NationStates Jolt Archive

The War with the Untied Mankind was going well. Their fleets were fighting a multi front war and lucky for The Dominion they attacked the soft side of them. The systems were being taken fast and they were in some places nearing the Abh Front. At one such place a fleet of 800 Dominion Ships were nearing the Abh front. They had picked up energy readings of a Incomeing Abh fleet. Most likely chaseing Untied Mankind forces that were falling back. However The Dominion was strict about their border and would not allow Abh to Cross.

They waited to see if the Abh would if they did they would demand they leave at once. But they werent counting on the Pride of a Abh Admiral and The Admiral wasnt counting of the Jem'Hadars Wrath.

Admiral Spoor led her small strike force out towards the edge of the Empire's border. Her force totalled about 900 ships containing 600 Guardships, 100 Frontlineships, 100 Attack vessels, and 100 of the newly designed heavy fighters. They were shadowing the remenants of a UM fleet. She had received word that they had a small orbiting station at which they could resupply. If her information was right, she could slip in and destroy both the remnant fleet and base.

They alliance with the Dominion had not exactly caught up with all the commanders of the fleet and borders had not been established so Admiral Spoor could not possibly know that she was heading towards restricted space.

The Dominion Patrol Fleet the moment the Abh fleet crossed the border or what they claimed was Powered up Weapons and Shields and came flying out from behind a Moon

a simple message was sent You have entered Dominion Space leave now or face our Wrath.

Cufadiss: "Ma'am, it appears that we have just entered the territory of the Dominion and they are asking us to leave."

Spoor: "Impossible. Are maps do not even show this as their territory."

Cufadiss: "Perhaps but their shields and weapons have been raised."

Spoor: "Dear Chief. Tell them that we are pursuing an enemy fleet that we believe has a refueling station in this system. We ask that they stand aside and allow us to finish our mission. Inform them that the sooner we finish the sooner we will leave." She muttered to herself "The nerve of some upstart to tell the Kin of the Stars and let alone me, to leave a star system."

The message was sent to the approaching fleet.

Wren walked onto the bridge of a Raizen Class battleship. It was the flag ship of the task force. She was a young Vorta Commander and wished to serve the founders.

" Ma'am they refused to leave"

She smiles "Explane it to them we wont take no for a answer"

The Fleet opened fire on the Abh fleet

The Light Cruisers and Attack Craft pulled to the front heading for the Abh Fleet.

The Medium and Heavy cruisers moved to strike the flank of the Abh fleet.

The Jem'Hadar Battleships and Warbirds stayed behind the front line fireing.

Fighters left the hangers to attack capital ships. Mobile suits stayed and would be used if needed.

The Jem'Hadar would use any means to show these arrogent Abh that The Dominion is a power to be respected and feared.

Spoor laughed at the attack "If they think this is going to impress me then they sorely lack any elegance or common sense."

She stood overlooking the holographic map of the battlefield "Have the fighter engage enemy fighters. I want the attack vessels are to move forward and engage the Light Cruisers and Attack craft. Order the Frontline ships to fall back and prepare to fire their mines. I want the Guardships to form two quarter circles to defend our flank. Tell them to fire their mines and then engage with thier rifles."

Cufadiss: "It shall be done."

The Abh ships performed their manuevers perfectly. Frontlineships opened their ports and launched hundreds of mobile minds at the enemy.

Spoor: "If they want a fight, we'll give them hell fire."

Wren looked at her tact hologram. " Have all Warbirds cloak on my command. Then move them to the Abh ships that are holding back. Once there Decloak and engage them. Our Two Reman Warbirds will hold untell needed"

The Front line of the Dominion Encountered enemy mines. Some were dodged others shot. But a good number hit their target. The Attack Craft and Light Cruisers pressed on the attack. They Increased power to their foword Shielding. They moved in close to the Abh Attack Ships and opened fire at close range. Their beams fireing with furry at any Abh vessle in sight. The Fighters enaged enemy fighters in dog fights. They knew haveing fighter controle would be a major advantage in this battle.

Meanwhile the Medium and Heavy Cruisers started their attack on the Guardships. They packed a stroung punch as they fired their torpedos at them then moved in for close range combat.

At that time the Warbirds cloaked. One major advantage The Dominion had over the Abh was the cloaking device. They set a coarse for the ships that were fireing their mines.

Cufadiss: "Ma'am! Several ships have cloaked. They have disappeared from our radar."

Spoor: "If they want to play that way... Have all ships move into Space Time where they can't follow. We'll use hit and run tactics and strike at them from behind. Call the fighters back and have the Frontlineships close all ports and prepare for close combat."

All ships ativated their space time orbs and entered Space Time regrouping to strike out again and to take time to repair.

" Ma'am they entered space time"

Wren nods " Very well have the formations ready when any Abh ship comes out for a hit and run fire any and all weapons at it. Send a message to the Omega System have them ready Proto Omega we may need it."

The ships regrouped and set their computers to interlock mode. They would jointly attack any ship that comes out of space time with everything they have.

Cufadiss: "It appears that they have clustered together awaiting for us to exit."

Spoor: "Well let's not disappoint our little playmates. Frontlineships are to prepare for a volley. I want the Guardships to divide into groups of three. As soon as the Frontlineships launch their mines, they are to exit in three different locations near the enemy fleet. They are not to stay out for long and then return to the Frontlineships. All fighters and attack vessels are to remain here also. All ships are to remain in their Space Time Orbs for added mobolity and velocity. Prepare to move out Chief! Send a message to Lakfakalle and tell them that we may be at war now. Please be so kind to also inform her Highness that we request reinforcements."

A message was sent to the capital while the Frontlineships prepared to launch their space time mines. As soon as they were launched, the Guardships launched their attack from three different points. They pounded away with everything they had.

OCC: can I just send a message suing for peace? If not I will just keep track of this thread and hope a quick resolution.

The Dominion fleet was hit by mines. Half were shot down but the others made it in. Some ships were damaged some what and others destroyed or took heavy damage.

The Guardships were met with heavy fire from the Dominion fleet. Unlucky for one of the three groups they came out near where the Warbirds were.

They Decloaked at close ranged and fired everything they had. Warbirds that took heavy damage when decloaking rammed the nearist ship they could some were destroyed out right from decloaking

Jem'Hadar attack craft that were heavly damaged rammed any enemy ship as well. The rest of the fleet fired everything it had as fighters were sent out to engage enemy capital ships

The Jem'Hadar Battleships finnaly moved up front and started their attack on the Guardships

Wren sent a message to Dominion High Command

Abh forces that we bealive to be working for the Untied Mankind have entered our space in a attempt to destroy one of our outpost. We ask for the 12th fleet to be sent in. We also ask Proto Omegas targeting system be patched in to my controle pannel so i can take out the enemy flag ship when it exits.

OOC: Do as you wish Scandinivan. It doesn't matter to us.

Guardships were taking heavy losses and the Latchkue was damaged. Spoor realized that this run was over and time to retreat back into Space Time.

Spoor: "ALL SHIPS RETREAT! DISENGAGE AT ONCE AND RENDEZVOUS AT PREVIOUS COORDINATES."

As ships made their way back to Space Time a message came back from the Capital.

Cufadiss: "It appears that her Highness cannot be reached but Lord Dusanh's fleet is making its way to us along with a supply fleet."

Spoor: "Well then I guess we can consider ourselves even for all the times I've helped his daughter out of sticky situations. What is his ETA?"

Cufadiss: "He will be arriving with a full fleet in approximatly one hour. I guess we'll just have to hold out until then."

A message was sent to both sides saying," Why do you fight when pursuing the same common enemy instead why do you not make a temporay colation of your forces and hunt down you common enemy. Rember the saying 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend'."

The Dominion Fleet reorganized agian.

" Ma'am the 12 fleet is on its way and will arrive in one hour and 20 mintues."

Wren nods " good but lets end this asap. When the enemy flag ship comes out have Proto Omega disable it then two Jem'Hadar battleships beam the crew into the cargo bays and destroy the ship then we wair for our goverment and theirs to call each other off."

What had happened between the Abh and Dominion, soon was recieved by Ascendancy Intellegence, something that the Ascendancy fully expected to happen in the end, once the Dominion began attacking United Mankind forces.

Ascendancy strategem was begun to be reworked to factor in the part that the Dominion was pushing too hard, and now was making an enemy of an ally they supposedly coveted.

The next move was two fold.

The Ascendancy sent a diplomatic fleet of five JumpShips and a Corvette into the region of the Abh Imperial Space-City Palace to reach the Spunjei herself.

Second, the Ascendancy prepared to deploy their Hikari Fleet for the first time.

This began as a single Hikari Treeship suddenly enters the battlefield, no larger than a typical Destroyer.

The Gaian ship was picked up and The Dominion did nothing

The fleet stayed ready for the Abh Counter attack

Meanwhile The Dominion Goverment was busy trying to work out the battle was not somthing that was planned. A message was sent to the Abh goverment

A unwanted battle has taken place between our forces. This is somthing that has happened do to lack of communcations and your forces attempting to attack one of our outpost. We wish to clear this up and restore peace.

The single Hikari Treeship shot down at great speed to the nadir most portion of the enemy fleet. They then sent a single message.

:: ~ Isn't it funny that the dishonorable Dominion would blame the Abh, for something the Dominion did first. It was the DOMINION that fired first, and allowed an enemy fleet to escape damage.

In all aspects, the Dominion has allowed itself to help the United Mankind and it's enemies, and their penchant for selfish hogging of territory has blinded them of this obvious fact.

The Dominion in essence is an ally of the United Mankind, and care for themselves far more than they do for anyone else. NO alliance is held dear, nor any logic held reasonable where the Dominion stands.

We say this once. The Dominion will be the ones that will withdraw, or they will be destroyed.

This is a simple fact. And not even their vaunted Zohar weapons and such will save them this time. ~::

At that, the single Hikari Warship waited, well within range of enemy weapons.

Wren smiled and sent a message of her own

Our goverments are in talks now. However they claim they were going to attack a refueling station owned by the United Mankind in this system. The only outpost here is ours. We must assume they are traitors to the Abh and have sided with the Untied Mankind. And your threats are meaningless. True our Zohar power cant save us from everything but nore can your damn Hikari power. We are not blind. The powers are usless when used agianst each other. It will come down to power of our fleets alone. This dose not invlove you Gaians. We wont fire on you cuase we dont want war with you right now. However if you fire on us the GE and Grand Dominion Axis will allie with the Dark Enternals. Somthing we would rather not do as we know when your beat they will attack us. However if you attack you leave us little choice

The message sent by the Dominion was reached at the capital and a reply was sent:

I'm sorry to inform you but the Empress currently cannot be bothered. She is engaged in diplomatic issues and the Prince Lord Dusanyu is currently off to war. Lord Dusanh or Admiral Spoor are the two closest in the line of succession that are nearest to you. If you encounter them then do send them a comm link to discuss your matters with them.

Admiral Spoor waited in Space Time while she thought over the new attack plan. She also wanted to wait to see how this fleet would react to the arrival of the Gaians and she wanted to give Dusanh time to arrive for reinforcements.

The Dominion Fleet waited. This was Dominion Terrtory and the Abh came in with out permission. And they ment to attack the Dominion outpost in their eyes Spoor was a traitor to the Abh.

Wren sent a message.

If we do we will speak with them. As of low we wish for no more death. We will take the leader of this force once they exit space time.

The Dominion Commander turned her attention the Gaian ship.

Leave now this is none of your concern. The Abh fleet here is lead by a traitor to the Abh and we are going to end this befor they start a uprising. This is no longer your place to come and bark orders. Your Guardianship has no power over us. For all your Ego you know if we join the war agianst you with our allies your doomed. You may put up a good fight but its somthing you do not wish. Now leave OUR space at once.

The Dominion fleet would fire on the enemy flagship once it came out agian and take the leader of it and the bridge crew once done they would cloak and leave.

The Ascendancy Hikari Treeship had a single retort to offer.

:: ~ Poor fools of the Dominion, threats are beyond meanless to us. As for the Dark Eternals, we are already at war with them, and have an active assault upon our very borders, even as we strike back deep in their subjugated territories.

The same is no less for you Dominion. No one asked you to 'help' either us or the Abh, and NO Abh is 'that' capable of betraying their own kind. I know the Abh, they are honor bound beyond measure and this is NOT a case where you can say they are at fault. In fact your interference in a private war is the act of a band of thugs taking advantage of a situation for your own gain.

In the end, you are not only cowardly, and honorless, AND spiteful, you are overestimating your own abilities.

The Zohar Power is effective yes, but do not think of your power in such three-dimensional terms.

You have NO idea how powerful we really are. You think of mere Systems to control, we see entire Galaxies, and beyond as our field of vision. Your own vision therefore is both limited and baseless.

First you say you want to befriend the Abh, then you go OUT of your way to not inform them of your battlelines, and on top of that, continue to use your most needless and destructive weapons without hesitation.

Your words do little more than make us laugh. We see you as who you REALLY are. ALL see you as you really are. Nothign but Pawns of a greater evil. And in the end, you are stretching yourselves too thin, and not even your vaunted weapons of fear can save you. It can NOT save you.

As we are already at war with the Dark Eternals anyway, we are MORE than prepared to do the same to you. You are not a factor of fear to us, only either a possible ally, or an obstacle. And we do not fear odds.

Choose your acts carefully, for we refuse to retreat.

This is Lady Seto as the voice that spells the doom or herald, of your future. ~ ::

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At that, the Hikari Treeship suddenly shoots off, suddenly training a very bright, and glowing line behind it. It suddenly begins spreading itself behind it like a set of glowing leaves upon a branch.

As a result as well, scores, countless scores of additional Treeships suddenly leap out from Foldspace and begin doing the same thing all around the Dominion Fleet.

Nothing but hundreds of Treeships, and all doing the exact same thing, surrounding the Dominion Fleet very quickly.

Wren sighs " they will beat us in this battle if we fight."

The Jem'Hadar next to her looked shocked " so we use the weapon?"

Wren looks down " Yes all the Gaians powers combinded cant stop this weapon. Its the unltimate weapon of mass destruction. However useing it will destroy us and this entier sector."

A energy source started to build in the Raizen class battleship. They were sure the Gaians and Abh could tell what typ of energy it was. This weapon was one of the hardist weapons to make and the least used by anypower. Its side effects are still unknown.

The Dominion Fleet sends a message right to the Abh command ship.

We will accept you the leader of the Fleet and your bridge crews surrender. You most likely know what weapon we are readying to use and you will not be able to out run it. If you give ur self to us we will withdraw and allow your fleet to go about your work. We will Qustion you and if it turns out you had to ill intent agianst us we will return you and issue a appolgy.


OOC: This is my ultimate weapon. Each nation has one i am sure the Gaians have yet to show theirs yet and i hope to never have to see it used agianst me ^^;;. FYI this would be a god mod if i used it alot but i am thinking of banning it in a future massive confrence. Think of it like a Sub Space Weapon like the Son'A use And such. The name of the Weapon is the Diminson Ripper. It will tear the sector to shreads and the same in alternate universes and Diminsons where this sector is. Even the Dominion dose not like useing this however Wren is hot headed unlike most Vorta.

((OC- Actually we 'don't' have a weapon like this. Everything we have is already deployed, save one major asset about to be used in the Dark Eternal war thread.

The catch is that I intend to create massive armadas of everything I call as normal weaponry, in preparation for the liberation invasion of the Dark Eternals, once certain things occur first.))

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The swarming numbers of Hikari Treeships begin to sense through their Subspace Links what is occuring.

Seto on her Treeship Mikagami watches all this with a shake of the head.

"They're still taking the conventional way out." ...said from one that knows first hand the power of subspace weapons.

"Do 'not' retreat, and prepare our 'band-aid' if they use the weapon. The Ancients and Ascendants better be damn right about this one. Continue to surround the fleet with the Angelhawk StarVines."

By now the Hikari Fleet was spreading the 'vines' of spreading Angelhawk Wings along vines of vast lengths, that the stars were being quickly covered over in a vast sea of white.

The Dominion Fleet awaited the Abh responce.

But with in ten mintues the 12th fleet arived earlyer then expected.

Lead by Admiral Yomi no less. He was known for being one of the more reasonble Admirals and one of the more bossy.

I Demand ALL forces stand down. Gaian,Abh and our own. I will NOT have a damn war breaking out while i am incharge of this sector. Wren you and your task force are to power down shielding and weapon systems now. Or i will destroy you my self. I ask the same of all Gaian and Abh ships. This sector is under my command and as such i expect you all the follow my orders. I do not care what nation you are from follow these orders and we can work from there.

As ordered Wrens fleet powered down all weapons and shielding. The Weapon also was powered down.

Lady Seto meanwhile watches her fleet in action, just as the Dominion Twelth Fleet arrives. The message sent makes Seto muse for a few moments. She then mentally infiorms through Hikari Link for the Fleet to halt their actions, and redeploy near the Sord to protect the Abh fleet behind it.

She then sends.. ":: ~ We will comply with standing down, but we will not withdraw until the Abh are properly appologized to, and honor restored. It will be by their words that we leave, not yours.

And if an enemy United Mankind fleet attacks in the midst of this fracus, then we reserve the right to attack it outright as per the conduct of war. ~ ::"

Ofcourse i have been meaning to contact you Gaians for some time anyway. I am sorry for the actions of this Young Vorta. She unlike most Vorta was born of naturle means and not cloned. She is only 15 and yet commands a fleet. I adopted her five years ago and it seems some of my hard headedness has rubbed off on her. We welcome you and the Abh to my command ship where wren can explane her actions. Unlike Most Dominion commanders you will find i am not one of the ones that is eger for War with you.

The Dominion fleet lead by Wren came in right beside the 12th fleet and waited.

Lady Seto remains a touch distrustful, but for once, she sees a chance to do some good and end this futility of Gaian and Zetan/Dominion competition for the right to be called the greated guardians of all time.

...when such a thing was never a Gaian objective in the first place. Their pride and power only made it seem so.

She responds back over holo-comm..

:: ~ We will arrvie with the Abh delegation at the same time, and conduct discorse then. Let us hope this step is the first to better relations once more. ~ ::

...she offered, with a heavy tone of uncertainty in her voice. She then waited for the Abh to respond.

(OOC: Sorry everyone. I had to completely restore my internet connection but now I'm back and ready to RP ^_^)

Spoor heard all that was relayed between the two nations here. She took a steadying breath as she looked at all her crew as they looked back into her eyes.

Spoor looked around at her crew on the bridge then hit the ALL COM button that would transmit this message on all frequencies:

This is Admiral Spoor of the Latchkue. I cannot in good concious indanger my wonderful crew more than I already have. You are all brave and any Admiral would be proud to have crew such as you.

That is why I have made the decision too.....turn the flagship over to my Chief of Staff. From now on he will carry out command of the fleet until you all reach the capital safely. I will take one heavy fighter from our hull and head out to meet the Dominion head on.

That is all and may you always be free in the stars.

Cufadiss looked at her with a stupified expression.

Cufadiss: "But m-m-m-m-m-m-m'am, you can't do this..."

Spoor: "Don't make this any harder than it already is dear chief. Take care of my fleet for me. Remember, they are the best."

Cufadiss: "Yes but you made us this way. At least let me send an escort with you. You could be shot down as soon as you leave Space Time."

Spoor: "That's why I am the only one going."

Spoor exited the bridge and made her way down to the fighter hull. She boarded her very own fighter, ironically painted red also, and launched heading out to meet the confrontation. She had all channels open so she could pick up anyone trying to reach her.
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Cufadiss: "Send a message to the remaining fleet. Tell them to proceed to the capital. Also let Lord Dusanh know that he is not needed here and should reposition himself to strike out at the enemy elsewhere. The Latchkue will stay behind and protect our admiral."

The bridge erupted with cheers.

The Raizen Class Battleship sent a signal to the fighter to enter the fighter bay there Spoor would be escorted to a holding cell untell the meeting took place between the powers in the system.

Lady Seto meanwhile, once she saw the Abh craft enter the Dominion vessel, asked her Techs to send for instructions for her shuttle to arrive on the same vessel.

Meanwhile, news arrived that Hiei was defeated, and the Zetan Dominion Empire had been linerated from it's dark clutch. Seto suspected that things were about to change, and was determined to endure Admiral Spoor was safe from any harm.

She was quite willing to make a trade if required.

First she needed instructions from the Dominion.

Spoor slowly approached her craft to the front of the Dominion vessel and then sent out a communication

I have not yet surrendered and being held in a cell was never part of the agreement. If you wish to discuss something with me then we shall either do it here or somewhere where I will not be treated as a prisoner.

Very well you may come to the meeting room where my father Admiral Yomi will soon arive. All partys please send one persion no guards.

Admiral Yomis shuttle arrived shortly after spoors as he exited the shuttle he was greeted by Wren.

" Hello Father"

Yomi nods " I am glad to be with you agian. But seems you have let your temper get the best of you agian."

She looks down " Yes father"

Lady Seto meanwhile interpreted the message sent by the Dominion as orders to follow, and took the shuttle herself to the target location, waiting for the Abh commander to board first.

Spoor brought her fighter to bear on the hull. She docked and exited her craft. She stood patiently by, awaiting the Gaians. She was at least hoping to walk in together.

Admiral Yomi and Wren had already went to the meeting room. In the Hanger bay Humans were mostly seen

But Some Jem'Hadar and even the feared Reman Shock Troops were in the hanger. The Remans had short tempers and unlike Jem'Hadar would attack with out orders if they were mad enough.

Lady Seto meanwhile arrives, her Lambada shuttle landing with little event, and the regal Gaian Foreign Advisor walks down the shuttle ramp, her regal presence immediately of note.

She then sees Admiral Spoor and walks over to her. "Frode Spoor I presume." ..she put using the Abh language. She then noted the Dominion personnel. "How charming."

A Reman walked up to both of them. Dressed the clothes of a Reman First officer. Hearing the remark he eyed Lady Seto

" Like wise my Lady."

A Reman with a since of humor was somthing not seen alot

" Admiral Yomi is awaiting you with commander Wren please follow me"

He started to lead the way to the meeting room.

Lady Seto looks at Admiral Spoor and starts off first behind the Reman officer.

Spoor just shrugged and quickened her pace to keep up beside Lady Seto. "Are they always this dull? I'm about to fall asleep here."

Seto however waves a hand only once. "When in another's abode, manners are still needed. We'll both retain what we desire in the end."

Meanwhile, Seto receives information of the apparent turn around of fortunes in the war on Ascendancy space and soil. She considered this in her talks to come.

The Reman lead them into the meeting room a bowed befor he left

Yomi turned " Welcome my guest. I am sorry for the trouble my child has but you threw."

Wren looks down showing her young age " I'm.....I'm sorry for my hasty actions"

Yomi smiles " But as of now forgian policy will soon be takeing a vast change. As i am sure you may know Hiei is dead and the allience has been reborn anew."

Spoor stood there taking it all in stride. "Apology accepted......for the moment. But I will not forget about every Abh and Terran that was killed this day. It will all depend on how this little talk goes."

Seto bows her head. "Indeed, and I also learn that your own Zohar has a goddess as a guardian. Know we give respect to your version now, and stand along side with it.

..as for the rest, we are lenient in our regards, save one.

Assurance that Frode Spoor is 'not' what she is accused of. This we stand as our only objection."

Yomi nods " I would feel the same. I will allow Lady Seto to explane what has taken place as of late with Hiei and the war.for i my self i am still in the dark about most of it

But know what happened here will never happen agian. Our goverments already plan to meet in a week to set the new border post Untied Mankind."

Spoor: "And what do you plan to do about the United Mankind? Until recently it has just been a small war with the aid of the Gaians. I'm curious as to what your take in all this will be."

Lady Seto nods to Yomi and then starts. "In a tight little summary, the following has happened.

We have been forced to remove ourselves from the fight with the United Mankind and their allies, due to the far larger war that has been going on for several months, against the race known as the Dark Eternals, a race as old as the Ascendants are.

We.... nearly were obliterated by them when they pushed all the way into our Inner Core Galaxies and to the Core Worlds. When I say almost, it was 'that' close.

At the same time, the Lord Excellency went out and confronted alone, Lord Hiei, and managed to help remove him from power. The details are both extensive and apparently graphic, but the end result was that a combined Hikari and Zohar Power use allowed us to save the Zetan Dominion Empire. As a result, they, the races known as the Selicans, and the actual Eternals, the opposite number of the Dark Eternals, in combination with other forces that became allies, have all allowed us to start retaking the great swaths of our territory we lost in the assaults by the Dark Eternals and their enslaved forces.

The concept is no different than what the Goauld were doing to the Jaffa, but expanded over hundreds of intergalactic superclusters. This war is too big for us to fight alone, we realize that now.

And intend to form a powerful alliance once the Dark Eternals our ejected from our realm, with the intent to destroy the Dark Eternal threat forever, and remove such an oppressive enemy from the universe, for the most part at least.

In the end, what that is happening here, for us at least, is small elements of the larger picture. But we are still committed to the course here as well." Seto then stops and takes a deep breath.

" Yes the war is starting to take a great number of our forces. This war is a large one sadly i have a feeling it is not even close to the last."

"Well if the enemy wasn't worthy, then we wouldn't have even bothered to wage war against them. It just so happens that we have been fighting this fight long before any of you ever knew of our existance. Now personally I believe that battles should have a sort of artistic flare to them. The Abh shall continue to fight this war the way we always have. The enemy is practically gone and then we can finally have peace and I can go back to being bored."

Seto retorts.. "Hardly. While the Sicily Treat nations cover thousands of systems, the Dark Eternals cover millions of galaxies. They also cover the Diaz the same as they cover entire planets and systems.

It's a war that will take at least several generations of even Abh to end, depending on how hard the slaved races fight. It's also a war that sees no sign of being 'boring'.

It is our intent in our Jihad, to eradicate the Dark Eternals, no matter how long it takes. They went too far in moral conduct against us, and we intend to suffer them no less an eradication they nearly did so to us first.

The Dominion already is an ally in this war. Would the Abh wish the same, and extend the control of space far beyond their original conceptioned borders?

The choice is of course the Abh's alone, we can only offer. The war of course would be devestating on any force, and it would take the forces of many many allied civilizations to ensure the Jihad has it's effect.

And that space belongs to no 'one' force of any kind. Not light or dark.

That is the way of the Balance."

"Yes this war with the Dark Eternals may take a long time however. The Dominion feels the use of Biogenic weapons could end the war alot faster. But that is a talk for another time and place."

Yomi turns to Seto " If the Abh do enter the war they will need our help. We fought you in the past so we were able to deal with the Dark Eternal weapons and ships. However i am not sure the Abh fully understand the power they would face."

"The Abh will fight bound by honor to assist our allies. I have already heard word how the Prince himself made it clear that we would protect your people as if they were our own. Know this though. We will not have any part of extending our reaches beyond that of what we take back from the United Mankind. We have no other interests in such matters. We only ask for the freedom to move through such regions given that we were made for the stars."

Seto replies.. "The Dark Eternals have demonstrated far worse methods of such warfare in the first place. Such weapons would only be countered in the end, and worse, this is a war to exterminate the Dark Eternals, 'not' their slaves. Someday the slaves will become allies of each of us respectively, we would prefer to have them appreciative in some way, and not write history against us.

And we already have gained data of great quantities on the nature of the Dark Eternals and their enslaved allies. This we can impart with equal measure. Also the conduct of the war need not be so straight forward, considering the varied types of tactics available in the alliance forces."

Seto then informs Admiral Spoor. "..and I see little need to restrict anything for any reason."

Yomi nods " Yes all space would be open to you. This is the start i feel of the war to bring peace to the universe. The war with the Dark Eternals are just the first battle of many."

Seto corrects Yomi.. "No... this is not a war to establish peace, rather one to reestablish the Balance. Peace in the end is only one facet of this greater reality.

That is what we fight for. Chaos 'and' order must exist. Ying and Yang are true realities of themselves, and both are needed to keep the universe itself actually safe."

" Well that is somthing we will have to agree to disagree on for now."

Yomi turns to spoor " As of now your fleets can enter our space when chaseing Untied Mankind forces. As to avoid this mistake agian."

"We shall do whatever is needed to help you end this war. It doesn't matter the odds or the enemy. We will fight them and kill them. That will be our priority for your nations"

"Then we should begin this by revealing to each party the official borders of each empire. This way the task of any 'hunting' down that lies within the enemy of the United Mankind and it's own allies, lies with the area breached, and it's native forces. As in this case far more such lies within Dominion and Abh territories, it'll be your responsibility each to ensure that no battles occur like this.

It's more than imperative. Forces must be kept intact as possible if you are both to help in the war. I would also suggest to the Abh to concentrate on using our own facilities to expand their fleets, as well as prepare tactics to conduct operations around all Sords found within enemy territory, the Dark Eternals that is.

In fact, you both are well within right to use our resources, within reason, to expand your forces by a great number. We can also begin to teach how to employ fully automated fleet forces, such as our Kushan-Droid fleets."

" Very well soon we will be setting the border in a meeting to be held in a week. As for Droid fleets we have more then what we know to do with. But they are all under going major refiting. they are 12 years old and since then our tech has increased majorly. It will take four years befor our droid fleets are up and running agian"

Seto smirks. "Always a set behind. Our own have been very much a part of our FACAF ground forces for a great number of years now. You may learn a thing or two from us, since we, for one iota, did away with standard armor for the same kind that adorns our warships, pearlalescent white diamond.

..another..."

Just then her comm chimes. "Dear me, one sec."

After a short converse. "Indeed... I will be returning shortly."

She then looks between Spoor and Yomi. "I must leave soon. There is an invatation of course.

I will ask pointedly. Is Admiral Spoor free to return to her forces." ..it sounded less of a question and more of a.........

Yomi nods " Yes she is free to return to her forces. As for Wren i will have a long talk with her."

Seto nods.. "Each to their own. As for myself, I have a wedding to prepare for. If we are done here, shall we all not return to our capcities?"

"Then I shall leave immediately to inform Star Command of this new development, that is if there is nothing else that I am needed for."

Yomi nods " There is nothing else you may go."

Spoor stood and gave a curt bow to both in attendance. "Then I take my leave."

She walked out to the hangar and boarded her fighter. As she left the hangar she was met with a wonderful surprise, her entire fleet had not abandoned her. When she got back to the bridge of the Latchkue, she could only express her thanks to Cufadiss with a smile. She didn't want him to hear her choked up words.