《Infinite Expansion》 Prologue ¡°The Sun, the Moon and the stars would have disappeared long ago¡­ had they happened to be in the reach of predatory Human hands.¡± - Havelock Ellis - ¡°Mankind must put an end to Wars before Wars put an end to Mankind¡± - 35th President of the United States of America, President John. F. Kennedy - "Peace cannot be kept by Force; it can only be Achieved by Understanding." - Albert Einstein - In the vastness of space, civilization strives, fighting for survival and power. Empires fight for resources in the universe and others fight to project power. Planets dying because these factions mine them for resources to continue building their military power and for their need for survival. 2024 CE - 2 Years Nuclear Winter on Earth 2030 CE - The Unification of every nations on Earth If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been stolen. Please report the violation. 2031 CE - Humans from Earth was visited by the United Britannian Kingdom, a nation in the Orion Arm region of the Milky Way Galaxy 2038 CE - Humans from Earth colonised Mars 2048 CE - The completion of Earth¡¯s first space fleet 2055 CE - Humans from Earth completely colonised every planets in their Solar System 2080 CE - Humans from Earth completely colonised every planets in Alpha Centauri ¡°We, Humans, Must Overcome every challenges we faced so we could be called the Dominant Species¡± Humans from Earth called themselves ¡°United Earth Federation¡±. An Empire called ¡°Oriented Republic¡±, whose ambition was to control the entire Orion Arm region in the Milky Way Galaxy, saw that the United Earth Federation was an easy target or so they thought . Behind this peaceful and neutral nation, the United Earth Federation had been building their military power for the last half a century that even their only ally, the United Britannian Kingdom, didn¡¯t even know about. United Earth Federation, Despite in the mid 22nd Century, is one of the most advanced nations in the Entire Milky Way Galaxy and they will do anything to protect their home planet even if it causes billions to die. ¡°Earth is like a mother to us and we, humans from Earth, are like a child to her. She has been protecting and provide us for hundred of thousands of years and now we we have to protect her back¡± - Admiral John Regan, 6th Chief of Space Operations of the United Earth Space Forces - United Earth Federation had been at peace for over 125 years but that will soon change. "Peace Cannot Be Archived without sacrifices." - Admiral William Harrington, 2nd Chief of Naval Operations of the United Earth Navy (Dismantled) - Volume 1 Chapter 1 : First Sign of War United Earth Federation¡¯s Origin Star System Washington DC, The US, Earth 30th June, 2155CE 0800 Hours In the Capital City of Washington DC, the atmosphere remained the same as the early 21st century with old architecture style to keep history alive. The United Earth Congress building was built in the city with trees surrounding it and it seems that in front of it was a big road that seemed to only have one purpose, a parade. The building still remained standing after it finished being built in 2033 CE painted in white with a similar design to the United States Congress. As the big road, it was wide, almost 80 metres wide but as for today, it was closed due to an event celebrated on the next day. A big stage was set up in front of the UEC building with three huge screens set up side by side. Among the busy roads filled with cars and trucks in Washington DC, a Black SUV stood out the most. Inside the SUV was a man dressed in white with a 5 star Admiral stripe on his shoulders. Sitting in front of him was his trust worthy subordinate. ¡°Sir, it will probably take around 8 minutes to get to the Pentagon in this traffic.¡± Said the subordinate to the Admiral. ¡°8 minutes?¡± the Admiral suddenly sighed and looked down. The man is Admiral John Bush, the only 5 Stars Admiral and the Chief of Space Operation of the United Earth Space Force. ¡°What is it, sir?¡± The subordinate asked ¡°Tomorrow is the 125th anniversary. I haven''t prepared my speech yet¡± Admiral Bush replied before covering his face with both of his hands while still looking down to the floor. ¡°I need to go to the Space Station to check on things with my own eyes.¡± ¡°Ohh.¡± Said the Subordinate after hearing Admiral Bush words ¡°Anyway, how''s the operation on Mars?¡± Asked Admiral Bush. ¡°And the mining on the Asteroid Belt?¡± ¡°The mining stations still make no mistake and the shipyard¡­¡± the Subordinate answered while looking at the tablet he held on his left hand. ¡°I want the shipbuilding to run at full capacity for 6 months¡± Admiral Bush cut immediately ¡°20 SuperNova Class Block 3 every week for the next half a year!?¡± The subordinate was immediately surprised by Admiral Bush¡¯s order. ¡°I am just joking. Why would I build more space battleships?¡± said Admiral Bush. ¡°Aren''t all SuperNova Class in storage finished upgrading to Block 3?¡± ¡°Yes, you are absolutely right.¡± His subordinate continued ¡°All 700 finished upgrading for now.¡± The inside of the car suddenly went into complete silence. Admiral Bush¡¯s subordinate was using his tablet, checking things while Admiral Bush was still covering his face with both of his hands and he seemed to be thinking of something. ¡°I have a bad feeling.¡± said Admiral Bush after lifted his face up ¡°Our Nation has been at peace for almost 125 years and I think this peacefulness won¡¯t last long.¡± He looked out of the car window and saw a SuperNova Class Block 1 Space Battleship, the biggest battleship ever built in mankind¡¯s history with a length of nearly 800 metres, flying not far away. ¡°Our future might depend on AI-controlled vessels.¡± Pentagon, Virginia 0810 Hours Admiral Bush¡¯s car finally arrived at the Pentagon. The New Pentagon was huge compared to the old one. Being over 4 times bigger than the Pentagon built back in WW2, it was the biggest office building ever with over 35,000 Military Personal and Civilians workers and an estimate of over 5000 non-defence support personnel. The car parked in the parking space beside the building. Admiral Bush and his subordinate got out of the car and made their way into the Pentagon. As he walked further into the building, military personnel saluted him. Through the long hallway, there were photos of important Space Force¡¯s Admiral and Vice Admiral for the past 125 years. Admiral Bush was the 25th Chief of Space Operation since each 5 stars Admiral could only hold 5 years in power. One photo stood out the most which showed Admiral John Regan, the 6th Chief of Space Operation and the person behind the Great Expansion. Admiral Bush reached a door and opened and the room was his meeting room. As he opened the door, two people were sitting inside, waiting for him. Admiral Bush entered the room and a person dressed in a black suit got up from his chair and gave Admiral Bush a handshake. ¡°So, you''re the head of the AI department of Atlas Corporation?¡± Asked Admiral Bush after he took a gaze at the man ¡°Yes, sir. I am the lead developer of the 560 Series Intelligent Quantum Computer.¡± Said the man ¡°You''re Mr. Palmer?¡± Said Admiral Bush shortly after he noticed a name tag pinned to he man¡¯s coat. ¡°Yes, it''s me, Alan Palmer.¡± Mr. Palmer replied immediately. ¡°Well, I guess you brought me the new 560A, right?¡± Asked Admiral Bush as he looked at what seemed to be a white box on the table. ¡°Yes,¡± replied Mr. Palmer. ¡°Shall we take a seat?¡± Admiral Bush walked to his chair and as he sat down, Mr. Palmer walked to the box and started plugging cables to it. The big screen in front of the table suddenly lit up, showing an operating system booting up. Unauthorized use of content: if you find this story on Amazon, report the violation. ¡°This is the XM5-01 OS, it is the first OS to allow AI models to be self-developed.¡± Said Mr. Palmer as he started doing his staff that Admiral Bush was trying to get a good idea of. ¡°Hmm, self-developing AI, isn''t that dangerous?¡± Asked Admiral Bush. ¡°No, the AI only runs on a virtual interface that cannot affect the current operating systems. It''s like running a virtual machine on a PC¡± Answered Mr. Palmer as he started the AI programme and codes started to be written. ¡°My parents once bought a 550C back when I was young, from what I understand, that 560A is currently creating an AI model, am I right?¡± Asked Admiral Bush again as the code reminded him when he first touched the 550C when he was around 16 years old. ¡°Yes, it''s currently building an AI model.¡± Replied Mr. Palmer ¡°And it will take another few seconds and.. Done. The AI model is successfully built.¡± ¡°How many do you currently have?¡± Asked Admiral Bush as he pointed at the 560A with a pen on his right hand. ¡°Err, we can manufacture 700 560A according to the number of SuperNova Class Block 3 needing this Quantum Computer. It will take a week.¡± Mr. Palmer answered. ¡°Good¡± replied Admiral Bush before he got up from his chair and left the room without saying anymore words. His subordinate just digitally signed the paper to Mr. Palmer for Admiral Bush. 1st July, 2155CE 0800 Hours The day finally came, Unity Day. On the big road built in front of the United Earth Congress''s building were filled with people holding signs showing the United Earth Federation flag and many more texts. As for the stage set up the day before, the three screens showed the United Earth Federation flag. Admiral Bush was standing on the stage with 3 other chief of Operations. Admiral Bush, being the person holding the most military power in the whole Armed Force walked up the microphone and he put on what appeared to be sunglasses. ¡°Hello everyone and thank you for joining us on this every important day of our nation¡± said Admiral Bush to the microphone in front of the huge and long crowd of happy and excited people from all around the world and from Super Earth. Behind him, there were the rest of Chief of Operations of the rest of the Armed Force branches, standing while listening carefully to Admiral Bush''s speech. ¡°Today is the 1st of July, 2155. Today marks the 125th year of the creation of our unified nation, United Earth Federation. I expressed gratitude for this unification as it not only makes us, humans from Earth, achieve things we thought to be impossible and also helps us to colonize other star systems faster than we anticipated.¡± Admiral Bush continued his speech as the crowd went silent, listening to this speech ¡°We managed to prevent global warming here on Earth thanks to advanced energy generation but also to all of you, United Earth Federation citizens, who put all of your heart into protecting this planet which we called home. This planet is the only reason why we were able to survive until we finally were able to colonise other planets, she also protects us from the harmful radiation released by the Sun. So, all we have to do is protect this little rock, repay everything this planet has done to us, and allow us to live to this day. Thank you¡±. The crowd started cheering for the speech as News outlets reported on this event. ¡°Here in Washington DC, a huge crowd of people attend this ceremony celebrated every year for the past 125 years. Admiral Bush, Chief of Space Operation of the United Earth Space Forces finished his speech to the crowd¡± said a CNN reporter on the stage as the camera moved, showing a huge crowd of people and all 4 Chief of Operations leaving the stage. A F-22 Raptor, F-47 Raptor II, and a SF-35 Lighting IV did a fly over the crowd, releasing blue powder into the sky, signifying peace because for the past 125 years, the UEF hadn''t gone into any war yet. The flyover of all three fighters also showed how technology had improved for the past 163 years, since the first flight of F-22 Raptor in 1991 CE, F-47 Raptor II in 2036 CE, and SF-35 Lighting IV in 2153 CE. United Earth Coast Guard 1st Coastal Security Fleet Kuiper Belt 3rd of July, 2155CE The United Earth Earth Coast Guard¡¯s 1st Coastal Security Fleet was sailing around the solar system, guarding the Kuiper Belt from enemy ships. The fleet was reasonably large with 30 Nebula Class Super Space Battleships and 1 Admiral Class Super Space Carrier, UECG Admiral RASC-01, it was the biggest fleet in the United Earth Coast Guard. The Nebula Class Super Space Battleship was one of the longest vessels in the United Earth Armed Force with a length of 600 metres. Each of them was equipped with 4 Triple Barrels Mark-25 Positron Cannons which were old but still got the jobs done. As the UECG Admiral RASC-01, it had a length of 800 metres, the same as the SuperNova Class Super Space Battleship but its primary job was to carry large amounts of spacecraft and it was also used to conduct planetary assault and invasion. Admiral Class used to be used by the United Earth Space Force but when the Olympus Mons Class Super Space Carrier was commissioned in 2080 CE, the Admiral Class was transferred to the Coast Guard''s arsenal. UECG Admiral RASC-01 Inside the Bridge of the UECG Admiral RASC-01 was a man standing inside, his name was Vice Admiral Ted Rander, commander of the United Earth Coast Guard¡¯s 1st Coastal Security Fleet. ¡°Hmm, there seems to be warp signatures.¡± Said Vice Admiral Ted as he looked closely at the Dimensional Sonar. ¡°No, no, no.¡± He walked away from the Sonar operator. ¡°Go to Pluto Now!¡± Shouted Vice Admiral Ted to the Navigation officer. ¡°Sir! 400 Warp out Signature detected near Pluto!¡± Shouted Dimensional Sonar operator. ¡°I repeat, Battlestation, I order all of the ships in this fleet to slip to the given coordinates as there are warped out signatures near Pluto¡± said Vice Admiral Ted as he told the Navigation officer to send the coordinates to the rest of the fleet. ¡°Sir, ready to Jump¡±. Said the Navigation officer. ¡°Jump, Now!¡± said Vice Admiral Ted All of the ships in the fleet suddenly fired their engines, facing the same direction. Those ships suddenly seemed to be pushing through something and all 31 ships disappeared. The ships entered Subspace, a space that existed within the normal space and was surrounded by the Quantum Barrier and needed to be pierced through to enter the subspace and the only drive known to have the ability to pierce through the Quantum Barrier was the Quantum Subspace Drive. Thanks to the latest Quantum Subspace Drive''s ability to push a ship to 200,000c, the fleet made it to the next location in mere milliseconds and every ship pierced through the Quantum Barrier for the final time and entered normal space. 5000 km away from Pluto The fleet made it to Pluto in less than a few seconds. Beside Pluto was a huge fleet of enemy''s battleships traversing near Pluto with no clear intention. These Battleships were the same size as the United Earth Coast Guard¡¯s Nebula Class but with only 2 front and 1 rear triple barrels Positron Cannons. ¡°Oh My god¡± said Vice Admiral Ted as he looked at the huge enemy fleet which consisted of 400 unidentified space battleships. ¡°Sir, we successfully connected to their comms network¡± said the Communication officer. ¡°This is the United Earth Coast Guard¡¯s 1st Coastal Security Fleet. I repeat, you have entered deep into our territory.¡± said Vice Admiral Ted to the comms network. ¡°Have you identified them?¡± he asked the Tactical operator. ¡°Yes, this appears to be Oriented Republic¡¯s Pegasus Class Super Space Battleship according to its design and configuration. It is equipped with two forward and one backwards triple Barrels Positron Cannons with 50 missiles VLS Cells on its side¡± The Tactical officer answered after a brief moment of scanning the Battleships in the enemy fleet. ¡°It can¡¯t be real.¡± said Vice Admiral Ted after he heard the name ¡®Oriented Republic¡¯ ¡°We¡¯re being invaded by the Oriented Republic!!¡± Shouted Vice Admiral Ted ¡°Get this message to Admiral Bush, Now!¡± ¡°Sir, no response from the enemy fleet.¡± said the Communication officer after waiting patiently for a response. ¡°Send a message to the United Britannain Kingdom that we are about to get invaded¡± said Vice Admiral Ted. The enemy fleet¡¯s 400 Pegasus Class Super Space Battleships aimed their turrets and started firing their Positron Cannons at the 1st Coastal Security Fleet. Green Beams were everywhere, travelling with great speed toward the 1st Coastal Security Fleet as these Battleships fired their Positron Cannons one after another. These Beams hit the Nebula Class¡¯s newly upgraded Energy Absorbing Shield and these Beams got absorbed easily but some weren''t so lucky and their Energy Absorbing Shields were suddenly broken and were now vulnerable to enemy''s fire which made them got hit and sunk. ¡°Return Back Fire, Now!¡± shouted Vice Admiral Ted. All of the Nebula Class in the fleet consist of UECG Nebula SB-01 to UECG Nebula BB-30 turned to their portside to utilise all of their Positron Cannons at once. Their powerful Triple Barrels Mark-25 Positron Cannons aimed at the enemy fleet and started firing at the enemy¡¯s battleships with pinpoint accuracy thanks to advanced 550W XR Intelligent Quantum Computer on board each ships doing all of the calculations in mere milliseconds due to its super fast Quantum Computing Processing Unit (QCPU). Due to the enemy''s Energy Absorbing Shield still maturing, the Nebula Class used their Point Blank Shot mode which easily overwhelmed their energy shield, causing it to break. As the fight continued, the United Earth Coast Guard¡¯s 2nd Coastal Security fleet finally came. The fleet was as big as the 1st Coastal Security Fleet, consisting from UECG Nebula SB-06-31 to UECG Nebula SB-60 and an Admiral Class Super Space Carrier, UECG Admiral RASC-02. Volume 1 Chapter 2 : Unpreventable War Main Docking Space Station of Earth 90,000 Kilometre away from Earth, Lagrange Point 3rd of July, 2155CE In the Lagrange Point between Earth and Moon stood a giant structure with a beam of nearly 30 Kilometres, it was among mankind''s greatest achievements after entering the galactic world in the year 2060. The Docking Station was connected to a Space Elevator in the desert of Nevada with the height of nearly 90,000 Kilometres, it was mankind''s second highest structure ever built after the Space Elevator on Mars with the height of 120,000 Kilometres. The Space Station accommodated a total of nearly 30,000 Soldiers and 10,000 Marines, making it one the largest military base. ¡°How is the population on Super Earth?¡± Admiral Bush asked his subordinate while walking towards the space Elevator cabin so that he could return back to Earth. ¡°As for now, the population is currently at the highest at over 1 Billions UEF Citizens¡± the Sailor answered as he checked the tablet he was carrying. ¡°What about Earth?¡± the Admiral asked again. ¡°Almost 15 Billion People as of now.¡± the Sailor answered immediately ¡°It looks like Earth is almost overpopulated, what are you going to do, Admiral?¡± ¡°What!?¡± Shouted Admiral Bush as he looked at his phone ¡°What is it, sir?¡± Asked his subordinate ¡°Oriented Republic just sent 400 Battleships to Pluto and the Coast Guard 1st and 2nd Coastal Security Fleets are engaging them¡± answered Admiral Bush ¡°I want all 30 SuperNova Class docked to this station to be launched immediately!¡± The station''s light turned red as a warp signature detected as it was about to reach Earth. ¡°I want the remaining 70 SuperNova Class to be here, now! Get all 30 SuperNova in this station to be ready immediately! We have no time.¡± said Admiral Bush as he ran frantically to the Space Elevator. ¡°We also need to protect this station or it will fall!¡± ¡°Sir, all of the crews of the SuperNova docked in the station are still entering their assigned ship, I don¡¯t think we have much time left.¡± said the sailor who was following him ¡°Shit!¡± said Admiral Bush loudly when he noticed 400 warp portals opened not far away from the Docking Station Coming out of the portal were one of Oriented Republic¡¯s most powerful space battleship class, Cosmo Class. The fleet was huge with each ship having a length of nearly 700 metres and equipped with 4 positron cannons, they were immensely powerful. ¡°So, I finally see Earth with my own eyes,¡± said a man wearing a total black suit inside one of Cosmo Class that just arrived and he was the leader of this operation. ¡°Where¡¯s the Galactic Class?¡± After saying this, a giant space battleship with a length of nearly 1km and with what seems to be a superweapon in front of its bow came out of a Warp out portal. It was equipped with 3 forward and 3 backwards quad Barrels Positron Cannons and it seems that this was a battleship class no one had ever seen before. ¡°Time to see the effectiveness of the StarKiller Cannon.¡± ¡°What is that Battleship!?¡± After Admiral Bush witnessed this, all 30 SuperNova Class docked to the station left their dock and were ready to fight. As all of them left the dock, all remaining 70 SuperNova Class arrived near the docking station and were ready to engage the enemy''s fleet. Suddenly, 70 More SuperNova Class Space Battleships arrived near the battleground after traveling using their Quantum Subspace Drive from their original stations with some having jumped from Mars and Super Earth. The battle was brutal, United Earth Federation¡¯s SuperNova Class, despite only 100 engaged in combat, started destroying the Oriented Republic¡¯s Cosmo Class like there was no tomorrow. The UESF¡¯s space battleships fired their positron cannons non stop. The Oriented Republic¡¯s Cosmo tried returning fire back but due to its weak energy shield, shots from the SuperNova Class could penetrate it. The Cosmo Class Space Battleships started being destroyed one by one. All 100 UESF¡¯s SuperNova Class started stacking up over each other, lining side by side and turning all of their turrets to starboard. Suddenly, all of these turrets with each had 4 barrels, started firing at the enemy. The enemy¡¯s space battleships were hopeless at this point. Space Battleships were sunk, explosions were everywhere. The 1km long Galactic Class suddenly turned all 6 of its Positron Cannon turrets to portside, aiming at the United Earth Federation¡¯s space battleships. All 6 turrets, with each equipped with 4 barrels, started firing at the fleet. Due to the immense energy released shot from the turrets installed on the Galactic Class, the United Earth Federation¡¯s SuperNova Class Space Battleships¡¯ energy shields were penetrated and 6 SuperNova Class¡¯s hulls were pierced and exploded, causing the fleet to break formation and caused 4 more to collide with each other and causing serious damage to those space battleships. The Galactic Class of the Oriented Republic just suddenly finished charging up in less than half a minute. The ¡°StarKiller Cannon¡± installed on the bow of the Galactic Class suddenly aimed at Earth and Admiral Bush knew this would happen. UEF¡¯s 100 SuperNova Class started destroying the Cosmo Class and one SuperNova Class, UESF SuperNova SB/EX-01-57, stopped firing and aimed its bow at the Galactic Class. ¡°Get the Star Focus Beam Cannon ready, NOW!¡± Shouted the Rear Admiral or Captain of the UESF SuperNova SB/EX-01-57. ¡°Sir, Star Focus Beam Cannon is ready, power 100%.¡± Said The Tactical Officer ¡°FIRE!¡± Shouted the Rear Admiral. The Star Focus Beam Cannon installed front lower bottom of the ship¡¯s bow suddenly releasing some purple particle when all of a sudden, a bright intense purple energy beam coming out of the cannon, hitting the Galactic Class very hard with so much energy that it caused the Galactic Class¡¯s Energy Shield to be broken immediately and pierced its hull, splitting the battleship in half and prevent the attack on Earth. The Galactic Class Suddenly exploded and everyone looked at the explosion. ¡°No!¡± Said the man who was in charge of this attack ¡°What is that Cannon? I need to tell Mr. President. Retreat!¡± All of the surviving 67 Cosmo Class suddenly warped out to somewhere, possibly their nearest Military Power or so Admiral Bush thought. Pluto Orbit The Battle was about the end. Vice Admiral Ted received the news that the attempted Attack on earth was successfully prevented and he was thrilled. Enemy fleet was fighting a losing battle as they lost battleships one by one non stop as the Coast Guard only lost 25 Nebula Class. The Enemy fleet with only 89 Battleships remaining suddenly warped out of the battle field as they knew that they were fighting a losing battle against two United Earth Coast Guard''s Security Fleets. Vice Admiral Ted saw this and he was pleased but he would still be more cautious as the enemy fleet might return back. ¡°Rescue the survivors now!¡± Said Vice Admiral Ted and he left the commander bridge. He stopped at the door and looked back ¡°Pay your attention to the Radar and Sonar!¡± Support the creativity of authors by visiting the original site for this novel and more. 8 Hours Later Main Docking Station of Earth The Station was not hit or damaged and was still operational. There was a battleship with similar design to the SuperNova Class stationed in front the gate that led to dock no. 23. ¡°This is the Main Docking Station of Earth, Please identify yourself.¡± ¡°This is the Royal Navy¡¯s HMS King Charles IV SB-03-04. Request into Dock no.23¡± After a brief moment of silence and waiting, the ship received another call from the station¡¯s command centre. ¡°You have been granted access to the Dock no. 23, Welcome to Earth Docking Space Station of the United Earth Federation¡± The huge gate opened and HMS King Charles IV SB-03-01 made its way into the huge docking space with four arms attached to the Battleship¡¯s bow and stern, locking it in place. A bridge was extended to the ship and the gate was closed. Air and Oxygen started pumping into the dock, pressurising the dock to earth''s atmospheric pressure. After the dock was pressurised, the door on the port side of the ship opened and a man who looked like a British , wearing black suit and a pair of glasses came out of the Battleship. Standing on the was Admiral Bush, who was wearing a blue navy suit. ¡°Prime Minister William Winchester, welcome to the United Earth Federation¡± said Admiral Bush He walked towards PM William Winchester, Prime Minister of the United Britannian Kingdom, and gave him a hand shake. ¡°Thank you for welcoming me.¡± replied PM William Winchester. ¡°It''s my first time here.¡± ¡°Well, thank you for coming here after the attack. I am very pleased for you using your valuable time visiting us.¡± Said Admiral Bush after he finished shocking hands with the United Britannian Kingdom¡¯s Prime Minister. ¡°So, this is your Main Docking Station.¡± Said PM William Winchester as he looked around. ¡°I am very impressed with how advanced humans from Earth have become.¡± ¡°Thanks. It took us 8 years to build this Space Station.¡± Replied Admiral Bush. ¡°Hi, I am Arnold Kennedy, one of the five members of the United Nations Council Of Constitution.¡± Said Mr. Arnold Kennedy, 48 years old, as he gave PM Winchester a hand shake. ¡°I am very pleased to meet you¡± replied PM Winchester as they finished shaking hands. ¡°Hi, My name is Thomas Ping and I am also a member of the United Nations Council of Constitution. I represent the People¡¯s Republic Of China while Arnold Kennedy represents the United States of America in the Council.¡± Said Mr. Thomas Ping, a 45 years old man. ¡°Nice to meet you Mr. Ping.¡± replied PM Winchester as he shook Mr. Lee¡¯s hand. ¡°Hi, My name is Henry Young. I represent the United Kingdom in the Council.¡± Said Mr. Young as he moved through and gave the Prime Minister a hand shake. 3 Hours Later Earth Orbit between the Moon and Earth After the Battle, there was debris left from the destroyed Oriented Republic''s Cosmo Class everywhere. There were ships everywhere collecting the remaining to destroy them or to also learn more about the battleship. Near the debris left from the exploded Galactic Class, UESF Olympus Mons SWAC/EX-01-03, was stationed near the site. The Olympus Mons Super Space Carrier was huge with a length of over 1.6km. Only 10 ever built in favour of building more SuperNova Class. The Carrier is protected by 20 Mark-6 Single Barrel Long Range High Velocity Positron Cannons and 10 Space Phalanx Anti-Air Positron Minigun. The Carrier¡¯s bridge is all the way back with two flight decks on both of its sides. There were two SF-35 Lighting IV on the broadside flight deck ready to be launched. Inside the huge bay on the lower of the Carrier, there were aircraft consisting of SF-35 Space Fighters, SC-5 Titan Cargo Planes, and more but what caught people''s attention was a technology they found in the Oriented Republic¡¯s Galactic Class. ¡°So, this is their Transit Warp Drive.¡± Asked Admiral Bush as he looked at what seemed to be a huge cylinder with blue stripes. The thing was over 3 Meters tall and over 1 metre in diameter. ¡°Yes, according to the data we obtained from the ship, it has a speed of Warp ten and it is the final speed the Transit Warp Drive can go.¡± Answered one of the Engineers of the development of the Quantum Subspace Drive and Drop Engine. ¡°Warp 10!?¡± Said a surprised Admiral Bush due to how fast the Oriented Republic''s Transit Warp Drive was compared to their latest Quantum Subspace Drive which could only go up to 200,000 times faster than light. ¡°It''s 50 times faster than our Quantum Subspace Drive¡± ¡°But, the Transit Warp Drive is easily detected by the Dimensional In Depth High Frequency Sonar system. We should stick to the Quantum Subspace Drive we developed.¡± Said PM William Winchester. ¡°You think I don''t know that?¡± Replied Admiral Bush as he looked back at PM Winchester ¡°Warp Drive is notorious for being easily detected. Transit Warp Drive was developed to counter this but due to how advanced Dimensional In Dept Sonar has become, it can be easily detected¡± ¡°Sir! We managed to retrieve the Galactic Class''s Engines and according to the ship¡¯s data, they are called StarLight Engine.¡± Said a sailor as he walked toward Admiral Bush while holding a tablet, showing the picture of the Engine. ¡°StarLight Engine?¡± Said the Confused Admiral Bush ¡°Is that their new Engine?¡± ¡°I think, yes, the engines used on their Cosmo Class are the Hexagon Engines they developed around 600 years ago.¡± Replied the Sailor. ¡°What about the Galactic Class¡¯s energy Shield drive?¡± asked Admiral Bush ¡°The log shows that the ship¡¯s energy shield drive absorbs around three times to the ten to the power of forty three joules of energy.¡± replied the same sailor. ¡°What a luck.¡± asked Admiral Bush after hearing the number ¡°Admiral! Admiral!¡± a sound was heard on the radio on Admiral Bush¡¯s shoulder. ¡°What is it?¡± Admiral Bush replied as he looked at the Transit Warp Drive. ¡°Sir! We found a ship design. I found an SSD containing the design of a project called Project Orion and the ship design is huge.¡± said the One of the sailors who was scouring the ship on the other side of the radio. ¡°We managed to capture the captain of this ship, Vice Admiral Rank, Request a ship to escort this Vice Admiral because he has no space suit on and is stuck in this room.¡± ¡°Project Orion!?¡± Admiral Bush Replied back loudly and people looked at him. ¡°The ship is huge, at over 3 kilometres and equipped with the same 4 Cannons used on the Galactic Class.¡± replied the sailor on the other side. ¡°According to the blueprint inside the SSD, it is called StarKiller Cannon and it is a threat to the SuperNova Class Block 3¡¯s energy shield. I believe this ship is designed to attack an entire nation''s space fleet at once. It must be a capital ship. The design suggests that it is a Battleship¡± ¡°What do you mean by this?¡± replied Admiral Bush ¡°It can shoot energy equivalent to the energy released by an average supernovae explosion which is too much for the SuperNova Class Block 3¡¯s 10th generation energy absorbing shield designed to handle¡± replied the sailor. The US, Virginia Meeting Room 6th of July, 2155 CE 0900 Hours Inside the meeting room, all four Chief of Operations were there, sitting and staring at each other fiercely. The room was lit brightly with a hologram, showing the current state of Earth. There were the US, China, The UK, Russia, France, and the United Earth Federation flags inside the room. ¡°So, are you sure that you want to declare war against the Oriented Republic?¡± Asked General Alex Daniel, 5 Stars General and the Chief of Marine Operation of the United Earth Marine Corp. ¡°We have been at peace for more than a century, am I right General Jonathan?¡± ¡°You''re right but, Like Bush said, they will continue to poke us unless we do something they will remember for the rest of generations¡± replied General David Jonathan, 5 Stars General and the Chief of Army Operations of the United Earth Army. ¡°Alright.¡± Replied Admiral Bush ¡°Like General Jonathan said ¡°but this war might be resources intensive¡± ¡°Resources intensive?¡± Said General Jonathan ¡°You still have 700 SuperNova Class Block 3 in storage on Mars. Why don''t activate them, recall of the reserved personnel to control those Battleships¡± ¡°Well, we need to know what exactly is the purpose of the Oriented Republic''s Project Orion¡± said Admiral Bush as looked everyone straight in the eyes. ¡°Sir, the declaration of war paper is ready. All we need are your signatures to declare war against the Oriented Republic¡± a Pentagon personnel handed the paper to Admiral Bush. Admiral Bush took the paper and placed it in front of him before he signed the paper. He handed the paper to Admiral Harries Noorington, Commandant of the Coast Guard of the United Earth Coast Guard. Admiral Noorington signed the paper and he pushed the paper to the front of General Daniel. General Daniel looked at the paper for a bit before he sighed and signed the paper. ¡°Now, we need your signature to declare war, General Jonathan,¡± said General Daniel to General Jonathan. General Jonathan sighed and took the paper from General Daniel and signed the paper. After all four signatures were acquired, all they needed was the Congress to join and the United Earth Federation will enter the state of war. ¡°Our guest today is Prime Minister William Winchester.¡± Said Admiral Bush before the door led to this meeting room opened and it was PM Winchester ¡°Come in, Mr. Winchester.¡± Admiral Bush continued after PM Winchester sat at his seat ¡°He has something urgent that he needs us to hear.¡± ¡°Well, in 2031 CE, 124 years ago, we made contact with your nation and found out that the United Kingdom¡¯s old flag is present in our flag.¡± Continued PM Winchester as he pulled out a bunch of pictures from his suitcase ¡°We found a few pieces of evidence that might suggest that we are from Earth.¡± ¡°That''s literally impossible since we didn''t have a fully functional space force until 2048 CE, what do you mean?¡± Said the Confused General Jonathan as he looked through the photos. ¡°Inside our so-called Sacred Library, we decided to raid it and found a book containing the UK¡¯s history since its creation until late 1700s which is impossible to have since our citizens don''t know we have diplomatic relations with your nation.¡± PM Winchester ¡°And We also found a book containing the American Revolution and the Day the 13 Colonies gained independence from the British Empire on 4th July 1776, 379 years ago. And this is concerning as our nation''s history is only 365 years and if I count correctly, United Britannain Kingdom''s history started in 1790 CE or 1 NE, 14 years after the 13 Colonies gained independence¡± The Door suddenly opened and it was Admiral Charles Heckle, a 4 stars Admiral in the United Earth Space Force, who opened the door, interrupting the conversation. Everyone looked at him in confusion as they had no idea what was his business to do here. ¡°We got the casualties numbers and it is high.¡± said Admiral Heckle silently as he seemed to be out of breath. ¡°Approximate death is a total of nearly 2000 personnel, no captain survived.¡± said Admiral Heckle after he sat down for a brief moment, catching his breath. ¡°What about the destroyed 10 Battleships in the space force?¡± Admiral Bush asked as he took a gaze at Admiral Heckle. ¡°All 950 Crews, dead on the spot, unfortunately, we cannot recover the body¡± said Admiral Heckle. Volume 1 Chapter 3 : The Past and an Unknown Facility 125 Years ago Washington DC, The United States of America United Nation Assembly 1st of July, 2030 CE 1500 Hours In front of the United Nation building, there were a lot of cars, carrying presidents and prime ministers from every sovereign state of the United Nation. ¡°Thank you for coming all the way here, President Xi Xiaoming.¡± said President Robert Kennedy, President of the United States of America, to President Xi Xiaoming, President of the People''s Republic Of China, as he was coming out of his car. ¡°I understand your intention of this meeting and I express my great gratitude for this meeting.¡± President Xi Xiaoming replied back and he tapped President Kennedy''s right shoulder. ¡°Hello President Kennedy¡± said Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Henry Edward, as he walked up the stairs toward both presidents. ¡°You''re here.¡± And President Kennedy after he walked toward Prime Minister Edward and gave him a hand shake. ¡°This meeting is about the unification I suppose.¡± Said Prime Minister Edward after they finished shaking hands. ¡°Yes, everyone is waiting for both of you, shall we?¡± Inside Assembly hall Inside the United Nation Assembly Hall, Presidents and Prime Ministers from all 193 members or sovereign states started entering the hall as they awaited the speech from the US President. President Robert Kennedy walked up toward the lectern and started looking at everyone before starting to talk. ¡°On the 10th of December, 2024, an unknown alien fleet attacked us with a great number of forces. We, humans, tried everything we could to stop them but major cities such as Taipei, Tokyo, Shanghai, Los Angeles, etc, were under severe attack from them which caused millions of people to die. Despite the effort from the United States Navy, People Liberation Army Navy, Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force, Royal Navy, Russian Navy, Royal Navy, and more, we still couldn¡¯t stop or delay the invasion. On the 14th of December, 2024, USS Zumwalts, USS Micheal Monsoor, and USS Lyndon B. Johnson, each equipped with two experimental Mach 20 Railguns, were able to penetrate the energy shield of one of the enemy¡¯s Destroyers but sadly, all three Zumwalts ships were destroyed on the 15th of December. We have no hope but on the 16th of December, the launch of a UGM113-Trident II Ballistic Missile was able to destroy one of the enemy¡¯s fleet. On the same day, all 18 Ohio Class Submarines were ordered to launch all of their ballistic missiles, 4 Royal Navy¡¯s Vanguard Class submarines also launched their ballistic missiles, Russian Navy¡¯s 1 Project 941 also launched its Ballistic Missiles. This action successfully destroyed almost all of the enemy¡¯s fleet and they were forced to retreat back to their planet. This action, though, came with a consequence. A 2 year long Nuclear Winter struck the world.¡± All of the Presidents and Prime Ministers listened to President Kennedy¡¯s speech carefully ¡°Access to the sun was blocked, crops couldn¡¯t be grown. Chaos then happened throughout the world as people fought for survival. After the prolonged 2 years of nuclear winter ended, an estimated over 4 billion people died due to starvation and radiation on coastal cities.¡± President Kennedy stopped his speech for a bit, closed his eyes for a brief moment before continuing his speech ¡°The purpose of this meeting is to unified the world, we don¡¯t do this to happen again and this is the only solution. If we continue to pick sides, a war will happen and more will die. This World and its people suffered enough from wars..¡± President Kennedy walked down from the lectern. He looked at the assistant before he collapsed to the ground. ¡°Get the Medic, his condition¡¯s worsening!¡± shouted his assistant as he went to help President Kennedy from the ground. Everyone in the assembly hall started to get worried as they still didn¡¯t know what was happening to President Kennedy. The Medic team suddenly arrived and an ambulance was waiting outside the building. ¡°What¡¯s his condition?¡± asked one of the medics as he sat down to check the President. ¡°He has stage 3 lung cancer.¡± the assistant answered. The medic that asked the question looked at the assistant¡¯s face with a horrifying look. Two medic lifted the President to the stretcher and started moving him to the ambulance. People started following the medic as they wanted to know the condition and most of them were News reporters. They loaded him into the ambulance and drove to the Evergreen Hospital Centre where the doctors did their best to save him. At the assembly meeting, leaders started making their decision while they were thinking of what happened to President Kennedy. After leaders made the decision, everyone started walking around, discussing what happened earlier and their thoughts on President Kennedy¡¯s condition. 1730 Hours Leaders sat back at their own seats, waiting for the result. Some started talking about what the result might be. President Kennedy¡¯s assistant walked up the lectern and pulled out a paper before starting talking. ¡°After two and a half hours, we have come to the conclusion that Earth is officially Unified!¡± the assistant continued ¡°Everyone voted for unification!¡± Everyone started cheering for this moment in human¡¯s story. After thousands of years, Earth was officially unified into one. ¡°What happened to the US President? It has been two and a half hours and there is no news about him?¡± Shouted the UK Prime Minister after he stood up. ¡°We are sorry but, due to the Nuclear winter, he contracted lung cancer and he died at Evergreen Hospital at 4:45 PM, at the age 75.¡± the assistant answered the question while holding his tears. After the assistant delivered the answer to the question, silence filled the assembly hall. Everyone''s faces started to sob after hearing this news, some held tears while some started crying non stop. ¡°For the first time in Earth¡¯s history, imaginary boundaries that divided us into many sides have been erased. Today, we are not nations, we are one people, united under one or we called ourselves, United Earth Federation¡± Present Day Pentagon 6th July, 2155 CE 0100 Hours Admiral Bush was walking down the hallway, going to the exit as his assistant followed him behind, holding a tablet. ¡°Sam, take this,¡± said Admiral Bush as he handed his assistant a file whose name was sam. ¡°UESF Milky Way Space Warfare Assault Carrier?¡± Said Sam as he looked at the filename. ¡°A New Carrier Class?¡± Royal Road is the home of this novel. Visit there to read the original and support the author. ¡°Yes,¡± Admiral Bush Replied ¡°Give it to the shipyard, I want one to be built before the end of August.¡± ¡°5 Kilometres in Length!?¡± Shouted Sam as he saw the specification of the new Carrier Class. ¡°You read that right, 5 Kilometres. We need a big carrier for Solar System scale operations¡± Admiral Bush replied and continued making his way to the exit ¡°That¡¯s just the design, I want 8 Newly developed HIFEB-I Cannon to be installed.¡± ¡°Do you want to challenge the Oriented Republic''s Project Orion?¡± Asked Sam. ¡°We don''t even know its purpose, specification, defence and offensive mechanisms.¡± Said Admiral Bush ¡°The Milky Way Class will be a mobile fortress. It will be the heart of every operation once it is constructed. I will be going to be stationed in that carrier¡± ¡°Going? But, you¡¯ll have a chance of being killed¡± Sam replied. ¡°I cannot let my men die while I stay here on Earth.¡± Admiral Bush replied back ¡°That carrier will be the mobile command center of this entire operation. But for now, the Olympus Mons Class will be the command centre until the Milky Way carrier finishes construction. Prepare me a ship, I am going to Mars.¡± Milky Way Galaxy, Orion Arm Tritian Star System, Oriented Republic¡¯s original star system Planet Orion, 3rd planet of the Tritian Star System Arias Capital City 31st, Deltera, 1464 Cosmic Era 2100 Hours Despite being a nation of war, their capital was huge. There were buildings and skyscrapers everywhere with colourful lights on those buildings, lights shined to the sky, billboards advertising products and propaganda about wars and about their ambition of control or what they called unified every nation in the Orion Arm. Busy roads filled with EV travelling despite almost midnight On the outskirts of the city stood a high white building with a huge garden surrounding the building and it was the presidential place. Inside a big room in the middle of the building, a man was sitting on his chair while using his computer. ¡°Mr. President, Admiral Albertz wanted to speak with you.¡± a man whispered to the man sitting. ¡°Let him in. He might have something important to discuss with me.¡± replied the man who was the president of the Oriented Republic. The wooden door leading to the presidential room was opened and the same man who commanded the attack on Earth walked inside the room. The man still wore the blue navy suit. ¡°Admiral Albertz, what makes you pay me a visit today?¡± asked the President. ¡°It¡¯s about the United Earth Federation.¡± replied Admiral Albertz as he walked toward the chair in front of the president¡¯s table and sat down. ¡°Here¡± Admiral Albertz placed a photo on the table. ¡°A new threat from them.¡± ¡°I see, a superweapon on their battleship.¡± Said the President as he looked at the photo closely and examined it. ¡°Do you have any videos of it shooting?¡± ¡°That thing easily penetrated the Galactic Class¡¯ new Energy shield.¡± Said Admiral Albertz before he put a tablet on the table which was playing a video of UESF SuperNova SB/EX-01-57 aimed its Star Focus Beam Cannon at the Galactic Class and it shot at the Galactic Class. ¡°Seems to be a superweapon to me.¡± Said the President after he watched the video twice ¡°Blue Energy, our StarKiller Cannon shoots red energy. This thing is supposed to fire red since it is powered by Radeon Energy.¡± ¡°How did you know it shoots Radeon Energy?¡± Admiral Albertz asked. ¡°I heard that the only reason they were able to build their fleet very fast in only 4 centuries after their industrial revolution happened was because of technologies they got from the United Britannian Kingdom.¡± the President continued, ¡°So, their Battleship must be using both the Dark Matter Reactor and the Antimatter Nuclear Fusion Reactor.¡± ¡°Didn¡¯t the People''s Republic of Waveria go to war with the United Britannian Kingdom 120 years ago?¡± Admiral Albertz asked after the President mentioned ¡®United Britannian Kingdom¡¯. ¡°Yes, if I remember correctly. The People¡¯s Republic of Waveria lost the war and was forced to give 30 Star Systems to the United Britannian Kingdom but the United Britannian Kingdom chose to give those colonies their independence¡± the President answered the question after a brief period of thinking. ¡°Alright, We cannot afford to lose because we have never lost a war and if we did, our colonies might rebel and the entire republic will be in trouble. It¡¯s 11 PM now. You can go¡± ¡°Yes, Mr. President¡± Admiral Albertz stood up from the chair and saluted the President before picking his tablet and walking out of the room. United Earth Federation Mars Atlas Corporation¡¯s Main Shipyard, United Earth Armed Forces¡¯ Major Military Base 8th July, 2030 CE 1000 Hours Local Time The Base was huge with facilities everywhere on this little red planet. Fighter jets could be seen flying everywhere with vehicles driving around and a couple space battleships could be seen stationed at the base. But today was different as around 8 Olympus Mons Space Carriers were descending from the sky, carrying reserved personnel from Earth and Super Earth. The Atlas Corporation¡¯s Main Shipyard was not far away from the United Earth Armed Force¡¯s Major Military Base, closed with no operation due to no more militarisation from the United Earth Space Forces and United Earth Coast Guard. The shipyard was empty, with 20 shipbuilding docks side by side with each other. Admiral Bush could be seen wearing a spacesuit, standing inside dock no.1, looking at the shipyard before he gasped and looked down. He looked at this huge dock again when the robot arms that were responsible for building the starships started to activate and lights in all 20 docks were lit up. Admiral Bush looked to his left side and saw a SuperNova Class Space Battleship with ¡®UESF SuperNova SB/EX-01-01¡¯ written on the both sides of its bow. ¡°Sir, the modernization of all currently active SuperNova Class Space Battleships will begin today.¡± said Sam as he walked from beside while wearing the same space suit as Admiral Bush. ¡°How long will it take?¡± Admiral Bush asked as he locked his eyes at the same space battleship. ¡°70 days to modernize every active SuperNova Class to Block 3 variant including building 10 New SuperNova Class Block 3.¡± Sam answered after doing some calculation in his head. Admiral Bush, after hearing this, just walked back inside the station. Sam followed him without any hesitation. After they went inside the station, they took off their spacesuit and Admiral Bush walked somewhere without saying and Sam continued to follow him. Admiral Bush walked deep into the station. Both of them walked for a long time, walked past many corridors and went down a lift. ¡°Sir, Where are we going?¡± asked Sam after they got inside the lift. Admiral Bush didn¡¯t answer the question and he clicked on the number three, four, zero, one, zero, five. The Lift suddenly started descending down deep for a long time before the door opened, revealing a deserted place with no one around, and both of them walked down a pitched dark corridor before they reached a Titanium door. ¡°Sir, we are currently 900 metres below the surface, what are you doing here sir?¡± Sam asked as he looked around since there were only both of them there. Sam looked at a sign above the door. ¡°Restricted Location?¡± ¡°Yes, I have a business to check here.¡± Admiral Bush said after he scanned his retina and fingerprint, confirming his identity as the Chief of Space Operations of the United Earth Space Force. The door suddenly opened automatically. Both of them walked inside and it seemed that there were no lights inside the room, just pure darkness. ¡°Noah, Activate the all of the lights.¡± said Admiral Bush as he looked around this dark room. Lights started to lit up, revealing what was inside the room. Sam¡¯s face changed, his face filled with horror as what was inside the room made him feel uneasy. It wasn¡¯t a room but a huge storage facility, filled with none other than Space Battleships specifically, SuperNova Class. ¡°As for now, Only a small number of people know the existence of this place including me and my subordinate.¡± said Admiral Bush as he looked back at Sam. ¡°What are we now?¡± said Sam as his eyes locked at the Space battleships being kept inside this huge facility. ¡°UESF SuperNova SB/EX-03-651? There are more than 600 SuperNova Class battleships here!?¡± ¡°This is our secret facility on Mars. There are a total of 700 SuperNova Class Space Battleship Block 3 variant being kept in this facility. I am going to call our reserved personnel. We are preparing for war with the Oriented Republic¡± said Admiral Bush before he walked to a lift to go down, doing his business. Sam followed Admiral Bush to the lift as the door led the room closed. ¡°Admiral! When was this facility built?¡± ¡°I prefer not to answer, classified information¡± Admiral Bush replied back after both of them entered the lift. ¡°I am just kidding, this storage facility will no longer be classified. I¡¯ll announce the existence of this facility to the world.¡± ¡°Could you tell me?¡± Sam asked ¡°Alright.¡± Admiral Bush replied and answered the question ¡°Back in 2100, after Admiral Micheal McClusky announced the commission of the SuperNova Class to the world, he felt like Earth would be in great danger or invaded in the future so he secretly ordered the construction of this underground facility that would be big enough to accommodate up to 1000 Space Battleships or 1200 SuperNova Class Space Battleships. There is another one inside the Olympus Mons mountain¡± ¡°Sir, Err, Can I take a look at the Engine of the SuperNova Class Block 3?¡± Sam asked ¡°There is no information regarding the Reactor or Engine used in the SuperNova Class Block 3.¡± ¡°Alright.¡± Admiral Bush sighed again before answering the question ¡°It is powered by a new engine. That¡¯s all I want to say.¡± ¡°Ok.¡± Sam replied with a sob expression. Sam looked to the side and saw a gate when out of nowhere, it opened. Both of them looked at the gate as it was opening and it was a convoy of 7 trucks waiting to enter the facility. These trucks had ¡°Atlas Corp¡± written on them with a Logo resembling an A. A man came out from the first truck and it was the same man as before, the man that Admiral Bush discussed with at the Pentagon. ¡°Admiral Bush, we rushed the manufacturing of the 560A after hearing about the attack and now all 700 are finished.¡± said Mr. Palmer, the director of Atlas Corp AI department after he left the truck and was walking toward Admiral Bush. ¡°That¡¯s fast.¡± Said Admiral Bush after he gave Mr. Palmer a glance. ¡°We need to install all of them on those battleships as soon as possible. No time to wait.¡± ¡°Are you planning on building more Admiral?¡± Mr. Palmer asked after he approached Admiral Bush. ¡°Ohh, yes.¡± Said Admiral Bush after he moved his attention to Mr. Palmer ¡°I need 100 more. We lost 10 Battleships in that attack.¡± ¡°100 More?¡± Said Mr. Palmer before he touched a sort of device on his arm and it seemed that he had ordered the department to manufacture more 560A Quantum Computers. A group of people started running from the same gate and there were around 100 of them, wearing normal blue shirts and blue trousers, resembling workers, running frantically and they seemed to be late. ¡°Sorry, Admiral, Sorry for being LATE!¡± shouted a worker from that group as they ran as fast as they could. ¡°Hurry up!¡± Shouted Admiral Bush ¡°Begin the installation of 560A on all of these Battleships, Now!¡± Volume 1 Chapter 4 : Preparation and Initiation United Earth Armed Forces Mars Military Base On the surface near the storage facility, there was a military base so huge that it could be seen from Orbit. The Base was filled with facilities, soldiers walking everywhere, huge mining trucks driving, carrying materials such as Raw Titanium, Iron and Aluminium to the Industrial Section of the base. This base was shaped like a rectangle with a length of over 30 kilometres and a width of over 20 kilometres. On one of the sections of the base, on the far side, there was one space carrier stationed there and there were trucks carrying personnel, soldiers, into the space carrier. This carrier was no ordinary carrier because it has a length of over 1.6 kilometres, has a beam of 540 metres and a staggering height of 304 metres, making it the biggest vessel in the United Earth Armed Forces inventory. There was the word ¡®UESF Olympus Mons SWAC/EX-01-01¡¯ witten of the portside. It was the lead ship of the Olympus Mons Class Space Carrier. There were cranes loading fighter jets onto both sides of the carrier¡¯s flight deck non stop and the fighter jets were then pushed to the aircraft lift, taking them into the hangar bay. UESF Olympus Mons SWAC/EX-01¨C01¡¯s Mission Discussion Room Inside the room, there were a lot of people, sitting at their seats while staring at the screen in front of them. They started talking to each other, discussing various topics. Some of them were fighter pilots, lieutenants,and others. The door to the side of the screen opened and a man walked into the room, wearing a blue navy suit and the room went into complete silence. ¡°Alright, let¡¯s discuss what we¡¯re going to do.¡± said the man before the room suddenly went dark and the screen lit up, showing the logo of the United Earth Federation and then an image of what seemed to be an Earth-like planet. ¡°We are going to do an operation on this particular planet after everything is prepared.¡± ¡°Admiral! Are we going to invade that planet!?¡± shouted a Fighter Jet squadron leader on the third row. ¡°Yes,¡± said the Man. He is Admiral Charles Heckle, the same man who reported the number of casualties to Admiral Bush. ¡°This is the military base on this planet.¡± said Admiral Heckle before the screen shifted to an image, showing a huge military in the middle of a plain field. ¡°According to our intel, this is one of the Oriented Republic¡¯s military bases, the nearest to us, only two hundred light years from here.¡± ¡°Sir, how many personnel does that military base host?¡± Shouted a lieutenant after he stood up to question before he sat back down. ¡°Well, the intel suggests that the military base hosts around half a million personnel.¡± replied Admiral Heckle. ¡°General Clark Devour will present his plan.¡± ¡°Well, since the Olympus Mons can only deploy around two thousands soldier with drop ships , We will need at least thirty Olympus Mons to conduct this mission.¡± said General Devour, a 4 stars General in the United Earth Army, after he stood up and walked to the side of the screen ¡°This is the main facility of the base which contain the control room of the base. If we manage to capture this room, we will have total control on every operation in the Base. General McWood has already established a team of 30 highly trained Special Marines¡± ¡°How are we going to fight with twenty thousand soldiers?¡± asked a Lieutenant who was serving in the Army ¡°We only have 10 Olympus Mons.¡± ¡°Orbital Strike Exist.¡± replied General Devour ¡°We¡¯ll also need to deploy fighter jets so that we can control their sky and having control over the sky around the base will give us a huge advantage in this operation¡± General Denvour continued after a new image was displayed on the screen, showing a huge facility which was where the soldiers were housed. ¡°A squadron of fighters will lead the way, destroying the air defence system before another team fires cruise missiles and drops Bombs to destroy the camp. We¡¯ll also destroy these anti-ship missile silos.¡± ¡°Sir, why don¡¯t we just strike them from space?¡± asked a Private after he stood up. ¡°The solar system is protected by around six hundred warships and we won¡¯t be able to stay long before they start to attack us so fighter jets and drop ships are the solution, they are smaller and harder to intercept than huge battleships and carriers.¡± ¡°Let me speak a bit.¡± said Admiral Heckle before he made his way to General Denvour¡¯s place, moving him aside before continuing his talk ¡°I¡¯ll send five Olympus Mons, carrying a total of ten thousands troops, to jump their way near the planet. After they all reach around fifty thousand kilometers from the planet¡¯s atmosphere, a group of 50 SuperNova Class Space Battleship Block three will protect the all five carriers while fighter jets and drop ships are being launched. The whole process must take less than ten minutes and after everything has been launched, every ship will jump back to Mars and let the fighter jets and troops do the mission.¡± ¡°But Admiral, the number of soldiers is too low.¡± Asked General Devour ¡°If you think my plan isn¡¯t good enough, this is Admiral Bush¡¯s plan.¡± Said Admiral Heckle after a moment of thinking ¡°He explained his plans to me and this plan cannot afford to fail. Since the Olympus Mons is designed to carry fifteen thousand soldiers, he suggested to land 10 Olympus Mons on that planet and he will authorise the deployment of fifty SuperNova Class to protect to fight the warships in the star system. We cannot use Drop Ships since there are too many soldiers so we''ll have to land on the planet itself.¡± ¡°Aren¡¯t all Battleships undergoing upgrades?¡± asked General Denvour. ¡°You¡¯ll know soon.¡± replied Admiral Heckle ¡°Alright, Let¡¯s do this, Let¡¯s GO! Go with Admiral Bush¡¯s Plan!¡± Soldiers and Crews were rushed into all ten Olympus Mons Space Carriers after the plan was finally concluded. Sirens could be heard, urging everyone to hurry up as they cannot afford to wait any longer. ¡°All Personnel, Please, Proceed to your assigned station immediately!¡± Crews inside carriers¡¯ hanger bay did their job as fast as they could, scrambling to fasten the process so that the Carriers could be launched as soon as possible. Fighter jets were being loaded non stop, groups of soldiers running as fast as they could into the carriers¡¯ hanger bay inside their armoured spacesuits. ¡°I repeat, all personnel, leave the danger zone immediately, carriers are ready to take off!¡± After almost 20 minutes of everyone rushing, doing their job as fast as possible, the carriers were ready. Every crew member started running, cargo trucks making their way out of the danger zone because if they didn¡¯t , the carriers¡¯ Engines would blow them to their death. Engines started coming to life, firing blue thrust. All of the carriers¡¯ Atmospheric Engines under the carriers¡¯ hull started firing, lifting the carriers. These carriers started moving forward and started ascending, flying up in the atmosphere at great speed with little to no effort with their powerful Nexus Cosmo Engines. This story originates from a different website. Ensure the author gets the support they deserve by reading it there. After one minute of flying, these carriers made it to orbit and were ready to jump. UESF Olympus Mons SWAC/EX-01-01 is the lead ship so others will jump only when she jumps into subspace. ¡°Sir, Ready to jump?¡± Asked The Navigation of the Lead ship of the Olympus Mons. ¡°JUMP!¡± Shouted Admiral Heckle as he gave his command. The carrier¡¯s two enormous Nexus Engines started firing to full power, needing to accelerate the carrier to 20 Space Knots to pierce through the Quantum Barrier. All of the other carriers, after receiving command from Admiral Heckle, turned their Nexus Engines to full power, heading the same direction as Admiral Heckle¡¯s carrier. After six seconds of acceleration on Mars Orbit, the carriers¡¯ Quantum Subspace Drives kicked into action and started making the carriers pushing through the Quantum Barrier. After two seconds, the fleet successfully pushed through the Quantum Barrier, entering Subspace and could go faster than light. Subspace 1 Hours Later UESF Olympus Mons SWAC/EX-01-01¡¯s bridge In the vastness and blackness of Subspace, the fleet of ten Olympus Mons were going at FTL speed. After nearly one hour of acceleration, the fleet was travelling at a maximum speed of Warp 0.2 speed due to the limitation of the Quantum Subspace Drive installed on each carrier. Warp 1 translates to 1 Million C. The atmosphere of the bridge still remained the same even after entering subspace. Crews were doing their assigned job as the bridge went into complete silence. ¡°Sir, the fleet reached the maximum speed of Warp 0.2¡± said the Navigation Officer. ¡°How long will it take for us to get to their military base?¡± asked Admiral Heckle. ¡°Around eight point seven hours to get there.¡± The Navigation officer answered. ¡°Get ready, we¡¯ll land as soon as we get there.¡± A moment after all of the Carriers jumped into subspace Underground Storage Facility ¡°So, this is the Quantum Singularity Engine?¡± asked Admiral Bush while he was in a SuperNova Class Space Battleship¡¯s Engine Room with a man wearing a light dark blue shirt and a trouser the same colour as the shirt, and fairly the same height as him but the man looked younger than him. ¡°Ah, Yes. An Engine that utilises the Singularity Property of the Corrupt Matter.¡± said the Man, who was the head of the Atlas Corporation Energy Generation Department. ¡°How did we manage to acquire the corrupt matter?¡± Asked Admiral Bush after he observed the Engine for a moment ¡°And what exactly is the Corrupt Matter?¡± ¡°Wait, I didn¡¯t send you the file containing the Newly discovered Corrupt Matter?¡± asked the Man as he was confused after hearing Admiral Bush¡¯s questions. ¡°No.¡± Admiral Bush Replied ¡°Alright.¡± the Man sighed ¡°Corrupt Matter is a matter than constantly changing states from Antimatter to Matter and back. We found the Corrupt Matter in the Corrupt Dimension with an exploration ship back in twenty one fifty one Common Era, equipped with the found Singularity Drive." The Man continued after he pulled his phone out from his shirt¡¯s pocket, showing Admiral Bush a picture of a cube in a dark red colour. ¡°This is the Cube made out of Pure Corrupt Matter. Corrupt Matter locks in what we called Singularity State if it is put inside a Quantum Field. We don''t know how that happened but after the Corrupt Matter enters the Singularity State, it releases a huge amount of Hawking Radiation. We think that it will continue to release Hawking Radiation until the Quantum Field is down.¡± ¡°Even though I have an old brain, I can still understand this.¡± said Admiral Bush before he closed eyes ¡°We almost went extinct one hundred thirty one years ago. We¡¯ve been through a lot and I am happy that we reached this level of technological advancement.¡± ¡°Sir, fifty Battleships, all of which are SuperNova Class, have been deployed¡± a sound was heard through the radio strapped to Admiral Bushi¡¯s hip. ¡°Good.¡± Admiral Bush replied after he pulled the radio out. ¡°I am going to Olympus Mons. I have another business there.¡± One of the Battleships¡¯ bridge kept in storage The Bridge of the Block 3 Variant and the Block 1 Variant is still the same, nothing has changed in the bridge in the past 55 years after the Federation commissioned the SuperNova Class Space Battleship. Inside the bridge were two workers who seemed to be doing something that was ordered by Admiral Bush. ¡°Hey, take it out of the way.¡± said one of the Workers who was carrying a white box, walking into the bridge. ¡°Alright.¡± the other worker replied as he lifted the White Box which was one of the versions of the last Quantum Computer Series or the 550 Series Quantum Computer, the 550W XR. The other worker walked to a compartment which had a small room with a bunch of cables on it and it was big enough for the white box he was carrying. He placed it on the place and started connecting cables into the white box. There was a word ¡°560A¡± printed on the white box. ¡°I heard that this new Quantum Computer can allow AI to do Self-Develop.¡± said work as he finished connecting all of the cables and pushed it into its right place. ¡°Yeah.¡± replied the other worker as he was seen looking out of the Bridge window. ¡°Admiral Bush wanted to push for AI-Controlled Fleets.¡± ¡°I don¡¯t know what will happen in the future.¡± said the Worker after he finished the job. ¡°We might be born too soon.¡± ¡°Born too Soon?¡± said the other worker before he looked back at the worker ¡°I remembered my grandpa talking about how my great grandparents thought about the future and oh boy they were so wrong.¡± ¡°What did they say?¡± ¡°I forgot but all I know is that they were wrong.¡± ¡°OK¡± replied the worker and not long after, his radio ring ¡°What is it?¡± ¡°Have you connected the Quantum Computer?¡± asked a worker on the other side of the radio ¡°Yes, I just connected it.¡± ¡°Good, I¡¯ll fire up the Auxiliary Engine.¡± The radio went into complete silence. After a brief moment of waiting, the bridge was lit up with lights, screens were powered up but showed static and projecting ¡®no signal¡¯. The Worker who answered the radio and set up the Quantum Computer pressed the button on the Quantum Computer. The 560A started booting and the screen on it started showing thousands of lines of codes non-stop. After a moment of waiting, the screens inside the bridge were no longer static as the Quantum Computer had created every single programme necessary to operate the Battleships. The Screens started showing up their assigned jobs such as Radar, Navigation, etc. Approximately 9.7 hours of Commencing Jump Process Gierce Star Systems Planet Platon, 3rd Planet of the Gierce Star System One of Oriented Republic¡¯s strategic planet in the Orion Region The Fleet suddenly jumped out of subspace, entering normal space after nearly 9.7 Hours going faster than light speed inside the subspace but since the Subspace and Normal space are connected to each other, time goes the same speed for both, the journey lasted 9.7 hours for people outside the subspace. ¡°This planet is bigger than I thought.¡± Said Admiral Heckle after he saw Planet Platon with his very own eyes. The Planet was big, roughly the same size as Earth. Since this planet is in the habitable zone, it has forest, waters, and it can support life. ¡°Commencing landing. Activate the HIFEB-1 Cannon, ready to protect the carriers.¡± Said the Weapon Officers on the bridge. ¡°SIR! 20 Enemies Battleships Detected! Approximately 3 Light Second Away!¡± shouted the Radar Operator after his panel showed 20 dots were heading their way. ¡°Ally Forces have arrived!¡± Beside the carrier fleet, a group of fifty battleships suddenly jumped out of subspace, entering the battlezone. All of these Battleships were the Battleships kept in the underground storage facility and since these Battleships were the Block 3 variant, they have better firepower and defence than the Battleships used in the last battle. ¡°This is Admiral Heckle, this is my command, All of the Carriers will commence landing on the planet. As for the Battleships, your objective will be battling the enemy¡¯s battleships, buying times for the Carriers¡± All of the carriers¡¯ engines started firing up, heading to the planet. The Battleships on the back of the fleet followed, aiming their behemoth Quad Barrel Positron Cannons with 3 Forward Turrets and 2 Backward Turrets. The Battleships started firing their cannons to the enemy and the enemy returned fire back. The Carriers started descending down and the Carriers¡¯ hull started experiencing extreme heat from the planet¡¯s Earth like atmosphere but due to the Carrier¡¯s hull being covered by heat titles, it wasn¡¯t much of a problem. Everyone in the carriers started experiencing violent shaking as the carriers entered the atmosphere. After around two minutes of descending, the Carriers finally landed on the planet, not far away from the Military Base¡¯s main entrance. Only 5 Olympus Mons landed on that location, as for the other 5, they landed near the soldier camps. The Base¡¯s Defence near the entrance started aiming at the carriers and firing their huge caliber rounds. The Carriers¡¯ Energy Shield was deployed and stopped the round for piercing the Carriers¡¯ hull. The Carriers¡¯ front hanger doors opened down, revealing a massive army of soldiers ready to fight. Fighters were lifted to the flight deck on top and started flying, firing missiles at the enemy¡¯s defence. The soldiers started running out of the carriers¡¯ hanger bay, marching to the base entrance. The Enemy¡¯s soldiers gathered up at the gate, firing their guns at the Federation¡¯s soldiers. The Federation¡¯s Soldiers received the fire, and started having injured soldiers so they returned fire back. Multiple Republic¡¯s F-2100 Fighter Jets flew over and fired their missiles at a group of Federation¡¯s Soldiers, causing a lot of casualties but two Federation¡¯s SF-35 Fighter Jets fired their Air-Air Missiles at the Republic¡¯s F-2100, destroying them. The SF-35 enabled their VTOL mode in front of the entrance, fired multiple missiles at the Republic¡¯s Soldiers protecting the entrance and the entrance was blown up and caused those soldiers to fly around and some were dead on the spot. Volume 1 Chapter 5 : A Successful Operation 0800 Hours The SF-35 disabled their VTOL mode and flew deep further into the base. A group of marines, led by Sergeant Nick Mager, made it through the gate. The 1st, 2nd, 4th, and 5th Regiment pushed further into the base. Hours passed and the United Earth Federation slowly captured some vital parts of the base, especially the huge storage facility that was believed to be holding some key technologies of the Oriented Republic. Sergeant Mager and his team manoeuvred through the highly guarded base. As they were paving his way through the dense battlefield, a Republic''s H-102 Helicopter suddenly flew over him and turned back to fire missiles at him. ¡°Get to Cover!¡± shouted Sergeant Mager after the Helicopter fired the missiles. His team ran inside a building near the impact zone and there were some casualties. The Helicopter was about to head to another location when an air-to-air was heading toward it from the back. The Helicopter suddenly fired flares and was able to disrupt the kill but before it could fly further, a SF-35 fired another AA missile. Before the helicopter could manoeuvre to deploy flares, the AA missiles struck the helicopter, destroying it mid-air. Sergeant Mager saw there were some injured soldiers lying on the ground, not being able to move despite wearing the exo-skeleton suits. He looked outside to see a group of Republic¡¯s soldiers running from the distance. ¡°This is Striker two-one, request support on the target location.¡± said Sergeant Mager to his radio after he pulled out a small camera and marked the location of the Republic¡¯s Soldiers. After that, a squadron of Federation¡¯s SF-35 Lighting IV flew over and activated their VTOL mode before starting emptying internal bays, firing missiles non-stop at the Republic soldiers. But, before they could switch to normal mode, two air-to-air missiles flew at great speed and two SF-35 were shot down. The AA missiles were fired from one QAF-33 Phoenix, the Republic¡¯s most advanced fighter jet. The two SF-35 immediately switched to normal flight mode and pushed to maximum speed and the QAF-33 followed and fired multiple AA missiles. Sergeant Mager looked at this as it was happening. ¡°This is Striker two-one, request reinforcement. Enemies are pushing us back.¡± said Sergeant Mager to his radio after he noticed more Republic¡¯s soldiers coming and his team was outnumbered. ¡°Copy, standby.¡± said the Control Room from the Carrier. ¡°We have pinpoint your location and the 5th Battalion are sent to your location.¡± ¡°Striker two-one, out¡± Sergeant Mager and his team left the building and started advancing further. Since they wore and were assisted by exo-skeletons suits, they ran at great speed. As they ran, bullets flew everywhere, explosions were heard all over the base as hundreds of missiles were fired every minute from each side. Both side¡¯s fighter jets could be seen flying in the sky, AA Missiles were everywhere in the sky as they flew to their target. They hadn¡¯t made it further before A group of Republic soldiers suddenly came out of nowhere and started attacking them. Sergeant Mager and his team saw this and immediately fired their guns at the enemy but the enemy returned fire back, causing two of his members to be injured and needed to be dragged to safety. Sergeant Mager took cover behind and started shooting at the soldiers, killing them one by one. The Battalion arrived at their location shortly after Sergeant Mager killed the soldiers. The Battalion had ten tanks under the Battalion¡¯s XO Command, all of which were M5A6 Abram. Medics rushed to the wounded soldiers to treat them. ¡°Are you ok?¡± said Sergeant Mager after he ran to the injured soldiers who were lying on the ground as blood started coming out from their wounds and the Medics tried their best to stop the bleeding. ¡°Don¡¯t worry about me, continue the mission,¡± said the Private. ¡°Private Lorence and Private Ronen come with me.¡± said Sergeant Mager before he decided to continue further but his curiosity of wanting to know more about the Republic soldiers made him decide to check the Republic¡¯s Soldiers he killed earlier. ¡°Exo-Skeleton.¡± said Sergeant Mager after he noticed all of the soldiers he killed all wore Exo-skeleton suits like them. He decided to take and inspected their guns ¡°Energy Blaster. Interesting. Hey, take this to HQ¡± 1240 Hours A SC-5 Titan that was carrying the 10 special marines were flying through the dense airspace, manoeuvred around and fired a lot of flares to disrupt missiles. It was escorted by five SF-35 Lighting IV but until this time, only two remained as the other 3 were shot down. Inside the Cargo Plane, all 10 Marines were also ready suited in the new EKBA (Exo-Skeleton Body Armour) and this armour covered the entire body, including the head. ¡°Remember our objective, capture the control room. Kill anyone who is in our way.¡± said the Squad Leader whose name is Lieutenant Kane Fletcher before he pulled down the wiser, covering his face completely. Before his eyes was a head up display filled with different information and also the vision from the camera on the both sides of the helmet. The SC-5 reached its designated location and the door opened. The Marines jumped out of the Cargo Plane despite the height, the EKBA has a jetpack which allowed them to slowly descending and eventually landing on their feet without breaking any bones. They made their way into a building that hosted the control room according to the Intel they got. Lieutenant Fletcher and his team started making their way to the building¡¯s door when the Republic¡¯s soldiers started coming out of the door, protecting the building. Lieutenant Fletcher and his team returned fire back and eliminated the soldiers protecting the door. As they were about to reach the door, a soldier came, holding what seemed to be a weapon the marines had never seen before. Before they could eliminate the soldier, the soldier fired the gun and it suddenly pierce through one of the marine¡¯s EKBA, severely wounding him as Lieutenant Fletcher couldn''t react in time. He didn''t take this well and fired his gun at the soldier, dead on the spot. ¡°It will take approximately 2 hours for the 2nd Regiment to get here.¡± said Lieutenant Fletcher as he was standing, looking at the downed Marine ¡°You two, protect him. Me and the other 6 will go inside.¡± After saying that, he walked to the door and the 6 Marines followed him. After he saw the downed soldier with the gun, he decided to inspect the weapon for a bit and realised it was a weapon that the Atlas Corporation was trying to develop. ¡°A Compacted Railgun.¡± said Lieutenant Fletcher as he was inspecting the weapon ¡°Keep this and send it to the firearm department for them to break it down.¡± After he finished inspecting the weapon, he and his team continued their way into the building further. 1330 Hours They were very cautious as they manoeuvred inside the building. According to their map on the head up display, they were reaching the Control room. As they turned to another corridor, Lieutenant Fletcher stopped the team. He connected a camera to his leg and pushed it a bit, allowing the camera to capture what¡¯s on the corridor. As he had expected, there was a barricade blocking the corridor and a huge number of soldiers wearing armour similar to them. You could be reading stolen content. Head to the original site for the genuine story. ¡°Fuck, how are we going to pushed through this squad.¡± said Lieutenant Fletcher to the other marines through encrypted communication system. ¡°What do you mean, sir?¡± asked one of the Marines before the live feed from the camera showed on his head up display. ¡°Those armours, It could probably withstand a huge amount of firepower.¡± ¡°There is one thing we can do.¡± said Lieutenant Fletcher ¡°What is it?¡± aske one of the Marines. ¡°Reverse Gravity Force Field.¡± said Lieutenant Fletcher As soon as he finished talking, he pulled out the Reverse Gravity Force Field Generator from his hip and tossed it to the corridor. The Republic¡¯s Soldiers that were guarding the corridor saw it and didn¡¯t think much of it, when all of the sudden, a blue field was suddenly generated around the Reverse Gravity Force Field Generator and the gravity all around it suddenly got reversed. The Republic¡¯s soldiers protecting the corridor started floating due to the reverse gravity field generated. Lieutenant Fletcher and the other Marines took advantage of this and jumped out, firing at the helpless soldiers. Lieutenant Fletcher saw that their normal guns weren¡¯t effective against the Republic¡¯s soldiers¡¯ Amour so he pulled out his energy saber and started killing at the floating soldiers. After a moment of killing, they made it through the corridor and they were near the door that led to the control room. They made it to the door and realized the door was made out of Titanium and was locked. Lieutenant Fletcher saw this and decided to just pull the Titanium door. With a huge amount of force and assisted by the Exo-Skeleton embedded into the armour, he successfully pulled out the door. He was shocked because the room was empty and it seemed that everyone in the room had already evacuated. He walked into the room with other Marines and he realized that they can¡¯t do anything with the base because the computer that controls the entire base was locked and cannot be accessed. ¡°God Damn it!¡± said Lieutenant Fletcher after he found out about this. ¡°This is Lieutenant Fletcher, report to base.¡± ¡°This is the HQ, how¡¯s the Progress?¡± asked the person in the Control Room in the Olympus Mons Class Lead ship. ¡°I hereby request for Quantum Computers to be sent here.¡± replied Lieutenant Fletcher as he pulled up his wise, seeing the control room with his real eyes ¡°Could you tell us the reason behind this request?¡± asked HQ ¡°The main computer that controls every operation in this base is locked.¡± Lieutenant Fletcher replied back ¡°550 Series Quantum Computer might probably be able to crack the code and transfer command to HQ.¡± ¡°Copy, Standby.¡± replied the HQ. After a moment of waiting, he finally got a reply back. ¡°Lieutenant Fletcher, we have pinpointed your location and a helicopter carrying a 550W XR is coming to your location. HQ, Out.¡± 20 Minutes Later A bunch of soldiers rushed inside the room, transporting the 550W XR. ¡°I¡¯ll lead you to the mainstream server,¡± said Lieutenant Fletcher after he met them. He guided them into a room which seemed to be forced open by him. Inside the room was a server and importantly, the Supercomputer that controls the base. The soldiers put down the 550W XR Quantum Computer after they entered the room and a man wearing a white suit entered the room. ¡°I am Dr. Hower. I¡¯ll do the rest.¡± said the man before he started checking the huge Supercomputer ¡°Could all of you step aside?¡± Everyone stepped back and observed Dr. Hower as he was preparing to connect the Quantum Computer to the Supercomputer. Dr. Hower opened the Supercomputer and as Lieutenant Fletcher said earlier, it was locked out under heavy security. ¡°Hey, give me the connection cable.¡± said Dr. Hower before a soldier handed him the wire he needed. After connecting both computers through the cable, Dr. Hower opened the 550W XR and started doing his work. The Quantum Computer suddenly found something with how the base was controlled. ¡°Everything in the base will only take command from the Supercomputer?¡± said Dr. Hower after he finished reading the data. ¡°We need another Quantum Computer.¡± ¡°Sir, we brought two.¡± said a Soldier before he put another 550W XR near Dr. Hower. ¡°Alright. I need the 550W XR to hack the Supercomputer and take every credential inside the server before transferring it to another 550W XR. This allows the second 550W XR to use that credential to disguise itself as the Supercomputer.¡± ¡°Why don¡¯t we just use the Supercomputer?¡± Lieutenant Fletcher asked ¡°Oh, Quantum Computers are literally impossible to hack once locked.¡± replied Dr. Hower before he continued his work. The Quantum Computer started trying its best to access the Supercomputer. Since Quantum Computers have a reputation for being so fast and can theoretically do anything, it easily gained access to the Supercomputer and started finding and copying the credential files to its system before sending those files to another 550W XR. After everything was sent, Dr. Hower disconnected the Supercomputer from the server and connected the 550W XR containing the credential files and let the Quantum Computer do what it needed to do to gain complete control of the base. The Quantum Computer gained control of the base and before Dr. Hower could do anything, it disabled every defence system inside the entire base before changing the Federation¡¯s soldiers, fighter jets and others from Enemy Forces to Friendly Forces. Soldiers Camp Approximately 30 Miles from the Control Room 1400 Hours On the other side of the base, a huge battle finished as it took place near the soldier camp that hosted nearly 200,000 soldiers. After nearly 2 hours of brutal fighting, the Federation successfully took control of the camp including a runway nearby. The Federation captured a lot of prisoners of war but since they weren¡¯t a nation who liked torturing people, they decided to just lock them up instead of some brutal torturing. They were very lucky because the base¡¯s defence system started recognising them as friendly forces. Airfield near the Soldier Camp Inside Hangar No.2 was a Republic¡¯s most advanced Aircraft, the QAF-33 Phoenix . Admiral James Norman, a 4 Stars Admiral of the United Earth Space Force and the commander of the Space Force¡¯s 2nd Interstellar Fleet, was interested in this particular aircraft because it is the Oriented Republic¡¯s most advanced Fighter Jet, especially the technology packed inside the aircraft. ¡°Hey, give me the key.¡± said Admiral Norman as he was sitting in the aircraft cockpit while waiting for his subordinate to hand him the key to start the aircraft. His subordinate handed him the key and Admiral Norman started the Aircraft. He didn¡¯t plan to fly it but he was there to check the aircraft¡¯s interface and software because the aircraft could easily down the Federation¡¯s SF-35, their most advanced fighter jet. He started the fighter jet and the display in front of him showed a warning message ¡®Helmet Mounted Display is needed to start the aircraft¡¯. ¡°Well, I guess they use English as their official language, what a coincidence.¡± Admiral Norman continued ¡°Oh, so this is the reason why this aircraft has no Head up display, just like all of our fighter jets¡± He put on the helmet and he was surprised with how much information was displayed on the helmet. ¡°This HMD is similar to ours, it¡¯s very good.¡± ¡°Admiral, it appears that this aircraft uses Radar Absorbing Material.¡± said a Fighter Jet pilot who was checking the aircraft¡¯s coating. ¡°We stopped using RAM since the SF-5, like, 80 years ago due to Radar Technology has improved a lot so Radar Absorbing Material doesn¡¯t help much.¡± ¡°This thing has the cockpit see through mode.¡± said Admiral Norman after he enabled the see through cockpit mode of the aircraft which allowed him to see 360 degrees through the aircraft thanks to multiple cameras all around the QAF-33¡¯s fuselage. ¡°How come our technology is similar to theirs?¡± He took the Helmet off before stepping down from the aircraft and said to the pilot earlier ¡°Test this aircraft.¡± The Pilot, after receiving the order, climbed up the ladder without any hesitation, entering the aircraft with a bit of excitement on his face. Since the interface is similar to the SF-35, he had an easy time starting the aircraft. He put on the Helmet Mounted Display before closing the canopy. ¡°This aircraft seemed to be designed to be an air-superiority fighter not space since it has 2d thrust vectoring.¡± said another pilot who was checking the aircraft¡¯s engine and noticed it moved in all directions during flight test. The pilot pulled the thrust lever and the aircraft started leaving the hangar and taxiing to the runway. Admiral Norman looked at the aircraft and it reminded him of the F-47 Raptor II which was already a 118 years old fighter jet. The Aircraft made it to the runway and took off in less than two seconds after all 4 Engines were pulled to full throttle. Admiral Norman decided to wait for the pilot to finish testing the aircraft while also watching the testing process. The other side of the planet Polerious City, one of Oriented Republic¡¯s Colony City Hall Mayor¡¯s room 2100 Hours The room¡¯s wall is covered in wood and there were the city¡¯s flag and the Oriented Republic¡¯s Flag inside the room, standing near the mayor¡¯s work table. A white man in his 40¡¯s was sitting on his chair drinking tea in the middle of the night, drifting through his thoughts, especially the day that the Oriented Republic made their star system under their colony about 20 years ago. ¡°Mayor Berenet, Mayor Berenet!¡± shouted his assistant after he opened the door frantically, rushing to the man sitting on the chair. ¡°The Star System is no longer under the Republic¡¯s control, including other 10 star systems¡± ¡°What!? What happened?¡± asked Mayor Berenet after he stood up from his chair, finishing his tea. ¡°Don¡¯t tell me it¡¯s the United Earth Federation.¡± ¡°Yes.¡± replied the assistant ¡°The United Earth Federation just gained control of the Republic¡¯s base on this planet.¡± ¡°Which means that this Star System is now under their control.¡± Mayor Berenet cut his assistant¡¯s talk. ¡°I am not sure.¡± replied his assistant, ¡°We¡¯ll have to wait tomorrow and see what will the United Earth Federation do to us¡± They finished talking and the assistant walked out of the room and closed the door, leaving Mayor Berenet all alone in the room again. Mayor Berenet stood up and walked to his desk where his computer was placed. He opened the computer before he started researching some information about the United Earth Federation in the network. After scouring the internet for a while, he found an article that shocked him because the article he found was about the United Earth Federation becoming an interstellar nation in less than 30 years after Federation¡¯s Home planet was unified. Volume 1 Chapter 6 : Two Choices Washington DC United Earth Congress Building 9th of July, 2155 0720 Hours The Building of the United Earth Congress is old as it was built in 2030, after Earth was unified into one single Federation Nation. The Building is white with architectural design of the United States Congress, symbolising the Founding Nation of the United Earth Federation, The United States of America. Maintenance on the left side of the Congress building was being made as it was getting older. Plans were made on constructing a new congress building in New York, incorporating modern design but due to how much history the current building contained, it was hard until the Congress decided to build a new building with these modern designs that had been proposed. United State of America¡¯s Senators Office All rooms for senators inside the Congress building are all the same size, designed to accommodate each states¡¯ 2 Senators except The Room for the United States of America¡¯s Senators Room being the biggest among all. One of the Senators was seen talking to his phone on the couch while other senators were staring at him, waiting eagerly for the call to end. Both of them looked not that old and were in their early 40¡¯s, wearing black suits with one of them wearing a Blue Tie and a glasses while another Senator wearing a black tie and didn¡¯t wear any glasses ¡°Oh, Thank.¡± said the Senator who was on the call with someone in the Armed Force before he finished the call and adjusting his glasses. ¡°What¡¯s the decision?¡± asked another Senator whose name is Dane Freelance. ¡°Well, We will have possibly 25 more states or more to the Federation¡¯s sovereign states if we persuade them enough.¡± answered the Senator who was on the call earlier. His name is Senator Erick Rarry. ¡°These states don¡¯t have neither militaries to protect themselves nor a stable economy so letting them join the Federation will be their best choice.¡± ¡°Are we going to invite them?¡± asked Senator Freelance after he shoved his phone into his right pocket. ¡°We will go to invite them ourselves and we¡¯ll see if you accept to join the Federation or not.¡± said Senator Rarry after he drank a cup of water from the table in front of them. ¡°This invitation will be hard to not accept,¡± said Senator Freelance. ¡°Yes. Joining the Federation will be their only chance after they are no longer under the Republic¡¯s Control.¡± Senator Rarry continued ¡°10 More Star Systems.¡± ¡°I heard that the Council will pick the Poleration Republic as their next member.¡± said Senator Freelance ¡°I don¡¯t know why picking Poleration Republic as the next member to the council will benefit the Federation or not but I heard that, among all of the nations broken from the Republic after the successful operation and becoming our colonies, Poleration Republic is the most advanced among all of them, having 2030s technologies if we compare them to our history.¡± replied Senator Rarry. ¡°I don¡¯t really know but yeah, having a new state to the Federation as the new member of the Council is going to be great for the newcomer states because well, you know how space politics work, they will think that we don¡¯t operate the entire nations center around Earth.¡± said Senator Freelance ¡°At least, a pick state from Super Earth like Foresta or something.¡± ¡°Well, we expanded a lot so why not pick one from a planet far away from Earth, Beside, Platon is an Earth like planet¡± said Senator Rarry before he stood up from the couch. ¡°It has been barely 100 years since we colonised Alpha Centauri and now we have expanded to more than 10 Star Systems. I agree with your statement but we¡¯ll see if Poleration Republic will join us or not¡± said Senator Freelance before he got a notification from his phone and checked it. ¡°Hmm, Olympus Mons is coming to pick us. Let¡¯s go to the base.¡± Both of them got up from the couch and walked toward the door, exiting the room. They walked for a while, navigating through corridors and passing a lot of Senators as they were chatting about the current situation of the Federation. They eventually made it to the main hall of the building and two other senators from another state were waiting for them in the lounge area. ¡°Senator Xi FeiLing and Senator HuangWei, waiting for us for a while.¡± said Senator Rarry as he was approaching one of the Senators from the Republic of China, Senator HuangWei, a chinese Senator who was already in his late 40¡¯s but still look young despite having some white hairs. ¡°Sorry for keeping you waiting.¡± ¡°Oh, We¡¯ve been waiting for the two of you for not a long time, only a couple minutes.¡± said Senator Huang Wei as he tapped Senator Rarry¡¯s right shoulder with his right hand. ¡°We might not want to waste the time so, let¡¯s go.¡± All four of them made their way out of the main entrance of the United Earth Congress building and there were two convoys, escorting two states¡¯ senators. All of them got into their own convoy and the convoy started moving to the West Virginia Air Base which is pretty far from the UEC Building. As they were travelling, Senator Rarry looked outside the window, seeing the busy streets with cars and trucks and a lot of historical buildings. Before he could enjoy this scenery any further, Senator Freelance suddenly called him. ¡°Hey, it looks like important news was just made public.¡± said Senator Freelance as he was looking at the table on his laps. ¡°What is it?¡± asked Senator Rarry as he pulled his attention away from the window ¡°The United Nation Council of Constitution just renamed itself to the Supreme Council,¡± said Freelance. ¡°Supreme Council, well, All I can, the name fits their power.¡± Senator Rarry continued ¡°The council holds the most power, they can do anything they want, they can even dissolve the Congress if they want.¡± West Virginia Air Base West Virginia 0830 Hours The Base was huge and it earned the title of being the biggest military base on Earth, being nearly 900 square kilometres big but most of the base was being used as starships¡¯ landing zone. An Olympus Mons Class SuperCarrier was seen stationed there, waiting for all 2 American Senators and the 2 Chinese Senators to come on board. A convoy of black SUV¡¯s was escorting all 4 Senators into the base all the way from the United Earth Congress building. After the convoy stopped, all 4 of them got out of their cars and walked to Olympus Mons. An Admiral was waiting near the huge hangar door on the portside of the carrier. ¡°Admiral Adrian Georgia, nice to meet you.¡± said SenatorFreelance after he finally saw which admiral was waiting for all 2 of them. ¡°Why do you even need a supercarrier just to take us to those states?¡± ask Senator Rarry after he gave Admiral Georgia a handshake. ¡°You¡¯re all the senators of the United States of America and the Republic of China, both are important States in the Entire Federation, of course you¡¯re all important enough to be escorted in a huge fleet.¡± said Admiral Georgia. ¡°Let¡¯s get on the carrier and discuss everything on the bridge.¡± All of them got on the carrier before the hangar door closed and the carrier made its way into space. The narrative has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. UESF Olympus Mons SWAC/EX-01-09¡¯s Bridge The Bridge of the Olympus Mons is huge with personnel everywhere, doing their assigned jobs. Admiral Georgia sat at the Captain Seat and looked outside through the bridge¡¯s huge Windows. All 4 Senators sat seats prepared for them near the Captain Seat. As they sat, they were given bottles of water for the journey as it would take a long time to reach those states. ¡°What will be the first state you¡¯re going to visit?¡± asked Admiral Georgia as he looked at Senator Rarry. ¡°Do you think it¡¯s a good idea to visit Polaration Republic first?¡± Senator Rarry asked Senator Huang Wei. ¡°I think, yeah, why not.¡± replied Huang Wei after he thought for a brief moment ¡°Alright, Set Course for the Polaration Republic, 200 Light years,¡± said Admiral Georgia. ¡°Course for Polaration Republic has been put, ready to jump¡± said the Navigation Officer to Admiral Georgia after a brief moment of him putting course for the state. ¡°This Olympus Mons is equipped with the new Nexus Engine with better integration with the Quantum Subspace Drive.¡± said Admiral Georgia to all of the Senators ¡°What does that mean?¡± said Senator Freelance. ¡°Since it has better integration, instant acceleration after entering Subspace,¡± said Admiral Georgia. ¡°JUMP!¡± United Earth Federation Occupied Military Base on Planet Platon, Gierce Star System 20 Hours after the operation finally finished 0800 Hours Control Centre Some of the Higher Ups in the United Earth Armed Forces were there, inspecting the control room. Admiral Bush was among them and being the Chief of Space Operation with the most power in the United Earth Space Force and he and other chief of space operations were responsible for the operation but as for now, he needed to assign someone to be the person in charge of the Base¡¯s operation. ¡®Maybe we need a space elevator¡¯ he said to himself as he stood in the Control Room with another Admiral under his command ¡®Or maybe a space station with the configuration of Super Earth¡¯s but for now, I need to assign someone to control this base.¡¯ ¡°Sir, have you decided which Admiral to control the base?¡± asked his subordinate as he was holding a tablet but this subordinate was not Sam. ¡°Give me a moment, I need to think.¡± he replied back ¡°I might need another day to think.¡± ¡°Admiral Bush, here¡¯s the Casualties Number, it¡¯s High.¡± said General Johnanthan as he was approaching Admiral Bush and handed Admiral Bush a paper containing the Casualty Number from both sides. ¡°They lost a total of one hundred thousand troops while we lost nearly fifty thousand soldiers.¡± said Admiral Bush as he looked at the report with grief ¡°This operation is worth it as it will benefit everyone including the possible new states.¡± ¡°What will we do to the families of the downed soldiers¡¯?¡± asked General Johnathan. ¡°I think that it¡¯s best to Notify them of their loss and make sure to give them the medal of honor for their children¡¯s service to the Federation. These Medals will help them a lot for the rest of their life.¡± said Admiral Bush as he closed his eyes and gave the report back to General Johnathan. ¡°Sir, The 4 Senators are about to arrive in ten minutes, we have prepared a transport for sir and the Senators,¡± said his subordinate. ¡°Good.¡± said Admiral Bush before he turned around and walked out of the control room. As he walked out of the room, his subordinate followed him until they went outside the building. Admiral Bush looked around and noticed a lot of UEAF (United Earth Armed Force) Personnel transporting equipment such as Radar Systems, Air Defence Systems but as he saw a truck, an idea struck his head. ¡°Hey, transport a QAF-33 to Mars for study,¡± said Admiral Bush. ¡°Hmm, I seem to have known the reason, Admiral¡± said the Subordinate ¡°Is it that the Space Fighter is so good that it can take down our SF-35 which made you want it to be studied for weakness?¡± ¡°You¡¯re good at guessing.¡± said Admiral Bush as he smiled a bit ¡°Sir, We found something in a hanger at Section 6 of the base.¡± a sound rumbled in the earbud on Admiral Bush¡¯s right ear. ¡°What did you find!?¡± asked Admiral Bush with a surprising look. ¡°A fighter but it seemed to have a FTL Drive.¡± replied the personnel. ¡°Holy shit! don¡¯t tell me it¡¯s a Starfighter!?¡± said Admiral Bush in horror ¡°They have been going easy with us! They could have protected this base but they decided to lower their hand!¡± said Admiral Bush before a realization flashed through his mind ¡°This is the reason why there¡¯s not a single person in the control room.¡± ¡°Sir! Sir!¡± shouted his subordinate. ¡°Oh, Sorry, What is it?¡± reply Admiral Bush after he regained his senses of the surroundings. ¡°The Senators are about to arrive, they are entering the atmosphere.¡± said the Subordinate before he looked up, seeing the starship entering the atmosphere while its hull started experiencing atmospheric drag. ¡°10 minutes have passed without me realizing it,¡± said Admiral Bush as he closed his eyes and looked down for a moment before looking up. 4 Minutes Later The Base¡¯s Section 9 Starships landing zone The Olympus Mons successfully landed at the base and landed on the Starship Landing Zone in Section 9 of the Base. The Starship¡¯s left hanger door opened and all 4 Senators walked out of the hanger bay, looking outside as they noticed Admiral Bush was waiting for them. ¡°Hmm, Admiral Bush¡± said Senator Freelance to himself as he looked Admiral Bush straight in the eyes while walking down from the hangar bay with the other 3 Senators. ¡°Welcome to our new Star system!¡± said Admiral Bush as he was approaching the Senators and Admiral Georgia. ¡°Do we have a name for this star system?¡± asked Senator Rarry while he was shaking hands with Admiral Bush, looking him straight in the eye. ¡°According to Base¡¯s database, the system is called Gierce.¡± replied Admiral Bush after both of them finished shaking hands ¡°This star system¡¯s name is given by its people, not the Republic.¡± ¡°Okay, sounds not that bad.¡± Senator Rarry continued ¡°Anyway, where¡¯s the transport that will take us to this new independent state called Poleration Republic?¡± ¡°Look behind me.¡± said Admiral Bush while he smirked a bit ¡°VTOL Capable SC-5 Titan, I see.¡± said Senator Freelance as he saw the aircraft not far away with its engines facing the thrust down. ¡°Have you notified them about our visit?¡± asked Senator Rarry loudly as the SC-5¡¯s Engines started running, producing a lot of sounds. ¡°We¡¯ve already done it!.¡± replied Admiral Bush loudly. ¡°They are expecting us to be there in 5 Hours. They want to discuss with us about the Joining Federation as the 101st State!¡± ¡°Good! Happy to hear that!¡± replied Senators loudly ¡°Let¡¯s go! We don¡¯t have much time!¡± They all walked to the Cargo plane designed to fly in both the atmosphere and in deep space. They sat down at the seats prepared for them. ¡°Not very Cosy, isn¡¯t it?¡± asked Admiral Bush to the 4 Senators ¡°I won¡¯t say that.¡± replied Senator Huang Wei ¡°it¡¯s a Military Cargo plane after all.¡± ¡°Yeah, I agree,¡± said Senator Rarry. ¡°Everyone in the cargo hold, please fasten your seatbelt.¡± said one of the pilots of the plane ¡°We are ready to take off.¡± The plane started lifting itself using its Engine and after a bit of ascending, it disabled its VTOL mode and started flying to the city. 4 Hours Later Polerious City City Hall 1700 Hours It was evening and the sky was a bit dim. At the back of the city hall, there was a huge flat concrete area for spacecraft to land. Mayor Berenet and 10 other officials, all dressed in Black suits, were there, waiting for the Senators and Admiral Bush to arrive so that they could have an important meeting that might change the state¡¯s future. ¡°Oh Looks like they are coming.¡± said Mayor Berenet as he noticed the plane not far away coming. ¡°It¡¯s already evening.¡± They all waited for a bit until the plane landed in an area not far away from them. The plane¡¯s door on the side opened and the Senators and Admiral Bush exited the plane as Mayor Berenet and the other Officials were walking to greet them. ¡°Hello.¡± said Senator Rarry as he was approached by Mayor Berenet and was given a hand shake ¡°You¡¯re Borus Berenet? Nice to meet you¡± ¡°Yes, I am Borus Berenet, Mayor of Polerious City.¡± replied Mayor Berenet after they finished exchanging handshakes. ¡°And you?¡± ¡°I am Senator Erick Rarry¡± answered Senator Rarry. ¡°I am one of the two Senator for the United States of America in the United Earth Congress¡± ¡°Shall we talk in the city hall?¡± asked Mayor Berenet. Meeting Room Everyone entered the room and sat in the prepared seat. Admiral Bush looked around, admiring the wood decoration inside the room. ¡°So, you are here to discuss your nation and you want us to join your country.¡± said Mayor Berenet ¡°What are your intentions?¡± ¡°We, the United Earth Federation, successfully seized control of this star system and since the military base on this planet monitored ten star systems, it means that we have successfully seized ten star systems out of Oriented Republic control.¡± answered Admiral Bush ¡°Senator Rarry will continue¡± ¡°As you can see, since we now control these systems, you are under us so it means that you''re our colony. We don¡¯t want to recognise you as an independent nation because we see you as a nation without proper economies or military to defend yourself¡± Senator Rarry continued after he gave Mayor Berenet a piece of paper, containing the information about everything they would receive if they joined the Federation. ¡°We want you to become our 101st state and you will benefit everything that the United Earth Federation currently has.¡± ¡°What does that supposed to mean?¡± asked Mayor Berenet. ¡°If you agree, we will have military assets here, protecting the system from possible threats. You will also benefit from our technologies considering you¡¯re still in the 2030s for us.¡± Senator Rarry continued "Your people will receive a UEF citizenship and will have access to our education system, healthcare system and more importantly, joining our Armed Forces as active personnel or reserve personnel.¡± ¡°What if we don''t accept your invitation to join your country?¡± Asked Mayor Berenet ¡°To protect our name from being aggressive and authoritarian nation, we¡¯ll give this star system its independent but, any incoming invasions, you will have to protect yourself using your own technologies¡± answered Senator Rarry ¡°And we will do like what the United Britannian Kingdom did to us, we will accept your students to study at our universities like Havard, Stanford or MIT but, you¡¯ll have to develop your own technologies¡± ¡°Why did you give us option two?¡± asked Mayor Berenet ¡°Why can¡¯t you like, Attack us if we refuse?¡± ¡°You know, back in 2031, when the United Britannian Kingdom first made contact with us, they gave us two options.¡± answered Senator Rarry immediately with hesitation. ¡°They already warned us about the Aggressive expansion of the Oriented Republic and they saw that we wouldn¡¯t be able to protect ourselves with the technologies we had.¡± ¡°A Congress voting was held on the 21st of December, 2031 and the result was that we would go with Option two. We refused to join their kingdom because we don¡¯t want to lose our autonomy.¡± Senator Freelance continued from Senator Rarry ¡°So, in 2032, we sent our best students from all around the world and sent them to the United Britannian Kingdom¡¯s Best University, University of Yorkshire.¡± ¡°Since this decision is very huge, I¡¯ll let the people vote.¡± said Mayor Berenet after a moment of thinking ¡°We¡¯ll organise a voting to decide whether to join your Federation or Not.¡± ¡°It¡¯s ok¡± said Senator Rarry ¡°Take your time¡±.