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       After Gateway: Backstory and Opening Battles
       By: MichaelH23 Date: June 9, 2016, 5:39 pm
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       Backstory:
       The first round in the newly named 'Operation Resurrection'
       proved successful to the combined Trekylonian-IGF fleets despite
       losing over 400 ships and over 150,000 lives. While Concordiat
       losses were higher, the news of the first defeat suffered in
       Jovepenian history sent shockwaves throughout their society.
       Empress Athena, primary executive of Jovepenia, declared her
       intention to prosecute the war to its fullest extent. Jovepenian
       fleets were organized throughout their territory, ready to serve
       either as part of a Concordiat counteroffensive, or as defensive
       strongpoints protecting the core systems from Trekylonian raids.
       Jovepenian emissaries continued to attempt to convince the
       neutral Barlat nations, primarily Ish'Cong and Alexzonya, to
       enter the conflict as belligerents, even going so far as to send
       an ambassador to Kira's Kingdom, a former Barlat nation, seeking
       a rupture with the Laptev Axis and engagement as a belligerent
       against Trekylon, recalling the Twist Treaty and the rumored
       intention of Trekylon to restore Michael I or one of his sons to
       the throne in violation of said treaty. But even as Jovepenia
       made efforts to draw more nations into opposition of Trekylon,
       agents of Section 31 were moving among the people, looking for
       ways to disrupt the war effort...
       [hr]
       [i]This is a GNN News Special Report. Live at Galaxy-1, here's
       Jake Sisko.
       "I'm here on Galaxy-1 just 72 hours after what has been
       described as Trekylon's D-Day. Just two days ago a combined
       Trekylonian-IGF armada totaling some 125,000 ships engaged a
       combined Xie-Rhamos-JVP fleet totaling 135,000 ships. As I
       understand it, the battle coalesced around this station which
       had been abandoned for five years, but thanks to power
       restoration and some slight shoring up of the hull, was able to
       hold its own as a stationary weapon platform in the fighting.
       Now there is a small garrison fleet patrolling the system,
       several techs repairing the sporadic hull damage the station
       suffered and passenger ships coming from the nearby Galaxy Gate
       bringing settlers and staff to resume the daily operations here.
       The armada has left the sector and we're told the Trekylonian
       component has spread out into the Milky Way keeping only three
       fleets tied to the primary IGF fleet on its way to Verulon
       Prime. We do not know the destinations of the individual
       Trekylonian fleets and that's for security reasons, though we
       can assume they're targeting Xie military assets within their
       territory. Later tonight I will be interviewing a family who
       will be the first civilians to board the station they were
       forced to abandon five years ago and get their thoughts on
       returning to the Milky Way galaxy, but for now we'll continue to
       bring you updates on the progress of the Barlat campaign,
       Operation Resurrection. From Galaxy-1 station, this is Jake
       Sisko returning you to regular programming. I'll see you again
       at 1400 hours this evening."
       #Post#: 366--------------------------------------------------
       Re: After Gateway: Backstory and Opening Battles
       By: MichaelH23 Date: February 15, 2017, 4:16 pm
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       Palace. JVP capital city. JVP home-system
       Shoguness Bethena was enjoying a nice walk out in the garden. As
       a Valkyrie she appreciated the tranquility of the garden as it
       gave her shelter from all the problems of state. As of late, she
       had become more enamored of her garden than her palatial
       chambers due to the problems inherent in running the day-to-day
       affairs of the nation. The recent wars with the Commonwealth of
       Planets and Tark Empire had taken a toll on her. The more recent
       Barlat-Laptev War, while draining on her, did bring dividends to
       the nation. Most of all, the feared collaboration between the
       Laptev Axis and the nuisance state of Trekylon had been
       shattered when America switched sides, forcing the Axis to turn
       against their small ally. She stretched her wings in joy as she
       relaxed, knowing that so long as the Ishii and Xie held down
       Trekylon, there would be no danger of the resurrection of the
       evil Harvey family. She heard running footsteps approaching from
       behind her, and she folded her wings back against her sides as
       she turned to see who was coming.
       Grand Duchess Althea ran as fast as her legs could allow,
       carrying the most shocking news she had ever heard in her life.
       The very idea that such had actually happened was still too
       troubling for her to comprehend. She nearly stumbled as she came
       to a stop just before she crashed into Bethena.
       Bethena - "Why are you running as though the end of the world is
       at hand?"
       Althea - "Perhaps because it is, Shoguness. The news is
       troubling enough it could bring about the end of the world."
       Bethena - "What is it? Have the Tark suddenly declared
       independence? Are the former Commonwealth worlds in rebellion?"
       Althea - "Trekylon has returned to the Milky Way galaxy...in
       force."
       Bethena - "How large a force?"
       Althea - "Large enough to shatter the Xie fleet, as well as the
       auxiliaries our commanders provided them, not to mention the
       Rhamosians and Serdaris."
       Bethena - "That is troubling news. What is the status of our
       forces?"
       Althea - "They are retreating."
       Bethena shivered in shock. The fact a Jovepenian force was in
       full retreat from an enemy who was, by their very nature, so
       weak that they should've been destroyed was too damning. Had the
       fates finally caught up with her people? "I want your husband to
       meet me in the Conference Chamber immediately. This matter must
       be attended to quickly before those Trekkie gnats get any deeper
       into the galaxy."
       Althea - "I'll go get him immediately, Shoguness."
       She ran back the way she came, leaving a now distraught Bethena
       to quicken her own pace as she sought out the Xie ambassador.
       #Post#: 369--------------------------------------------------
       Re: After Gateway: Backstory and Opening Battles
       By: MichaelH23 Date: February 19, 2017, 3:27 am
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       Whitestar Alabama, deep in the Outer Reaches of Great Houses
       territory
       Michael I had taken the time to gather the latest on the
       situation taking shape in Imperiopolis. The last news report had
       showed a rising tide of protests outside Jovepenian, Rhamosian,
       Serdari, and even Ishii embassy buildings as a result of the
       Xie-Inuyashia incident. Not long after the trial of the Xie
       frigate which had destroyed the passenger liner, taking 557
       casualties with it, Inuyashia had made the announcement that the
       Xie consul had been given his visa and told to embark on the
       first fast-transport back home. Within an hour of the news
       breaking, several dozen tourists from the Great Houses, using
       visas marked as Laptev, flooded the spaceports in an effort to
       flee before the deadline. Sadly, at least three dozen were
       unable to leave by the deadline and were now resting comfortably
       in detention cells, being given all the considerations due to
       civilians in enemy territory including proper medical care,
       food, and water. An IGF official and an official from INTERPOL
       were both on hand to insure the proper guidelines were being
       observed to the letter. so unlike how the Xie, and for that
       matter the Kirans and Ishii treated the civilians trapped on
       Twist and exposed to orbital bombardment just so they could
       claim Trekylon was to blame for abandoning them, he thought
       bitterly. He didn't agree with Drake I's determination to keep
       out as many of the Barlat nations from the conflict as possible
       since, in Michael I's eyes, the entirety of the Concordiat was
       to blame. But at the same time, Michael I realized as Drake I
       did, that so far as Ish'Cong and Alexzonya were concerned, they
       were innocent in the current debacle.
       "Sir, you wanted to be notified when the conference was to
       start. Its close to that time now", Benez said over the ship's
       internal comm.
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