Map of Xarn:

Xarn, a beautiful blue planet. Very soon, a fleet of Nypherian ships broke from warp over the planet. In the middle of the fleet, stood the 3,000 meter ship, with Grand Admiral Gordon Malik as the lead officer in charge. “I want everything about this planet. I want its resource data, possible intelligent life, and information of the moon orbiting the planet.” Malik said as he looked out from the window of the main command hub of the ship. “Sir, we’re getting the data from the probes. I’ll move it to your data pad.” The warrant officer said as he transmitted the data. Malik walked over to his commander’s chair and sat down. He grabbed the pad that rested on the table to his left, he began to go through the information. “Intelligent has been detected on every part of the land masses on this planet.” Malik said outload as everyone paused. This hasn’t happened before as most times, there were parts of the planet that are untouched. Malik sat up from his chair, “Begin Aquatic procedures”
               
           It had been a beautiful night within the waters around Traugh. The waves hadn’t been as aggressive as they had been within the past week. There were two people in a small fishing boat that had moved only a mile off the coast from the mainland. Two Orks, a male and a female were within that boat. “The waters are oddly calm today, Zalthu.” The female odd said. She gently tugged on her fishing rod. The boat only moved when the occupants within the boat moved. Zathu smirked, “we’re lucky the water goddess smiles on us today. We will eat well tonight!” “You’re so loud, you definitely will scare the fish. Mother always said you run your gob too much.” The female ork said as she noticed a faint light in the water. She leaned forward a bit to get a better look. Zalthu also noticed the light and he realized it’s a reflection. He looked up towards the sky, “Look Atub, in the sky.” He said as he pointed towards the sky. Both looked up and spotted a bright light within the sky. It grew brighter ad closer, “It’s a falling star!” Atub yelled as the bright light fell across the sky. It crashed within the ocean.

“it is a sign from the old Gods!” “The old Gods no longer apply to us! The Mer-folk are proof that there is life outside our world!”. The Senate building within the Ork capital of Azulah, had been filled with many Ork chiefs for their respected clans. The sighting of the falling star had sent the entire country ablaze. Zalthu and Atub sat in the witness booth of the court room. They were still shaken up by the events two days ago in the sea just a mile off the coast. “Atub and Zalthu, please, once again. Will you tell the court what happened” the High Chief of the council said with a booming voice. The court became quite by the sudden input of the High War Chief. Atub and Zalthu looked around nervously, since they weren’t at all used to being near so many war chiefs at once. “It came from the sky, a ball of light. It crashed into the ocean and the shockwave of the crash sent large waves in every direction. It almost tipped the boat over” Atub said sheepishly. The court murmured amongst themselves. “Even when it had crashed into the ocean, the light was still bright. You could see it as it sunk towards the bottom of the ocean.” Zalthu added. The clan chieftains erupted in arguments amongst themselves.

           Within the depths of the ocean, the Nypherians had begun to build under water. Large structures had begun to form at the bottom of the ocean. A miniature underwater city but only for AI of the Synthetic Division and the Eclipse Division. It had finally become nightfall and it had become pitch black. Four AQUA C1276’s entered the atmosphere and flew towards the planet. Their destination is the same place the original AQUA tech had landed. They all crashed on the ocean’s surface and submerged. They sunk to about 400 meters under the ocean’s surface.  The four ships drifted apart from one another and formed a defensive perimeter in the area of the ocean.

A small fleet from the Ork kingdom had left out towards the ocean to investigate the “falling star”. The leading Naval Officer, Atuur, had been assigned to lead this investigation. “Now, let’s get this over with. This lunacy idea of the gods coming to our home, is ridiculous.” He mumbled to himself as his medium size boat rocked against the waves. The ocean waters splashed against the front and sides of the ship, spraying onto the deck. Atuur walked over to the side of the ship and looked out over the deck. There were 10 other ships within the small fleet. He grunted to himself as he saw this as wasting valuable resources on such a wild goose chase. Very soon, they came upon the marked spot. Atuur walked over towards the Deck Officer, “Are we where we’re supposed to be?” Atuur asked his Deck Officer. “Aye Sir, based on the illustrations on the map and the measurements. We’re right where the said “God” had fallen. Atuur nodded his head.

“You have been seen.” Basilis said to Grand Admiral Malik. They had been conducting a conversation through Vitcom. The 4-D model of Basilis stood over the emitter. “We had no knowledge sir of said reports of Ork kin fishing in 3 am in the morning.” “I want no excuses Admiral. This is a blunder as inferior species is now lurking within the waters. Reports are coming in from the AI that they’re bringing diving equipment or the said “Bell” with them.” Basilis retorted in a stern voice. High Command shouldn’t worry, they have no way of going deep enough to see us or even make the effort to stop our plans. Things are still going according to plan and the Eclipse research site is being constructed as order.” Malik reiterated. “Make sure you don’t foul this up. I am going to keep an eye on all your reports, don’t fail the Empire.” Basilis said as the vitcom turned off. Malik looked away sternly and looked towards his Warrant officer. “Begin procedures. Begin the project on the Destroyer B34F5.”

The halls within the capital city of Eclaerith. A man in clergy robes moved with haste through the hallways. The hallways were adorned with columns and priceless pieces of art. The columns are lined with gold and emeralds, a representation of the nation’s power. The clergy man reached a large door that had guards standing in front. “I have word from the lead General. I must speak with the queen!” he said while gasping for air. He held up a scroll with the Generals seal. The guards quickly opened the door and let the man in. The throne room had statues of past rulers and generals. A woman with long brown hair sat upon the throne. Upon her head, rested golden crown adorned with emeralds. Her robe is black and weaved within the robe is a golden vest that is dotted with jewels and symbols of power upon them. She held a stern looked as she motioned her head towards the man. “This better be good.” She said aggressively. She sat up straight and then stood up, walking towards the man. The clergyman went to his knees and bowed. The queen walked in front of him and took the scroll from the clergyman’s hand. She opened the scroll and went through the information within the scroll. She looked up from the scroll, “Get me my advisors and the Merfolk.”

Under the ocean, the Nypherians had slowly built a mini underwater city. At the bottom of the ocean, the small pod that had crashed, containing advanced AI units. It had been slowly building a city and small ships went around the small city. Collecting resources within the ground and constantly expanding the city. Within this city, there are no civilians or organics. With the pressure at the bottom of the ocean being so powerful, no organics can live at the bottom of the ocean. There are only AI that operate at the bottom of the ocean. The Nypherian fleet that orbited the planet, were keeping taps on the production of the underwater facility.  Grand Admiral Gordon Malik read the reports of the movements of the surface dweller. “This is going to get complicated.”

A meeting had been called within the led ship of the Nypherian fleet that orbits the planet. The following Warrant Officers and Gordon Malik were within the circular table, discussing the issues that need to be addressed. “With our approach in this system, it has changed things radically. Sadly, we were spotted entering the ocean during Phase 1. This report has spread across the planet to the three kingdoms of the planet. These…Orks, have sent a large fleet to look within the area of the landing site. The kingdom to the East of the Orks, are also on the move. There have been reports of political movements and troop movements.” Gordon Malik said as he turned on many screens showing the detailed information. Each screen had the Ork and Eclaerith Kingdom, showing all their fleet and troop movements. “We also have reports the Merfolk on Abiri are the same on this planet. They’re traveling back and forward on this planet. Intel suggests that they consider these beings are Gods, traveling the night sky. They’re primarily within the Kingdom of Eclaerith, within the city of Pantheon of Uborth. These Merfolk live within the holy city and provide the nation with knowledge.” Gordon Malik said as he pointed at screens along the wall.

“We’re predicting that with such military movement among-st the two nations. The possibility of war might happen. This, isn’t our concern but we will keep our promise to the Merfolk that we made back on Abiri. We stay out of their affairs and it seems they haven’t told anyone about us. The proof is that the two nations are moving to become more aggressive with themselves. The current fleet we’re watch is leave the city of Alverton. A fleet the numbers of 100 ships have begun their movements towards our location.”

The Ork fleet had been exploring the spot where the “falling Star” crashed in the ocean. It had been a week do far and even with the help with the diving bell, they still couldn’t find anything. The captain, Atuur stood impatiently on the deck of his ship. He tapped his foot and crossed his arms, “I knew this was going to be a waste of time. The whelps were probably smoking Denkah Root.” He mumbled. “I see ships from the Eastern Kingdom!!” a sailor from the crow’s nest yelled out. Atuur looked up at the crow’s nest to see the sailor pointing south. He moved with haste to that side of the ship. Taking the telescope that had been attached to his belt. Extending the tool, he looked out towards the ocean. He could make out many Eastern Kingdom ships coming towards them. “Signal the divers to come up. We’re leaving!” he yelled to his crew. Everyone on deck began to scramble about, getting to their stations and preparing the ships to leave. The signal had been given and now all Orkish ships were now leaving as well.
               
The lead officer on deck of one of the Eastern Empire ships had been watching the Orkish fleet now picking up their “things” and moving on. She removed her binoculars from her eyes and looked in the direction of the Orkish fleet. Glancing back towards the deck, she had two low ranking officers next to her, each flanking her side. “They’re picking up and leaving. I am going to assume they found nothing. If they did, they would have fought for these waters. Is the merfolk ready for interpreting?” she asked one of her officers. “Ma’am, everything is ready. We have everything needed to get a positive reading and the amplifying gem is still secure.” He said. The ocean soon began to get rough as sprays of salt water splashed along the ships. It whipped up on the deck, drenching everything it touched. The wooden ships groaned is it fought against the aggressive lashes of the ocean. “Let’s get things ready”

The underwater city had been growing large every hour. Underwater probes have been hard at work, growing each sector of the base. The military hangar had recently been put online, which sets up the question if they should add a teleporter within the system. The technology had recently been discussed with the new ship technology with Operation Stargazer. Within the fleet, Grand Admiral Gordon Malik continued to pour over the data on the base and all the readings of the planet. A warning blimp popped up on his screen. Motioning the screen to open, a probe had a live stream of the activity above the base. The locals were now just above the growing base. “What are they doing?” mumbling to himself as he motioned with his hands, spreading them away from each other. This caused the screen to zoom in and enhance the picture.

From the scans returning information, it showed the Eastern Empire had moved on scene and the Ork Kingdom had recently left to avoid conflict. “Shift the scans and mark all organic life” he said to the system. The AI probe changed its view and now all the people on the boats were shown. “Focus, the largest boat and zoom”. There, on the largest boat is a being that radiates with magic abilities. He narrowed his eyes, “Retreat to safe zone, release the seal to hide our position.”. Every probe and ship retreated to the safe zone and a faint energy dome covered the base and all operations stop.

“Tell the Godling that we’re ready.” The lead officer had yelled over the commotion of the fleet. The larger Eastern Empire fleet had taken the Ork Kingdoms original position in the ocean. The aggressive waters had made things very difficult for the people to properly set up. The waves crashed upon the ships, drenching the decks. A Merfolk walked out on the deck of the largest ship. She wore the garments of her people that are very common on Abiri and the Temple in the Eastern Empire. Here, on this planet, the people here consider their kind to be Gods. Their ability with magic and seeing the future in the span on 2 months has earned them “God-like” status among the people. She peered across the waters of the ocean, feeling a bit woozy from the rocking of the boat. It had been a few years since she had been near the water, her body felt frail because of it.

Moving her arms in a circular motion, a dark purple aura moved within a circular motion, following the motion of her arms. “I sense…there had been a burst of energy here.” She said smoothly. The words rolled off her tongue as she talked. The Lead Officer stood behind her as he looked at the Godling. The word “Godling” is the term the people of the Eastern Empire use. They never say their true name because of how they view them as Gods. “What came here? Is it magic? Is it the “Old Gods”?” he asked as he looked sternly at her. She frowned, her pale blue skin glowed within the moonlight. “No, there is no magical traces. This seems, different, unique. It feels alien to me.” She said as the magical spell wore off. The purple magic slowly vanished as her arms fell to her sides. She had no idea who these beings were but she had an idea, and that she had to keep to herself. Her facial expression stayed the same, along with her body posture. The Lead officer placed his hand to his chin, confused over what the Godling had said. “Get a messenger hawk, we need to alert the Queen!!”

“It’s not magic? Even the Godlings are unaware of what it is?” the Queen pondered at the latest information that had been brought to her. She leaned back in her throne as she wondered at what this new phenomenon could be. “My Queen, what could be something that falls from the sky and not use magic?! The idea of it is possible!” the Queens servant said as he knelt to one knee while in the presence of the Queen. Aniyah Fawcett, the current ruling queen of the Eastern Empire isn’t like typical women within the territories. Most, are mothers and caretakers. Aniyah, had stood out since the day she had been born. The day she took the throne, she had started a war with the Ork Kingdom, burning down one of their cities. This was because of the last King, had lost their war with the Orks. They had burned the original capital to the ground. The site had officially been labeled as, “Harbor of Graves”.

“They fell from the sky, like the Godlings. Whatever fell from the sky might also be from another world. Thus, the Godlings might not be telling the truth about them, and I bet you they know who they are.” Aniyah thought out loud. The idea of it seemed crazy to the man who had been kneeling before his queen. “They’re hiding things from us! Such actions are a crime against the Empire!” he squealed in rage. The queen raised her hand to silence him. “Think about it, they have increase our technology tenfold. We know can build such cities and ships that are protected by Iron sheets. Without their help, we would have never been able to fight the Orks. Thought, it makes me wonder why they’re so afraid or secretive about this mysterious group.”

“They are aware of us and the Eastern Empire suspects that we’re aliens. Your reckless actions and quick to jump the gun on this system has caused many things to change on this planet.” Basilis said lecturing Grand Admiral Malik. They were within the coms room within the main ship of the Nypherian fleet over Xarn. “There had been no way of knowing that a single wooden boat had been so far out from the shore. Since technology...” “I don’t want your excuses, Malik! Your actions have caused the habitants on the planet to know look for us by using magic. It is only unfortunate that they’re peasants and we cannot burn them off the planet. The rules of the Empire forbid us.” Malik stood there silent to Basilis. True, he had been quick to dominate this planet but for his own reasons. He wanted them to see them and he knew of the wooden boat. This had been an experiment of the trust of the Abirians. “The Eastern Emipire is only aware of something that crashed in the ocean. They have no knowledge of what crashed into the ocean. The Abirians are keeping their end of the bargain and know what will happen if they break our deal.” Gordon Malik added, this only made Basilis cross his arms. “Then continue with the planned operations, Admiral” Basilis said in response.
 
On the planet, the entire bottom of the ocean had finally been covered by the Nypherian underwater base. With the preparations, also came stronger defenses. Three AQUA B135A’s had been constructed within specific points of the large under water base. They now began to scan and look for any other efforts of the Eastern Empire magic scanning. Things had become delicate because of the Eastern Empires heavy presence within the waters. The Nypherians knew that sooner or later, the Orks will act upon the Eastern Empires presence and that war is coming.

“Their actions within our waters is a breach of the peace treaty! This is a direct insult to our people! The Orks shall not stand for such insults!”  “The Eastern Empire and its queen is a blight on these lands! Its war!”. The people of the Ork court are up in arms since the Eastern Empire’s fleet sits within their waters. At the end of the last war, that saw two cities burned and its people killed. They made an agreement to avoid any other confrontation. The judges of the court sat in silence as they listened to everyone, even if the arguments were one sided. “Order! We will have order!” the lead judge yelled over the others. “The actions of the Eastern Empire on our find within the waters, is a breach of our contract. They most likely believe that their water gods are responsible! The idea of concept is the reason why we went to war in the first place. The only true God is the Dragon that lives within the mountain. He created our world and leads us to greatness. It is war!”


The Eastern Empires fleet sat within the Ork Nations waters. The lead officer, Dagav, looked out towards the ocean. “This has been a waste of time. We came here and agitated the Orks, and we found something below us is hiding from the detection of the Merfolk. “Have we got a response from the capital?” “No sir, the Merfolk remains quiet.” Dagav folded his arms as he didn’t like how it took so long for the Capital to respond. However, his worries soon ended. One of the sailors ran up towards him and saluted. “Out with it!”. The Sailor gasped for air and tried to catch his breath. “Message from the Empire, there is a Hypothesis that whatever fell into the ocean isn’t related to the Merfolk, it could be another alien species.” Dagav shook his head in shock. “There is more, with our actions, it might have caused a second war. You can fight or retreat to the Empires shores. The Queen is giving you the choice.” Dagav looked down at his feet in thought, “Pack it up, we’re leaving.”

The Nypherians sat and watched as both sides built up their forces. They knew the war will soon reach its climax and reach its breaking point. Since they first arrived at the planet, they had accidently pushed things to chaotic state. Their deal with the Abirians was to keep them a secret and leave their people alone. Since the growing tensions, the Nypherians have been building underwater and around the planet. A large sprawling city on the bottom of the ocean and many station that orbit the planet. Along with these stations, are many fleets that also orbit the planet. Weapon platforms had been set up around the planet, thus completing the ring of defenses around the planet. The only issues is when the people of this planet get telescopes strong enough, they will see them.

“Everything is going according to plan; the only issue are the inferiors and their war.” Grand Admiral Malik said during his meeting with the High Command. There were 3 out of 6 members on screen. They appeared as 3D models on the screen. Basilis, The Administrator, and Grand Marshal Wyatt. They looked at each other, “What are your current standings with these Inferiors?” Basilis asked. “At this moment, we’re avoiding all contact and staying submerged in the ocean. I have given orders not to engage or try and stop the coming war.” He said as he stood tall, his arms resting behind his back. They looked at each other once more, “We’ve decided to stay out of it. This is their war. If they want to fight over gods or land, that’s their path. Order the systems within Xarn to continue with operations and to follow the code.”

Tensions are high in Easthallow, one of the coastal cities of the Eastern Empire. This city had been attacked in the past by the Ork Kingdom. It still has the scars of past battles, as old crumbled walls of old defenses still rest around the outskirts of the city. The city itself is still very populated, almost as populated as the capital. The market is unusually quiet, loud, but quieter than usual. The people still went about their day but the whispers of growing tensions between the Orks and the Eastern Empire, once again had people wondering if they were going to be drafted in the military. The draft had previously happened 100 years ago. The war engulfed the world and with thousands dead in the end of the conflict. National flags had been placed on every lamp post in the city, trying to rally people behind their national pride. The docks were now filled with military ships, captain Dagav had his fleet recently arrive within the harbor.

He never left his ship, he had been worrying too much of the growing tensions between the two nations. There have been reports of the Orks sending threats of conflict because of the breach of their waters. Though, that was a matter of debate. “You look worried.” A female voice said behind Dagav. He turned and looked at the Merfolk that stood behind him. “You know, Tiru, believe it or not. It’s the Orks that scares the people. The greatest threat on this planet, yet they’re oblivious to something even scarier.” He said looking back out towards the market. “The thing that crashed into the ocean.” Tiru said as she knew of the possible threat. “Whatever crashed into the waters, it can hide from your magical scans, and whatever it is can live under the water. I also feel like the Merfolk know who they are.” Tiru looked sadden by his comment. “We do know who they are.”Dagav turned around with a stern look on his face. “If the queen finds out you’re hiding info...” “I know, but we made a promise to them. They saved our home, our people. We made a promise not to speak of them and they would leave our homes alone in the ocean. They honored our agreement.” Dagav listened to her story and he remembered the stories of the aliens that attacked her home. How they butchered the people who lived on the surface and forced the Merfolk into hiding. “Please, I must know who they are, to protect my people.” She sheepishly looked at him. “They’re called, Nypherian.”

“Reports from the drones, they know of our name” the lead warrant officer had reported to Grand Admiral Malik. Malik looked at the Warrant Officer, “They would only know if the Merfolk told them. I suspect with the growing tension and the possibility of war, it forced them to break our deal. Things will get interesting from here on out.” He paused only to glance at the fleet that is soon departing for the next system. “Once we have finished on the system of Xarn, we will leave the inferiors to their war. Set the official orders to not get involved, at all.” Malik said as he turned back towards the data stream on his screen. He knew that the High Command would become upset over the leaked information of their Empire. Having inferiors knowing their name, aggravates them.

“My queen, we have reports from Dagav. The Merfolk finally told us who the beings that landed in the water are.” The official said as he stood in front of the queen. The Queen held an unimpressed look on her face. “The Nypherians, yes I know. I had another Merfolk…poked for information. I had convinced her to tell me everything. Even how they saved her people. They’re a threat to us and we must remove them. Send the orders, we must deal with the Orks, and then deal with the Nypherians.”

The remaining fleet had ported away to their next destination, Garinol. The Grand Admiral had joined the fleet and left the system under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Nikoli Smirkov. A new 3,000-meter ship exited from jump. Lieutenant Colonel stood over the command deck, looking out onto the planet. He had been informed of the growing tensions of the natives, the possible war. He had been ordered to avoid all conflict, however from reports of the Eastern Empire wanting conflict with the Nypherians, he had to act. His eyes moved slowly over to the next screen, showing fleet movement around the planet. It showed the fleets moving into position for an orbital strike. “When they strike, we strike. I am in command and I will not allow anything to get into the Empires way.” He said with a sneer.

Dagav had been spending his free time talking to Tiru. “They fly in ships? In the sky? In the stars?!” Dagav asked in disbelief. Tiru smiled and nodded her head. “They didn’t tell us much but, what they have told us is that they can travel between dimensions, and universes. They came to our world in which they wanted to spread their borders. They’re doing the same to your world. In fact, they probably already accomplished their goal.” Dagav had a bewildered look on his face. “They control us now?” Tiru only shook her head. “No, they don’t want to control us. They want the planet for other reasons, they will stay out of our conflicts. However, your Queen might be the death of your nation”