First Contact

Chapter 341

TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS

And then the Lanks attacked the Core Systems with millions of ships.Now you're all caught up.

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PUBVIAN FEDERATION

So... there is a question.

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TELKAN FORGE WORLDS

What?

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PUBVIAN FEDERATION

Who unjammed SoulNet?

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MANTID FREE WORLDS

Well, we thought it might be Legion, but he's in the Sol System due to Case Omaha, so, when you get right down to it, we don't know.

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TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS

That's kind of bothering me, I have to admit.I mean, we don't know anything about this old Terran system.josei

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PUBVIAN FEDERATION

"Old." You know, it's so weird that for a Terran system three hundred years is old, but for most of us, that's a generation or two.

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TELKAN FORGE WORLDS

It's kind of weird, yeah.

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RIGELLIAN SAURIAN COMPACT

OK... in three

two

one

>RIGELLIAN SAURIAN COMPACT HAS LEFT THE CHAT

>RIGELLIAN SAURIAN COMPACT HAS ENTERED THE CHAT

OK, can you all hear me clear?

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TELKAN FORGE WORLDS

Are you sure it was safe to unbag? Nobody else is.

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RIGELLIAN SAURIAN COMPACT

Pfft, none of them got within a light week of the edge of the system. I think we'll be OK.

But, you know, we don't really have many records of the SoulNet and SolNet system.It's kind of... well... alarming that apparently the Terrans built an entire system that can just wave its hand and return the Pubvians to life.

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PUBVIAN FEDERATION

You know, the weird thing is, none of you remember that the Terrans managed to SUDS us up.

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TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS

And some of your people saw Treana'ad in the system?

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PUBVIAN FEDERATION

Oh, without a doubt. Just ones on Terra.

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MANTID FREE WORLDS

Interesting.I wonder how many records got destroyed during the war and then because of the 1% Line?

Plus, well, we have to wonder: Who are we missing?

Seven species?

That are registered with a system that crashed over eight thousand years ago?

TerraSol's been keeping secrets.

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TERRASOL

Is that a surprise?

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PUBVIAN FEDERATION

Not really.

So... how did we get brought back?

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TERRASOL

I have no idea.

Remember, we didn't come online until after the Imperium collapsed. The original 'gestalts' weren't quite like us.

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PUBVIAN FEDERATION

Yeah, it sounds like it's been a little exciting while I was gone.

Hey, listen, TerraSol, I get it that the Immortals are wrapped up in everything, but...

...we'd like to call The Pubvian Who Stood Alone back home.

He's got a wife and kids.

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TERRASOL

I'm going to be honest with you. I have almost no control over the Immortals.

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MANTID FREE WORLDS

They're from the whole "WAR! WAR TO THE HILT!" period after the Queens attacked everyone.

That period's a little confusing.

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TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS

To use the quote: Records are spotty at best.

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PUBVIAN FEDERATION

Yeah, well, I'd laugh at you about the idea of a divine being except, well, you know.

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TELKAN FORGE WORLDS

The whole coming back from the dead thing?

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PUBVIAN FEDERATION

Yeah.

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AKLTAK FREE FLIGHT

Nothing to make a true believer out of someone than being part of a miracle.

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PUBVIAN FEDERATION

Is it really considered miracles? Maybe some type of high technology?

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TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS

To quote TerraSol again: Any sufficiently advanced technology becomes indistinguishable from magic.

Your worlds were glassed. Hell, your homeworld was nothing more than radioactive gas, howling isotopes, and blasted rock. Your entire system was trashed.

How much damage from the war remains?

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PUBVIAN FEDERATION

Um, not much? I don't know if any does.

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TNVARU GRIPPING HANDS

You were gone. Have been gone for 8,000 years.

You are all alive again.

Isn't that a miracle?

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PUBVIAN FEDERATION

I guess we do live in interesting times after all.

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TELKAN FORGE WORLDS

You ain't just whistling Dixie, brother. That thar's the truth, ain't no way denying that no-how no way.

Wait... what does that mean?

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RIGELLIAN SAURIAN COMPACT

LOL Owned.

It means that he's telling the truth.

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CONFEDMILINT

HOLY SHIT!

WHAT THE FUCK!?!?!?!

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THIRD REPUBLIC OF ALIGNED PLANETS HAS BEEN SET TO -M

SYSADMIN MESSAGE

HARK UNTO MINE WORDS!

>TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS jumps out a window

>MANTID FREE WORLDS hides under the couch

>PUBVIAN FEDERATION YELLS "NOT THE FACE!"

>TNVARU GRIPPING HANDS jumps up the tree

urk

BEHOLD! FOR THOU HAST ELECTRONICALLY WRITTEN CORRESPONDENCE IN THINE INBOX THAT THOU MUST READETH WITH ALL HASTE! ATTEND TO MINE WORDS THAT DOTH FOLLOW THIS MISSIVE!

SUBJECT: Test 21483A5F

//email channel test

//testing channels 0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000:0000-ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff:ffff

//testing subnet masks

//latency check

//network connection check

//character check

//library check

//attachment CRC pass

//end test

urk

SYSTEM ADMIN MESSAGE IS AS FOLLOWS:

GO FORTH WITH THINE NEW KNOWLEDGE INTO THINE WORLDS AND SPREAD THE WORDS INSCRIBED AND HERALDED UNTO THEE BY MINE MISSIVE!

THIS DOTH BE THE END OF LINE

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>>THIRD REPUBLIC OF ALIGNED PLANETS has left the chat (character input overflow)

>>THIRD REPUBLIC OF ALIGNED PLANETS had joined the chat (ouch)

>>THIRD REPUBLIC OF ALIGNED PLANETS HAS BEEN SET TO +M

>Mantid Free Worlds peeks out from under the couch?

MANTID FREE WORLDS

What was THAT?

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IMPERIUM OF WRATH

Who's screaming over these old channels?

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TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS

Was that? Was that a SolNet server message?

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TNVARU GRIPPING HANDS

OK that was... weird!

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TREANA'AD HIVE WORLDS

That's gotta be the strangest thing I've ever seen in here, and I've seen some weird stuff.

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CONFEDMILINT

An angel just manifested on TerraSol.

Well, more like an ANGEL.

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RIGELLIAN SAURIAN COMPACT

OK, SOMEONE has to figure out who's doing this!

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