Dragged up to the cockpit Orion looked up through the perspex glass in astonishment.  [color=00a651]"It can't be, that's impossible!"[/color]  

	Eclipsed by Saturn and looming ominous like a demon backlit by flames was a space fortress of monstrous proportions.  Gothic in architecture the fortress' midsection was slowly rotating clockwise while the upper and lower sections were rotating in the opposite direction to compensate for the loss of gravity in space.  A ship of that size simply could not have enough gravimetric pods to safely create artificial gravity like capital ships could.  Large bursts of flame erupted from 4 long apertures in the midsection which rained down upon the moon of Phobos' primary Colony station.  Other bright flashes of light erupted as capital guns fired in addition with an engaged Phobos Fleet.  Popping on the fortress' surface on what looked like a rippling bubble was the return fire from the fleet.  Splashes of purple and green in what seemed an attack of such insignificance.

	[color=00a651]"I will crush you as if you were but an ant under my thumb"[/color] thought Orion.  ACE cut through the silence in response to Celebrimbors accusatory remarks with a cold explanation.  [color=f7941d]"A planetary station originally designed for protection and interstellar trade,  Nimbus Point One or NP1 was once an experimental hub designed for the Valorians stationed off the Gates of Auriga.  An attack by Rulons with the intent as a first and last strike measure decimated a large portion of the Valorian fleet who were charged with protecting the station.  Caught off guard and outgunned the Valorians fought a defensive battle but attrition took its toll.  Time was desperately needed to stave off combined attacks on the station.  Unknown to most people the station had many experimental weapons and even were testing Dark Void technology."[/color]

	Orion interrupted visibly shaken [color=00a651]"In an effort to try to salvage lives and technology the Admiral of the station shifted orbit to shield what little was left of the fleet.  Several of the larger ships who were transporting civilians used the stations experimental Dark Void and disappeared.  I had a hand in designing some of the weapons and even drew up a rough sketch of a rotating payload delivery system to get dropships on planet surfaces faster and safer."  [/color] He paused and whispered [color=00a651]"Is evil something you are? or something you do?"[/color].  Raising his voice  [color=00a651]"It cant be though.  Those initial drawings were on the Sagittarius and that ship disappeared into the void and that station was destroyed!"[/color]  Slamming his fist on the control panel, sadness giving rise to anger  [color=00a651]"and my sister gave her life to make sure of that!"[/color]

	Eyes watering from a flashback of his sisters mayday message hanging in his head Orion looked away from the party and out onto the maelstrom in front of him.  [color=00a651]"I don't know what else to say."[/color]  Composed he looked back towards Celebrimbor intently.  [color=00a651]"I don't believe it would be after me?  It makes no sense.  Nothing does.  Did you see the round that sniper used?  A flechette round.  Whoever wanted me dead also wanted my body found and wanted me to be recognized, publicly displayed but perhaps by someone with motive not to show me disfigured.  Not a simple blow the back of my head off dirty kill.  This was meticulous and this was calculated. It just doesn't make sense someone would go to the trouble and then order an orbital bombardment.  No, this must be something else.  That ship shouldn't even exist.  Those weapons seem designed for an assault on the colony station itself." [/color] He paused hoping Cel would let his statement sink in before reacting he mentioned to ACE [color=00a651]"Can you identify the ships name or callsign?"[/color]
	
	Orion stabilized himself as Ursa rocked the ship back towards Phobos in an effort to dodge a civilian Caravelle, its cockpit shattered and bodies floating into space; the moon appeared to be cracking from the continuous concussive force from the fortresses main guns.  The colony station was in flames and few ships were coming out of the makeshift atmosphere anymore.  In space, the ship was avoiding debris from all manner of destroyed imperial and private ships alike.  Swarms of coordinated strikes seemed to be occurring on larger vessels, even ones that obviously had no defensive weapons and were purely civilian.  The military channels were a cacophony of chatter, screams and calls for help went unanswered.  Phobos was no more.  The moon seemed to shudder before seemingly expunging a 1/3 of it's surface in opposite directions with light appearing from Saturn through the moons broken core.


	In the quiet moments that followed while the members looked out in awe at such a destructive force , blue light rippled from the massive station outwards.  It flowed like a phosphorescent wake creating darkness where once there was light.  Ships in the distance their drives burning bright turned to black and appeared to lose control. Using the shipboard computers ACE quickly scanned the behemoth [color=f7941d]"Class unidentified...technology unidentified...weapons unidentified...name identified...origin identified...previous location unidentified...presence of a gravimetric well increasing..."[/color].  The wave got closer as some ships initiated their hyperdrives and escaped to long distant places.  Orion cut ACE off before he could finish [color=00a651]"Shut it down!  Shut it all down now or were all dead!"
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