Galaxy 001, Overlord for Quadrant 3

"Praelatus meus, Overwatch reports Equestrian forces moving on Mars, and Specter intercepted this broadcast"
"President Dmitri Saveli has been taken hostage by the Supremes! Her Imperial Highness Empress Ablïarsec Néïc Dubleuscr Bœrh Parhynr Lamhirh is in the same building currently, as well as the Boskop representative, the Supremes have threatened to destroy the entire area and as a result kill these three as well as the millions of innocent civilians living in the Capital city! Our databanks are also under attack by what is almost certainly a Supreme virus, please help us!" The message ended and the Overlord chuckled
"Allow me to guess, directed to the Equestrians?"
"Affirmed, and the Sazkarjhit and Hach."
"Haha, I thought as much. Alert our agents operating in the area, inform them to assist the Supremes if required. The Abh Empress must remain alive, however"
"And the Dimitri one, praelatis meus?"
"The Dimitri is expendable, although prefered alive, the same parameters apply to the Boskop. Get me a report on what that virus is doing and report back. Depending on characteristics, they may be required to assist it or desist it."
"What are the Supremes doing?"
"Likely something being misunderstood by the other races. No official line will be issued for now, we will wait to see which way our allies act before we make any major action"

Mars

The Umbrae Populus agent approached the computer terminal as he received his orders, checking that nobody was watching before tapping away commands on it. Behind him two other agents removed a grid from a vent that ran overhead and slipped inside, their bodies twisting at unnatural angles as they moved along its dull interior, hopefully to bypass the lockdown. They knew other agents were performing similar duties around the Capital building and out in the streets. The Umbrae Populus agent attempted to use the computer to get a copy of the virus, and from there attempted to extract its coding in an attempt to locate its instructions, hoping that since it was interacting with human files it would be programmed in a similar format to human viruses. However unlikely it was, he was not fond of the idea of trying to crack an alien coding language under pressure

Message to the Sazkarjhit and Hach

How do you intend to respond to the recent Human Hostage Crisis? The situation appears most troubling from any perspective that the Collective looks at it.

Message to the Hach

We recently picked up a message from you proposing an alliance with the Sazkarjhit. As we have entered an alliance with the Sazkarjhit people, we inquire whether you would be interested into entering into this alliance, designed to build a strong defence against the possibility of an Equestrian threat or any other such threat to our three nations