Chapter One

[Quantum Rain]

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----Intro post shall arrive later----

[Quantum Rain]

"More like killed thirty crewmembers, wrecked apart hallways, disintegrated several IS mechs, and killed this ship's First Officer. As well, we have video footage, bodies, and various forensic evidence to prove such. Care to tell me why?" The man replied more icily than before, but still keeping a calm attitude it seemed.

[Wynn]

"More like killed thirty crewmembers, wrecked apart hallways, disintegrated several IS mechs, and killed this ship's First Officer. As well, we have video footage, bodies, and various forensic evidence to prove such. Care to tell me why?" The man replied more icily than before, but still keeping a calm attitude it seemed.

Xaldius stared at him blankly. He looked around himself then his eyes widened. "What's going on here?" He said somewhat nervously. He faintly remembered disarming one of the crewmen before blacking out.

[Fore Admiral Disayle]

*Ackbar allows himself a smirk.* Ackbar (New Hiigaran): Ten million and one, now.

*Wraith is astonished.* Wraith: I'm no language teacher, but...this is amazing. You're sucking down this knowledge at an incredible rate!

Ackbar (New Hiigaran): You heard Shadow. I've done this before. And my memories are helping a lot...now for the hard part.

*He closes his eyes.* Kiith's Blood! By the Martyrs of Kharak! Sand-cursed devils! Kharak forgive me...equatorial hells! We need to shift the sands in our favor...the Sands are at our backs today.

Wraith: Not bad. Let's keep going. *Ackbar nods and the lesson resumes. By the time the airship stops over Farruvian, the hawk has all but remastered New Hiigaran.* /endcheapplotdevice

*The Commander flies up to the airship's bridge and opens a channel to the Hiigarans. Taking a deep breath, he speaks into the bridge display in his carefully practiced and feathered New Hiigaran.* Ackbar (New Hiigaran): Admiral Galeen, I am readying a security detail to greet you on the ground and escort you and any companions you might bring to my office.

*The reply soon comes.* Galeen: Of course, Commander Ackbar. Your New Hiigaran sounds slightly different, but who am I to judge? I will meet your detail soon.

*Around a quarter of an hour later, the detail brings Galeen and her retinue into Ackbar's office. Ironbeak is there at his Commander's side, with Addrson right beside him. Dr. Fallah plays with Bularr nearby, but stops at the entry of the guests and stands at attention with the rest of the avian officials. Ackbar warmly shakes hands with Galeen once more.* Ackbar: Admiral Galeen, may I present my aides: High General Ironbeak of the United Children of Aves Defense Force, Administrative Assistant Addrson Whiteshield, and Head of Research and Development, Dr. Fallah Talongrail. *Fallah's beady eyes flash with alarm at her "title", but she does not object. Ackbar goes on.* Without these great avians to assist me, I would never have been able to end the war that would have destroyed our race and our planet. I owe them so much...please, introduce yourselves.

*Ironbeak steps forward. Due to his large size, he comes all the way to Galleen's shoulder is nearly able to look her in the eye. After him comes Fallah and Addrson. Galeen graciously greets each one, though they do not know New Hiigaran.*

Galeen: Such a varied people...but they seem to have good hearts and strong souls if they were able to survive a war that left their world in such a state. Commander, may I get a glimpse of your world's beauty?

Ackbar: Absolutely, Admiral. Just look out my window.

*The Hiigaran obliges and gasps. From the base of the skyscraper, a vast forest grows, stretching into the distance. The scents of wet leaves and wood come up to her, and as she watches, several groups of avians fly into the canopy's leafy reaches.*

Galeen (softly): Your world is beautiful...it reminds me of my own.

Ackbar: Thank you, Admiral. Those down there are tribes of avians who have lived in that forest since before recorded history. With the war ended, they can now re-establish their love of the forest. *She turns to him in awe.* All across the planet, avians are resettling areas long-held by their ancestors but since lost to the ravages of the war. Even today, so soon after the war ended, Aves is beginning to heal.

Galeen: That sounds wonderful, Commander.

Ackbar: It is, Admiral...it is so wonderful. *He pauses for a moment to think of all who died to make this possible.* Well, Admiral, I think it's time you headed back to your world. We have precious little of it to go around, as you well know.

Galeen: Yes, of course, Ackbar.

*The hawk escorts Wraith, Galeen, and her personnel back to their shuttle, where the two shake hands once more.* Ackbar: Until we meet again, Admiral...and don't forget that message.

Galeen: I won't, Commander. I certainly hope we meet again. *She climbs into the shuttle, which then takes off and heads back to the waiting Hiigaran battlegroup. Once it is docked in the hangar of the lead battlecruiser, the fleet leaves Aves. Ackbar watches from the ground, still hampered by his broken wing, and then returns to his office, where he dismisses all present but Bularr and resumes intensely working on...something. Bularr crawls over, curious.*

Bularr: What' dat?

Ackbar: This, Bularr, is a ship that will travel through space to defend Aves in place of the airships we lost on that terrible day.

Bularr: Spacey-chip?

Ackbar: That's right, Bularr. Science will make building this great ship possible...I know it. I've commissioned many of our researchers to find a way to allow it to fly through the stars.

*Bularr begins to nod off, but then perks up at the word "fly".* Bularr: I wanna' fly...

Ackbar: Don't worry, Bularr. You will--soon. You just have to grow some more. *He gives the nestling a dried caterpillar, which Bularr enthusiastically chomps down.*

Bularr: Can you fly, Acky-bar?

Ackbar: Not right now, Bularr. My wing is hurt.

Bularr: Ohhh...datss why you have the funny white feathers around it...

Ackbar: Yes indeed. But it will heal, and then you shall me fly once more.

*Bularr gives a little squeak of delight. Ackbar smiles at him and resumes work on his ship design.*

Ackbar: In our experience, airships have a primary weapon for attacking important targets and secondary weapons to engage other threats...they have support weapons to defend against...

*On the holographic display of the hawk's desk, a monolithic form begins to take shape.*

[Roach]

--Litany Of Defiance--

Roach sits in a small conference room in a large comfortable chair he is surrounded by researchers from the Naval modernization office.

Roach: Dr Garan some of these new designs are quite impressive. I see the influences of Kuat Drive Yards in here some of these resemble the star destroyer line. I see you have also been able to salvage the hulls of several Praetor-class Star Battlecruisers begin the production of the Star defenders and out fit those Praetor's immediately.


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Praetor-class Star Battlecruiser Free Peoples mod I

Class: Heavy Battle Cruiser
Length: 3200 m
Engines: event horizon Capital Drives
Powerplant: Dual Core solid tiberium reactor
Hyperdrive: Class .92
Complement: 500 strike craft




Weapons:
120x turreted double Mega maser cannons
120x turreted Ion cannons
20x tractor beam projectors
2x Gravity Well Generators
14x Photon torpedo launchers
8x experimental Nod Obelisk beam arrays
180X Point Defense maser cannons
2x tricoblat device launchers
8x Transphasic torpedo launchers
20x Advanced concussion missile launchers

Defense system
V-M15-A6 Polarized Multispectral Shield Matrix
Energized Adaptive Nano Armor plating

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Nebula Class Star defender Free peoples Mod I
Designed as supplement to the Current Free Peoples Star defender

Role: Line Ship
Crew: 6,795
Hyperdrive rating Class .92 Backup Class 1.0
Length 1,040 meters
Compliment: 60 strike craft
Engines: Event Horizon "Scram" Drive
Power plant: Single core liquid Tiberium reactor
Shields: Caldari Navy Invulnerability field Mk II


Armament
40 Light Maser turrets
40 Dual megamasers
10 Proton Torpedo Tubes
80 Heavy maser Cannons
20 Ion cannons
2x Phaser arrays

[Quantum Rain]

--Planet Anima, Military Complex 03, Holding Facilities--

"Why did you kill all of those men, Xaldius?" The man asked, ignoring the kid's previous question. He seemed testy now, icy in his questions. "How did you end up on that ship?"

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--Cyberspace--

Sairene continues monitoring the interrogation, recording her own data as it progressed. "Subject appears to be incapable of remembering. Also registering distinct changes in eye pigmentation, skin color, vocal patterns, and brain waves. How peculiar..."

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--Animus II, Military Complex 02, medical bay--

"..." Rain stands there, staring at Lara, whom doesn't look too thrilled at him. "So what if I burned my arms...?" He asked plainly, not backing down from this argument. "...*sigh* Why do you constantly have to hurt yourself every time..." She asks, yanking Rain's arm away from him and taking a closer look. "It's nothing, dammit." Rain replied, trying to yank it away without throwing Lara on her feet. "Would you stop poking it?!"

He manages to pull his arm free just as a distinct, blue haired doctor walked in, reading the clipboard first, then looking up at his new visitors. "...Again?" The man asks non-ecstatically. "Sorry, Reeds, he just can't seem to get out of harm's way." Lara says, interrupting Rain's next statement. "...just heal this arm so that I can get out of here."

[Wynn]

--Planet Anima, Military Complex 03, Holding Facilities--

"Why did you kill all of those men, Xaldius?" The man asked, ignoring the kid's previous question. He seemed testy now, icy in his questions. "How did you end up on that ship?"

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--Cyberspace--

Sairene continues monitoring the interrogation, recording her own data as it progressed. "Subject appears to be incapable of remembering. Also registering distinct changes in eye pigmentation, skin color, vocal patterns, and brain waves. How peculiar..."

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--Animus II, Military Complex 02, medical bay--

"..." Rain stands there, staring at Lara, whom doesn't look too thrilled at him. "So what if I burned my arms...?" He asked plainly, not backing down from this argument. "...*sigh* Why do you constantly have to hurt yourself every time..." She asks, yanking Rain's arm away from him and taking a closer look. "It's nothing, dammit." Rain replied, trying to yank it away without throwing Lara on her feet. "Would you stop poking it?!"

He manages to pull his arm free just as a distinct, blue haired doctor walked in, reading the clipboard first, then looking up at his new visitors. "...Again?" The man asks non-ecstatically. "Sorry, Reeds, he just can't seem to get out of harm's way." Lara says, interrupting Rain's next statement. "...just heal this arm so that I can get out of here."

Xaldius' eyes widened. "Kill!? What!? I didnt kill anyone!" He looked around. "I dont know how i ended up on the ship!" The kid started hyperventillating, knowing that he was in over his head.

[Quantum Rain]

--Holding Facilities--
The man sighs and snaps his fingers. Three soldiers come in carrying a few bodies on hampers. "These ring a bell, fugitive?" The man asks annoyed.

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--Barracks, two hours later--

Rain is laying on top of his bed, thoughts entering and leaving the grip of his mind like bees, constantly arriving and leaving before being answered. Though specifically what about, Rain isn't sure. "..." A few minutes later, someone knocks on the door. "It's open." Rain announced loud enough for the man to hear. A soldier walks in, officer by the looks of it, carrying a datapad for Rain. "Lieutenant Commander Jacen? You have a new assignment." The kid said. He couldn't have been that old, a clone obviously, early bred. "..." Rain sits up in his bed, taking the datapad and reading its contents...

[Wynn]

--Holding Facilities--
The man sighs and snaps his fingers. Three soldiers come in carrying a few bodies on hampers. "These ring a bell, fugitive?" The man asks annoyed.

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--Barracks, two hours later--

Rain is laying on top of his bed, thoughts entering and leaving the grip of his mind like bees, constantly arriving and leaving before being answered. Though specifically what about, Rain isn't sure. "..." A few minutes later, someone knocks on the door. "It's open." Rain announced loud enough for the man to hear. A soldier walks in, officer by the looks of it, carrying a datapad for Rain. "Lieutenant Commander Jacen? You have a new assignment." The kid said. He couldn't have been that old, a clone obviously, early bred. "..." Rain sits up in his bed, taking the datapad and reading its contents...

Xaldius looked at the bodies, first one and shook his head. He looked at the second and didnt react. He looked at the third one for a moment, trying to make out the facial features through the burnt charred skin. He looked for a moment more, then his eyes lit up and his jaw dropped. "...Oh, hell.... no.... nononononono!" He recognized him as the first crewmen he encoutntered. The kid held himself. "This is all a bad dream. There's no way this is happening..." He looked at the ground, seeing the reflection who was looking back in the same position as he was, but the way he was sitting in the position was more of that like someone looking down on another person. "You already got one get-out-of-jail-free card today... this one's all you."

[Quantum Rain]

--Holding Facilities--

"The punishment for assaulting a military official is ten years of prison, for killing one, it is fifty years. By my count, you have around ten counts of first degree murder of a military official. The punishment for killing so many, as well as wrecking military property, is death on the spot. Now I can be persuaded to be lenient if you are forth-coming in your answers... otherwise, you will be dealt with like any other fugitive." The man says coldly, uncaring of the kid's reactions now. "Why did you kill them?"

[Wynn]

--Holding Facilities--

"The punishment for assaulting a military official is ten years of prison, for killing one, it is fifty years. By my count, you have around ten counts of first degree murder of a military official. The punishment for killing so many, as well as wrecking military property, is death on the spot. Now I can be persuaded to be lenient if you are forth-coming in your answers... otherwise, you will be dealt with like any other fugitive." The man says coldly, uncaring of the kid's reactions now. "Why did you kill them?"

Xaldius would look up despairingly at the man. "I dont know..." He fell back onto his hands and knees and felt something on his hand as he did so. "...I dont remember anything..." He thought about what would happen. Killed on the spot, is it?

[Quantum Rain]

--Holding Facilities--

The man seems to be getting impatient, unbelieving of Xaldius's answers. "Why were you on that ship then?" He asked, aggravated, and for a good reason too.

[Wynn]

--Holding Facilities--

The man seems to be getting impatient, unbelieving of Xaldius's answers. "Why were you on that ship then?" He asked, aggravated, and for a good reason too.

"...the first thing i remember is being in a cryotube... I woke up on this ship and dont remember anything before the ice tube..." He clenched his fists, bracing himself for what would imminently come.

[Quantum Rain]

--Holding Facilities--

"Where did that cryo-tube originate from? What is it you sought to accomplish by killing these people? Why are you incapable of showing us your powers here, yet tore apart bulkheads and droids with the tiniest of force on your part?!" He yelled out at Xaldius, getting more and more annoyed by the kid's responses.

[Wynn]

--Holding Facilities--

"Where did that cryo-tube originate from? What is it you sought to accomplish by killing these people? Why are you incapable of showing us your powers here, yet tore apart bulkheads and droids with the tiniest of force on your part?!" He yelled out at Xaldius, getting more and more annoyed by the kid's responses.

Xaldius gritted his teeth and replied screaming at the top of his lungs and pounding his fist into the ground with each syllable. "I! DONT! KNOW!" his voice was shaking slightly, not because he was failing at lying, but he was scared for his life.

[Quantum Rain]

--Holding Facilities--

"...this is pointless." The man says, turning around and walking towards the doors. "Two hours, you have two hours before I give the order to kill. You had better come up with the answers I seek before then." The man said, his voice nothing but ice now. The soldiers surrounding Xaldius remained, weapons armed and ready, fully alert and very edgy when around him it seems. As he walked out, the doors shut and a barrier formed in front of them, barring anyone's path.

[Wynn]

--Holding Facilities--

"...this is pointless." The man says, turning around and walking towards the doors. "Two hours, you have two hours before I give the order to kill. You had better come up with the answers I seek before then." The man said, his voice nothing but ice now. The soldiers surrounding Xaldius remained, weapons armed and ready, fully alert and very edgy when around him it seems. As he walked out, the doors shut and a barrier formed in front of them, barring anyone's path.

The kid stared at the ground, staring at his reflection which stared back. The reflection simply grinned wryly. "you have two hours to figure it out." Xaldius simply glared at the ground. He muttered something that the guards would not hear clearly.

[Roach]

--Ramius, Castle Ramius Conference room--

Roach sits with representatives from Slayn & Korpil ,Koensayr Manufacturing, Incom corporation, MandalMotors, and TransGalMeg industries they spend some time debating the numbers but they soon reach an agreement the corporations will now produce ships for the Free Peoples Roach gives them rights to build factories in the paragon soul region on the condition that they hire local labor.

New Star fighters for mass Production

Incom
XJ7 star fighter 4x heavy laser cannons 2x proton torpedo launchers
I-7 Howlrunner 2x heavy laser cannons 2x Bloodclaw missile launchers
A-wing Mk II 2x light laser cannons 2x Sabertooth missile launchers
X-4 Gunship 6x Heavy laser turrets 2x Dual heavy turbolasers
CF9 Crossfire starfighter 4x heavy laser cannons 2x quantum torpedo launchers

TransGalMeg
Ixiyen-class fast attack craft 2x Light laser cannons 1x proton torpedo launcher
Kihraxz-class light fighter 2x heavy laser cannons 1x advanced Concussion missile launcher
Rihkxyrk-class assault fighter 4x heavy laser cannons 4x Quantum torpedo lauchers
2x Light ion cannons
Vaksai-class fast attack fighter 2x heavy laser cannons 2x Piranha missile tubes


MandalMotors/Mandal Hypernautics
M12-L Kimogila Heavy Fighter 2x heavy laser cannons 4x Photon torpedo launcher
M22-T Krayt Gunship 4x heavy laser cannons 2x heavy ion cannons 4x concussion missile launchers
M3-A Scyk fighter 2x light laser cannons 2x concussion missile launcher
Keldabe-class battleship Free peoples Fleet Mod I
Turbolasers (48 )
Ion cannons (36)
mass drivers (14)
Phaser arrays (2)




Slayn & Corpil
B-wing/E2 assault starfighter 3x heavy laser cannons 4x quantum torpedo launchers

Koensayr Manufacturing
BTL-S3 Y-wing 1x dual fire linked heavy laser cannon 1x Turret mounted dual Ion cannon 1x proton bomb chute 2x proton torpedo lauchers


Dianoga-class assault starfighter
4x light laser cannons 1x heavy ion cannon
I4 Ionizer starfighter
1x fire linked Quad ion cannon
2x Light laser cannons
2x Wing mounted disruptor torpedoes

[Quantum Rain]

--In transit, Incursion Fleet #313, Regnum Class, Primary Control Center--

"Status update." Jonas said plainly, smiling as the reports he kept asking for continued to get sweeter and sweeter to his ears. I will soon recover what we lost to these ingrates and show how dominant we truly are! He thought to himself with silent pleasure as the officer reported that the fleet was slowly gaining on the intruders.

The fleet was at least fifty ships strong, of various classes. Not as large as a standard fleet, but still sizable enough to get the job done. The Regnum class in the center proved to be the flagship, and the largest ship, as the fleet moved silently through Phase Shift space, creeping up on the Blood Raiders that earlier attempted to take something of value from their current pursuers.

[Roach]

--Just out side paragon soul--

The blood Raider battle group sped away from the scene of the crime. Seventeen Bhaalgorn battle ships fourteen Ashimmu Cruisers and thirty Cruor frigates rocket toward blood raider territory. Little did they know they would never reach it.

---Free Peoples Fourth battle line---

The Litany Of Defiance sat with her battle group it they lie in wait for a blood raider battle group that had been terrorizing the shipping lanes for weeks the Battle groups Battle dragons had laid hundreds of Mass shadow mines that would pull the blood raider vessels from warp as they entered the edge of the deep space pocket Roach had chosen for his ambush. The Fourth battle line sat hidden in a asteroid belt awaiting its prey it consisted of forty ships.


Fourth battle Line
1x Leviathan Class titan
14x Caracal class missile cruisers
6x Nebula Class Star defenders
1x Scorpion class Electronic Warfare battle ship.
14x Nova-Class Cruiser
4x Hapan Battle dragons

"sir we have the enemy on long range sensors they are a few minuets out but the strange thing is sir i count 50 unidentified behind them on an intercept trajectory." The science officer said from his station

"What?" Roach said too late as the blood raiders were forced out of warp.

[Quantum Rain]

--Incursion Fleet #313--

(Jonas's picture in case anyone cares.)

"Sir, the enemy dropped out early than expected!" The officer yelled out, and Jonas knew exactly what that meant. "A trap, huh? All hands, combat alert delta, pump those engines up as much as you can. When we drop out of FTL, I want to ram into them!" "Aye, sir!" The helmsman replied, as the bridge was suddenly alight with life again. The sirens blared, and red lights flashed twice in quick succession every so often.

As the small fleet came out, they were going full throttle toward the Blood Raider fleet. "Pick the closest targets and fire!" Jonas yelled out. From his view port, he could see as anti-matter warheads lurched forth at surprising speeds, accompanied by concentrated energy beams, performing wide angle 'sprays' for maximum effect.

[Roach]

"Engage the blood raider vessels at knife fight range broadcast friendly signals to the unknown ships I'm not here to start another bloody war! If they fire upon us you have permission to consider them hostile."

The Heavy combatants of the battle line disperse into the blood raider formation making their strike precise and surgical a torrent of well aimed Maser and Turbo laser fire cracks the armored hulls of one of the Battle Ships. The Litany Of Defiance Finally cloaks its full 20km length coming into view and fires its phasers keeping its missile armament in reserve as to avoid accidentally hitting one of the unknown vessels.

[Quantum Rain]

Jonas notices that the unknown ships are not firing on him at all, and are, in fact, holding back to fire surgical strikes against the Blood Raiders. "Hmm... Interesting. Hold on the spray attack, conduct precise attacks on precise locations. Hold back on the missiles and fire normal broadsides at the enemy, use the slugs if you have to." He stops for a second to overview the battle. "Find the lead ship, and move us into position. Prepare to execute Shadow Maneuver 328 and Intercept Maneuver 176, 15 seconds between each execution, synchronize on my mark!" "...Confirmed, sir." The combat officer reports.

The IS fleet divides into three groupings. One third are light cruisers, which support the unknown fleet now in their strikes against the Blood Raiders. Their maneuverability allowing them to avoid friendly fire, while another third focuses on the other side of the fight. Being more tank-ish in nature, they soak up fire and dish it back out at the Blood raiders, staying as one group and providing mutual support to each other. The third group is small, but still powerful as the Regnum tears through the enemy, now aiming straight for the ship that holds the classified item they stole.

"...Now." Jonas orders, watching as fighters and drones appear in the middle of several conflicts, attempting to catch the enemies by surprise entirely as they appear so close as to barely brush past their shields.They waste no time in performing bombing runs, attempting to gain their attention and do as much damage before they are countered. Several moments later, the small fleet suddenly cloaks, a phase shift type of cloaking, while scanners are being jammed. "Move us in toward our targets, make sure he doesn't get out of this alive!"

[Roach]

The blood raider command ship activates a set of powerful after burners and flees from the battle but even at its impressive speed it cannot out run The New Nebula Class Star defenders one of the defenders the Freedom having just swatted a group of frigates activates its powerful event horizon "scram" drive and cuts off the blood raider Command ship overwhelming it with a powerful volley of ion cannon fire. It then locks the vessel down with a tractor beam. But even as the Command ship is locked down the surviving Battle Ships Swarm the Freedom who had over extended out of her formation. The Freedom held the fire from the battle ships their heavy beam lasers slowly tearing down her shields but her captain was experienced he kept the ship in rotation the shields and armor plates of his vessel taking the damage more evenly and laying down heavy and precise fire as the 4 battle dragons of the fleet moved in to assist.

[Quantum Rain]

The third battle group uncloaked underneath the enemies that were engaging the Freedom, punching straight upward with their full armaments now, as missiles, energy beams, and normal energy lasers coupled with anti-matter slugs rammed into the unsuspecting Blood Raiders. "Take them down and secure that command ship asap!" He yelled out, not desiring to fail so easily yet.

The IS fleet continued engaging the remaining Blood Raiders, with the support of the new fighters and drones. They began breaking into smaller groups and surrounding the Blood Raiders in an attempt to make sure that they can't escape as the start unleashing anti-matter nuclear warheads, in very sparse amounts, in friendly-clear areas.

[Roach]

As the remainder of the blood raider battle group attempts to break off and flee into space they make the dire mistake of clustering together the Litany unleashes hundred of warheads at them at a yield set to ensure no friendly damage and with series of multicolored detonations the remains of the Blood Raider Force is pulverized.

"I love fire works! Give me a report Ajay."

"No losses Admiral The Freedom took some damage but will be back to ship shape in an hour."

"Splendid now send a message to our guests i wish to meet with them in the Great hall"

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