Private A New Perspective

[Aurelian Sigismund]

ZAKUUL | THE SPIRE | THRONE ROOM
NEW HORIZONS - PART I

Aurelian stood in the dome of the Eternal Throne room, on the far left side of the podium itself, not having climbed any of the stairs as he observed the outside. Clouds cozying the city-spires of Zakuul, the red moon on lowering on the horizon as the world kept turning as it had for hundreds of thousands of years. Above the world was a lot of activity. Trade ships, ranging from small freights to large cargo ships came and went away again, bringing their goods and taking other goods away again. His ascension and business connections made the world a growing hub of trade with the Unknown Regions and Wild Space. His domains basically had performed a pincer movement on that trade axis outside the regulated Alliance space. A pincer, the smile would never reach his lips, but he liked the idea.

Above the trade and commerce shipping lay a portion of his Eternal Fleet. Not the crude imperial navy that Kalidan had instated, no, these were actual GEMINI ships, sitting in formation and guarding the world as well as presenting a martial obstacle to any challenger. Anchored near the Spire itself was the entirety of Task Force Valkorion, including the venerable Phalanx, having returned to its birthplace for the first time in millennia. A ship as old as him, few years his junior, but still old.

Since Tion he knew that the remnants of the New Imperial Order, rather Old, would continue their stubborn path of defiance and isolation, their minds as unchanged and unadaptable than a piece of wood and growing as slowly. They were not ready to move on and they had outlived their purpose to him. Individual systems and warlords would still be of use to his cause, but overall there was nothing left to invest other than for the sake of profit and influence. His eyes were firmly set on the new Empire and the Outer Rim.

But now that Aurelian could easily walk freely from the narrow fields of a realm-no-more, he had decided to see if there was another who could be useful. Hence why he had extended an open invitation to the High-Regent of the Final Dawn, Marlon Sularen to join him on Zakuul for a meeting. There were no pre-requisites to his visit, nor any warnings or limitations - if he decided to show up with a fleet, he may well do so.

The Master of Zakuul looked towards the stars, waiting for his guest to arrive.

Marlon Sularen

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[Marlon Sularen]

A_N E W_P E R S P E C T I V E

FINAL DAWN
ZAKUUL, WILD SPACE

Since the conclusion of the Second Great Hyperspace War, Marlon Sularen had recognized a change within the atmosphere of the Imperial ideological sphere. Where he was once ostracized and marginalized by mainstream Imperials from the now defunct-Empire, Sularen found himself being approached by a new generation of Imperial leaders who had emerged from the collapse of the Empire, who unlike their predecessors were open to diplomacy with the Final Dawn and were more reasonable. Nowadays, those same Old Guard Imperials who had once attempted to undermine and isolate Sularen during the War, found themselves being isolated themselves and marginalized as they refused to accept the new reality they faced still believing themselves to be the most legitimate Imperial state despite having been reduced to a mere rump state comprised of scattered Imperial holdouts while new Imperial powers emerged and consolidated more power and influence then them.

In stark contrast to the isolation he had suffered during the War, Sularen had managed to establish cordial relations with various emerging Imperial groups such as a new iteration of the First Order and the Empire of the Lost, reaching common ground with the Imperial leaders of both groups and bringing forth the possibility open collaboration with other Imperials to reach common goals, especially now that the Galactic Alliance was hunting both Mawites and Imperials, with Sularen's relationship leading him to believe to a collaboration between certain Mawite and Imperial Remnants was far more possible then he had first anticipated.

Most recently, he had been contacted by Aurelian Sigismund, the Moff of Vandemar and Imperator of Zakuul, which was a surprise to the High Regent as according to the intel at his disposal, Sigismund was associated with the Imperial Military Protectorate and had arrived at the Tion Conference as part of their delegation. Considering Sularen's own conversation with the Lord-Regent of the I.M.P, which revealed possible contempt from their part towards the emerging Imperial factions, he had never expected one of their own to reach out to him so soon.

According to Sularen's aide, Sigismund's invitation meant either two things : Either Sigismund wasn't as Hardcore as other Imperials within the I.M.P such as Barran and was genuinely interested in diplomatic relations with the Final Dawn just like the Imperial Regimes on Serenno and Lianna or he was possibly acting at the behest of the I.M.P to probe the High Regent and was serving as the I.M.P's countermeasure against the Final Dawn given that the Final Dawn's holdings we're located between Zakuul and Vandemar. Regardless, the only way Sularen could know for sure was by heading to Zakuul to meet with the Griffin of Zakuul and find out himself. Only time would tell whether Sigismund was a possible genuine ally or a simple I.M.P plant.

Standing from the bridge of the FDS Tyuk, Sularen watched as the large Battlecruiser reverted back into realspace, shortly followed by a pair of two Battlecruiser escorts with the three warships arriving in proximity to Zakuul. At a distance away from them, a large Armada stood guard in orbit of Zakuul serving as a true representation of the military might Sigismund commanded, which could potentially be a threat to the Final Dawn considering his alignment to the I.M.P. However, the High Regent was a guest of the Imperator of Zakuul and thus even if he had some concerns it would be best to shrug them off until he could be certain the Imperator had no sort of ill-intent towards the High Regent and the Final Dawn.

After some time, Sularen boarded his shuttle accompanied by two pairs of Elite Raptor SuperCommandos, with the Shuttle soon departing from a small side hangar of the Tyuk, escorted by a pair of TIE Terminators as it made it's way towards Zakuul's Capital City, coming to rest on a small hangar located a few levels below the Eternal Throne room, where the High Regent would then be brought into the Throne room proper leaving behind his escorting Raptors in the hallway outside to finally meet with the Zakuulan Imperator.

As the High Regent entered the Throne Room, he rearranged his posture and clasped his hands behind his back before he spoke to the Imperator. "Imperator Sigismund, to what i owe the pleasure of meeting you in person?" he began, speaking in his typical serious and authoritarian tone. This would indeed be an interesting meeting and the High Regent was eager to hear what the Imperator of Zakuul had in mind today.

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