Chapter 121: (The War) (2/2)

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UFP - SECURE

All right. What?

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RIGELLIAN COMPACT - SECURE

The Talmonus Harmony has been attacked by the Lanaktallan Unified Council military and corporate fleets.

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UFP - SECURE

Oh. How bad?

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TRAENA'AD HIVE WORLDS

Bad enough they came into chat pleaded for it to stop.

TerraSol can't violate that treaty.

We need you to save them.

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UFP - SECURE

We're not a signatory to any of those treaties. We have no diplomatic ties.

We'll need to know where they are.

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DIGITAL ARTIFICIAL SENTIENCE SYSTEMS - SECURE

Here. Here's the coordinates.

They're going to need military assistance. They've got nearly six hundred worlds, we don't know how many have been attacked, we don't know how in force the Lanaktallan's are.

To be honest, you're going to need your more military side.

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UFP - SECURE

We've got a man for the job.

We'll be in touch.

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MANTID FREE WORLDS - SECURE

I hope we did the right thing.

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Captain's Personal Log - Stardate 8534.65

Despite my previous failures, I have found myself back in the Captain's chair with the rank of Admiral.

I have been given my choice of crew.

Starfleet, despite having its origins in a game, movies, books, television shows, and other media, is a way of life.

I have reassembled my old crew from the Precursor War.

My old Riker has shown up with the Dakota.

Time to the Talmonus Harmony is eighteen days.

Any other crew would have disagreed with my decision to load the bays with assault shuttles.

By the time we reach Talmonus Harmony space, not only with the assault shuttles be finished but the soldiers will be ready. The nano-forges and creations engines will be deslushed and cooled down.

Anyone who reads this, I want you to know: The Federation would have never brought me back except for one thing.

The Harmony is peaceful. They even purge any tools of violence templates from creation engines and nano-forges. Violence is treated as a disease. While there isn't genetic or medication therapy, they still have attempted to use non-violent forms of ridding violence from their culture without infringing on their member's rights.

An odd aside: The Talmonus Harmony does not allow non-Pure Strain Humans, not even DAS. The only VI's and eVI's they allow are home built ones.

If the Talmonus Harmony entered the Gestalt Chat, they must have been desperate.

I fear, through my unique combined experiences, the worst.

I feel they may have discovered that what is engraved on TerraSol is true after all.

The universe is malevolent and will take everything you love from you and hurt you while it does it. Nobody is coming to help you. Help yourself.

Or die screaming.

I hope I am wrong.

I know I am not.

--Jeff Picark 8873