[Location Unknown] "Praelatus Meus, Overwatch reports unauthorised an unauthorised transmission from our communication channels" "Switch all Equitem intra-Triarii/ Intra-Lance to Psionic communications, inform non-psionic species to keep communication traffic minimum. Find me our eavesdropper" "Affirmed" Spectre Headquaters "Its a new encryption, but I think I can solve it, Praelatus Meus." "Affirmative, try cracking it." "I obey" Encrypted Report To: Codename: Souless From: Codename: Heartless Subject: Codename:Outlander Content: Codename: Outlander has responded to our request, they affirm support. Codename: Outlanders forces have arrived on the outer fringes of the Milky Way and met with our own forces, they're ready to go to war, while another set of their forces have selected a Pact world and are enroute there now. We've detected Sazkarjhit fleet movements and deployed forces to intercept. Tactical Analysis: Victory is a distinct possibility Batarian Major World The day proceeded as normal, with no deviations from the normal pattern, for the Spectre units deployed had made their sneaky way into the system. Their Indepsectus ship nudged closer to the planet, before passing through the opponents defenses and fleets and landing dropping the small team (8 Synth Soldiers, 8 Transhuman Soldiers, 4 Synth Vanguards, Four Synth Guardians and 2 Stalkers, 4 Triarii) far away from civilisation in a range if hills. The four Triarii and Vanguards proceeded into a cave with a Psionic amplifier while the other forces set up a defensive perimeter, the Stalkers keeping their rifles trained on the only path up the mountain that land forces could take, hopefully they would be able to cut them off if they were ever detected with others in ambush positions except the four guardians who remained with the Stalkers Inside the cave, the Triarii set up a small shield generator protecting the Psionic Amplifier that they had set up, and a single Triarian moved forwards, locking himself into it and preparing it for activation, charging it. Two of the four Triarii proceeded back outside the cave, ready to defend the area from enemy forces if they were detected. The Triarii had played a dangerous game. They had chosen the site of one of the worlds Largest Active Volcanos out of the two possible places to deploy the beacon. Why? This way their energy signatures would be slightly harder to detect, for a start, but secondly so that the enemy couldn't just blow the mountains up. If they did, they would likely set off the Volcano and the ash from a volcano this size could potentially choke the continent, in a similar way that Yellowstone park on Earth would have. This was the only pact homeworld the Collective had detected such a feature, and it had been instrumental in deciding their attack. Volcanos like this were rare, and he knew of only two Collective worlds to bear such a feature, One was an Outer World Saeva Simius colony and the other was Triarian inner world forge world. Equiis Pact Major Research center There was a Klaxon of alarms as a contact was detected, and into the view of the Equiis pact space station drifted the fleet of a new contact, as it approached the world with seeming curiosity Equestrian outer world A Triarian fleet appeared in orbit around the outer colony of the Equestrians and quickly engaged the enemy forces, preparing an invasion force for the small colony as they shot their weapons towards amy Equiis pact ships and defences, dancing around the stars to avoid enemy return fire Asari World With little warning, on the outer fringes of Asari space, appeared a Collective fleet, which opened fire on defences as it spread out, its forces hoping close to the enemies to engage them, circling them with surprising grace in spite of their size Mobolised Sazkarkhit fleet A Massive ship of Collective origin, the Aetherius class of the Milky Ways Supreme Overlord, flew with a Triarian fleet to block the paths of the Sazkarjhit, demanding they turn back or be destroyed, their shields raised and their weapons ready to fire on the Sazkarjhit. "You are not our enemy, turn back and cease this madness, we are both aware of the staggering poses that would occur" The message read