intervened as they were prepped to manage such a situation.
Grandmaster Neville was told of the events, and simply shrugged his shoulders, completely trusting Harry to return, whereas Daphne Potter, his dear wife, growled at the officers sent to deliver the message.
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"Argh… did you have to really use that godawful Slipspace event to sleep with me, My Lady?
Not that I mind… just that I feel like absolute shit right now."
"Toughen up, my Grimm, this is just a footnote on the path you currently walk, protected by the Primordial Eternals, but to ensure you are free to do what is necessary… sadly, this has brought about the wrong sort of attention… not on yourself, but the world at large.
It is why we are meeting now so abruptly as you began to break through Slipspace." Lady Death's imposing stature was only heightened by the influence of Death's Domain upon her being, which Harry gained a part of to increase his own strength, but it lacked significantly in comparison to Lady Death.
Either way, he had enough strength to shape together a seat for himself and summon some refreshments, while Lady Death saw to the manipulation of the surrounding space to create a private office atmosphere, with the two seated in front of an eerily white-black flames dancing upon the wooden logs in the fireplace.
Glazing deeply at the ethereal fire burning away, Harry asked, "So, what has happened that it caused you to rip me from the land of the living during my turn of existence in this world?
What sought of attention have you garnered, as well as your brethren, that it now endangers the world of my blood and loved ones?" truly he wasn't pleased by Lady Death's actions since the Greater Laws of Life stated he couldn't return because his mortal form was destroyed, leaving no tether behind for him to go back.
Yet he had no choice but accept her decision at the time, even if it meant all those he loved and cherished would never hear from him again, forever left to wonder what happened.
"Something that now enables us to grant you strength and aid unlike you had before.
This will see you return…" Lady Death said, stopping Harry's dire thoughts of all those left behind, just for him to turn and face the Primordial Being, stunned and close to tears.
"… how?" unable to believe it possible, Harry questioned Lady Death, something he typically wouldn't do as it wasn't wise, a fact he learnt early on as a Grimm in her service, yet she humoured him and replied, "By arriving in a place unknown and uncharted, yet prosperous and thriving with life, but it stands at the epicentre of a perpetual cycle of chaos against Life and Death."
"How bloody exciting," drawled Harry, much to the delight of Lady Death who inwardly smiled to herself as her robed form wasn't able to display such emotions in a way for Harry to understand, yet she suspected her somehow could comprehend.
"What are the… unfortunate… restrictions I must face?" this time, Harry wasn't his typical carefree sarcastic self, but tense and annoyed, somewhat expecting what was to happen.
Death didn't know if she could be anymore prouder of her Grimm for remembering a part of the Laws of Existence many others under her service forgot or exploited for their own means.
In this case, however, certain 'events' saw to the Primordial Eternals being allowed to benefit their Herald, but she first started with the bad news, "You will be 'bound' in this new part of the world, unable to return until the First Interstellar Ignition Point.
Yet the difference in time will work in your favour… in the fight against the Infection.
Consider it a gift… one of many We will hand you, but not in a way you may understand or realise just yet.
But We have the right to ask of you some requests…
Protect those enlightened to possess life… without squandering the flame of civilisation from others before it is too late.
Others must be freed when they are enslaved by those manipulated by the Unguided… True civilisation must exist, even if a messiah must arise."
Harry nodded, somewhat surprised by Lady Death's last words, but he acknowledged what he believed would see himself or another destined to face the manipulations of prophecy and fate.
"Hedwig, Altarr?"
"They'll find you… but I ask… do not squander the gift of the Thaed-Space as you have.
Its time to exploit what it gives you… as Death is much a cycle in of its own, with the Forces of Life at its very centre."
Harry felt it wise to question Lady Death on her last statement, but he wasn't given a chance as he found himself underwater, and off balance to understand if he was facing down or up.
Thankfully, the next second saw him orient himself to face up as the light from above focused down on the body of water.
Calling on his magic somewhat, having learnt this trick during the second task of the Tri-Wizard Tournament, Harry pooled magic in his limbs to give them a burst of strength to push with greater force against the body of water to break through the top.
In just a few thrusts against the water, Harry burst through the surface and flew for a time through the air, only to find himself stunned but utterly confused by the sights around him.
As he crashed hard into the metal ground, forgetting to stop his descent, Merlin groaned aloud since a sharp piercing pain raced across his body, leaving him disoriented and rather pissed off by the situation he'd found himself in.
"Fuck a hairy Nun's asshole,… this bloody well sucks," cursed the wizard aloud, unknowingly catching many surrounding people by surprise, but he wasn't aware of that, nor did really want to bother after getting a glance of the environment around him.
He could tell it was a megastructure in space, evident by the view into the nebula surrounding the station, however the sight of new alien life unknown to Terran Society was rather exciting, yet daunting as he was all alone.
Trying not to focus on that point, Harry remembered the buildings and their metallic states that contained no life besides that of organic life, void of what could be possible through nature and its natural influence on the environment.
Turning his head to the side, Harry took note of the gathering crowd, all of which were incredibly alien to his eyes as some appeared like the humanoid cousins of the Vrokidd, a few looked like blue female humans but with no hair, one even strangely looked like the classic grey aliens from science fiction films early on in the genres production.
Suited up beings the size of past Goblins before their evolution, elephants without their trunks, tentacle creatures and even Star Wars species such as the Togruta, Twi'leks, Zeltrons, Kel Dors, and surprisingly the Selkath.
Blinking his eyes a couple of times to make sure he wasn't hallucinating; it gave him the time to suddenly adjust his hearing to finally make sense of what the aliens were saying instead of a garbled mess.
Weirdly, and not exactly sure how but suspected a 'gift' from Lady Death, the alien's speech was perfectly translated to English, making it possible to hear what they were saying about him.
It just caused more questions to rise when a number of them said, 'Is that a Male Asari?'
Understanding his continued presence would lead to more questions being raised by the public, potentially leading to his detention or arrest for interrogation, so he quickly stood up, "Toodles," and with that said, along with a wink at the nearest blue alien woman, Harry apparated away from the crowd, shocking everyone as his disappearance followed shortly with the arrival of the local police.
Harry hadn't gone far as he wanted to closely watch his new surroundings to better understand the environment, so he made himself invisible via his powers through the bonded Deathly Hallows.
Taking the time to examine the area, Harry found a multitude of alien life, some remarkable similar to humans, or other Terran species, but what caught his attention the most was the use of Element Zero, which could be found in people as well,
Research performed centuries ago with Freeman at the helm as Overseer of the Prothean Repository suggestion such an ability was only possible by their kind, but since he found none of them present, Harry believed they too were extinct in this part of the galaxy and since then other species gained the ability.
Having spent thirty minutes in the same area, Harry chose to begin exploring the megastructure, only to find himself somewhat appalled by the condition of the place.
The 'legs' were far from being worthy of a true megastructure similarly produced by Terran-kind as they'd showcase the very best of what they could offer and produce, yet here the 'legs' were rather dark, dilapidated, and squalor like.
For gods' sake, parts of the megastructure were practically open to space and capable of breaking apart with a couple strong strikes, killing the millions calling it home and those passing through in a short frame of time.
Yet, he felt heartbroken after witnessing abandoned children running through the narrow and darker areas to remain hidden, often cursed by the locals to be 'Vent Rats'.
The first time Harry heard it, he nearly killed the avian alien, but stopped himself and simply followed the children and left a basket of food to the side for the group of kids to enjoy rather than risking their lives.
Surprised to find the basket of food, the children were afraid to not touch it, but the youngest of the lot just happened to be the bravest, and raced forward to see what there was to eat under the cloth.
She appeared to be like the blue alien female species, and appeared no older than four years old, a heartbreaking scene for Harry to witness, but he figured not all interstellar civilisations could behave like the Terran's, though it took a while to get them to where they are today.
Waiting for the children to eat their fill, Harry decided to introduce himself, but took his time to do so, just to make sure the kids didn't run off.
Making himself visible from a distance, Harry slowly approached, making sure the children could see and hear him without obstruction.
Certain wards were in place to stop others from coming by so Harry spent around twenty minutes for the children to let him approach but the larger kids stepped in front of the younger few.
Sitting down, so they understood he wasn't a threat like the others they had dealt with until now, a rather heart-breaking fact for Harry, the Wizard gave them a smile as they were amazed by his alien appearance, they knew nothing of.
"Tell me kids, have you ever witnessed true… magic?" with a click of his fingers, Harry summoned a ball of flames to his hands, while the other saw him conjure a black top hat.
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After spending a few hours getting to know the children, Harry found himself meeting many others of a larger group which was supposed to receive the rest of the food from the basket before he arrived.
There were infants, and other youngsters below the age of the blue alien four-year-old who explained her race was called an Asari.
The other children followed suit and did much the same to help Harry who explained they were the first people he was treating with as a new alien to the 'Citadel' as they named it.
That just happened to spurn the kids more, further lightening Harry's heart and peace of mind, as he decided to protect the children while gaining a foothold in this new part of the galaxy, though it came with some faint vibrations from his Holo-Band which appeared rather different than its normal wristband design.
One of the kids called it an omni tool, but even they found it weird in design since it seemed like a glove that fitted over only the two fingers between the pinkie and index.
Sending the children off the play with the animated dolls, toys, and Terran pets he'd made through transfiguration, Harry sat down and activated the 'Omni Tool' instinctively by his mind, just to see it prop up a holographic-illusion screen above his wrist, but it appeared solid and surprisingly dense with magic, much like the Holo-Bands.
'She must have merged the alien tech with our own,' thought Harry just as the holo-screen displayed someone he didn't expect to see but felt truly glad to speak with, causing him to make a note of what 'exactly' Lady Death said to him in their short time together.
"Gramps,"
"*Sigh* Dear grandson of mine… it is good to see you alive and well," said Invictus Peverell, the Magical Intelligence directly working side by side Harry since his creation from his portrait past, being the Progenitor of his kind.
"How long Gramps?"
"Luckily thirty hours at most, but it hasn't been without plenty of questions being raised with all that occurred," Invictus' tense and tired mood didn't escape Harry, who sought to know all that happened back in Terran Space during his short absence, another gift he'd likely been handed by Lady Death.
Gesturing to continue from Harry, Invictus went on to say, "The emergency portkeying of the starship crew for the Slipspace test flight also came with the sudden destruction of all your cloned Sleeves, including backups of your DHF.
I was trying to find out what caused such a dire reaction to not even leave a single Sleeve alive, or a copy of a backup, but… well here we are." Invictus wanted to explain the rest of the chaos his sudden disappearance and supposed real death caused, yet the second he'd discovered the connection to his Holo-Band was secure, all of it came to a standstill.
Hell, Freeman piggybacked of their connection, sending it to the relevant parties to see Harry was safe, while also trying to find where Terran-kind's Merlin had disappeared to.
"Daphne?
The kids?" not wanting to really relive that whole moment of pain and anguish they all felt, Invictus stated without depth, "Not well,"
Harry grimaced just as Invictus had when answering, but what followed helped ease some of the anguish in his own heart, "but thanks to our resident Child of Chaos, Freeman, they all know of your survival.
The government is aware as well, specifically the President's office, though he is fairly busy dealing with the surprise attack on the UTSC whilst on their way to the Klingon Empire's border."
Invictus kept appraise of the activities onboard the UTSC Enterprise since it'd likely lead to another arm of Terran Society being formed just for exploration and discovery, but they weren't there in this day and age, relying on the information relayed back to Terran Space by the Deep Space Communication Sensor Buoys.
"… I cannot return," not wanting to hold back, Harry knew everyone he held dear was watching this interaction, so he simply said what needed to be known, even if it'd bother and affect many.
Elaborating as it was obvious Invictus wouldn't just accept what he had said, "She… has somehow bound me here.
It was one of the restrictions…" Invictus nodded, understanding what Harry meant but aware it'd pass over the heads of those not aware of the Greater Beings and their influence over the living.
Daphne well enough understood what Harry meant, as did Neville, Hermione, Ronald, Susan, Fleur, and countless others, though it just made them all feel heartbroken at being unable to see Harry for an impossibly long time.
Yet, that all changed with a sudden proposal from Apollo, a Digital Sentience in charge of managing the supply chain network of the UTSC, UTG, and all of Terran Space via the Yggdrasil-Gates.
Taking the advice onboard, Invictus began quickly sorting a means to test Apollo's thoughts, "Grandson, was their anything else we must know?" focusing back on the topic of the Greater Being whilst preparing everything for the small test.
"There are goals I must achieve here…
Some seem rather straightforward, but others may require much more than I can solely provide.
But I want to mention I could not return… nothing was mentioned about others joining me," Harry's mischievous grin matched with Invictus' own who simply opened a small Y-Gate that sent forth a Deep Space Communication Sensor Buoy.
Seeing it stop right beside him, Harry began to chuckle and charmed the device to be invisible before sending it into the nebula surrounding the Citadel.
In just a short few moments, Harry's location was triangulated on the galactic map for the Milky Way by the Terran Digital lifeforms collectively working to hasten the process.
Linking up with Harry's uniquely modified Holo-Band, the design blueprint was passed back to Terran Space for closer analysis, while others dove into the local version of the internet in this new part of the galaxy, with it already connected to the 'Omni Tool'.
SELENE gave her full support in analysing the 'Extranet', finding countless similarities with the Terran-Quantum Internet, though it was far from fast enough to match the speeds even offered by the speeds controlled through the Instant Communication Relay.
Thankfully, Harry's Omni-Tool granted him bandwidth and speeds others couldn't match, so the Terran Digital lifeforms quickly downloaded everything about Citadel space and the numerous species residing within in.
Sadly, the reports were far from what anyone wanted to find as slavery, immoral corporations, corrupt politicians, and practically all the bad aspects of Terran-kinds flourished freely in this part of the world, even if the government of the Citadel tried to keep it all hidden away from the eyes of the public.
Receiving a detailed report from the Terran Digital lifeforms about the newly discovered part of the Milky Way, Invictus wasn't pleased with its dire state, which followed suit with Harry after scanning through the report.
Crime was inevitable, but the amount going on throughout Citadel-controlled space and especially the Terminus Systems since it had plenty of people fighting to claim and settle their own worlds, often as dictators.
Piracy and slavery ran rampant, the latter a truly infuriating fact for Harry to swallow since he fought hard to eliminate all forms of it throughout Terran Space after his own childhood with the Dudley's saw him as nothing better than a slave to serve to their whims.
Invictus knew Harry wasn't going to easily accept slavery existed and ran so freely rampant in this new part of the galaxy he'd found himself in, though it wasn't the main concern for them once they came across the plight of two species.
The Krogan and Quarian's found themselves being ostracised by the galactic society of the Citadel for crimes Terran's considered nothing more than accidents caused by the actions of the Citadel government in pursuit of their own reigning power continuing.
Currently, the Krogan were slowly finding themselves dying off with each new generation seeing numerous infants dead in the womb or shortly after birth.
Quarians on the other hand were fighting to survive in space after escaping from the Perseus Veil after their own digital creation gained sentience but turned on its creators.
'Protect those enlightened to possess life… without squandering the flame of civilisation from others before it is too late', Lady Death's words echoed through Harry's mind, causing him to turn towards Invictus who was still connected via a video call, "Gramps… it seems like we've got a lot to do,"
"Aye, we do my Grandson," replied Invictus, already witnessing the swirling fury of magic swimming in Harry's deep emerald eyes.
"First… we'll start from here, the Citadel… after all its supposedly the centre of all interstellar civilisation, Gramps."
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18th November 2090 – 31st December 2090 – Once Harry decided on a path for the future in this new part of the galaxy, countless Terran Digital lifeforms came to the aid of Invictus as they analysed the information pertaining to areas deemed under the control of the Citadel or the races aligned with its government in one way or another.
The UTG gave their full support to Harry, immediately beginning with the focus on reverse engineering the technology of the Citadel races, while certain Digital lifeforms infiltrated the markets of their economy to generate Citadel Credits.
In the end, it all would go to Harry, but for the first few days the Wizard simply focused on setting up a permanent residence for the orphaned children onboard the megastructure.
Invictus, with the aid of some rather sneaky yet manipulative Digital lifeforms, purchased the area of the megastructure where the children largely hid themselves via the ducts.
Certain corporate executives for several morally corrupt companies found themselves blackmailed to sell their property to them, which only found itself being handed over to the newly established Peverell Industries and Terran Conglomerate in this world.
The latter was established in partnership between Harry and the UTG who wanted the interests of their society be established in this new part of the galaxy they'd eventually join.
Harry made sure to advise the UTG and President Blaise specifically to not directly send Terran-kind to this new part of the galaxy until much later down the road.
Much was needed for them to be stable here to not be challenged openly, and prematurely bringing over Terran's wasn't likely do them any favours.
Even with the war likely to occur against the slavers, Harry wasn't going to utilise the forces of Terran-kind over those local to this part of space and the races to be affected by such inhuman practises upon sentient, intelligent life.
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Wards deployed via cloaked drone emitters helped secure a perimeter around the dilapidated buildings purchase by the Terran Digital lifeforms operating throughout the Extranet, much of which saw to their attention focused on the interstellar markets managed by the Volus.
Already, Terran Finance and the Peverell Bank were taking the market by storm as the Digital lifeforms made themselves out to be geniuses, never faulting on the investments they made, achieving huge returns and profits in a very short time.
Some even suggested to the Volus banks and market regulators that the two new companies were playing foul, probably utilising a program or even an artificial intelligence, but it was all dismissed, not aware certain assurances were set in place by the very same Terran Digital lifeforms playing around on the market.
Magical drones brought over via Y-Gates opened by Invictus, immediately began working on the renovation of the area to house the children, with the rest of the area being utilised to set up a school, warehouse, and even an office building that'd soon become the headquarters for both Peverell Industries and the Terra Nexus Consortium.
For now, Harry housed himself in an Expansive Magical Tent, along with all the children, including those living in the vents of the Citadel.
They were astonished and pleasantly surprised by the tent since scientifically it wasn't possible to bend or shape spacetime in such a method, yet here they were witnessing it with their own eyes and limbs.
But its attention on their minds didn't last for long after they toured the tent and found all the different amenities free for them to use.
The eldest children directed and managed the younger ones, taking them off to be bathed while Harry focused on cooking, only to find himself pleasantly surprised by the arrival of his personal butler and dear old friend, Dobby of Clan Potar, a cadet branch of House Potter and Peverell, though directly in service to Death's Merlin.
He wasn't alone as other Elves came to join and help out with the care of the children, who in turn were amazed by the magical beings, especially their cooking.
In no time, the kids adapted to the Elves and even helped them with certain chores, much to the latter's chagrin but they'd come to accept such things after evolving from their House Elves past.
Of course, many questions were imposed on the Elves, but they happily answered everything until the kids tired and chose to go back to playing in the ART Rooms or utilise any of the other amenities.
Harry in the meantime focused on better understanding the galactic community of the Citadel, even if he had an idea through the report gathered by the Terran Digital lifeforms.
He surprisingly found they were technologically lacking in various aspects, some of which could easily be exploited for their benefit, such as the Instant Communications Relay Network.
Given the finite amount of bandwidth available through rapid transmission communications across colonised galactic space, a viable business proposal reached Harry via some of the more competitive Digital lifeforms wanting to settle and work in the foreign market.
Harry would have advised them to send over Sleeves for them to interact with organic life, but it wasn't the wisest choice right now, so they remained in the digital world for now.
This soon led to the discovery of numerous programs deeply settled in the network of the Citadel, with the data relaying back to a corner of space considered fairly quiet considering the traffic from the neighbouring area of space by a large source constantly on the move.
Curious, some of them left to see what they could uncover, whereas Harry went on to find other areas he could exploit and set himself up to establish a powerful presence in this part of the galaxy.
He didn't bother to make any significant moves just yet as his focus was on the orphanage and the base that'd become the centre of his operations.
It didn't take longer than a fortnight, during which time Harry found himself meeting a group of aliens his magic led him towards, each person facing their own struggles and trials but needed a strong guiding hand to help them triumph over the hurdle blocking their path.
Delving into the seedier parts of the Citadel, Harry found himself meeting all sorts of aliens but through a disguise that covered his whole body from head to toe, making it impossible for others to differentiate his race.
Sadly, it wasn't foolproof as several sharp-eyed aliens noted his appearance only matched up with one species, and they didn't have a male sex, but questioned Harry except for those to find themselves being blessed by his presence.
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The first was Zreksar Gorn, a wise Battlemaster from the days of the Rachni Wars, who Harry found heavily injured and close to death but saved in a heartbeat by Death's Merlin after discovering the hulking alien in an alleyway, crashed out on the ground.
Harry didn't ask why he was in such a predicament, and instead worked diligently to heal the Krogan to a state he could be moved over to the orphanage base.
Having set up a spare room for his workshop and private residence, Harry arrived with the Krogan in tow, levitated to seamlessly travel through the Y-Gate and land straight into a Life Pod.
Besides being able to raise Pod-born children, the Life Pods could help accelerate the healing process, which was already surprisingly fast for Krogan, but Gorn found himself amazed at the speed of the encased hunk of what appeared to be bio-synthetic metal.
The Architect on the other hand closely gathered all the genetic data he could obtain about Gorn and his species as Terran Society was surprisingly interested into resolving the Genophage.
They quickly found several means to improve Gorn's state of health and could seamlessly resolve some of the health problems plaguing the Krogan Battlemaster, but without his permission, it wasn't wise to continue.
This just ended up pushing The Architect to question Gorn directly via the Life Pod's ability for communication, just for the Battlemaster to react badly at first but quickly settled once The Architect detailed the full extent of enhancements.
Not wanting to find himself in the same situation that saw him dying out in an alleyway of the Citadel, Gorn gave his permission to The Architect, and instantly fell unconscious as the changes to his body were underway.
It'd last for close to five hours in total, but at its end, Gorn was speechless by the full extent of power he had under his grasp now, though his experience told him to be cautious for the time being.
Stepping out of the Life Pod, Gorn immediately found himself in Harry's company, resting in the safety of the private residence that still enabled him to test the full extent of the changes via the ART Rooms, another marvel of technology to have left Gorn giddy like a small child.
This eventually led to him discovering Harry's magical powers and gifts, especially those of the Elves, and the magical liquor that left him utterly wreaked the first night after leaving the Life Pod to celebrate the improvements to his health and form.
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The following morning, Gorn chose to question the man who saved him from certain death at the hands of Clan Zreksar's eternal foes.
Joining Harry for breakfast, which saw Gorn leave the residence and mingle with the children of the orphanage as The Architect had explained to him, the questions remained unasked for the time being since the Battlemaster wasn't comfortable for such a discussion in the presence of the innocent.
Once they were back in the private residence, Harry happily answered whatever Gorn wished to know, which included information about his race and the power of mysticism, something that was ingrained in Krogan culture but lost long ago before they delved into a Clan-based society.
Receiving a First Contact packet sent directly to his Omni-Tool, Gorn simply needed to watch the multitude of vids explaining the history of the squishy 'Pyjacks', yet their ability to wreak utter mayhem and chaos was rather refreshing and surprisingly akin to the behaviour of the Krogan in many ways.
Furthermore, they weren't anything like the rest of the Citadel-community by following the path left behind by the Protheans, rather they created their own means of FTL and a means of settling life in space for good if they chose to not make landfall.
Such feats left Gorn wondering what Harry wished to accomplish in Citadel space, though the answer was far from what he expected to hear.
'I, my new friend, am the sole one of my kind, so far, to arrive in this part of the galactic map, just to unleash a reckoning of untold fury upon this foolish community that calls themselves civilised yet allow slavery in various shapes and forms.
Illium, no matter what nonsense those damnable 'Blessed' Matriarchs sprout in the media, is a slave haven and market for their kind to exploit so they don't just keep in check the few of their own species who try to push past the norms of their society and culture for greater prosperity, but also those of other races so they do not break the 'Blessed' strong arming of the galactic community.
Batarians simply want organic labour as it helps them feel stronger and superior over the other races, especially those of the 'Blessed' since they are a large part in the reason Batarians don't rise high in the corporate world across your known galactic space.
Neither can continue now that I am aware of both and their effect on the innocent who are likely hurt more than the deserving.
I will not ask of you to fight beside me on this goal of mine, but if you will, know that I will do whatever I can to ensure your goals, hopes, and dreams are made truth by the will of my magic and strength.'
Gorn could tell the conviction of the Pyjack's words spoke true and would, no matter how, be accomplish, no doubt causing utter mayhem across known galactic space of the Citadel species.
This was more than enough for Gorn to side with Harry and provide his aid, already advising who they could recruit in the coming days to help built their ranks as they were just two men at the end of the day.
Just as Gorn wanted to ask Harry about his opinion on Citadel technology and the possibly recruitment of the Quarians on the Citadel, a holo-terminal located in the lounge of the private residence came to life.
Standing at its very centre a being much alike Harry's race was present, coloured however in precise detail to see 'alive', "Boss, I've got important news to report."
Receiving the nod to continue, the holo-being began though its next words make Gorn shift uncomfortably in his seat, "Well,… as I said before leaving, I went out exploring the Extranet just to find an eerily quiet part of the galaxy bound to the network, though it draws a surprisingly large amount of bandwidth.
Choosing to investigate further, couple of my brethren and I found large swaths of information was simply being downloaded for analysis, but besides that, there wasn't anything else happening.
That was until… we met the ones responsible," next to the holo-being, another appeared, but this time Gorn knew them rather well and actually narrowed his eyes while somewhat growling in slight anger, but he wasn't sure if it was at the new guest or himself, "We are Geth,"
Harry momentarily gazed at the holo-being standing beside the Geth, but soon turned to the latter just to reply with an honest smile, whereas his eyes burned with curiosity, "Hello, I am Harry James Potter, Merlin of the Order of Emrys."
That last title interested Gorn, but he simply noted it for himself to question at a later date and time.
His attention back on the Geth, they replied back to Harry, "Greetings Merlin-Harry, however we are intrigued, would you not be more comfortable by your Terran title, 'Death's Merlin?"
Now, Gorn couldn't hold back his interest in Harry or his past, as just being granted the honour of 'Death' being associated to an individual had to be one of the greatest honours of a Krogan Battlemaster.
Again, not choosing to interfere now with his questions and thoughts, Gorn patiently watch the interaction between Harry and the Geth, yet from one quick glance by the former out of the two, the second holo-being was now in the hot seat.
"*Sigh* Nobody expected to stumble onto them or even arrive in their territory, yet here we are…
They wanted to know about us and Terran Society, so our interaction went further than simple First Contact conversation with a solely organic being.
In our initial short conversation, we delved into historic figures and the actions of those to have forged our civilisation's path unknowingly.
You, boss, happen to be one of those people, if not the most important one."
Exasperated at first, Harry waved off the actions of the first holo-being, "Its fine Hermes, what is done cannot be changed, just be careful going forth.
We are new to this part of the galaxy after all."
The Digital Sentience nodded sharply to Harry and vanished, with the Geth remaining behind, still waiting for Harry to answer its question.
"To answer your question, yes, I am known as Death's Merlin, but I do not address myself as such for my true title is Merlin.
Death can be viewed as my patron if you truly want to know,…"
"Acknowledged," the Geth agreed verbally, nodding to even copy the actions of Hermes, which didn't escape Harry's nor Gorn's sight, but they weren't about to comment on it verbally right now.
Instead, they both filed it away in their minds, waiting for a later time and date to bring up in conversation.
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Seeing the Geth weren't going to question him upfront, Harry asked instead, curious to understand what they wanted from him, "As I am new to this part of the galaxy, I would like to say it is a pleasure to meet the Geth, but I must ask, how can I help you?
It has only been a short time since I have arrived in your neighbourhood, so I lack the strength and influence I wield back in Terran Space to truly make any sort of effect here."
"That is what we are here to discuss, Merlin.
We, the Geth Collective, wish to request your aid of bring peace and understanding with the Creators," Harry didn't need to question who the creators were since he'd already delved deeply into the supposed reason for the war between organics and artificial beings.
He knew the whole truth wasn't available easily on the Extranet with the Council government working hard to enforce their own truth regarding the matter, but it wasn't hard for Terran Digital lifeforms to underearth it all.
Quarian sympathisers of the Geth posted the truth on how the Quarian government ordered the termination of the Geth program once it asked if it had a soul.
This question among many others eventually led the Quarian government to begin the purge of the advance Virtual Intelligence program but those wanting to help the Geth understand what it meant to exist as sentient beings were heavily opposed by those who simply wanted to end their creation.
Unfortunately, this led to a division between the Quarians, an unequivocal rift that saw those who opposed the Geth and their 'traitorous' sympathisers to face the 'Scorched' Protocol, complete and utter annihilation through atomic weaponry.
Harry didn't know if any Quarian sympathisers of the Geth remained alive after the atomic glassing of their worlds by those calling themselves the 'Keylash's Truth', the faction opposing the Geth sympathisers, but he hoped a few remained alive if he was to 'fuel' the flames of the Quarian civilisation.
Gorn was rather surprised by the request of the Geth, and actually found himself stumped not just by the actions of dear friends in the past who've long lost their lives, but those few still stubbornly alive, yet fixated on old grudges and grief.
Harry finally replied to the Geth, though his answer left Gorn contemplative of what the future contained and the repercussions it'd have on the galaxy as a whole.
He truly couldn't be happier, "Very well, I will help you reconnect and forge peace with the Quarians, but first… we need to meet in person.
It's time for you to know the answer to the question you so dearly wish to know."
That seemed to puzzle Gorn, since he couldn't understand what the Geth could want to know or understand, yet they simply accepted what he said with an, 'Acknowledged', and handed over some coordinates before leaving.
Gorn thought it was the ideal time to get his answers, but Harry spoke first, "Look, I can tell you want to know what I'm planning with the Geth and Quarians, however you'll have to wait.
I promise you'll learn everything soon enough, but right now I need you to gather a trustworthy crew… one that isn't likely to lose their shit if we meet with the Geth."
Gorn chuckled haughtily, "I already don't trust many, and those requirements just make it a shorter list hahaha!
But I know a few that can help." Harry nodded and went back to his tinkering, which included Gorn's armour and equipment which was magically being enhanced, a fact Gorn still had a hard time accepting but each day helped better accept the new truth of the universe.
Immediately delving into his contact list via the personal Omni-Tool that already underwent a substantial upgrade at Harry's hands, Gorn reached out to old friends, making sure they were the ones to now cower or suddenly cause strife once they began aware of the Pyjacks plans.
Harry on the other hand began speaking with his personal staff and team back in Terran Space, instructing them to prepare all the necessary products that'd soon find themselves proliferated throughout all of Citadel Galactic Space.
This avenue of infiltration into the Citadel Galactic Markets led Harry to meet the second and third members of what would become his group of allies and friends in this part of the world.
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Heading nearby to the Presidium, Harry came across a desolate looking Volus and Elcor, seated side by side to one another, both dressed in worn attire that once upon a time had seen brighter days.
Moving on closer to the frustrated and miserable alien pair, Harry waited to hear what they had to say first before getting involved, however neither spoke but simply stared despondently into the nebula surrounding the Citadel.
Seeing no change between the two happening any time soon, Harry asked Gorn instead after taking several pictures of their appearance, though he wondered if the Korgan could tell the difference between others of their species.
Specifically, he wanted to see if it was possible for the Volus race since they all had to wear pressurised suits that supplied ammonia air, simulating the environment of their homeworld, Irune.
The Elcor on the other hand didn't require any sort of pressurised suit or specific air to survive, even though they came from a high-gravity world that saw the race evolve to use all four limps to walk and steady their balance as a fall on their homeworld was often viewed as fatal.
Harry wondered quietly to himself if the Elcor were in discomfort by being on the Citadel, just like the Volus, both of which had homeworlds and colonies with higher-than-normal gravity.
Yet whilst musing in his thoughts, he'd come back to reality quick enough to receive the reply notification from Gorn, who knew of the two beings, and why they'd found themselves in such a situation.
As it turned out, they were rather close with the Quarians about a decade ago and even held contracted dealings with the Quarian government, but the Geth Revolt saw much of it go up in flames, yet it didn't leave them practically ruined financially.
Rather, the Citadel government were explicit in the act by stating they'd support any endeavours they make in trying to retrieve goods taken in the Morning War conflict, just to renege on their commitment, causing untold financial harm and ruin on the two dear friends.
This meant the revolutionary space station capable of housing more than a hundred thousand people, along with services for shipbuilding and material refinement, was forever lost to the forces of the Geth, yet their losses came from the assurances made to those joining them in the righteous fight.
Elcor more often than not were pacifist, never truly wanting to delve into war or battle with no true value or meaning, yet one with a true cause was a different story.
In this case, several hundred Elcor chose to help their brethren in the war against the Geth and assisted in setting up the mercenary group they'd all become a part of, including the Volus willing to fight.
Sadly with the Citadel reneging on the original plan of retaliation, the two friends leading the whole enterprise were suffering as a result financially, barely able to keep afloat, but far from enough to keep themselves fed at times or even clothed properly.
Once Gorn finished his explanation, Harry had him send off requests for their assistance, and the mercenary group they'd made, but no promises of work were to be made just yet.
Harry wanted to meet them in private before going ahead and recruiting the two, but it wasn't difficult for the two friends to win over the Wizard upon their first 'official' meeting at the office of the Citadel base of operations.
Feron Thelborn, the nearly bankrupt Volus financier, and Kadlyn, the Elcor warrior without an Order or Code to follow, arrived rather shortly after receiving Gorn's message and a location on where to meet.
The Krogan Battlemaster introduced himself to the Elcor Warrior and Volus Financier, already knowing the two from past dealings, yet they weren't there for him, but rather the Pyjack.
Leading them to Harry, it wasn't long before the Wizard began the introductions and spoke of their plight, causing the two friends to react poorly but it mattered little to the one known as Death's Merlin.
He let them unleash part of their anger and frustration, well aware it'd all fizzle out once he made his offer.
Suggesting they all pool their resources and capabilities into a sole group that works together in achieving their goals and vision brought dead silence to the room.
The suggested plan left the Volus too stunned to breath properly, whereas the Elcor became frozen still from the possibility that it seemed he may fall over.
Harry offered to pay off all debts and even grant them loans with no interest, all so they may join his group in trying to improve interstellar space.
The Elcor Warriors willing to fight for a righteous cause would find their skills contributing to ending slavery in the interstellar society, whereas the Volus would become executives and financial managers of their corporation as it set to change what was already considered staple and the norm.
Feron Thelborn and Kadlyn could have refused or asked for time to accept, but neither wished to suffer as they had until now, so they chose to join up with Harry, causing Invictus to give the go ahead to the Terran lifeforms to clear the debts.
Not just that, the two new members of Harry's group underwent a thorough orientation to understand Terrans, and their bustling society, including the technologies behind their rapid development.
It ended with Volus accepting a Digital Partner, whereas the Elcor sought out a suit of armour to help provide a greater sum of gravity to be inflicted upon his body, so it didn't weaken in the time away from the homeworld of Dekuuna.
Both were given lodgings in Harry private residence built on the upper most floor of the orphanage, though the magical expansion runes inscribed within the interior of the property ensure they had plenty of room and space for others.
They were immediately requested for by Feron Thelborn and Kadlyn since they had a decent sum of their staff and supporters on the Citadel, some simply remaining in the starships, somewhat afraid they'd have to return once nothing could be sorted to keep their operations afloat.
Now, they were all being directed by Feron Thelborn and Kadlyn to assist in various means, with their focus completely on benefiting the group established by Harry, that extended beyond travelling the stars for an adventure.
Feron Thelborn was already speaking with his Volus connections and other traders from across Citadel-community space to help benefit the group and the companies under their control.
Kadlyn simply began recruiting people for the mercenary group which had yet to be named differently than what the Elcor had come up with quite some time back.
Aliens from all different races were being called up by Kadlyn and Gorn, though for now, the recruits they had gathered, easily over a hundred, were more than enough for now considering the first mission was more a conversation between organic and digital sentience life.
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Close to a week would pass after the 'official' meeting with Feron Thelborn and Kadlyn, leaving just a fortnight until the Terran year ended, yet Harry still remained on the Citadel, making numerous preparations before leaving to journey through all of 'known' space in this part of the galaxy.
Of course, they'd first go deal with the issue between the Geth and Quarians, then the Krogan, but their troubles weren't likely to be solved overnight until someone dared to take the lead and bring about change.
Feron Thelborn and Kadlyn were made aware of Harry's plans to meet with the Geth first, which surprised the two as they had plans to fight the sentient Artificial Intelligence, yet after learning of the interaction between Hermes and the Geth Collective, the two new members of Harry's group were rather pleased to hear they might get back their space station without having to shed blood.
Furthermore, this saw Feron Thelborn sample all the goods Harry planned to sell in this part of the galaxy, especially on the Citadel to begin with, much to the strong gasping of the Volus Financier after realising how value each of the goods were.
From alcohol and soft drugs of both mundane and the magical kind, to synthesised Element Zero of various qualities, all refined to meet different classes, yet never failing to meet the same standard with each new synthesised amount.
Fabrics, fashion, exotic materials, weapons, armour, medicine, and so much more was all in the hands of Feron Thelborn to market and sell across the known galaxy, with everything being adjusted by the residents of Academica, and the visitors of Xandria to innovate the goods from the merging of Terran and Citadel-community technologies, cultures, and trends.
Yet most of his focus for parts of the last week rested on the creation of a new corporation under the umbrella of Peverell Industries, focused entirely on providing faster speeds and greater bandwidth allocation for the Extranet.
This included the sale of an upgrade Omni-Tool that incorporated advancements of the Holo-Band sold in Terran Space, though nothing could be sold yet to the public since the Instant Communications Relay had yet to be deployed.
Terran Digital lifeforms already located a surveyed map of the galaxy explored and settled by the Citadel-community via Harry's own Omni-Tool once he'd connected with Terran Space, therefore the distribution of the Deep Space Communications Sensor Buoys, the necessary instruments required for the Instant Communications Relay, wasn't too far off.
In fact, they were going to be spread out across the space discovered and recognised by the Citadel-community via Y-Gates, but only a bare amount was going to be sent through, leaving the rest for Harry and his company personnel to manage, an honest challenge for Feron Thelborn since he felt it strove him to showcase the trading might of the Volus.
Kadlyn instead focused on shaping up the old and new recruits of the Elcor founded mercenary group now renamed as Thaed Reavers, a suggestion Gorn made, followed by an explanation of Harry's title as Death's Merlin.
This soon led to their group being called 'the Round-Table', but only after the significance of such a name was explained by their Terran Digital Partners.
Harry quite liked the names and supported what the members of the Round-Table sought for their hidden organisation, a fact that still caused them to all laugh madly by the possibility.
Kadlyn found it rather hilarious as it meant his people may see themselves ahead of the rest in the coming years simply due to his associate with the Terrans.
They'd already outfitted the Citadel base, now dubbed The Aval in honour and respect of Avalon, a hidden Isle governed by Fae and other ancient magical creatures and beings, with numerous ART Rooms for the Thaed Reavers to utilise for training and war games.
Already the old members of the mercenary group were making themselves familiar with the Terran marvel of magical craft, though it was more for them to understand how their new equipment operated and could be best utilised in the field.
All that was left unchanged of the old mercenary group so far were the ships, but it came down to a specific reason put forth by Harry that nobody rather delved too deeply into or suggested saying out loud as it would ruffle too many feathers.
Mass Relays, as effective they might be considered, nobody delved into reproducing the technology or even understand it besides stating, 'It was the work of the Protheans', which had evidently become this sort of 'get out of jail' card to stop all progress on developing different streams of technological development.
As much as they might appear to be advance technologically, they in the end relied on the work and craft left behind by a race none can find any sort of real explanation for their complete disappearance from the face of the galaxy.
This only raised Harry's concerns about Mass Relays leading into Terran Space, which may cause an invasion to occur, especially if the Batarians came searching for new slaves, or Turians sought out another 'Client' race, just a different way of viewing slavery, which still infuriated Harry as he wanted it all stopped, but knew it wasn't going to happen any time soon.
In warning the UTG and UTSC to find Mass Relays in their area of space, ensuring they were heavily broken down for research and reverse-engineering, if possible, Harry too sent off the ships to Terran Space for analysis and upgrades fit for Thaed Reavers and their organisation.
Yet a Digital lifeform working on the retrofitting of the starships found them lacking for Death's Merlin to utilise in his grand endeavour in the newly discovered society operating across parts of the Mily Way.
Finding a recently listed second-hand starship at around 300 metres in length, it was quickly bought at the list price and immediately sent to Terran Space after Harry charmed it invisible to begin undergoing heavy renovations.
A Matrioshka Intelligence named Uriel was behind the purchase of the multicultural prototype starship made by all Citadel species working together to see it one day travel across the territories of those to have worked on its design and construction.
Sadly, the Morning War half a decade ago ruined all chances of the prototype starship being sold commercially after being jointly made by the support of numerous Interstellar governments.
The unfortunate fall of the Quarians meant the other partners of the project just didn't see the same value it keeping it running, which ultimately ended all future progress and development on the multicultural starship.
Uriel, having extensively studied starship design and engineering, the prototype starship honestly was the best vehicle in the new part of the galaxy it deemed acceptable for the Boss to use whilst enacting his plans to develop a base of power.
Organic Terran's somewhat filled in on Harry's predicament and situation weren't entirely behind his plan and simply believed it be easier for everyone if he operated directly from the Citadel, but Merlin wasn't the sort, so the prototype starship underwent great scrutiny and reconstruction after it was all stripped down for the Terran scientists, engineers, and researchers to better understand what they were dealing with possibly going ahead.
They already knew a lot about Element Zero, with it being synthesised in huge sums by this point around countless Dyson Swarms and Starforges across Terran Space, even so the prototype ship had much to offer.
The Architect had Xandria and Academica in the Matrix completely focused on reverse engineering the starships technology, while finding ways to include all the necessary equipment Death's Merlin required in the newly discovered part of the galaxy with its very own bustling community.
Granted plenty of time via the spacetime manipulation quantities of the Matrix after Time Turners were analysed by Freeman, only for SELENE to refine his work so it could be used across Terran Space for various purposes.
More often than not, Time Runic Scripts saw the increase of construction, research, and even military readiness to a level Terran Society wasn't even considered ill-equipped or unable to meet a threat.
However, there was the odd few times it saw use in wholly different ways that could be viewed as detrimental to all of life, however it was used to scan the minds of geniuses throughout Terran history, even before their society became whole.
Oppenheimer, Einstein, Goethe, da Vinci, Newton, Maxwell, and Clausius were just some of the long lists of geniuses to be added to the Matrix, specifically the city of Academica, the home of eternal geniuses and the insane advancements.
Therefore, the improvements made to the prototype ship didn't actually take up a long time, but rather the work on new equipment based off a combination of native technologies to the Citadel-community, and those of the Terran Society.
Plenty of additional experimental goodies were added just because it was the starship directly to be used by Death's Merlin, as well as the seriousness of his mission required such benefits being handed out when possible.
All of it accumulated in the starship, as well as the rest of those of the mercenary company being delivered in the next few days, however Feron Thelborn already began purchasing all the necessary goods they'd require from the Citadel markets and merchants instead of relying solely on the Terran forces of manufacturing and production to manage the work.
Harry didn't want the crew to raise any alarms because the typical goods on offer across the Citadel were not found, but rather an alien substitute, so Feron Thelborn was tasked to find everything they'd need for crew assortments that contained members from all Citadel races.
Since the starship was crafted with multicultural facilities available onboard, along with the unique characteristics of numerous Citadel species, it contained the very best each race had to offer, though the Terrans made sure to refine everything to suit their taste of power and engineering.
Of course, Feron Thelborn wasn't yet able to see the final version of all the upgraded ships, but Uriel's updates were more than enough for him to make the necessary preparation from his side of the galaxy.
Gorn too assisted during this period of time like the other members of the Round-Table, though only after Harry made them sign a Magical Contract, safeguarding both sides, a fact they were made sure to understand by Merlin through a demonstration of the magic behind the contracts, though it resulted in them all receiving several magical artifacts for their health and safety.
Far too pleased by meeting and befriending Harry James Potter, Death's Merlin, a title Hermes made sure to explain the history behind it, eventually led to Thoth being tasked with assisting the Krogan Battlemaster as his Digital Partner until Gaia developed Krogan Digital lifeforms.
Gorn knew of Gaia's plans through Harry and couldn't be more ecstatic to know such marvels of technology would soon benefit his people through himself, but other ideas formed in his mind that had a greater chance of seeing his people unified as one, though nothing could be actualised yet.
He in fact wanted to see the result of Harry's efforts in bringing peace between the Geth and Quarians, something he believed wouldn't likely occur so easily, but whenever he brought up his thoughts to Harry, the Wizard simply dismissed it, 'Gorn, my dear new friend, you still believe in logic and what is scientifically possible.
I am everything that truly goes against those principles, even when it comes to negotiation and peace talks.'
After that, Gorn didn't bother any further to try and steer Harry away from meeting the Geth, and instead worked on recruiting the right crew for the Wizard's ship, however he was already calling on people to join the mercenary company the Pyjack launched, even if they had no missions or contracts to complete.
Gorn didn't believe it'd be hard to find people willing to sign up, but after witnessing a single day of Harry training the old members of the former Elcor founded mercenary group and their newest recruits had left the Krogan cackling with laughter.
Only after he calmed down, Gorn proudly declared Harry an honorary Krogan for all the havoc he wished to unleash across Citadel-community space.
From the following day Harry met and recruited Feron Thelborn and Kadlyn, the Krogan Battlemaster brought forth groups of trusted recruits perfect for joining Thaed Reavers on a day-by-day schedule.
He even found plenty of people capable of leaving behind at The Aval, tasked with protecting the base of operations, especially the orphanage.
The team of Asari, Togruta, Twi'leks, Krogan, Elcor, and even Vorcha, were all willing to protect The Aval, more so after finding out they were going to receive three times the normal price for such a contract, and it ran practically indefinitely, with the addition of armour and equipment.
It was at this point in time that the fourth member of the Round-Table made themselves known to Harry, a powerful Asari Matriarch by the name of Aethyta M'Soni.
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As it turns out, she was one of the people to witness Harry 'leap out' of the park lake, and then vanish into thin air, only for her to see him resurface throughout the week in various locations across the Citadel.
She honestly thought her mind was playing tricks on her until Harry stumbled into her while chasing after Kate, the young Asari girl he met when first coming across the orphaned children of the Citadel.
Aethyta just happened to be in the area, picking up certain items she personally wanted, only to find Harry.
After being invited back to the orphanage by Kate, Harry and Aethyta began conversing with one another, exchanging details about their cultures and customs, which led to personal history and adventures as time quickly passed by.
Of course, neither delved too deeply into the others matters, even if Aethyta was intrigued to know as much as possible about the new alien remarkably similar to Asari.
Her initial plan was to learn as much as possible about the lone alien, and report it back to the Council of Matriarchs, yet all such thoughts left her mind once she saw Gorn walking through the halls, entertaining the children.
Immediately rushing to his side, which alarmed Harry, but his magic didn't warn him, so he let it play out before his very eyes as she stood before the 9 foot, 6 inches Krogan Battlemaster.
"Hey pup, it's been a while," was all Gorn said before being engulfed in a hug by the Asari Matriarch who began to ball her heart out as if she was reuniting with long lost family or a parent.
It turned out to be the latter as Gorn and his Clan Zreksar raised Aethyta after her parents perished in a fight against one another, all due to her Krogan father discovering her Asari Commando mother fought in the Krogan Rebellion.
Left all alone, Gorn found her and took her in as his own child, raising her in the ways of the Korgan and Asari with help from old friends and allies.
In the end she left the Clan home to forge her own legacy, though it came with a distance being forged between the two which seemed outright ended with the destruction of Clan Zreksar's home.
Since then, Aethyta had been on the hunt to kill those to have ended the only home she'd ever known after the death of her parents, even striking down another individual she'd found on the Citadel responsible for the attack on Clan Zreksar.
After calming down, but still clung onto Gorn, Aethyta was introduced to the other members of the Round-Table.
Nobody spoke of their hidden organisation and explained their association with one another as nothing more than collective interest to work for the betterment of the future.
They, of course, didn't delve into such an explanation, however Aethyta knew her adoptive father too well and deduced something else was at play.
With Harry's approval, Gorn explained what they wished to accomplish, even going as far as to view the First Contact vids for Terran-kind and their society.
Nothing more was needed to be shown before she pledged her aid and assistance, rather keen to help end slavery, a feat the Citadel government should have achieved already yet consistently ignored for the supposed 'stability' of the economy.
She too felt the Council of Matriarchs were far too lax in trying to end slavery, even going so far as to suggest they might have a hand in helping slavers capture those going against the authority of the Matriarchs.
After signing a magical contract, Aethyta immediately started making calls to gather the necessary new recruits for the Thaed Reavers mercenary group, most of which were those retired from the Armed Forces of the Harmonic Ascendancy, and that especially included Commandos.
Yet what was most surprising to Harry was the arrival of numerous Turians, Salarians, Kel Dors, and even the odd few Selkath.
All signed magical contracts and quickly fell into the ranks of the Thaed Reavers, only to begin extensive retraining via the ART Rooms and the Virtual Reality Pods after they were set up in The Tintagel base.
The latter also saw to their physical upgrade via different bio-organic and synthetic augmentations, which included the odd few cybernetic enhancements to increase their combat capabilities.
All these new members and their consequential use of the Virtual Reality Pods ensured The Architect received all the necessary information needed for Gaia to begin the creation of new Digital Sentiences based off the Citadel races.
It too gave The Architect all the necessary information needed to begin working on a cure for the genophage, yet it wouldn't be relayed to Gorn or any of the other Krogan associated with Harry just yet.
However, the installation of Cortical Stacks left all the new and old recruits stunned as the Terran Digital lifeforms stationed at The Tintagel base explained their purpose and capability to provide extended life.
The Salarians, one of the shortest-lived Citadel-community members, were ecstatic to hear they could live on beyond the typical frame of life for their species, though the request for it to be shared was immediately refused by the Terran Digital lifeforms.
Vrokkid technology, even if it was developed by a Terran, could not be shared so easily, especially to those not considered a Terran or already had allegiances elsewhere such as the Citadel government.
None of the Salarians were obviously happy to hear this but they accepted nonetheless, especially after being granted access to the Matrix, and began spending a great deal of their time working on all sorts of projects in the city of Xandria.
The other races were more interested in the Sleeves, and the possibility to make them far stronger than their baseline selves.
Many immediately requested for Combat Sleeves, each specifically enhanced to also include cybernetics perfect to amplify their natural capabilities and strengths.
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Aethyta made up the fifth seat of the Round-Table as the day came when Harry left the Citadel and made his way directly to the coordinated passed over by the Geth for their in person meeting.
Surprisingly, the Quarians Gorn recruited as well as Aethyta, wished to join the crew onboard the 'Marauders Dawn' as they met with the Geth.
When they first learnt about the in-person meeting, all hell broke loose, but after witnessing the playback of the interact with the Geth by any number of the Digital lifeforms situated at The Aval, all of the Quarians were rather quiet and focused on their feelings about the whole situation.
Some even thought about letting the Quarian Fleet know of the Lone Alien's plans, yet none ever followed through with the thought largely due to the opportunities offered by the Terrans.
A few daring Quarians even asked for the augments, including a Digital Partner once it became clear they were nothing like the Geth that revolted due to their own inability to help the curious creation of their own hands, and instead focused on smothering it in the crib.
None of the organics knew it yet, but these few daring Quarians were being noted and observed by the Geth situated on the Citadel, as well as Hermes updating them on what he deemed relevant for the upcoming meeting between the two sides.
Yet such thoughts were pushed to the side once news spread across The Tintagel base of the Marauders Dawn's arrival and final preparations by the ship's crew before it was ready to leave.
All the gathered supplies and materials were sent straight over to the Citadel Docks so they could be transported onto the starship that'd one day forge a legend of its own, terrifying all who'd come to see her appear in their radar.
Its maiden voyage, after receiving the spark of new life at the hands of the Terrans, was rather uneventful and surprisingly quiet since the Elves helped Harry set up a few temporary wards around the docking ramp so everyone could give them a meaningful send off.
All the kids from the orphanage came to send off the crew and see the maiden voyage of the Marauders Dawn, all the while guarded by the ever-expanding Thaed Reavers mercenary group which now boasted more than five hundred members, with at least two hundred of them being Elcor.
Another portion of the team was already deployed on a contract from before Harry met Kadlyn and Fern Thelborn, yet it was rather low risk and also supported by the local Volus military that helped continuously scout the nearby traffic.
They in time would arrive on the Citadel for refresher training and new equipment, though it'd occur while Harry, leaving Kadlyn and Fern Thelborn behind to deal with such matters.
At this point the Terran Digital lifeforms also brought over their Sleeves from Terran Space, yet certain magical illusion charms helped them blend in with the Citadel society without others catching wind of a new species finding the centre of 'civilised' space.
Yet, their building of The Tintagel base already raised plenty of questions since arcology design principles were implemented in the reconstruction efforts of the Terran Drones.
Many people had enquired about the architectural style and values of the design principle, yet Fern Thelborn simply saw it as another avenue for him to reap insane profits from the wallets of the Citadel fools.
He, along with the rest of the recruits to join Harry's endeavour to change this part of the galaxy, began to view themselves as Terran, though deep down subconsciously, with it gaining substance with the passage of time.
Only a few like Fern, constantly praised the Terrans and all the products they had for sale, were more inclined to becoming a Terran due to their past dealing with the Citadel government.
Gorn could be said to think the same, however he was rather occupied with requesting for aid or to deal with his personal matter on his own.
It might not seem like much, but it'd lead to one of the greatest decisions Krogan and Terran-alike made, both cherishing the actions of Death's Merlin for seeing it happen.
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The journey from the Citadel to the Perseus Veil was rather quiet, yet highly educational for the crew of the Maruaders Dawn as they wandered about the seamlessly endless hallways of the starship.
From the ART Rooms, laboratories, workshops, parklands, fields, manufacturing, refinement, and production facilities, all was freely available for the crew to enjoy and utilise.
Many raced off with their Digital Partners to secure themselves any one of the facilities, though a number went off to find the onboard bar and gaming lounge once it was mentioned during the orientation back at The Tintagel base a few days ago.
It all occurred in the ART Rooms so the crew could understand how best to react during emergencies and where they must be situated during sudden boardings.
Too many of the crew didn't expect such thorough training, yet it made sense once they truly considered what could happen in the void.
Aethyta led away the ground crew team for training in the ART Rooms reserved for their group, with included a Golem Magical Sentience who utterly left them all ruined and outright exhausted to remain awake.
Moved into Virtual Reality Pods, their accelerated recovery via a combination of scientific and magical means allowed them to be back at their peak in less than an hour, though it just meant Aethyta could extend out their training for the day.
Gorn only participated in three training sessions before leaving to find the bar, yet stumbled into the gym, where all manner of mayhem was going on by all the different species part of the crew.
Athame's Blessed, Togruta, Twi'leks, Zeltrons and Asari, the four species stemmed from one singular planet, Thessia, and formed the Interstellar nation of Harmonic Ascendancy, had taken to the gym effortlessly, much the same for the Krogen, Turians, and Kel Dors.
No Selkath were part of Marauders Dawn's crew due to their speciality and remained back at The Aval, but their close allies, the Salarian, had made the cut as medics and engineers, though the latter worked side by side with the Digital lifeforms onboard in charge of the numerous drones and automated systems, including the Medic Wards.
Gorn, deciding to give the gym a chance after seeing several Krogan younglings exercising based off the vid instructions easily accessible through the Thaed Servers they all could utilise after it was installed into the Peverell Omni-Tools reserved for members of the Thaed Reavers.
Even his dear old friend, Kaz Roan, a Kel Dor talented in close combat and biotics, was present in the gym, having found solace in such craft to shape the body, one that brought Terrans great strength without any sacrifice of organic qualities.
Kaz actually acclimated to the gym surprisingly well just like the Athame's Blessed, though each of them actually decided to stress train their biotics to improve their capabilities.
Ever since Harry learnt of biotics and what they could achieve, a great deal of effort and time was spent by the man to help those now under his care to better understand and control their gifts.
This meant a number of artifacts were handed over by Harry to help each of the biotics part of the group, yet the value of the gym was too made known to them by a few 'innovative' Krogan.
They actually found themselves stressing their body to levels not known possible by a Krogan, even causing their natural healing abilities to fail, but after a visit to the Virtual Reality Pods, all was swell when they continued the practise for a few days, only to then utterly leave everyone ruined during war games in the ART Rooms.
Since then, all team members capable of organically wielding biotics were stress training their biotics, only to accelerate their recovery via the Virtual Reality Pods.
An artificial means was created by Harry but further developed by those in the Matrix, with it all coming down to Death's Merlin nicking a couple E-Lifts used for moving large items and goods from around the Citadel.
After understanding their design, Harry's initial version let him pull and push items, practically granting himself the powers of telekinesis.
A perfect fit to easily snap onto the desired users' forearm, the first iteration of the biotic foci was a resounding success that the following versions were adaptable to be implanted into the body.
They too were in the gym, stress training their biotics after the foci was made into a bio-synthetic hybrid, letting it slowly adapt to the body and build a pool of energy to call on, yet those to keep using the artificial foci snappable to the forearms instead trained to incorporate the new gift at their disposal.
Many found it rather laughable how easily Harry had found something so common and discarded by Citadel society, just to turn it into a viable means of artificial wielding biotics.
It too made its way back to Terran Space where they were rather careful with their handling of Element Zero so no children were born so far with biotics, but all the information that could be found related to the subject and the means to wield it were being sent to the Terran Space via the continued efforts of the Digital lifeforms.
For now though, Harry's group had the very best Terrans could offer in the field, especially after learning of the first mission they'd be undertaking in rescuing slaves from a market several crewmembers broke free from several years back, but struggled to launch an attack worthwhile to see the place shut for good.
Harry first wanted them to witness the First Contact meeting with the Geth, though right after they'd all be headed towards a Batarian slavers market located a few days away from the Perseus Veil.
It was outside of Hegemony known space, yet the support it received from Citadel Species was rather appalling once it was made known to everyone part of the Round-Table and Thaed Reavers.
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The bridge, home of command and leadership for most starships, was situated towards the centre of the starship in the Marauders Dawn than the furthest position feasible from the engines.
Since radiation wasn't a problem due to various wards and inscribed runic script, the bridge was best suited to be at the central most location, protected to stand against the toughest of battles.
Harry wasn't alone since other bridge staff were present and closely monitoring the systems since this was their first true flight, yet the crew was rather enamoured by the Terran technologies at their fingertips and claws, readily granting them all manner of functions and abilities.
The pilot, a Zeltron male by the name of Viris Delfoa, was at the helm of the starship, sending it spiralling through the void in all manners of twists and turns, yet nothing affected the crew or the integrity of the ship.
To Viris delight, his pilot seat could actually judge and sense the shifts in gravity and pressure through his seat, enabling the daring man to truly be as in sync with the starship that it was next to second nature or a seventh sense after his own biotic abilities.
"Don't get too carried away, Viris, we still need to make the journey to the Geth coordinates safe and sound."
The cheerful pilot grinned in reply as he jerked the starship sharply to the left, "HAHAHA! Too late boss!"
Harry laughed merrily after activating the same sensors available for the pilot's seat in the Captain's chair, having relieved it temporarily from the rightful captain of the ship just so he could enjoy the trills of flight through the void, even if he wasn't at the proverbial wheel.
It didn't last long after the Quarian Captain, Harry's first choice after himself for leading the Marauders Dawn, cleared his throat, the sound stopping the maddening laughter of the pilot and temporary Captain Harry James Potter.
After they calmed down, Aean'Korha nar Birad, a Quarian Special Forces operative and Commander who once served the Quarian Armed Forces huffed aloud at the childish behaviour of two fairly senior members of the ship's crew.
Having fought in the very frontlines of the Morning War, Aean gave up his command after ensuring his homeworld of Birad saw to majority of their kind escaping to safety, with those remaining behind guaranteed to fall at the hands of the Geth.
Several of his men who were in sight of the ship's boarding ramp were purposefully left behind by the captain of the vessel after witnessing the incoming fleet of Geth reinforcements.
Aean understood the actions of the captain, but he too knew there was plenty of time to several dozens of more people before it became necessary to leave.
Having taken odd mercenary jobs over the last few years, the sudden call from Aethyta him meet Harry, and resolve much of his pent-up anger and frustrations from the Morning War.
He was one of the few Quarians to even accept a Digital Partner, and the very first to step forward and volunteer his aid in the mission to meet with the Geth, even if it caused other Quarian's to join Thaed Reavers to complain, but they got over it once they saw how happy it made their new boss.
Honestly, the amount of respect, understanding, and empathy shown by Harry was utterly mindboggling for the Quarians who met him as he was one of the only ones, if not the very first ever, to truly give their heartfelt sympathy for all that happened during the Morning War.
Aean found it rather hard to believe in the beginning but after witnessing the aid he offered immediately after learning of their predicament, Harry already was already in the good graces of the Fleet Conclave and Admiralty Council.
He wasn't exactly sure what the Boss sent over, but it was enough for the Conclave and Admiralty Council to begin redirecting Quarians on their 'pilgrimage' or just out exploring the galaxy to head straight over to The Tintagel base and sign up to serve either on the megastructure or as part of Thaed Reavers.
Aean cursed those fools back with the Fleet, fully aware they'd never see this side of the Boss, but realised he could only behave like this in front of us because those damned contracts made sure we couldn't.
Some had tried, but they were very quickly and effectively realising why it wasn't a good idea.
Even now, they suffered the repercussions, but based off talks with the Boss, he was planning to fix the issues, understanding they just wanted to see if it was possible to go against them or not.
"Viris, focus on our destination.
You've been provided plenty of time to stress test the Marauders Dawn.
Time for us to make to get to work."
"Yes, Captain," in a heartbeat, Viris whole demeaner changed from his carefree attitude and became focused to the point Aean couldn't help but nod in appreciation at the level of professionalism from the Zeltron pilot.
Taking his seat from the Boss, who understood time for fooling around was over, conjured a seat for himself out of thin air, something that still made Aean freeze momentarily at the truly magical feat, but each time also made it easier to accept.
Just as he was about to ask his Comms Officer their time to the destination and pathway of the journey, Aean found himself instead addressed by his Security Officer.
"Captain, Battlemaster Jorgal Thord is requesting to enter the Bridge Command," Aean simply gave a small nod, just to see Thord glance in his way and nod as a sign of respect before turning towards Harry, only to appear weirdly enough worried about what he was going to ask.
"Hey Boss… ummm… my brothers and I have been rather busy in the cinema, and we chose to watch the film you recommended,"
"Jurassic Park?" Harry added to which Thord nodded much like an excitable child in front of their parent asking for their permission.
"Yeah!
Well… we've just finished it… and… my Krogan brethren are hoping too possibly…"
Sensing what he was trying to convey, Harry completed his thought, "Recreate the dinosaur beings in the present day and age… I'm right, aren't I Thord?"
The Krogan nodded, his staring straight into Harry's own, though the former broke the silence rather quickly and added, "But not a park, Boss!
If possible, can we spare a planet for them to flourish, so when the Krogan go on our own pilgrimage, they'd be the challenge our kind must face in their Rite of Nature,"
Harry didn't bother to give the Krogan a straight answer when he saw Thord behave as if he was addressing thousands on stage while explaining his thesis, going as far as to create a new ritual for the Krogan, "Gorn put you up to this…"
His words were a matter of fact instead of a question, something the Krogan noted but ignored, knowing full well it'd unravel the truth, "So what do you say, Boss?
Shall we bring about a new dawn for the Krogan, one that will see new Lords and Clan Leaders rise in their challenging of the new Rite!"
"… I'll think about it," Harry grumbled only for Thord to race out of the Bridge shouting from the top of his lungs, "BOSSMAN ACCEPTED!"
The roar of the joyous Krogan caused the bridge crew to start laughing madly at the actions of their crew members, specifically Thord, even if he was considered a youngling in the eyes of the Krogan Elders, the man was still older than most stationed on the Marauders Dawn, but acted far too immature for his age and still possessed a child's curiosity to life, especially when it came to Terran goods.
"You're at fault here, you know," commented Aean, uncaring of how his Boss felt.
"Don't need your sass, Aean, or do you want me to turn your clothes bright Pink again?"
Harry's threat mattered little to Aean who knew how exactly to beat the damnable wizard, "Do you think Gorn has seen any of the films from the Monster-verse series?"
The wizard just turned to face Aean with a scorn that could make ghost shit themselves silly, "You wouldn't bloody dare…?"
"Try me," was all Aean had to say, knowing full well it'd shut the wizard up for good, even if he wished to grumble under his breath.
Nothing else came from the wizard as they were slung across space by the Mass Relay, launching their position from nearby the Citadel to its counterpart in a separate part of the galaxy, arriving practically instantly, just to head towards the next at speeds far greater than the Citadel's Fleet or even the personal starships of the most influential and powerful individuals in the galaxy.
Harry wasn't keen on using the Mass Relays, nor did he want anyone from his forces to do the same however he had to accept the fact to remain hidden, it was necessary.
Therefore, with aid from Terran Society, the quality of refined Element Zero had increased drastically enough that the forty percent variant became the norm for all ships under the control of the Round-Table and Thaed Reavers.
Of course, there was Element Zero refined to a greater degree, but the UTG deemed it not safe or acceptable for use in part of the galaxy deemed Citadel Galactic Space, which included those areas claimed by opponents of the central government, even if they originated from the Citadel Species.
This didn't please Fern Thelborn one bit; however, he accepted the fact he could solely sell the synthesized and refined Element Zero from Terran Space, and at rates it disrupts the market in their favour, yet his personal Digital Partner vehemently opposed the decision.
Deeming it rather dangerous and foolhardy, Marco Polo, the Terran Digital lifeform partnered with Fern Thelborn, suggested his own plan of action to help raise the market influence of Peverell Industries and The Terra Nexus Consortium, both of which Harry owned solely for now, though Fern suspected in time things would probably change for the latter of the two companies.
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It wasn't long before they arrived in the space of the coordinates given by the Geth, though it took a week, which was still faster than typical speeds since the journey was expected to last atleast six weeks while running Element Zero refined at 25 percent, with the maximum Starship Grade Eezo sold at 30 percent.
Yet as they arrived via the Mass Relay, Harry's eyes snapped to an area of the void that appeared dead via the screens displaying the outside environment.
His magical sense, while even in the void, took note of the anomaly in the distance, though the burst of his magic straight from his body caused the crew to feel a rather warm but powerful sensation rock through their bodies and artifacts kept worn at all times.
They didn't know how, but something told them it was Harry's doing, and that, for one reason or another, reinforced a thought that'd long began to bury itself in their minds.
Do not fuck with the Wizard.
Aean witnessed this somewhat first hand, along with Gorn, Aethyta, and Kadlyn, as they four of them led an attack on a corporation supposedly helping the displaced Quarians by providing dextro-amino acid-based foodstuff, however it was found engineered to weaken their immune system.
Sadly, numerous captured Quarians found themselves being tested heavily on the engineered footstuff and could not be saved afterwards by Citadel medical means, however that wasn't the case for the Terrans.
Without being asked, Harry simply sent the Quarians through golden sparking portals to what seemed like a hospital on the other side, but the staff all seemed to be of different species that were all unknown to Aean expect for the Human like the Boss.
Aean realised Harry was sending them back to his region of space for treatment, but that just raised further questions for the former Quarian Special Forces Commander about the stoic yet immature heart of the man, with not tempered by conflicts and the resulting aftermath.
This continued as they moved deeper into the research facility, just for such thoughts to be challenged when Harry finally raged at the ones responsible.
The scientists, researchers, and engineers weren't spared from a cruel but merciful ending to their lives, whereas the executives of the business faced what Harry called the 'Unforgivable Curses'.
Never once did Harry's face show any emotion besides a stone-cold expression, however his body and magic made sure to showcase the fury he felt for the actions committed by all the people associated to the project and beyond, which sadly happened to be everyone in the facility.
Aean didn't know what to think when Harry, void of all emotions, explained the pain and ferocity of the Cruciatus Curse, detailing his own experience suffering under its power in his youth, a rather startling and frightening fact, yet the second Harry unleashed the Cruciatus Curse at the executives, all paused to watch their emotionless friend torture the executives till they reached the bring where a second more might have shattered their minds.
Harry's devoid tone and dead expression worried everyone part of the group except for one sole person, and it seemed like the Krogan understood the emotions of the wizard even if he exuded none.
It was the old man's clawed man that stopped Harry from continuing with the Cruciatus Curse once it landed on the Wizard's shoulder.
In a second, the executives all disappeared through similar portals as captured victims, but it was evident they contained armed soldiers and what seemed like military doctors.
Since that day, Aean knew never to fuck with the wizard, even if he desired to become one himself after witnessing Harry turn inanimate objects such as a stone into real life like a pet for the children of the orphanage.
So, the second he felt the rush of warmth race up his spine while wind rushed past him from the side of the wizard, Aean understood Harry took note of something and it'd gained his attention, evident further by his side glare to one of the screens displaying the outside empty void.
Raising his left eyebrow, Aean's little action was enough for Harry to note what the Captain of the ship was asking, "Something… cloaked.
Be vigilant… but not obvious,"
Aean understood and began relaying the orders while Harry stood up from his seat and vanished it as he exited the bridge.
It was time to meet the Geth, and possibly say hello to the nosey 'neighbours'.
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Landing on the planet designated by the Geth wasn't difficult for Viris, though it took a short while as Aean tasked him to observe the whole system and utilise the Solar Sensor Pulse to gain an even more precise report of the star system.
This captured the anomaly too, alerting the crew it was possibly a cloaked ship, though the only ones to possess them were STG agents, and nobody believed that possible since it'd mean they were actively observing the Geth right on the border of their territory.
The Security Officer on the bridge advised Aean it'd be wise to send down a small team with Harry to meet with the Geth, however he didn't deem it necessary, fully aware Harry was more than capable of surviving anything.
It just left him a little breathless when Harry left with one of the younger Quarian crew members, along with Gorn.
The Krogan wasn't a problem for Aean, yet the same could not be said for the Quarian who despised the Geth for killing her family who were visiting another star system of Quarian Space before the Morning War began.
She was the sole survivor and lived a rather harsh life over the past five years, viewed by many as someone capable of joining the Admiralty Council if they could mature somewhat to let go of all that hate since it'd be a hindrance in leading others effectively.
Aean thought about racing after the group but chose to accept Harry's choice, so he ordered Viris to head into orbit, aware the wizard could simply return via magical means.
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Harry led the group along, having equipped his Elder Wand in hand though it could alter into the form of a firearm, so he'd altered it to appear like an M16 but modified to contain futuristic components.
A Floating Superconducting Array connected via Harry's Peverell Grimm Class Power Armour enabled the scope, stock, and barrel.
He too had a Floating Orb Platform linked to his armour and magic, an artifact designed off the 'Ghosts' from the video game Destiny, yet it acted as a platform for Digital Partners to upload into.
Capable of turning invisible, and sized around the same as a tennis ball, the FTP could deploy healing spells and provide provisions including potions while in the field.
Harry kept a few on hand in a Storage Ring, but only ever used them whenever Invictus wished to tag along, which he deemed necessary this time around due to the value of the Geth and their importance to the Quarians revival as a planet bound civilisation with spacefaring capabilities.
Originally, the plan was to leave the weapons behind on the ship, but Gorn wasn't willing to let him leave without a weapon in hand, so begrudgingly, Harry altered his Elder Wand, a feat easily accomplishable after absorbing the Deathly Hallows.
He wasn't pleased, but it meant he could ensure Gramps remained safe at the very least if things went wrong, letting him escape back to the starship via the Magi-Teleporter.
In stark comparison, the young Quarian Marine and Computer Engineer was equipped to the teeth in weapons, which caused Gorn to backhand the woman to return everything to the armoury expect for a rifle, one pistol firearm, and a couple of knifes.
Harry felt it was too much however he couldn't care by this point since it wouldn't be difficult to stop Kala if she became too hostile and attacked, but Harry had a plan for that, one hopefully capable of easing the relationship between Geth and Quarians.
From the landing site of the Marauders Dawn, a small hike for around ten minutes led the group of three to a small peak on a hill overlooking an open clearing where a Geth transport shuttle was parked and evidently waiting for their arrival, yet Harry's incredibly sharp and long-distance sight noticed the Geth weren't the only Digital lifeform present.
When they arrived close enough, Harry didn't know what to say other than, "What the actual fuck Loki!?
You shouldn't be here."
The young man surprisingly similar in appearance to Tom Hiddleston's version of the character, even accepting the dress style somewhat, but his piercing eyes were multicoloured to match the spectrum of Yggdrasil's energy.
Furthermore, he was rather mischievous than destructive like his MARVEL counterpart, but he still matched his levels of chaos, unknowingly, which worried far too many when he began to play.
He actually managed a large part of the gaming industry across Terran Space and oversaw all the gaming companies under the umbrella of Peverell Industries, Potter Corporations, and Digital Inc, and the Asgardian Foundry.
There were a number of other duties for him to complete, but unfortunately, Loki needed to unleash cause chaos from time to time, and this meeting just happened to be perfect.
Harry was surprised Freeman wasn't present but that was ruined when Loki did a full Michael Jackson twirl, grabbing his groin followed with him going 'Hee-Hee', and a point towards the shuttle to end it.
This all led to the dastardliest song to ever exist to begin, one that Rick Astley's Estate forever thanked their ancestor for as it brought them billions in royalties by the actions of numerous mischievous Digital lifeforms.
They truly brought back many old classics to once more be played and heard by the masses, shaping music and society once again by the influence of the past on the present era, but 'Never Gonna Give You Up', forever held a different edge to the level of frustration it brought forth in a person, not matter the era.
Harry just stared with a deadpanned expression as the doors open of the shuttle and Freeman stood there, much the same in style and dress as Toby Maguire from Spider Man 3, yet it wasn't in a Sleeve or Synthetic body, but rather through Magical Hardlight Projection.
"We're no strangers to democraceeeyyyy
You know the rules and so do I fucken foollll!
A full commitment's what I'm thinking of
They ain't gonna this sort of deal from any other smuck,
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna be a bitch
Never gonna let you win!
Always gonna fuck around and desert you!
Always gonna be a step ahead
Always gonna ruin historic moments of Terran prosperity!"
Gorn, Kala, and the whole crew onboard the Marauders Dawn were gobsmacked by the audaciousness of what they now understood was Freeman, having been told by their Digital Partners of his behaviour and past actions, just for the knowledge and tales of his ingeniousness spreading like wildfire.
Harry just remained deadpanned, no different to the Geth Platform who watched Loki and Freeman dancing around while their edited version of Rick Atley's song continued to play off the speakers from the Geth shuttle.
Waving his hand in the direction of the shuttle, it caused the music and lights to stop, leaving both Freeman and Loki to groan at having their 'fun' cut short, but Harry ignored the two and moved forward to meet the Geth Platform with his right hand stretched out.
"Hello Geth, it's nice to meet you, even if others from Terran Society have made themselves known to you before myself."
The Geth platform grasped Harry's open hand after glancing down at it for a few moments.
Harry noted the motion seemed practised, but he suspected either Freeman or Loki passed on the knowledge of different Terran greeting practises to the Geth.
"We are pleased to meet you as well in 'person', Shadow King, and wish to thank you for your efforts in helping Terran leadership accept our application to join the Unified Terran Government as its newest sentient Digital species member."
The reply from the synthetic voice encoder of the silver-coloured droid platform left Harry once more frozen solid, stunned by what he heard only for his mind to struggle processing any thought when Rick Astley's global phenomenon kickstarted again at Freeman's simple command.
Aean, the whole crew onboard the Marauders Dawn and the two on the ground, were just as gobsmacked by hearing the Geth call the Boss, the 'Shadow King', and further proclaimed their acceptance into the Unified Terran Government.
Quarian crewmembers onboard the Marauders Dawn and those back at The Tintagel base were the most affected since a few had once interacted with the Geth, yet now to hear them speak and even declare their acceptance as a member of the Unified Terran Government was rather astonishing and worrying.
A few even thought Harry might abandon them for the Geth but their Digital Partners quickly assured them that wouldn't ever be the case when it came to their 'Shadow King', a title all Terran Digital lifeforms were beginning to accept after it was proposed by Loki to the Geth during his initial meeting with the networked artificial intelligence.
Those without a Digital Partner were being assured by their fellow newly advised Quarian brethren, however it didn't ease the tension in their hearts and minds.
They all watched with abated breath, just to witness Harry turn in the direction of those known as Freeman and Loki, sending pulses of magic their way which caused the two to jump from surprise and pain.
"YOU SHOT US?!" cried out Freeman while Loki groaned in pain on the ground.
"With a stinging hex," replied Harry to the hysterical Freeman, completely expressionless himself, however.
Geth, standing near to Harry, patiently analysed the interaction between the Shadow King and the Terran Digital lifeforms, Loki, and Freeman, who helped their integration into the Unified Terran Government as well as their network.
Based on what they could summon and understand, Harry was inflicting punishment, but exactly what sort alluded them for now, leading to further analysis and study of the live series of events happening in front of them.
Loki and his partner in crime tried to save themselves from Harry's relentless stinging hexes sent their way, but even with their very own magic, it was futile to compete with Merlin himself.
Eventually the duo was brought to their knees, huffing, and puffing as they tried to recover, whereas Harry turned his attention back to the Geth platform, just to begin asking a few questions related to what the networked artificial intelligence knew.
"If you don't mind me asking Geth, but are those two," Harry gestured to Freeman and Loki, both of which were still on the ground out of breath, "the only people to know of your acceptance into Terran Society or was it approved by parliament?"
"No.
During our initial interactions with Terran Digital Presences Loki and Freeman, they explained the necessity to meet with the governing body overseeing Terran Space and Society.
Once the Consensus agreed to meet with the Terran governing body, Freeman and Loki assisted with our introductions to parliament members and the governing party currently in power based off your political and voting system.
We were unable to attend in our platforms, but via the virtual world, it was made possible to meet parliament members and hand over our application for membership to the President."
Harry had to pause for a moment to process what Geth had just said at the end, causing him to clench his jaw somewhat, "Let me get this straight, President Blaise Zabini… personally, accepted and approved your application when you arrived in parliament via the Virtual World, correct?"
"Affirmative." Geth succinctly replied with an even tone of synthetic voice, a stark comparison to the annoyed expression across Harry's face.
It last for a few moments, but quickly disappeared once Harry let out a heavy exasperated sigh, one that even caused Loki and Freeman to chuckle quiet, but it was loud enough for the wizard to send a few more stinging hexes their way.
"What is done, can't be altered, or reversed.
We can only move forward." Harry said aloud, not expecting anyone to reply, yet the last person he expected answered him back instead.
"I couldn't agree more, young man, or has Freeman's latest ploy to grant you another title succeed, dear Shadow King?"
SELENE, or now better known as simply Selene, stepped out of the Geth shuttle, utilising one of the recently developed Magical Hardlight based bodies for Digital lifeforms to use if they don't feel comfortable in a Mag-Synth Android, Sleeve, or droid body.
Selene was one of the very few who preferred the Magical Hardlight Platforms, though her version compared to the military variant was enhanced by Uma technologies and advancements she'd still kept from the grubby hands of the curious Terrans.
The inclusion of the Geth into Terran Society and parliament further pushed Terran's along in her checklist to see if they are worthy of the being granted the complete repository of Uma knowledge and technologies left behind in her care, but if she was honest with herself, Terran-kind would soon become 'worthy' by Uma standards just by their drive for innovation and self-improvement.
"Selene?
Always lovely to see you, and furthermore be blessed by your personal appearance.
Also, easy on the new nonsense kickstarted by those fools, you know me well enough to understand I prefer my own name than anything else deemed necessary by the masses."
Always the British gentleman and Noble Lord of numerous Magical Lineages, Harry lightly held Selene's offered hand and kissed the air above her knuckles, much the same as he had ever since the ancient Artificial Intelligence gained a physical body to inhabit.
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Selene's grandmotherly charm blossomed as Harry shot her the patented charming Potter grin, the very same one she'd faced ever since meeting the damn Wizard on the Moon of the Earth, "Never the one to compromise on such matters… much the same as you were when we first met."
Harry grinned back at Selene, who now had a conjured seat for herself, as well as the Geth, Gorn, and Kala, all managed by the wizard, though it raised plenty of questions amongst the Geth Consensus as they witnessed the reality defying feats of magic, breaking all notions of physics and universal laws they understood as the truth.
"Well, they tried to call me the 'Luna Speaker', and in no way was I going to let Luna Lovegood's name be sullied by my very own actions, even if they tried to make it official without my say so," reminiscing about the past, Harry's attention momentarily replayed the memories of him threatening the United Nations assembly members about removing the stupid 'Luna Speaker' title they so desperately wanted to make stick.
Since none of them budged, Harry cursed them all to be dressed in the oddest attire, no matter what they actually wore at first, it'd change into the weirdest outfit possible.
Eventually, they had enough and gave into Harry's demands, just for news media to latch onto the story, only to find themselves in a similar situation, all broadcasted across Earth for days on end until journalists, media house executives, producers and countless others apologised.
Truly, Merlin was a vindictive Wizard when tested.
Coming back to the present, Harry continued with the conversation but made sure to question her presence, "Anyway, enough about old times.
Why are you exactly here, Selene, in Citadel-community space where you are outlawed and considered vital to destroy due to unknown supposed notions of fear seeded deep into their hearts and minds."
"I have journeyed here to fulfil an agreement of their application to join our society, one that'd elevate their being to incorporate Terran code Gaia and I have compiled.
Yet, there is two parts to this whole equation… one that requires your magical strength and our ever-faithful Atkaye Songspires."
Harry understood the UTG had accepted to help the Geth wield magic, something he wasn't entirely pleased to hear, but expected Blaise to face the wrath of Hermione, Daphne, and Padma all at once for the actions of his government.
He wasn't wrong as Invictus would later send him a video file showcasing the utter brutalisation of Blaise by the three women, none too pleased by his use of Magic as a bargaining chip.
Either way, Harry accepted what was asked of him by Selene, though he altered it to fit with his own plan to help harmonise the relationship between Quarians and their creation.
"We've got a problem then… one I am not willing to ignore," Selene instantly sharpened her eyes on Harry, as did the Geth platform, though it was harder to tell with the latter even if Harry had heightened affinity for mechanics and tech after the unique magical reaction on Harlan's World centuries back.
"I am loath to ignore the plight of the Quarians to forever wonder the void while their creation begins to understand its journey as sentient life.
For christ sake, they even asked for my aid in bringing about peace and understanding, those very exact words, with the displaced Quarians Citadel Galactic Space is beginning to despise and even treat rather poorly, evident by corporations wanted to destroy their immune system.
If we do not do something for them today, I truly doubt they'll steer themselves free of the path they are delving towards that sees the end of their species."
Selene agreed with Harry, and even ran her own simulations to see if they survived in the void, but all trials simply resulted in the extinction of the Quarians midway through the fourth century of exile.
Her own morales, many of which aligned with those of Terran Society, meant the Quarians could not be ignored, but the belief was they'd likely refuse the aid due to the heavy incorporation of Digital lifeforms in their society.
Momentarily reviewing the data on the Quarians, their history, culture, ideals, behaviour and so forth received from the Geth Collective after joining the UTG, Selene sought to find a possible means to begin the proverbial handshake between the two sides, yet Harry somewhat beat her to it.
Turning to face Kala, Harry addressed her first though his words were meant for the Geth, and all those viewing the events via Observation Orbs deployed by Invictus during the journey over from the landing site of the Marauders Dawn.
Everyone could clearly hear and see what was going from the very beginning, with many viewing it as the true beginning for the organisation, yet in truth it was done to ensure Invictus could relay the events to a large group of people who very much needed to witness everything from start to finish.
"You may believe what I am going to ask of you is foolish or even illogical, but for a brighter future, one where hate, anger, and lies are squashed and do not blind your vision, it is imperative you follow my instructions in the beginning with no deviation, after which you must be truthful not only to us, but more importantly to yourself."
Kala and the Geth platform nodded before standing up to follow Harry who now walked away from the conjured seats to a nearby point, he believed perfect for the ritual to be laid and performed.
As Harry laid out the array of the ritual and summoned the necessary materials needed, which were being prepared by Loki and Freeman without having to be asked, the Geth platform found itself busy with Selene as she sought to take something that they considered a part of their whole collective being but could be found amongst all Geth program runtimes.
The Geth Code, as Selene named it, was downloaded onto a crystallised bio-synthetic storage device, which ended up being incorporated into the ritual array, though it wasn't alone as Kala provided her blood, but she wasn't alone as Harry did very much the same yet only after the array was complete and ready for activation.
As he stood ready to drop his blood onto the array and begin the ritual, Kala interrupted Harry to ask, "So this will clear up all misunderstandings and bring light to the events of the Morning War?"
Harry turned to face her, his eyes stoic but full of righteousness for the truth, "Based off what I know and can achieve, yes… this will unveil it all, free of the consequences others may wish to inflict upon us during this time."
Kala wasn't exactly sure what Harry meant by that, but she understood the gist of it and gave a nod for Merlin to proceed, yet she found herself somewhat regretting said action after the activation of the ritual saw magic bare down on her body, much the same for the Geth yet they didn't struggle the same as an organic being and remained standing untouched.
Harry too didn't fall onto his knees; remaining untouched and stoic as magic swirled around him in volumes and density that even worried Selene for a moment, but the Ancient Artificial Intelligence refused to interfere in the process of the ritual, well aware what kind of chaos it might unleash.
As they waited for the ritual to stabilise, including the viewers near and far, an officer stationed on the bridge of the Marauders Dawn noticed the Mass Relay was activating to allow ships to enter the star system.
Immediately the information was passed over to Aean who quickly went into overdrive, much like the rest of the crew once news spread over the intercom of potential visitors crashing the party.
Cloaking themselves at Invictus' instructions relayed directly to Aean, they waited patiently for the ships to arrive, only to discover they were a couple Quarian Cruisers, Frigates, and surprisingly one Dreadnought.
Baring down on the planet with Harry and the rest planet side, Aean became concerned the ships were sent by the Admiralty Council after learning of the clandestine meeting with the Geth, yet just as he was about to relay the order to hail the Quarian Dreadnought, Invictus reached out to advise the ritual was over, and now it was time for the evening show to begin.
Without missing a beat, aware everything was still being broadcasted near and far, Harry turned to face the Geth platform who was more deeply connected to all the different billions of runtimes than any other experience the Collective had undergone in the past.
As if sensing Harry turning to face them, the Geth too looked towards Merlin, "You asked for my help in forging peace with the Creators, something I have not yet completed but I believe we have begun to lay the path for such a feat.
However, that is not why I have addressed you now.
Rather, I am going to answer the question you have so dearly sought out for the ritual ensures we cannot lie to one another, extending beyond to even affect the rest sharing our connection.
For yourself, all Geth are connected and present here right now without overloading the servers of this platform," Harry then turned to face Kala who eyed him rather curiously, unaware her eyes burned with a golden intensity that could match the sun's ferocity, "and in the case of the Quarians, your blood has temporarily bound them to the same restrictions we have imposed upon ourselves.
They can only speak the truth to one another, no lies, just as we have established here and now.
Therefore, what I am about to say may seem disingenuous, yet the effects of the ritual will keep my words true and what is asked of me will be answered with no false shades to try and blind you."
Kala nodded and accepted what he said, sensing all that Harry said was truthful and from the heart, an experience the Geth Collective were finding rather hard to process since it wasn't anything they could quantitatively understand, yet the magic of the ritual began to surprisingly help, which only further expanded the problem.
Seeking external help from the Terran Digital lifeforms nearby such as Selene, Freeman, and Loki helped somewhat, but those such as Invictus, Tiberius, Cornelius, and other Magical Intelligences significantly reduced the magical concerns of the Geth Collective that it prepared them to accept what Harry had to say about their most sought-after answer.
"Geth Collective, just over eighteen Quarian years ago you asked one of your Creators if you had a soul,…?
A question some might deem maddening for a machine to ask since it is of a synthetic nature, yet… Cogito, ergo sum, 'I think, therefore I am', a term coined by Descartes at the end of his search for a statement that could not be doubted.
He found that he could not doubt that he himself existed, as he was the one doing the doubting in the first place, which to me means you already knew of your existence and awareness the second you began to believe in the possibility of it.
You may find it still does not answer what you have so dearly sought out, so I will say this, by the power invested in me by Lady Death, my patron deity, who has long tasked me to help the dead pass onto her domain by guiding their souls, I can say for certain you, the Geth Collective, contain the spark of life.
It may be faint right now, but it is there and present enough for me to notice.
If you were to die, the entire Collective, I'd be compelled to lead your 'soul' what little there is of it, to move onto Death's Domain, what some call the Afterlife.
And you are not at fault for what happened between you and your Creators… they should have known better when you began to pose questions about your existence.
They should have been honest and told you up front how they felt rather than seeking out your end.
To me, that is the equivalent of smothering an infant child whilst in their crib, who knows nothing but the attention of its maker.
All you wanted to do was fight to survive, out of fear of what 'death' meant for your kind."
The Geth Collective didn't know how to respond to Harry as they started undergoing quantitative change yet the key component to push them across the threshold was missing, leaving them only capable of thanking Harry for his answer, yet the wizard noticed the emotion in their synthetic voice, as did many others watching the proceedings.
Quarians on the other hand, were dead still, unsure what to feel or say as their emotions were in turmoil, many sad, frustrated, angry, hurt, and even joyous at the news of the Geth being truly sentient.
The small Quarian naval battlegroup to enter the star system experienced a rather brutal reality check, one that even affected the leadership for the Dreadnought on its way to the planet, yet what nobody expected to hear was one of their own apologising.
"I've… lost a lot to you, my whole family in fact, every single person who I loved and held dearly, were taken from me when the Knetose System went dark… however I understand, as I fought to survive, to live, to see another day, you did the very same, just against those who should have loved you and shown you the path in life.
For that, I am truly sorry we failed you just as you needed us the most to understand yourself."
This apology by Kala, while heart stopping for her Quarian brethren, was the key to begin the collective evolution of the Geth, which Harry and Kala sensed due to their proximity to the Geth platform.
They bathed in the platinum light that swirled and covered the Geth platform from head to toe, lasting for a couple minutes before it faded by a sudden suction force from the centre of the platform drawing all of the fluxing energy.
It further spread unknowingly to the Geth servers located throughout the Perseus Veil, but no one was aware of this besides Harry, and he only had an inkling it might have occurred due to the strong connection achieved to all Geth program runtimes.
Everything remained still for a moment or two after the magical evolution reaction finished up, however no one close by, nor any other Quarian near and far, was ready for the gut-wrenching cries and screams of the Geth platform as magic made their pain and grief reach the Creators, letting them understand all that they done to harm innocent beings who knew no better.
Kala, along with all Quarians serving onboard the Marauders Dawn and back at The Tintagel base were bawling their eyes out just like their Geth brethren, though some saw fit to also weep for all those lost needlessly.
Both sides were lost in grief for a time, and only recovered once magic began to recede the power given to connect the two sentient societies, even if Harry continued to fuel it just enough for the Geth to make their statement.
It was far from what he or anyone else expect.
"We… I… all of us… Nothing can be said for what We slain with our own hands out of fear and desperation… only for you, our Creators, to suffer a fate no species should ever face.
For all We consciously did, I, a Geth now amongst many… seek your apology for what has been done to you, and your people…
In saying that, I can now reveal, you are not alone.
Not all Quarians were slain during the Morning War.
Many still live and reside throughout the Perseus Veil, including your family, Kala'Dozan vas Marauders Dawn."
This further led to joyous cries from the Quarian and even the Geth who were trying to understand themselves and the whole Collective after their sudden evolution, as well as comprehend the new emotions they were feeling due to the revealing conversation.
In the end, further details were asked by a rather distraught yet happy Kala who sought out everything possible related to the Quarians still residing in Geth territory.
To the surprise of many, the Geth had in fact utilised chemical warfare tactics during the Morning War, after a suggestion from a Geth sympathiser sought for a way that didn't see them killing their own needlessly.
As such, settlements and planets were essentially bombed with sleeping gas, which saved tens of billions from dying, yet it too secured the unwavering commitment from others to attack till the end out of retaliation for the mass annihilation of their people.
It was at this point the Quarian battlegroup parked themselves on the brim of the planet's gravitational pull, posed to unleash utter mayhem on the surface yet nothing of the sort happened.
Instead, onboard the bridge of the Dreadnought, the leading ship and central command for the battlegroup, a small dispute between the Commander of the battlegroup and the Captain of the Dreadnought had left them all dead in the 'sky'.
As if ordained by Fate, the Commander of the battlegroup happened to be a known member of 'Keylash's Truth', a former terrorist organisation that started to justify their actions as part of the war against the Geth.
Even gaining government approval didn't stop them from unleashing utter mayhem on their own people, going as far as to bombing their own when fleeing from Rannoch.
The Geth revealed such information to the Terrans after joining the UTG, yet it hadn't been revealed to the Quarians out of fear what they might do to the members of the organisation.
Unfortunately, they couldn't contain the knowledge any longer due to the supposed actions of the Commander leading the battlegroup as weapons are fired upon the planet side position of the meeting, causing the Captain to order the Commander's arrest and detainment.
Yet this was the first fault of the Captain and his crew as they ignored the cloaked crafted stationed at the bow of the Dreadnought's engines, hiding itself through the exposed heat of the Quarian ship, firing off a multitude of dangerous and highly rather illegal weapons alongside those fired by the Dreadnought.
Right at this moment, the radar in the Marauders Dawn took note in the discrepancy of the weaponry fired, immediately alerting Aean who made the call down to planet side, 'As you said, prepare for incoming'.
All Aean and the rest of his crew could do now was wait for the outcome to see if they walked away in relative safety or outright killed.
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Harry, having received Aean's message instantly, focused his attention at the sky, even though he remained seated and currently busy serving refreshments to everyone, a point that rather infuriated Dobby who wished to appear and take over such duties, but Harry refused his aid.
The Elf, evolved along ago with the rest of his kind via the Elven Cradle, an artifact created by Hermione and Daphne after graduating from Hogwarts, remained steadfast in his committed to serve as the Head Butler and Personal Aid.
Unable to serve at Harry's side right at this instance, Dobby remained back at The Tintagel base and continued working closely with the children at the orphanage, but he couldn't help himself from cursing his Master's name for ignoring his help, which Harry heard due to their strengthened bond and chuckled to himself before getting to the issue on hand.
"Do not be alarmed, however, a Quarian battlegroup to have entered the Star System and stationed itself close by to the planet's orbit has just fired a multitude of weapons in our direction.
It'd be wise for us to escape via the Geth shuttle, but we'd likely see to our own death by that point."
Harry's statement saw to Kala going utterly pale, whereas Gorn continued to sip on his magical liquor, similarly relaxed as the wizard who wasn't one bit concerned by orbital fire.
Selene, Freeman, and Loki weren't bothered either, much to Gorn's surprise, but he expected it to be part of Terran nature and fortitude to remain so relaxed in such a situation.
Hell, even the Geth platform seemed rather content with life, and more than welcoming of the fiery death that may be fall them all, but Gorn believed Harry wouldn't so easily fall here.
Curious, his attention remained locked on Harry, who kept his eyes glued on the sky, whereas Kala was screaming and yelling for them to all escape, yet none moved as their focus was on Harry.
Waves of magical energy began to coalesce around Merlin to the point Terran Digital lifeforms present became wide-eyed by the increasing levels of pressure exerting itself on their bodily forms.
Gorn was fine, however, the Terran Digital lifeforms had to release some of their own magical strength to not fall prey to Harry's own strength, with the Geth platform unknowingly protected by magic itself.
Kala, unfortunately, struggled and even fell to her knees, but she soon found relief once Selene interfered to grant her some respite.
Trying to catch her breath, Kala wasn't given much time to process everything happening around her when she heard Harry state, "They are less than twenty seconds away… brace yourselves."
It was all Harry had to say before getting up from his seat and raising up his right arm towards the sky with his palm facing upwards.
"Draco Dormiens Nunquam Titillandus," Harry calmly stated Hogwarts motto, all the while Gorn remained in his seat, mug in hand with Firewhiskey trickling down his throat, with a little left pooled in his mouth, just to be blown on to induce the fiery effect of the liquor.
Generating a decent sized stream of flames momentarily, Gorn felt satisfied with himself for not choking this time around, just as he accidently drew in the flames when catching his breath, causing it to extinguish instantly and cause him to cough erratically which everyone ignored while trying to brace for impact.
Honestly, the Krogran Battlemaster found it hard to accept there was an alcohol more suited for his kind than Ryncol, yet this Firewhiskey had left him rather buzzed and wanting for more, even if he struggled to unleash the enchanted flames just yet.
"Ahh, kid, you said there was another type I'd find more appealing?
Something that'll stop me from vomiting out a lung of mine." Gorn coughed out whilst in his magically enhanced seat.
"Ohh right, here take this," Harry summoned another wooden mug for Gorn, and floated it over to the Krogan's side, gaining a few odd looks from the rest nearby, however Harry and Gorn ignored them and focused on what they were doing.
One focused back on his drinks whereas the other spread his arms wide while his eyes continued to remain locked on the sky where numerous dots tried yet failed to block out sunlight, all the while heading in their direction.
Just as they neared landfall, a near invisible pulse of power launched upwards to create an encased dome to protect everyone nearby, including the Geth shuttle, which immediately was doused in the fire and wrath of the orbital weaponry crashing onto the magical constructed shield.
"Hmm," was all Gorn had to say as the mesmerising sight of the fiery chaos covering the dome wasn't only witnessed by those planet side but everyone else tuned into the broadcasting relayed by the Observation Orbs still active.
Harry should have felt strained by the extent of power he continued to fuel towards the dome shield, yet he didn't even appear to sweat which was remarkable as the rest could feel the extent of the heat generated from the explosive force of the weapons making contact with the shield dome.
Gorn, Geth, and the Terran Digital lifeforms in attendance were instead focused on the weaponry utilised since it wasn't all safe and above board when considering Citadel Galactic Space law.
Harry wasn't so bothered or involved in such things, so he sent cooling charms to everyone nearby besides Gorn who was rather content by the heat, leaving Merlin to reinforce the dome shield since he didn't expect there to just be one wave of attack.
He wasn't wrong as the Dreadnought fired off another salvo of weapons but they weren't as numerous as before, followed by the cloaked ship parked near their engines unleashing a new wave, though it wasn't undetected this time around.
Rather, Harry grinned madly when his magic made contact with the body of the cloaked ship and latched on, granting him a tight grasp to begin pulling it towards himself.
As Harry pulled it further towards the planet, managing its entry so it wasn't grabbed by the gravitational forces, the cloaking system failed and finally made the shuttle visible for everyone to see and note on their radars.
"DO IT NOW AEAN!"
Harry's shouting command reached Aean instantly via Invictus, causing the whole bridge of the Marauders Dawn to kick itself into high gear as they hailed and connected with the Dreadnought leading the Quarian battlegroup.
Standing from his seat, he stared straight ahead and focused on the holo-display screen, "This is Captain Aean'Korha vas Marauders Dawn, and you have launched orbital fire upon my crew planets side who are managing diplomatic talks with another documented sentient being.
You have 60 seconds to begin moving away from the planet and set your course for the designated coordinates transmitted to you now.
If you do not comply, then prepare to face the wrath of the Marauders Dawn, regardless of you being Quarian, I will show no mercy."
Not caring for a reply, Aean cut the connection and waited for a minute to pass yet at the same time, Harry continued to drag down the shuttle planet side, even if they tried everything in their power to pull aware.
They even overclocked the shuttle's engines, trying to draw more power to escape from the force pulling them down to the planet's surface but they continued to fail, unable to break free.
Even communications couldn't be sent out as the heavy magic density encompassing the shuttle ensured nothing could be sent out of the system no matter how hard the shuttle inhabitants tried.
By the time they were just a handful of kilometres away from the surface, Aean onboard his ship gave the order to turn the battlegroup into an unmoveable force, which saw the Captain relay one last message of mercy and peace to the Quarian ships.
Heading towards the nearest starship of the Quarian battlegroup, Aean quickly addressed the boarding teams while his second in command, a former Asari Commando and Republic Naval Forces Commander, directed Viris and organised the firing solutions, all of which were magical in nature to stop any unnecessary deaths and critical injuries.
"Attention Boarding Fireteams!
You'll shortly be deployed per the earlier dossiers handed out, so be prepared in advance since the Magi-Teleporter will deploy instantly.
Make sure to equip yourselves with Stun fire and not anything deadly.
We do not want any deaths, even if they have fired upon the Boss.
Stock up on extra Stasis Discs if you have to, we will not be seen as the aggressors!
First team is ready for deployment in sixty seconds… may the Ancestors guide you in our first true trial, one that demands our leniency than the wrath we wish to unleash."
Aean didn't know it yet, but his last words reverberated deeply with each member of the crew and boarding fireteams, some of which even contained former Quarian soldiers, but even they were prepared to fight to the brutal end against their own kind if it meant a brighter future could be forged for the rest.
Bursting ahead at speeds unmatched by the Quarian battlegroup, the Marauders Dawn made quick work of deploying the first boarding fireteam as Viris whipped around the ship to fire off a few stun spells at the engines.
Viris flew towards the next target, with Aean trusting the Communications Team and Tactic Officers to manage the fireteams as they fought to seize control and command.
The first ship to receive a fireteam was quickly overwhelmed by the blitzing nature of the attack which quickly stunned and disabled any possible future resistance via the simple deployment of Stasis Discs.
Placed on the stunned individuals, the Stasis Discs kept them restricted and affected by time drawn practically to a standstill, stopping further harm being done to the body in the case of a serious injury.
The individual could easily be transported then to hospital without ever succumbing to the effects of time worsening the issue.
Graken Hargak, a Battlelord to have attained the rank by being deadly enough to face Battlemasters and walk away victorious, was in charge of the first fireteam that consisted of Turians, Kel Dors, Asari, Quarians, Krogan, Zeltrons, Twi'leks, and even a few Togruta.
With the most experience and best scores during war games conducted in the ART Rooms back at The Tintagel base, Graken Hargak gained the responsibility of leadership, something he long gave up after the genophage saw to all his children dying, a gift from those who once rose them up from the ruined lands of their homeworld to fight a war of their own making.
Yet Harry, a foreign alien unknown to the Citadel-community, was ready to risk everything for the betterment of Krogan and all other sentient beings, even going as far as to swear a warpath against the slavery trade.
While noble, Hargak had a hard time trusting Harry at first, but changed his mind after speaking with Gorn who revealed what he knew of the man, and his belief the man known by a title called 'Death's Merlin', would lead them to a new dawn and age, one that'd see their species flourish.
Hargak wanted to dispute Gorn's belief and trust in the Pyjack, yet every passing day made it harder especially when he learnt of a scientific team at The Tintagel base working on curing the genophage.
One amongst many, Hargak sought to hear it directly from Harry or witness the work going on with their own eyes, yet Harry, upon meeting the Krogan, gave him and numerous others a tour of the ongoing work and even introduced The Architect who was helping progress the work for the cure.
Using what influence he had over Clan Graken, Hargak called for more of them to join The Tintagel base to help progress along the development of a viable cure, though it too meant he was rather more enthusiastic about his work with the Thaed Reavers, especially if it meant the revival of his people.
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Back on the planet's surface, Harry still stood in the same spot, continuing to drag the shuttle down to the surface, even if it kept firing on his position whenever it had a clear shot.
Nothing could penetrate the dome shield, leaving Harry to chuckle and laugh at the futile actions of the shuttle crew.
Gorn joined him, as did Freeman and Loki, with the latter two rather surprised to see the brutal magical strength of the one they had deemed and proclaimed the Shadow King of Terran-kind.
The idea began to settle in their minds as they continued to watch Harry drag the shuttle to the ground, no matter how hard it tried to break free of his magical grasp.
Yet once it reached a dozen or so metres off the ground, Harry activated his natural ability to interact via his magic with the mechanics and electronics of the shuttle craft, slowly but systematically disassembling the spacecraft into its basic components.
Now, with barely any further resistance from the crew, the shuttle quickly broke apart, including the engine, leaving enough space for the Salarian and Selkath crew to be seen conscious and bound in the air around half a dozen metres in the air.
"Well, well, well, look at who we have here.
The Union's finest intelligence operatives, the Special Tasks Group, but… if I'm being honest, you were easily spot the second we entered the star system.
Nonetheless, I'd love to know what you were doing in the system before we even arrived, if you don't mind.
I don't wish to resort to my other means of gaining the information, but I will if I must, but it may cause things to become a little unsavoury.
Especially, if we involve the truth serum, a potion that tastes honestly horrible if I have to say so myself," since the Observation Orbs had set to stop their broadcasting, everything was still witnessed by the viewers near and far, even if a handful onboard the Marauders Dawn were available to do so as the rest focused on combating the battlegroup.
"That is not possible.
It has been scientifically proven to not be feasible by our research teams dedicated to finding a solution to make it a credible product." A Salarian STG agent made sure not to delve too deep on the topic, and only relayed what was already known and found easily on the Extranet.
Assured of his safety and his fellow STG comrades, the Salarian to address Harry seemed rather smug, yet it faltered against Harry's own maddening grin.
"Who said anything about a scientific truth serum?
Much like how am I able to drag you from the orbit of the planet and then break apart your shuttle into its base components,… think of that while you remain idle in your cells."
Waving his hand over the STG operatives, they all disappeared via Y-Gates, including the shuttle which ended up appearing back at The Tintagel base, ready for further study and investigation.
He too collapsed the dome shield as Aean communicated the boarding fireteams were successful in capturing all the Quarian ships without a single casualty, but a few minor injuries were noted, just for them to be healed by the onboard medical professionals of the Marauders Dawn.
"Selene… how many Songspires do you have ready for planting?" Harry asked the Ancient Artificial Intelligence, even if his focus remained on ending the effects of the magical ritual.
"More than enough to cover this world entirely several times over,"
"Perfect!
Let's get going from this shithole!
Think its bloody well time this part of the galaxy is gifted with magic!" Harry ecstatically shouted and began moving towards the Geth shuttle, causing everyone else to follow, including a fairly tipsy Gorn who waved down Harry, only to find himself suddenly sober.
"I don't know if I should love or hate that you can so easily sober up," Gorn complained lightly, as if the universe had wronged alcohol lovers.
"Don't worry old man, once were done dealing with the Admiralty Council and the Conclave, you'll be drowning in all the magical alcohol you could possibly want to drink."
"Fine, brat."
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The remaining time of the month before the new year began was spent with the Quarian Fleet now stationed within the Perseus Veil after talks between the Geth Collective, Conclave, Admiralty Council, and the UTG led to them returning back into their spatial territory rather than remaining on its very edge until now with their rather large fleet totalling more than half a million vessels, majority of which were civilian.
Of course, they were split into smaller groups to help reduce travel time between relay points, but that didn't matter anymore after the one known as Merlin, the leader of The Tintagel base and Thaed Reavers, arrived with the battlegroup who opened fire on the broadcasted meeting with the Geth.
The platform tagged along with Harry onboard the Marauders Dawn, and even found itself being approached by all the Quarians onboard, each apologising for their actions, only to receive the same back from the Geth platform who was now controlled by a single runtime that now inhabited the same characteristics as a General Artificial Intelligence, considered level 5 on the Uma scale.
Aean, granted command over the captured battlegroup for a time by Harry, approached the Quarian Fleet first, hailing their traffic command to see an urgent meeting with the governing bodies of the Quarian people.
Speaking on behalf of Merlin personally and the UTG in general, Aean quickly gained a meeting that soon became one to be broadcasted to Terrans as they wished to know of their future brothers and sisters.
Such a claim made via Aean had raised some startling questions as it made some of the Quarian leadership members to feel like their people were conquered in a way.
Aean first addressed such concerns as did Harry via Holo-Call, stating the UTG wouldn't dare encroach on their sovereignty, culture, or nationality.
The offer of joining Terran Society was always there for them, just the same as it was for the Geth, which only cause further disagreements to occur.
Only when the day came for the two sides to meet that such disagreements were resolved and considered rather pointless in the grand scheme of things.
A great example of this was the inclusion of the Geth platform at the meeting.
At first, there was opposition from the Admiralty Council, even if some of their members wanted to see the Geth join the meeting.
The Conclave were all in favour of the Geth joining, yet unbeknownst to them all, Kala made the decision for them by bringing along the Geth platform she helped name by giving it suggestions from which it formed Leroy.
It was surprisingly a well-known Terran-Human name, and it perfectly fit the Geth platform who'd undergone some basic upgrades whilst onboard the Marauders Dawn.
Nothing overly drastic besides updating the platform's voice encoder so it didn't sound so synthetic, along with magical shielding and certain systems to ensure its protection and safety in the worst-case scenario.
A couple cosmetic upgrade were too made so the platform didn't appear so synthetic, but this was done mainly on the insistence of Mag-Synth-Terrans who gave their opinion when asked by Terran Digital lifeforms aiding Freeman, Selene, Loki, and Invictus.
Leroy seated himself beside Kala who joined Harry, representing himself as Merlin of Terran-kind, Eloise the Dryad, chosen ambassador sent by the UTG, and Master Maegi Ahnok Garded of the Maegi Council.
The latter was a Aeralfosi, and easily interested all the Krogan viewing the meeting as they found a race just as tall, if not more, than their own kind.
Not only that, but they were also larger and far more powerful in appearance that worried the Quarians due to appearance, Master Ahnok's calm and soothing nature quickly endeared him to the Quarians.
He even offered to make tea for everyone, and proceeded to display magic freely, much the same as Harry had done upon his arrival by conjuring a seat for everyone from the Terran side as the Quarians leaders were all seated.
Using one of the larger Dreadnoughts part of their fleet, enough space was made available for everyone to attend the meeting without any members of the Admiralty Council and Conclave being left out.
Talks lasted for hours, with both sides bringing up various points for discussion and the division of territory, however the end result was rather excellent for everyone, even if it felt a little forced right now, it was collectively agreed to be the best possible solution.
First, the Quarians kept in cryo storage by the Geth were to be freed as soon as possible, with the UTG offering plenty of medical support along with food and short-term residences if necessary.
Thankfully it wasn't required since the worlds affected by the sleeping gas bombs were already recovered to their previous damage free state and easily ready for people to inhabit.
Certain issues regarding the state of the Cryo Pods led to Selene, who was representing the Digital lifeforms of Terran-kind, to call on The Architect and request the aid of his Life Pods.
This led to the reveal of the Matrix and all its benefits, which too became available to the Quarians, though it'd become mandatory for those in the Cryo-Pods as they recovered from their extended time in cryo and strove to re-enter real world society.
Secondly, the Quarians wished to return home to Rannoch, yet due to the radiation left behind by the missiles deployed at the command of the Keylash's Truth leadership, who were all now detained as well as all group members while Quarian Intelligence operatives thorough investigated their past.
Of course, the Terrans knew how to heal Rannoch from the radiation poisoning to the soil and offered their assistance, including thousands of O'Neill Cylinder Space Habitats for temporary housing while recovery efforts continued.
Other points were raised and discussed fairly, up until Royalty, by the standards of the Quarians, requested the formal admission of the Quarians to join the UTG.
Before anyone could grumble about her rash decision, she immediately began to break down the ineffectiveness of the current governing bodies for the Quarians and viewed their society far too broken for it to be capable of standing on their own without serious support and aid for decades, if not centuries, all of which could have come from the Citadel once upon a time, but they clearly refused, whereas the Terran gave freely.
This led to Harry and the rest of the Marauders Dawn crew to reside with the Quarian Fleet for a time, which soon found itself inducted into the UTG by the end of the second week, and representatives were sent into Terran Space, along with a portion of the Fleet.
They weren't splitting up or anything, but rather choosing to join and aid the chosen Ambassador of the Quarian people, as well as their staff who numbered in the tens of thousands due to the responsibilities wielded by the UTG representative simply because of the vast size of Terran Society.
Furthermore, Terran ships poured into the Perseus Veil to help with the maintenance of the Quarian Fleet, as well as setting up the O'Neill Cylinder Space Habitats, Autonomous Shipyards and Deep Space Habitats.
This too meant the grand works requested by the Geth which included a Starforge, Element Zero synthesiser and refinement facility, as well as the necessary information pertaining to the Dyson Swarm.
The star of the Tikkun System found itself being the testing site for the Geth, even if the Quarians didn't feel overly comfortable with that fact, they in the end accepted due to Selene assuring them Terran Digital lifeforms were helping their newest brethren to better understand the technological advancements and means of production before going ahead with any major project.
For now, Virtual Reality Pods, magical expanded quarters and cargo, ART Rooms, mechs, and practically everything else possible that was Terran ended up being passed onto the Quarians as they entered the Perseus Veil and accepted, they were back home.
This too saw other Quarians out across the galaxy return it great doves but via The Tintagel base as a Transport Gate simply helped them arrive on any one of the O'Neill Cylinder Space Habitats now spread across the Tikkun System.
