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【Vision of an Alternate Future】

Arc 2: Return of the Crystal Guardians

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【VAF】Chapter║: 37 ─ Genocide

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The video conference with Commander Elrig continued with Naole and Aurora present.

Cmd-Elrig : " Naole; Any Input?"

Naole : " I think system ER621 is perfect! It will be an excellent host for the Crystalorb Moon."

Cmd-Elrig : " Crystalorb Moon?”

DCmd-Isan : " Hold on there Naole! You can't make that decision?"

Ralen : " The Crystalorb Moon must return to the Ra System!"

Naole : " Article 7 of the Crystalorb Charter clearly states; In the absence of the Council of Elders and the Crystalorb General Council a Council of Guardians can make decisions for all of Crystalorb, but the decisions are subject to the approval of the Spirit Stone."

DCmd-Isan : " We are not the Guardian Council?"

Naole : " The Crystalorb Charter speaks of a Council of Guardians, not the Guardian Council! The ancestors assumed that the absence of the Council of Elders and the Crystalorb General Council means the Guardian Council would be incomplete; for whatever removes the Political would first have to remove the Armed Forces. The Spirit Stone has always been the final arbiter in all Crystalorb matters; the Spirit Stone is the highest Crystalorb Authority."

Aurora : " Even if you are right, and we can make that decision, we have to at the very least consult all the Crystalans here!"

Naole : " You are right! What do you think Cobalt?"

Cobalt : " Returning to the Ra system is tactically unsound, and it would expose Crystalorb before we have time to prepare!"

Elnami : " Are you also questioning the judgement of the Guardian Council?"

DCmd-Isan : " The Guardian Council has always planned to return to the Ra System!"

Cobalt : " A plan based on flawed analysis!"

DCmd-Isan : " You dare to question the judgement of the Guardian Council?"

Naole : " When did it become a crime to question the judgement of the Guardian Council? In my day it was considered a Guardian's sacred duty to raise questions! Cobalt is the most experienced of all Guardians; a veteran of 58 battles, responsible for the destruction of 46 Migon BattleSpheres! He is the tip of the sword, and his judgement holds the highest credence! The Council of Elders gave Deputy Guardian Commander Isan command of this mission, but they specifically made Cobalt the mission combat Commander, and that's because he's a Fleet Guardian. The Council of Elders understood that in the event of combat Cobalt would assume overall command of the mission"

DCmd-Isan : " But this is not a combat decision?"

Naole : " Your generation is dangerously inexperienced! I'm glad that the Council of Elders sent Cobalt through with you, because he is the only one who understands what is going on."

Aurora : " We take your point Naole! Cobalt; what do you mean by tactically unsound?"

Cobalt : " I've done a tactical analysis of the current situation, and I've concluded that Crystalorb can't defeat the Migon, if we return to the Ra System the Migon will move against us, and the Human race will be extinguished."

Ralen : " What?"

Naole : " Cobalt is right! The Migon BattleSpheres have better armour than Crystalan Ships and Crystalorb Ships. When I started the project to create the Nalen Class SkyGarrison it was with the intent to use them to support and supply up to 1000 Esara Class SkyCruisers, 6000 Casara Class Cruisers and 200 Crystalan Ships. In my absence the Crystalorb Leadership decided to use the Nalen Class SkyGarrisons as large warships and not as mobile bases as I had intended. They did this after witnessing Cobalt's capabilities, but the Crystalorb Leadership did not realize that the emergence of Nalen Class SkyGarrisons as large warships would force a response from the Migon."

Aurora : " Response? What sort of response?"

Cobalt : " Every action has an equal and opposite reaction!"

Naole : " The emergence of Nalen Class SkyGarrisons almost certainly triggered a response from the Migon Federation, and they probably mobilized their Class of Warships that can destroy the Nalen Class SkyGarrisons. The Migon Federation has been at this for half a million years, and from Andronian Federation archives we can see that they have different Classes of Warships; Including the Migon BattleSphere, the Migon BattleSpear and the Migon BattleCylinders."

Cmd-Elrig: " We've encountered the Migon BattleSphere and the scouting Migon BattleSpear, but what is this Migon BattleCylinder? And how do you know about it?"

Naole : " Phulec! As a Crystal Armoured Circlean Centinel Phulec had active knowledge about the Circlean cooperation with the Migon Federation, and since the Circlean ships that are being built are loosely based on Migon designs Phulec's knowledge included information about the Migon Federation BattleCylinder; a Planet Killer. The Migon BattleCylinder is a weapon of last resort, but I suspect that Crystalorb's Nalen Class SkyGarrisons would have forced them to review that strategy, and over the past 150 years they would have built more of these Migon BattleCylinders. With an estimated length of 95km and 12.6km in diameter the Migon Federation BattleCylinder is essentially a SkyGarrison."

Cobalt : " Based on what we know about the Migon, we have to conclude that a Migon BattleCylinder can destroy a Nalen Class SkyGarrison with relative ease! Going back to the Ra System without a fleet of significant size would not only risk Crystalan lives, but it would effectively mean the end of the 5 Human Federations."

Naole : " We can't return to the Ra System! We can't!"

DCmd-Isan : " We see your point Naole! Besides between building the 3000 Fusion reactor cluster and the time required to collect and store the energy, that decision is at least 5 years away."

Naole : " Yeah! I've been thinking about that! Your 3000 Fusion reactors cluster Idea is certainly workable, but I have some Ideas of my own about how to gather the energy we need."

Cmd-Elrig : " Let's hear them!"

Naole : " I think it's time for Crystalorb to explore the possibility of building a Phaylon Reactor!"

Ralen : " Phaylon Reactor?"

Omnala: " What's that?"

Cmd-Elrig : " Phaylon Reactor? The Older Civilisations have been trying to build a Phaylon Reactor for Generations, what makes you think that you can succeed where they've failed?"

Naole : " Because Crystalorb already has a Phaylon Reactor!"

Cmd-Elrig : " You do?"

Naole : " The Spirit Stone is amongst other things a type of Phaylon Reactor"

Aurora : " The Spirit Stone is a Phaylon Reactor?"

Naole : " I see now that Crystalans were always meant to go down this road! For whatever reason the Migon Federation considers Crystalorb to be a primary strategic threat, and so the Phaylon Reactor is the only thing that can save us."

Elnami : " In what way is the Spirit Stone a type of Phaylon Reactor?"

Aurora : " Divine Energy?"

Naole : " Yes! My father called it Divine Light because he understood it to be the most stable form of Energy. The Older Civilisations call it Phaylon Radiation. Crystalan Life Force Energy requires Divine Energy or Phaylon Radiation, and the Crystalan physiology generates small amounts of Life Force Energy, but the Spirit Stone generates abundant amounts of Life Force Energy; meaning that the Spirit Stone must generate significant amounts of Divine Energy. My father Nalen theorized that when Negative Psionic Energy and Positive Psionic Energy produced by the Spirit Stone collide resulting in an annihilation effect the Energy is transformed into Divine Light. We think that Divine Energy or Phaylon Radiation is extremely reactive, and contact with Negative Psionic Energy or Positive Psionic Energy starts a chain reaction that results in the dilution of the potency of the other forms of energy. The Phaylon must have had access to enormous amounts of Divine Energy, and that means that there must be another method to generate Divine Energy."

Aurora : " You think you found a way, don't you?"

Naole : " Yes!" Naole smiles "In my Communion with the Spirit Stone I increased my Knowledge exponentially, and one of the things I realized is that being trapped in the Inter-Dimensional Pocket was both a blessing and a curse"

DCmd-Isan : " Blessing?"

Naole : " Yes! It forced Crystalans to focus a great deal of Research into the nature of the Inter-Dimensional Pocket. This Research has allowed me to see beyond the obvious, and develop an insight into Inter-Dimensional Energies. I believe that Divine Energy is nothing more than the infinite energy of the 11th Dimension. The 11th Dimension is made up of this Divine Energy, and since the 11th Dimension permeates everything in every universe it is everywhere."

Aurora : " Are you saying that Divine Energy is the source of everything?"

Naole : " Divine Energy is the most basic form of Energy, and a building block for all other forms of energy! Divine Energy can be transformed into any form of Energy, and once we harvest it Crystalorb will have all the energy we will ever need"

Cmd-Elrig : " How do you plan to harvest this Divine Energy? How do you plan to build the Phaylon Reactor?"

Naole : " Now that's the tricky part!" Naole activates the holographic displays "I want to open an Inter-Dimensional Pocket into the 11th Dimension, but connected to the edge of the Universe"

Aurora : " And put a fragment of the Spirit Stone into the Inter-Dimensional Pocket in the 11th Dimension?"

DCmd-Isan : " An Inter-Dimensional Pocket into the 11th Dimension has never been opened?"

Cmd-Elrig : " Where will you get the spatial coordinates of the 11th Dimension?"

Naole : " Like I said; that's the tricky part!" Naole "I want to use Divine Energy as a homing signal, and by Triggering Divine Energy Implosion during the creation of the Inter-Dimensional Pocket we should achieve target!"

DCmd-Isan : " What about energy requirements? And how much energy will this Phaylon Reactor generate?"

Naole : " If my math is correct the Phaylon Reactor will Generate; 20000 Yottajoules/sec! 2X10E28 Joules/sec!"

Omnala: " That's the Energy Output of 50 Stars?"

Naole : " The bottleneck will be on this side, and as the Spirit Stone grows larger the Energy Output should grow proportionally!"

Aurora : " Hold on! Triggering Divine Energy Implosion? Where would the Divine Energy come from?" realising Naole's plans "You can't!"

Naole : " There's no other way!"

Cmd-Elrig : " What's going on?"

DCmd-Isan : " To generate sufficient amounts of Divine Energy; Negative Psionic Energy must be collided with Positive Psionic Energy resulting in an annihilation effect that transforms the combined Energy into Divine Energy. The problem is that Crystalorb does not have reserves of Negative Psionic Energy, and the largest sources of Negative Psionic Energy excluding the Migon are the Circleans and the Hodians."

Ralen : " But since we can't expose ourselves by contacting the HOD, Naole means to take the energy from Circleans."

Cmd-Elrig : " What do you mean by; take the energy from Circleans?"

DCmd-Isan : " Genocide!"

Elnami : " He plans to destroy the Circleans, and harvest their Chest Crystals to power the process as a Negative Psionic Energy source"

Aurora : " This is not the Crystalan way Naole!"

Naole : " There is no other way but this! We must capture the Chest Crystals of the first Eldons, and use them to combine all the Circlean Chest Crystals on Circlecs"

Aurora : " Couldn't we use Hodian Energy?"

Naole : " Believe me when I tell you that I don't want this, but Hodian Energy won't work! It's far too diluted, only potent Negative Psionic Energy will work, and the only source of this Energy is the Circlean Chest Crystal. If there was another source of Negative Psionic Energy that could work I would use it, but it looks like fate has Chosen the Circleans to pay the ultimate price for peace."

Cmd-Elrig: " I don't understand? Didn't the Circleans participate in actions that resulted in the deaths of 1.16 Billion Crystalans? Didn't the Circleans break the peace treaty with Crystalorb? Why is there such concern for Circleans?"

Naole : " The concern is not for Circleans, but for Crystalans."

DCmd-Isan : " Taking such a drastic action will scar Crystalans forever!"

Aurora : " We would no longer be pure!"

Ralen : " Forever tainted by the evil we were forced to undertake!"

Omnala: " To use Chest Crystals of the first Eldons to combine all the Circlean Chest Crystals on Circlecs Naole will have to merge the Chest Crystals of the first Eldons to an Isolated fragment of the Spirit Stone."

Elnami : " That means exposing all Crystalans to very small amounts of Negative Psionic Energy."

Aurora : " Not enough to permanently affect us, but enough to make a permanent difference in the Crystalan psyche."

DCmd-Isan : " A little more like Hodians than we care to be!"

Naole : " For this I'm truly sorry! You all know we can't defeat the Migon. There is only one way to end this war"

DCmd-Isan : " We must negotiate with the Migon Federation!"

Naole : " Yes! The Circleans have made their choice, and we can no longer allow others to pay for our mistakes. We knew when we signed the peace treaty with the Circleans that they would one day brake the treaty; they can't help it! The Negative Psionic Energy distorts their ability to empathize, and the Chaotic energy in their Chest Crystals could never be permanently contained. The Circle's alliance with the Migon Federation poses a significantly more serious danger to all in the Galaxy, and we can't allow the Circleans to continue to exist. When the Chest Crystals of the first Eldons are absorbed by the Spirit Stone they will lose their ability to breed, and the Circlean bloodline will end. We will unite the Crystalan bloodlines and be whole again!"

Cmd-Elrig : " Why are these Chest Crystals of the first Eldons so important?"

DCmd-Isan : " Amun Lesedi! First of the Fallen"

Aurora : " Amun Lesedi was the first Crystalan to choose Negative Psionic Energy. The original 9 Vangleads who left Crystalorb grafted fragments of Amun's head and his Guardian Armour's helmet onto their Vanglead Armours giving them access to some of the unique abilities of Guardian Armour."

Naole : " But it was not until one of the First 9 died that the Circlean stumbled upon a potential source of infinite Negative Psionic Energy"

Aurora : " When one of the First 9 died his Chest Crystal absorbed his body and his modified Vanglead Armour. Somehow they figured out that this particular Chest Crystal could drain the Life Force of Normal Humans, Lodians and Hodians and produce a potent form of Negative Psionic Energy."

Ralen : " Circleans began to do the unthinkable! They captured people and used them as a source of Negative Psionic Energy, but when they tried to use the potent form of Negative Psionic Energy to convert Crystalans into Circleans it alerted Crystalorb to their activities, and that started the Circlean Wars."

Cmd-Elrig : " Why was this particular Chest Crystal different?"

Naole : " The First 9 came from a generation before mine! A generation when the Chest Crystal was still relatively unstable, and the Crystalan dependence on the Energy of the Spirit Stone was not as severe. However subsequent generations of Circleans showed a dependence on the potent Negative Psionic Energy produced by the Chest Crystals of the First 9 Eldons."

DCmd-Isan : " All we know is that only the Chest Crystals of the First 9 Eldons have the ability to produce the potent form of Negative Psionic Energy. The Chest Crystals of the First 9 Eldons are said to have no active voice, and thus gives the Circleans power without the active control and safeguards such as the ones implemented by the Spirit Stone."

Aurora : " The Spirit Stone actively maintains our good mood, and we like it that way! The Spirit Stone can overrule the Crystalorb Leadership on any matter, and that provides a safeguard against abuse of power."

Cmd-Elrig: " Will you need the Council of Elders to approve the construction of the Phaylon Reactor?"

DCmd-Isan : " I'm going to go with a Big No on that! The Council of Elders is not likely to support this measure, so the thing to do in this instance is not ask, and then deal with the consequences after the fact."

Naole : " You know they’re going to have our heads for this!"

Aurora : " As the senior Guardians Naole, Isan and I will be blamed for permanently polluting the Crystalan psyche!"

Cmd-Elrig : " What will you need from the Entig Republic?"

Naole : " Just the 15 Entig Republic StarCruisers already here! We will need them to take planet Circlecs, but we will need to sacrifice 10 Entig Republic StarCruisers to generate the wormhole and open an Inter-Dimensional Pocket into the 11th Dimension."

Cmd-Elrig : " You want to destroy 10 Entig Republic StarCruisers?"

Naole : " When Crystalorb returns we will repay the Entig Republic with 100 Esara Class SkyCruisers for all your help."

Cmd-Elrig : " Can you honour that?"

DCmd-Isan : " Yes; Crystalorb will honour that promise!"

Cmd-Elrig: " Then you will have full Entig Republic support. We are ready to do what's required."

DCmd-Isan : " Then it is decided! Cobalt and 15 Entig Republic StarCruisers will travel to Circlecs, but first I must perform the marriage ceremony"

Aurora : " We would be honoured!"

Naole : " Deeply honoured!"

DCmd-Isan : " Can you attend Commander Elrig?"

Cmd-Elrig : " I can, and I will."

DCmd-Isan : " Good! Cobalt; make the necessary preparations, and run a full weapons system check."

Cobalt : " On your Command!"

The video conference with Commander Elrig ends.

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At the marriage ceremony the Spirit Stone fused a fragment of Naole's Chest Crystal with a fragment of Aurora's Chest Crystal, and then absorbed the combined fragments of Naole and Aurora's Chest Crystals. The fusing of the fragments of Chest Crystals symbolized that two becoming one, and absorbing the combined fragments symbolized that their union is permanent; their combined energies everlasting.

After the ceremony there were celebrations all over Cobalt. Naole and Aurora spent the night with each other for the first time at Aurora's residence onboard Cobalt. Since Cobalt is a large ship residences are large and spacious, and even with 100000 Crystalans onboard there was still plenty of room. Cobalt is essentially a flying City; in fact Cobalt is larger than most Cities; powered by one of the most advanced energy systems in the Galaxy.

Crystalans call their copulation The Joining, and that's because they not only join just their bodies, but also their souls. The Joining in its truest form can only happen between; two Crystalans who love each other, and these two Crystalan individuals must have complete trust in each other, but most importantly their Chest Crystal energies must be compatible. Thus during The Joining the two people essentially become one being that uses both their bodies to pleasure itself.

Naole and Aurora bonded instantly because their energies are compatible, and that opened the door to the rapid development of true affection; an enduring Love. For Crystalans to Love is to treasure. Crystalan Love is different, like an addiction, and the longer one is with a person the stronger the bond becomes. The bond is extremely powerful, and another person just doesn't fit. When Crystalans fall in love their Crystals make a connection, and the closer they get the more they bond emotionally.

Every time they touch they exchange energy, and over time the Crystals in one body begin to crave the specific energy of the other just like an addiction. Every Crystalan has a unique and specific energy signature that no other Crystalan can produce, and when Crystalans are bonded they become extremely addicted to each other's energy. It's like a drug that only the one you love can give you; therefore falling in love with someone else is not only improbable it's impossible

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The next morning Four 0.5m diameter spherical fragments of the Spirit Stone were released from the 2.5m diameter spherical fragment of the Spirit Stone at Naole's request. The first 0.5m diameter spherical fragment of the Spirit Stone 〘Named Fragment P〙 absorbed Phulec's Chest Crystal. With Naole's help the second 0.5m diameter spherical fragment of the Spirit Stone 〘Named Fragment R〙 fused with Naole's 1.12km diameter Reserve Energy Sphere on Nilrig.

The Spirit Stone transformed Naole's 1.12km diameter Reserve Energy Sphere into a 300m diameter replica of itself by changing the structure of the Crystal of the Reserve Energy Sphere into the denser form of the Spirit Stone. During the process the Spirit Stone absorbed 7000 tons of water from Nilrig’s ocean, and Nuclear Fusion used some the energy to power the transformation. Thus for the first time it was publicly revealed to the Entig that the Spirit Stone is also a Fusion Reactor.

The Third 0.5m diameter spherical fragment of the Spirit Stone 〘Named Fragment N〙 was left on Nilrig with 5000 Crystalans as insurance, and the Fourth 0.5m diameter spherical fragment of the Spirit Stone 〘Named Fragment V for Vortex Fragment〙 was to be used during the opening of the Inter-Dimensional Pocket into the 11th Dimension. Fragment V would be the first to enter the Inter-Dimensional Pocket into the 11th Dimension.

Most of the energy generated by the Spirit Stone's Fusion Reaction was stored for future use. The thousands of Entig who had gathered to witness the process on Nilrig got their first glimpse of the legendary power-source of their societal partners the Crystalans. Later that day the Entig Collective Leadership declared system ER621 and the 3 Surrounding Stellar Systems to be sovereign territory belonging to the Crystalorb Commonwealth.

The Entig Republic renamed system ER621; the Crystalorb System. The Entig Republic understood that Crystalans did not have an expansionist Ideology like most other Civilisations, and as such could not be expected to form colonies on different systems. Crystalans had never understood the need for Civilisations to colonize and occupy many different planets, but they did understand the need for Civilisations to have secure access to minerals.

Crystalans preferred to pay mining royalties to the Civilisations occupying the systems with rare minerals, and the more common minerals were usually harvested from unclaimed systems. However since the establishment of the Crystalorb Commonwealth the Crystalorb Leadership had made Crystalorb's access to mineral reserves a part of any trade agreement with any Civilisation, and because Crystalorb Technology is extremely sought after by many Interstellar Governments they were forced to accept the terms of the Crystalorb Commonwealth.

Many Interstellar Governments accused the Crystalorb Commonwealth of forcing them into an unfair agreement, and so to solve the disputes the Crystalorb Leadership decided to negotiate with all the Civilisations occupying the systems with rare minerals Collectively; resulting in a negotiated Interstellar Trade Markets related standard royalty fee rate. This eased the tensions between Interstellar Governments and the Crystalorb Commonwealth.

The defeat of the Crystalorb Commonwealth left many Interstellar Trading Civilisations in economic decline, and the Crystalorb Leadership knew that they would have to work hard to rebuild Crystalorb's Interstellar Trading Network. The Crystalorb Commonwealth would have to convince its trading partners that it was able to guarantee supplies, and there would need to be some new security arrangements.

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The CCS Cobalt A2211CL was ready to depart, and with all the fragments of the Spirit Stone onboard all the elements were in place. The 15 Entig Republic StarCruisers and 2 Entig Republic Scouting Ships were also ready to depart for planet Circlecs. The two 1.6km long Juvenile Indigo Class Crystalan Ships are called onboard Cobalt before departure, and even though the Juveniles are Hyperspace capable they are still considered children; needing protection.

Cobalt has 6 docks that can each accommodate a 3km long Juvenile Crystalan Ship. The flagships; Intrepid, A'ltana and Crimson have 6 docks that can each accommodate a 1.8km long Juvenile Crystalan Ship. Cobalt has larger docks because of his uniquely larger size.

Characteristics:

Intrepid/Indigo Class Ships:

1〙 28.5km in length. 2〙 4.6km maximum height 3〙 5km maximum width. 4〙 A Missile Tube/Launcher for Crystalium712 Nuclear Missiles. 6 primary Energy Crystals, and 14 secondary Energy Crystals; all the Energy Crystals create the Enhanced Weapon Systems. 5〙 A 3 layer 400m thick Refractive-Reflective Skin/Hull; the first 2 layers were 120m thick, and the third 160m thick.

Intrepid/Indigo Class Flagship:

1〙 42.75km in length. 2〙 6.9km maximum height. 3〙 7.5km maximum width, 4〙 A Missile Tube/Launcher for Crystalium712 Nuclear Missiles. 6 primary Energy Crystals, and 14 secondary Energy Crystals; all the Energy Crystals create the Enhanced Weapon Systems. 5〙 A 3 layer 600m thick Refractive-Reflective Skin/Hull; the first 2 layers were 180m thick, and the third 240m thick.

The Indigo Class Crystalan Ship Cobalt:

1〙 58km in length, 2〙 8.5km maximum height. 3〙 9.8km maximum width. 4〙 A Missile Tube/Launcher for Crystalium712 Nuclear Missiles. 6 primary Energy Crystals, and 14 secondary Energy Crystals; all the Energy Crystals create the Enhanced Weapon Systems. 5〙 A 3 layer 950m thick Refractive-Reflective Skin/Hull; the first 2 layers were 270m thick, and the third 410m thick.

Crystalium:

Crystalium712 Nuclear Missiles carry a Crystalium712 Nuclear Fission-Fusion Device, with a yield of 500 Megatons of TNT. Crystalium712 is also called Unstable Crystalium as a way to distinguish it from Crystalium317 and Crystalium814 which is used to store Energy. Crystalium712 was specifically designed to be used for Nuclear Fission Device. Crystalium317 is a synthetic heavy element the Crystalans produced in the late 20th centaury by an enrichment process that involves amongst other things Nuclear Fusion and particle acceleration.

Crystalium814 was first produced in 2405, but because of the energy required to produce it Crystalans declared Crystalium814 unfeasible. Crystalium814 can store 487 times more energy than Crystalium317, and it was meant to replace Crystalium317, but the energy costs of the production of Crystalium814 led to limited production. The 5 Human Federations are able to produce Crystanium307; produced by applying the same Crystalan processes to Hodian Crystals and Lodian Crystals

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Cobalt receives a Communications Channel from Commander Elrig 〘The designated BattleGroup Commander〙.

Cmd-Elrig : " Are you ready?"

DCmd-Isan : " Good to go Commander!"

Cmd-Elrig : " Jump to Hyperspace; Follow my lead."

DCmd-Isan : " Will do sir!"

Communications Channel with Commander Elrig is suspended.

DCmd-Isan : " Cobalt; Activate!"

Cobalt : " Locking in coordinates! Activating Stealth! Fusion Reactors at 100%! Status to Blue-Con Two! Shields at Max! Weapons ready! Activating Jump Drive!" a second later "Moving into Hyperspace!"

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After three weeks of travel the Elrig BattleGroup arrived within striking range of Circlecs. The BattleGroup prepares to face the Circleans.

Cobalt receives a Communications Channel from Commander Elrig.

Cmd-Elrig : " Assuming combat formation!"

DCmd-Isan : " Then Cobalt will now assume command!"

Cobalt : " Cobalt in command! Adjusting to Red-Con One!"

Cmd-Elrig: " Analysis indicates that there are 2 million Circleans on Circlecs, and they keep 50-60 million Hybrids as their energy slaves. The Circleans keep the Hybrids artificially alive, but the Hybrids are brain dead. There is possible Hakum activity some 460 LightYears from Circlecs; we think that they may be providing protection for Circlecs. We count 15 Grey Crystal BattleSpheres, 23 Grey Crystal Valiant Class Corvette replicas, and another 25 smaller vessels. Any suggestions?"

Cobalt : " We must attack when it's night time on the surface’s Main City, and with most Circleans sleeping it will increase their response time. How many Hakum ships are we talking about?"

Cmd-Elrig: " Looks like it’s the Migon Escort Hakum Division! The primary function of the Migon Escort Division is to escort Migon BattleSpheres into battle. The presence of the Migon Escort Hakum Division may mean that there are Migon BattleSpheres. We estimate that there's; 6 Hakum Sky Super-Spears and 6 Hakum Sky Spears, indicating that there's at least 3 Migon BattleSpheres."

Cobalt : " We're going to have to be quick"

Cmd-Elrig : " Yes! We don't want to fight the Circleans and their allies at the same time."

Cobalt : " Can you handle the Circleans on your own?"

Cmd-Elrig : " Yes!"

Cobalt : " That will free me to make the direct assault on Circlecs!"

Cmd-Elrig : " How much time do you need?"

Cobalt : " Naole?"

Naole : " Two hours, three at the most."

Cmd-Elrig : " That makes a fight with the Migon and the Hakum unavoidable!"

Cobalt : " Once I make my assault on Circlecs, and their primary defences are down, I will deploy the assault force and Fragment P on the surface to mop up, and then I will join you in space. Together we can take the Migon and the Hakum. They can not stop us!"

Cmd-Elrig: " The Circleans have left themselves vulnerable; there is only one city and 4 small surrounding towns on Circlecs. This makes it relatively easy to hit them hard in an instant."

Cobalt : " Yes! It will be over before they have time to react"

Cmd-Elrig : " All right then; Mobilize!"

Cobalt : " Here we go!"

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Before the moment of truth, Before the final hour, Before the Crystalans do the unthinkable. Naole takes the time to rally the troops. All the available Guardians and all the Vangleads available had been selected to be part of the assault force, but the Vanguards have been excluded. The assault force consisted of a total of 30 Guardian Armoured Crystalans and 60000 Vanglead Armoured Crystalans.

Naole : " Fear is expected, and Normal! But I see in your eyes, that despair that quakes the very heart of me! Despair is not the Crystalan way, our way is Faith. You come from a generation of Crystalans that live in peace, so you've never known true fear, but now you find yourselves confronted with Evil, and you don't know how to deal with that fear. Let me remind you why we fight!" holographic images of the Circlean Wars appear “The Circleans believe that the Spirit Stone has stolen Crystalan Freedom, and they tried to destroy the Crystal Source. At some point they started to believe that Circleans are superior to all other forms of humans, but unlike the Hodians who share this view, the Circleans tried to exterminate the Normal Humans. Over 350 million people were killed in the series of battles that were later known as the Circlean Wars. We fought their mad aggression, and many of us sacrificed their lives to protect Humanity from this new Evil, but when it came to it we could not exterminate them. Choosing instead to make peace!" pause “Regardless of everything they’d done they were still Crystalan!” pause “At the end of the Circlean Wars we agreed to the peace treaty with the Circleans on condition that they accept that; Freedom is the right of all Sentient-Sapient beings. They've violated the Treaty! Broken their promise! Conspired to cause the deaths of 1.16 Billion Crystalans! We can no longer tolerate their Evil, and we will act to extinguish their Evil Forever! Do not Despair! The Crystal Source is with you! Those who've crossed over are with you! The power of the Spirit Stone will not fail you! Your Guardians will not fail you!" the entire assault force erupts in cheer and applause "I will not fail you!" they cheer "Blue Heart!"

A Blue aura appears around Naole.

Aurora : " Green Heart!"

A Green aura appears around Aurora

Ralen : " Green Heart!"

A Green aura appears around Ralen

Omnala: " Green Heart!"

A Green aura appears around Omnala

Elnami : " Green Heart!"

A Green aura appears around Elnami

Nosara : " Red Heart!"

A Red aura appears around Nosara

Mahila : " Red Heart!"

A Red aura appears around Mahila

Kanu : " Gold Heart!"

A Golden aura appears around Kanu

DCmd-Isan : " Clear Heart!"

An aura appears around Isan

When all the Guardians performed the Heart technique an aura appeared around Fragment R of the Spirit Stone, then the Spirit Stone produces a life force energy pulse that reverberates throughout Cobalt, and a surreal confidence comes over all Crystalans. Doubt vanished from the minds of the assault force Vangleads, and a powerful determination now empowered them.

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On Circlecs most Circleans were deep in sleep, and in the space around Circlecs Circlean defensive forces continued their security patrols. Circleans had little to fear, they were the hunters, and not the hunted, but that was about to change. Circleans had a network of Wormhole Detectors forming a radius of 250 LightYears around Circlecs. The first warning of an attack on Circlecs came from Wormhole Detectors just 70 LightYears from Circlecs.

The Elrig BattleGroup was right upon Circlecs just 7 seconds after the Circlean Wormhole Detectors picked them up 70 LightYears from Circlecs. From the moment the Elrig BattleGroup emerged from Hyperspace they opened fire on Circlean Ships. The Circle notified their friends; the Migon and the Hakum. Cobalt concentrated his fire on the Circlean City; attacking with Electrolaser Lightning Bolts and Electrolaser Lightning Plasma Energy Ball attacks.

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Onboard the CCS Cobalt A2211CL the assault force is preparing to leave. Deputy Guardian Commander Isan is on the Command Bridge, and he will not be part of the assault force; his role is to assist cobalt. Sustained fire by Cobalt reduces the Circlean City to rubble.

Cobalt : " Circlecs defences offline! Estimated Circlean military casualties 80%!"

Naole : " Target the four small surrounding towns with Crystalium712 Nuclear Missiles!"

Cobalt : " Authentication?"

Naole : " Guardian Activation! Authentication; Naole 626536536 Blue!"

Cobalt : " Voice Authentication confirmed! Chest Crystal Authenticated!" pause "Command Authentication?"

DCmd-Isan : " Command Authentication; Isan 4726537334 Clear!"

Cobalt : " Voice Authentication confirmed! Chest Crystal Authenticated!" Cobalt begins preparation and confirms targets "Arming Nuclear Missiles! Crystalium712 Nuclear Missiles deployed!"

Naole : " Status?"

Cobalt : " Impact in 3, 2, 1!" after a moment "Maximum yield Nuclear detonation!"

Naole : " Deploying the assault force!"

Cobalt : " Deploying the 2 Juveniles!"

Aurora : " Full deployment protocol!"

Cobalt : " Full deployment protocol Active! Good luck!"

The 2 Juveniles, the assault force and Fragment P leaves Cobalt for the Circlean City, and Cobalt joins the battle in the space around Circlecs.

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In space the Elrig BattleGroup made short work of the Circlean Ships, and that was because the Grey Crystal BattleSphere is a relatively recent development that has not been tested against BattleCruisers and StarCruisers. The Grey Crystal BattleSpheres were simply outclassed by the Entig Republic StarCruisers. The Circle was still working to integrate Migon Technology with their Grey Crystal Technology, and unlike Crystalorb which has the Spirit Stone to solve the Technological integration problem the Circle had to rely on the technical capabilities of the Circleans.

The Entig Republic StarCruisers were developed from Jiquam Federation StarCruisers and Folong Imperial StarCruisers. The Entig Republic StarCruisers are the main warships of the Entig Republic, but they have since built Elrona Class SkyCruisers; A development based on the design of the Esara Class SkyCruiser. However because of the cost associated with the Elrona Class SkyCruisers only 250 were built.

The Entig Collective Leadership decided to maintain the Entig Republic StarCruiser as their main warship, and the Elrona Class SkyCruisers would only be brought in when a big gun was required. From the ease with which the Entig Republic StarCruisers demolished the Grey Crystal BattleSpheres it was clear that the Entig Collective Leadership's faith in the Entig Republic StarCruisers was not misplaced.

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Cobalt joins the battle in space.

DCmd-Isan : " Looks like they have everything under control!"

Cobalt : " Yeah!" Cobalt establishes Communications with the Elrig BattleGroup "Where do you want us Commander?"

Cmd-Elrig: " The Migon and the Hakum should arrive in 500 seconds! Remove the Grey Crystal Valiant Class Corvettes while we finish off the Grey Crystal BattleSpheres"

Cobalt : " Will do Commander!" manoeuvring for optimal aim "Attack pattern Esara 021 Gamma! Single point Strike! Convergence! Thunder Force Strikes! Maximum power!"

DCmd-Isan : " Firing!"

Thunder Force Strikes light up the darkness as they make contact with Grey Crystal Valiant Class Corvettes, followed by multiple explosions as the Grey Crystal Valiant Class Corvettes brake apart.

Cmd-Elrig: " Good work! Now return to Circlecs, we will draw away the Migon and the Hakum; give you as much time as possible"

Cobalt : " You'll be outnumbered?"

Cmd-Elrig : " Your mission has priority!"

Cobalt : " Understood!" Cobalt establishes Communications with Naole "Have you located the Chest Crystals of the first Eldons?"

Naole : " Negative! They are putting up quite a fight!"

Cobalt : " Don't be impressed, just get the job done!"

Naole : " We're moving as fast as we can Cobalt!"

Cobalt : " The Migon and the Hakum should arrive in less than 400 seconds, so get to it!"

Naole : " All right!" Naole establishes Communications with Aurora "This isn't going fast enough! Pull everyone out! I have a plan that can speed things up!"

Aurora : " Are you sure?"

Naole : " Yes!"

Aurora establishes Communications with the entire assault force.

Aurora : " This is Aurora! To everyone; Pull out! Disengage and make a tactical withdrawal to Cobalt!"

The entire assault force begins a tactical withdrawal, and as they withdraw from the fight the Circleans attempt to regroup.

Cobalt : " So what's the plan?"

Naole : " I will remain here with Fragment P! Aurora will assist me, and the 2 Juvenile Crystalan Ships will provide protection!"

Cobalt : " What are you planning?"

Naole : " It occurred to me that locating the Chest Crystals of the first Eldons would take hours, but there is another way for us to merge the Chest Crystals of the first Eldons to an Isolated Fragment P!"

Cobalt : " How?"

Naole : " Fragment P can simply absorb the entire Circlean City!"

Aurora : " Of Course! With most of the Circlean resistance depleted they no longer pose a significant danger to Fragment P"

Cobalt : " Then get to it! The Migon and the Hakum will be upon us shortly."

Aurora : " Let's do it!"

Naole and Aurora touch Fragment P and begin to summon the power of the Spirit Stone. The 2 Juvenile Crystalan Ships move away from Fragment P.

Naole : " With the Crystal fragment on my Chest I unlock the seal!" Fragment P begins to react "Mighty Spirits hear my call!"

Aurora : " With the Crystal fragment on my Chest I unlock the seal! Great Spirits hear my call!"

Naole : " I call upon the power of Guardians past!"

Aurora : " I call upon the power of Elders past!"

Naole : " I call upon the power of the Crystal Source! Heart of Crystalorb! Heart of the people! I call upon your sacred power!"

Aurora : " I call upon your divine power!"

Naole : " Heart of Crystalorb; I hear you!"

The aura around Fragment P begins to expand; Naole and Aurora follow the 2 Juvenile Crystalan Ships back to Cobalt. Fragment P then summons the power of the Spirit Stone and uses it to rip apart entire buildings. The entire Circlean City is being absorbed, and the Spirit Stone stops the Circleans trying to escape; absorbing them alive.

Cobalt establishes Communications with the Elrig BattleGroup.

Cobalt : " I've recovered Naole, Aurora and the 2 Juvenile Crystalan Ships! Form up around me; The Migon and the Hakum are about to come through!"

Cmd-Elrig : " Assuming battle formation!"

The Elrig BattleGroup arranges spherically around Cobalt, and as they complete their formation Wormholes open and; 6 Hakum Sky Super-Spears, 6 Hakum Sky Spears, 8 Hakum Sky Swords, 8 Sky Daggers and 3 Migon BattleSpheres emerge from the Wormholes.

Cobalt : " Here we go!"

Cmd-Elrig : " All ships Fire at will!"

The Elrig BattleGroup opens fire with Multidirectional Particle Beams and Advanced Fusion Beam Cannons. The Migon allied ships also open fire with Multidirectional Particle Beams and Advanced Fusion Beam Cannons.

Naole : " Attack pattern Nalen 015 Gamma Ready!"

Cobalt : " Fire!"

Naole : " Firing!"

Cobalt drains 30% of his active Energy reserves increasing the energy output to astronomical proportions, and this allows the Cobalt to simultaneously attack 8 Hakum Sky Swords and 8 Sky Daggers. Electrolaser Particle Beams produced by the Cobalt cause critical damage to all the 8 Sky Daggers and minor damage to the 8 Hakum Sky Swords.

Six Entig Republic StarCruisers take on the 3 Migon BattleSpheres, and the exchange of fire is explosive. Naole receives a message from the Spirit Stone.

Naole : " The Spirit Stone says that Fragment P has absorbed the entire Circlean City, and that all 9 Chest Crystals of the first Eldons have been absorbed."

Cobalt : " Fantastic!" Cobalt establishes Communications with the Elrig BattleGroup "Absorption Complete Commander! Withdraw into Hyperspace, we will provide cover."

Cmd-Elrig : " Will do!"

As the Elrig BattleGroup opens Wormholes into Hyperspace the 2.5km diameter Fragment P emerges from Circlecs and positions itself behind Cobalt. The Entig Republic StarCruisers move into Hyperspace while Cobalt provides cover fire.

Aurora : " The Entig Republic StarCruisers are in!"

Cobalt : " Thunder Force Strikes! Maximum power! Full Dispersion Pattern!"

DCmd-Isan : " Activating Attack pattern Esara 021 Gamma!"

Cobalt drains 60% of his active Energy reserves increasing the energy output to astronomical proportions, allowing the Cobalt to simultaneously attack 4 Hakum Sky Super-Spears, 4 Hakum Sky Spears, 3 Hakum Sky Swords, 2 Sky Daggers and 3 Migon BattleSpheres. Thunder Force Strikes once again light up the darkness of space as they make contact with Hakum and Migon ships.

The Thunder Force Strikes produced by Cobalt destroy 3 Hakum Sky Swords and 2 Sky Daggers, and cause critical damage to 4 Hakum Sky Spears, but only cause minor damage to the 4 Hakum Sky Super-Spears and 3 Migon BattleSpheres.

Naole : " Firing 6 Crystalium712 Nuclear Missiles! Guardian Activation! Authentication; Naole 626536536 Blue!"

DCmd-Isan : " Command Authentication; Isan 4726537334 Clear!"

Cobalt : " Guardian and Command Authentication confirmed! Chest Crystals Authenticated!" Cobalt acquires and confirms targets "Arming Nuclear Missiles! Crystalium712 Nuclear Missiles deployed!" Cobalt opens a Wormhole into Hyperspace behind him "Reversing into Hyperspace"

Fragment P moves into Hyperspace first, and Cobalt then Reverses into the Wormhole while continuing to open fire with Electrolaser Particle Beams. The Hakum and Migon Ships brake off pursuit of Cobalt as he moves into the Wormhole, and with Cobalt gone the Hakum and Migon Ships target and destroy 5 of the 6 Crystalium712 Nuclear Missiles, but the 6th Crystalium712 Nuclear Missile detonates with Maximum Nuclear yield.

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