Union of the Strong

Brank

RandomCommander
he mentally nods, acknowledging the Cyan one.

Jenwuf

LeftHandofGod
As the ships had docked, before having headed to the hall, they disembarked...
From within, walked five people, three lupidirans and two Tau,
Akio, and someone else wearing a cloak that covers their face...

After reaching the hall, they sat down... They had remained silent as everyone else shouted about the scans.
There they sat, completely silent, although Akio seemed to look a million miles away.

One lupidiran mumbles something about silence as the overlord speaks about communications however.

LeftHandofGod

RandomCommander boombox thebuilder yobeefjerky dafeeeeeeeeeesh Gladiaxa Brank Jenwuf FangTheCat

Bastida inclines her head and taps the holo as it processes the new data. Above them, the rings of the Forge begin to spin, plasma flaring along their length as Titanic forces are set in motion.

"So be it! Let the Great Arming begin!"

For those of you who are curious as to what the note said, here it is.

When the swarm descends from the dark, do not look outwards for the foe but within. For those sins of yesteryear have not been forgotten, and the shadows of the past can only be fought with the utmost truth. The iron tide rises within and without and should the levee break then all will fail.
Attached are a set of coordinates.

RandomCommander

yobeefjerky
The Cyan Avatar stood up... well, more like floated upward a little higher to attract attention.
"Response: Multiple Core-AI within the Explorer-Class of the Collective have volunteered to assist with the decoding of the Mak's communications. Where are you holding this project?"

yobeefjerky

RandomCommander
"The research in question is going on aboard my Flagship, the OSV Irali, we can arrange for transport to the ship."

dafeeeeeeeeeesh

yobeefjerky
would it be possible to put a shield around the system to stop or at least halt the mak?

FangTheCat

dafeeeeeeeeeesh
"A Shield.. Around an entire system.."
Swifttail slowly stands.
"Oh, It's Possible.. the Ekeri did it once.. All we have to do Is Construct a couple hundred Remnant Towers.. With enough help.. it could be done in time..."

'Time Is a Thing we Do Not have..'
Swift Turns around.. to see the biological mass that was once in the jar, Is now on the floor, The Remnant Core that was kept has been surrounded, and the mass becomes silver and gold..

"That.. is either a Terrible thing or an amazing thing.."

yobeefjerky

dafeeeeeeeeeesh
"The resources required for that would be immense, as in we could triple our current navy with the same resources used to shield just one star system."

dafeeeeeeeeeesh

FangTheCat if we have fleets attacking then retreating constantly it could be possible to give us more time we would lose a fleet when the shield gets put up though

FangTheCat

yobeefjerky

dafeeeeeeeeeesh
Swifttail still nods, looking back at the writhing mass.
"Shielding a system is possible. Difficult but Possible. perhaps.. perhaps, with your travel capabilities.. we could find the old towers.. from the Remnant's Origin System.. That would save resources.. but may take longer.. Retrieving ancient towers long forgotten is a task.."

The mass slowly rises.. taking shape..

dafeeeeeeeeeesh

FangTheCat its a massive risk but if we could pull it off it would stop the mak from multiplying and if we need to finish them off we could open up a small pocket and let a fleet go though and close it

yobeefjerky

FangTheCat
"The issue is that it shields one star system, not enough to actually protect against the Mak, unless you suggest we try trapping them inside a system, in which case they'd just consume all of the matter in the system and leave via Slipspace."

FangTheCat

dafeeeeeeeeeesh
Swift Turns..
"Thats the thing.. The shields can't be simply.. reactivated after being opened.. it takes time.. Any shield of that size would be nearly impossible to Instantly reactivate.. Every single tower in the area would have to receive the signal and re-power itself."
The writhing mass has risen from the floor.. taking a shape similar to a Cattus-Sicut or a Remnant Machine..

'Perhaps there are Other solutions..'

dafeeeeeeeeeesh

FangTheCat
yobeefjerky
well that puts a damper on my plan because if we cant trap them in the system and they break out they would cause many empires to be destroyed

FangTheCat

yobeefjerky
"No.. Trapping wouldn't work, The time it takes to activate the shields is far too much..."
The mass has taken shape, now, metal plates slide across its body, slowly, mechanical pieces take shape, the glimmering piece of technology is radiant.. it walks around slowly, the remaining fleshy appendages slowly shrink.

"Think Harder.. perhaps there are other solutions.. Perhaps there is not.. I was a mere flesh pile.. minutes ago.. Tell me.. Mak..?"

Ultranova

LeftHandofGod

Commander Sam shakes his head.

"Look, I understand what you are saying, but these are not just pictures of ships, these are blueprints, highly classified documents. Their secrecy is what gave us the edge against our enemies. We will give you the blueprints on one condition. You will not be able to keep them, but you will be able to have limited access to the R-UPA Archives, Ship Section."

"As for clones, I will have to get authorisation from the entire High Command for that. We can supply our own, trained crew as the ships are rather hard to get used to if you're shoved into them out of no where."

Ultranova

yobeefjerky

"I can have some members of the R-UPA Science Department assist you. Maybe even Commander Justin himself"

thebuilder

LeftHandofGod Devan, who did not errupt when the scans were revealed, remains calm whilst his hands are illuminated in a strange white light, and a holographic image of the cosmoteer galaxy appears in the center of the room. It seems to show the factions, and then for alot of them, their military power, number of ships, etc.. Then Devan speaks once again.... "I think it is wise to oversee our forces before we decide on these matters" (btw, he knows these trough alliances and spying)

thebuilder

thebuilder (meaning he only knows it from relatively weak defended factions) (and then i mean against spying)

G4L4XY

(I leave for some hours, then a major conference starts?)

Gladiaxa

LeftHandofGod I'm afraid I have to refuse. I do not have permission to allow our vessels and clones to be manufactured by any other entity than Empire XA. We have no ships left to send now, because they have to keep the outpost calm. And we do not have ship factories or cloning plants. It is in this vision that my Chancellor has asked the Empire for army and fleet. But currently, I am only a strategic help ...

Gladiaxa

LeftHandofGod -> Gladiaxa