The radioactive dust was of little to no concern. In space, there were naturally pockets of radiation so ships had long since been shielded against it, whereas the dust would be burnt up and the radiation be circumvented by the atmosphere should it enter. When the Arcs hit, the fireballs consumed the ships they hit... only to die down to reveal that most were unscathed as their shields shimmered around them, save for several Evocatus ships being destroyed or heavily damaged to the point of being disabled. Regardless, several Evocatus class ships were hit and destroyed. Several Hastati or Velites Class, generally Civilis Protectione rather than Equitem, fell as enemy magnetic rounds hit them, before a Carrier moved in front and allowed it's shields to take the remainder of the shells for the smaller ships. The enemy appeared to be behind militarily, but they were tenacious fighters indeed.
There was a pause as all but one of the crew of a single Hastati hastily abandoned ship and then it jumped into slipspace, before dropping out right before the single Manumar-Class ship and colliding with it, causing the explosives on the Manumar to detonate, destroying them both as the Hastati's Dark Energy core self destructed
The Supreme overlord sighed and transmitted an order to the fleet "Disable their ships and force them to retreat" he ordered, and then several sections of the Triarian fleet disappeared, though the bulk remained flying around outside, spreading out further. The ships that disappeared reappeared nano-seconds later beyond the enemy shield ships and surrounding the enemy fleet on all sides except behind to give them one area to escape. They fired their weapons, not to destroy but to disable the enemy vessels. Several of the larger ships fired energy projectors, however, at the shield ships in order to take down the enemies defence, and the carriers launched their drones, and prepared boarding parties if need be. After firing, the larger ships flew across, firing broadsides at the enemy ships as the smaller ones launched into their graceful and speedy glide, flying around the enemy ships and attempting to disable the enemy ships. They moved in seemingly erratic patterns, and yet did not collide with one another, dodging enemy fire as they went. The display of lights and plasma as the ships glided around their Sazkarjhit counter parts might have been beautiful if it wasn't a battle rather than a display.
Then there were more contacts as another fleet of Triarian vessels appeared on the corner of the system, and while the Sazkarjhit were heavily outnumbered before, they were now hopelessly outnumbered, The Supreme Commander was impressed with the Sazkarjhit tenacity and their brave, if illogical, stand however, so he sent a message to the Sazkarjhit fleet
"Your courage is noted, but you cannot hope to win this fight, Xenos. Surrender now and you will be escourted out of Collective space by a minor contingent of Civilis Protectione vessels with no further hostilities. Possible diplomatic relations may ensue at the discretion of both parties. Be warned, however, if you should leave any more unauthorized espionage ships, they will not be met with a warning shot like before but shall be prosecuted or amputated."

Updated Ship

The Old Ship issued to Spectre has been deemed outdated and no longer up to par. In it's place, the Indespectus Class Prowler has been produced. It is a unique class of ship that incorporates cloaking technology by utilizing several different means, including active camouflage that bends light around the ship in order to render it invisible to the eye and Stealth Ablative Coating which is black in color and serves to refract most basic sensors, making the ship invisible to radar and other minor sensors, similar to the way Active camouflage cloaks something from eyesight. The coating must be maintained perfectly or it will return radar signals. This necessitates constant maintenance on the entire coating, which is to be done after every mission the ship goes on. This only works on minor and some moderate level sensors, making it good mostly for avoiding the eyes of pirates or sneaking through low security sectors and past small patrols, as higher security sectors and enemy warships are likely to use more advanced sensors. It has Counter-electronic systems as well. Weaponry wise, it carries weaponry on par with a Velites class Corvette, save for a miniature version of the Energy Projector that would not be able to generate enough power to glass a planet or even destroy enemy mainline ships but is powerful enough to cut through most Corvettes and Frigates, but it's not meant to be a mainline fighting vessel. It is to be used mostly be Spectre and Ghost during their operations in order to travel unseen around space. As one can imagine, this ship is considered classified on a high level by the Collective

Hostile Triarian Contact
The Fleetmaster checked the status of the diplomatic breakoff. They had, luckily, met up with Hub Fleet 003, meaning that they were safe. She faced back to the Triarian fleet and prepared to send a message.

"We will leave the system, seeing how you seem to be approaching defensively. After this occurrence, it will take time to consider a diplomatic assembly. I will notify my superiors when I can, however."

With that, she grouped with the escorts and ordered the fleet to make a mass-outersystem jump.

Almost as soon as the message was received, all ships ceased firing. Plasma projectiles that were moving towards the enemy fleet detonated prematurely, and energy projectors were quickly cut off. The Supreme Commander tapped a few commands and spoke again
"Copy" He said, and tapped a few commands, blinking a few times as he sent a message throughout the fleet
"Gather any survivors from destruction and gather any remaining inorganic and organic parts for recycling" He ordered, and the fleet set about gathering up the parts of the few destroyed ships from what could really be considered more of a small scale skirmish than a proper battle. None the less, the Collective policy was to ensure that nothing was wasted, and they did it well enough. Within just an Earth hour, the debris was gone, taken in by the Collective to be recycled, and survivors returned to other ships. Should any Sazkarjhit survivors be found from damage, the Civilis Protectione had orders to transport them away from Collective space and to Sazkarjhit space. It didn't look as though there had been a battle at all by the end of the Triarian Clean up operation

Statistics Center, Makudan Homeworld, Unknown, Classified Coordinates
"Seven-twenty thousand and still counting. Doesn't fail to impress me about how fast we're expanding. And those scrap technology of that multigalactic empire, simply astounding to have got them. Looks as if they were fresh out of extinction." Odometus glanced at the many screens, some of which were overlapping each other. His forefinger rubbed against his chin, gazing at the numbers and charts.

"Now, now, Odometus. We've still got a long way to go before we go on freely rampaging around the cosmos. Eh, maybe it's boring if we're the only ones here. Maybe spare some?"

"Now that i think of it, Kotonus, can we try to get even just a bit of attention from the Odenders?"

"For the sake of protocol, i obje- oh, hell. Others agree. Fine, order the spy fleets to fire some weak shot."

Odendus Sector 5b
As the fleets stay organized and uncovered within distance of a star system, which appeared to be holding a multiracial meeting, they receive the order. One of the ships thrusted forward for a short distance, before firing a bright ball of light that apparently isn't aimed at whatever object.

[EA Contact] Extreme Outskirts of the Milky Way - Aboard the EAS Vengeance and the Muzmeg:

"Alright, send the coordinates to our flagship that was being contacted before, and I'll inform my leader of this possible meeting." said Overlord Thakva. He then walked back into the Gulrok along with the 29 Orcs that were guarding him. The Gulrok fired up the engine and headed back to the Muzmeg in order to notify Overlord Mogor of the diplomatic meeting.

The Gulrok landed inside the flagship's hangar where its 30 Orcs disembarked with the 29 guards headed to the armory and Overlord Thakva heading to the bridge. Overlord Thakva entered the bridge where he was soon greeted by Overlord Mogor. "Glad to see you made it back in one piece. Now, what do you have for me?" Overlord Mogor said. "Well, they should be sending the coordinates to a possible empty spot that we can colonize, and a meeting has been set up between you and their leader which I have the location of." Overlord Thakva said. Overlord Mogor paused for a moment to process what Overlord Thakva had just told him. "Good, once we get the coordinates we'll head out immediately and when we get there, I'll take a detachment with me to the meeting." said Overlord Mogor. "Aren't you going to tell the Chieftain?" Overlord Thakva asked. "Can't, communications aren't working, we've tried several times with no response, so we are out here alone for now." said Overlord Mogor.

Message to Orc Fleet
"President Dmitri Saveli will meet you at the location marked on the starmap being transmitted along with this message. He has been alerted of your planned arrival and should be ready for you by the time you reach his position, as long as he doesn't collide with any planetary debris on his way."

Draconian Front 25, 56th EA Patrol Fleet
While on it's way to the Draconian quantum gate to Front 14, the 56th picked up an unknown contact on the newly enhanced Draconian sensors. While small enough to be a simple anomaly, a single ship was broken off from the fleet. After all, the war is over, might as well do some exploring. What that single ship found, of course, was what seemed to be a fleet of ships scavenging. Deducing that they must know what happened, the crew decided to twist the truth a bit and present the EA as a mighty nation. Quite a big lie, as for the entire first three galaxies they just cowered behind the Triarians. To prevent an attack on their craft, a message was sent to the alien fleet along with a translation matrix. Just in case.
"This is Captain Ballzédé of the Earth Alliance starship Kelroil. You are within Earth Alliance space and gathering debris, as such, we assume that you are unaware of the recent war between us and the Draconian Empire, the origin of the debris to be found here. The technology in formerly Draconian space, composed of about a hundred galaxies, is normally delegated by the nations that contributed to the war. However, during first contacts it is overlooked by our nation. Though I do ask you to identify yourselves and inform us if you have had any friendly contact with the Draconians recently."

EA Virtual Reality Historical Records, Battle of Gliese 667 Cc
As he wired into the VR system, a new spectator began to watch the VR recreation of the famous battle, known not for any major strategic gain for any of the sides that participated, but for the historical importance. The battle is considered the event that defined humanity, reshaped it many years later. Seven hundred different sides fought in the battle, every one of them for their beliefs. It was the waning days of the Common Sense War, and the fighting had gone to the extremes. It took place after the dozens of Christian factions finally united, but not by unity. No, they were united by being conquered by the one with the most savage and dangerous soldiers, it's name lost to history. This battle was where they would use their new strategy, against Gliese 667 Cc, the last planet where humans of multiple faiths lived together in peace. Why did they attack it specifically?
There were Jewish inhabitants.

As the spectator watched on, the hundreds of fleets were quickly decimated by the superior Christian forces, with outnumbered the others and outgunned them. As they closed in on the planet, leaving behind thousands of floating hulks in their wake, the cargo bays of the ships began to open. Out of them flew millions of nuclear missiles, which impacted the planet in short order. Due to the design of the weapons, the fireball rages on for hours, supported by a fusion reaction being fueled by vast reserves of fusion material on the fleet. When they finally ran out of fusion material, the fireball dissipated and the survivors of the fleets were met with nothing but dust.
And that's why Gliese 667 Cc isn't on starmaps anymore, along with ten other planets that met the same fate before the great purge was started by Dmitri Saveli and Fergus McClain. Afterwards, the human species took the title they still believe they deserve: The Shamed Ones.

FROM: KARBORIA CAPITAL DISTRICT - OFFICE OF GRAND VESSEL F. SUAR'KUM; KARBORIA REGION, SAZKARJHIA, SAZKAR MAJOR
TO: HIGHER BODIES OF THE TRIARIAN COLLECTIVE
SUBJECT: FORMAL APOLOGY

3.2.2158 C.C.

Hello,

I am Grand Vessel Fakeem Suar'kum, whom you may know as the leader of Sazkarjhia. It did not take me long to hear of the confrontation at Triarius. I would like to issue a formal apology for the actions of those sailors. We have always been wary of your kinda, and how you treat us...well...we often find it to carry many degrees of hostility. Some of these old sailors were there during the Crusading Period, unfortunately. I find hilarity in that, even after ten years, they still show dislike of your kind. Old grudges die hard, I suppose.

But an old grudge of a Fleetmaster shouldn't entitle any damages your fleet suffered. I would like to apologize upon Sazkarjhia's behalf for causing this. Had I realized that they accidentally jumped into your region of space sooner I would have recalled them immediately. So, hopefully, we show no hard feelings. We understand that you Triarians, especially the Umbrae Popolus, have strong dislike of us, and this event I'm sure has not improved relations. I only hope that you respond soon so we can hear how you feel of it, or hear of any demands you may want to make.

May your future endeavors be fruitful, and may the great hand of Zarwaun guide you forth!

With Sincerest Regards,
Fakeem Suar'kum, Grand Vessel

Allimone Meeting: ODS Gestopo

Turning to the human ambassador, Kalihary said "Let's discuss trade, then. As we've stated before, we are in the needs of vegatables and fruits, maybe even grains. In turn we can provide you with raw metals, raw energy, perhaps even a metal which you have never seen (I'll warn you I don't know how much the Trinity is willing to trade this resource)". He also wrote some more things down onto his note device.

Triarians guarded, Equestrians guarded, Humans somewhat open. Note another insult to religion by Triarian. Note willingness for trade routes.

Odender (Milky Way) Galaxy
"Time limit for a response has been reached, my Aeternals. Should we head back to the nearest star system of ours, or should we stay conducting espionage on them?"

Impatience seemed to fill all the spy fleets that were observing the peculiar behaviors of the sentient evolved simians, who seemed to be processing also the remains of the multigalactic empire, albeit at a slower rate. Although they find this interesting at first, they could no longer show their interest with them. They were just simply standing by within empty space, near an unresponsive civilization. Some of their crew even slept on their dormitories.

"Exit back towards the nearest star system, espionage is now considered complete. Wait for further instructions for your next missions."

As Faust appears to be ignoring the Primicerii, they move on to the next subject, only to be interrupted as a message arrives from the Sazkarjhit. The Primicerii read it and quickly commune mentally, before a message is composed in response

To: Grand Vessel of the Sazkarjhit
From: Primicerii Marcus, Supreme Overlord of the Cradle Galaxy
Subject: Response to apology
Content:

Greeting,

Grand Vessel Saur'Kum, I identify as Supreme Overlord Marcus, Equitem leader for this galaxy and Primicerii member
Apology formally Accepted.
Sazkarjhit need not worry about damage to Collective vessels during recent Incident. Destruction negligible relative to full force. Vessel replacements shall be completed shortly
Collective acknowledges Sazkarjhit interpretation of Collective.
Collective does not claim police action at Triarius as wrong, but apologises for any excess damages. Attempted to resolve conflict with as little destruction as possible
May your mind be logical and sharp, and your knowledge base grow quick and large.

Message Composed by
Supreme Overlord Marcus

Expansjon situation

Triarian advancements into the abandonned Draconian territory spread like wild fire. Ships rarely stay in system for more than Ten to Fifteen minutes. Due to the speed, a habitat for the Triarian leading the Corruptelae Insectum onto the planet is deployed from space, imbedding its self into the ground at the crater it creates upon impact. The procedure for these ships as they continue is simply. Arrive, fire habitat, depoy dropship, leave. This allows the Collective to put a claim on large amounts of worlds with just a handful of ships and not having to use large amounts of population

Aboard the Muzmeg:

The message from the EA appeared on the main monitor of the bridge where every one could view it with ease. "Overlord Thakva! Get that detachment organized. I'll be heading out soon and I need everyone else to be as well." said Overlord Mogor before pointing to the communications specialist. "You, notify the rest of the fleet of the colony location, alright? Alright. Let's get this done everybody!" Overlord Mogor said in an energetic manner. "Overlord Mogor, I have the detachment organized and ready to go on your command." said Overlord Thakva. "Roger that, and you, Grunt, is the rest of the fleet prepared to go?" Overlord Mogor said. "Yes, Overlord, they are awaiting your command." said the communications specialist. Overlord Mogor moved his face closer to his main control panel containing the microphone. "Overlord Mogor to all Orc ships, green light, head to your designated objectives, I say again, head to your designated objectives. Overlord Mogor, over and out." said Overlord Mogor. The entire Orcish fleet suddenly vanished as they headed to their assigned locations.

Diplomatic Detachment:

The Muzmeg, modified Grinaz-Class Super Carrier
2 Grinaz-Class Super Carriers
3 Thulkash-Class Carriers
11 Gromagash-Class Heavy Cruisers
17 Zunhurtz-Class Light Cruisers
22 Zugrad-Class Destroyers
23 Gomoku-Class Heavy Frigates
28 Agronak-Class Light Frigates

107 Total Large Ships

Opportunists (In the perspective of Sazkarjhian Pirates)
Hearing of the event above Triarius, two vessels, Sabertooth and Rapier, come out of warp and begin scanning for parts to salvage. Impressively, most of it was cleaned away, and all but some space debris was left orbiting the celestial body. Raising arms, but attempting to mitigate radar detection and planetary sensors, the two ships creep closer to the planet in hopes of finding any kind of useful technology leftover that could be implemented...or sold.

Expansion
With the Triarian expansion program, the EA has decided to essentially copy their program with EA technology. They have begun launching warp missiles filled with nanobots at planets to lay claim to them, increasing the speed at which planets are taken over. The EA continues to race towards Front 01 in search of better technology, their goal being the dark matter technology seen in draconian ships. If they can get it, then it would make the production of energy much easier, thus allowing increased negative energy production.

Orc Diplomacy
Dmitri Saveli rushed to the hangar of the huge Abh-designed station, which, in Abh style (a part of the quickly-developed culture) was painted entirely green. The hangar comms officer nodded to him, confirming that the Orc fleet was in-system. He ordered a message to be transmitted.
"This is President Dmitri Saveli of the Earth Alliance and spokesman for the Inferior Ones. There is an Abh spokeswoman here for the contact as well, along with a Dolphin spokesman. It is an honor to meet with your people, the origin of this transmission is the hangar of the diplomatic station Kiktahkhe. If you wish for a face-to-face meeting, then head for the hangar. The doors will automatically open."

Hach Diplomacy
"Ah, we are more than capable of trading food! Our farms provide far more food than we actually need, and what would it say about us if we refused to share? As for what we want in return, a few samples to that metal would be quite nice, but if it is not possible then we want nothing more than the knowledge that we helped."

Expansion
With there be no way the Equestrians can match the Triarians or EA's methods of expansion, the Equestrians have captured several quantum gates and sealed off access to several galaxies, with only the Equestrians having access. Fleets are being deployed into the galaxies, along with one Draconian Core Galaxy that was successfully captured to prevent a ship with a Inter-Galactic drive from reaching them. While they may not be able to secure the worlds like the Triarians and EA have, they have effectively sealed off access to the galaxies for others. The secured core galaxy also contains Dark matter research, which the Equestrians are transporting to the best labs on Equiis for study.

[EA Contact] Diplomatic Meeting:

The Orcish diplomatic detachment moved closer to the station where the meeting would take place. The Muzmeg opened its hangars, releasing three Gulroks, or drop ships, which made their way to the station. Upon arrival the hangar doors of the foreign station opened up automatically as the three ships approached and landed. The drop ships landed in the hangar and its contents began to disembark into the hangar with 29 Roggurks and Overlord Mogor exiting from the center Gulrok. Also, 29 Roggurks and a single Warlord exited from each of the other two Gulroks. Overlord Mogor approached the individuals who he believed to be the President and spokespeople of the Earth Alliance. "Greetings, I am Overlord Mogor of the Zurosh Empire." Overlord Mogor greeted.

Illegal intrusion above Triarius
There was quite literally nothing left of the destroyed Triarian vessels, the self destruction of the Dark Energy cores was, as always, highly destructive as it consumed the ships and 'deleted' them as their fail safes were destroyed. Disabled Triarian vessels had been recovered, and aside from the odd scraps of hull, it almost seemed as though the destroyed ships had never even existed. Civilis Protectione cruisers and frigates prowled the debris, having been redirected from their standard system patrol routes to check the wreckages for Anti-Kyn or Malignants who might loot it, and the closer one went to Triarius, the larger the patrols got. Aerial Synths with space equipment zipped from wreckage to wreckage, examining them in detail. As far as the Collective was concerned this debris field was now their property and stealing from it was considered a level four offence. While much of the debris was clearly shifted using some form of gravity beams, some of the debris seemed to shift towards waiting transports as the Triarian ships regarded them with no apparent cause for the movement, as the Collective sorted debris of separate quality and material into different transports for recycling.
Expansion reports
For a time, it seems the Triarian vessels are going to continue to ignore the Quantyk gates, just as they did for much of the Great war, that is until two Triarian battle groups arrive at one and demand to be allowed entry. For a moment, it seems as though they are going to try and force their way through though they actually intended to disable and remove them for recycling. But then, almost as quickly as it started, the Triarian expansion slows, and many of the ships jump away from the Draconian worlds, leaving only a small skeleton of the previous expansion under way, something else apparently taking precedence

Opportunists
Rapier and Sabertooth banked hard in either direction to split. Trying to avoid the Triarian recovery parties inching closer and closer to them. Small teams were deployed onto large hunks of the debris, using scanners to determine metal content. Aboard the bridge, Brako Gelyish'sum, captain of Rapier, observed the occurrence.

"Brako, don't you think we should be more careful about these Triarians?" an adviser on the bridge asked him, as the two and the crew stared into space at the Triarian Collective on the lookout for the vessels.

"They said they wanted us to bring back something, but it looks like these creatures cleaned up most of it, even shipping away most of the pieces left. Gazh! ((Sazkarjhian equivalent to "dammit" in human languages)) We have to bring back some kind of resource. Even if it can't be used on our ships, we can at least melt some of the hull pieces down for their metal content, and see how much that can fetch on the market."

Brako turned to make an order to the recovery teams deployed. "Tag the best pieces, and have tractor receivers attached so we can get some of them. Be careful about the Triarian ships, if we're found...well...you all know what will happen."

Foreign Database Greater Archives
"My lords, data from the diplomatic archives of the Zoradean slaves before they have seceded have shown that they had diplomatic relations with the Odenders that the spy fleets have made espionage with recently. In addition to these, the Odenders, under the national name of 'Earth Alliance', may have sent computer-automatic diplomatic distress signals to the Slaves, which also gave a mention of the fallen Draconians through which our engineers are working on copies of their technologies. This implies some connection to the Odender races and us, through the Slaves."

"Response to findings: The Council has unanimously agreed on continuing contact with said Earth Alliance."

EA Star System, Unknown Coordinates
5 Exem Heavy Battleships, 5 Conus Light Battleships, 7 Edrin Light Cruisers and 50 Dakuu Stealthships surface out of wormhole travel towards random locations surrounding the entire star system. Once there, the spacecraft starts to send the following message, deliberately untranslated.

Denus obo nori koi? Meius kadii vokuu remesidunis alteneva ir ne koji. Jonzu zoron nedicus et Zoradeus, kedemiel.

In addition, multiple security systems protecting EA databases has been hacked, decrypting all the security features, from the encryptions that protect another set of encryptions, so on and so forth, down until the last set, until the data is fully accessible. These data has been stolen, giving the Makudan more information on recent events.

Alien Incursion
Try as they might, the EA translation computers could not crack the language. It was simply too... alien. When the hacking was detected, they attempted to disconnect the attacking systems to no avail. While it's no secret that EA virtual security is pretty bad, they can usually lock out one or two invaders. After studying the formation of the new contact, it has been determined that they either had preliminary scans of the system (which has minimal security) or were simply here for diplomatic purposes. As such, a single diplomatic vessel was sent along with 20 attack ships, 10 patrol ships, and two battleships. With weapons charged and shields up, they cautiously approach the alien fleet. A single message is played on loop throughout the approach. Containing a pictorial dictionary and the best translation matrix they could prepare, nobody expects it to be that effective.
"EA Plantary Defense Fleet 024 to unknown contact, state intentions. If you are the origin of the hacking of our computer systems, you know our language. Our translation technology for some reason cannot understand your own. If that was a test, we have failed. We do not wish for another war right now, you probably already know that we played a role in the recent multi-galactic conflict. Our people do not enjoy fighting, unless the enemy attacks first and struck because of differing beliefs. Please respond, I repeat, please respond."

Orc Diplomacy
The president bows slightly, and returns to his normal position after a couple moments.
"President Dmitri Saveli, Inferior One at your service. It is an honor to speak with you face to face. To the left of me is Empress... Ablïarsec néïc Dobreuscr... Bœrh Parhynr Lamhirh, who fought as a captain during the Draconian War and earned her title and place as spokeswoman as per Abh tradition. On the other side is the robotic avatar of Master Tactician Ckit-Nah Klen Tah, who was elected by his people to the position of spokesman and earned his place as Master Tactician through military promotion."
The Empress and Master Tactician bow as well, but the Master Tactician has a bit of trouble as he is still breaking in the new avatar (Dolphins are notoriously hard to connect with avatars).
"It would be an honor to one day have Abh ships fly alongside yours, Overlord." Says the Empress, right after standing up from bowing.
"I am always happy to meet another land species, we have much to learn from each other." Says the Master Tactician, likewise.
"Now, what is it that you wish to discuss here?"

[EA Contact] Diplomatic Meeting:

"It is an honor to meet all three of you in person and I'm glad that this meeting was able to be organized. Now, as for my purpose here. I am currently on a mission to find a suitable territory to colonize as directed by my superiors, and so far this galaxy has been the only one we've found for quite awhile. What I'm asking here is for your permission to inhabit a portion of this galaxy and of course there will be several benefits to both of us through trade and combined military forces. You may choose to allow or disallow and we shall not mind if you should choose the latter as this area is under your control." Overlord Mogor said to the three officials of the Earth Alliance in a polite and formal manner.