Story Arc 2- The Conspiracy

[Luna]

The president had a tough day. And a tougher day awaited him tomorrow when he would have to deal with more politics. But for now, he had to go to sleep.
Dialogue:
CatsVsNInjas: Luna! hello?
Luna: You know I have other pony's dreams to attend to right.
CatsVsNinjas: I know but I really need your thoughts on this...
Luna: Well, your approaching this in the wrong way. You don't want to be snooping around in someones place to make them like you.
CatsVsNinjas: I did that to protect the nation
Luna: And what did you get from that! If anything your likely in more danger than you were before! Plus, you already have one enemy. And your on the verge of war with another empire.
CatsVsNinjas: ...
Luna: If you just going to stand there I will leave. I am not the leader of your nation, but if you ever need anything don't be afraid to call for me.
CatsVsNinjas: Thank you for your help, I guess I'll call off the recon teams.
Luna: Whatever you think is best for your nation.

The next morning:
CatsVsNinjas to Recon teams:
Attention, return home no need for information right now.

[Crash Override]

"Dropship is nearing the Tower. Teams are ready to deploy."

"Affirmative, Dragon 1. Drop your teams. Dragons 2 and 3 will commence drops after you clear the area."

The dropship, latched on the Ar Ciela tower, began drilling a hole into the tower to drop in Spec-Ops teams. Then, additional teams of scientists and support marines would follow.

The teams entered, finding no one in the long, dark corridor they entered in. They established a safe zone, and signaled for the rest to come in.

OOC: Nice teams,bro

[DeadlyMiddie]

Internal Affairs:
Chancellor Bauer was drinking coffee. It was 1:00 A.M. on Cyrania III, and he had just been woken up by his aid. The reason was that a report from Argus 1-1 had come in with the flag of Urgent. Bauer was currently reading a paper copy of the message.
FLAG URGENT, ENCRYPTION LEVEL 8:
Cavnin ships have been engaged on the edge of NeoRoman space. They were crippled. Pieces of intercepted transmissions indicate that this was an accident.
END
Bauer immediately opened a channel to his security adviser. He told him what the message said, then asked his opinion. The adviser said,"I suggest we go to DEFCON 3, sir." Bauer considered, then sighed. "Not yet. If it escalates, then we will." After closing the channel, he opened another one to his Science Advisor. "Begin Project Epsilon."

//ELSEWHERE//
Shipyard 1-1 Alpha over Cyrania II:
Project Overseer: What is the progress on the dreadnoughts?
Main Construction Officer: Sir, they are about 40% complete.
Overseer: Hurry it up. The Chancellor wants some heavy firepower if push comes to shove.

[ACH0225]

@light- first off, you broke in, as well as Fen. That means everyone can. Also, these are spec-ops teams, as in similar to RL spec-ops. That mean that they get te best of anything and everything, as well as stuff to protect them. We learned of the tower through an anonymous source, and plan to raid it at our leisure. In short, owl tech and irreverence to anything meant to be left alone triumphs.

[Crash Override]

@light- first off, you broke in, as well as Fen. That means everyone can. Also, these are spec-ops teams, as in similar to RL spec-ops. That mean that they get te best of anything and everything, as well as stuff to protect them. We learned of the tower through an anonymous source, and plan to raid it at our leisure. In short, owl tech and irreverence to anything meant to be left alone triumphs.

OOC: Nice.I´m egoist so can we agree to "cancel" our tower action thing? I dont have the guts to put lore in this anymore. And i cant see someone picking up what is mine so,yeah.

[ACH0225]

Ok, I'll end it.

The Strigiforme teams found little of value in the tower, and what was salvageable couldn't be used for any new weapons. Or could it? Despite that, they took their findings, and went back to their stealth cruiser in orbit.

In the underbelly of the cruiser, there was a large Yttrium-tipped fusion bomb. This bomb could erase everything not properly shielded for 20 miles around, and could do so with few traces.

It was a shame such an ancient structure didn't have the proper shielding.

As the ship jumped away, the missile fired, its' parabolic arch could have been described as a beautiful scene. Within moments, the tower was a smoldering crater, and all inside were vaporized. But a capsule had also been dropped, releasing the same traces as the weapon of another empire, one that had recently been rather hostile to many. The investigators would never find the capsule because of its self-destruct protocol, but they would find the same traces as a bomb dropped by the EE.

[Tunnelthunder]

[Ivan2006]

---message to Orion Confederation---
Our intelligence has informed us that you have sent an "Intrepid" into our area.
We are currently trying to find out what an "Intrepid" is, but expect it to be treated according to its function.
---message end---

---message to NeoRome---
The diplomat you sent to us will be escorted to our headquarters for negotiations as soon as he arrives in our space.
---message end---

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EE is now neutral to NeoRome

[DeadlyMiddie]

TRANSMISSION TO THE EE:
An Intrepid is a light scout vessel, with hardly any weapons compared to other ships. Just a couple of flak cannons and 3 medium phasers. We have also told the captain of the ship to stay out of your borders. We hope that this message will negate any misunderstandings.
END
//ON CYRANIA IV//
Science Advisor Miller was in his office looking over the progress of Project Epsilon. All was going according to schedule. The project would be completed within 2 months. He looked at the specifications of the Epsilon. They were impressive, to say the least. Maybe not as powerful as some others, but still, impressive. At the bottom of the paper (paper was always used for important documents at some point or another), the message was: INCINERATE UPON READING. DO NOT WRITE ANYTHING DOWN.

//ADMIRAL STEVEN HACKETT'S QUARTERS ABOARD THE OCS-ARCTURUS//
Admiral Hackett was pacing. He was a bit jumpy with all the tension ratcheting up. His scout had sent in the first report saying that the EE were not on a total war footing, which was good news. His 1st Fleet had completed the outpost in the Anstrila system, so that meant that crews could rotate out of their ships for 6 hours at a time. THe outpost was armed with 6 heavy phasers, 20 flak cannons, and a fission bomb to self-destruct if need be. Yes, this would be the 1st Fleet's staging area should war come.

[Crash Override]

INTERNAL:
-Sir,WE DID IT!

-Calm down,Williams. What happened?

-We achieved it! Our first Nuclear Triangular Loop ! This is amazing and..

-What i talked about Shh.?

-Ok...can we begin project SHADOWGALE?

-Hmm...Yes. Full funding.Begin with the creation of the Beta type,they can lead us to our discovery.

-But...they will be unstable...they..lifespan...

-Do it,the original vanished.

-Ok.

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Activating all sensors,creating the AEON-network.
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Encrypted to Orion Confederation:
This will get hot,friend.

PUBLIC: Nothing

[Prototype]

It took then two days to manually tear down the security systems on Zero's implants, this was unusual, only NSCD security could resist in such a way, this further fuelled Theta's desire to unlock Zero's apparently numerous secrets, what they found dd not disappoint:

:::DATA LOG 98867, UNIT PHI, O.M.I.C. SUBUNIT:::
>_Location: unknown
>_Environment: hostile, wasteland planet
>_Situation: ship crash landed, supplies low, a rouge MK-IV Lamentor is tearing the crew apart
>_Prioities: survival is both impossible and futile, the MK-IV must not leave the planet
>_Course of action: detonate fuel cells, destroy the ship, if this doesn't kill the thing, it will be trapped here
>_Log:

This is Prototype, formerly Phi of the cybernetic collective, designated subunit of O.M.I.C. cybernetic intelligence, last known relic of the Frestorian race, I have failed my mission, we could not repair the ship in time, one of the mech pilots tried to kill the thing, but it killed them before that could detonate the guardians fuel cells, the thing tore into the ship, we didn't stand a chance, the only survivors are myself and ensign Larsa

*screams are heard*

Now it's just me, it's coming closer, I need just a few more seconds.

If you are hearing this message, I failed, and could not successfully destroy the beast, if you are hearing this, find unit Theta of the cybernetic collective, do not go to O.M.I.C. for it cannot be trusted

Here it comes

*something roars*
*static*

:::END:::

:::DATA LOG 98868, UNIT PHI, O.M.I.C. SUBUNIT:::
>_Location: Outpost 19
>_Environment: wasteland planet
>_Situation: I have been revived, but I have been implanted in a rather unique creature for unknown reasons
>_Prioities: unknown
>_Course of action: learn more information about my revival, attempt to make contact with the creature
>_Log:

This is Phi, formerly Prototype, I appear to have failed, again, my implants have been recovered, likely for my unique AI, for I don't think there are any other like me, there appear to be no sentient cybernetic beings in existence, except for O.M.I.C. And I have reason to believe Theta was alive moments ago, and he was quite close too but I must know more.

The creature I am attached to is unlike any other I know about, it appears to possess immense extra sensory or psychic powers, perhaps I can hack into its thoughts, I am detecting a lot of processing power in its brain.

:::END:::


Theta could not believe this, Omega had not only managed to pick up an extraordinary creature with unrivalled psychic abilities, but had rescued an alternate universes version of Phi, who, in this universe, was more commonly known as Alpha, but it appears in the alternate universe, Phi never overthrew the old leader O.M.I.C., but instead perished, and so did not take his place as the Alpha.

This was an astonishing discovery.

Project Nightmare was looking possible.

[Professor Fenway]

Fenway oversaw interrogation from the next room over. He had a schematic of the Ragnarov open, showing the damages. A large gash, as expected, had been opened in the side. A great amount of expensive equipment was damaged, with costs in the billions to repair.

This level of damage was unprecedented. Analysis suggested that the weapon was antimatter based, but this couldn't be proven. Interrogation was the last route. If they weren't cooperative, they would bring out their brainwave sensors.

He opened up their background checks. EE origin, had been high-level mechanics on the Ragnarov for 5 standard years. The first was Harold Auger, the second Giovanni Venzor. It explained how the caused so much damage. They knew the Ragnarov was weak during docking procedures. The thumbed the intercom.

"Giovanni, you mentioned your 'contractors' in the last session. Elaborate further on who these are." Giovanni laughed.

"Nothing you need to know, Hierarch," he replied. "We are a massive organization. We exist everywhere."

"What is the extent of your organization?"

"Everywhere. But you can't see it, because your stuck up nature prevents you from seeing it." Giovanni laughed again. "You won't get anything from me."

"Who else was working with you?"

"You'll find out soon enough." Giovanni laughed. Fenway shut off the intercom. This was going nowhere. Giovanni was still laughing. His eyes spoke of triumph. At this, Fenway knew. He whirled around, drawing his Gauss pistol, and shot the man with an energy blade extended a meter from him. Fenway watched as his bodyguard Jerick slumped to the ground.

"I'm sorry," he said, and then he was still. Giovanni was still laughing. Fenway shut off the interrogation room power and sealed the room. He pulled a scanner of the wall and analyzed Jerick's body.

Standard bodyguard equipment, personal shield generator, energy blade, all that was good. There was another thing, not standard. And it was very small, but not invisible. Fenway removed it from Jerick's body using a magnetic coupling and placed it under an analysis scanner in the room.

It was a computer data disk, very small. It had fused to Jerick, and removing it had destroyed it.

He smashed the disk, just in case, and unlocked the room. He marched out, past the lines of security guards moving to the interrogation room, while unsheathing his communicator.

||URGENT MESSAGE TO: NeoRoman Central Security Council||

Security has been compromised. An unknown organization has penetrated level Psi Security. All personnel above level Tau are to be immediately checked for foreign implants.

||END||


||PRIVATE MESSAGE TO: Eggman Empire||
We have discovered evidence of an unknown organization, likely operating from within your empire, that has penetrated NR security. We advise looking into this issue immediately if peace is to be preserved between our nations.

Our diplomat is also now in your space. He will arrive at the capital shortly.
||END||

||PRIVATE MESSAGE TO: Strigiforme Empire||
Security in NeoRome has been compromised by an unknown organization. We strongly suggest searching your security ranks for EM data-chip signatures operating in the 221 GHz range. They are very low energy and do not show up on normal sensors.

In addition, the flagship Ragnarov has been severely compromised by this organization. Due to the expense of equipment now destroyed by this attack, we ask if you would assist us in repairing it and outfitting it with more advanced Strigiforme Tech to keep it operational.
||END||

[ACH0225]

Communique to NeoRome-

We have had a few recent attacks as well, but none major. We have already begun to isolate our higher level staff, as well as have automatic scanners and failsafes installed in various terminals. We also shall send over several pieces of technology you may find useful, such as a shield generator and Yttrium-Terbium power core. Please ensure these devices retain the highest security.

[Chairman_Tiel]

>>CONFIDENTIAL MESSAGE

In light of recent galactic tension, Taln Naval Command has seen fit to relegate command of the entire 2nd Fleet to the unified peacekeeping forces of the Stellar Defense Initiative. It consists of a number of Sluis Van carrier battlegroups, in addition to the Sovereignty class Star Dreadnought Testament to Fire.

<<END TRANSMISSION

[Ivan2006]

---transmition to NeoRome---
We do not know if those people penetrating your security are just amazingly well-equipped terrorists or rogue agents, but be assured that our government has not ordered an infiltration of your government or miitary.
Please send all information you have on those attackers to us so we can help with identification.
The diplomats are currently on a course to the Death Egg II where negotiations will take place.
---transmition end---

---transmition to Orion Confederation---
We appreciate your promise to keep the vessel our of our space.
Please note that we have the vessel localized and are keeping that in check.
Also, any attempt of intercepting out transmition will be handled as medium agression.
---transmition end---

[The EE is now distrusting towards the Orion Confederation.]