A/N: WHAT IS UP MUCKAAAACHUNGAAAAAS!? IT'S TRAVEZTY! And Today I'm here to announce that we are now in the home stretch of the Prologue for the Terran Dominion, and as I was writing this chapter, I was listening to songs "Defence of Moscow", "Attack of the Dead Men", and "Rex Tremendae" among a few other songs that got me pumped up for this fight. However I do need to make a small correction that Dracoreaper pointed out that I had missed during my editing because I had forgotten to ask him to Beta Read it. During the previous part, I had accidentally called the Owl Dropship a "Condor" early on, a mistake that I had missed during my own editing, so I will be going back to fix that mistake when I next get the opportunity to.
Secondly, I want to remind everyone that this isn't the Imperium of Man from Warhammer 40K, it is a Stratocracy/Democracy Hybrid in which the Oligarchs of the Terran Dominion are voted into office and, just as easily, can be removed from power. Also, if it seems that I'm making the Terran Dominion a bit too Overpowered, I will apologize, but I was trying to recreate what Boofire191 did for his Earth in Star Wars Youtube series, but as I got into Warhammer Lore, thanks to Dracoreaper, I had begun to allow some of the Imperium's influence bleed in. However again I apologize if I went Overboard and made Earth Overpowered, it wasn't intentional, but now it is far too late for me to do anything about it.
But, in my defense, the opponent they are facing is a parasitic, xenophobic society that utilizes slaves as fuel for their technology, and usually don't face much resistance because they bomb a planet's population with nerve-toxins, which I hadn't realized until I was researching how the Ssi-Ruu do warfare around the end of this chapter, so I admit, I royally screwed up on the Ssi-Ruu's Lore because I hadn't studied them thoroughly enough before writing my combat scenes. I apologize again, I won't be so stupid when it comes to the Clone Wars and the Empire later in this story.
Aside from this, I think I have just about everything I need to cover, and I will be updating the List of Fandoms used in this story later on to ensure everyone has a full comprehensive list as to which races are showing up in this story. So I guess that's enough out of me for now. Please be sure to Follow, Favorite, Review, and Share this story with everyone and anyone you know who likes the Content of Star Wars and every other Fanficiton used in this story. Catch ya on the Flipside! FOR THE DOMINION!
Prologue, Part 3: Shoot her! SHOOT HER!
47DHE/66BBY
In the past several years… The Terrans have taken much time into exploring both Zakuul and Iokath, these two worlds actually providing so much information. The Terrans had discovered much of the history of Zakuul and some of it's technologies, but its biggest point was that the great libraries of Zakuul contained all of the planet's knowledge on the Force. It reveals how the practitioners of Zakuul had shared their knowledge with everyone, both Light and Dark, allowing everyone to have access to their findings and thus everyone would know how to counter these powers should any of their comrades go insane from their discoveries. This information would allow the Force Sensitive Miraluka, Terran-Miraluka Hybrids, and, even more so, the Spartoi, to understand different Force Powers and to understand them.
The ruins of the Zakuulan Civilization would be surprisingly well preserved, with plenty of the technology, despite being heavily degraded, there are still intact enough that scientists could actually replicate them and figure out the technology of these people, including discovering some of the lightsaber weapons of the Zakuulan Knights, which, after a random encounter when somebody tested out one of the more well preserved lightsaber pikes. Much to the shock of the Scientists who were messing around with the lightsabers, a soldier who had moved instinctively to block the blade… Well… The Magnetic Fields surrounding the Slivian Iron Swordblade actually caused the plasma to begin reacting to it, surprisingly coating the entire blade within the energy of the lightsaber but only for a short time as the magnetic fields try to repel it off the metal.
After a few more tests with other Slivian Iron Weapons, it is then the scientists realize that the nickname of "Laser Swords" given to Lightsabers is highly inaccurate, they are blades of pure plasma, and plasma can be manipulated by magnetic fields. Not only that, a Lightsaber's heat ends up working in favor of the Slivian iron, magnifying the magnetic field and thus making it much more difficult for a Jedi to actually counter them. However, with this in mind, a few of the more inquisitive scientists decide to test out a theory and wrap copper wire to the base of one of these Slivian Iron Blades. The Result…? Well… a Normal Slivian Iron Sword could actually cut into a tree quite well… But adding the copper to the blade, a visible electrical current is generated along and through the blade. When used to cut, it cleaves right through the weapon. However… When that same experiment is used with Silver Wire instead… Let's just say that Silver being 7% more conductive creates a shockingly higher power output of 70%, increasing the cutting power sevenfold, but, shockingly, increases its unwieldiness to the same level. As it turns out, by increasing the amount of cutting power in a weapon, like a sword, the amount of kinetic energy needed in a swing to achieve the same results as it would have normally diminishes, meaning that much greater care and control is needed to be able to wield such a powerful weapon.
However, the scientists decide to give each version of the weapons different names, with the ones utilizing copper being named High Frequency Weapons, while those using silver were called Power Weapons, and, after studying the weapons more closely, something shocking is revealed. Both weapons utilizing the electrical fields to interact with the molecules of whatever they came into contact with, however, there was a difference between them. High frequency blades weakened the molecular bonds of whatever they came into contact with, allowing the blade to cut through them. Power Weapons, however, generated enough power that the molecular bonds were torn apart and pushed them apart, allowing the blade to sink into them and pass right through like a hot knife through butter. Due to this, Power Weapons become more unwieldy to use and require specialized training to master because of how easily they cut through things, so it is put to a vote that High-Frequency Weapons become used by the common soldiers while the Power weapons are used by the more specialized troops, like the Titan Pilots, Spartoi, and any others that come around.
When it comes to Iokath, the Exploratory forces find that the entire planet itself is, for the lack of a better term, a mechanical Forge World that was built right over the magnetic field of a small star. Not only that, the Exploratory Force actually found records of the previous civilization and how a group called the "Eternal Alliance" had destroyed all of the Superweapons the "planet's" native species had developed, but had created a collection of droids and ships that would work with them. Taking these designs back to Earth, the Clans would decide to utilize them, cautiously, and would recreate these droids in their image, creating specialized droids called the Warforged, "droids" that contain all of the best aspects of the ARIES, SCORPIO, and GEMINI Droids.
Despite their name, the Warforged's name and design were inspired but the fantasy robots of the same name from the Dungeons and Dragons Tabletop RPG, and they were given powerful AIs that were based on utilizing a secret creation technique that gave the Warforged a sense of humanity. The rest of the Warforged's design was classified, however, because the Warforged recognized the Terrans as their creators, and a few early members discovering the remnants of the Bible and Dante's Divine Comedy revealing that Nature is the Daughter of God, which included humans, and that Art or anything artificial that is created from Nature is considered the Grandchild of God, the Warforged sees the Terrans as the Warforged's collective "parents", so many of the Warforged come to worship Jehovah as their "Grandparent" for the lack of a better term.
Aside from this, the information on the blueprints and designs of the Eternal Fleet, especially the Gravestone Flagship. These designs are mind boggling in terms of complexity, but, with time, the Domain Believes that they can recreate them to their own tastes and fighting style. However, as this is going on, the battlefronts of the Terran Military becomes more and more intense as the Terran Navy slowly begins to make their way closer and closer to the Ssi-Ruu Homeworld, and, the races they come across and liberate from the Ssi-Ruu are actually quite… Interesting to say the least… The First among these races are those who call themselves the Hadozee, who, for the lack of a better term, look similar to human sized Chimpanzees with large skin membranes running from their wrists, down their sides, and attached at their ankles. With the aid of the Terrans, the Hadozee Resistance manages to slaughter every one of the Ssi-Ruu that have taken up the planet as their own, with the Echian Armada cutting off the Ssi-Ruu's path of escape.
Much to the surprise of the Terrans, the Hadozee are actually quite an advanced species of mechanical experts who were only captured and enslaved by the Ssi-Ruu because they were studying their Entechment technology, which distracted them long enough for an invasion force to actually get a foothold on their worlds and rapidly overwhelm them. With this, the Terrans could see how the Hadozee would definitely be useful, and would extend the offer to join the Dominion, providing their race with protection, and, in exchange, the Hadozee would help advance Terran civilization even further. This would actually get the Hadozee's attention and they would agree. As a bit of a test, the Hadozee would not only study the designs of their Titans, but would point out flaws in both the systems and the entire build, and would actually create simple but ingenious solutions to these complicated problems that would allow the titans to function much better and increase their capabilities by a factor of 10%.
The next race to be rescued by the Terrans were a group of Mantid-like aliens called the Thri-Kreen, in which these creatures were a Carnivorous Species, but, unlike one would expect, they were actually far more benevolent than one would expect. Because the Thri-Kreen existed as a primitive Hunter-Gatherer Society, with a greater emphasis of the Hunter aspect, the Thri-Kreen were taken by surprise by the Ssi-Ruu's technology and how they seemed to take to using them in their machines, which earned the their ire. Thus, when the Terrans arrived on their planet and systematically slaughtered the Ssi-Ruu, the Thri-Kreen gave their respect to the Terrans.
However, as the scholars spoke with the Thri-Kreen, something became abundantly clear, their primary philosophy was simple: Survival. Simply put, the Thri-Kreen simply viewed themselves and other beings in terms of the relationship between predator and prey. They saw themselves as noble hunters, and were wholly focused on survival and the basic needs of existence, a life in which the weak died and the strong survived. They were not cruel or evil if they had no need to be, but nor did they go out of their way to aid others if they did not have to. By instinct, they initially saw the Terrans as food first and as trading partners or allies second.
However, the Thri-Kreen had decided to reconsider that once they saw Terrans in battle and how much they could considerably overpower their race as a whole. However, the Terrans offered the Thri-Kreen a chance for revenge, and membership into the Imperium, which, in simple terms for the Thri-Kreen, the Dominion would protect their world, offer them their vengeance, and allow them to continue living, and, in exchange, they would allow the Terrans to harvest resources from the other planets within the Thri-Kreen's Space that mantids didn't need, and their world could be used as an evacuation point for Terran Refugees if the need arises. The Thri-Kreen would agree to this and thus they would create a Landmark together to signify this, as the Terrans would teach the Thri-Kreen the basic concepts surrounding Loyalty, Honor, and Devotion, concepts, though Alien to the Hunter-Gatherer Society, would have far-reaching consequences for the entire race as they would spread these ideals to the rest of their kin.
The next world the Dominion would liberate would be a Planet that carried a race of beings that called themselves the Aeldari. This race of beings, having grown complacent in their power and delved into a culture of Hedonism were, like the rest of them, attacked by the Ssi-Ruu by surprise. However, unlike the other species the Aeldari had been battling the Ssi-Ruu for well over a decade, and even though they had lost a lot of ground and many lives to the invaders, the Terrans were actually quite impressed with the Aeldari's prowess despite their relatively recent hedonistic lifestyle. However, that wasn't the only thing that impressed the Terrans…
The Aeldari appear very similar to the Terranss in their anatomy, although the comparison, as they found out, was only to be made on a superficial basis, for in their minds and souls the Aeldari are truly alien. The Aeldari stand taller than the average Human male, with longer, cleaner limbs and handsome, striking features to Human eyes. Their skin is pale and unblemished as polished marble, yet with a surprisingly supple strength hiding beneath it. Their keen ears are pointed and their slanted eyes possess a penetrating quality more akin to that of a hunting cat than a man.
However the biggest difference can be seen when the Aeldari move, for they each radiate an inhuman elegance and poise. This is especially evident in the sinuous grace with which they fight and the dexterity with which they field their weaponry. Every gesture is laden with subtle intent, and their reflexes are dazzlingly fast. A casual, languid gesture can end in a pinpoint thrust should the necessity arise.
However, despite this, their pride had been marred by the Ssi-Ruu, and the Aeldari's militaristic ships were mostly destroyed. However, that is when the Terran and Hadozee actually offer to help fix everything up and help make new vessels. This became the basis for the Aeldari, thanks to their numbers being dramatically reduced thanks to the invasion, for joining the Dominion. With the Dominion's support, they could begin rebuilding after the war was done.
The final two planets the Terrans would liberate during this time, as they would find out, would be the last two planets that had native inhabitants upon them. The first of these would be the planet of Gith, which belonged to the species of the same name. These were tall and emaciated-looking aliens. They had pale yellow skin, sometimes with greenish or brownish tones. Their skulls were long and angular, with deep-set eyes, flattened noses, and pointed, serrated ears, with hair colors that included black, red, russet, and sometimes gray.
However, aside from this, this race was Force Sensitive, and utilized a variant of the Force that could only be described as Magic. According to the information they received from the Zakuul Archives, Magic is an application of the Force that is far more esoteric in nature, but is no less potent. It allowed the user to access great powers from both the dark and light sides of the Force. Much like the Stage Magics of Earth, actual Force Magic primarily revolved around deception, illusion, and the manipulation of others or the environment. The Gith themselves considered Magic to be a living thing which arose from blood, trees, and mist and flowed through their veins as well, and thus must be respected just as any living thing should.
However, the Gith were not just gifted magic-users, but they were also talented warriors, who wore special armors of a strong silver alloy that was adorned with massive rubies. However, unlike the armors of the Aeldari, the Gith Armors were made of a mix of practical form and fashion. Also, as it turns out, silver and rubies were magic amplifiers, hence why the Gith placed such importance on it. However, after they were liberated, half of the Gith gained an interest in Teras Kasi, and started melding in magical practices with Teras Kasi usage. These Gith ended up forming a priestly/monk-like faction called the Zerai, while the more traditional Gith became the Yanki. Despite this divide, they still referred to themselves as Gith.
Once the Gith's Prince, Orpheus, was freed from an Entechment machine and his wounds healed, he would declare his people would join the Dominion, in which the Gith highly valued honor and duty. This would be sealed with a written pact as the Gith would join the Dominion, and would be given ships that would allow them to help spread out their forces in order to better find Ssi-Ruu colonies and drive then out of the systems they overtook.
However, an ironic twist would come to the Terrans as the very last race they would liberate from the Ssi-Ruu's occupation and enslavement would be something out of their deepest nightmares. The last world they would liberate was a world called Abeir, a world that was ruled by a race of, shockingly, Draconic beings! As the Terrans battled the Ssi-Ruu, the Clans of these beings would request a meeting with the Terrans, and, almost immediately, the Terran's hunting instincts would flare, but the beings professed they come in peace, revealing that, much like them, they had suffered under the Tyranny of the Dragons, despite being created by them. These humanoid dragons, both human sized and smaller, proclaimed they had sensed their coming in their visions, and had wanted to start talks peacefully.
Despite the protest of many of the Terran Soldiers, a Titan Pilot by the name of Onri Midoriya, man who had recently learned his son, Hisashi, had just been born, would suggest to the Leader of their Forces, Flotilla Captain Yaoyorozu, to hear them out, if things devolved into conflict, he would take all the blame for the operation going south.
This one request would lead to the Terrans actually setting aside their hatred towards the Dragons, for the Moment, and speaking to these beings. Much to the surprise, these dragon-like humanoid aliens actually do share an identical history to that of the Terrans and, despite their differences, they share one thing, a hatred for dragons and the dishonorable actions of the Ssi-Ruu. So, as a test run, the Terrans would deploy foot soldiers alongside these "Dragonborn" and "Kobolds" and, much to the shock of the Terrans, despite knowing the Terrans are instinctively driven to hate those like them, the Dragonborn and Kobolds work together with the Terrans with almost perfect synchronicity. The campaign on the Dragonborn's homeworld is the longest campaign that the Terrans feed in this entire War, as the Ssi-Ruu had enveloped the Armada and then, in a gesture of pure malignancy, announced they had monitored and followed the Terran's Hyperspace Beacons all the way to the Earth System, and, to prove they are superior, they were sending all of their most powerful legions to Earth.
The Terrans, now forced on the defensive, would barely manage to send a signal to Earth, before the Ssi-Ruu jumped into Hyperspace. The message would be received, but the timing of it would reveal that Earth had only Hours to prepare…
The Ssi'Ruuvi Invasion/Defense of Terra, 8pm October 2, 47DHE
The Kuiper Belt, over the many years of this long war, had been the outermost defensive wall of the Terra System, nothing but rock and frozen volatile, save for the Dwarf Planets, all of them having been made into mining operations, and then later Space Stations/Military Bases. 5 of these Dwarf Planets had been moved near the location where the Outer Terra Hyperspace Beacon was located, which would be where the Terrans would make their first stand, with the bases hidden inside of the Belt itself, holst using powerful shield generators to gently guide the rock and volatiles around the dwarf planets to hide them. Because they were mobile space stations, they didn't need to worry about being spotted at first sight. However, they would turn power down to an absolute minimum, allowing only for radar, comms, and life-support to be active so that, when the moment was right, they would ambush the Ssi-Ruu… However everyone knew this was only a stalling tactic, only meant to buy the Earth more time to prepare and call for help…
"Admiral! We got ships incoming!" One soldier shouts out!
"Is the Earth's Beacon down yet!?" Admiral Kahoku shouts.
"It's almost powered down!"
"How long!?"
"Sir! Ssi-Ruu forces will be here in-"
"10 seconds!" Both the engineer and the soldier shout out.
The Admiral takes a deep calming breath, looking as he makes his speech to everyone over the comms. "Alright everyone…We've prepared as best as we can…!"
"9!"
"We must hold the line to allow Mother Earth-"
"8!"
"-to send out a call for reinforcements!"
"7!"
"Show no mercy!"
"6!"
"Give no quarter!"
"5!"
"Kill them all!"
"4!"
"Let the Gods sort them out!"
"3!"
"This is-"
"2!"
"Operation:-"
"1!"
"Stormbreaker!"
"THEY'RE HERE!"
"SHUT DOWN COMPLETE!"
As soon as that was heard, the Sensors went haywire as, out of the darkness of space appeared well over 200 Ships, being composed of 30 Battle Cruisers, 50 Light Cruisers, 40 Planetary Assault Carriers, 80 Gunships, and many more Manufacturing Ships behind them. According to what intelligence the GSI could take from the Ssi-Ruuvi's information network, each Battle Cruiser carried a complement of around 500 Swarm Droids, each Light Cruiser Carried around200, and each Assault Carrier had around 300 Droids. This would place the estimated total Swarm Droids anywhere between 30,000 and 40,000…
The Ssi-Ruu are confused as they where sure they had plotted a course for Earth itself, but one of the Captains said that the Earth's Hyperspace Beacon had vanished off the map, meaning that either their own superior technology was suffering a malfunction, the Earth Beacon was down form maintenance… Or… The third alternative was never spoken as the creature was immediately strapped to an Entechment Rig. There was no way the Terrans could have sent a message, they had jammed all of their communications… Not only that… They hadn't sent a Force to intercept them. The Admiral ordered all fleets forward but to keep their eyes peeled, for there was no telling what dirty trick this lesser species was capable of…
The Ssi-Ruuvi Fleet slowly passes through the Kuiper Belt, the smaller ships dodge the debris and volatile while the much larger ships have to switch to particle shields to knock the debris out of the way. The Admiral, upon his Flagship, looks through the debris cautiously as the ships pass into the Belt, knowing they have to go through this the hard way thanks to the Beacon being down. However, that is when he notices something out of the corner of his eye, as a bit of light from Sol seems to make something shine…
Inside the base, the soldiers all wait for the Admiral to give them the word, in which he smirks. Aboard the Flagship of the Ssi-Ruu Fleet, a comm gets patched in. "Well well well… Looks like we have unwelcome guests!"
"You damn monkeys… Where are you hiding, you cowards!?" The Admiral says.
"Why would we need to hide when we're already here?" The Admiral asks. "You fail to realize that the Kuiper Belt is home not only to Asteroids and Volatiles, but also to Dwarf Planets as well… And you know us "pitiful monkeys", we can't help but want to sling our shit all over our territory!"
"Come out and die like the wretches you are!" The Ssi-Ruu Admiral calls out, getting enraged. "Face us in open combat and show the Galaxy what lower lifeforms you are!"
"The funny thing is…" Admiral Kahoku says, "If this were any other universe, you might have had a point there… Except we slaughtered the dragons that ruled our world for millions of years in little over 7,000… We have been kicking our own asses for 4,000… We hate every one of our enemies equally, and there is nobody alive that can comprehend the massive fuck-up you made by trying to fight us in our own turf!" That is when suddenly that brightness in the distance comes into view… 5 Microplanets… "In other words, you damned Dinosaurs… CHECK YOUR PRIVILEGE!"
"Admiral, we got fighters in bound! And those aren't Planets… Those are space stations!
"Damn you!" The Ssi-ruuvi Admiral shouts at Admiral Kahoku
"All cannons, fire at will!" Admiral Kahoku orders. "FOR THE DOMINIOOOON!"
"FOR THE DOMINION!" The soldiers call out as every fighter in the Kuiper Belt's Dwarf Planets of Haumea, Makemake, Orcus, Pluto, and Quaoar launched into the air and each battle station began opening fire. The Ssi-Ruuvi Fleet, not expecting such a sneak attack, immediately scrambles it's fighters into battle to start attacking. However, the Ssi-Ruu Admiral realizes that this multi-pronged sneak attack was only meant to be a delaying tactic, and snarls.
"ALL SHIPS, FULL SPEED AHEAD! I DESTROY EVERYTHING IN SIGHT!"
"But sir, we'll run out of power at that rate if we do that!" One of the soldiers shouts.
"It doesn't matter! The monkeys pulled a fast one, and we need to get out of here while we-"
"Sir!" One of the soldiers shouts, "I've hacked into the enemy's communications, if you can buy me some time, sir, I can activate the Beacon from here and we can jump!" The Ssi-Ruu soldiers look at their Admiral.
"GET ON IT SOLDIER!" The Admiral shouts, "ALL SHIPS, FIRE ALL WEAPONS AND BUY AS MUCH TIME AS YOU CAN!"
"SIR YES SIR!" The Ssi-Ruu soldiers shout.
"Admiral!" One of the soldiers shouts, "They've hacked into the network!"
"Perfect!" Admiral Kahoku says, "Everyone fire! While the enemy tries to hack into our comms to activate the Beacon, we're going to try and keep them busy! Even if they escape, make sure they limp when they do so! Lieutenant, send a message to Earth! Tell them that the Trap is sprung!"
"Sir!"
The fighting that happens is intense as the ships Gunships have to turn around and fly back to aid the bigger ships and begin firing down upon the Dwarf Planets to deal damage to the space stations, or at least what appear to be space stations, on the surface. These, in truth, are nothing more than decoys, meant to draw the enemy's attention and keep them busy. For what feels like several long agonizing minutes for the Ssi-Ruu, though their droids take out many fighters, and the Ssi-Ruu soldiers fire their turbolasers, causing severe damage on the surfaces of the dwarf planets, the terran forces just keep attacking and fighting. The Ssi-Ruuvi ships are taking serious hits, nothing they can't recover from, but they are rocking the ships a lot, making things even more hectic, especially as a certain soldier keeps working.
"ADMIRAL!" The Soldier on the computer shouts. "I NEED TEN MORE SECONDS, THEN WE CAN MAKE THE JUMP!"
"THEN GET ON IT SOLDIER!" The Admiral shouts, and looks at the dwarf planets. "FIRE ALL TRACTOR BEAMS! FORCE THE DWARF PLANETS INTO EACH OTHER!"
"But sir! That will-!"
"WE'RE OUT OF OPTIONS!" The Admiral calls out, "We'll make their homeworld pay for what they've cost us today!" The soldiers all nod and focus all of their tractor beams on each of the dwarf planets, which, inside said planets, the bases shake violently as everyone now realizes what they are doing. All the soldiers in the military outposts know they are going to die…"
"Sir! Incoming Message from Terra! They're ready!" One of the lieutenants calls out.
"Alright then! Everyone, we don't have enough time to evacuate… But… It has been an honor serving with you! Let's make these last moments something these damn raptors will remember before our brothers and sisters on Mother Earth have their way with them!" Admiral Kahoku calls out, in which every soldier sends their final messages back to Earth before they get back to fighting. "FOR THE DOMINION!"
"FOR THE DOMINION!" The Soldiers shout as the tractor beams are fired and the dwarf planets are pulled together, quickly and violently, but the Terrans do not stop firing until every last life is snuffed out. On each of these Dwarf Planets housed around 260,000 military personnel, which had only been 1/5th of the entire population within these places. Those who could not fight were all evacuated to Earth… So, in total, somewhere around 1.3 Million Souls were lost in this one battle, and all the Earth had to show for it was draining nearly all of the Entechment Energy for the Ssi-Ruu's fleet. However… The soldiers here knew they price they would pay… They knew they were merely a distraction to allow Earth to prepare it's defenses… This battle lasted minutes, but the blow to the Ssi-Ruu's morale was great, as now the invaders would become desperate…
However, as the messages flooded in from the destroyed dwarf planets… The Terrans, almost all of them being Force Sensitive to some degree, thanks to either possessing the Power of the Void, or being part Miraluka… They felt a great disturbance in the Force itself, as if millions of souls cried out, not in terror, but in defiance…
REX! REX TREMENDAE MAJESTATIS!
QUI SALVANDOS SAVAS GRATIS!
SALVA ME, FONS PIETATIS!
(THE KING! THE KING OF TERRIBLE MAJESTY!
WHO FREELY SAVES THE REDEEMED!
SAVE ME, O FOUNTAIN OF KINDNESS!)
Then they were suddenly silenced… They instinctively knew something terrible had happened… And this galvanized the hate and rage inside those affected, while those who were directly linked to those that died on the Dwarf Planets were filled with sorrow.
For the Ssi-Ruu, their ships appeared out of Hyperspace, in which many of them are breathing sighs of relief, or are panting in exhaustion while the computers and electrical components are shooting off sparks. "Admiral! Reports across the fleet! Entechment Energy is down to 10% across all ships… We're almost out of power!" One of the soldiers says.
"10%?" The Admiral says, "Tch… Better than I feared, I would've that we'd been drained to 5%..." The crew looked at the Admiral, but any percentage better than his projection was good news at least. "Have the fleet do quick repairs while preparing the ships for landing! We're going to hit those planets hardest where their cities are biggest!"
"Sir, won't they be expecting that?" One of the Captains asks over comms.
"Maybe, but we're low on power and we need to teach these vile monkeys a lesson!" The Admiral says, angry. The Crew nods as they get to work on quick repairs as they prepare for their invasion, to teach these filthy monkeys just who it is they have just made a mockery of.
Within a few hours, the Earth is deep into it's night cycle, and the Ssi-Ruu begin bombarding the cities of Earth with the Gunships using Paralysis Cannisters as landing craft descend to the ground and release the ground units… However… In Germany, where a good fraction of the ships land, the Ssi-Ruu hoped to see people out in the streets, or those trying to flee the contagion within the canisters… Something wasn't right… That is when suddenly the Ssi-Ruu see one of their gunships being shot down, and it crashes nearby as the Ssi-Ruu and they hear breathing nearby, heavy mechanical breathing as out of the mist are what appear to be… Terran Soldiers dressed in military uniforms, wearing some sort of terrifying masks that walk out of the alleys and streets, wielding rifles in their hands. "How is this possible!?"
"You didn't think we wouldn't see this coming?" One soldier, a Captain, asks with a heavy German accent, "I'm ashamed to admit it, but my ancestors used gas to slaughter millions…" He then opens his arms, "All of us here are of Nazi descent… And now…" He aimed his pistol at the Ssi-Ruu officers, "It's time for us to redeem ourselves of those sins! AAANGRIIIIIIIIFF!" That is when a deep roar is heard from a soldier wielding a rifle in the distance, the bullet ripping through one Ssi-Ruu's eye and piercing the skull of another, in which these men charge forward recklessly, their hearts ablaze with the thought of being redeemed for the sins of their ancestor's sins against a people who did nothing to deserve the painful and terrible deaths they had endured. "DEATH KORPS! WHAT IS YOUR DUTY!?"
"TO SERVE THE DOMINION'S WILL!"
"WHAT IS THE DOMINION'S WILL!?"
"THAT WE FIGHT AND DIE IN HER DEFENSE!"
"WHAT IS DEATH!?"
"IT IS OUR DUTY!" The Soldiers shout as they charge forward, firing their weapons at the Ssi-Ruu, who attempt to board their ships, only for the Death Korps to charge in and begin brutally attacking the Ssi-Ruu, destroying the engines to their ships.
"What the hell is taking them so long?" The Admiral asks, "The First shipment of Entechment slaves should've-"
"Admiral, you better see this!" One of the soldiers shouts, watching from a screen, and the Admiral looks, only to shout in rage… The Terrans had protection against their Paralysis Agents. Little known fact about the Goliath Battlizers… They are not only Power Armors, but they are also enviro-suits that protect those who wear them from things such as agents, but as the suit started spreading amongst the military, each of the clans and their territories began developing their own variants that best suited the Cultures of the Past, at least what remained of them.
So the Ssi-Ruu Forces were now being assaulted on the ground when they thought they had the advantage, and now all of the Landing Ships are on the ground and being dismantled by the Terrans. "Hello!" A Terran Soldier says over the Comms.
"This was your plan all along!?"
"Absolutely… You see, we do admit that you caught us off guard with your bait and switch, causing us to become so tilted in annihilating you that we didn't think you'd actually try to pull a fast one on us." The Soldier says, smirking, "Fairly smart… But it would've worked had you not been so bold as to announce your plan as you were finished setting it up…" The alien snarls at him.
"HOW DID YOU MANAGE TO WARN YOUR HOMEWORLD!"
"Simple… IR Communications…"
"That primitive technology!?"
"That's the thing about more primitive technologies, they often get overlooked… If it's overlooked, the Terrans exploit it…" The Soldier says. "By the way, I'm Master Chief Petty Officer John Aag of the Kthonian Guard. So good luck trying to pull yourselves out of this one… Cortana… Cut this call… I need a weapon!" The Raptor roars in anger as suddenly alarms go off.
"WHAT NOW!?"
"SIR, MULTIPLE SHIPS INBOUND!" One of the soldiers shouts.
"Terran!?"
"No! They're… No… That's impossible!" The soldier says, "They're from all the slaves the Terrans freed!"
"NO!" The Admiral shouts, looking out the window as ships from all across the worlds that the Terrans had fought so hard to liberate come to the Defense of Terra… Not only that, it appears the other Fleets of Earth appear out of Hyperspace and the Admiral growls as he tells his ship to open fire, informing them that they will die for the Imperium rather than be captured.
"Your "Imperium" is being dismantled as we speak…" A Voice calls over the line, revealing it to be Onri Midoriya, who is smiling as he lies on his back while facing the Admiral.
"WHO ARE YOU!?"
"Lieutenant Onri Midoriya… And… Well…" He turns his camera to the carnage that is being shown and the Admiral falls to his knees in shock as all of the Ssi-Ruu look to see their entire planet burning, and then the feed switches to reveal the races they had enslaved are all rebelling, even the P'w'ecks, had turned against them, joining in the slaughter of their race. To this, Onri turns the camera back to himself, "You brought this on yourself… So now you're paying the consequences for your sins…"
"DAMN YOU, YOU FILTHY, SHIT-SLINGING, MONKEY!" The Admiral calls out.
"Feh… I got nothing else to say other than that you will die in the space above Terra, and your souls will know no rest because of what you've done… So enjoy your eternity wandering the stars… Sayonara!" Onri says as he cuts communications, and all the fleets open fire on the Ssi-Ruuvi Fleet, decimating all those on board. It was not a glorious battle, in fact, it was nothing more than a one-sided slaughter. It is just as the Master Chief had said, the Ssi-Ruu had been so arrogant and cocksure of their plans that they had announced it just before they jumped into Hyperspace, thus giving Earth time to prepare a sizable strategy to delay and counter them. Honestly, how arrogant could one get?
October 3rd 47 DHE
A Great Celebration is held on Earth as everyone celebrates the victory over the Ssi-Ruu, in which all the races celebrate as they march in a parade through the streets as the Leaders of the Chiss, Miraluka, Angrallians, Paccosh, Scofti, Garwains, Thri-Kreen, Hadozee, Gith, Draconians, and, surprisingly, Rakatans, all walk with those joining the Parade as it is broadcast to all the planets that were liberated to all the planets within the Unknown Regions, and each planet is celebrating in their own way as each of the Leaders dismount their ceremonial land vehicles and slowly approach the Clan Leaders and the Dominus, who stands at the center of the clan leaders, holding a symbolic torch with a smile, the old torch used for the Olympics, in which a great effigy in the shape of a dragon is stands at the top of the stairs. The leaders of each race are given their own torch as the Dominus walks to them and lights all the Torches at once. The music that plays intensifies as all of the leaders of the different races surround the effigy and set it ablaze. All of them shout one word in their native languages, but they all meant one thing: Peace. With the burning of the effigy, everyone celebrates and cheers loudly as everyone begins to see the Terran Dominion and Chiss Ascendancy officially becoming allies in the eyes of the races of the Unknown Regions.
What happens after that… Is a Story for another Day…