[b][u] Arcana System Sol Federation [/u][/b] The Arcana system, like many other star systems along the federation's fringes, with the exception of the Paradiso Syste of course, are mostly underdeveloped, the given name "frontier" most fitting title. Arcanis III was the only habitable world of the system, most of the planet was filled with rocky hills and mountains, with pockets of habitable grasslands, jungles and Savannah in between, forming "Oasis'" amidst this mostly cold world. Typically, a Frontier Colony world is as redundantly described, "underdeveloped", colonial settlements and urban environments are few and far between, for Arcanis III's case, there was only a total of a 1.4 Million sapient beings taking residence on the whole planet, half of which live in the Planet's Capital City of Unilos. This small, insignificant colony would play host to a rather significant event as the Ch'akii open themselves up to the Federation and to the greater community at large. Unfortunately however, the unannounced arrival of the Ch'akii warships had sent the small colony into a panic, in the past, the Arcana system was plagued by Xim raiders during the war, and in it's aftermath, were occasionally assailed by roaming bands of pirates, the Arcanan SDF were among many that were underfunded and were limited in numbers compared to others, possessing only a small handful of old starships either dating back the war's early years or even further. Now a small fleet of alien warships of unknown origin just appear out of the blue, many fearing it is a precursor of an invasion. ------------------------- [b][u] Arcana System Deep Space [/u][/b] Three Cyclops-class Frigates and a Ferrymen-class transport/carrier move into an alpha formation as they advance towards the a possible position of the approaching alien ships all crews bracing for possible combat. Deep within one of the frigates, in the CIC was the commander of the patrol group, Captain Jadasi Maku, a female Alduzr around her early thirties in human years, she was siting calmly upon her command chair, meditating, the ambient sounds of the ship's many systems blended with the crew's chatter, filling the air. "Captain." A feminine voice called out to her over the room's intercom, it was the ship's AI program, she was commonly referred to as Oriana. "Alien vessels are in visual range." the AI stated. Captain Maku stood to attention as she became more alert, walking towards the center of the CIC, a large holo-display table. "Show me." she ordered as holographic models of the approaching alien ships begin to materialize right before her eyes, the alien vessels were a strange design, nothing she personally has seen before, add to the fact they did not seem all that welcoming. Jadasi walked over to her chair as she grabbed a small comm device attached to the arm rest, pressing down a few keys. "All ships are to be on alert." she ordered, connecting through the comm systems of all the ships in the group. "We don't know who or what we're dealing with or what their intentions even are, and we are to proceed with cau-" "Apologies, Captain." Oriana interrupted. "But one of the vessels is emitting a broadcast signal in the system." "Go ahead, let's hear." As orderd, the AI played the same message over and over, and to no ones surprise, it all seemed like gibberish. "It will take a considerable amount of time to decipher the language." "Orders, Captain?" one of the an bridge officers asked, the others turning their eyes onto the captain. "As I said before, proceed with caution, have weapons ready in case this gets ugly." she paused a moment before giving another order. "Oriana, open channels with our "guests", hopefully they have a better time understanding us." "You're all clear, ma'am." Jadasi begun to clear her throat, taking a deep breath and proceeded to speak. "Attention unidentified craft, this is Captain Maku of the USS [i]Guard Post[/i], state your business in Federation Space or you will be met with force if necessary." ----------------- [b][u] Kasius System [/u][/b] Unlike such worlds like Arcanis III and New Columbia, Kasius was a sort of middle ground between underdeveloped and highly developed. A good portion of the planets has been settled by a variety of colonists, however, most of it has yet to be touched by man or whatever lives upon this world. It was far better off then worlds like Arcanis III, but far from perfect from Worlds such as New Columbia. Nonetheless, Kasius, like the previous two mentioned, would have very important visitors arriving very soon. The Federation was alerted ahead of time that the Diplomatic Delegation from the Cormyrean Confederation would arrive to this very system, a location had been decided upon between the two for the summit, the Space Station [i]Vigilant[/i], in high orbit of Kasius. ---------------- [b][u] Planet of Kasius, High Orbit Space Station [i]Vigilant[/i] Hanger Bay Alpha-01 [/u][/b] [img]http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q173/sigma830/RP%20Characters%20and%20Stuff/Rp%20Stuff_zpsiamzcht8.png[/img] A large crowd had begun to developed in the Hanger as members of local and interstellar media had gathered for this event, camra drones zooming about as the Cormyrean fleet could visibly be seen outside of the station's plasma shields. In front of the large crowd was Ambassador Joshua Winston, along with his bodyguards, Joshua a tanned man in his late forties, wearing his personal diplomatic attire, a blue suit with a golden strip over his chest area and a white coat hung in similar fashion like a cap. From outside, several small craft had emerged from the Confederate Fleet, a shuttle escorted by two fighter craft, the small group were quickly approaching the hanger bay, within mere moments, the three ships had passed though the plasma shielding encasing the sace station, making their landing in front of the media, drones recording every moment. The boarding ramp of the shuttle lowered down as Senator Fayyer and his team had emerged from the shuttle. "Senator!" Joshua exclaimed with excitement. "Allow me to welcome you to [i]Vigilant[/i]. Let this hopefully be the first step in a good friendship between our nations!" ---------------------- [b][u] New Columbia, High Orbit [/u][/b] A Navy vessel, an Independence-class Cruiser, the appropriately-named USS [i]Columbia[/i] was on cruising approach to the Commonwealth Cruiser [i]Anna Karenina[/i], and within ten minutes were aligned to their broadside. Moments later, the Ambassador's shuttle had departed from underneath the federation cruiser and proceeded to cruise towards the hanger bay of the Commonwealth vessel.