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= Seige of Hrhoch = "Laid out still in the streets, covered in cuts, drenched in dust. With silent eyes he sang to me the story of a life. They spoke of pain, pleasure, and promise, plans, ponder, and pleads. I wondered were his questions answered, did he die in purgatory or peace.

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Laid out still in my bunk, eyes stuck on the ceiling, drenched in dark. Clothed in my covers his eyes still murmured. Filled me with dread, restless I tossed and turned, cried to the night. Stumbling outside, I questioned the stars 'If I die tonight was it worth a piece?'

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Bridge

Laid out so plain I see, queried by questions, but in a direction. Meaning felt lacking in the routine, What I mean, 'Pointless fine!, but if meaning is possible 'a will a way' I'm coming unstoppable'

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Laid out, six feet under, one day my body will lie, left with too many dreams, to many worries, to many candies still to try. To have a hope when I reach the end, to find a truth, 'll be all I need to say goodbye"

Chapterette One: The Banks of Aelphepson
Hrhoch, not the fairest name in the galaxy, but not many races do the name justice, or say it with such charm like the native Lheqquhi people. But then again it was not the poets representing the races who visited our world, but rather their businessmen and merchants. At its height by countless millions each year, great cyclers and tankers from across the cluster would visit our system along with the dozens of others along the banks of the Aelphepson. Then, a decade ago, this all ceased, with the outbreak of the Khilhu-Gvauz War. Both sides blamed the other for the conflict, but it was rather clear the four-system empire of Gvozba did not declare war on the Khilius Confederation of more than sixty stars.

Gvozba had grown rich through supporting the seceding of small colonial nations, fostering their growth and skimming their subsequent capital. Now Gvozba may not have been bold enough to declare war on the Federation, but it was very well developed, bitter towards the 'corrupt' Khilius, and had confidence that the inner domain of Gvozba was secure within the fortress built around its large stars. On top of all that it had hired Kth-Na mercenaries by the billions. Hrhoch, a world on the edge of the empire, did not share this sense of security with the inner systems, but feared their own rulers more than any alien race.

All seemed calm at first, all that arrived was news, first our clients turned, then our vassals, next our allies, and finally our friends. Only the Kth-Na, The Wex, and the out-posts of the crown stood by us. Suddenly it hit like a flash of lightning. The surrounding stars lit up one by one as I watched them night after night from my observatory. Then I saw it on the outer reaches of my own system, Dyson fire, spat from the mouths of a hundred stars, the flash, as sure military outposts lit off like brief fireworks in the far away skies. Next a barrage of missiles traveling on streams of light, trickling off of the mighty Aelphepson. As the cash worlds locked themselves inside Spatial Bunkers, The Port world of Hrhoch was left to coordinate the inner system. Any habitat that tried to abandon us was burned, as the iron fist of Gvozba held on tight.

I have lived on Hroch my whole life, I grew up in one of its many arcologies, Despite having spent my life studying the stars, this world was my home, yet it was not the planet I cared about, but rather the rooms and fields where I had spent my life. It was the sights of the observatory, My best friend Davell's confident and cheerful tone, The smell of new Lancaster Café, The bustle of Fiscal Hall, the calmness of my bedroom, and the feel of the outdoor breeze. These were the places dear to me, these, to me, represented Hroch.

Chapterette Two: The Gilitçi Motto
The Khilius Confederation exercised militaries "from the thousand worlds of a hundred systems". They were able to call upon countless warships and combat moons in the Gilitçi Armada, none of these compared to the Planet Buster Battlecruiser "The Gilitçi Motto". When travelling, the Cruiser was accompanied by two large Heavy Carriers. these were equipped with large fusion engines and were mostly comprised of fuel. The two carriers served to propel the Battlecruiser up to high speeds before disengaging and resupplying. The Motto had a state of the art Theatre Analysis Matrix and was armed with millions of large point defense weaponry. It possessed a large swarm of varied drones and eight planet/swarm killing devices.

= S13E2 =

Exposition
In the year 6,033, The Alkete Federation was on the verge of Civil War. The twelve colonized Elterelere systems, after a millennium of turmoil, had been bought by the Akaelela & Cosmic Trust Corporation. The Corporation to ensure their hold over the systems built 36 dreadnoughts commanded by their representation within the war department.

Chapterette I
Ralliala strolled smoothly down the sidewalk, openly holding a wide grin on his face as he went, the grin of a man who perhaps was reminiscing of that first kiss earlier in the day, or maybe better described as the look of a man who had just heard a private joke shared between the best of friends. Kȧes came running up after him. After whistling his name, he faced her, and his smile broke before making eye contact. She clasped his knees, but he did not reciprocate the gesture of fondness until she started to release. Then he smiled, before telling her that he was just joking, as he clasped her knees and the two embraced for a moment before being interrupted by a nearby bystander calling out "Is that an arachnid I see?". The two quickly shoved off one another leaving Kȧes startled and embarrassed, while Ralliala was slightly relieved. "No, but maybe you'll make better observations after I put my hand through your fat eye!" replied Kȧes, after recognizing the unwelcomed third party as her older brother Liarha.