AN: From now on i am going to refer to the MC’s race as ‘Eternals’ Cuz ‘Homo Sapien Eternus’ is too long. :D Also sorry about the wait i am still in the process of world building
and coming up with various technologies both feasible and extraordinary…. man sci-fi is hard….
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“Dammit!!”
That woman, wow she was strong. I don’t know what that energy was, but it was powerful. I looked around to find myself back in my living quarters laying on my bed.
“Welp, no sense getting upset about one loss, But still did I just die?”
I don’t know why but I knew that once you die there is no coming back. I think it might be because of those strange dreams I have, through all those endless fights I could tell that something was different than in the dreams. In the dreams even though I was weak and didn’t have aegis I still fought and there was real tension, real fear; an almost absolute knowledge that I was fighting with my life on the line. In that sense the sparring matches couldn't compare. As I was pondering this I heard mothers voice.
“Tyr…” Mothers voice echoed in my head.
“Mother I am not familiar with that word.” I said.
“That is the name I bestow upon you child, it is the name of a warrior and it fits you well. You are unique even amongst other Eternals. Your race’s divergence from the rest of humanity has made you individually powerful and even amongst the hundreds of thousands a few of you truly stand out. I have given three of you, who are the most powerful a name. Now we will see if you can truly lead your race. In six months you will each be given 49,999 Eternals to lead. You will wage war for control of the astral bridge, and the right to lead your people. Terminating transmission…. prepare well Tyr ”
Mother’s voice faded from my mind and I couldn’t help but smile. A battle for control sounded just about right.I would need to prepare, even if I had Aegis I knew that I would only slightly be able to affect a battle of that size. The truth is that I could not be everywhere at once and my battle with that dark haired woman showed me that my individual strength was not enough.
*Beep* Hearing this sound I finally get of my bed and walk to the terminal on the wall.
‘Display’ I think.
What appears is a schematic of the Astral Bridge and information regarding the upcoming war. I look at this marvel of technology that is my home. The ship itself could not be considered aesthetically pleasing but I was in awe none the less. The astral bridge is a long dart like ship with six spherical protrusions along its length. The total length was 6 miles long and each spherical structure had a diameter of 1760 ft or one third of a mile. Each Sphere was itself, a self contained habitat housing ⅙ the population or 25000 eternals.
From the schematic I could see that I would be at a disadvantage. Mother had designated us each two spheres as staging points for the war. It appeared that my spheres were the central two. I could already see that I would be in danger of being crushed by the other two forces. Fighting a war on two fronts seemed to be a sure fire way to defeat.
I decided to look at the armaments we would be allowed to use. It seems each person would start with one standard fusion rifle, a titan powered armor; and two fragmentation, Incendiary and Flash grenades each. There was also a large list of locked items that seemed to need some kind of currency to purchase. Scanning through the information I could see that to gain this currency one needed to kill enemy forces. Each individual soldier upon their death would generate 25 credits to use. For each kill 10 credits go to the soldier who dealt the killing blow and the remaining 15 would go to the commander to spend on army wide armaments. For a soldier to restock their supplies they would need to spend 2 credits. The remaining credits could be used to buy upgrades for both their Titan armor and fusion rifles.
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The army wide armaments seemed to be both training and technological in nature. As a commander I could spend 500 credits to train my troops with standard fusion rifle proficiency. WIth this army wide training my troops would be given the knowledge to accurately use their weapons. I could see some possibilities here. Things on the technological side were tantalizing as well, things like the Valkyrie mobile armor systems and reaper robotic drones. The valkyrie is a amor overlay that mounts onto the titan armor adding additional defensive capabilities; as well as the option to mount additional ranged weapons and the ability to wield extremely heavy melee weapons. By deploying a soldier armed with this you could create a devastating shock troop and the possibility of a squad of Valkyries sent shivers down my spine. Unfortunately each overlay was the same price as the fusion rifle proficiency and could only be used for one soldier.
“It seems that the Proficiencies are there way to go. Although I wouldn’t mind getting some of these shiny toys. If I could spend my credits wisely I could probably counter whatever the enemy throws at me. Well thats assuming that other commanders are not thinking the exact same thing.”
‘Query prominent Earth war leaders, Generals and strategists. All round search include battles fought and tactics used.’ I think
Immediately Images start flashing on the terminal at lightning speed. As I watch this the computer starts to upload the information I need directly to my brain. This form of learning simply could not be done by earth humans. The organically fused nano-machines in Eternals brains can process information at an extremely high rate. I also Query the relevant information regarding armaments available and ship schematics. On a whim I query motivational speeches made by people leading during war times. With this done I pull up the information mother has provided me with on my adversaries and i can’t help but smile.
“Fenri huh? Some how that suits you….” I say as I look at the picture of the beautiful tiny woman who gave me my first defeat. There isn’t much here I watch our fight again and shudder at how easy she defeated me. I have to think of some counter measure to that energy, but the only thing that comes to mind at the moment a battle of attrition. Her ability has to have some limit.
My other contemporary is another familiar face the bronze skinned man who fought me to a stand still. It appears mother named him Loki. I also watch our battle and really study it this time. Incase I face Loki again I memorize all the tricks he used in our sparring match.
“I will be ready for these two… one way or another.”
Feeling fatigued I realize I have been staring at the terminal the whole day cycle. Laying down on the bed once again I feel various devices pierce my arm to deliver nutrients and ease me into my pre sleep cycle. As I drift off I smile as I think about meeting my troops and the upcoming training I would need to put them through. This is precisely why I queried all those famous war leaders.
“I will forge an army out of them if its the last thing I do!”
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A.N. I haven’t decided on the upper limit for the astral bridge’s size, 6 miles long is an absurdly large ship even for space. the materials needed to build something like this would be tremendous. if you think it should be bigger let me know and please explain the reason :D. also after this chapter i will start introducing new characters as well as try to flush out the mc’s personality a bit more.