The Forge of Babel (Temporarily closed, accepting rare materials)

Soundbust11

Dumb
The Ambassador follows her alone, confident in the Forge's security from here.
"It is good to see you again Dasha, but... are you okay? You look... different."

Dumb

Soundbust11 they soon enter a room, the exact same conference room, with the sofas and the drink machine with only a single button that Dasha got her Coco from in their previous visit. This time however, Dasha walk straight towards the machine, and as she push the button, a strong smell of mint and lemon fills the room "here, have a seat before I answer any of your questions, hope you don't mind the smell at all"

Dumb

Tson "very well...The forge of Babel shall provide assistance in any way possible, but for the Crimson Republic, it is beyond me to decide the matter for the entire faction, and thus the decision will be left to Mainframe when it comes back"

Tson

Dumb
"We are most thankful."
A small datachip is proffered.
"This chip contains the location of the crisis meeting, please send a delegate there to discuss the emergency as soon as you are able."

The coordinates attached lead to a small system inside Solaric territory, where lies a fortified series of Solaric SYS-DEF stations, and another facility built into a dwarf planet...
(https://discord.gg/uByvDgM)

Soundbust11

Dumb
She sits, tail draped along the rest of the couch.
"Not at all, it's quite pleasant in fact.. now I don't suppose you'd mind answering my previous question?"

Dumb

Soundbust11 "Hmm...did you remember how you saw two Dashas last time? well its similar principles, I'm just not the same 'Dasha' that received your order, as she is...well to be honest I'm not sure where she had been or where she is right now, but she would be back soon after finishing something important." she settle the cup on the desk and leaned forward "so...what order do you desire this time?"

Soundbust11

Dumb
"Well, the first batch was a resounding success; passed every test with flying colours, and even helped us out in a few pinches. The next generation of their uh.. "operators" are currently under development, and are to incorporate this next batch as a core concept of their combat theory. What sets this one apart is we have gained access to a new.. strategic resource.. its best you take a look yourself I believe..."

She passes over the same tablet as before, the old materials including the dead star matter are still present, but with a new entry. The new material, according to the description, amplifies the psychic aptitude of the user when an electric current is sent through it, even allowing non-psychics to utilise the associated powers...

Dumb

Soundbust11 "huh...thats new..." Dasha puts down the tablet on the desk "i assume you want some garment made of this new material? and maybe add-on to the swords?"

ShadowZero

(Faction?)

Dumb

ShadowZero (subfaction)

Soundbust11

Dumb
"As before, we're still relatively new to this area, so were hoping you'd have some recommendations. One thing command did specify was 18 new blades of similar function to the previous ones, incorporating the new material wherever possible."

Dumb

Soundbust11 "alright then...... what range do you want your swords to be operating from your enemies? and in what degree of power do you want the psychic attacks of the swords to be?"

Soundbust11

Dumb
"We're perfectly fine with any range of engagement, from literal melee to lightyears away. As for power, the ahem users of the blades are supposed to safeguard my people against any threats the regular military might struggle against, so the more powerful the better."

Fort_Master_Gustav

Dumb
Observing the space around itself, the forge seems to be perfectly aware of its surroundings. That awareness comes handy, when they soon realize an event happening quite close to the forge itself: Space seems to get more and more random, as that is alarming, eyes are pointed towards it, only to reveal the aftermath.
A small 10x10x10 common-metal smooth black cube seems to float in space, waiting to be collected.

Dumb

Fort_Master_Gustav (i got a bad feeling about this) An unmanned shuttle is sent out to retrieve the cube, and immediately toss it into the hanger hatch for testing...
In that particular pocket of space, the cube lies in the middle of what seems to be a metallic room with no entrences, as Dasha slowly prepare the necessary equipment to analyse the material of the cube

Fort_Master_Gustav

Dumb
The material of the cube seems to be almost completely a type of consistent common metal, seemingly not special. However, the consistency on its density and composition leads one to unveil another secret: It seems to have an internal system, activated by some kind of etching on the outside.

Dumb

Fort_Master_Gustav "Uh....weird carving? and stuff inside? this is getting some dejavu out of me tbh,but eh,what could go wrong anyway..." monologing to herself, Dasha slowly inspect the exterior inscriptions with a scalpel, hoping to activate the mechanism

Fort_Master_Gustav

Dumb
The mechanism activates as one of the external etchings closes a metallic circuit made of different trace ammounts of metals, thus, triggering a chain reaction that completes itself as the top of the fox unfolds in half.
From within emanates a type of holographic projection, white bars and the lack thereof, indicating, upon analysis, a sort of binary encoding that, translated to G-S16 standard, reads:

We have come upon a great ammount of information regarding a common enemy, one that must be dealt at once. That being said, we are willing to partake with such information in utmost secrecy, for a given price. There is an auction to be hosted at the following coordinates, make sure to bring someone who represents your nation, the matter is to be further discussed in the location given.

Then, the message translates to the following coordinates: https://forum.cosmoteer.net/d/11155-a-coin-toss-into-the-void

Dumb

Soundbust11 "hmm... So just like last time, the swords would need 54.5kg of the material from the dark dwarf's core,54. 5kg of thermosteel and 218kg of packsteel, and for this brand new psychic add-on... We would prefer 12kg of the new material, all of which is of course including the cost. As for the design..." Dasha, as usual, summon a stick out of thin air and expand it into a display screen, showing the original sword design "We would replace the dull edge with the new material instead of the usual packsteel, while the packsteel will be used to act as a pseudo-barrel as well as protection for the new dull edge, as well as a button that makes the user thinks it's a trigger for the psychic blast, which most likely will shoot like a bullet from the 'barrel', but as what sort of projectile, that's probably up to the user's imagination...... Is it clear so far?"

FangTheCat

Dumb
An Ekere Remna fleet warps in, It's clear the ships have been dormant for a long time.

Loading Transmission. . .
Automated Transmission Loaded.
//Transmission Start//
"We are in need of your service. Details Classified due to outdated security."
Requesting Permission for Ires Docking."
//Transmission End//

The large ship in the front of the fleet moves forward, signifying that it is the Ires, While the smaller ship moves in to take its space.

Dumb

FangTheCat "Docking permission is granted, feel free to pick a hanger for landing or we can also provide autopiloting if you wish. Though it is recommend to have the rest of your ships entering the forge together or leave the Redford Republic space as the Redford is currently having an entry ban"

The_Overseer

@Dumb @BattleCruiserCommander
On the outskirts of the capital system whose people bears the name "Redford Republic", an object appeared, ignoring any sovereignty that such a nation had over the cold emptiness in which it found itself; the shape of which was that of a perfect sphere, apparently composed of smooth white stone, whose diameter was not larger than 10m. Any scan really didn't give much, but there was a kind of life form inside it, since a small but constant heartbeat could be heard through the transmissions.. Most likely, it was a kind of ship, quite irregular, but one would suppose that the Forge of Babel would have witnessed stranger things, and yes, the reason behind the strange appearance was surely due to the current position of the Forge .

The sphere remains in the same position in which it appeared, surely waiting for some response.

BattleCruiserCommander

The_Overseer (Here comes another one) The massive navy gets into attack/defensive positions, as a small surveillance droid goes to cut the sphere to get the small creature out.