[b][i]GM Post - Moonstrike HQ[/i][/b]

As Joey rushed towards the fleet the other Rebel Cells had mustered, the sensors of Team 2's small ship began to register a series of space-time distortions; multiple Spacewarpers, more of them than had been seen since the war, were popping into the area, led by a gigantic dreadnought which had [i]towed[/i] in several more ships which had no FTL drive of their own, thus boosting the size of this strange Armada. What were they? Ever since the Windsor Autonomous Trading Fleet was implicated in the RealAscendancyStockBets mess, there should be no human-owned flotilla of comparable size -

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But it [i]was[/i] the Windsor Autonomous Trading Fleet, resurrected from apparent death or disappearance to swamp both Moonstrike and the other Rebel Cells' fleets with both numbers and ordnance. Centered around [i]Queen Elizabeth II[/i], a trading ship as large as an Ascendancy Dreadnought and which now boasted shields, armor, and row upon row of guns and missiles that made it clear it can act as one. And over open comms, a voice echoed out, the smug tone belonging to one William Windsor of the Autonomous Fleet, whose face flashed on all available screens.

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"Greetings, this is William Windsor of the Windsor Autonomous Trading Fleet, and reports of our demise, arrest, and disappearance have been greatly exaggerated," the young man then further explained, "They sent Admiral Laguna after us; we fled before her and took everything with us to deep space. Now we're back, armed and ready to fight against the Ascendancy... As all of us, rebels are committed to doing, yes?"

There was a sharp note to his last word which indicated he knew more than he actually did. This was confirmed when he said out loud, "We have the President-for-Life's wife in our custody; don't ask how we have her. Let's just say that there are revelations which need to be aired, revelations which will make or break the prospects of a united Rebellion."

Two messages would then appear before Queen Anne's Revenge's screen.

[I]Silence Windsor; he's a danger to all of us and a false Rebel![/i] A desperate message from Moonstrike One.

[i]Wait for the First Lady for Life to tell us everything,[/i] a mysterious text from someone named, 'Snowy C.'

Which directive would be obeyed, even as the AI would sense her companions mysteriously disappearing?

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[b][i]GM Post - Korta Homeworld, Mother[/i][/b]

Team 3 suddenly received a transmission from the planet below, a transmission broadcast to all ships in the region:

"The Korta Matriarchy has declared a state of emergency," the speakers of their ship voiced, "Half of the Ascendancy's armed forces have disappeared;  so have several human-led pirate bands which had been sighted close to this area no less than a few days ago. Taking advantage of this, a coalition of political dissidents, former officials of the Ascendancy Government, and various ex-military officers have gathered together in the Solar System itself, on the rebellious moon of Titan, to declare the formation of the 'Restored Commonwealth of Humanity'."

Any available screen then lit up, showing what was undeniably Finbarr, surrounded by officers and politicians considerably older than him, standing with a portal at his back and wearing a smart-looking military uniform of white and electrum (a mix of silver and gold), saying, "For far too long we have let the Ascendancy lie to us to keep their own power, directing us against an 'alien menace' they provoked themselves for their own gain! I am a Star Marine, a child they had turned into a soldier, used and abused for their plans! Now, we, those who truly have Humanity's welfare in our minds, have had enough! The President-for-Life shall fall!"

Then, all of them received a mysterious transmission, saying, [i]The Pirates have been dealt with. Go to Episilon Theta to help Ashton and the others.[/i]

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