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Void of the Stars II: Return to the Stars [Sci-Fi] [Always Accepting]

Serenity
"Your reasoning and ignorance is sickening. I demand an immediate council with your princesses."

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Serenity

"Sazkarjhia operated in Equestrian space to hunt down pirates with enough clout and power to threaten the universe. You, however, have intruded only to superimpose your ideals over Sazkarjhia's, even despite the fact that they rebelled through a violent uprising. Leave Sazkarjhia to deal with her problems, and maybe step off of your moral high horse and understand our problem."

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WARNING! WARNING!

UNDER SPM PROTOCOL CONTINGENCY A-0003-5241 IS IN EFFECT.

HOSTILE AGGRESSOR OF SUBSTANTIAL FORCE HAS INTRUDED INTO SAZKARJHIT SPACE.

BE PREPARED. ALL UNITS REMAIN ON STANDBY. ALL ORBITAL DEFENSE NETWORKS ARE TO BE ARMED.

ALL CIVILIANS ARE TO WAIT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. IF DANGER IMMINENT WITHIN 2 WEEKS ALL CIVILIANS ARE TO GO TO THEIR DESIGNATED SHELTERS UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.

SAZKAR REARGUARD HAS BEEN ALERTED AND MOBILZED.

THIS IS NOT A DRILL

THIS IS NOT A DRILL

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Serenity
The comm channel was opened up, starting with a burst of static, then something shattering, followed by a shrill female scream.

"No, no, no, no, NO!" the voice shouted. "This is Supreme Commander Felasi'hum of the People's Military of Sazkarjhia. I've read the reports and I am ordering you to leave Sazkarjhit space at once! Sazkarjhia will fight her own problems and does not need the intervention of a bunch of colorful quadruped freaks ordering my military around! You have absolutely no right to be here, I wish to speak with your superiors this instant! Your failure to comply as you are TRESPASSING and attempting to SUPPORT AN INSURRECTION will lead to the full force of the Sazkarjhit war engine coming down onto Equestria. We will obliterate Serenity if we need to, and if you support this insurrection not only will our relations further deteriorate, but you will be regarded as a sworn enemy to Sazkarjhia."

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Serenity
Taking a bold step forward, the leader of the uprising, Yrmar Tamra'dum, spoke over comms in response to the Equestrians approach into Serenity's atmosphere that they marked for them.

"This is Yrmar Tamra'dum, representing the Serenity Revolution of the Common People. We have argued long and hard over allowing Sazkarjhia to give us religious freedom, and after a long time of oppression and misery under the Sazkarjhit regime, we overthrew the governor of the colony. However, the Sazkarjhit military reacted violently and we are attempting to garner support, as I fear that the worst of the Sazkarjhit war engine has yet to come."

Samani-Class Prowler PNS With a Whisper of Grace, in Orbit Above Serenity
"Ma'am we have picked up rebel comm traffic on Serenity." 1st Naval Officer Argyl'sum, one of the few remaining Sumreka Sazkarjhit, reported to the shipmaster. Grand Marshal Gamra'dum read the report and listened to the transcript.

"Aye, report it to Fleet Lead for response."

"Yes, Ma'am."

Marku-Class Cruiser Flagship PNS Vengeance of Our Fallen Comrades, in Orbit Above Serenity
"Fleetmaster, we have a report with rebel comm traffic from the surface." the communications officer reported.

"Heh..." Fleetmaster Heran'kum chuckled, "...the rebels seem to have taken a bold step. But such insolence should be regarded with proper retribution. Send orders to Spirit and have them punish them, whipping them into place like the animals they are." he replied.

"Aye, sir." the officer saluted, his voice filled with slight dread.

Trikolo II-Class Orbital Bombardment Vessel PNS Spirit of the Damned, in Low Orbit Above Serenity
Sitting above Gurin several hundred miles up, locked in geosynchronous orbit with Serenity, the highly-decorated Spirit of the Damned laid dormant, with repair crews and drones maintaining the ship. When orders were patched in, Grand Marshal Buryn'hum was almost giddy with excitement. He issued the order for a ground strike near the outside of Gurin--not enough to seriously damage the effort but enough to scare them into reconciliation.

Several blast doors on the heavily-armored underside parted as five rows of coilguns, with ten guns in each row, began to protrude, their capacitors charging as several-ton ferrotungsten slugs were loaded into them. Minutes later, they fired in an order reaching from bow to stern, creating a white staircase as burning hot metallic shells pierced the atmosphere and neared Serenity's surface.

Within the seconds it took, nobody had time to prepare for the impact. They hit in an ascending order, throwing dirt and stone hundreds of feet in the air, creating thunderous shockwaves that rolled across the earth, demolishing anything that got in their way. Screams were quelled as houses were quite literally thrown in the air, ripped from their foundations and shattering from the bottom up upon landing. Several explosions sounded off. When all was said and done, a trench fifteen kilometers long by six kilometers wide replaced a residential and commercial block of the capital city of Gurin.

Void of the Stars II: Return to the Stars [Sci-Fi] [Always Accepting]

Does anybody know what year the RP is in currently?

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14 years later when a post is made.

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Serenity Insurrection: 13 km from Gurin Outskirts; Peoples' Army of Sazkarjhia 8th Regimental Division

The march had not been that much of a problem for the soldiers. Serenity had a fairly normal gravity and a nice climate, meaning the resources for the internal section of their powered armor didn't drain so fast. The increased mobility and the complete lack of confrontation after a now-12 kilometer march almost seemed like things were going to be perfect. Almost too good to be true.

Captain Turiya Weren'dum, leader of 3rd Regimental Subdivision, looked around uneasily. There wasn't a single Sazkarjhit colonist walking about; even when they approached the first of the dwellings. Moved to the capital or detained, probably. she thought to herself.

She continued with the rest of the division for the last 12 kilometers before they reached the outskirts. There they began seeing more houses. Some were custom-built and some were from the modules of the colony ships that had come to Serenity thirty-five years prior. Every inlet into the streets were blocked off with barriers made of welded scrap metal. The Division Commander called the order, "Diverge!" over military comms and subdivisions began splitting into squads. They moved around, looking for ways past the barricades. Finally, the ground shook slightly as a handful of SDF heavies armed with flamethrowers approached the barricades. The hulks of carbosteel and titanium plate armor raised their massive devices and fired streams of white-hot flame. The scrap metal didn't last long under the intense heat and soon melted into puddles of molten steel and iron.

The squads mobilized and pushed their ways into the streets. And there, very swiftly, firefights began.

Given the nature of the non-military men and women, they fought guerrilla style, an unconventional, unpredictable. The first time Captain Weren'dum noticed this was when an improvised landmine obliterated half of third squad. As fire came from the windows it was truly difficult to tell where to draw fire. Sparrowhawks made continuous passes, their autocannons alight as the ground and anything in the four-barreled weapon's path was shredded apart or turned into glass from intense heat. A flurry of missiles and plasma grenades followed, and soon the once pristine and developed outskirts of Gurin were reduced to rubble with streets pockmarked with craters.

However, losses from the rebels were inflicting heavily onto the PA, and they pulled back to regroup at the valley. Using kilometers' worth of smoke to hid their trails.

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Serenity Insurrection

SAF 015 moved into high orbit above Serenity. The Orbital Defense Network above the colony--still (thankfully) under control by the SCNOSE--parted as a large group of dropships and Rakora-Class Assault/SAR vessels descended into Serenity's atmosphere. They landed some distance outside of Gurin, the capital of the colony world. Several squads of HT-1 Scorpion hovertanks and three squadrons of HV-6 Sparrohawk VTOLS moved towards the city. The loud thrum of the Rakoras as they drifted ahead, their magnetic accelerator cannons primed, thundered across the valley they were situated in.

Three Sparrowhawks were deployed from an orbiting Trikolo II-Class Orbital Bombardment Vessel, carrying a total of sixty three special operations airdrop soldiers. They were on standby; if ground operations went awry then the need to send in ADB soldiers to go behind enemy lines would be necessary. Given the huge population of rebels that occupied Gurin it would be very possible that opposition would also be heavy.

Supreme Commander Felasi'hum read reports and watched feeds on Karboria. Her heart beat and sweat dripped down her face. Fighting a foreign enemy that threatened Sazkarjhia was one thing; brother-fighting-brother to preserve Sazkar and her colonies was something completely different.