47 - 32 BBY
47 BBY
Xet was returning to Dathomir on his ship when shadows began to move by themselves on the corner of his eye. Pandora had proven herself to be as an new adequate replacement representative for the Mandalorian Sector of Jedi Galactic space.
The current situation on Dathomir was one of prosperity it seemed to have a style and the citizens were thriving under his new reforms. It was a defensive base of operations that didn't plan on stopping stockpiling Ship's, Droid's, food and medicine. Also Dathomir's Moon Base was also up and running getting stockpiled up with defenses and equipment of it's own. The Moon's force's didn't waist time building up it's own Spacecraft Bay that was unfortunately still under development. This unfortunately didn't include any of the other Planet's within the Mandalorian Sector that Xet had a great interest in developing over time.
As was mentioned previously Pandora was the one that replaced him as representative in the Republic Senate, Which made the Jedi Council overjoyed that it would free up a fine Master until Pandora could fully train up with or choose her own Padawan then he could take the position. Eventually opening up Dathomir to want to join the Republic Senate in their mind. It was an adequate position for the newly promoted Jedi Knight such as Pandora to take his place now that he was fully able to be on his own.
It was about time she served as his replacement in service to the reclusive Dathomir. It would free up his time in the wide scale planning fourteen year's was a long time to play around with his Kingdom before Sheev Palpatine began to blight every Star System as the next Supreme Chancellor of the Senate if he ever got that far. So Xet or Feaon as he is called to the people of Middle Earth was the current Shadow Monarch over Dathomir not that anyone outside of Middle Earth knew him as a Jedi. Besides those in Middle Earth anyone actually in the know on Mandalore like Jango had a very high opinion of him. He owned a very small piece of territory that was very close to the Dwarves that moved into Moria.
Whatever had happened to this place it was a sustainable peace between Dathomir Mandalore and those on Middle Earth. Trade between all three was still going strong and food was almost always readily available for trade. He thanked the Night Mother's he brainwashed that worked tirelessly to run trade with the Hutt's and Dathomir. He had left for Ten Year's before picking up the chosen one and left her and Pandora in the Temple.
Now that Xet had been promoted to a fully recognized Master the duty a Master would need to fulfill was far more lax but could also be considered more dangerous compared to a Jedi Knight. More often than not simply mentioning that the force required him to do something or go someplace would be a good enough excuse to leave the Temple for month's at a time without bringing up suspicion. The Galaxy was a large place but the order is currently the largest it's ever been and the current group of younglings was the cream of the crop it also helped that Dathomir was producing some of the finest Jedi in the world. It also included the chosen one he had found and summited Anakiln the young girl was safe while her mother lived a very safe life here on Dathomir.
He had lived for over fourty year's by now he was sure, he was twelve years old when he became an apprentice, his master trained him for ten year's, after that he landed on Dathomir and built up his forces. He built City's upon this underdeveloped Planet and faught alongside True Mandalorian's during the Battle of Galadran. He brought Maul to the temple when he was four then waited four extra year's for Ventress to be born then sent her to the temple when she was three year's old. He took ten year's to train his own Padawan so that would push him past fourty so he was Old and experienced in Jedi Tradition but Xet allowed himself to return to Dathomir his personal base in order to practice lesser known or trusted Jedi Techniques that were greatly frowned upon the Council. Sometimes the Council wold call him to do a favor on another world or support a fellow Jedi Master in the Star System but they knew he preferred to stay alone and hopefully mediate upon the force. He did not care for staunch Jedi Tradition but still accepted these Quests more than often resulting in successful missions. His training was as complete any True Jedi in the Republic Era so he was Knowledgeable in the Force. That knowledge he sought only being stopped by Knowledge that was highly sensitive like never to be written techniques passed down or only known to the Council of Jedi Master's. Everything else that could be copied Ordis the AI Ghost living within his Armor copied into his memory for the future.
Holocrons in the Archives would be copied left and right. Shelves of Holocrons containing sensitive information were Opened, Scanned and copied down by Ordis. Invaluable Map data sensitive information regarding client's Information, Old Jedi Temple Ruins, Techniques that would never see the light of day because they seemed Sith like.
He didn't have a use for any of this knowledge but everything he got was useful to have in the palm of his hand. After being organized by the AI. Information began to be cross referenced and what mistakes there were became categorized contradictory information highlighted and noted. So he required information on even Planet Ecosystems and study's made by other masters. Building a strong flight database would be paramount to gaining full governing power over the entire Galaxy, nothing was useless he had plenty to think on with the New God's of Middle Earth wanting for some time to stick their nose inside and meet him he was a very busy person. They were probably going to want something from him or better yet get a closer look at the whole different world. He didn't have any plan's to Jump ship elsewhere yet since he had put in a lot of effort in to leave it all behind. He also did not want to be stepping on the toes of any God or main protagonist in the future. Plot Armor was the bane of someone like him crossing dimensions that had Kratos, Master Chef, Harry Potter, or even Link. He was just bad portal away to being being on the bad side of a prophecy that involved him dying. In other news he was playing by an entirely new set of rules, not only did he want to secure his prosperity he wanted to do it in a way that benefited his want of peaceful growth.
Feaon had decided to check on the situations of the free people of Middle Earth before he began dealing with them economically. His visit to the Elves had been less heartfelt than before because they were able to sense the dark presence of Sauron on him. "Feaon trying to gain favor or at least forgiveness told those gathered around about his mistake of looking too deeply in the Palantir. Galadriel, Celeborn, Elessar, Legolas, Gandalf, Frodo, Samwise Gamgee and later Lord Elrond of Rivendell had in horror listened to the story about how he was almost possessed by Sauron. How Eru Iluvatar the great God combined the two into his immortal champion. Immortal Champion was stretching the tale pretty thin but he was sure he could get the favor of the god of this world at least should he ever open a portal again.
The Fellowship had long since split and the plan they had for destroying the Ring was put on hold thanks to the intervention of the God Eru. Boromir returned to Gondor alive and well now that the quest he was summoned for on Middle Earth was over. Merry Brandybuck and Pippin Took were somewhere probably smoking Elvish pipe while Frodo was a part of this conversation.
Gimli the Son of Gloin was gathering his lost people to restore the Mines of Moria as a far better home. Their final stronghold was called the Lonely Mountain a place that had been getting sieged on by Sauron's Ork's before his fall and before his Xenomorph Army had dominated that particular Landmass and covering up the entire continent. Dwarf's now greater in number than they would have been would be receiving plenty of his help rebuilding and resettling in Moria from Faeon.
Lembus Moonshine was a great way of removing whatever foulness Sauron had stunk upon him. He had already received a beating from Gandalf's a few times for doing something as incredibly stupid as looking into a Palantir. His daily Nightmares didn't help him either the Elves with wisdom didn't seemed to pleased and would discuss such a matter amongst themselves but for now he was banished from their lands. Frodo and Sam were at least happy that Sauron and the Ring were at least contained in better hand's.
Xet returned to his fantasy castle the only place he felt content now that he had the time to do so Lembus Moonshine in hand he drunk until the bottle ran dry. It began to clear away the foul memory's he now had to deal with the very clear offensive darkness of what Sauron did to become who he was.
"One pipe to smoke it all, One herb to lighten the mind,
One lighter to bring it all and in the kushness bind them" Feaon was quoting the words of Isildur while finally trying the most delectable herb to be smoked straight out of the Shire. Long bottom Leaf the finest Pipe Weed from South Farthing. He would begin to think upon his plan's for the future all while enjoying the fruit's of his labor.
In 33 BBY Sifo Dyas will be thrown out of the Jedi Council for sharing his force visions of a massive deadly war and condemned as a war monger. Indirectly causing the war to be set in motion he would've requested blood from the current Mandalore Jango Fett to produce a Clone Army. Jango would have received a commission had Xet failed to support him during the Battle of Galadran back in 44 BBY. Sifo would then be assassinated by the Pyke Syndicate or Spice Smugglers under the sponsorship of Darth Tyranus but only after commissioning Kamino cloners to make over two million clone trooper's using Mandalorian Genetics Inadvertently setting everything in motion. Those clones would then be taken by Sidious and the Sith Lord's they planned to take over development of the entire clone army by erasing Kamino from the Jedi Databases.
So Kamino would be a prime way to write off Sidious as a threat those Clones would be a hassle to fight off especially when he could nip this problem in the butt far earlier than expected.
The Clone Army could probably already be in the hand's of the maniacal Sith Lord while Feaon had to grow his Army's the old fashioned way through Xenomorphic Takeover.
In 32 BBY
The Trade Federation blockade will occur In 32 BBY so he had year's to prepare if everything still went down the same way as the movies. The Federation under Palpatine's suggestion would begin occupation right outside of Naboo's space.
Feaon thought to do nothing even as the Shadow Leader of the Mandalorian System. He was slowly gaining control over all planet's in that Sector to have anything planned in advance. Not to mention the stigma associated with Mandalore having built up a sizable number of military personnel over a small period of time. The gratitude of Naboo's people could be equally valuable but it could have a negative impact toward everyone that would feel threatened by the move and could lead to direct war with the Trade Federation and others not Palpatine still could work this in his favor if he notices Mandalore act out against his plan's not to mention getting Palpatine's ire within the Senate.
Xet could try and curry favor with the most peaceful planet in the Galaxy Naboo. That wasn't an option considering how Palpatine would ruin any form of relationship they could have just by being associated with Naboo. Assasination, Leaked Documentation, Blackmail, Palpatine wasn't above using any and all resources to destroy his enemy's.
His goal's went beyond even that he would aquire Nabooian resources, create a Galactic war and Assassinate every Jedi. If he should amass power now well he was certain he would have to assassinate the Sith before the worst came to pass.
Palpatine is a wildcard trying to play all sides like a manipulator. The Trade Federation's would soon start tearing through people with basic Battle Droid's beginning a blockade on Naboo. Naboo is currently the planet Palpatine was representing it is also his own homeland that would sell away to the Trade Federation. So everything he did was all nothing but a ploy set in motion all in order for that man to become the next Chancellor. By framing his best friend the current Chancellor Finis Valorum with a vote of no confidence. The current situation required Palpatine to betray his close friendship with Finis Valorum, his own homeland's intrest and even the Trade Federation after the fact.
His plan's had the possibly destroy the Amidala Royal Family line but he was in the process of securing the Supreme Chancellor seat. Feaon was no Hero and he had no obligation to help the planet Naboo. They were literally Star system's apart from another so it would make no sense to help them. They were simply a single planet in the galaxy that was suffering but he wantedto save everything eventually.
Feaon was a small droplet of change that enjoyed watching everything play out by itself but sometimes fate needed him to change an event in order to save himself. Palpatine would act erratic now that he was cut off of all Night Sister Tribe's without a steady source of information. His own early recruitment of Maul or Ventress could have already tipped him off since he had been requesting to meet him. Maul would have been recruited when he was older like eight or fifteen Xet truly didn't know where else Sidious could be looking for apprentices and such knowledge could easily be taken from the Archives by Dooku.
Xet was just content to watch from the sidelines inside his Defensive Castle built to withstand the greatest of offensive sieges. As for how well it will withstand a Death Star, it probably wouldn't. Dathomir was currently pumping out the forces necessary should such an attack occur. Currently the Death Star was being built through he didn know where it was being built should he just look it up the information now than take it over.
The Elves and Dwarves were currently in the beginning stages of learning whatever it means to cross between Star System's. Xet also distanced himself from interacting with the Elves since he came forward with being possessed by Sauron by their one true Creator himself. Though he did have a hand in making sure Dwarf's and Hobbit's could secure a better future. Trade in the future will be profitable for his empire. Hobbit's were very sturdy and could build a cozy nest for themselves and secure strong communities on difficult soil so long as they were taught how and could trade. Hobbit's didn't want anything to do with exploring the stars well one or two might. Dwarf's sought enjoyment but the only thing that brought said enjoyment was occupying a fortified stronghold with drink. They were very hardworking men and women and have been capable of securing their own food and Mountain water drinking water underground for generations. They were experts at surviving under siege for year's they kept themselves in tight knit communities and toiled away working under Mountains.
It didn't take a genius to see they had a nose as some of the greatest Smiths, Inventors and Creators. The Dwarf's Gimli managed to repopulate Moria all looked like men but he wasn't one to judge how they were going to repopulate themselves. Apparently Gimli mentioned how the women could grow their own beard's but the only thing Xet cared about was securing a trade route form Moria to Bree, they would make a passage way around the Forest close to Rivendell the Golden home of Elves but it would should also be close enough should they head West of the Mountains but it was the Shire that would be profitable to make a pathway for trade. Any human settlement's like Gondor of whatever men were far toward the east were uninteresting to the Man with the One Ring. His plan's involved expanding on the Galactic Scale with mythical creatures for now.
Instigating a war with the Trade Federation would take some numbers. Xet could go in solo or even bring a Death Squad of highly trained Mandalorian's and bounty hunters. There was an unreliable possibility that placing a bounty on any Trade Federation Shipments could work out on any leaving the Nabooian System. Anyway like he mentioned Naboo was in a completely different and far away Sector of space for him to intervene much. Smugglers could be an excellent option to send out for those fighting to survive on the planet Naboo. The peaceful planet filled with pacifists weren't a threat but they may see plentyof war in the future. It might be the best choice to help out in such way's during the Blockade.
News would spread about what he had done Chancellor Palpatine might even still take office as chancellor in a completely different way. Naboo's only way out after the Trade Federation completely taken whatever they wanted was for them to force Princess Amidala to sign away everything lost in order to settle peacefully.
Should he show up on Naboo to save the day for Princess Amidala, wait until they reach Tatooine for them to have no way off of that planet as just a helpful Jedi introducing himself to the Queen. Should he wait until after Amidala had a chance to talk with the Senate or should he alliance with Padme allowing her to receive Gungan and Mandalore Support and blow the Blockade Apart gaining favor from Naboo.
Whatever Palpatine would do in response might be completely unexpected but so long as he didn't notice Dathomir. Because Xet had plan's to build an enormous economic system far larger than the Republic. He wanted control of the Death Star fat earlier than planned. Xet also wanted to kill the Sithand to build a shadow government large enough to not have to worry. He didn't want to get involved with the general population he just wanted to play bystander just like the Hutt's. He wanted control over the Hutt's space and he wanted to make the law's to take control over enough planet's and grow in power over the Galaxy. Palpatine would definitely try to destroy or corrupt every major player on the board when he set his plans into motion.
"Now the hell have you been doing lurking around in the transport vents Smeagol" Feaon forced pulled the vent open that Smeagol was using to hide.
"Nooo, please don't hurt us master of the Precious, we promise we has come to serve" he screamed when he was being pulled out. Squirming and flopping around and pulling on the metal.
"Why in the world would I want something like you serving me, plotting to yourself on how to kill me and take my Ring" Feaon was currently dragging the Hobbit back into the Middle Earth.
Smeagol would have ended differently but he was forced to let him go when he spotted who was waiting fo him on the other side. "What an honor it is to have such esteemed guests here today I would have prepared something if only I've known you all were visiting today" Feaon said. In front of him where the Valar ten of them in total.
"We must talk in your palace if possible" Eru asked watching Smeagol skitter away on all four into another vent after Feaon let him leave. "We have come seeking to use your power for everyone's benefit, we are asking you to repair the tree's of the Valar and not only that but be the vessel that seals away Morgoth away forever" Eru being followed by his children finished asking.
"What more do you want from me Eru was cursing me once not enough already for you?" Feaon asked sarcastically.
"Watch your tounge around me and my Kin Feaon my children are my creations and unlike other god's I am known to smite my heretics so careful what you say. Be thankful that I have decided to postpone the great Silmarillion since the magic inside of you has changed everything. As we can see now even Morgoth's evil does not have an effect on you as you can see with Sauron Morgoth would have been defeated in the end but your body is the perfect vessel to contain his evil. Your body was made by something or someone higher than me it is something which not even I can recreate it is even able to contain all of Sauron's wickedness and evil. Our original plan was to destroy Sauron by throwing the Ring into Mt. Doom and with him gone his Master would be alone in the final battle though you have came and strengthened our domains and returned the balance that was disrupted. This force we have studied it as it has seeped in our side of the Gateway and while not sentient does try to balance everything it comes in contact with like good and evil.
Our Domains have been steadily growing off the power of this Force as you Jedi have taken to calling it turning into our own. It is an amalgamation of power that began entering over on both sides of the Portal. When you have left such a portal open much it began seeping into our domains and power. Some parts we sensed in the Galaxy are particularly valuable these gathering points are visible to us, where potent amounts of force and souls gather though we cannot collect it from here if you wish to grant us escorts it is available for capture. Our afterlife is even being filled with souls of aliens and new wildlife Mandos our keeper of the dead has had the time to Judge them otherwise they would have simply disappeared back into this Force. Soon enough Middle Earth may just seem like our birthplace but many God's want to begin expanding into the wider Galaxy. Middle Earth feels a bit cramped but in other word's we wish to expand and spread our religion and have the mortals worship us. The Force isn't living but it exists as a reincarnation cycle already the power that is coursing through us has become strengthened enough to sever Sauron from his power forever" Eru was interrupted.
"What foul type of curse have you placed upon me" Sauron Shouted betrayed at listening in.
"Silence Ghost I can still feel you trying to corrupt him, though both of you have been far enough away from Morgoth's influence for so long that Feaon has had the time to properly control your powers for himself. The Aesir have also grown in power so you have served your purpose and will be destroyed just like a stepping stone in a far larger game Morgoth's power will not save you any longer now. Instead of being reformed elsewhere after being destroyed you'll be purified then destroyed" Eru explained"
"You cannot destroy me I will return to kill you all" Sauron wrath was present.
"Now disappear" A bright flash of light escaped from Eru into Feaon and Sauron the ghost had vanished forever but not his power's his power's were left behind and the One Ring no longer had a Master but was left with Feaon.
"Yes without without making this situation more complex than it already is Sauron has been absorbed, imprisoned or flushed from your body like a bad flu. Congratulations you are alone in your body once again Feaon he will not return to torment you since his voice is no longer in inside your head. Though as a forewarning our future plans still involve allowing you to absorb Morgoth just as Sauron has been. You can take his place as one of us Valar as the Valar of destruction only if you find yourself and under no influence or evil instinct in the future. Just a thought for the future besides that we finally have a plan to improve all of our domains and set our goals into motion. But I am truly sorry you had to experience that for year's but I can sense you are relieved and stop trying to act like you weren't serching for a way to grow your power further. Morgoth's taint had been heavy upon Sauron's soul though our original plan had been to destroy him. It would have hastened the magic in the world dying but then I had to intervene when you got caught by him. Your army of Xenomorph's would have won Sauron the war Morgoth would have been freed eventually and you would have stayed a puppet while Morgoth grew in strength. Binding the two of you was the final option I had left that didn't destroy ether of you. Such a thing could only take time and power to do such a thing I only did so now since my children shared some of their powers with me" Iluvatar finished speaking.
I feel like you also cured me of my alcoholism, I can feel that I no longer have an insatiable desire to drink, you cured me it's finally gone he is finally gone" Feaon happily asked.
"Sauron never stopped trying to influence you and neither did I cure you of your Alcoholism it kept you from the evil although you might feel slightly better than you had now. All I will say is that once we felt the living force our horizons have truly expanded.
Morgoth was created along side his other siblings but my creations were unknown to me. Destruction has it's purpose within the world and allmy children were innocent but Morgoth fought against his own siblings. I had foolishly thought he couldn't control himself but it was true that he wanted to destroy everything. At the time I had left the Valar my children to work it out amongst themselves. Morgoth Is a piece of me the part that is capable of destruction he took from me all this evil knowledge and he was capable of building terrible thing's like plague and sickness while my other children built life and beauty. The darkness of the world was Morgoth's domain and darkness and other foul creatures existed long before the world was made. He was linked to darkness, death, to the monsters and destruction he made sure such a thing wouldn't happen to him so simply. I have already spoken to the Elves that I would have purged Sauron from your body before coming here Feaon the side effect of having bad dreams is also over now too.
You've only been consolidating your own power here which is fine I allowed it your freedom in manipulating Galaxy into your favor would bring it into our favor but now I will be assigning you mission's for some time. At least until the problem that is Morgoth is settled" Eru explained.
"I have Quest's for you to finish, Quest's that you'll receive appropriate rewards for I know you in and out. The first quest for you currently we are lacking in Nature. Your Galaxy is vast but most of the Planet's are empty and while the God's can create a vast amount of nature nurturing it requires power such of wich we cannot expend. The human woman known as Elizabeth Sobeck was the lead Alpha in creating Gaia her research would allow you to create life on many preexisting exo planet's without expending resources.
As you are well aware Gaia is capable of building machine's and balancing entire ecosystems to support life. This tiny detail could make Erratic Planet's, Desert Planet's, Uninhabitable Planet's habitable for many types of species and plant's. The base form of Gaia isn't what we need Gaia must be able to Catalogue new types of Species that may be encountered out in the wild.
You are tasked with bringing an Elisabeth Sobeck and adding her to your team. She was the spearhead of Project Gaia it's creator and would go on to sacrifice herself in the end. It might also motivates you that she is a woman that spent her entire life a virgin. I have cataloged all your memories and she is an excellent addition to your team.
Capture the most recent copy of GAIA do this and strengthen our domains and I will see that I reward you properly. Also Freaon before you leave those Ringwraith's that were bound to Sauron have been released from their torment. In other word's they are worthless your going to have to forge another ring for your apprentice Pandora and anyone else you might've made one for they all have simply crumbled to ash and their spirits have been set free, so I suggest you make new one's now that you have the know how as a Ring Smith" Eru laughed while leaving with his family.
Feaon looked in the game's shop and saw the options he was willing to buy.
Pre Horizon Zero Dawn - Extinction for Humanity is near will you be humanity's savior or will you only come for sight seeing. Ted Faro has already accidentally released the robot plague into the world.
Horizon Zero Dawn - Aloy has been born just recently so how will you play this out knowing that. Will you raise her as your own daughter and fight against Hades.
Forbidden West - Aloy searches for a way to restore Gaia to her full capabilities in the Forbidden West. She is fully grown an expert Bow woman and has even defeated Hades on her own.
Feaon was alone at last but he was given two objectives. First he needed to capture a modern copy of Gaia and he needed the original intelligent Elisabeth Sobeck. Feaon decided that he was only going to go in and save Elizabeth and didn't need the rest of her team. Capturing Gaia would come afterhe had a chance to sway Elizabeth to his side.
He bought a portal that from his shop that could open and close or completely reset anytime he wanted. He placed the portal underground in a heavily guarded area under lock and key and surrounded by thick unbreakable walls. He really didn't want an army of killer Robot's at his doorstepwanting to consume everything so he closed the portal on his way inside.
He would have to search around for a while until he found her. When Faeon entered inside nothing seemed out of place the atmosphere was still intact, people walked around like normal talking to the air. The technology here was different but it was still abundant people walked without care or knowledge about what was to come. He probably had month's before the initial machine's start consuming everything or even got noticed.
He set Ordis into scan mode he was in a completely different dimension and everything Technology included evolved down a completely different path. He was just a man that had lived as a Monk for half his life and the other half of his life was lived in a Medieval World. This civilization still hadn't perfected Spaceflight but they would be capable of it less than a few year's. The Technology Sector was booming he had just passed by a Fero Automated Solutions or FAS for short. A store was selling the newest model of Focus.Tiny little machine's that acted like phone's in his old world that would attach to the side of a face. This was something he could bring back to Mandalore to get rid of archaic machine's.
He didn't own one but he did notice many people just talking to the air. It was likely that they were in a conversation with somebody else. A focus was possibly the most important piece of technology these people owned and it was a database of free information for Ordis to consume. But how should he go about acquiring one and he would also need a military grade model if he really wanted a good one. Dr. Elizabeth Sobeck might have a top of the line model on her when he went to pick her up.
Feaon was having a splendid time just sitting around doing nothing but reading up on literature at his own pace and enjoying Icecream. He had fifteen month's of wait time and he wanted to be prepared in taking what he wanted in advance. It also appeared that he didn't need a focus he asked Ordis to work as a substitute Focus and he was able to connect to networks that were storing information. Though it would still be helpful for others in his country to own one. He wanted to know if Ordis could compete with other AI on this planet and began hacking through every database silently.
Miriam Technology's was a rival company to FAS. Ordis had done a splendid job entering into some of the wealthier companies but it appeared he needed a more direct access point if he wanted any information on Dr. Elizabeth. Ordis located a maintenance area filled with servers he could hack into that Feaon would need to get to in order to start compiling all the information currently out there. Putting on the One Ring he dissapeared from sight and made his way over to where Ordis could access information inside.
He tracked the information on Elizabeth here he had a direct line into FAS, and Great lake's Combat Solutions, ACA3 Scarab and FSP5 Khopesh are able to inslave other Machines Into their own Nural Network. FAS was the company that ruined the world taking all this into account with what he knew of the main story he should be able to leave in weeks compared to the months it could have taken.
The two are very different in appearance the first one looked like a Scorpion while the other was more like a turret on four legs. The BOR7 Horus is a completely self replicating machine that uses Bio Fuel collected from the other two types of machine's. All three use a High Speed Machine Learning Network, Infield survival capabilities, Corporations have way too much power. It was all just another block of data for Ordis to duplicate.
FAS Programming Department
"Poly Phasing Entangled Waveform's, Quantum Encryption, Military Grade, Black Quartz Stuff, and no back Doors just as ordered" Ted Faro was in charge of the Heart's Chariot Line he wanted a machine capable of evolution and sustaining itself on Bio Fuel he wouldn't have ever thought a small glitch in the system "Well then how do we stop it" Faro asked the developer.
"We can't stop it, wait an alert was tripped someone's in our network copying down all the data. Shit they are taking everything very fast even the Chariot Encryption data. What the hell is this where are they attacking from, Shut down all external channels from the facility. Oh Shit it's still being taken that must mean someone's down in the server room doing this. Switching to emergency power they wont be able to get anything once the battery goes off. I said shut down the power, Wait the power in the Server Room is still active why isn't it shutting down all the power is offline" The top developer ordered.
"Activate all updated security they aren't leaving alive" Faro ordered. "Let's just see who we have scurrying in our basement" Faro said beginning to activate Scarab Model's and every single Turret.
Feaon was almost finished taking everything from the FAS company every single dirty secret, blackmail, project tucked away was just downloaded. Feaon was just taking a sip from his bottle while Ordis powered up the entire Server Room from using his own energy. His AI was so useful that it was already cracking the Quantum Code used for all the Faro robots.
They were sending security down to deal with them but such a thing would be easily solved. Ordis was almost done copying it all down when the doors opened and security came in. Ordis disappeared from view before security had a chance to see them. Ten men with Guns were standing in the way from his exit.
"You there freeze buddy" The guy in full protective armor shouted at Feaon who wasn't even looking at them. "You get any closer and your going to die" Feaon warned the men aiming weapons at him.
"Right Faro ordered us not to shoot the servers if we could help it but it's only one guy, Let's just bag him so we can investigate how he even got in here" Another Security Personnel said while pulling out a mechanical club. The first guy that got to close had his neck broken in such a strange angle that the other's just started shouting.
"Fire at will" The leader shouted out.
Ordis used a force field to protect the Servers from getting shot while Feaon used the Force to weave through the bullets and steered them all away from himself. He activated his lightsaber then started chopping them in half and force slamming them against wall's and other surface's. He used the force to make one guy shoot his friend's killing two. By the end of it they were all dead and Ordis was done with the data. He was about to make an escape when a ACA3 Scarab enter the room and see him as a threat. It was built different and studied his own combat style with precision, Machine learning was capable of that disassembling how he fought but he simply had too much of an edge. He had a Lightsaber, The Force, Enhanced Abilities, A body capable of turning into a werewolf or a vampire, the Scarab was delt with and he even took the Override module that the Scarab was capable of taking over other Machine's with. It would be very useful in gaining control over Gaia and her other Subsystems.
His time table had moved up so Feaon no longer needed to wait for months before they made Gaia. Ted Faro was a dead man now that he had everything he wanted to sway Elizabeth to his side. Ordis was already making quick work on solving the Chariot Line's Quantum Encryption. He should be able to soon control all the Faro Machines but bribe Elizabeth into staying with him in exchange for her servitude. Now he was off to find Elizabeth in her own company Miriam Technology's.
It was finaly time to get in contact with Elizabeth she was ether going to hate him or love him. He began looking into Miriam Technology's looking for someway to exploit her location. It was actually just as simple as replacing her five a clock meeting which was empty with him. Kidnapping her should do the trick well whatever that could be plan B.
Your five a clock meeting with a Mr. Feaon from Middle Earth Innovation's is here Dr. Sobeck. "She didn't have a five o'clock meeting or did she" Elizabeth thought while pushing a botton. "Send him up Sally" hanging up on her focus. She began double checking anything she could find on Middle Earth Innovation's or the name Feaon and silently pulled out a gun from her secret drawer after not finding anything. "Hello Mr. Feaon would you like me call someone to get you anything to drink or eat" Her heart started throbbing erratically because the man in front of her was an incredibly beautiful man with well built muscles and a chiseled face. She politely showed hospitality by gesturing for him to sit down. Feaon sat down satisfied at finally almost completing a part of the mission. "No that will be alright Dr. Sobeck.
Would it make you feel better to know Ted Faro is currently panicking to know who made their way into FAS and stole all their sensitive data from them.
"I would assume that is the reason your here on Ted's behalf, we'll you can just leave if that's why your here" She said ignoring the dreadful feeling that this guy worked for Ted Faro. "They couldn't all be perfect" She internally sighed.
"Incorrect keep guessing though, but because of Mr. Faro's incompetence he is going to eventually beg for you to meet him in good faith. In good faith he is going to drop all lawsuits against your company and your going to agree. Faro is then going to beg you to fix the issues he is having with his Chariot line of Mercenary Robots. The issue that he is having is that he is unable to shut them down.
"That sounds like Ted and those lawsuits have been annoying me for a long time I probably would take that offer if he did send it, but who are you, who do you represent and what do they want" she asked asking for Feaon to get on with the story.
"I am from a completely different party and I was the one that stole all information from FAS during their recent break in. This is the Chariot Line and a bug in it's system is causing it to act out by it's self. I am sending the specifics to your Focus Device now. It is currently rampaging out of control in the Southwest and is gradually becoming a bigger problem as time passes" Feaon's explained by sending her a visual on everything Ordis picked up and copied.
"Dammit Ted that's terrible what the hell is all this am I going to have to clean up after his mess again. What the hell were they thinking when they built this it's converting Biomass into Fuel and it's replicating itself at an alarming rate. Alright what exactly do you want and why are you really here cause I need to fix this mess up before it became worse" She began reading further into what FAS has been doing this past decade without her and she found the part's where they were spying on her through some of her employees.
"Right I am going to give you two scenarios to choose from, Scenario one would have been your future had I not come along. Scenario Two, well now that im here we can make Scenario Two into your new reality sweety" Feaon said making her blush while giving her a wink.
"In Scenario one Ted Faro invites you over, you would have lost your own company had you gone. You then begin proposing project Zero Dawn this sacrificial plan already forming in your head by now to combat this. It's purpose, restoring Humanity after life is completely extinct and giving Future Generations of Humanity the information needed to never repeat past mistakes. Scientists, Programmers, and Engineers are going to be taken from their home in order to work on Gaia for eighteen months and Faro will foot the bill in exchange for your silence on this matter. Gaia will be born in time to destroy the Faro Robot Incursion and restart everything. Im getting everything right so far sounds like a plan that wouldn't fail doesn't it Elizabeth" Feaon asked her looking into her fearful eye's.
"Every government will start sending Civilian Soldiers into the meat grinder very literally just to buy you time to build it. Ted Faro would begin bothering you for month's for status updates and you would let him because it's humanity's last hope. Afterwards Alpha Prime which is you, would just sacrifice your life to save Gaia and return to your childhood home after a blast door needed closing from the outside. Those remaining Alpha's that worked tirelessly for eighteen months would grieve and give you a memorial for saving everyone. Scientists that were promised thirty extra year's of life well without you around Faro would then kill all the Alpha's that worked tirelessly on the project in cold blood by suffocating them.
Faro would get to live in an underground bunker happily for year's with Sex Bunnies and a Doctor that's capable of extending his life forever. He even owned a button that could kill any human threat to his life instantly.
All the information humanity ever had to learn from or ever collected will be deleted by Ted Faro all because he didn't want to be known as the one that wiped out humanity calling it a disease and in a thousand years history will repeat itself and sombody is going to reactivate one of those Faro Robot's roaming around.
Eventually humanity descendants will consider him the god that saved everyone while you would have a small memorial in your honor" Feaon finished explaining Scenario One to Elizabeth.
She smacked the desk hard something inside her broke because she was very angry and it caused her to drop stuff on her desk on the floor. "How could you know something like that if it hasn't happened yet?" Elizabeth asked seriously angry that she listened to the entire thing.
"I represent some pretty powerful individuals that have taken an intrest in your Eco friendly approach. They would absolutely love to meet with you should you accept my offer" Feaon said while relaxing in a seat.
"Are you a time traveler is that how you know, It's why you came back in time in order to save humanity" Elizabeth figured it out.
"Eh kinda something like that your actually very close to the answer" Feaon said happy that he could explain half of his story in a single sentence.
"Unbelievable, that would mean we might have failed in the future and Ted doomed us but people could be sent back in time. But time travel that would mean they could have traveled further back and prevented themselves from even existing just to warn her" She spiraled out of focus.
"Look Elizabeth" Feaon said while grabbing ahold of her. "I can't fully go into explaining everything but know that I already cracked the FAS Machine Quantum Encryption and you won't have to worry on that end so your people and the biosphere can still be saved. I can give you the the shutdown code but" Feaon said before he was cut off.
"You won't do it free, what's your price if saving humanity isn't your only goal" Elizabeth asked seriously for the first time this meeting.
"You should expose Ted Faro I want the world to know who to blame when the Machine's start consuming and killing people. Letting him die would also be a viable option. Be the savior of the planet that somehow shut down all the killer robot's and get major support from the planet. I want you to have a large influence on this world and I also want you to come back with me to do the work Miriam Technology's was meant to do together" Feaon explained everything while trying to convince her.
"Why would it be me that you come with everything, Why would you want me be the hero of the world like that" Elizabeth genuinely asked embarrassed but also wanting to hear Feaon say it.
"I don't have an actual identity here and like I said before. I work for certain individual's that really like your Eco Friendly Approach to life. They are willing to send me here and offer you a contract for some Eco Friendly work to be done otherwise they would have asked for work done by Ted Faro instead. Everything else was just in my power to ease you into your calm mood before we begin to talk business. Your Alpha Prime and you have a high security clearance for a Gaia that would be built in the future but could be made into something more.
We will be going to a completely different Timeline where Gaia was built and Scenario One did come to pass. If I take you from this Dimension time will freeze after I close the portal so time in this timeline will be frozen and you'll be able to return at any time.
If you really want the Shutdown Code you are ether going to have to serve me or Faro is going to have serve time being publicly shamed or I can try again with another Elizabeth and another timeline. But if your actually willing to save this world regardless of your choice Ted Faro must fail. Just like I said before we can always come back stronger and wiser if you want to leave this timeline and come back at a later date time will stop as long as Im not on this side of the doorway. Im even willing to spend time making sure you can do such a thing yourself Elizabeth" Feaon spoke from the heart giving her all the time to decide.
"Elizabeth I suggest that you shouldn't humor the thought of even meeting with Faro. Just reject his offer and expose him to the world it would be as simple posting his schematics to the internet. You'll also need to find a way to brodcast the Encryption Payload if you want to shutdown the Machine's, Evacuate people, Talk with the Military Brass, Do whatever you always wanted to do in life Elizabeth just tell me when your donen. I'll hand over the solved Quantum Encryption for the FAS Machine's when your ready to leave.
Meanwhile if you have nothing else to do study and improve upon this, we are going to need something like this in the future" Feaon took out the Override Module he took from the Scarab he defeated in tbe FAS building. "I took this from FAS" Feaon said before he was interrupted.
"It's an Override Module it already has the capability of connecting with a focus wirelessly" she answered quickly going over what she could with her focus.
"Yeah right your Focus, I need to get used to others having them and I'll need you to upgrade it or make it compatible with other objects like weapon's like a spear. Mass production might also be a plan but we have pur own facility's that I'm going to have to introduce you to. I'll be in your contacts if you need to reach me with something Important" Feaon said leaving.
"A weapon, Hey wait can I at least see the Encryption you solved before I start doing anything rash" she asked before Feaon left to enjoy his day. He sent over half of the solved Encryption to her Focus and she had to say it was beautiful work. So she really had to deliver on her side of the deal if she wanted the full encryption, there was still hope for humanity for everything not to go to shit. Everything hanged in the balance on Faro getting what he deserved.
A whole week passed and she still hadn't had the chance to get a Payload Amplifier on her own but she guessed it was only a matter of time before Ted called her and asked for her help. Ted Faro was an idiot of unimaginable proportions if he hadn't even called for her help yet. She was running out of time and she knew Feaon was telling the truth. She didn't have the cold blood needed to wait she needed to act now before everything became irreversible. Already reports where comming in and she was leading on rescue efforts to the people in affected areas.
She got in contact with very important people and Military General's, Influential people from around the world to talk about the spreading Machine Plague and come up with a solution for it. She was receiving nonstop calls from Ted trying to work out some kind of deal concerning the Lawsuit's she had been receiving for year's but she ignored them. During the meeting she had dropped everything everything Feaon took from FAS it detailed how the Machine's were using Biological Fuel to self replicate. They had already known about the Machines but they didn't know how they worked, how dire the situation actually was, who they belonged to or where they came from. Nobody had any helpful information on dealing with it but other solutions were proposed like leaving the planet on a ship, She spoke up about having a solution but in exchange she needed funding for her cooperation. She was a highly respected Scientist but all she needed was a Payload Amplifier that would take a month to build.
"Funding for a Payload Amplifier that must mean you can work out the Encryption Key in the time before extinction it's wonderful news Elizabeth" Ted Faro said happily from within the meeting paying special attention to her.
"Not quite Ted, I know someone who already has the solved Encryption but this is the same guy that broke into your FAS facility and stole all your data and let me know what you were doing. He solved the Encryption for the Machine's and what would have normaly taken two years for dedicated AI specialists was solved the next day by the same guy that took all your data in less than five minutes.
That's right FAS was the one that made these self replicating Machine's" she spoke to the people who stopped talking. "Ted your the one that gotten everyone into this mess in the first place and you need to take responsibility for this Global threat" She said while sending the Chariot Line Database Feaon gave her to everyone in attendance. You made all these machines and just to turn a profit in our broken world and now you just want others to fix your mistake's" Elizabeth said angrily tossing out information.
"The guy that broke into AOS and copied everything in less than five minutes, he already figured out the encryption. That's excellent what are we waiting for bring him in he is a hero" Faro said unbothered by the accusation since he owned over half of the Hedge Fund in attendance.
"He is willing to give me the code but be already named his price" Elizabeth told the sponsors and Big Businesses.
"Right well whatever is it, I can pay for it this can all be swept away and nothing serious need's to happen" Ted Faro said trying to fix the situation.
"This can't just be swept away he wanted me to work for him on something else after this is over"
"Lizz the fate of the world is at stake one small project would be worth doing if it meant saving all life on the planet" Ted argued.
"He wanted you to come forward with all this information, you need to tell the whole world who made the killer machine's and he even mentioned public shaming. The Media to have to really hate you before he sends the Solved AOS Encryption back to me" Elizabeth said naming her price.
"Lizz we have to think of another solution, Im one of the most important people on the planet. How do we know he even has it in the first place. He definitely wouldn't allow the planet to face extinction over this he's a human too, how do we even know he'll go through with it" Ted Faro Argued.
Well then your going to have to solve it out by yourselves. Here it'shalf of the solved Encryption you can solve the other half on your own then. Im willing to pay my half of his deal but you need to be recognized for causing this mess" Elizabeth angrily said while leaving.
It was going to be impossible for anyone that knew what they were looking at to solve it before Humanity became extinct anyway.
One month later she at least had the Amplifier for the Faro Payload. But Ted Faro still hadn't paid for his crime's yet. He was the Richest Man in the World so of course he was hiding away inside his Fallout Shelter like a coward. The media at least kept finally reporting on the Faro Plague and spreading the information needed for humanitarian assistance. Someone on Social Media had even recorded an entire school of endangered Dolphins being blended into Biofuel.
Faro still had the influence to skirt the laws put in place that would be impossible for anyone person. There was still hope to save the planet but Faro even stopped the Media form slandering his good name with large amounts of money. It was becoming harder for him every day with every new report coming in but it was becoming apocalyptic outside. She gave an interview stating she only needed the Shutdown Code but Ted Faro needed to pay. People started committing crimes against FAS in response to her statement. Faro even tried messaging her daily expecting the shutdown code to be launched at any moment.
People had even started hating her for doing nothing to help rumors that she could shut down the Machine's, How she even had a hand in all of it. It mad her feel down that even the media had turned against her but the Brass just needed to make Faro pay why couldn't they just see that. Day's would pass and Faro never turned himself in he had been hiding away in a bunker and protected by the military.
She stayed in contact with Feaon and he reassured her that he would take her and whoever she wanted with him even if everything else on the planet died. Feaon wasn't lying to her when he said he would give her the code. He was just waiting for Faro to fie or get captured. If the military didn't surrender him or his bodyguards didn't then their Society would never heal as long as people like him were around. Her people always worked for the largest corporation and the largest bidder that was the reality of her world she felt like Noah from the Bible and Feaon was salvation into a different world. Feaon told her of Project Zero Dawn and Gaia and all the Alpha's that would have been working under her until Faro killed them all.
Day by day passed and she began to lose hope as people began suggesting other solutions like going off the planet or outliving the machine's in bunkers. The Odyssey was a Colony Ship that was getting ready to leave the Planet soon. People actually believed their salvation would be in the Stars when she could take them with her. Tilda Van Der Meer her former lover had tried convincing her to leave the planet with her, she had tried convincing her to stay with her but she remained unconvinced in her. People had no faith in her ability to save them Feaon was real how else would she have gotten the Code. She tried convincing her to stay with her she tried pleading for Tilda to stay but the first reports of human casualties had begun coming in yesterday and she was scared. So they were going to launch off into space before the end came.
She had begun pleading for Feaon to give her the shutdown code to save human lives. She agreed to do anything for him in exchange even become his lover if she had to. Feaon had agreed under the condition she became his paid servant but he allowed her to choose who she loved herself. His offer was more generous he offered her many things over their conversations. Immortality, A place by his side, Power, Knowledge, Riches and she could return to her Timeline later on it was more than expected but she would still become his servant in name.
She had a plan but everyone was calling her crazy everyone except Margo Shen an admirer of her's that got in contact with her. She got in contact with the woman who would have been one of her Alpha's or it was the other way around. Elizabeth would have been Alpha Prime and asked her to go with her on the day she would leave for a long trip with Feaon before she shut down the Faro Plague. Margo was intrigued and wanted to meet her Idol.
She was going to take Feaon's offer of safety she only wished Tilda would come back in time. She had sent her a chance giving her a message that she would finally activate the shutdown program on time but it was too late. The Odyssey had left and she didn't receive any word that Tilda stayed behind. She had a way to save herself and her new friend.
People that she thought were her friend's actually believed she was doing nothing but sitting on her thumb's this entire time. More rumors even popped out that she had a hand in the Mashine Plague. The Biosphere was very fucked and it would take a long time for it to recover if Feaon gave her the code now.
Feaon had came through with his promise and gave her the program in person. "When your done can we can just go back through my portal already" Feaon said yawning. He had a pretty fun time infiltrating the FAS Biotech Branch. The largest database of Greenhouse and Biological Nanotechnology the birthplace of the Scarab's ability to consume and convert Biomass into Fuel. Metal Flowers capable of withstanding a large amount of damage. Nano conversation that could hold Soil together. It would be an excellent resource in the future with all the time that is going to be spent making a far larger database than Gaia already has.
"So anyone else your bringing along for the trip" Feaon asked looking around by swerving his head.
"Just one other the Alpha of Hephaestus that you told me about, Margo Shen I started making simulations about what I would have done in that scenario and I finally realized why you wanted me to work for you and it has something to do with Gaia and the AI that you must have the one we never created" Elizabeth said excitedly and curious about where they were heading.
"Just Margo well if you were going to be bringing anyone she would probably be the most useful one of the Alpha's to bring along because she was the creator of Hephaestus" Feaon said, He took them to where he enter from after Elizabeth used the Deactivation Program shutting down everything and saving humanity.
"So Margo, your very cute" Feaon said to the blushing girl introducing himself. "Are we all ready to leave yet Elizabeth" Feaon asked her.
"Not yet" She had grabbed the Upgrade Module she had upgraded into a multipurpose gun capable of Controlling Machines from a distance. It was capable of firing and converting any type of ammunition with simple resources like Machine Shard's and sticking said ammo on their body.
"Now we are ready, to leave" She said while grabbing a hold of him.
He opened walked through and closed the portal where Sobeck and Margo came from and completely stopping time in their Dimension. "We're here wasn't that fun" Elizabeth Sobeck looked off into the distance to the place that used to have a portal inside before he closed it.
AN: I have been playing HFW, I want this story to be fluid and probably funny sometimes. I might take a break in Star Wars or elsewhere before writing Forbidden West just because I haven't finished the game yet.