[b]Harbringer - Coruscant Orbit[/b]

"Commander, this is not Earth.""What?""None of the ships are transmitting the signal that the Earth ship from Atlantis does. One of the vessels is declaring itself as from EArth though. It has complied with the locals orders to form up. We have been receiving the same order and they are declaring that they are going to board us." This could prove a valuable asset. If they were boarded that gave them a ship with local navigational data. It also gave them any necessary codes and an update on what was going on in this galaxy. For they knew well and truly that no planet within Pegasus had a population off this size, it would have been thought over for eons and the hive that had gained control would never have went into hibernation. Such a hive would be a deadly adversary and he was determined to become it, though of course new Hives would need to be grown to compensate and that required time to prepare the seed and find an adequate carrier. All this could take months and right now he didn't have months. "Begin preparing a hyperspace jump to another planetary system. At the extreme range of the Hives Jump capabilities. Once we have the information we seek we shall depart."

An alarm blared as one of the nearby vessels pulled behind them. "Commander. one of the smaller ships has pulled behind us, I believe in an attempt to merge with our sensor signature.""Prepare the darts." He let himself be pulled back to the Hives sensors, much like an out of body experience he was viewing everything at the range of the Hives sensors within the system, the movement of all the ships. The one declaring itself from Earth was pulling alongside one of the so called Empires vessels obviously in compliance, it had its own tail. One of the other vessels he could not determine what it was doing as the newest arrival and he himself had a tail following his vessel. IF the Queen learned off this she would be most displeased. Other High technological societies were a threat to her sovereignty and she would not take kindly too one of them following them around and using them as cover. 

"We need to play along for now. Inform this Admiral that we will accept their delegation to board our vessel for inspection." He opened his mind to the ship, the weapons systems armed themselves if necessary. Hives weren't as nimble as the smaller ship likely was however it could turn about to bring its weapons to bear if need be. 

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Admiral Loff nodded as two of the ships were complying to a degree. There was a weapon surge from one of them but that was it. He would have to send another message in order to be clear. "I repeat to all vessels, stand down and prepare for inspection. It will be a brief scan aboard your ships to ensure that your vessels are not harboring war criminals of the Empire. This is non-negotiable and diplomatic solutions can be explored. We are willing to offer both technical and medical support. We are also willing to help you in order to discover the location of your respective homeworlds. However be warned that the Empires reach expands throughout the entire Galaxy. You do not wish to be our enemy,:

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Palpatine stood before the fires that had inhabited the lower levels of the Senate. He bowed at it as he finished. He moved up to the senate stand and removed his hood. His skin had returned to its normal youthful state however they it was paler and had some odd markers. A staff was sitting to his side. "Greetings, delegates of my Empire. I bring great tidings. The days of the [i]Force[/i] are over. Now begins the time of our true gods."

There were murmurings all throughout the hall. The doors sealed and the flames from below began to engulf all of the delegates, some of them burned and others changed. "Hallowed are the Ori."