"Join with us, Foxes." - Yeon Progenitor Diplomat
Stardate: 16-03-2455
The situation looked dire, military analysts and scientists alike not seeing any favourable outcome from a military engagement with the invading species dubbed the Prethoryn Scourge. Even a single scourge fleet would require the entire Cartel navy to stand even a slim chance at victory, the Scourge, however, was distant giving the Cartel much needed time to prepare with the sole objective being one of pure survival.
The Prime Wardens bore the brunt of the Prethoryn Scourge's early advances but their defences and fleets proved of little use against the vast fleets of organic ships. In less than a year they had cut a swathe through Prime Warden space and began moving into the Ziiran Mandate with little signs of slowing or being hindered by any military efforts to arrest their advance which continued at an apocalyptic speed.
In 2457 refugee's began arriving in Cartel space from the Prime Wardens, despite their criminal reputation the Cartel's overall accepting and racially neutral politics made them an appealing place for those with no-where else to go. It was also among the most heavily fortified empires next to the mysterious ancient races such as the Yeon and Homolog but the sheer ferocity of the Scourge made even the Cartel feel as if no defence may be adequate to halt their advance.
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| Capture footage of a Prime Warden Starbase being obliterated by the scourge. |
In order to ensure the Cartel's survival in the face of the gravest threat ever before seen a vast construction project was undertaken in the Capella system. A vast Strategic Coordination Center in order to help manage and direct the entire Cartel navy and defensive installations, the hope being to be the rock the wave of the Scourge would break against.
Previously risky expansion ventures were approved as the critical need for raw materials grew beyond the Cartel's capacity to sustain. Planets previously considered too risky an investment were colonised, artificial habitats constructed and vast city districts on worlds still largely empty were built in order to house what was predicted to be an ever increasing wave of refugee's fleeing the destruction of the Prethoryn.
By 2462 the main hull of the Strategic Coordination Centre was completed although even that vast undertaking was still only partially complete as more resources were ever required as every effort was placed behind one singular goal. Survival at any cost.
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| The base hull of the newly constructed Strategic Comand Centre in the Capella system. |
Even more grandiose and proportionately more expensive projects were also considered, from a Dyson Sphere to a vast matter compressor to fuel the struggling Fox Cartel economy which was being turned fully toward a war no-one expected to win. A war in which just simply surviving would be a victory in itself as the Prethoryn Scourge tore the Prime Wardens and Ziiran Mandate to pieces with frightening ease.
As 2463 drew to an end it seemed the Prime Wardens had been all but defeated, a few rag-tag fleets attempting in vain to blunt the vast swarms of Scourge ships were all that remained of their military efforts with the Ziiran not faring any better. However, as overall hope began to dwindle within the Cartel as they desperately tried to bolster their fleet and defences something no-one expected happened something which rekindled the fading hope of the galaxy at large.
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| The Prethoryn Scourges fleets prove to be a large unstoppable mass of destruction. |
The Yeon Progenitors had scarcely taken an interest in the galaxy at large since the Cartel encountered them, keeping to themselves behind sealed and heavily defended borders they seemed to care little for the wars and politics of the younger races. However, with the arrival of the Prethoryn Scourge that changed, it was unnoticed at first border tracking stations and sub-space sensors only noting it as unusual when scouting vessels moved out of their territory. Apparently finding the Scourge to be a threat to even themselves they called upon all races of the galaxy to stand with them against the invaders in a Galactic Defence League.
Whilst the Cartel's board and military debated whether or not they should join in a rare unanimous vote it was decided that should an offer be extended it would be accepted. The Cartel, however, remained more focused on improving its own chances for survival.
However, another disaster struck taking the Cartel completely by surprise.
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