[b]New Rome, the Imperial Palace[/b]
The Imperial Palace, as implied by the name, was the lush extravagant home of the Emperor and his family.    It also held many important offices of the Empire, including the meeting place of the Emperor’s cabinet. Today however the Cabinet’s office has been taken over by the Minister of War, Princeps Supremus Lucius Petronius, for a meeting between him and the various heads of the Roman Military.

“New Aurelia is a failure. Without the planet has left us with few options for pushing along the front.” spoke Lucius. Lucius had always been a tall and imposing Roman, only further accented by his blonde hair and blue eyes. He wore a more stylized Golden Power armor that was normally used for military parades. 

“New Aurelia is not lost yet. Our forces are still well established and we are making adv…” said the Legatus Exercitus. While still appearing to be tall, he seemed almost insignificant compared to Lucius.

“As far as I am concerned, it is. Our forces are bogged down and abandoning the planet now leaves us open to EU counter-attack.” said Lucius.

“What if we just bombed the planet from orbit? I think that would send a strong message to the EU.” asked the Praefectus Classis.

“No, we can’t. I would normally agree, demonstrations of force have proven effective on other nations but the EU is above such displays. The EU has also already demonstrated what lengths they are willing to go if they feel threatened. I need not remind any of you of the New Germania Incident.” spoke Lucius. A sudden tension filled air, as if by uttering such words Lucius had committed a crime.

“For now I shall adjourn this meeting. We have nothing further to discuss.” said Lucius, as the three men left the room and headed to their own offices on New Rome.

As Lucius walked to his own personal office however, he was approached by a woman. She wore power armor, similar to Lucius’s. Long light blonde haired flowed down her back, and her blue eyes shone lightly in the Palace’s chandeliers. 

“Minister Lucius.” she said, taking a small bow.

“Princess Aurora.” he returned, also taking a small bow.

The two began walking together, striking up a conversation.

“Have you considered my appointment to Praefectus Classis? I would make a much better commander than that piece of slime would.” said Aurora.
“I have, and when I submitted the necessary paperwork to have him replaced, your father turned it down.” replied Lucius.

“He did now? Of course.”

“Your father is holding steadfast of many things. Despite all of my advice he decided to order the invasion of New Aurelia anyways, and now look at where we stand.”

“Have you at least guaranteed I can continue to operate independently of the rest of the Fleet?” 

“Yes I have and I intend to make sure it stays that way. You are one of the most effective commanders I have met. I rather you not be bogged down by him.”

“I do have other matters to attend to Lucius. And I also need to speak to my father about rejecting my appointment.” said Aurora. 

[b]New Gull, Outer Roman Space[/b] [@MissingAxis]
At one point in time, New Gull had been a agricultural colony, however at the outset of the war with the EU it had been rapidly converted to become a front-line supply center for the Romans. Machinery, workers, and even entire factories had been moved to New Gull because of it close position to many Roman offensives. Most estimates placed New Gull at being responsible for roughly 30% of war supplies.
  
As such New Gull was heavily defended, and the Romans did not take kindly to seeing a unknown contact. A few frigate-sized vessels approached the new contacts, weapons ready and engaged.

Shortly after the Roman vessels broadcasted a message directed at the new contacts. The message was encoded in a simple computer code, and included a translation matrix.

“Halt unknown vessels. You have entered the territory of the New Roman Empire. Identify yourselves or we will be forced to assume hostile intent and engage.”

[b]Sol, Near the Asteroid Belt[/b][@Keyguyperson]
The vessel opened it’s frequency, the video call coming up [url=http://ddragon.leagueoflegends.com/cdn/img/champion/splash/Poppy_0.jpg]revealing the face[/url] of the diplomat who had broadcasted the message. She began speaking, as Fergus also noticed a few humans around her.

“I am Poppy Orion, with me is my family’s hammer. The Eternal Union’s one goal is Harmony for all. We know of Earth because those you see around me told us. They told us stories of a great war that lead to the near annihilation of their people, and which they believed would lead to the destruction of Earth. We brought them into our fold and have nurtured them ever since.” spoke Poppy.


((A bit on the short end, but I needed something.))