[b]LIV [i]Starfire[/i][/b]
The [i]Starfire[/i] sent out a message to the first fleet that appeared, while also activating its coilguns due to the fact that one of the vessels just fired a huge ball of plasma at the other fleet present. They both seemed to have translated the human languages extremely easily, perhaps indicating a similarity with their own languages. In fact, it seemed like speaking human languages was natural for them.
"Aperiens porta, fractum est gravitas generationem. Terra paulatim. Tibi gratias ago pro respondendum,"
Next, a message was sent to the other alien fleet that had responded in perfect English, while speaking, Fairlan couldn't help but feel a sense of Déjà vu.
"Thank you for responding, we too hope for peaceful relations. We require repairs, however. Is your fleet capable of providing repairs to our vessel, or perhaps bringing us to one of your own worlds? We can arrange an official meeting on our own planet with our leaders, but for now we just need repairs. Our people have almost no radiation tolerance, and we cannot make an FTL jump without the shielding that was just town off by the collision."

[b]Piracy[/b]
The corvette assigned to protect the freighters opened fire on the alien craft with everything it had, although it was clearly incapable of taking down the ship. The convoy sent out a distress call, and five other craft from Lakfakalle's defensive complement of seven came to aid the convoy. As it was carrying cattle and seeds to Shuroh, it was an extremely import convoy that had to be protected. The new ships opened fire as well, their railgun shots streaking towards the enemy ship and in some cases puncturing its armor. On the freighter that had been boarded, marines fought back against the pirates with their assault rifles, which appeared to be surprisingly effective despite how far ahead the pirates were. One of the marines threw a grenade at the invading forces, but instead of detonating it released some sort of dust-like material that they breathed in. It was nanodust, and it quickly analyzed the brain structure and memory patterns of the aliens and them inserted itself into their ears, forming something similar to earbuds. This process allowed the nanodust to translate English to the alien language and the alien language to English. Knowing the process was done, the soldier screamed at the invaders.
"You will cease your attacks immediately! You have invaded our territory and attacked a convoy operated by the Lakfakalle Cooperative Federation! Failure to comply will result in the destruction of your ship and the interrogation/execution of your crews! Stand down immediately!"

[b]Construction[/b]
With the attack on the convoy, the LCF has ordered new warships to be built and fitted with the Warp Drive. Instead of building entirely new craft, the LCF has moved eight defense platforms and split them between two shipyards, attaching them to already existing interplanetary craft. Due to the highly advanced energy shields on the defense platforms, the two ships will not require bulky radiation shielding plates. Two new warp rings have been commissioned, and the completion of the vessels is slated for sometime this year.

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-Lakfakalle: homeworld of all the Children of Lakfakalle. Name means "Cradle of the Empire" in the Abh language of Baronh. Origins of this name are unknown. Most heavily developed planet in the Federation. Perfect environment for habitation by all Federation species.
-Terra: Named for the mythical birthplace of the human, Boskop, Ethra'Hirel, Dolphin, and Abh species, second most developed planet. Extreme temperatures on surface, cities float above the clouds using oxygen to stay up, as the atmosphere of Terra is extremely dense.
-Shuroh: Named for the mythical homeworld of the Delphan species, also known as Delphi. Least developed, almost entirely frozen planet with a warm underground ocean with many Dolphin cities. Surface is uninhabited save for a few domed cities that act as transfer points into the underground ocean.
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-20 interplanetary militarized vessels, each equipped with two coilguns and one railgun. Incapable of FTL travel. (Two currently undergoing refit)
-1 interstellar militarized vessel, LIV Starfire. Not currently in communication with Mission Control on Lakfakalle.
-1000 defense platforms around Lakfakalle, highly advanced. Nobody understands how they work, but all they appear to need is power in order to fire antiproton bursts. No tools have been able to get to the inner workings.
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