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【Vision of an Alternate Future】

Arc 2: Return of the Crystal Guardians

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【VAF】Chapter║: 51 ─ True Crystalan

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15 Velrovian Stand in front of the High Throne and a Crystal Armoured Naole Charges His Crystal Lance and Raises it into the air.

Naole : “ Having taken the oath!” Electrical Energy emerges from Naole’s Crystal Lance and illuminates the Great Hall “I Naole Olen; High King of the Velrovian Enclave!” Electrical Arcs connect with 15 Armour Spheres “Proclaim you Guardian Knights!”

The 15 Armour Spheres open and auto-assemble themselves on the 15 Velrovians. Civet is amongst those selected by the Velrovian Council to wear the Crystalan Made Guardian Knight Armour.

Velrovian Guardian Knights are a Velrovian Council Creation based on Crystalorb’s Crystal Guardian, but they’re called Knights because in ancient time Velrovian Generals were always Knights. Because the Velrovians and made Naole their High king Crystalorb had no problems giving the Velrovian Guardian Knights the most advanced Crystal Armour; equal in capabilities to Ilesian Guardian Armour.

Then the Armoured Guardian Knights move out of the way as Celto approaches the High Throne to the Cheers and Applause of all Velrovians.

Naole : “ Celto; I have observed your tenacity as a Crystalan warrior these past ten years, and you’ve carried yourself with honour in the most trying times! Seltha would be proud; as I am! But of course you’re my flesh and blood too!” He takes a moment “Do you Vow to serve the Velrovian People?”

Celto : " I swear!"

Naole : “ Do you Vow to always put the best interests of the Velrovian People first?”

Celto : " I swear!"

Naole : “ Do you Vow to cast aside selfish ambition and devote yourself to the best interests of the Velrovian People?”

Celto : " I swear!"

Naole : “ Then on this day; I Naole Olen; High King of the Velrovian Enclave Proclaim you Crown Prince of the Velrovian Enclave!”

The Velrovian audience erupts in Cheer and Applause. A moment Later Speaker Dirang Lesedi is invited to Address the Gathering.

Dirang : “ Greetings from Crystalorb! The Velrovian Enclave and the Crystalorb Commonwealth have concluded a number of Strategic agreements designed to entrench the friendship between our peoples. We are more than friends, we are Family! At the Heart of Crystalan Strength is Crystal DNA inherited from Velrovians. This common heritage binds the Velrovian Enclave and the Crystalorb Commonwealth together Forever! The doors of Crystalorb will always be open to Velrovians. However there are restrictions concerning Crystalorb’s Knowledge; you see the Power of the Spirit Stone is its Knowledge, and that Crystalan knowledge must always be protected. It is for this reason that we therefore cannot share all our Knowledge with our Friends. The Spirit Stone grants only Crystalans access to its Knowledge and its Power. Even though Crystalorb Has agreed to Share Naole and Celto with Velrovians there will always be limits on how much of themselves they may share with Velrovians. That being said Velrovians have been granted the kind of access to Crystalorb that had been previously reserved for the O’ltana and the Entig. To help you get started on your path to rebuilding your magnificent Civilization the Crystalorb Commonwealth brings you gifts; 40000 Tons of Crystalium814 and 40000 Tons of Crystalium947! The Crystalium947 Catalyst will allow you to produce a type of steel 400 times more durable than Varodium Steel. Crystalium947 absorbs Energy and then produces radiation that has Energy Dampening properties. Crystalium947 is designed to produce Spatial Energy Fields that make its Alloys difficult to destroy with weaponry. It is for these reasons that Crystalium814 and Crystalium947 will become Crystalorb’s primary commodities; traded across the stars. These two elements in combination will grant every Civilizations the ability to build Armour nearly as Durable as Crystalorb’s Black Crystals. The combination of Crystalium814 and Crystalium947 will change the Galaxy forever; A new age is coming to the Galaxy!”

Following Dirang’s address Naole, Aurora, Civet, Holnari, Elrig and their primary support personnel departed onboard Cobalt for Planet EnthilB; Home of the Crystalans created by the Andronians.

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EnthilB becomes visible as Cobalt emerges from Hyperspace.

Holnari : “ EnthilB!”

Naole : “ I can feel them!”

Dirang : “ As can I; trepidation but great excitement too!”

Aurora : “ They know we are coming!”

Holnari : “ You Crystalans are almost as perceptive as Andronians.”

Naole : “ They are Different that’s for sure; but their Hearts are Crystalan.”

Dirang : “ Different could be good; just the thing we need.”

Holnari : “ Let’s go meet them then!”

Dirang : “ Let’s do it!”

Naole : “ Cobalt; take us in!”

Cobalt : “ On your Command!”

The Crystalan Ship Cobalt heads for the EnthilB Capital; Enthral. There they are met by the 9 members of the EnthilB Governing Council; Led by Eldon Disato.

Holnari : “ Greetings Friends!”

Disato : “ Greetings to you General; great emissary of the Andronian Federation!”

Holnari : “ Eldon; May I present Knora Naole Olen, Guardian Aurora Olen, Guardian Cobalt and Speaker Dirang Lesedi. These are the Emissaries of Crystalorb; these are your People Lordship!”

Disato : “ I Dreamed a Dream, and now that Dream is Real! Welcome to EnthilB!”

Moved to tears Eldon Disato proceeds to introduce the EnthilB Governing Council to the Emissaries of Crystalorb, and once the introductions are made Eldon Disato presents the representatives of Crystalorb to the Expectant Nation. Dirang then meets privately with the EnthilB Governing Council and delivers Crystalorb’s decree.

Civet : " How are they taking it?"

Naole : “ They’re Politicians.”

Holnari : “ Not well I take it?”

Aurora : “ Crystalans don’t like to be told what to do; not even by Crystalorb. We like to be part of the decision making process.”

Lt-Juvil : " But isn’t Crystalorb the sum of all Crystalans?"

Holnari : “ Their Collective isn’t as well developed as ours. There is still a great deal of individualism amongst them; they’re so advanced that sometimes we forget that they are very young.”

Lt-Juvil : “ The Migon have the same model, and it’s one of the reasons they’re so Warlike.”

Holnari : “ One major difference there; Crystalans are not Expansionist. They have no need for Territory and Authority, and that makes them vastly different; they’re more isolationist than Imperial.”

Lt-Juvil : “ The Circleans could have eventually become a far greater threat than the Migon given enough time, and I’ve seen the startling Power of Ascended Crystalans; so given that they’ve now absorbed the Circleans are they not vulnerable to becoming the very thing they sought to vanquish?”

Naole : “ You have a right to be concerned, and you should be. As are we.”

Aurora : “ We know that Crystalans and Circleans are two sides of the same coin; so we constantly guard against the more destructive tendencies of our Crystalan Nature.”

Holnari : “ I would be very concerned if Crystalans weren’t aware of their more destructive tendencies, but the fact that they have a healthy outlet for their more negative inclinations gives me confidence in their ability to control the aspect of their nature that would give me pause. The Crystal that Powers Crystalans was designed as a weapon, but in Crystalans it has become the greatest hope for Peace; their Human half gave it a purpose the Creators of the Crystal never imagined. They, more than any other Species I’ve come across understand that the Power to Destroy is also the Power to Create.”

Lt-Juvil : “ I hope your assessment is correct sir. Their Spirit Stone is a Terrifying and Monstrous Power; Capable of not only destroying entire planets but whole Solar Systems; essentially consuming them. The only Godlike Being I’ve ever witnessed!”

Civet : " Godlike? Is it really that Powerful?"

Lt-Juvil : “ It’s a Power beyond Comprehension; It has no Theoretical Upper Limit.”

Civet : " Are you saying that it’s an Eternal?"

Lt-Juvil : “ Now with access to an inexhaustible Energy source; They may have given birth to an Eternal!”

Holnari : “ The Crystalan Achievement should be celebrated; not Feared. Their success has opened the door for all Species to make similar Achievements.”

Naole : “ I doubt if other Races can build their own version of the Spirit Stone, but I do know that the Power of the Spirit Stone is governed by its will; thus Crystalans cannot use its power in a manner that violates its set precepts. I can understand Juvil’s concerns, however it was exactly the very type of concerns about the extent of the Spirit Stone’s Power that fuelled Circlean machinations against the Spirit Stone; they too feared the Spirit Stone’s power, and one of their ultimate objective was to destroy it. Thankfully they failed! The Spirit Stone is a part of us; a physical manifestation of our Crystalan Spirit! It is an inspirational symbol of Crystalan Unity; completely Transcendent!”

Aurora : “ Sublime!”

Lt-Juvil : “ The structure of this Crystalium947 looks a lot like the Migon element Nipaklium!”

Holnari : “ It does!”

Aurora : “ We’ve gained a great deal of rare and unobtainable resources from ships that crashed on Crystalorb; including the element with atomic number 966; what the Migons call Nipaklium!”

Holnari : “ Nipaklium is at the heart of that technology! It is similar to the Andronian element with atomic number 974 known as Andronium and its Carmak derivative the element with atomic number 973 or the Folong-Jiquam derivative the element with atomic number 971; in much the same way Crystalium 814 is similar to the O’ltana’s element with atomic number 886 known as O’conlite886. They are all heavy synthetic elements produced by advanced Civilizations!”

Naole : “ True; O’conlite886 is the basis for Crystalium814, and Nipaklium is the basis for Crystalium947!”

Aurora : “ We used the rare materials gained from Migon ships to build 20000 of the most advanced reactors available, and that means we could produce a hundred times more Crystalium814 and Crystalium947 than would otherwise be possible; we have Migons to thank for providing the otherwise unobtainable resources!”

Lt-Juvil : “ That would put your energy generation on par with the O’con and quite possibly the Folong and the Jiquam?”

Naole : “ Despite having advanced Elements and metals our reactors aren’t quite as good as those of the O’con, the Folong and the Jiquam; however we are within 20% of their maximum!”

Lt-Juvil : “ Wouldn’t putting Crystalium814 and Crystalium947 on the open market create a strategic disadvantage?”

Holnari : “ If I know Crystalans; they probably have a method to minimise the risks.”

Naole : “ We found a way to fuse Crystalium814 and Crystalium947 in order to produce Crystalium1417. Now Crystalium1417 is prohibitively expansive to produce economically, but Crystalium1417 has the properties of both the Crystalium814 and Crystalium947, and as if it’s not enough Crystalium1417 is 14 times more efficient than Crystalium814 and Crystalium947. One gram of Crystalium1417 is worth 100g of Crystalium947 and 150g of Crystalium814. Crystalan Armour contains Crystalium317, Crystalium814, Crystalium947 and Crystalium1417 in the most optimised proportions for maximum efficiency!”

Holnari : “ If Crystalium1417 requires a hundred times more energy to produce compared to Crystalium947 then why produce it?”

Lt-Juvil : “ Is the efficiency worth the cost?”

Naole : “ The effectiveness of our strategies is measured in Crystalan lives. Anything that increases the safety of Crystalans must be pursued; no matter the cost.”

Holnari : “ That is undoubtedly a Crystalan way of looking at things.”

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A few Hours latter Dirang emerges from the meetings Emotionally Drained. Long discussions with the EnthilB Governing Council had been fruitless; largely due the near complete intransigence of the EnthilB Governing Council.

The Governing Council did not want to leave EnthilB; instead the want EnthilB to be a Crystalorb Colony with the Governing Council remaining in charge.

Naole : “ Not good I take it?”

Dirang : “ They are Immovable! You’d think they’d welcome the opportunity to rejoin Crystalorb, but no; they want to be a Crystalorb Colony.”

Aurora : “ But Crystalorb is a Unitary State.”

Dirang : “ Oh I tried explaining it to them.”

Disato : “ What would be the great difficulty in accommodating our request?”

Dirang : “ Your position is a non starter! Crystalorb Society is based on the fundamentals of a shared Identity, Common Resources, a Commonwealth and a shared Destiny.”

Disato : “ How can you engage in trade with others if you’re a Commons? Individualism is essential to any kind of Commerce.”

Naole : “ I see what the problem might be!”

Disato : “ Well; do you have a plausible solution?”

Naole : “ Despite their best efforts the Andronians have not been able to rid you EnthilB Crystalans of your Hodian tendencies; they’re hardwired genetically you know? In Crystalorb we’ve attempted to create a harmonious egalitarian Society, and because we’re a Commons every Crystalan is free to follow the Calling of one's Heart.”

Dirang : “ They can’t really be Crystalans until they gain access to Crystalorb’s Knowledge, and to do that they must willingly choose to forever accede to Crystalorb Authority.”

Disato : “ What do you mean we can’t really be Crystalans? We are of Crystalan Blood!”

Aurora : “ Circleans were of Crystalan Blood, but they certainly weren’t Crystalans; not Culturally anyway. The Power of the Spirit Stone is its Knowledge, and access to that Knowledge is the right of every Crystalan, but to be a true Crystalan you must be a citizen of Crystalorb. There is no partial or dual Citizenship; the Spirit Stone must be able to trust you with its power, and the only way it can do that is if your allegiance is solely to Crystalorb.”

Disato : “ What happens if we say no? Or not right now? Maybe later, we need more time to consider your proposal?”

Aurora : “ Yeah; that’s not how Crystalorb operates. Anything other than a yes will be considered a rejection and Crystalorb will declare you Hodians and close the doors of Crystalorb to you forever.”

Disato : “ It’s beginning to sound like an Ultimatum?”

Naole : “ It is!”

Disato : “ You would abandon your own kind?”

Aurora : “ Crystalans with a tenth the Crystalan blood content of yours have reached out to us and we’ve welcomed them into Crystalorb with open arms. The fact that you hesitate gives us Pause; Crystalans are beginning to wonder if you’re anything like them?”

Dirang : “ Crystalorb doesn’t like to deal with entitled pre-Madonnas; we are an Advanced pre-eminent Civilisation! We are on the eve of war with perhaps the most Powerful Civilization in the Galaxy; we won’t be kept waiting.”

Disato : “ But there are rules and procedure! Our parliament will have to decide, and it will take as long as it takes to get a final answer.”

Naole : “ Fortunately Crystalorb would never leave this sort of decision to EnthilB politicians! Our orders are to make this offer to EnthilB Crystalans!”

Disato : “ A referendum? That could take months, possibly years to frame the right questions and organize!”

Dirang : “ We were thinking about something a little more direct! Naole; connect me!”

Naole : “ As you wish!” Naole takes to the sky and puts on his Armour “Blue connect! I’m ready!”

Disato : “ What’s he doing?”

Aurora : “ He’s connecting telepathically with everyone on this planet.”

Disato : “ What? 2.5 Billion Connected to one person?”

Aurora : “ You really have no Idea what we are? You’d be surprised what an Ascended Crystalan can do!”

Dirang : “ People of EnthilB! I am Dirang Lesedi of Crystalorb; Speaker of the Crystalorb General Council. My mission here is simple; Open the door to Crystalorb to any of you who wants to be a True Crystalan. Your leaders would prefer to be a Crystalan Colony; some sort of pseudo-Crystalan Existence, or Crystalans living outside Crystalorb, perhaps even separate from Crystalorb’s Authority. I must tell you now that Crystalorb will not accept a parallel Authority; it’s a simple choice, you are either Crystalans or you are something else. You can continue to live this pseudo-Crystalan Existence, or you can come Home to the Eternal Home of Crystalans; Crystalorb! Each of you will have to make a choice, but know that if you choose Crystalorb you can never leave Crystalorb; for once you gain the knowledge of Crystalorb it is a part of you forever. Those of you who reject Crystalorb will have until the last of those who choose Crystalorb are evacuated to change your mind, and if by that time you have not reconsidered the doors of Crystalorb will be closed to you and yours Forever. Make the decision in your mind, and once it is a firm choice we will record it; choose cautiously, choose wisely.”

Disato : “ If His telepathy is so powerful that he can connect with the entire population of a Planet; how do we know that he’s not somehow influencing them?”

Dirang : “ In a word; Honour!”

Aurora : “ A true Crystalan is Governed by Honour! We would never Dishonour ourselves by violating the Fundamental ethos of the Crystalorb Charter. The Crystalorb Charter says; Freedom is the right of every Sapient Being. Thus interfering with your free will would Violate the Crystalorb Charter.”

Dirang : “ We can only interfere with the free will of a Sanctioned Enemy of Crystalorb.”

Lt-Juvil : “ Sir; did you know that they could do this?”

Holnari : “ Yes; on Crystalorb, but I never imagined that they’d be able to do this on a planet without their Crystal infrastructure.”

Lt-Juvil : “ Does this mean that their Telepathy exceeds ours?”

Holnari : “ Quite possibly!”

Dirang : “ It’s not all of us who can do this sort of thing!” he looks at Naole “It’s him!”

Holnari : “ So the stories about him are true?”

Dirang : “ He is a power Like no other!”

Lt-Juvil : “ Apart from your Spirit Stone that is?”

Aurora : “ No; like no other!”

Dirang : “ He wields many of the existential Powers of the Spirit Stone, but because he’s also like a normal Crystalan he has the ability to make the inexplicable palpable.”

Lt-Juvil : “ Like how he somehow divined the construction of a Phaylon Reactor!”

Aurora : “ Exactly!”

Holnari : “ Doesn’t that scare you a little? To have one of you be so sublime? Would that not undermine your Leadership? To have a Power so Unique must run contrary to the Crystalan ethos of equality?”

Dirang : “ It is at times Terrifying, but also Reassuring; Look at what he’s been able to achieve! Most of what we’ve evolved into came from him. He constantly pushes against the limits, and when he eventually breaks through we all do!”

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Naole produces a giant holographic display, and in the display there are names alongside 3D images of faces arranged into two rows that seem to be rising into the heavens; a row for Yes, and a row for NO. As each person Decides their image and details appears on the Display. Naole also transmits the raw data to EnthilB Authorities for parallel analysis.

Disato : “ I don’t believe it!”

Holnari : “ Looks like most are choosing Crystalorb; it wasn’t complicated after all.”

Aurora : “ About 95% of adults are choosing Crystalorb!”

Dirang : “ Looks like Crystalorb doesn’t hold much appeal for the wealthy and Powerful; clearly they’ve come to enjoy being of a higher class than others, or maybe it’s the Hodian in them rearing its ugly head!”

Disato : “ What happens to the children?”

Dirang : “ Children under the age of 7 cannot make such a choice; Crystalorb Law does not allow it! However those that are currently under 7 will be allowed to make the choice when they reach maturity; that’s 18 years old SET!”

Holnari : “ Why seven years old?”

Dirang : “ It takes 7 years for the Hyperconductive Crystal Neural Pathways to reach sufficient Maturity; what Crystalans called Cognitive Awakening! At age seven the Cognitive Abilities increase exponentially; reaching a hundred times what was previously possible. A 7 year old Crystalan has the Cognitive Abilities that are a hundred time those of the cleverest EnthilB Crystalan!”

Disato : “ Come now; how is that even possible?”

Dirang : “ A true Crystalan has to be able to Understand the Fundamental Energies of the Universe. But more importantly a true Crystalan must develop the skills necessary to manipulate Fundamental Energies, and that requires Cognitive Abilities that allow Crystalans to interpret Complex Energy Data Streams. This is the Knowledge of Crystalorb; this is the basic substance of what you gain when you become Crystalan.”

Aurora : “ Crystalan DNA is not enough; a Crystalan must have access to Fundamental Energies to develop their Brains.”

Disato : “ Without the Fundamental Energies we will always remain pseudo-Crystalan.”

Dirang : “ Look Disato; you’ve just made your choice!” They look at Disato’s details on the display “You’ve chosen Crystalorb!”

Disato : “ Indeed I have! I want to be a true Crystalan; no status or rank on EnthilB can compare with the pull of Crystalorb!”

Aurora : “ Those who resist the pull of Crystalorb are probably not Crystalan; not at their core anyway.”

Lt-Juvil : “ You could accept those without Chest Crystals living outside Crystalorb, but you destroyed the Circleans; is it because they had Chest Crystals? Or is it the fact that they absorbed Negative Psionic Energy?”

Aurora : “ It’s because they were evil!”

Dirang : “ We were willing to tolerate Circlean existence, but when they allied themselves with the Migon and caused the deaths of over a billion Crystalans they sealed their fate.”

Aurora : “ Not to mention that they were feeding on innocent humans!”

Holnari : “ Looks like the trend on EnthilB is for Crystalorb!”

Disato : “ They know what’s at stake, and they are making the best choice!”

Dirang : “ 94% of the Adult population and 99% of the youth population is making the wise choice! EnthilB has 70% adult to 30% youths, and that gives 1.75 Billion to 0.75 Billion. It’s 2.3875 Billion for Crystalorb, and 0.1125 Billion against Crystalorb.”

Holnari : “ That’s 112.5 million people! What will happen to them?”

Aurora : “ Crystalorb will make that decision once all the votes are in!”

Civet : " They don’t get to choose for themselves?"

Dirang : “ It may not be possible for them to choose their own destiny!”

Disato : “ Surely freedom is their right!”

Aurora : “ Given Crystalorb’s imminent return EnthilB could be in a rather precarious position! If the Migon are not able to attack Crystalorb directly they may opt for EnthilB.”

Disato : “ And if they attack; would Crystalorb leave them to die?”

Dirang : “ There are difficult choices ahead, and we may have to choose between a hundred million on EnthilB and several billions on Mars, Atlantis or Asia.”

Lt-Juvil : “ You would really leave your own people to die?”

Disato : “ EnthilB cannot survive what’s coming can it? That’s what this voting process is really about isn’t it? Crystalorb wants to know who amongst us is theirs!”

Dirang : “ The Migon know about EnthilB! They always know about these sorts of things! Crystalorb’s return will undoubtedly precipitate the greatest Crisis the Galaxy has ever experienced.”

Disato : “ I take it Crystalorb won’t waist resources trying to protect EnthilB?”

Dirang : “ The point is that if we plan carefully we won’t have to!”

Lt-Juvil : “ I doubt that even the Migon would be so daring as to attack so deep in quarantine space.”

Holnari : “ You’d think that; but they did target the Entig Republic’s Postig Colony!”

Conversations continued while Naole continuously processed the Voting data.

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With Voting data Collated and processed the EnthilB Governing Council informed the citizens of EnthilB about the results of an extraordinary Voting Process. In Crystalorb only elections of individuals to public office are secret; all other votes are public, and Crystalans are required to own up to their choices.

Dirang : “ The numbers are in; 94% of the Adult population and 99% of the youth population has made the prudent choice!”

Civet : " What happens Now?"

Dirang : “ We can’t exactly move 2.3875 Billion people to Crystalorb without the Migon finding out that Crystalorb survived unless we take some drastic steps.”

Lt-Juvil : “ What sort of drastic steps? And what happens to the 0.1125 Billion people who voted against Crystalorb?”

Disato : “They’re going to destroy EnthilB.”

Lt-Juvil : “ After all we’ve done to make it a home for Crystalans?”

Disato : “ It will be a terrible loss.”

Dirang : “ The Migon have to believe that we considered the EnthilB Crystalans an abomination; something akin to the Circleans.”

Naole : “ We’re going to partially destroy EnthilB; not its people! Those who voted against Crystalorb will be relocated to Human space in the fullness of time”

Disato : “ How long exactly is that?”

Aurora : “ We will put them in stasis on Crystalorb, and once things settle down we will give them each their share of Crystalorb’s wealth; what they do with that resource is up to them.”

Lt-Juvil : “ Aren’t you concerned that they could become like the Circleans?”

Dirang : “ Without the Chest Crystals of the first Eldons they can never become a viable threat; That path is closed forever!”

Aurora : “ The most they can achieve is a power level similar to Hodians!”

Naole : “ At least in the short term!” there is a pause as Naole considers something coming in through the Crystalorb Network “Hold on!”

Holnari : “ What’s happening?”

Dirang : “ We are being overruled!”

Aurora : “ The bulk of the population on Crystalorb has agreed that those who reject Crystalorb can never be allowed to set a foot on Crystalorb! They want us to leave them on EnthilB!”

Disato : “ Crystalans can do that? Override the decisions of Crystalorb’s leaders? And what happens now?”

Dirang : “ While its been a few hours here it’s been days on Crystalorb, and there’s now legislation in the Crystalorb General Council instructing us to put up a Psionic shield around EnthilB then pull every Crystalan out in 24 hours.”

Civet : " Move over two billion people in 24 hours?"

Naole : “ Inter-Dimensional Vortex technology has given us capabilities most Civilizations can only dream of.”

Lt-Juvil : “ What about the Migon? If they are watching they will surely be aware of the fact that you’ve somehow moved nearly the entire population of an entire planet”

Naole : “ The Psionic Shield will make it seem as if the population is still present; at least for a little while.”

Holnari : “ How long?”

Naole : “ At least a month; two at the most! By then it won’t matter what the Migons know because we will be raining fire and brimstone upon them!”

Lt-Juvil : “ Deploying a planetary Psionic Shield could take days; months even?”

Holnari : “ Not their Psionic Shield!”

Lt-Juvil : “ What do you mean sir?”

Naole : “ Cobalt is releasing the Fragment of the Spirit Stone even as we speak! The Fragment of the Spirit Stone will then split into tens of thousands of smaller Spirit Stone Fragments, and then half of the tiny Fragments of the Spirit Stone will move towards the surface of the planet while the other half moves into low orbit. Once in Orbit the Fragments of the Spirit Stone will then set up a Full Spectrum Psionic Shield, and the tiny Fragments of the Spirit Stone on the surface will open Inter-Dimensional Vortices to transport people to Crystalorb from public gathering Areas. It will be over sooner than you might think!”

Holnari : “ Isn’t all this an ineffective use of your energy reserves?”

Dirang : “ True; this method is a tremendous waist of our energy reserves. But the people of Crystalorb have spoken, and we have to abide by their will!”

Lt-Juvil : “ Would ordinary Crystalans have a say in how Crystalorb fights the war!”

Naole : “ In broad terms; Yes! But the day to day operational decisions are left to the Commanders.”

Holnari : “ I hope you are ready; because you are about to step into the fire!”

Dirang : “ We are ready! In some ways we’ve been preparing for this moment for 3000 years!” his focus shifts as he receives a message “Atola has arrived and she’s about to meet with the Council of the Light of Destiny!”

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