[b][u]Totalist Space[/u][/b]
Along the edges of some nameless system in the Totalist State, a lone Divine class warship exits FTL, a rare occurrence for the Collective to be sending just one ship. However, it was sent on an even more unheard of occasion, this ship was sent on a "diplomatic" mission, for centuries the Collective knew not of this word, every world and civilization they came across, they simply made demands and waged war if said demands are not met. This mission was an entirely alien concept to them, the Seven never bow to a foe, they simple prepare for the next wave of an invasion, but recent events have shown that some particular civilizations will not simple be on the defensive forever, and very soon the Collective will have to fight their own defensive war on two fronts, something the Seven wish to avoid at any cost.

The Collective vessel continued its journey deep in the system, sending out signals to alert any nearby totalist warships of its arrival. 

The signal was intercepted by the sizable armada using the system as a staging ground. Immediately both the fleet and the ground forces deployed in the system went into full alert, expecting a Collective battlefleet to emerge soon after. Several hours passed before the local Totalist command decided to consider the possibility of trusting the Collective.

A message was sent ordering the Collective vessel to land in an out of the way asteroid orbiting the fifth planet of the system, as a small squadron was detatched to shadow the hostile vessel. Meanwhile, the purpose of the Collective's mission was relayed back to the Generalissimo himself, who decided to humour the request. Despiste the fact that no one actually believed that the Collective would accept the Party's terms.

After some time had passed, the Collective ship made way for the asteroid field, making its landing on one of the larger asteroids. Elsewhere, aboard the ship, in the Command Center, a cloaked woman had passed through sliding doors, garnering the attention of the very small skeleton crew of eight Agaathi. Once the cloaked had been unveiled, it is revealed this woman was of the quite elusive Ascended, her eyes glowing a shade of green, with small strips of whatever technology made her this way running down from her forehead to her chin. It was very rare to see her kind outside the walled cities on Collective Worlds. "Connect with their channels." she turned to and ordered one of the Agaathi servants. 

"Yes, my lady." he replied as he pressed down some keys in a brisk pace.

"Let us pray to the Seven they see reason." she said to herself.

"Hostile ship." Came the voice, filled with evident disgust despite the garbled transmission. "We will be rerouting your communications channel. Do you have any holographic transmission equipment in your ship?"

"That we do." she replied. "I'm standing before the device."

"These are the codes you need to use." The voice replied and soon after the codes arrived through the comm channel.

One of the Agaathi servants entered the code, the holo-projection device sparking with life, scanning the woman for a brief moment before a holo image of the Totalist Generalissimo himself materializing right before her. "Greetings, I am Jana, Third Speaker of the Seven." 

"I am the Director of Peace, Generalissimo Alexander Dollabella-Rybalsky." He replied, face carefully kept stoic. "And I am told you have come with terms for us. Be quick"

"Gladly, I come before you on orders by the Seven, we know what you intend to do next, and we wish to avoid this at all cost. We simple wished offer a gift of everlasting life, and I admit we...acted too rash in your refusal. However, reconsider, otherwise the death toll will mount in the millions upon millions for both sides. Reconsider our gift to your people, wouldn't you rather live in peace as my people live now? Free of war, sickness and death."

The Generalissimo laughed at her. "A gift? Oh no! What terrible misunderstanding!" He continued sarcastically. "Surely we can reconsider the whole situation based on this little tidbit of information." He chuckled lightly as he shook his head. "No, no, no. You have come here because the rotten toaster you call Queen has realized that she has bitten more than she could chew. Now you are looking to save yourself." The Generalissimo cleared his throat. "I will be transmitting our terms right now. Accept them all or we shall finish what you started."

Soon after the Collective vessel received a series of documents detailing the Totalist terms for peace. They consisted of large scale transfers of territory and technology along with the disarmament of the Collective and the establishment of hundreds of military bases throughout their remaining territory, along with the inclusion of the Agonis Collective as a member of the Totalist Sphere, essentially reducing it to a puppet state.

The Speaker read over the terms, her neutral expression slowly degrading into disgust and anger. "This is unacceptable!" she cried out, about to show her true colors. "Bowing down to inferior beings like you!? ." she paused for but a moment, and continued. "Absolutely disgusting...very well then, Director. If you wish to enact these demands, you'll have to do so the hard way, be prepared."

"We are more than prepared, Speaker." The Director smiled. "The entire might of the Party is arrayed against you. And from what I've heard, new enemies seem to be popping out every day now for you." He paused. "It may take a decade or a century, but mark my words, abomination, the end of your state is coming. You are just delaying the inevitable now."

"Cut off comms." the Speaker ordered. In that instant, the holo image of the director faded away. "Fire all weapons, if they wil not see reason, we fight to the death."

When the comms were cut, the Director gave similar orders for the squadron shadowing the Collective vessel. And just as Jana's ship unleashed its first salvo, so did the Totalist ships. In the end, the larger Totalist force managed to dispatch the hostile vessel with relative ease.