Worlds and Ventures.

The Celestials SILVER TEMPLE would be sifting and seeving the immense amount of information that was collected, and still being collected, on the affairs of the Ancarious Galaxy. Many pictures, of many things were being painted, puzzle piece at a time.

Of the things that were brought to Yarkario Lu's attention, was the arbitrary and auto piloted occupation of the Tenebrean Empire, by the Immortal Empire, going back as far as the First Ancarious war. More and more information would be compiled and assembled from the various sorces concerning that particular realm of affairs.

The plan was simple.

Through careful planning and orchistraiting the Celestial Handlers they meet with the FLM UPPER top brass. The location hand picked and scouted. Thoroughly scrubbed for potential bugs, or unwanted ears and eyes. The only ones in the FLM that really knew what was going on, and why, those below them fed pertinent and carefully prepaired data. It would be pushed that to pave the way to wage war with the I E to better effect, was to fight them over the terratorys of Tenebrea. Amoung the hopeful objectives was to capture I E ships, if able, for interogation and study.

The conflict of the W F terratorys, was also discussed. Over half of the attending FLM Brass was not really pleased at the numbers, or reports on that one. But it was aggreed that more numbers might be needed there for a drawn out campaign. Many had their doubts, but all thought it was neccasary.

One suggested leaking the fact there is a large enemy force in the WF terratorys to the CAE, perhaps, even to the union, Carnaith, and other sources through some puppet work and proxy means. Through the use of replicant W F citizians faking a call for help to get their attentions.

It was agreed upon, and the plan was set into motion. For harassing I E forces in tenebrea atleast. The details of such a feat were then discussed over the next eight hours, and perhaps will be off and on for days to come. Additional forces to be sent to WF, or UF space as it might now be known as, was frowned upon at the end. It was decided no additional support would head to that location past what was already sent.

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Soon, the FLM would be sent to the Tenebrean terratorys, not particuarly to help Tenebrea. But as an easy oppertunity to strike at the enemy, outside of his element and outside of his homeland. What a better shooting gallery, then to hunt an enemy in a land full of people already hunting and shooting that very enemy.

The border crossing happens in the same style and signature as the crossing that had taken place across the WF northern front. Though if challenged or confronted they simply reply their intent to hunt down I E starships and that they mean no hostilitys to the Tenebrean Forces, or their worlds.

Swarms of raiders and battlecruisers with fighter support would soon be staged just inside Tenebrean Borders on any Immortal Empire Convoy trying to enter and support the conflict within Tenebrean Borders. Scouts would start to seek out, and report enemy patrols, or convoys. Operations to bait enemy into pursite, to fall into an ambush, and more would ensue. The idea was, if tenebrea saw them helping them, Tenebrea would not shoot them, and rather, leave them alone. But over all contact would be avoided, outside of ensuring they were not an enemy.

They were not there to allie with the tenebrea, only shoot at the IE.

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NOTE: This means any further actions IN TENEBREAN SPACE by the I E, will 9 out of 10 times be challanged, or interupted by FLM action before they can continue to their objectives.

No actual countable losses are yet inflicted on the I E but it means contact between I E and FLM is immanent.

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Location: Lost star

topper: sitting**smokes  hmm

Triage: you topper?

topper: depends on who is wanting to know

Triage: I might…

topper:...*glares*

Triage: you have a reputation, if you dont mind my saying so.

topper: oh..you know?

Triage: Some, but you know how gossip works, its what you get from the source thats important.

topper: mhm...

Triage: so whats true and whats fake, i was told by some, shady fellows that you have a killcount.

topper: maybe...*smokes*

Triage: whats it take to know?

topper: depends on what your wanting...i don't work for cheap and i don't work for back stabbers....last one who did...lost his arm

Triage: i have no wants to lose my arm. i like it as it is, it was just upgraded…. what i want is some certain figures removed from a higher employers side….

topper: hm....who is it...

Triage: it seems a certain female has called in a strike on several commanders of an associate of mine. there are several hit men that are after them. I would like some of them, For lack of a better term, removed before they become an issue to any operations they’re manning.

topper: *flicks his smoke away*....hm....fine

Triage: nobody does something for nothing, what would a job like that cover in terms of expenses?

topper: you'll find out gets up

Triage: i take it you would want files on these men that i have called you out to hunt down? Not all of them are simple targets, many are killers.

topper: nods yes

Triage: the gauze wrapped calvara looks at topper, then nods, producing a Versus-pad from his white coat. i trust you work with associated that would help you with the matter?  other killers?

topper: hm...*glares*..just give me the damn info

Triage: there are about six in all, of the ones we know the names of at least… He pulls up several hard light files on the figures in question. associates among the Chrono-Research  Branch of my…organization have told me of movements that brought them close to their, more prominent figures after a meeting less then two days ago. *Hands topper the files.* The ones we know are a mr. Lone, a creature called Heiyr, a pair of twins.* Points to thier picture.* And a woman. *Taps a security still of the woman.* I want them taken out of the picture, or made signifigantly weaker.

Triage: ….Bring me their heads, and i promise you that you will never have to work another day in your life…

topper:..okay

Triage: Very well, as long as your caught up.

topper: holding the files and walks past him

Triage; Turns to look at topper, then nods before walking away.

topper: walking away

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Location: Tau Volaris

Tau Volaris was a Warzone now, Even if only in the labeling as one. For what is a war zone but a place that was contested over? Where battles were fought to take or recover ground or territory?

There was no fighting within the system, its planets, or its orbits now. No Struggle that could be labeled aside from forces resisting on the planets surface where they made their stands, scattered forces either resisting or laying low among the ruins of the worlds once active cities. The Fleets of whatever allies that had remained in the system or within the planets orbit had either retreated or had long ago met their demise or capture by the converging forces of Axiomatic or Aberration conflict in system as they had descended on the world. Although, from the outside such an opinion could have been argued to only be speculation. The system was large, and there were places for lone vessels to hide perhaps.

No, Tau Volaris was no longer a war zone, The struggles of the allies had ceased, even if only for the time being. Now, now the Star and its planets that danced their eclipses around it were contested space, But space that Belonged to the APP, and perhaps even more, belonged to its allies.

Across the system, Activity grew even under the interdiction that the Axioms had cast over it when they had Arrived. Slowing the Faster then light technologies of the empires to the speeds at which they could only cruise through the system at mere fractions of sunlight speeds and accelerations.

In their hiding places, and in their shipyards, The CE and their vessels made their moves and maneuvers with seeming indifference, perhaps paying attention to the arrival of the capitol vessels that arrived to collect the dead, and perhaps not. For now, it could not be said.

In orbit around the systems star, The Dreadnought of the system. the Oblivion, The entity known as Aberrahes vassal, and its messenger within the system and keeper of the old world for the time being, but only just, pulled away from the Sun, its formally obsidian black night stone hull glowing a hued red of internal heat, with discharges of a whitish lavender power arcing across its surfaces, crossing between its floating components and sometimes, and off into space as it accelerated.

Having fulfilled its goal through its old actions. the solar flare that it had harvested to feed the pyramids need for a catalyst and give its slumbering systems on the planet the pulse of power they needed to establish their fields now nothing more then a cloud of radiation that would more then likely soon be drawn back into the star, or dispelled on its solar winds as they loud outwards, it made its way back towards what had been its original goal.

The pyramids hunger satisfied. The Dreadnought shifted its route on an approach towards Tau-Volaris. Progressing towards the world at the slower then light speeds that it had used to reach the stars orbit while the infrastructure within the system. Remaining orbital constructs and satellites that the dreadnought had reached out and brushed with its probing that had not yet been destroyed by times passing returning to life. the arrangements of night stone, fed by the relay from the larger vessel, organizing themselves or pulling themselves from icy clusters and stony asteroids that they had become engulfed in over time.

The system was much weaker then it had been when it was awake last. with more then 86% of its orbital structures lost, and holes common in the rousing network across the system. But for those that remained the entity put them to work as soon as their arrangements were complete. Aural relays directed power and thought, conversion nodes re assumed their purposes, Sentry defenders became vigilant again, and a lone surviving Command node in between eclipses made sense of its broken networks and paths as it stirred awake again.

At the Edge of the system, beyond the range of the interdiction field, three fleets of vessels exited their jumps and decelerated into the system its its outskirts. Traveling from the region of diamond city where the Embassy's gate had been opened with no aggression towards their hosts of the Celestial Empire. their construction and components of the familiar obsidian like material that had grown abundant in the system left no need to question their origin.

Yet not all of the vessels were of the entities familiar style of form and design, of two thirds of the vessels in the fleets that had jumped into the system, 300 in all. their Design was not of the angular monolithic form the Auralis had made prominent.

Instead, they were of a sinister and sleek, bio mechanical design and form. with Chitanus and bone-like outer plating, and metallic components augmented sleekly into their hulls where Nightstone drives and crystalline growths and components had fused and augmented to the ships, which glowed with aberrahes familiar lavender hued energy. With Aberration Frigates and their much larger battleships mingled among the fleets.

these were of the shard fleets, compiled from the Corrupted ships of the Long disappeared and Assimilated Zelic Empires navy. Of destroyer through battleship classes moving in an unsettling form of unison. Led by the Entities greater vessels. Having Arrived, and with their objectives seemingly already sent. communications moving between their ships like a single intelligence. To others in the system they would have seen silent, as they. Proceeded into the system, into the interdiction field and towards the planet and its orbit at gradual accelerations and Slower then light speeds in Geometric traveling formations. ignoring, and generally acting more objectively then aggressively towards the Axiomatic vessels that had made their residence there so far.

progressing deeper into the system, some of the vessels diverted, branching off from the main group and angling towards the locations of the ancient orbital constructs that were roused now. groups of three headed by Auralis Frigates, 12 in the case of the lone command node. the vessels taking up movements of an either seemingly idle operation, sitting and slowly drifting by the constructs that were functional, or. In the damaged or more degraded of the Structures. Actively interacting with the Structures. Linking with them from distances, or feeding into them with shifting and shimmering umbiicles of night stone that bridged the gap between them, feeding them information or commencing other operations of alien intent or function.

Of the diverted vessels, the largest was a group of 50 vessels. Which remained by the farthest ellipses and edges of the system outside of the interdiction. moving in a predatory, almost school-like fashion patrolling the systems edge. They Were, as the entity had made its promise. To act as a vanguard, An early line of defense for Tau Volaris. Attacking that which arrived before they even entered the interdiction field. For their numbers, they would not be a simple obstacle to overcome.

Ten others. 5 Zelic infected Heavy Cruisers, bearing heavier nightstone armor and augmentations, 4 Frigate Octanavis, and headed by one of the Entities Battleship Octanavis, broke from the fleets as they made their way towards the planet, leaving over 200 of the ships still progressing to Tau volaris and its awakened city. Tilting on their horizontal planes before turning outward and away from the star and from the planet.

Having entered the system from the regions of the vortex. they had received their orders from the Oblivion almost as soon as they had entered the system. objectives given to them by the entity and its recently fused, An intelligence that had called itself “Hain” They were to meet up with units of the obscura legion in the region known as the junkyard, before proceeding to respond to isolated connections they were receiving from a series of distressed Shards that Aberrahe had been monitoring and following the progression of in a distant region of the galaxy they were now within.

That progression had been given leeway for the time being, it had been unfeasible for the entity to intervene while it was organizing itself. and there had been information to be gleaned from the species that had been conducting the studies and weaponization of its components. now it would recollect them, and all they had learned.

Their priorities given, they Exited the system, and in silence save for alien signals between themselves engaged their Auralis jump systems. The small fleet disappearing in Bluish distortions as they made their jumps in the direction of the junkyard.

(to be continued. "First entry belongs to yarkario-lu.")