The Tides of History (an St/Sw cross over)

[sonofccn]

Absolutely, go nuts.

[Admiral Breetai]

new chapter out sorry it took so long Hopefully it's good an all out psycho death brawl between the Dominion and the Empire hopefully I did that right and you guys approve...

again I apologize for grammar errors and hope its still a good read

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Imperial Star base Red Dawn several days later

Red Dawn was a large hulk in orbit over a gas giant, near her orbited a number of smaller mining stations and ore facilities she was for all intents and purposes the life blood of the local part of the outer rim territories, so far from the core the Empire was stretched thin and Rebel attacks continued, pirates criminals and even small groups of remaining separatists made it an utter hell for Imperial commanders out in regions like this. In came Red Dawn she was essentially a fortress a logistical stop off and a minor shipyard able to repair and refit ISD’s as well as produce many of the smaller craft and fighters, weapons production facilities where done at Red dawns sister station the blood knife which was one in a chain of three major facilities that represented almost eighty percent of the Imperial forces in this group overseeing some thirty sector and several hundred systems. The Largest Imperial force in the outer rims was divided between these three bases and rumors existed that several top secret projects had been conducted on blood knife, such was the hornets’ nest the Dominion had stirred and Moff Suroc was dead set on brining to bear the entirety of that fury on those who dared join the Rebellion.

Red Dawn was given the name for the massive gas giant and fifty or so moons that orbited here made of various ores when the suns reflection hit it in the mornings a blood red color reflected the planets surfaces giving the station the image of a grim statue in a sea of blood. For what ever reason all three systems these places were located at had the same type of worlds. Built long ago perhaps by some long dead ancient race? Imperial historian’s long postulated humanity was the chosen inheritor to the mighty celestial beings that roamed this galaxy like giants eons past. If that was true Suroc wondered why those ancient idiots created so many damn Xeno’s and why they bestowed concepts like “rebellion” and “disobedience” on man kind, did they think it would make them more resourceful? Maybe but it certainly made his job harder and as such he owed such beings no thanks only scorn. “Moff Suroc an Imperial star destroyer is exiting hyperspace no make that two no sir three no four!” he stammered

“Confirmation?”

“It’s grand Moff Turhain’s flag ship the vindication sir” Captain Guylos was the son of Grand Admiral Cardin Guylos a wealthy and powerful man from a family who’s wealth rivaled even those of the counts of Sereno, he was also one of the few Grand Admirals able to compete on a similar playing field with Thrawn and the treasonous Mon Calamari Akbar in war games Guylos had come close to stalemating Thrawn twice and had forced the Chiss GA to revise his plans once, he was a formidable man and one who had shown a willingness to defy the emperor. His son how ever was a loyal Imperial officer dumb witted and fanatic the ideal soldier of the empire he would raise the ranks far because of that and would one day take his fathers place when the Emperor tired of Guylos the elder. For now he was Surocs aide and right hand on the base and he was very good at that ensuring things got done.

Suroc eyed the Vindication as it docked Turhain was known as the butcher for his ruthlessness in oppressing rebels and an uncompromising commander in battle but also a great deceiver and master of the sneak attack if it came to a hard fight he would be the man to count on, and as the Moff in charge of three bases he was essentially the commander of these sectors.

“Turhain has exited his vessel and is heading to the conference room on deck eleven Sir” “Excellent Captain Guylos” Suroc rose and began making his way there “you have command until we return” he said “aye sir!”

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Phanous same time

Ar’tech and Vi’retess kept a calm eye on the ship exiting hyperspace it was a small freighter type transport “so this is they’re unofficial leader Mon Mothma”

“why do humans have such weird names in this galaxy” “in any Galaxy my fat friend” Vi’retess corrected “she is coming here speaks to the importance of their alliance with us” he stated “I was hoping to meet this “Senator Organa and her companion what was he again a paladin or something” “no your thinking of those stories from the federation” Ar’tech correct “Jedi Knight, last I hear they are on some important mission”

“Still she is coming here why that is?” Vi’retess said calmly “perhaps they know about the shipping and troop movements to Endor”

“It would help if they at least expected it, getting any sort of intelligence on such things has been hard” Ar’tech remarked “the Emperor and his cyborg are difficult to counter they have powerful telepathy and some of their fanatics are strong too”

“No matter” Vi’retess said “we will succeed have your ships assembled “

“Yes we will be leaving in two hours for the middle rims” “excellent”

“Victory is life”

“We live to serve” Ar’tech said before his holographic form vanished Vi’retess smirked and then turned walking down the hallway towards the conference room where he knew Garros would be waiting. He thought about the young Captain he was young and inexperienced both in the field of battle and the arena of politics but he was learning fast, he might be a threat one day to eliminate. In the mean time he was how ever an excellent resource to make valid use of, for the time being. Entering the conference room he adopted his grandfatherly smile and reached out shaking Garros hand “good morning my young friend” he said smiling before bowing his head and making his way to the table

“I was at the beaches yesterday learning some combat with Miraz group, they are an incredibly powerful species” he remarked “Even the Jem’hadar respect them”

“Ah, but don’t they? His race has always been powerful and strong but they also have a strong sense of loyalty they where the first race to join the dominion” he said “and have been loyal citizens for the past ten millennia “ he grinned it was a white lie they where the first to join while other races had been conquered or manipulated in these giants had approached them willingly which made things much easier, they served and fought well but still retained too much independence that was why on the front lines eventually they had been replaced by the Jem’hadar “is your leader well she arrived just now”

“Yes I spoke with her” he said “I was told you said to have her escorted to one your battle cruisers?” he asked “Yes” Vi’retess remarked “we are heading that way too”

“Why is that?”

“oh a hundred light years from here is a world called Kairoptera farther into the unknown regions” he said “I haven’t heard of it” Garros answered

“they where a primitive people a world with many nations all warring for supremacy still in the early stages of space exploration, we made contact with them one of the first worlds we ever did in the galaxy, some two and a half decades ago I singed the peace treaties myself” he grinned “I want you both to see Dominion technology and what it can do to a world first hand, I want you to see that we are sincere in our dealings” he told him Garros nodded “alright then shall we?” Vi’retess smirked following the younger man who had grown to become very familiar with the base over the days Vi’retess still subtly guided him but they did make it to the docking bay with out incident

As they entered the battle cruiser one thing Garros noted was the different races and the sheer amount of Jem’hadar on board those two them and the vorta always prevalent but so many different species served as well, it always seemed to be true unity and he wondered if this was all an elaborate show or just a distorted version of the truth, his musing how ever ended up being interrupted by the women in white. He had never met Mon Mothma but all knew her in the rebellion. Vi’retess eyed the women appraisingly and smirked she had a serene calm countenance that hid great wisdom and power, a leader to the very end he knew almost immediately that she would one day have to die. This woman was among those who started it all and would very much likely be a great threat to the future of the Dominion in this Galaxy if she lived. “My dearest Lady” he bowed graciously to her before rising “I am Vi’retess of the vorta administrator of the Dominion forces in this Galaxy and all its holdings “he said “I humbly welcome you to our space”

She gazed intently at him appraising him with the same eye as he had, he was a very friendly very old very proud being but he was no fool the kindness that radiated off his body seemed genuine and while much of what he said was true in a way much of it was twisted a politician to the last but also deep inside him she could see it “predator” it screamed it out like a cacophony of roars he was supremely dangerous to those who would cross the Dominion and that immediately put her awareness on high “Vi’retess you have no rank” “no my lady my people serve the founders and as such take no rank we are but servants” he said calmly “are the founders your leaders?”

“Yes and no while they rule The Dominion proper as its creators The founders are very hands off more figureheads than leaders, the Vorta have been the Administrators and leaders of the Dominion proper for over two thousand years” he said calmly “but if a Founder where to show up no Vorta could nor official of the Dominion could counterman any order a founder gave” he said and it was true while in times of major war the founders where heavily involved in the affairs of the Dominion in most cases they remained decidedly hands off preferring the ruling of solids to those few they trusted in their names. “I see” she said “and am the founders Immortal”

“nothing is truly Immortal Madam” Vi’retess conceded “but they do not age nor do they succumb to old age “ he conceded “but they can become sick and die or be killed” he added “as such some of the original founders of the Dominion still live and still interact with us”

“to speak to some one who has lived ten thousand years” she said “what an amazing conversation that’d be” who knows you may one day get the chance” he said smirking she nodded “this world we are heading too?” she asked “Kairoptera ‘he said “it is a nice place you will enjoy it I think to meet some of those whom are members of the Dominion here may help to Diminish your worries”


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Kairoptera several hours later

The first thing Garros noted was the features of the aliens here on this world, they where robust and large with slit eyes colored the darkest shade of black and narrow faces stubby arms, but they had a firm look in their eyes. A species of fighters but he also saw that tired gaze they had come within a hairs breadth of annihilation and that taxed you no matter who you where that left you exhausted. This planet likely experienced that, he could smell the air it was more then likely much cleaner but the chemicals and gases in the air, this had been an industrial society before the Dominion came and likely was fractured and multi national with numerous different city states or nation states vying for domination. A critical stage in a species evolution one that humanity had long since abandoned and regressed into only to emerge from it again in the long histories of this Galaxy, Garros watched them the planet was being cleaned up at an incredibly fast rate, oceans cleansed and atmosphere rebuilt the buildings enhanced and modernized large scale construction efforts had begun underweight but he also noticed something there where many young Kairopterans that had come to greet them when they landed, the species had apparently undergone a population boom and the answer to that had come from a picture of the fourth world from the native star, it was slowly being colonized many had left for that world now and a new sense of destiny came about. What disturbed Garros though was the fanatic loyalty they showed for the Dominion Loyalty that seemed almost too real to be true.

Vi’retess walked along side with the older stateswomen the two had been discussing treaty stipulations for an hour now, admiring the scenery , she was adamant about gaining that world forming technology being able to colonize uninhabited worlds to create a safe base for the Rebellion was important to her. Garros noticed too that she was definitely interested in making sure the finer details where as obvious as could be to all parties making sure the Dominion would respect the sovereignty of the Galactic Republic when it was restored which was agreed to though Vi’retess did ask for representation in the senate and a stipulation allowing any minor systems to join that wished to do so. The request took both parties into a moment of silence as they debated mentally over such things. Garros wondered why they’d want representation in the senate or any governing body that was created but Mon Mothma assured him such a request was passive and merely was the Dominion ensuring it would stay active in Galactic politics. Both officials played an eternal game of chess with each other for what seemed like an eternity while Garros watched the planet the citizens all thanking and praising Dominion officials and the head of the world’s government showing up to give them an official tour to see all that had changed. Garros couldn’t help but feel that this was some kind of ploy.

The more he knew Vi’retess the more he realized the old man was a complicated opportunistic creature that was possibly more then just a dedication politician. While the general consensus at rebel HQ was that the Dominion was a god sent and that it should be sought out for any help that can be given. Mon Mothma was a bit more reserved she could tell that the Vorta where a reserved bunch but they held allot back and mixed half truths and lies with the facts making it hard to make heads or tails of the real truth. But she did know one thing, The Dominion did seem genuine in the sense that they had no issues being generous and compassionate but she also detected an underlying ruthlessness in the Dominions actions and Garros report of the battle suggested a military ability that was on par if not slightly superior to the rebellions it was all much to think on but she was being pressured just as much as Garros to make some kind of peace treaty with these people what ever the cost.

“ah, and here’s the educational facilities” Vi’retess gestured showing a gigantic tower like compound cold and steel colored it reach out into the clouds, the campus around it was beautiful though flower gardens water falls she couldn’t help but notice though the image of three Kairopterans one of the higher social class and one of the lower and one of the middle standing equally before the larger statue of a Vorta who was handing them Books with words like “ethics” and Loyalty” on them and she couldn’t help but feel a chill down her spine. “the Kairopterans where an unusual lot, normally a species religious views tend to gradually become more and more moderate as the species science progresses but this world had a division one side maintained that strong sense of devotion the other not so much” he gestured to the group as they made they’re way into the facility “observe “ he gestured to a holo recording of sentient sacrifices to some god “Religious wars utilizing primitive fusion weapons utterly devastated the southern continent of this planet you saw the burns from orbit” he smirked “when we came they where close to mutual annihilation we tempered them and have nearly completely restored many sections of the damage zone” he grinned shaking his head “it was a good thing we had come” he said softly

Mon Mothma was shocked, she had indeed seen the southern continent from orbit though sections still had burns and damages on it she could make lush green forests and water falls and she wondered at the true extent of the Dominions industrial capacity and what exactly that’d be if it was turned towards warfare. She smirked and turned eying Vi’retess realizing now why she was brought here and nodded it was more then just to show her how nice they had been but also just how powerful. “I give you credit my friend you are an able politician”

“I was literally designed to be my lady” he said calmly “and I’ve got in this body alone over a century of experience” he grinned she blinked “I’m sorry in this body? You mean”

“we are clones yes but our conscience and memories are downloaded into a new body if at all possible and even if not genetic memory has been programmed into our bodies updated usually monthly so when a new clone comes online if its not me” he grinned “it is “me” if you understand my meaning”

She mulled that over in her mind and wondered about that she wasn’t talking to something that would have been considered alive once but yet it was clear to her that he was “Immortality”

“A type of Immortality I suppose” he said “why are you interested?” he asked amused she couldn’t tell if he was playful or not but she managed a smile despite how disturbing that was and smiled “it would detract from a democracies true function”

“Oh, does it? Strange we don’t have that problem” he said with a smile that came off more predatory then gentle to her she cleared her throat “well I can see that there is much we must learn about each others cultures”

“Isn’t that the best part of what we do?” Vi’retess asked grinning

[Admiral Breetai]

part 2


Conference Room Imperial star base Red Dawn several hours earlier

Moff Turhain took a sip of his tea and eyed the figures Suroc presented, the man had lost three ISD’s to a rebel sneak attack and was attempting to blame those losses on some fantastical alien menace, or at least that’s what he would of believed had he not had the same conversation with the same Grand Admiral a week ago “our long range probes have indeed picked up some bizarre special distortions in this region over the last several years which have increased over the last several months” he conceded “but we have not been attacked, are you certain about this?”

“yes we recovered remains of the Magnus the damage done to the vessel matched standard Rebel weapons but many of the critical and kill shots came from a completely unknown energy source “ an imperial technician began “further more we did manage to recover some of the data logs of the ship, honestly sir the damage was so extensive the transmissions sent out where completely distorted beyond reading and the damage data logs barely restorable “ she conceded Turhain frowned “what could of caused that?” “Well a number of theories sir but the most probable would be a matter anti matter reaction ““another sensor sweep picked up an enormous amount of radiation consistent with micro singularities “

Turhain frowned Suroc sported an incredulous look on his face “that’s damn fiction right there” he stated Turhain nodded “although the Trade Federation did experiment with using anti matter as a power source and blew one of the moons over some backwater shithole completely in half killed a few hundred of those Kato Nimodian bugs” he said then there was the experimentation done to power the SSD class being constructed of which Vader’s flag ship was a member and rumors about a Singularity to power the Death star abounded as well but all experiments thus far had been failures or yielded power generations to high or too low. “Well sir who ever attacked them likely uses these as some form of power generation”

“How do you know it’s not weaponry based?” “because sir there’d be far more of the after affects for sensors to pick up, no one unknown type of energy practically saturated all damaged parts recovered. “ she said “these definitely where the primary means of attack”

“Any idea on the location of these renegades” Suroc asked

“yes, we’ve narrowed out possible locations for a strike fleet to operate out of assuming any of my teams speculation is accurate” She said “and honestly It may not be I’ve narrowed it down to some five hundred light years past the point of the battle” the Tech answered

“That’s a generous amount of territory to search for marauders that could have jumped from any hyper lane” Turhain remarked “with respect sir, I don’t believe they use hyperspace for faster then light travel”

“Non sense, Suroc this women is basing her conclusions on holo novels!” “If I may sir, the unknown disturbances in space we’ve been tracking that unusual residue that’s left over for several hours sort of like a distortion wave?”

“yes” he said as she brought up the data observing it “Well Imperial R and D as well the Trade Federation and various other corporations in the old republic pre fall had been investigating ways to form a distortion wave around the space near a ship to push it faster then light as a means to remove ourselves from a dependency on hyperlanes and Hyperspace” she said “conquering and expanding territory takes centuries accurate maps with out force sensitive’s are very difficult “ she said ‘ if such a drive could be perfected we could unite the Galaxy in a century at most strike the rebellion any where”

Suroc nodded ‘what I found based on the research was that the Drive system was abandoned because of how slow it was compared to hyperspace and the power generation needed made it impractical “he explained “so how would that help us”

“the idea would be to jump a fleet out into an uncharted area and use scouting vessels with the drive system to chart new unknown jump lanes and eventually perfect the technology to eliminate the slow pace” she said “regardless it does seem like our new friends use this technology” she said “and that it would severely limit their ability to make war and that’s probably why they helped out the rebellion to acquire hyperdrive technology” she said “these ships would be huge slow moving and likely not heavily crewed because of the size of the reactors needed”

Turhain waved her off “too much speculation but it is enough to give us a who and a possible location” he said Suroc nodded “these bastards wont know what hit them” he said Turhain remained impassive “I think you should take five ISD’s and I’ll take seven Captain Bentine can command another three in reserve with a large fighter force” He said leaning back “we move out and begin searching in the areas with the most common occurring numbers of these “Space” warps make sure several probe droids are always ahead of us scanning actively I don’t want such a large armed force away from the bases for so long” he said rising “when can your forces be ready Suroc?”

“”in five hours” he said “excellent” Turhain remarked “then hopefully soon we’ll find these Xeno scum’s and burn them” he said turning and walking towards the docking bay.

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Unknown regions 24 hours later

Upon first glance space would appear to twist and bend then a blue purple whirlpool would form twisting and turning in space until out of the maelstrom some ten purple insect looking battle cruisers appeared followed by small scout ships over a hundred and twenty of them gliding through space nacelles glowing brightly from the stress, the fleet slowed and then eventually went to a stop and began active scanning and diagnostics. It was a scout fleet sent to make trouble for the Empire headed to the mid rims to sow as much chaos as possible before the eventual hammer of Dominion conquest came. This small strike fleet was commanded by Ar’tech the butcher

Leaning back in his chair the obese vorta devoured some food eying a female companion coldly his “harem” as it became known was the Ar’tech model clones vice, created to be vicious gluttonous lustful and avaricious he was to stand for ever as a contrast to Vi’retess complimenting the smooth calm ruthlessness with brutality of an almost bestial nature Ar’tech was the stick to Vi’retess carrot not that his rival wasn’t capable of the same cruelty only far more measured and logical, all the same Ar’tech was a capable battle hardened and Loyal servant of the Dominion and the Ancient one “long range sensors pick anything up?” he asked coldly

“Yes sir” another vorta said “distortions consistent with hyperspace jump capabilities on the extreme edge of our long range sensors” “good move us in closer but stay away from they’re sensor range”

“Sir the lead scout ship is detecting a probe of some type it was offline before but now it’s transmitting like crazy should I order it Jammed?”

Ar’tech frowned thoughtful for a moment “they must suspect our presence likely from remains from the previous battle? Ar’tech asked “no sir” the other vorta countered “but they likely suspect something from the remains maybe the examined our weapons radiological profile”

He nodded “the trouble with using radically different technology is that it’s easier to spot even by primitives” he thought for a moment “begin moving in our “friends” direction and give me a comprehensive scan of the vessels present” he ordered “aye sir ordering two of our smaller craft to begin surveillance”


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Imperial Star Destroyer Demeter

“Sir probes one and two detected the disturbances! “ Suroc turned eying the technician who called it out “excellent I was getting tired of chasing sensor ghosts, status!!”

“too far out to make an accurate run down on the vessels sir” it was a smart plan he thought set loose a bunch of probes and shuttles and create a sort of sensor network to scan far beyond what is normally possible for an Imperial battle group it also served as a good way to get an accurate measurement on the enemy, when the ship profiles began coming in he noticed the main force comprised of four of the larger vessels and some dozen or so of the smaller ones. “So it’s a small force “he said leaning back

“Get me Captains Rechise, and Farro “Suroc ordered one of the communications officers nodded a holographic image of two men appeared “Moff Suroc your orders?”

“mobilize your fighters and begin moving forward, meet those sensors ghosts destroy them if you must capture if you can!” he ordered both captains nodded before the screen flickered, a few seconds later the two star Destroyers began moving at full power towards the vessels

Suroc leaned back “ETA until contact?” “Twenty minutes sir” the com officer responded “fall back behind them shadow them but keep at the edge of they’re estimated sensor range at all times then begin calculating for a micro jump” he said they nodded

Now it would be time to see if Turhain’s strategy worked
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Dominion battle cruiser

Ar’tech watched the display screen it showed a single battle cruiser moving forward with seven small craft backing it up moving to engage the two large vessels they indentified as “Star Destroyers’ with all of their fighter craft mobilized. He touched his double chins and began eying them intently “scans on the area”

“we are detecting a full three more following them with major transmissions going on between the rear guard and ten more at various distances “

“A trap then” he remarked Ten star destroyers? Damn this was going to be a costly battle “I want sixty of our fighters to slipstream over there” he said gesturing to an area of space directly “above” the battle field “and sixty at the opposite side across from them” he remarked “and four of our battle cruisers to move here” he gestured to “beneath” the advancing fleet “ he ordered “instruct all of our forces to shoot to kill” he ordered “we must win this with as little losses as possible begin Jamming enemy transmissions! Give me the name of the flag ship”

“Aye sir”

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Lead Dominion battle cruiser

Siri was a younger vorta and the first in her line of clones, breed here by the Ancient one in this new Galaxy she had fought in several battles in her previous incarnation and was now ready to move forward into yet another battle in the name of cosmic order and in the name of the founders. This enemy was ruthless primitive but efficient and made full use of all its abilities making them an incredibly dangerous enemy. She began increasing speed moving toward the lead ISD she could make out the name “dauntless “ it looked well armed and gigantic a true weapon of terror. “Power up weapons” she said coldly “hails them all frequencies”

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Aboard the dauntless

Captain Rechise eyed the vessels that had begun rapidly approaching them at STL speeds he thought had been impossible prior it was a weird looking ship purple colored and bluish they appeared like insects some hoard of bugs spreading across the stars ravaging everything in they’re wake. Parasites , gripping the edge of his chair he looked over at his com officers “status unknown so they went for silent running and raised some sort of “field” over themselves a shield of unknown make up sir”

Rechise nodded narrowing his eyes “anything else”

“SIR THEY’RE JAMMING OUR TRANSMISSIONS” the tech cried “wait something’s getting through it’s a hail from them”

“Victory….is…life” the voice that came through was something shocking cold and inhuman and he was convinced completely insane! The transmission cut off immediately and he saw a series of white orbs heading for his vessel “SHIELDS AND WEAPONS HOT NOW! NOW! NOW!” he roared as his vessel convulsed in a catastrophically violent frenzy the smaller craft ran forward firing those deadly beam weapons at his ship which was already belching smoke and debris out into the void of a distant Galaxy

Captain Faro aboard the “Nemesis “ began firing at the large enemy command ship it’s weapons colliding against shields “Fire proton torpedoes and missiles back the Dauntless up” The Captain voice yelled over the com bustle immediately escort ships and fighters began firing on the smaller ships the seven “bugs” began unloading obscene fire power for its size shredding and dodging turning and firing on the Nemesis trying to give the flag ship time to destroy the two, they’re weapons burning into the damaged section of the dauntless causing the vessel to loose power in several sections. One of the smaller vessels was exploded by a combination of heavy turbo laser fire and proton missiles while another two began firing and evading

The Nemesis turned trying to fire a full broad side into the Dominion capital ship shields straining under the assault but her own weapons giving out as much as it took in return hammering out against the vast arrow head shaped vessel which seized under the mix of fire from beam weapons and those torpedoes TL batteries burning off and a section of the aft portion of the vessel exploding violently breaking off and colliding against one the Battle cruisers Nacelles the explosion from the collision causing it to loose power the dominion ship began backing away as the dying ISD turned to fire what weapons it could at the vessel the combine fire ripping into a section of the battle cruiser causing its damage Nacelle to explode destabilizing the new power core which went up in a violent volley of fire the anti matter and hawking radiation splashing against the wounded ISD killing its occupants and blasting it’s remains to pieces. The Dauntless stood alone fighting frantically against all six of the remaining “bugs” the small swift craft ripping through his vessels shields and scoring savaging hits on weapons and the engines

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ISD Demeter

Suroc eagerly observed the battle which was being recorded by probe droids and retransmitted to a pair of TIE fighters just outside the edge of his ships sensor range was transmitting back to him “so they have superior range but they cannot take punishment up close like we can?” he said allowed “excellent” he remarked “this is a puny fleet though there must be more waiting” he closed his eyes “Order the Hand and The Imperial fist to move forward have the Hand engage what’s left of that fleet draw in the others” he stated “we’ll come in as soon as we have a clue how much of their assets they have committed to this little party”

“Aye sir”

The hand could be seen jumping to the location of the Dominion battle appearing before the damage Dauntless joining weapons fire together one bug was blasted away almost immediately the second attempting a ramming of the new ISD only to have it blocked just in time by a small frigate The Hand’s commander making note that escort vessels where virtually useless as anything other then suppression fire. His vessel shook as a “bug” finally managed to score a sting blowing off his shield tower before succumbing to sustained fire. The Dauntless avenging her fallen comrade gutted the remaining vessels and began to limp back to try and put out the fires and repair the damage as best as could be made before returning to base.

That’s when they witnessed that horrid vortex and saw five battle cruisers come out of it they began opening fire immediately culminating in the Dauntless how ever would not be caught off guard a second time and had begun firing its remaining TL’s and missiles out into the void smashing into the lead Dominion vessel the shields holding out against the assault and returning fire. The lead Dominion ship scored a critical hit against the Hand as it turned to fire her escorts being taken apart as they frantically tried to fire on the battle cruisers

Aboard the dauntless

Captain Rechise spat out some teeth and blood as he put a hand over his eye his vessel was being pounded his command tower was damage critically and flooded with radiation he turned back blurry vision eying “Hail Suroc now” he ordered his tech nodded

The holographic image of the Imperial Moff appeared “well I hope we gave you sufficient Data sir” he spat “your insubordination will be over looked for your hero-“he was cut off by an obscene gesture “can it you arrogant fool and listen” he hissed “these Dominion are no ordinary enemy and if they all fight like this with this kind of insanity then we’re in deep Bantha crap understand? The Empires never fought a real war and this will be the event that decides the fate of the Galaxy” he said Suroc frowned “don’t do it your more valuable to me alive”

“We’re already dead here, do not let the Empire fall!! The Rebellion has no idea what they’ve teamed up with don’t allow these bastards to take the empire! Coruscant must not fall!! Emperor Palpatine must not fall!!” the hologram flickered off and he turned eying his remaining pilots “ramming speed, LET’S SHOW THESE BASTARDS HOW IMPERAL OFFICERS MEET THE END” he yelled

The dying vessel came to life and tore forward towards the lead Dominion vessel which in turn began firing at it relentlessly the sheer amount of torpedoes and poloron beam weaponry hurled at the ISD began ripping entire chunks off the engines began to fail only too late and the massive burning wreckage collided violently with the lead Dominion ship engulfing it in a hell fire of fusion reactors and exploding proton missiles both craft exploding in a violent display of fire and death.

From his position exiting hyperspace Suroc admitted he was in awe the explosion unleashed a mix of blue and red and pink and green and bright yellow and red waves of energy and fire as the two vessels collided “In honor of the Dauntless send them all to meet their gods” he ordered coldly as the Demeter and two other ISD’s unloaded on the attacking party in a frenzy of weapons fire every time the Dominion ships backed up and tried to run one of the ISD’s would attempt to ram her a battle of maneuvering and relentless fire took place in a battle of raw guts and determination.

From his vessel Ar’tech observed the battle “record this” he ordered
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Aboard The Vindication

Turhain observed the battle unfolding Suroc had lost two star destroyers and was on the verge of loosing a third, “Order captain Dentine to send his ships into the fray of battle” he ordered “and prepare to jump we’ll catch them off guard and send them to hell” he said coldly

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Suroc wiped sweat from his brow and braced himself as his ship shook “damage report!!” “The Hand is suffering life support failure her weapons are virtually exhausted she is preparing to ram the lead Bug” an aid yelled

Suroc cursed he was loosing half his forces to a damn raiding party they outnumbered, though he did derive sick pleasure in the fact that they lost ships, ships they likely could not afford to replace he assumed. He eyed the Hand it moved forward lumbering slowly serenely forward taking weapons fire and being blasted apart before it could ram its target.

These people where not stupid

The current Lead Dominion cruiser shook under blows from the attacking forces it’s vorta commander eying the offending Imperials with absolute disdain, these animals where weaker then their Alpha Quadrant counter parts but possessed a ruthlessness and determination that made them just as dangerous “wipe them all out fire everything at the command ship this “Demeter” “ he ordered but before he could complete his order three ISD’s and two dozen escorts jumped out of hyperspace directly beneath his ship belching out all manner of missiles and TL bolts the entire mini fleet dumping everything into the two lead ships, shields flaring up briefly resisting before imploding in a display of fantastic violence rending the two Dominion battle cruisers into pieces blowing them away completely

Turhain’s forces Jumped in at the same time and began opening fire at the remaining two vessels who had been surrounded and viciously let loose firing at anything that was not Dominion shields beginning to fail under the assault
….

Ar’tech’s command ship

The fat Vorta nodded “excellent” he said coldly “move in the main attack force now” he said coldly

The remaining 12 ISD’s fought a winning battle now as one of the Dominion ships exploded in a bright ball of flames the shockwave from a breached reactor smashing into a carless ISD damaging it but not enough to take it out of the fight.

Suroc grinned “this is the first real fight I’ve had in years” he said grinning “sir another disturbance”

“What! How many!”

“They’re scout ships I’m reading ten...twenty…thirty…” the tech paused “one hundred and ten”

“no!” he exclaimed turning with enough time to see the bugs swarm his ships opening fire taking fire white beams and Turbo lasers traded blows and one ISD was rammed while another lost it’s command deck.

Turhain’s ship was burning and he saw a shuttle exit it making a jump into hyperspace

“We’re being hailed!!”

Suroc nodded “of course”

Turhain holographic figure appeared “we cannot win this battle we must regroup at Red Dawn and reinforce our holdings...I’ll transfer what’s left of my fleet there we can make our stand!”

Suroc nodded as his ship shook violently “this isn’t a defeat Sir”

“I know” he said but both couldn’t really tell if they meant it or where just trying to tell themselves something anything to take the bitterness out of the facts his vessel turned to leave as the others fought a loosing battle to buy their leaders time those that could flea did so but most where too damaged and within twenty minutes the fleet was completely annihilated though Turhain and Suroc would be proud of his forces who stood until the very last and took with them to hell seventy two Dominion bugs

Ar’tech leaned back “order all ships to make repairs and hold positions send Vi’retess all data and recordings gathered in the battle and hail him I have a feeling we’ll want to press the issue soon” he remarked “we will be at war soon” he said nodding "soon"

[Admiral Breetai]

……

In orbit over Kairoptera shortly after the battle

Vi’retess smiled at the confirmation of the treaty agreements it had taken a while longer then he expected but the Rebellion leadership had agreed and now it was a matter of simply signing the papers which would be done on the way back to Phanous
As he sat in his quarters smoking a small pipe he received the hail and put it on his private screen “Ar’tech I was under the impression you would be under radio silence until you returned from your mission”

“We found the Imperial forces making an ambush for us” he said firmly breathing hard “ah, my how did that go?”

“We are still fighting over fifteen of these “Star Destroyers” have arrived in some kind of trap and to date I’ve lost three cruisers and will loose a third” Vi’retess frowned “I see” he said “show me”

He began viewing the highlights of the battle and his eyes narrowed “observe my old friend” Ar’tech began “the manner of enemy we face here” he added darkly “they who fight with determination and dedication and zeal, a fanatically loyal enemy there is no greater threat! The enemies that can fight like you” he said “take heed on this and learn”

He nodded and then rose up cutting off the hologram before eying the shadows “Founder, they will likely know of us now”

“Then we will escalate our plans and begin moving openly against the empire”

“The Rebellion will have to do most of the fighting with our forces supplementing theirs for several weeks before any appreciable attack force can be brought loose”

“I have faith in you my faithful vorta”

“I live to serve”



“Remember our greater mission Vi’retess we cannot fail the fate of all of us is at steak victory is life” a voice in the shadows said before slinking away. The older vorta nodded and began making his way towards the conference room.


when he arrived he saw the Rebel officers present Garros dressed unusually formal and he smiled warmly at Mon Mothma and Garros “ah my friends, shall we begin? To make history I mean”

She smiled graciously “indeed” she said beginning to sign the treaty Vi’retess smiled as she and Garros marked they’re signatures and he did the same. “Well I feel very emotional” the old vorta smirked “I mean our first war of liberation in a Galaxy and an exciting series of new friends”

She smiled warmly and extended her hand “Vi’retess I cordially accept your terms and consider this peace treaty fair and completed” she paused looking him over one last time and pushing her doubts away “on Behalf of the Rebel alliance I hereby Welcome the Dominion to our Galaxy ” she said

Those words which had been uttered made space colder that day and years later towards the end of her life Mon Mothma would always regret not listening to the deep feeling of fear she felt when she said those famous words and Saw Vi’retess smile

[Admiral Breetai]

Absolutely, go nuts.

I did your idea helped allot..Vi'retess is just such a massive bastard that I find myself routing for the Empire

[sonofccn]

Very nice.

I did your idea helped allot..Vi'retess is just such a massive bastard that I find myself routing for the Empire

Congrats! You just made the wanne be Prussians in spaaaace, with British accents no less, the "good guys"! :)

For me at least its because the Imperials still don't understand the full storm bearing down on them as well as the sheer stones they've displayed. They are not clones or a slave race conditioned to throw their life away and yet trade blow for blow with the Jemmies because...that's how Imperial officer's end their lives. :)

[Admiral Breetai]

the alternative is to live retreat and be force choked by Vader for failing or get flash fried by Palpy so naturally Imperial officers are tough bastards. Plus theres are frontier soldiers a little more battle hardened and fanatic then normal and Red Dawns sister station is also going to have something worth defending you'll see

Imperial officers wont be cowards in this fic or idiots (well not all of them some of the core commanders maybe) it aint a stomp fic by any means

I was thinking of doing a side chapter dedicated to what the Federations doing around now, Namely why Admiral Ruiz flipped out and maybe explaining a little of why these particular group of Dominion forces where never seen during the war with the AQ/BQ powers and maybe set up the big reveal that they're after Preserver tech more then just conquest.

or would you rather I continue with the events in the GFFA and the assault on Red Dawn and The Dominions Formal Declaration of war on the Galactic Empire

[sonofccn]

or would you rather I continue with the events in the GFFA and the assault on Red Dawn and The Dominions Formal Declaration of war on the Galactic Empire

I'll caste my vote for this. I'm enjoying the growing war :)

[Admiral Breetai]

or would you rather I continue with the events in the GFFA and the assault on Red Dawn and The Dominions Formal Declaration of war on the Galactic Empire

I'll caste my vote for this. I'm enjoying the growing war :)

you'll have it! sorry it took me so long to get here had a big piece of writers block actions gonna pick up a bit here and the Founder in charge of this operation might make an appearance as well Surocs valiant last stand against the forces of the dominion

by the by you story is awesome

[Admiral Breetai]

and I'm back it's been kind of meh but I think I can write again well as barely as always any ways and heres another chapter hopefully it's good maybe a little heavy handed on the speeches sorry if they suck

Kairoptera three days later

News had traveled fast of the battle at the edge of imperial space between the forces of Turhain and the three crimson stations and of the Dominion, Mon Mothma was shocked that they had attacked but pleased at the out come, Though Garros was very nervous the Rebel alliance had fought numerous battles against the Imperials but none so decisive as this one had been aside from the battle against the death star.

She had met with via long range communications of the Dominion the alliance leadership and it was decided they would strike at Red Dawn Garros and his fleet would accompany a dominion force into the stronghold of Imperial holdings in the outer rim along this part of the galaxy and break it utterly! She knew the retaliation would be fierce but the middle aged politician was crafty and had a few tricks up her sleeves and she also knew the emperor believed he could see everything from his citadel in the Imperial capital, she would prove him disastrously wrong, it also helped that she would with the Dominions help have access to the proof needed to enrage a thousand worlds and slowly but surely bleed the mad tyrant to death. All things where going as planned and yet she felt a sense of dread looming in the back of her mind, The Dominion so eager to please so swift to act so advanced so predatory yet merciful or was this an elaborate illusion?

….
Orbit over Kairoptera

Garros observed from his Mon Calamari cruiser a fleet of some twenty vessels exit hyperspace he could not make out the design but he could tell they were one of the Dominions client races, impressively armed circular vessels not as large as a Mon Cal but he noted brimming with weapons, the tactical read out showed the ships where essentially a gigantic canon with an engine strapped onto it. Flying bricks meant to take horrible abuse and hurl gun fire at the enemy. A primitive but vicious race one he was told joined the Dominion under the condition that they fight and participate in every major engagement. He was told they where called Listari and war was religion for them. He grinned the empire was going to meet and fight a wide range of races. He eyed the second moon of the planet a very large circular structure hung there; he was told it was a subspace door way what ever that was. His eyes widened when he saw what came out of it though seventy two of those purple capital ships that had fought so violently against imperial forces and shot white death at an enemy, two dozen large bulk freighters quickly entered slipstream and took off for what he guessed was Leviathan, a hundred or so smaller craft came belching out of the gate system.

He noticed Vi’retess flagship was largely absent and he pondered on that before he saw a holographic figure appear beside him “hello old man” he said Vi’retess smiled “and how is the student of diplomatic arts doing” he asked smilingly

“Glad to be back in war” he joked the older alien smiled ‘indeed? Well it’s that fire about you I like, I envision a great future for this galaxy one we will hopefully help its people shape together” he said “are you ready?”

“As I’ll ever be” he admitted “you joining the party?” he asked

Vi’retess nodded “I’ll be personally leading the invasion of Imperial space” he said calmly noting the look of reassurance on Garros face Vi’retess smile “Am I not the chief overseer of the Dominion in this galaxy? Does such a position not demand I fire the opening salvo of such a war personally? Every death victory and defeat is ultimately my responsibility” he said with a false look of humility on his face “I am beholden to the will of the founders and those who march under the Dominions banner as you are beholden to the cause of Galactic freedom” he said

Garros nodded “I suppose your right” he said ‘from this path neither of us can return young captain” Vi’retess guided “we are the shifting tides of history” he said softly before looking out the window “I’ll tell my crew to make the jump to hyperspace and tell all Rebel vessels to follow” he said softly “good luck old man”

“Good luck boy”

…..

Coruscant

The two men sipped their drinks as they watched an opera in the grand theatre room one that told the story of the great Sith Lord Exar Kun and his war against the republic. Both wore white one was a fat man middle aged enjoying his meal the other a slightly younger man with dark blond hair and a thick mustache Grand Admiral Guylos eyed the performance the man next to him Grand Admiral Thanagar sighed “fifteen ships destroyed are you sure”

Guylos nodded “The Emperors ordered the fortification of all major holdings and has ordered Lord Vader to Endor for some reason’ he said calmly “with his flagship and over forty damn ISD’s: he said frustrated both men had been since Tarkins death two of the most powerful men in the Empire and had been brought into the dark lords inner circle, both had come to two conclusions. The first, that Sidious was completely insane and the second that the Empire needed to survive at all costs even if that meant defending it from it’s master. Silently they had agreed to slowly begin making careful movements, plotting against Sidious was stupid and suicidal but making the motions to over throw Vader was far easier, they could wait a decade or so for the dark lord to expire before taking on his far less clairvoyant successor to the empire. “I’ve ordered another twenty five Star Destroyers to reinforce Red Dawns defenses I’ve had to pull them from other sectors”

“Isn’t that risky? The grand moffs must be furious”

“they are” Guylos said “Red Dawn is the first link in a chain that holds the outer rim territories together if she falls so falls our hold over the outer rims” he said calmly “and if they take the third station then Sidious fleet of Imperial Super Star Destroyers under construction falls into enemy hands, and all those resources will be completely wasted” he said

“gods, do you really think they’d make it past Red Dawn?’ he asked “the enemy possesses advanced weaponry and a fanatical army “ he said calmly “I believe Turhain will fall as will Red Dawn but he need only buy us enough time to fortify our main line”

Grand Admiral Thanagar paled “you think…no you can’t be?”

“I don’t want to take the chance, The Empire has never fought a true Galactic war with a rival power, if Turhain’s sacrifice shocks the troops into action then so be it” he said softly both of them remained silent gazing at the performance but one thing kept gnawing at the back of Thanagars head. Guylos a man rivaled only by the Renegade Akbar and Thrawn had just said he fully expected the need to enact the line defense grid soon, which meant he likely suspect the Dominion could be invading the mid rim within a year’s time.

….

Kairoptera

Vi’retess watched the fleet of Alliance and allied vessels vanish into hyperspace and then smirked things where going according to plan and the Rebellion had presented him with an amazing opportunity that he couldn’t help but capitalize on, he turned eying a holographic screen over a hundred ships lead by Ar’tech vanished becoming invisible. It was ancient cloaking technology by Starfleet and Romulan standards but he reasoned it would be fine in Imperial space they would spy on and raid the mid rim and then link up with larger fleet that would be completed in two months to invade the outer rim territories opposite to their present direction. “My lord” he said turning and eying the shadow “do you wish me to leave you at Leviathan on our way to the territories?”

“No my Vorta” he said “I will come with you” he said “I will watch the battle at your” he said calmly Vi’retess bowed “I am elated Founder” he said with a deep sense of awe and joy to do battle beside his god “do you wish to command the fleet yourself”

“No not yet” he said “but I think it is time to impress upon the empire our measure of resolve and the nature of our power” he said his eyes flashing with a murderous look Vi’retess smiled coldly “the founder is wise..I will have us transported aboard the divine spear “he said bowing


…..

Red Dawn two days later

Galadere Suroc stalked the main facility eyes focused on a series of reports storm troopers and imperial officers hurried about him as they prepared for the battle they knew was coming Red dawn had turned into a proper fortress now with close to fifty ISD’s and thousands of fighters and over two hundred support craft representing a great deal of the Imperial assets in the area though Turhain had ordered much of his forces to fall back to the blood shield the main base of the region. Suroc had ordered construction crews to work over time to build as many automated defenses as they possibly could around the system and ordered regular patrol ships to patrol the out lying systems for a hundred light years everything was flooded with imperial probes designed to alert him at the first sign of invasion! The Moff headed towards the command bridge of his station and eyed the out lying area he could see the blood red planet he orbited and smiled him would make sure these damn aliens died in hell fire seeing his crimson world as the gates of hell. Hands folded behind his back he gazed at his men, he was proud of them all, young and arrogant they quickly snapped into shape readying themselves for the furious battles to come. He eyed the screens

“We’re going to make history here” he said calmly

“sir” one of the technicians called out turning and eying him “hyperspace jumps have been detected in system twenty five ships in total” he paused “lead by the independent “he said Surocs eyes narrowed “Garros, send a ship to blood Shield Inform grand Moff Turhain” he declared “get me fleet wide!!” he ordered

“sir we’re receiving signals from several fighters they’re detecting a massive distortion in space’ he paused “no, oh no”

“What is it?” Suroc said coldly “t-thirty two vessels matching the profile of they’re capital vessels and over two hundred of their smaller crafts censor profile shows the independent has been modified in the area of weaponry and the other crafts are little more then mobile gun ports”

Suroc slowly sat down in his chair the color fled his face as he gazed out at the star light cosmos noticing the small dots moving closer and closer to his station flying death. He let out a breath and forced himself up rising to his feet, he was an Imperial officer and would conduct himself as such “get me fleet wide communication” he said calmly taking another breath before beginning

“men and women of the Imperial navy, I am Imperial Moff Galadere Suroc “ he said calmly “the son of a nobody who grew up in the poorest parts of the old republic” he said calmly “I am not a noble or a member of some grand political faction like so many of you who purchased your rank through favoritism or politics or money” he said “I fought my way to the top like all those under your command I earned my way and my keep” he said “so it is to the men of your fleet I address this too and all Imperial commanders therein!!” he declared “on any other day against any other foe I would tell you..to live to not waste your lives and fight wisely but today, well today we learned the Rebellion has reached into the unknown regions and convinced a powerful and entirely alien Dominion to come spewing out of the Unknown regions like hordes of demonic monsters from the deepest pits of the dark side, like the tales of old about force created alchemic monsters these animals seek to break Red Dawn and bring it crashing down around you” he said

“And while many of you who are just now joining us may think this is only another space station know this!! This is a link in the great chain that wraps around the outer rim in this area for over a thousand light years along the rim we are the guardians of justice civilization and peace!” he called out “if we fall so falls the empire in the outer rims!! If we fall they can strike the deeper parts of the empire! THESE ANIMALS THREATEN YOUR HOMES AND THE REALM YOU HAVE BEEN ORDERED TO PROTECT” he shouted

“Smash against them!! Throw yourself into the enemy and fight them with unrelenting dedication and do not stop until their corpses litter imperial space!! If you must die here today take dozens of them with you MAKE THEM BLEED FOR EVERY INCH OF SPACE” he declared “make them remember Red Dawn and her mighty defense fleet BURN THE NAME OF THE GALACTIC EMPIRE INTO THEIR VERY SOULS” he said “Victory for The Empire!! Glory to the emperor!! “

He cut the com signal and eyed space

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Rebel fleet
Garros rose to his feet and turned facing the men under his command “get me fleet wide to all Rebellion vessels” he said calmly “I’m not very good at speeches actually I’m just a simple soldier” he said softly “but I can see things very clearly” he said “this day is going to change history and will have repercussions that will echo long after we’ve gone” he said his voice taking a firmer tone “we will stand between the abyss of tyranny and oppression and freedom and democracy and we will fight with courage tenacity and bravery they can’t even imagine!” he said ‘but above all else do not die for our cause live for our cause Freedom does not need martyrs it needs men and women human and other wise to stand to survive to live and fight with the courage to do what ever is needed to live to see this day through! Do not recklessly abandon your lives the ideals of the republic and the rebel alliance to restore it needs you far more then heroes with plaques on the walls of museums you all have fought well and make me proud and honored to lead you today no matter what that will be no different”

….

Dominion fleet

Vi’retess observed the speeches given by both sides and grinned they had hacked imperial communications in time to catch the fire in the dialog of Suroc who had just motivated an entire legion to willingly hurl themselves into the meat grinder of war and die to ensure the empire survived. His eyes lit up with a sick sense of glee at this “at last” he said coldly “an enemy who fights like we do, long has it been since we have met such an enemy in battle” he said his tone stiff restraining his excitement, he looked around the large bridge and smirked so many races so many servants of the cause of cosmic order, the vessel was a symbol of dominion might races from two galaxies united under the banner of order and the will of the founders. The hammer itself a work of art incorporating some Federation design principles namely in the way of weapons and engines she was the largest created Capital ship of the Dominion a sub variant of their larger battle ships she was about the size of an SSD and carried more weaponry a fleet killer.

Vi’retess realized the amount of resources that had been committed to this battle and the cost it would mean, with most of their fleet yards not fully ready and reinforcements from home over a year away assuming the other old ones could convince the rest of the link, any loss could potentially turn the tides of battle against them and this was a monumental risk but one Vi’retess had taken before long ago before in the name of the Ancient one in another body another incarnation, he was sure it would of succeeded then and it did and he figured now it would as well. It was a different battle though the Jem’hadar had been told not to die frivolously for the first time in that species history they had been asked to fight with dedication and not sacrificial passion and the reaction was mixed indeed. He turned eying the shadowy mist that was his master and smirked “well it seems every one has made a speech should I make one too?”

“For those who serve us but are not forged by us I suppose but honestly it would be very theatrical I think to do it now...and not at the declaration” it said ‘but then again you do so enjoy theatrics don’t you”

“One has to find something to keep himself amused when one has lived so long...well technically has ‘ he chuckled “very well vorta amuse yourself just give me my gas giant”

“as your say” he bowed turning folding his hands behind his back and staring out straight several hundred holographic images appeared before him they where mostly Jem’hadar commanders but also vorta, old blue eyes stared deeply into every one present “they speak of Duty and honor and sacrifice others speak of freedom abstract concepts they never could possible comprehend not in such a chaotic state so I will say something far simpler..Far more direct”

He pointed at all of them dramatically “you are all dead!!” he declared “I am dead; we are all living corpses floating in a cold ruthless uncaring universe! Nothing exists out there but chaos degeneracy and doom, we are the walking dead we fly in that sea of depravity and chaos and strike it with the lances of order and the fires of war! We the few who exist in the door way between chaos and order who carry out the will of the founders the living gods! We are the legions of the damned! Fall upon the enemy with the wrath of the very gods you serve! None who do not surrender before you are allowed to live! Throw yourselves into the enemies’ maws and rip its throat out!! You cannot die they cannot kill you for you all are already dead and damned your service to the founders is your redemption your release from this living hell! Only through duty can you achieve this! If one of you is to fall pardoned by the gods then you are to take twenty with you! Show them all hell show them why the Dominion is not just a space nations show them why it is a force of nature itself!!! “He looked at them all “we cannot be killed we cannot die for we have never truly lived until we fulfill the will of our gods...Victory is not life victory is atonement for the crime of existing, achieve victory here today secure this station and move forward and puncture the heart of this Galactic Empire and make it so that they for ever know the penalty for defying the founders!” he roared

His voice calmed the grandfatherly man seemed to manifest behind the passionate speaker “the leader of this nation calls himself a Dark Lord according to our spies he fancies himself a mystic of some sort” he began “we are going to show him darkness and hatred and the abyss of the void that comes before all things at its end, we will show him this we will carry it in our guns and our hands” he turned eying the commanders of the security forces primed to take the station “firsts tell your Jem’hadar brothers to kill everything once inside the station take only prisoners those who are of value and take nothing else” he ordered “Victory is release Victory is Atonement”

They shouted in unison “VICTORY IS LIFE!!”

Vi’retess grinned “good now go fourth and earn it”

[Admiral Breetai]

part 2

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Imperial Star base Red Dawn

Suroc eyed the objects as they moved closer they where entering range of the first line of defense Ten ISD’s and their support craft and over a hundred fighter wings

“order the first line to into position” he said calmly this was looking like a damn storm The larger Imperial vessels took a triangle like formation with the support craft taking a three dimensional pyramid like formation covering beneath the ISD’s and forward he grinned the leader of that line was a Captain Suroc had seen fighting in over a dozen campaigns he was vicious and dedicated and experienced the rest of his fleet not so much but he relied on the sheer personality of the man to get him in line

……..

Imperial Starship Revan

Captain Elanis Starwin had served in active duty with the empire since the end of the clone wars, he had fought many battles and had earned the respect of his Moff, but today was no ordinary day today was the first shots in an all out invasion of Imperial space and he had a sinking feeling he was up against a foe unlike any other. “Be ready boys and girls” he said as he watched the large circle vessels move off with the Odan Urr and Independent, he leaned back “so we’re facing the Dominion ships then? Where are the rebel and unknowns heading?” he asked

“towards our rear they’re trying to box us in” his aid said “I want two ISD’s to turn and face them with twenty fighter wings we’ll handle the big guns” he said moving forward his vessel shook as a series of white balls collided with it and near by support craft “impressive range! Begin returning fire as soon as we enter ours increase speed to full bring us into their clutches!”

From behind the main fleet over thirty of the smaller bugs broke off and began engaging Starwin forces the main weapons gutting fighters and tearing apart smaller support craft while proton missiles smashed into shields and turbo laser fire belched out at the frantic smaller craft downing six in the first second of combat while a second crashed into the command bridge of the star destroyer next to him before exploding in hell fire “all support craft and fighters focus on the smaller craft I want every star destroyer to open fire on the bigger ships do not let them pass”

….

Independent
“shields down ten percent armor holding” one of his aids called Garros wiped some sweat from his brow and nodded “remind me to thank the dominion for the enhancements” Garros mumbled as he watched one of the circular ships enter battle and begin to do what Garros could only conceive of as “flooding space” with laser fire and missiles many of which where scoring hits on fighters and smaller vessels an ISD loosing its shields but firing a full salvo of it’s weapons into the armor the vessels exploding engines stopping only for the ship to self destruct the moment the ISD came any where near it

“great they’re suicide bombers” he mumbled eying the main ship attacking them “are the Ion canons charged yet?” that was another marvelous gift from the dominion small compact ship mounted heavy Ion canons that where only lightly weaker then the ones used at Hoth, only needing a fraction of the power thanks to their technology and the small reactors that powered them and the ship now allowed for new and amazing levels of fire.

This became apparent when two red bolts shot out from the spine of the Mon Cal cruiser smashing into the engine of the offending Imperial vessel followed by several more and a salvo of proton missiles, immediately the ISD listed and was torn into by explosive power a section of hull torn off and engines disabled by the fire turbo laser bolts hitting damage sections causing fire and explosions the massive imperial warship began listing to the side, freeing up Garros flagship and the Urr from focusing on it and onto the second attacking vessel as well as the escorts.

“Captain Starwin we’ve lost the Repulse and captain Sirin is reporting massive damage to his weapons and shields!” an Imperial aid called “the rebels have some new technology two heavy ion canons just tore into one of the offending vessels “ he paused “Commander Serrano just lost over eighty percent of his forces we’re loosing fighters by the dozens!”

“damn” Starwin hissed “fall back to the second line of defense order commander Colby to activate the defensive screens” he ordered “lure those Dominion bastards into the maw of Red Dawns defenses!” he ordered falling back

….
Red Dawn
From his position in the station Suroc eagerly watched the battles progress so far the Dominion had lost two of their capital ships and a half dozen ally vessels and an alarming number of those smaller locust like craft but the fighter losses where absolutely staggering the total sum of ten thousand had entered this battle and so far in the first five minutes they had list some six hundred or so, the larger dominion vessels at one point just rammed through an entire fighter group plowing through and rendering them to pieces, he had lost good men and women out there and every loss weighed heavily on him. Red Dawn was the first station but that arrogant Turhain had fallen back to Crimson shield and ordered the bulk of those forces to remain there. His eyes narrowed at the large force of Dominion vessels floating in orbit some twenty five or so where just drifting there in space waiting and watching, a flagship noticeably absent he frowned ‘they’re setting up some type of trap for us I know it” he declared turning his eyes to the battle

Those Circle ships slow moving and sluggish where backed up by those accursed bugs and some medium sized cruisers from another race where now moving into position to engage his secondary line Starwins forces fighting heavily to get there before them

….

Aboard the Revan

Starwin frowned as he fell back to the second line it was commanded by a rather fat lazy man who seemed content to let others do the hard work, it was the type of CO he utterly despised and he loathed to place his life in the mans hand. He stood firm “order our vessels to open fire on the independent do not let that rebel scum get any where near the second line!” he ordered the remaining eight ISD’s of his force turning and opening fire on the independent, only to have a fury of dominion vessels turn rapidly towards them several of his vessels where strafed by the smaller craft knocking one of his offline and blasting a piece of armor off an ISD he cursed under his breath as he watched one of Listari vessels moving in closer he had seen only briefly what one of them was capable of but it had been ganged up on by some of the ships under his command. His eyes widened in shock when he saw the disc looking cruiser open up with a swarm of missiles and beam weapons and turbo laser fire ripping into both his ship and the escorts around it, he rocked violently as his ship lost main shields and then lost a section of the forward hull “Damn it all hold the line!!” he yelled as he backed and began rotating what was left of his weapons on the disc shaped vessel several ISD’s opened fire as well and the ship eventually began to crumple under the assault another one of its sister ships taking heavy fire but managing to score a lethal blow on one of his comrades killing the ship before it exploded in fire and radiation.

Starwin growled “status on the defense girds”

“they’re running hot sir” his aid said and it seemed in conjunction every one breathed a sigh of relief, every where in the area lights began blinking as small and large automated defensive canons began firing turbo lasers and missiles out at the attacking vessels The Urr took a violent hit that knocked out a chunk of its port side and The independent had to break off several smaller rebel ships where blasted apart as the Imperial forces unloaded into the enemy vessels most of the Dominion crafts had been blown apart and with out them the Rebels and the unknown vessels began straining under the fire and looked to be finally breaking off when Starwin noticed out of the corner of his eyes six of the large Dominion battle cruisers finally jumped into the fray white energy weapons tearing into defensive platforms while those White torpedoes began at the Imperial ships providing support and ripping the Revan completely in two scattering men and fire into the blackness of the void


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Independent
Garros was sure he was done for when the defensive grid came online he watched two of his support vessels erupt in flames, loosing two close friends one of whom had come up the ranks with him from the early days. Sighing he ordered his ship and the Urr to fall back while the Listari fanatically pressed the assault taking horrendous damage in the process fanatically shouting over the com “victory is life” and “glory to the founders!” shocked at the reaction and actions of the species Garros once again began wondering just who the Dominion truly was and why the old Vi’retess had had ordered his ships to remain in position sending only the smaller craft. The battle was harder then he thought and wondered if they where loosing faith when he saw six of the large purple ships poor into the melee hurling fire power out at every direction smashing up defensive grids and destroying the lead ship in the first salvo the second quickly began damaging ISD’s and taking out fighters

“add our fire to their own order every single remaining rebel fighter to turn their attention on the support craft let the Dominion scout ships deal with the fighters!” he ordered eying the battle his vessel and the damage Urr began hurling turbo laser and ion fire into the ISD’s and defense platforms every where they could at any direction, his own vessel shook violently several times as an ISD began hammering it forcing him to turn his attention on the offending vessel. He noticed that the larger Dominion craft now began to divide with about seventeen moving towards Garros position opening fire with a salvo of their torpedoes smashing into several of the ISD’s scoring several damaging blows another seventy of the smaller craft pored into the fray and the area quickly became a killing zone. Imperial officers how ever where fighting hard refusing to go down one of which collided violently into a lead Dominion cruiser killing both ships in an explosion of cosmic death fighters and scout ships clashed and Listari forces bulldozed their way through the line finally breaching it Several of the main dominion craft made their way through the line and began heading directly for Red Dawn.

“Tell the Urr and the Defiant to hold position and take these guys down do not let them back up the station” Garros ordered turning “send repair crews to the damaged areas and begin heading towards Red Dawn full speed”

….

Suroc was officially the angriest man in the galaxy he had lost ten ISD’s and was loosing more as they spoke the hordes of fighters and defensive platforms only where useful against the smaller ships and managed to take out one of the larger Dominion vessels their allies how ever and Rebel forces took outrageous damage and had lost at least ten percent of their fighting force and where poised to loose another ten soon but those damn insectoid vessels kept plowing though, then it happened the vessels on the far side lit up like Christmas trees and began taking off toward his position at speeds his Galaxy had only thought theoretically possible. White beam weaponry began hurling itself out into the stars at insane ranges and in that moment he realized, these animals had been concealing from him the full potential and power of their vessels and he frowned “this is a dangerous, dangerous enemy” he said in a voice barely above a whisper before he ordered all remaining vessels to engage those twenty Dominion vessels

Suroc sat back sipping brandy as he saw forty five ISD’s take on twenty Dominion battle cruisers and sixty support craft in what would later become known by Historians as the battle of the crimson worlds one that history would record as a definitive moment in the history of the Galaxy.

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Nexus of reality

“Goodness look at those little insects kill each other, you know Q the dominion wasn’t supposed to be in that region of space ever the Federation was but not for another thousand years”

“oh I’m just cleaning up the mess left behind by your beloved preservers Q” the other Q said pointedly the other chuckled “oh I am not denying that nor criticizing you” he said honestly “just pointing out changing history like this can be dangerous”

“oh come now some times eggs have to be broken to make an omelet’ he countered “they’ve taken the Stations shields offline now” he said “obviously” the other countered “the question is when they get to Crimson shield will they be able to make heads or tails of that ancient relic”

“If they do we’ll need to be extra careful in how we manipulate things” he remarked “but all the same so far everything is going exactly as I’ve foreseen it”

‘you know in an alternate version of this galaxies history another being who fancied himself powerful made a similar observation” he paused “right before kissing the inside of a reactor core”

“Oh please! Don’t lump me in with such a pitiful creatures” he said in a mock offended tone.

"just becarefull is all I'm saying"

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Red Dawn

Suroc wiped the blood from his face as technicians ran around putting out fires the stations hull had been breached and dozens of soldiers had beamed aboard swarming the place in a frenzy firing two and fro at every one who wasn’t of any important rank. He rose up stumbled towards a consol and looking out staring into the void of space he had failed in his mission and been careless and over confident. Letting out a sigh he turned towards the consol and began a mass information purge as well as commanding the computers to deactivate the life support system and vent atmosphere to lock down all access terminals and command codes He sent out one message to the invading fleet when they hailed him for surrender.

‘Long live the emperor’’

A minute later Red Dawn embraced cold vacuum and the career of a dedicated imperial officer ended.
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Blood knife

Imperial Moff Roran Deschain had volunteered for a front line position some seven years ago and held it, this area of space was adventurous and full of danger and here, here he truly believed was where the empire made a difference, far more then it did in the inner territories. No out here a name could be made for oneself fighting and protecting what was important. Deschain was actually excited when he heard news of the fleet of extra Galactic invaders where coming to dare to challenge the power of the crimson stations and he had made sure to review every battle painstakingly being ready to assault the main forces once they came through if Suroc failed to hold him

But what he saw today had set aside for ever any and all hopes and glory and he watched as space distorted and fifty massive cruisers passed through the vortex of slipstream hundreds of smaller craft and Rebel cruisers and something gargantuan and massive, it was as though space became purple as this command ship appeared firing those accursed white torpedoes out raining them down as though they where snow, he was sure his men would fight well and fight to the death make the enemy pay but he knew the moment he saw that torrent of fire belch forward that his time was over all he could do was send a warning to Turhain before the station was enveloped by fire and explosions and his ships began to face horrific fighting on every side.

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Crimson Shield

Grand Moff Turhain stalked along the corridors of the station, observing the vast network of disc shaped platforms linked up through spindly metallic riggings This base was both the main sector base for the outer rim territories but also home to many top secret experiments and plans the construction of a fleet of ships based off the hinting and trappings of something ancient had begun here and it was his job to secure these trappings.

Turhain frowned nervously turning he eyed the command staff “any word from the front?”

An aid rose “sir, Red Dawns been taken and it looks like “she swallowed “blood knife has been completely destroyed “she said “they’re holding position over Red Dawn and the ships over the remains of our sister station don’t seem to be moving”

Turhain nearly collapsed “IMPOSSIBLE! THE ENTIRE REBEL FLEET COULDN’T HAVE TAKEN THESE STATIONS THIS FAST!! THE BATTLE ONLY BEGAN SIX HOURS AGO!”

“I’m sorry sir it’s the report...wait hold’ she turned looking over at the com officers “sir we’re receiving a massive amount of signals they’re bombarding all channels civilian imperial even private! Oh, sir...no they’ve hacked the holonet”

“No! Shut it down run jamming do something!!”

“We can’t sir!! It’s some kind of advanced software it’s completely subverting communication systems all through out the outer rim!!”

“Impossible-“he paused as a holographic image of Mon Mothma appeared

“Citizens of the Galaxy, we come to you now on the back of a large invasion of Imperial space, we regret that our liberty and freedoms have been oppressed to the extent that they have necessitated this kind of hostile action but we regret nothing, I am here only to show that the Galaxy does have a voice, that for decades the empire has murdered and oppressed you but your cries for freedom have found a friendly ear and the alliance to restore the Republic new allies” she gestured to an image that appeared before her hands of vast dominion fleets “the Dominion is a peaceful organization dedicated to free trade and friendly relations to order and to cosmic justice early last month they saved our forces from annihilation at imperial hands and then moved to assist us in our invasion of Imperial space” she added “the days of tyranny and slavery are over we urge all citizens who want freedom from imperial oppression to rise from the ashes of servitude and to fight, on all worlds make your stand! The rebellion is coming we need you all”

The holographic image faded Turhain saw an elderly looking man with grayish blue skin and gray black hair long ears the look in his cold gray blue eyes was firm and dedicated full of power and he caused chills to run down his spine the old man had a very stern look on his features and he began to speak.

“The Dominion has long existed we are an organization of peace and exploration but are also servants of cosmic justice and order” he said calmly gesturing a few images raced across the hollow feed thousands dead massacres and killing “we have seen what the Galactic empire has done to it’s own peoples” he said firmly “several weeks ago they assaulted our vessels in our territory and sought to spread the depraved chaos and malignant evil of the emperor to our doorstep” the images faded replaced by the stern face of the old Vorta “and thus we where made aware of the cruelty your galaxy has long endured at the hands of this maniacal despot and have joined forces with your Rebellion” “we have come to enact cosmic justice upon the murderers and pirates who would call themselves your masters! Upon the thugs who destroyed Alderan a peaceful planet in the dead of night and massacred thousands of protestors on the imperial capital! We have come to carry out the equity and justice of the billions of dead who cry out for closure! We will facility the Rebellion victory and march upon mighty Coruscant there we will hollow the imperial palace out and lay it ruinous for all to see and drag the emperor before the people in chains that he maybe judged by every man the worker the servants the slaves!! Those whom have been oppressed by the violence of the empire! We will turn this Galaxy over to its people and we will not cease until we have achieved this goal.” His eyes narrowed “your majesty on your high thrown...be aware we are coming and we are the endless waves of a mighty ocean crashing upon your shore!! It is over justice and order will come to this galaxy!”

Turhain fell into a seat Brandy falling to its side he eyed the transmission as it ended and he sighed “everything will change now, no matter how this ends everything will change”

[Admiral Breetai]

I wasn't too sure if the speeches where too over the top...and it looks a little rushed the battle I mean

I'm gonna make up for it though, they're gonna dig in at Red Dawn and...the Imperial counter attack that's coming is gonna be..brutal

[sonofccn]

Very nice. Those poor imperials. :(

Guylos and Thanagar are intersting additions, I assume old Palpy is going to be *really* nuts with these two deciding to pull a Valkery some where down the time line.

Of course I liked the whole Vader's off at Endor, boy are the Dominon in for a surprise. A DS may not be cost effective for a race that can explode suns but it's going to leave a dent.

Lastly I really laughed when you mentioned a swarm of Imperial fighters just being plowed through, just captures the whole Empire's design failure neatly I think. If I can make a request could the next battle give a short viewpoint of a gung ho Tie pilot who runs screaming, lasers blasting, into the prow of a Dominon warship only to cut to the bridge and everyone is like "wait...did something hit us?"

[sonofccn]

I wasn't too sure if the speeches where too over the top...and it looks a little rushed the battle I mean

I'm gonna make up for it though, they're gonna dig in at Red Dawn and...the Imperial counter attack that's coming is gonna be..brutal

Don't' worry about it, a little ham is needed both in fiction and in life, the world would be a pretty dull place if we all acted completely composed and unemotional.

It would be like being stuck on Vulcan and trust me you don't want to be stuck with those pointed eared hobgolins, their mathmaticaly correct poetry alone is enough to make you run to the nearest airlock. :)

[Admiral Breetai]

Very nice. Those poor imperials. :(

they keep coming off as sympathetic to me even when I'm trying to make them as heinous as possible..the other side is just too underhanded and vile

Guylos and Thanagar are intersting additions, I assume old Palpy is going to be *really* nuts with these two deciding to pull a Valkery some where down the time line.

they have interesting roles to play to be sure though both know it'd be suicide to plan a coup against Sidious they're banking on either the renegade force user on the rebellions side..or The Dominion offing him

Of course I liked the whole Vader's off at Endor, boy are the Dominon in for a surprise. A DS may not be cost effective for a race that can explode suns but it's going to leave a dent.

I'm very wary of using canons which is why I've kept both of them as far away as possible and used allot of OC's I'm too scared of butchering the portrayal to do it

in staying with the Soviet Russia/Nazi like propaganda theme you got me started on for Vir'etess I've got something planned there

but they will eventually have to hit Endor but it wont be for awhile they're still stretched a bit too thin so the empires gonna strike back

Lastly I really laughed when you mentioned a swarm of Imperial fighters just being plowed through, just captures the whole Empire's design failure neatly I think. If I can make a request could the next battle give a short viewpoint of a gung ho Tie pilot who runs screaming, lasers blasting, into the prow of a Dominon warship only to cut to the bridge and everyone is like "wait...did something hit us?"

I've got something in mind for that

also a battle between Je'mhadar and Storm Troopers with Miraz (the huge Grizzly alien in charge of the Dominions ground troops in this Galaxy) Facing an Imperial General of Mando origin..in h2h

unless you consider that a bit too over the top lol

Don't' worry about it, a little ham is needed both in fiction and in life, the world would be a pretty dull place if we all acted completely composed and unemotional.

there will be Ham when the ancient one gets more screen time..he's completely and totally batf*(k insane and semi senile to boot

It would be like being stuck on Vulcan and trust me you don't want to be stuck with those pointed eared hobgolins, their mathmaticaly correct poetry alone is enough to make you run to the nearest airlock. :)

I wouldn't like to live on Vulcan that's for sure