Chapter 1: The Expedition
TERRAN UNITED FEDERATION
2487 A.D.
SECTOR COPERNICUS
Above the planet of Arcturus Prime lies a fleet of mixed ships of different roles and purposes. The expeditionary fleet is completely made up of 450 ships of varying sizes from the tiny Gunships to the colossal Battlecruisers. All of the ships are docked at the Arcturus Planetary Spaceport to ferry the colonists to their designated colony ships and gather as much ammunition and supplies as possible for their journey into the galaxy billions of light years away. The humming and buzzing noises of the plasma and impulse engines can be heard through the facilities of the Spaceport while the final maintenance checks are being done to ensure no incidents are to happen during departure.
On the Flagship Battlecruiser Eurasia, Admiral Kuznetsov stands proudly in the bridge of one of the finest ships of the Federation. This ship packs a punch with its 6 Quad MK IV Advanced Railguns, 10 Mk XII Tri-Coilguns, 4 Dual X-ray Laser Cannons, 8 Type-56 Point Defense Turrets and 3 Swarm Missile Pods. The battlecruiser is also protected by its highly advanced shield arrays powered by its 3 Anti-Matter Reactors and Durasteel/Hardened Plasteel armor plating.
"This beast of a ship shall rule the seven galaxies" The Admiral smirks in triumph. An ensign walks to him with a tablet containing every data about each and one of the ships that he will eventually lead into the new Eighth Galaxy. He then analyses it carefully to ensure no one was left behind.
The list of ships is as follows:
1 Hegemony Class Battlecruiser (Eurasia)
3 Cohesion Class Heavy Cruisers
3 Mimir Class Strike Carriers
15 Cruisers
25 Light Cruisers
65 Super Destroyers
80 Destoryers
150 Corvettes
70 Gunships
10 Patrol Ships
10 Colony Ships (50M humans each)
5 Construction Ships
8 Science Ships
3 Assault Carrier Ships
2 Delegation Ships
22nd Squadron
471st Squadron
907th Squadron
775th Squadron
774th Squadron
20+more
567th Space Rangers Corp(2M troops)
68th Space Marine Corp(800k troops)
4th Star Enforcer Brigade(200k personnel)
7+more
"Holy crap, that's a lot of people to handle" the Admiral says worryingly."A lot of responsibility"he whispers to himself. He opens up a panel and hails the 2 delegation ships that accommodates the 12 would be council members who will take control of the Eighth Galaxy. The screen in the bridge boots up and shows 12 individuals. 5 are politicians, while 3 are military officials and 4 are directors of varying science divisions.
The highest of the twelve, Overseer Maverick. "Uh, Admiral Kuznetsov... it is delightful to meet you" the Overseer greets with a calm voice.
"Delightful to see you too Overseer, I am here to report to you about our preparation and departure"
Kuznetsov then clears his throat and reports about the readiness of the fleet. Hours pass by and the all of the ships are ready to go. The fleet travels 4 Astronomical Units from Arcturus Prime into a complex facility of rings around a giant warpgate that will bring them into the Eighth Galaxy, preliminarily reports from scouts has concluded of no sign of advanced alien civilization but the fleet should remain cautious of any suspicious events.
The warpgate is activated and shines a bright blue color.
"This is the Flagship Eurasia, permission for Plan October to commence?" The Admiral says to the Facility Commander
"Affirmative Admiral, the President has given permission for Intergalactic Travel" the Commander replies in a professional manner
"All ships prepare for Intergalactic Warpgate Travel" Admiral Kuznetsov orders in a deep commanding tone
"Rodger that"
"Affirmative"
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This warpgate is beyond comparison of any like it. 15 of this gates are created by the ancient precursors who have been mysteriously wiped out 100,000 years ago by an unknown force of origin. The gates were originally discovered by the Rodovian Alliance and were given to the TUF as a gift on 2430 to aid them in their defense against the Zo'gax Swarm.
450 ships enter the warpgate and instantaneously warp at hundred million times the speed of light. The expeditionary force immediately arrives after 3 minutes of anticipation. The first ships arrive quickly at the end of the other warpgate.
Corvette FSS Polnareff is the first to emerge into the a binary star system and straight away prepares to make landfall in a Class K Planet and a Class M Class Planet. Other ships quickly follow and the FSS Eurasia is the last the last to exit the gate. Conveniently, this system contains five planets which is the exact same number of science ships they brought. Reports from the FSS Pioneer have confirmed that the ancient warpgate's 100 year cooldown has initialized. The FSS Perception has verified that there are as of the following:
1 Class M Planet
2 Class K Planets
1 Class A Planet
1 Class G Planet
The binary system will be named as "Hyperion", in name of one of the twelve Titan children of Gaia in greek mythology. The Class M planet will be called as the "Hyperion Core". 24 ships activate their plasma and impulse engines together with the Heavy Cruiser FSS Tranquility head to "Hyperion Core" and start to survey the would be new capital of the newly established "Sovereign Order of the Remnants" as they are what remains of their Superpower Space Civilization.
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The other 326 ships split up and warp to other star systems to quickly spread their dominance in the region
FSS Perception begins landfall and surveys the surface of Hyperion Core.
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Somewhere on Hyperion Core
A rather small continent made up of 3 small nations, the Lourian Kingdom, Qua-Toyne Principality and Quila Kingdom.
The inhabitants of this continent call it Rodenius where seventy percent of its overall population are what they call demi-humans.
This demi-humans are the pointy eared magical elves, ingenious dwarves and the furry hybrids.
Peace is almost non-existent as the Lourian Kingdom boasts and increases its armed forces to prepare for the violent unification of the continent.
Legends and myths are rampant in Rodenius because of its past history on holding off the Demon Lord known as Nosgorath and his army of mosnters from enslaving the world.
The remaning survivors form up a united coalition with the help of the Sun God's Messengers with their celestial ships from the heavens to fight the Monster Army.
They quickly push back the Demon Lord back to the Philades Continent then finally were vanquished into the lands of the Grameus Continent.
A few hours past for the Science Ship crew
It swiftly passes by a mountain into the open ocean where no signs of civilization is detected.
In a couple of minutes an aerial signature appears on the sensors of the ship, giving the bridge staff a brief curiosity on what it is. They change their course and head towards it...
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Central Calendar
1639-Month 1-Day 24
Skies of Rodenius
A patrolling unit of the Wyvern Knights squadron rapidly flaps into the sky like the wind gallantly
Nothing else can fly above the clouds. This creature is called a Wyvern.
The wyvern mounted by a Knight in a plain light leather armor.
Maarpatima, a Wyvern Knight of the Qua-Toyne Principality is roaming the eastern area of the country. Nothing is to be expected in this direction.
But expect the unexpected, High Command has ordered any skilled Wyern Knights to scout the easternmost seas to deter any flankers.
He picked up his canteen of water and drank half of it. The patrolling duty was starting to become boring for him as he was assigned to it a month ago.
The knight stares into the horizon in which he remembers the rumors of unexplored lands. Countless voyages have taken but none of them have returned to tell the tale.
But what...Maarpatima discovered something strange from afar.
"What in the name of god!?" he expressed with a perplexed face.
A peculiar flying object is beginning to approach him
"Must be another patrol."
The Lourians definitely aren't capable of flying this far especially from that direction. There are the speculated Dragon Mothers or Wyvern Carriers from the 3rd Civilized Area but it's impossible for Louria to have one.
The unidentified flying object quickly narrows the distance.
As it comes closer, he concludes that this was not a wyvern nor an ally of sort.
"It doesn't flap its wings?" he adds, becoming more confused.
He turned on his manacom and contacted HQ.
"Unidentified flying object spotted...making contact if possible......" he reports to HQ.
He tried to reach the unidentified object but failed.
The object was absurdly big than what he thought,it was massive. It didn't have flap it wings, but it has three protruding rods to its rear and was flying at an alarming rate.
It quickly soars into the clouds never to be seen again
"Aahhh... Negative HQ, contact disappeared into the clouds. It headed towards back into the direction where it came from."
"Copy that knight...go back to your patrol, see if you can find it again"
"Roger"
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Mu, a superpower of the 2nd Civilization. It is considered as the most advanced mechanical based civilization in the world. Millions flock to this nation to engage in trading and gain devices such as the infamous "Spring-Wound Wristwatch". It could tell time precisely as long you wind up the springs.
Mu Airspace
A newly manufactured biplane is undergoing flight testing before it enters into service
Pilot Korl increases his speed to 370kph and commences basic maneuvers at an altitude of 6km.
While performing a barrel roll, he notices a faint glint from a distance.
"What is that thing...." he grabs his binoculars to take a closer look
He drops his jaws after what he witnesses before his very eyes.
"Is that a flying ship?. An airship? ....no. I can see turrets but there seems to be no sign of a crew on top." Korl pondered
The flying ship abruptly increases its altitude far beyond his biplane can reach.
It zooms into the distance before disappearing in a few seconds, creating a loud humming sound and a loud boom
Stunned because of what he saw, Korl alters his flight course back towards the airbase to report what he just seen. He could just report by radio but those cannot be fitted into aircraft since it's too bulky.
"I don't know if I'm hallucinating but what I saw was indeed real. Everyone must know of this."
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Aboard the FSS Perception
"Civilization detected, Aerial Contact seems to be of primitive origin." the AI spoke
"Replay the video of our previous visual contacts. I saw something anomalous on one of them"
"Affirmative Capatain Evergreen....replaying Video File < #267 >"
To be continued....
Author's Note: Hello everyone, this is my first Nihonkoku Shoukan story. I hope any delays from my other stories would end so soon but I lost focus and just want to write a Japan Summons like story for a long time.
Update: Chapter Revised