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Equiis pact

The first thing to exit the dropship was a Hunter, jumping to the center and scanning the area with a screech, before dashing off around the perimeter, assuring there was a sufficient perimeter. A single Triarian slowly moved off of a dropship. He looked around with old, weathered eyes visible through his environments visor and spoke in a wise voice, but that carried signs of being world weary. "I am Crassus..." He paused as he chewed on something "I am 208 Cycles old" The Triarian Expected Lifespan is 150. A cycle is 8 Earth Years. Biological immortality is only granted to high ranking members of society. Crassus was eligible, but had refused the biological immortality, instead keeping himself alive through his psionic ability. Some Triarii were known to take this route, as the constant use of Psionics, while requiring a lot of energy, built their strength in the same way exercise builds a muscle. "And I am here to represent the Collective" He paused, moving slowly across the room. Behind him two aides filed off, one was a much younger looking Triarian and the other was an Umbrae Populus, moving forwards in his natural chameleon like form. Forces filed off after them, securing the area as Crassus and he two aides walked forwards, following the Equestrian. Crassus moved extremely slowly through the halls, his two aides patiently moving along side him

Aru'Shumi

The emperor took a few steps away from the wall... he was hearing odd voices. He shook his head quickly, at first thinking it was just tired, but then realised it was more than just that. He turned and stared at the device "What is it?" The Emperor inquired
"It is your future, Emperor, we shall understand each other perfectly soon enough" The Triarian using it said
"What does that mean?"
"My Command is your wish. Ah... your thoughts... so predictable. Come, be one with the Collective" The voices inside his head said, and then he stumbled backwards and then... yes, he could see it now. The Greater Good! They had come to spread such a doctrine! Crusaders! Princes! Warriors of what was right! He felt it all, knew it all and could see it clearly now. They were here to share with him a wonderful gift. He paused and smiled, the invasion had been for a good cause, he knew that now
Little did he know that thought was not his own. Little did he know he was being controlled by the Triarii.
This was the first step, now began a proper introduction into the Collective. The Collective estimated that the device would no longer be necessary after some time had passed, as they would be Collectivised in a 'true' fashion now. The Triarii who activated the beacon communicated with other Triarian Forces. This city was under complete Triarian Control... and now the Emperor and all the other members of the Royal family and Government who had been fighting in the city would go public, telling their people to join the Collective, telling them how right the Triarii were. The fact that the entire city was now in support would help dramatically
Just the first step on the road to collectivizing them...

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Kepler Alliance

Triarian statement
"The Kepler Alliance did not appear to take part in many hostilities. While this shows minor promise, they are unfortunately prone to the same mistakes all humans are prone to, because they are short lived and short sighted. The Collective hopes the two will stay on peaceful terms. Note, the Kepler Alliance independence should be ratified by logical boundaries and this independence should be declared if it would be beneficial for the majority of both parties, beneficial for the majority of members of the Equiis pact, do the most to further the overall goals of all three parties effected and contain overwhelming support within the Kepler Alliance for independence. Should this be appealing to a minority or not be detrimental to the goals or more than it is beneficial to, then the Collective believes that the Kepler Alliance should dissolve and return to the EA. During the turbulent period shortly after the end of the Earth Alliances second... Civil viral malignant outbreak... the two should work to avoid a third such war. We notice the embargo imposed are damaging to the primitive industrial/economic system used, and thus we propose that both trade embargos are immediately stricken. We propose that the restrictions on this 'tourism' and immigration remain until the situation is fully resolved, as such a security risk is major even without the growing tensions. We then propose that a diplomatic meeting take place on entirely neutral species lands. The Collective is willing to suggest the usage of the Saeva Simius Homeworld, Tolrial. This will ensure that A: There will be no conflict in the meeting, as the Collective will be able to prevent either side from engaging the other in combat and the high gravity of the world in comparison to your own will result in combat movement being much more restricted. And B: That neither side attempts to hold the other to hostage for their own ends. And C: That both sides will enter on symbolically equal footing, with the same restrictions imposed on both and neither travelling to the other but both travelling to the same location."

Invitation
A Triarian vessel is dispatched to the Equiis pact, carrying a couple of Argutus Scientists.

Animam comedentem Galaxy (Translation: Soul Eater Galaxy)

The battle raged on across the star systems of the new alien contact, who refered to themselves as the Aru'Shumi. The Alien Species may only have been tier 6 but they were fighting meter by bloody meter, though the Collective was dominating them, conquering their worlds one by one.. and Caecus had a plan to test his Psionic Beacon.
The skies above the homeworld of the Aru'Shumi were filled with combat as Collective ships used their energy projectors to cut through enemy ships, though the enemy desperately continued to fight. Dropships flew down towards the planets, some carrying the Psionic beacons and others carrying troops. They fought their way into cities, plasma and hardlight filling the air as the Collective fought their way through towards the center of each City.
In the Capital of the Aru'Shumi Homeworld, the government building, a massive palace, was half destroyed from the heavily fighting as marchers fired warp cannons at buildings, collapsing sky scrappers onto the floor with deadly consequences, crushing the enemy. Finally, the Psionic beacon was dropped in the center of the palace courtyard. The Emperor of the Aru'Shumi took out his steel sword in one hand, holding a balistic pistol in the other
"ARU! MURI PRE NI'SHUM!" The Emperor yelled, and he and his soldiers opened fire on the Collective forces that filed into the courtyard. Streams of plasma and hardlight returned on them. The Emperor watched in horror as several of his soldiers were hit, Lightrifle shots going clean through their armour and taking off parts of limbs, and plasma melting them. His only son stood from behind some cover and went to fire his pistol, only to find he was out of ammo. Tossing it to the side, the young boy pulled a sword from it's scabbard
"Muri pre ni'shum!" He yelled, and leaped over the cover to charge towards the enemy, and the Emperor watched in horror as his son fell to the floor, clutching his head and yelling in pain. One of the strange, small aliens floated down from above, his visor changing to be transparent as he came down, his eyes glowing a brilliant orange. The Aru'Shumi forces turned their weaponry to fire on him, but the bullets raised into the air to be met by a shimmering shield which appeared before him as he raised his hand. Then the strange alien spoke in a vocoded voice
"Aru'Shumi! Shu'lo, po kar muri" The Alien said, and the Emperor stepped forwards, dropping his weaponry and yelling an order to the Aru'Shumi
"Shu'lo! Shu'lo!" He yelled, and they in turned dropped their weapons. Strange aliens flew forwards, thrusters appearing to run into their body, with no legs and some form of plating grafted in their place, and entered the room, their weapons ready, barking instructions. The Aru'Shumi hesitantly moved forwards into the courtyard, the smaller, robotic soldier like aliens producing a small device as they were ordered to face the wall. They complied, the Emperor fearing for his still screaming son, and they soon discovered what the devices were as they were bound by energy cuffs. The son stopped screaming and fell to the floor, whimpering as he was subjected to the energy cuffs as well. Another dropship came down, and an alien that was similar to the one with strange powers arrived, but it was clear his uniform wasn't battle armour. He approached the strange beacon that had been dropped in the center of the caught yard and activated it, his eyes glowing orange as he hooked himself up to it. The Aru'Shumi watched the scene in confusion and fear

Same Galaxy, other side

The peaceful contact was proceeding well, and the species had been remarkably friendly. Still, they were no closer to realising their goal than when they began. The Argutus sighed as he examined the streets from a window as he awaited the return of their host

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This is ridiculous.

The Equestrians grow more powerful
Good, I think, no problem with people being powerful

The Equestrians take Void Humans into their nation.
Fine, I think, he created them after all

They make an Equiis pact
Alright, I think, bit weird how the Equestrians seem to become defacto ruler of a union of species and how they have humans... I suppose as long as keyguy is fine with this, after all humans are his

They start research and construction
Nothing wrong with competition I think

They absorb a species that essentially completely makes my nation irrelevant and is essentially the exact same thing just without a mouth (Which it now has, so there is like, what, a few inch height difference only?) and pretty much assumes their position, just under the dominance of the Equestrians
Really? That's just being cruel. I thought the idea of this was to create interesting nations, not to absorb the species someone else species is based off and take what gives them something different. When did I ever do that with the Equestrians? Should I just go absorb a species with a powerful god and really strong magic skills or something? Of course not, because that would be the equivalent of saying "Screw you" just because you feel the need for traits
I toned down their psionic ability massively once Rogue complained, despite getting minor magic from the Selkath I never did anything to try and take magical dominance from the Equestrians and despite having free reign over what I absorb I've never decided to go absorb some random human clone, some random Sazkarjhit clone etc. Each species has their own traits, and I think we should respect that and not go grabbing carbon copies of other players species. I just think this is completely uncalled for, wrong and generally annoying.

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((Uh, sectoids are weak telepaths... Even the Sectoid Commander never really had powerful abilities when you think about it. Triarii were an evolved form of them after the Aetherii created it from scratch, fine tuning the nervous system and brain, as the Triarii were created as a sort of second in command. Also, Sectoids aren't self sufficient, they were reliant on the ethereals (You can't survive without mouth, you cant breed with no genetalia))

"Don't you find it sad, Mentor?" The young boy said
"Find what sad?"
"That none of them know of the Greater good, that they can't embrace it"
"It is very sad, but..."
"I think we should kill all those who reject the greater good" The young girl said, and the boy shook his head, but didn't speak
"Hate not the Xenos for his ignorance, for we are all ignorant when we begin. Instead, seek to teach him, for there is nothing more beautiful than knowledge. Show him what it will do, the good it will bring and hope he will realise the benefits of the greater good. If he will not, then do not hate him but pity him, and do all that you can to help his kind, and let a thousand flowers bloom. The parent loves the child no matter their mistakes, and the Collective must keep peace, empathy, order and prosperity, for without these then from where cometh that love?"

Personal log

In order to field my Psionic beacon to its maximum efficiency I require better specimens. It is time the Triarii were willing to fully augment themselves, I must form a special Psi Corp of the Equitem in order to field this weapon to its best. Affirmed that, collectively, combined Triarian minds, such as that of when the Primicerii major council convenve, can destroy entire armies and see things far away and... Well, the device has limited room for additional Triarii to connect, and sources from the outside might destablising it. I ponder on the possibility of creating a Triarian Synth, our bodies are fine tuned but not perfect...

Weapons testing

The marksman fired the hardlight rifle a single time at the unshielded target, a piece of organic matter that was artificially grown, and watched as the light energy punched a hole straight through it, the force blowing a part of it away. He took the Hardlight Sniper rifle and took aim, before firing on a second target... The shot collided, taking a large chunk of the target off and disintegrating it.
Next to him was a Draconian Synth, armed with a dark energy rifle, firing at the target before him, the shots piercing it with ease and completely destroying the nearby organic flesh surrounding the point if entry. He tried the Dark Energy ball kode, and the ball game out, smashing the target and completely disintergrating it before flying down range. He pressed the secondary trigger again and the energy ball exploded, deleting everything around it.
On the next range, Ten new blood Triarian officers stood at the bottom of the range as dark energy rounds and hardlight was fired at them. They performed admirably, their eyes glowing orange as they communicated, massive psionic energy shields appearing, blocking some shots as other officers absorbed the energy as some of the shots approached and redirected it to keep the barriers online. All around this chamber, and some surrounding it, many tests were being performed on many different new technologies. A visitor might mistake this for a good day for Triarian science, but it was mostly average. This facility alone tested tens of thousands of different technologies a day, ranging from weapons, psionic beacons, shields, synths, ai, gravity, world building advances, suppression fields, medical advances, new ship parts, biolock upgrades... Anything and everything could be tested in facilities like these, which dotted the landscape of every world under Collective control and descended miles deep. The Argutus watched as their inventions were tested

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Argutus Complex

"I have created a new weapon design to demonstrate" The Argutus on the podium said, and there was a pause as the crowd of Argutus looked on. Weaponry technology wasn't the most active area. The Argutus continued "It came to my attention that plasma is relatively slow and might be dodged by hostiles at longer ranges, even if very fast a short. This disadvantages our snipers... So I have devised a new weapon. Behold! Hardlight weaponry!" He said, as a hologram lit up and displayed differing types of weaponry "Hardlight particles, travelling at the speed of light, deadly to the target they impact with! Impossible to dodge! A single shot from this weapon would kill any unarmoured and many armoured targets, smashing through them at the speed of light and destroying them. One of the few effective ways to counter them would be shielding. Perfect for snipers."
"Are you suggesting we replace plasma weaponry?" One of the crowd questioned
"Not at all! Hardlight would be used in complementary to the plasma weapons. Hardlight is accurate, but it can't be fired automatically like some plasma weapons can. No, hardlight would be used for snipers and designated marksmen, while our conventional plasma weaponry would be used by other troops."
"How are you going to do this?"
"I have made many changes to the Hard Light components we use to create hardlight bridges. They are now much smaller, able to fit into the weapon, and able to change energy into light, and then compound it into hardlight. Being light, the shots are already travelling at the speed of light, meaning in the majority of battle situations the impact would be near instantaneous. No target could ever dodge it."
"I see... why can't it be fired automatically?"
"The generator is currently incapable of that, though maybe one day we will be able to achieve such a thing."
"What weaponry have you conceptualised?"
"A Hardlight rifle, which is a designated marksman rifle. It is a semi automatic rifle that is able to engage targets at long ranges with accuracy and ease. It has two fire modes. The first is a burst of three shots, and the second is a focused shot. The focused shot is more powerful than the three shot burst, more accurate and longer range, but the three bursts are better for shorter range engagements. Then there is the Hardlight Sniper rifle. A single shot from this should instantly kill any target, and even vehicles. Highly accurate, highly deadly,"
"Does anyone else have this?"
"None of the other known races have this weapon technology."
"The Equiis?"
"Even with their increasing rate, this is a millennia ahead of them at the very least... but why are you talking about them? If you ask me, we should Collectivise them immediately, they seem to have a goal which could very much require our assistance and if we joined with them, their technology would sky rocket, together we could..."
"The Equiis pact would never submit to Collectivisation, and their treaty is incompatible with our own system. Joining it would cripple us. That thought is incompatible with the greater good"
"Thought stricken. Back to the task at hand. I have already produced working prototypes, complete with self destruct sequences to prevent their capture in the field. A top of this, I am continuing my research into Hardlight technology, and the next step would be to make automatic hard light weapons. Imagine, a machine gun that would fire at the speed of light, tearing through flesh as it goes. No one could stop the greater good." He turned, leaving the podium and taking his seat at the bottom. Another Argutus stood, and quickly rushed to the podium
"This technology is brilliant... but why kill the enemy when you can control them?"
"What is it that you are thinking?" The Argutus who had first spoken asked, and the one on the podium grinned
"The biological mind is a pandora's box of energy we have been manipulating on an individual basis since we began. Now, most brains are only receivers, this is the kind we see in most other sentients, but some, like our own, are advanced; sending and receiving charges as they choose." The Argutus said, then raised his hand towards the hologram, which changed to reveal a strange looking device, with an antennae of sorts and three rotating prongs coming off of it "This is my Psionic Beacon. With it, we can send any energy message we want on a massive scale. It is enough to cover an area the size of Videt and it's surrounding area. If we are able to deploy this to the cities of our enemies, then they will be ours. Mind, body... and if you'd like, soul."
"Does it work?"
"I would not demonstrate it if it didn't, Parem Habui"
"Plans from here?"
"I am working on another version... the Psionic Amplifier. With it, entire planets could be taken under our control, if we were able to deploy it in the correct location..."
"I sense a drawback..."
"To my disappointment, yes. While the Psionic beacon, being on a much smaller scale, with attack the minds of any within it's radius regardless of it's deployment zone, the Amplifier is not as forgiving on placement. Due to the electromagnetic fields and energy fields of planets, I sense there would be approximately four places per planet that it could be deployed. If it was deployed anywhere else, it would not be able to subject the planet"
"Time?"
"With the Psionic beacon, it should take about thirty minutes to fully subject the location around the beacon. The Psionic Amplifiers time is unknown, but I believe it would be at least five hours"
"Level required?"
"I believe only the strongest of Psionics could use the Amplifier... an individual would need their psionics and then Intelligence mark of at least 115 (Earth IQ: 920) and..."
"So the average Field Master would be able to use it..."
"Yes, but his underlings would be unlikely to be able to interface with it correctly."
"And the beacon?"
"Mark of at least 102 (Earth IQ: 816)"
"Well within the limits of most Triarii in that case then."
"Indeed, this is with fine tuning to the Triarian Form, if I hadn't tuned it's neural relays we would be looking at a much higher number" The Argutus said, as he turned, grinning at the attention and slowly leaving the podium. Another stepped up to the podium
"I have my work to put forwards as well." He said, raising his hand to the hologram as it changed to a strange looking weapon "This is the Dark Energy Rifle. It works by firing minute Dark Energy shots at a target from a miniature dark energy generator within. A deadly weapon, anything the shots come into contact with would be destroyed as the shots burrow their way through. It has two modes of fire. An automatic, which would fire shots towards enemy targets, a launcher for a Dark Energy ball, that would plough through anything it hits and could be 'controlled' by the user of the weapon."
"Miniature dark energy generator?"
"Yes, you heard correctly... it's power is about enough to fire the weapon for thirty rounds at a time, or a single energy ball, after which it will need to regenerate... to remedy this, it had four of these small reactors contained in cells,cycling around this section of the gun at the press of a button. The cells will be regenerated by the Dark Energy within as they head around, and after reaching the barrel of the gun will be fully charged and available for use."
"Stable?"
"It is in development, the technology for the miniaturised generator is still in development, but once it is done the weapon will be able to be produced"
"This sounds like it will require significant resource investment once it is completed to produce"
"Yes, I would advise making it an Elite weapon, allowing Elites to choose to field this weapon"
"Self destruct?"
"Upon the users death, the four generators will be destabalised, producing a small version of the same self destruct we use on our ships, The weapon will be completely destroyed, along with some of the soldier using it" He said, turning and heading off the podium. Another Argutus stood, heading up to present his sections project

Sanctum

"Stage four complete" The report came, and the world now had planetary energy shielding ready to be deployed if necessary, All the buildings that had been placed on the tubes reconfigured themselves into something else, from manufactures to defenses to living quarters, the new world was produced, ready for usage as a fortress of sorts The environment and it's structures were stunning... but the Overlord was not impressed. The Overlord grimaced, he wasn't impressed with the overall quality, more could be done.

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Report

Discovered cooperative alien species, tier three. Non-malignant absorbing underway
Discovered hostile Alien Species, Tier Six. Absorption underway
Our Sanctum holdings are being checked now.. The Draconians are not the source we hoped, however. Wasn't Sanctum meant to be rich with advances? Our scans indicate non of the planets contain any of major value to us, though adapting their power cores will be good for energy transfer
On the Other hand, the device recovered is being used to fuel many advances
But one is extremely unethical and dangerous, I am sure it will be presented shortly. For the love of all that's good and free reject it, it is certainly effective but it could also be used by a rogue against his fellow Triarii and Collective species, and I am not sure this is what we want.

Sanctum

The device before the Invictus was now surrounded by Asteroids and moons that the Collective had moved to it
"Iron Core is in place"
"Satellites'?"
"In place"
"Activate"
"Affirmative, activating stage one"
There was a crash as the device expanded, producing a sort of spherical metal frame work and then used its gravity to pulled the objects towards its self, all of them colliding together to form a large rock around it, hit after hit after hit, making loud crashing noises. Finally, the device could not be seen, and in its place was a hunk of rock about the size of a planet
"Magnetic field reading functional... Stage one completed, heading to stage two"
There was a crashing sound, as massive metal tubes smashed through the rock and began to produce gases, spraying them up, producing a breathable atmosphere on it
"Stage two complete... Proceeding to stage three"
The Invictus moved closer to the new planet, and teleported small, room sized devices down, one attaching to every tube. After that, there the energy from the device was transferred as it created genetic matter, and then fired it out. Within an hour, the planet was filled with fledging fauna, its growth being forced. By two hours after that, there were creatures on the planet
'Stage Three complete. Stage four commencing"
"Copy"

Argutus complex

"Remarkable isn't it?"
"How do you even intend for this to pass this stage? Even for you this is a new extreme."
"Please, Its what we have wanted all along"

"I has no idea that there were species with this sort of technology... Its remarkable"
"Interesting how they all seem to doe off, isn't it?"
"This knowledge is... It could help us advance past much of our current technology, grow past our AI's, our..."
"Calm down and keep working, I don't want to see this explode..."

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As far as I'm aware, no Draconian was ever named in the Original Star Empires

And yes, the Wiki is still updating from time to time

As for present enemy, there doesn't appear to be yet, since the majority of hostiles are either destroyed (Draconians) Rendered non-dangerous (Darkness, though it was only really a threat to the Triarii) or are minor (Pirates)

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"The Majority of the Sanctum is now controlled by ourselves and...various nations of the Equiis Pact"
"Affirmative, they are... Stand by... We have it!"
"Indeed, they are working on it now"
"The Greater Good prevails."
"Affirmed!"

Sanctum

The Device stays dead in space, ignoring all gravitational pulls, appearing to be doing nothing at all. It just remains steady near the Invictus, it's purpose unknown and it's time of activation, or if it is already functioning, is unknowable too. Whatever the case, the Invictus and a detachment of the fleet seems to be guarding it

Dead World

"So... you were the Extra Dimensional Being the Umbrae Populus worshiped, Correct?"
"You give them such a demeaning name"
"Yes or no?"
"Yes. I tried to hold onto them, but the Collective would not let that happen. As my people killed each other in the name of the Collective, the Collective sent a specially assembled team to the world, and they tore me down with their minds, battling with me, my soul torn by their attacks. I tried everything to get away, but they contained me, stub me... I only escaped by chance as my temple attacked the Collective, diverting their attention... I fled, weak, and have remained here since that fateful day."
"I see"
"There was always more to that boast... You have defied gods and demons, in a literal sense." The being said, sadly, and then there was the sound of a sigh "And now you are here to finish me" The Lead Scientist paused, contemplating the instructions he had recieved
"No. You have suffered enough, Param Habui." The Lead Scientist concluded, glancing back to his ship "I can show you what your people have become. I think you would be proud" He turned back to the being, holding out his hand and taking a hologram from a Synth Soldiers, flicking it on and placing it on the floor, backing away from it and activating it. The hologram displayed the beautiful city that the Umbrae Populus called their capital, tree's grew along lines upon the cities many different layers, waters flowing in fountains and the white, carved out walls and floor, grown with vines. The being moved forwards, the mist still enveloping it
"It's changed a lot..."
"Affirmed... from tech tier seven all the way up to Collective standards."
"I should like to go back again, one day..."
"I cannot allow you to return and reinstate your religion." The Lead Scientist quickly cut in. He thought about proceeding to mention how creating a religion was sort of tricking the Umbrae Populus, like lieing to them, but thought better of it.
"I know..."

Argutus complex
"We have begun the full research into it... we can see many off shoots from this. Expect great leaps forwards... But prepare for foreseen consequences"

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"The Equiis construct something"
"They are like children, they want to show they have the highest stick. Apparently they have forgotten their irrelevance."
"Their location is non logical."
"Affirmed, they should have built it deeper in pact territory, unless it is some kind of weapon"
"Affirmed, their change in attitude require curbing, before we have another Draconian Empire on our hands"
"What's the status on our fleets?"
"Control on Sanctum is growing exponentially, but its irrelevance is growing as it detracts us."
"Affirmed, what is there is no longer of major note"
"We are faster than the others, we grow.... And grow. . "
"We always have been. Has the support been sent to the humans?"
"Indeed, its in transport now"
"And the other?'
"Moving as fast as they can, we'll have it within in the day."
"None can stand before the greater good!"
"Affirmed. Once we have it, their irrelevance will become obvious"
"And the Primicerii?"
"I sent the report to them. They agree, the first stage is ready, we're just waiting for it to be brought""
"We act as one."
"Lest we perish alone."

Earth Alliance aid

A small fleet of a few thousand vessels is dispatched to human space, and upon arrival directs its self, prioritising the most damaged worlds and beginning to aid in reconstruction, as well as having sent supplies

Space

An Indespectus Class dropped out within Collective Space, and sent its precious cargo to the waiting Argutus on the planet below. Here it was at last.

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"They are different..."
"They have changed."
"Indeed. And the Equiis pact?"
"Irrelevant, Collection will continue as planned. Latest reports?"
"We are ready to seize the daylight and burn brighter than ever before"
"And the Infection?"
"I am already dealing with it."

Sanctum
It seems the Triarian fleet is very quick to spread, almost like some form of plague as they claim planets, often leaving behind small contingents who load technology onto waiting Onus transports, the technology to be extracted away from Sanctum for some unknown purpose, likely stemming from the same protocol that prevents them from sharing advanced technology, it appears they are attempting to deny the termed " advancement" They also appear to be sending more transports, but the bulk of Collective forces is definitely focused somewhere else

Earth Alliance civil crisis end
A message is quickly dispatched to the Earth Alliance
"Attention, please. The Collective congratulates the Alliance ability to restore their control and unity as a single body. Collective notes malcompliant EA citizens dealt with" There was a pause, followed by the voice against, not cold and detached but warm and friendly "I have my own contribution to make: Your humility is inspiring, Nations should take that aspect more often." The AI snapped back to its cold and detached voice "Personal contribution delivered. Collective offers support in repairing damage to Earth Alliance structures and equipment"