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Colony 257
"Hold on sir, my debt is yet unpaid."
The Draconian crouched over the human, he was a second-gen born on the colony. All he knew was servitude, and to him the human's lifesaving actions put a debt on him. It was as it had been his entire life, and of course allowing a human to die on the colony would earn you harsh punsihment.
"If you choose to believe that you had a debt to me..." Croaked the human through his breather "... you paid it off already... by living. Unlike my people... yours have been redeemed."
The Draconian still had a hard time pushing the life of servitude away and hearing what the human said, could he really mean it? Did he declare the Draconian species exempt from their past shame?
"How can you say that? My ancestors enslaved trillions, they-"
"Yes... they did. It was all them... you are not them... you're better. Perhaps the others... will see that..."
Just as they were talking, a knock came on the door and the Deca-Commander went to answer.
"Of course, gracious host. What is it you wish to discuss?"

Mars
The preparations for the ceremony have begun, including the production of a whole lot more Terran Orbs. There were only ten in stock, and they were supposed to last a decade. Probably because the award was created right after the Common Sense War and was only ever meant for humans.

((Again, sorry for short post. I went on TVtropes and lost the entire day to it.))

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Orc Assistance
The Earth Alliance has taken out the Terran Orb, the highest possible award any EA soldier can receive. They have decided to award it to the Orcs that fought against the rebels, as their bravery was unmatched "even by the humans in the Sazkarjhit War", as said by one of the many generals that nominated them. The ceremony is to be held the moment the soldiers are free, if they accept the award of course.

Colony 257
The Abh Deca-Commander opens the door, and accepts the food.
"Thank you so much, I fear that our escape pods will soon be found. Unfortunately, we can't go anywhere until night because of the military you mentioned. If any troops come here don't worry about us, worry about yourself. Most of us are Abh and one of the two that isn't is Draconian, we'll be fine. If they find us and defeat us, then all you know about us is that we jumped you at night yesterday and threatened to kill you if you didn't give us a room. Throwing in the name 'Jesus' or 'Allah' would make that more believable when held up to the scrutiny of my people. If all of that fails, then use this."
The Abh hands him a sustained-beam laser pistol.
"If you hold down the trigger and sweep this over the whole group, they'll be killed almost instantly. Use this only if you absolutely have to in order to protect your life, as far as they'll know you stole it from us."

Hach Message
"It is an honor to have been complemented by a Triarian, as for your offer to help us rebuild, we gratefully accept. We thank you for the offer as well, it is always nice to know we have friends in the cosmos."

Draconian Galaxies
The EA has sent only a single fleet to the Sanctum using a wormgate, and has declared that it will no longer expand its territory into Draconian space. It has instead decided to focus on rebuilding and deciding just what to do with the Common Sense Doctrine. There is talk of revising it, to be even harsher on humanity.

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Luna
The EA has sent a message to the Equestrian empire, congratulating them on Luna's return. Of course, it's purely formal. They don't quite like the Equestrians at this point, since they just took multiple planets from them.

Hach Colony
The Abh bows, and the human is just barely able to accomplish a salute by flopping his hand onto his forehead and turning it. Even the Draconian performs a gesture of thanks, bowing the Abh, as their traditions are all that he knows.
"We are in your debt, I swear that I will find a way to repay you for your kindness today. Few would give a room to an alien band toting a member of the most hated species."
They scrambled off to the room. The Draconian left last, staring at the innkeeper. He had never seen a species other than the Abh or humans, and he wanted to commit this new one to memory. Then he left, and for the first time in his life he was happy.

Interstellar Broadcast
An EA ship that apparently happened to be recording the horrific destruction that took place opened millions of wormholes, and a single message sped through each. It was the recording, screaming out to the universe the stupidity of humanity in an effort to stop the war. Accompanying it was a spoken message from the ship's captain, and a mysterious line of code.
"You say your gods are good and just, but you do this is their name? You have killed trillions in the name of your gods! If they exist, they shall condemn you to hell for your actions! You rejected the Doctrine, but you just proved it right! Humanity will never be redeemed because of this!"
As the message reached out, the rebel ships suddenly powered down. As the crews desperately tried to reactivate the systems, the containment fields of their antimatter reactors breached. In that single moment, all of them were killed. The code was an override command, reprogrammed to not just deactivate the ships but destroy them.

EAS Defiance, Comms Room
The leaders of the other factions appeared as holograms in the room, and Fergus was in the middle. They screamed, asking what was going on and why their neural transmitters were activated and how the EA tapped into their net. Fergus answered none of this, and instead had a tractatori (Earth Alliance 'wizard' who controls nanobots with hand motions and uses magic at an adept level) perform a hand motion that has been kept a secret ever since the profession was invented of the EAS Boulet. The enemy leaders suddenly seemed very cooperative.
"You will surrender and accept punishment for your crimes, and will sing the following document virtually."
Their minds recieved a text document through the transmitters, which stated the following:
"We confess that we have carried out horrible atrocities, and accept our place as members of the human species. We declare that our species will forever be inferior to all others, and that redemption is never possible. We will never defy the Doctrine, and if we do then we shall be sentenced to Abh Hell."
It was no treaty, but it didn't have to be. It was a simple declaration of peace, the real treaty would be signed publicly. Of course, this one marks the end of the war.
All the leaders signed it, and the signed documents were sent to every corner of the universe to inform the others that humanity had finally accepted what they believe to be their place in the universe.

Korvichai Situation
Dmitri personally responded to the message, his voice sorrowful. He had done what he had to do, but at what price?
"The gate is prepared, and our internal war is over. We are ready to receive you."

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Nationwide Report, War Situation
Trife Boli Yuvdale Remsale, Abh Sazoirl
"Due to the massive territory of the Earth Alliance, two trillion sentient beings have been killed in the war. Multiple planets have been razed to the ground, and unless we gather our wits and realize that the war will never help us gain anything then the nanovirus will be released to protect the rest of the universe from humanity."

Kepler 62, most heavily populated system in the EA
The massive fleet slowly approached the system, with smaller but still incredibly huge fleets breaking off the main one. They headed towards every planet in the system, destroying any opposition in the way. Once they reached their designated targets, the missile pods released swarm upon swarm of antimatter weaponry towards the five inhabited planets of the system. The missiles alone probably constituted a huge percentage of the original EA antimatter reserves. The missiles impacted their respective planets, and huge flashes began to appear. When it had all stopped, all that remained of the five jewels of the mid rim was an asteroid field.

Shuroh, Unknown Galaxy
An alien woman lay sleeping in her bed, her species lived much longer than the human said his did. It had been about 200 of her world's cycles since she had spoken with him, and he was undoubtedly dead by now. However, this night she had a dream that was more than a dream. It was him, the one who called himself Fergus. His words were weary, and his form more youthful as it once was.
"I cannot stop it this time, my species fights among itself once again. I now know you exist, and I feel I must say goodbye to you and warn you of the coming invasion. The other factions will conquer all they see in the name of their gods, you have to be ready. I have decided to give you all the technologies and knowledge my people have now, you must unite everything you find to prepare for a war against whichever faction wins this war. I never imagined I would say this, but please uphold the memory of my people. Our story can educate others, and the bad we have done can do good."
Her mind was suddenly filled with knowledge nobody from her world ever knew. While the greatest minds of her planet were thinking of ways to fly faster than sound, she now knew how to fly above the atmosphere faster than light itself. While scientists were trying to uncover a single strand of DNA, she now knew the entire genome of three different species. She also knew she had to share it, but she didn't plan on following Fergus' wishes.
She was going to go there herself and help his people personally. After all, she always was a bit impatient.

Outer Hach Colony
The attack ship from the so called "Drac World" entered orbit around a planet that seemed to contain a small backwater colony. It was the closest safe planet, and the ship was already out of both antisubstance fuel and negative energy including that in the dropship. Lacking any way of landing on the planet normally, the crew boarded the escape pods and set them on a course to the small settlement. The pods were launched, and deorbited.

Mere minutes later, on the planet's surface, the pods landed quite close to eachother with their parachutes. The crew got out onto to discover that the gravity of this planet was 3gs, well within the rage of the Abh (Which extends to 200gs before danger of losing consciousness), but the human struggled to stand up. When they decided to move closer to the settlement, the human simply couldn't walk there. He had to be carried by the Abh on one of the stretchers, of course, the Draconian was just fine in the high gravity due to, well, being a Draconian. A guard of five was placed on him as well, to avoid any attacks on him by the locals.

The band reached the settlement, and found exactly what they expected: a backwater colony. It wasn't that bad in comparison to human towns of the 20th century, but it was obvious that food had been rationed for a while. Though it was night, they could clearly see basketball courts and a baseball diamond. They knew the Hach enjoyed human culture, but they had no idea they had adopted such human pastimes. They eventually came to a inn, and the highest ranking Abh went inside with the human and those carrying him. When they entered, they found a small room with a single couch and a reception counter with a single Hach citizen at it. The human likely knew what species, but he certainly couldn't talk in the high gravity, as he was too busy trying to breath. The Abh leader went up to the citizen behind the desk.
"I am Deca-Commander Duheil of the Abh Star Forces, my crew has been forced to abandon our attack ship in orbit of this planet due to a fuel shortage. We barely escaped the rebel factions on our colony-we're loyalists, so don't worry about that-and the human among us is not faring well as you can see. His species cannot survive long in this gravity without a breathing mechanism, older ones like the original iron lung work best in these situations. We can pay for a room, but we do hope that you have a policy that allows members of all species residence, because there is one among us who we fear might be assaulted due to the earlier exploits of his people."

((Sorry this took so long, I had to finish a project since it's due tomorrow and had to watch Cosmos))

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Mars
The governor, who already had his coilgun in his hand, reluctantly stays behind and hands the weapon to one of his aids, who runs out into the battle.
"The assistance of other nations is forbidden in this war, unless it would be an insult to not allow them to help. It is our fault that we are a stupid and evil species, and it's our job to fix that through any means possible. Nobody else should pay for our faults."

Orc Diplomacy
"We need ground troops in the largest city's square, that's where most of the fighting is. Your people can probably take out the multiple enemy combatants there with ease."

Research
The Loyalists have begun attempting to create a TNV (Targeted Nanovirus), that will target individuals with specific DNA structures and wipe them out. This research was initiated by Fergus McClain, who has become the wartime leader due to his exploits in the Common Sense War. A release of such a virus would likely cause extinction of the targeted species, and leaked info suggests that the target is humanity.

Kepler Alliance
The loyalists are obvious angered by the declaration, but they know that they are powerless to stop it. Only after the war can they hope to bring them back into the EA, which they plan to rename.
Seriously, Earth is gone, it shouldn't be called the Earth Alliance.

Unknown Location, Former Draconian Planet
Weapons fire of all types could be heard, and the painful screams of many made it all to clear that lasers were being used. Aircraft floated about the sky, firing on practically anything they could see. The war had reached the last colony containing Draconians. The loyalists had no orders, only the knowledge that they were outnumbered and outgunned. Actually, "loyalists" isn't the correct term, it would be "loyalist". Only one person was left.
The sole survivor ran through the streets of the colony, the near-misses of enemy laserfire burning his shoulders. He fired off coilgun shots blindly behind him, hoping to drop a few rebels before he died himself. He saw a door in one of the larger buildings, and abruptly ran in without a second thought. When he got inside, he was met with the single most terrifying sight a civilian of the colony could see: a Draconian.

He had never seen a Draconian before, but it was obvious that the creature was one of them. They were chained up against the wall, probably for not meeting the demands of a human. All the other Draconians had tried to run when the battle broke out, but they were probably killed by troops of all factions. Of course, he had heard the stories of Draconian aggression, this one could kill him in seconds if they wanted to. But they didn't, and their face clearly conveyed fear even to a human. He was saddened by what had become of this specific Draconian, what if they were a civilian who didn't even support the war? Whatever this Draconian was, the human man set them free that day. He uncoupled the chains holding him in, and they ran to the spaceport without even saying a word to each other.

Once the two reached the spaceport, they found the intense bloodbath at it. All of the factions were fighting over the landed attack ships, hoping to get at least one warship for their cause. They moved around the battle, and got to the gangway of the EAS Basroil, one of the newer ships sent out to the colony. Once inside, they found an Abh crew already making the preparations for takeoff. They expected to be taken prisoner, but the Abh leader took one look at the Draconian and the human and decided to let them stay. The two sat down in the acceleration seats as the ship took off, its projected warp ring beginning to power up to take them to the closest inhabited safe planet.

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At the darkest hour of the land-swimmers, six shall save them. They will have saved the land-swimmers before, but they will be not of this circle.
-Prophecy, attributed to a Dolphin religion made up primarily of psychics.

Doctrinal Conflict
The loyalists have officially declared the Earth Alliance in a state of civil war, and the newly completed Dolphin space/water hybrid warships have been dispatched to put down the rebellions in space and on the sea. Loyalist troops have begun attacks on enemy strongholds, many of which are already under attack by multiple other factions. The death toll is already in the millions, and many of the enemy factions are using biological and chemical warfare to accomplish their goals. It is clear that this war, named the Doctrinal Conflict by the Loyalists, will be far more horrific than even the Common Sense War.
The Equestrian Intervention has caused the Loyalists to have mixed feeling about them, as they are attacking their enemies but claiming EA worlds in the process. It has been decided that the worlds taken will be recaptured after the war is over,

Orc Diplomacy
"Your people are very honorable, you may participate. May your path be filled with new answers and questions, and may it always be safe."

Message to the Triarian Collective
"The Doctrinal Conflict must not be interfered with, it is a danger to all. It is our fault that we are an evil species, and it is our responsibility to fix that. We don't want your people hurt because of our stupidity,"

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New Paris, Mars
A huge crowd of protesters marched outside of the capital building, holding the classic cardboard signs. It was a sight much like the protests that gave rise to the Draconian War. The war that was supposed to redeem humanity. The signs didn't have "Kill the beasts!" written on them this time around, now they had "We are not inferior!" on them. It seemed like a simple peaceful protest, well within EA law. However, these people didn't represent any minority, they represented nearly all of humanity. They were told that the war would redeem humanity, yet the Doctrine was still law. They believed that humanity had been redeemed, yet they had been protesting for a week now and no comment had been made. However, today Yuuki Sora had decided to appear as a robotic avatar to deliver the official message.
"The Doctrine is still true!" She cried out at the top of her lungs "Humanity is not redeemed! We cowered behind Triarian lines through a fourth of the war!"
One of the protesters, wearing a religious garb, yelled up at Yuuki.
"How do we know that? How can we be sure that humans are the chosen species under one God?"
Yuuki responds, perhaps a bit too aggressive for her own good.
"You're treading on thin ice there, do you mean to say that your religion is the only possible true one?"
"Yes I do!"
"That's against the Doctrine! You are defying EA law!"
"I do not follow EA law anymore!" Screams the protester, pulling out a projectile pistol. Other protesters pull out weapons as well, but they do not all turn it on EA personnel, some turn it on members of the other religions. The protester that first spoke fires at Yuuki, who rolls out of the bullet's path.
"You will be punished for disobedience of the Doctrine!" She screams, and fires off multiple railgun shots using the avatar's built in weapons.
EA dropships were called in by the security officers, some of whom turned their lasers on their comrades. When they finally reached the scene, it was an all out battle. Some dropships began firing on the protesters, and they weren't using stunners. However, most began fighting for the various protester factions against eachother. The loyal humans tried to fight the rebels, but they were quickly taken down by the traitors. Only the Abh and Dolphins remained loyal to the official government, and they tried as best they could to put down the rebellion. However, news of the battle quickly reached other planets, and the newly dubbed "Human Supremacists" started more battles. But just like the first, the rebels divided into multiple religious factions. A distress signal was sent out from Mars the moment the government was informed of the other rebellions, it reached out into the galaxy in a sphere, informing all of the horrors to come.
"The beliefs have clashed once more! The Doctrine has been rejected, people are being kille din the name of religion! IT's the Common Sense War all over again!"

EAS McClain, Fergus' Ship
"That is true, but I see now starships above her world, and when I saw her during the war it was obvious they were in the middle of the industrial age. So the question is, does she have a million lifetimes to wait?"
Just as he finished speaking, a communication came in from Mars. He looked up at Faust with horror in his eyes, and it was obvious something terrible had happened.
"It's happened again, the Common Sense War. I was afraid of this, I have to get to the bridge!"

Fergus ran out of the room, rushing towards the bridge. When he reached the lift he ran into without a second thought and overrode the previous command, sending it rocketing up to the bridge. He practically flew out of it once it reached Deck 001, and gave an order to his all-Abh bridge crew.
"Protocol Cleanse, initiate brain scan of all crewmembers via medical nanobot and terminate anyone who shows traitorous intent against Doctrine!"
His crew complied, and dozens of crew were killed on the spot by the nanobots that they were told would only protect them. It was more obvious than ever now that the only reason humanity ever stayed together was the Doctrine. Now that it had been rejected, it was up to the few loyal humans, along with the Dolphins and Abh, to restore order through any means necessary.
Even if it meant the extermination of his own species.

Orc Diplomacy
"I don't think so, have a nice d-"
Dmitri was interrupted by a communication, which he played neurally. Whatever it was, it put a look of horror on his face.
"You have to leave! Our Doctrine has been rejected by the citizens, they'll kill you!"
The Empress had obviously gotten the same message, and also spoke.
"I will have Abh starships assigned to protect you, a war such as this happened before in the history of the humans. They committed horrors unimaginable against everyone that didn't share their beliefs, they'll undoubtedly try to exterminate you if they find out!"

Message to all ships and planets of other Empires
"Do not approach former Earth Alliance space! The Doctrine has been rejected, the rebels will fire upon any ship that holds someone who does not share their beliefs! All trade vessels will be escorted out of dangerous space by loyalist vessels, the Abh need not be avoided, they all appear loyal to Doctrine."

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Divine Intervention
Fergus was not all that shocked, after all the things he's seen being talked to a a deity again is nothing surprising. However, it was a little strange talking to a clearly superior being as if she was an old friend.
"I'm sure you know of our legends, that seeing one's homeworld from space gives them a feeling of connection to their species. Well, I just felt that for the first time. There's a planet many galaxies away, I can see it with magic. Looking at it, I didn't see an alien world unknown to me, I saw home. It also brought back memories from the Common Sense War, I've never told anyone, but I was completely prepared to wipe out the human species to save the rest of the galaxy from it. I had hallucinations, they were to real for me to ignore. It was always the same person, a woman who was clearly not human. She was telling me not to do it, to give humanity a chance. Obviously I followed her advice, nowo I think her and this planet are somehow connected. I just have to go there, it's where I belong, I can feel it."

Orc Diplomacy
"Of course, the locations will be sent to your ships immediately." Said Dmitri, tapping a button on his watch. "As for intergalactic comms, we have an extensive network already set up using captured technology. Just send the message to one of the comms orbitals and include the destination, it should arrive about six minutes later."

Incursion
A landing pad lit up, next to what would appear to be a normal house. In fact, it was the governor's residence. A message was sent to the ship, asking for it to send down a shuttle.

((Sorry for short post, I lost the original by accidentally copy-pasting the whole thing away. Also, yes, we should definitely do something with the similarities.))

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Yeah, I've calculated 2238.

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Alien Incursion
"Interesting, nations with little diplomatic experience usually decide to just shoot at us and call it a test. Well, traditionally diplomacy is conducted between two parties face-to-face in the same room. If you accept that, we can make sure the climate of the room is perfect for your species. Our spacesuits are quite comfortable, so it isn't a big deal. A good meeting place would be the largest city on the fourth planet in this system, of course we're also willing to conduct diplomacy using comm systems."

Orc Diplomacy
"There is quite a bit of uninhabited space in this galaxy, most of the nations are occupied with taking the remnants of the Draconian Empire. We have a catalog of habitable worlds that we've maintained for nearly three centuries, about 25% of those planets are still uninhabited as far as we know. I can give you their locations."
The Empress chimes in, interested in a military partnership.
"You mentioned military cooperation, I am willing to have Abh warriors and ships agree to such a proposal. I believe the Dolphins would agree as well."
The Master Tactician then spoke.
"Of course, we've finally begun building our own ships and we are renowned for our tactical prowess. We evolved in the oceans, so we have a very good understanding of 3-dimensional combat. We also have a much larger critical thinking capacity than the humans, as a result of our natural evolution and genetic enhancement by the humans. Why they haven't done it to themselves has to do with their Common Sense Doctrine."

EAS McClain, Fergus' Quarters
Fergus stared out of his window into the gigantic abyss of the cosmos, his eyes fixated on a single point. He had memorized its location, and always gazed at it. Recent reports said it was a galaxy, further away than even the most distant Draconian one. It would take a huge ship with as much negative energy as the entire fleet combined to make it there and back. He never knew why, but that one galaxy had always comforted him. When he was stressed back before humans had left the solar system, he would look up at it and his troubles would melt away for a moment. Now, with his magic powers, he could sense a part of it. An image of a planet, a green and blue pearl like Earth once was. He could not see anything but that world, perhaps it's inhabitants were extremely gifted with magic or an alien relic was left there. Whatever the case, when he saw it in his vision he experienced what was called the "overview effect" by old astronauts. It was a connection with one's species (sometimes god for the religious) felt when seeing one's homeworld from space. Fergus had never felt it until now, but along with this feeling was an intense hunger, a need of some sort. After staring at the tiny dot that is an entire galaxy, Fergus finally figured out what that planet was, and what he had to do.
Home. I have to go home.