Private How the Tables have turned

[Marlon Sularen]

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Location | Cathay
Focus | Xzaien

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The Catharian Hegemony , formerly one of Marlon Sularen's foes now a potential ally to the ambitious Aristocrat. Throughout the existence of the Directorate , there had been close calls to an all out war against the Catharians primarily due to the fact that , one of the Directorate's allies the Nothomir Federation was located near the Hegemony and was under potential threat of an Catharian Invasion. The Directorate's Hostile actions against the Hegemony was only as a means to protect Nothomir and redirect the Catharians away from them as Nothomir's Alliance with the Directorate remained unknown to the Catharians. But in the light of the treachery of Marlon's Top Officers and the formation of the treacherous Zweihander Union , Marlon put his plans for his "Great Return" to the Core Worlds beside in favor for pursuing a vengeful agenda against Credius and his followers in the Zweihander Union. The Union's very existence was an insult to Marlon , a means to mock him and humiliate him. With the help of the Catharians he would put an end to this embarrassment in a war that would shake the foundations of the Western Unknown Regions.

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Marlon Sularen's Personal Flagship , the Vengence soon jumped out of hyperspace in orbit of Cathay encountering the various ships of the Catharian Armada as it approached the planet. A Message had been sent to the Catharian Autocrat , Zxaien a few days prior to his arrival and the Catharians should be aware of this important visit. Marlon's intentions were simple. He would share everything he knew with Zxaien to put aside their differences and to establish a formal alliance against the Zweihander Union as a means of getting revenge for the treachery of his former subordinates for Marlon and as a means to eradicate a potential threat to her People for Zxaien. An Unholy alliance yet one that would put an end to the treacherous Zweihander Union. As the Vengence Approached Cathay , a message was sent to the Catharian Fleet Commanders that would demand why , the Behemoth was present. "We are here on a Scheduled Meeting with your leader , Zxaien the Autocrat". With the message sent , Marlon stood on the bridge of his flagship looking at the planet behind the Catharian Fleet awaiting for their Response. This was the beginning of a long campaign one that would truely fix the errors of the past and one that would send a message to those who would try to deceive Marlon Sularen.

 

[Xzaien]

"Catharian Home Guardsman - XVI Legion"​

The Arrival of the Vengeance to the Catharian Throneworld was not one of ceremonious intrigue, but it was one of mild suspicion. Already, a Sizable portion of the Catharian Home Fleet was scrambled to meet this potential threat. A massive Battleship, easily the size of one of the Hegemony's Larger vessels. Has just warped into system unannounced. However, with the sudden appearance of this vessel. Almost in an instant, the Hegemony's defense batteries located both on the Throneworld Itself, and its two satellite moons came online. And streaks of Greenish Blue Energy was seen snaking across the Planets surface. A massive series of battleship sized artillery weapons easily capable of piercing straight through conventional SSD's were seen powering up.

Then all of a sudden, a massive bubble like atmospheric shield was seen powering up on all three habitable planets in system. A purplish tinge was seen in the Throneworld's Shield, emanating straight from the crater whose payload ended civilization once on the planet hundreds of thousands of years prior. A Psionic Gateway, made entirely of Psychic power. Likely impenetrable to any sort of orbital attack. However, onboard of the Vengeance, a sudden automatic deletion of the Coordinates of the Catharian Home System were wiped from all computers located on board. Making escape through the treacherous unknown regions both unlikely, and dangerous.

With the Coordinates given by Xzaien herself, deleted. They had little ability to escape. But, then a figure appeared on the Holo-Comms inside of the bridge. Directly behind Marlon Sularen a near likeness of the Queen Mother Herself. Xzaien. As sultry as she may be, she only waved a hand and began speaking to Captain Sularen.

"Captain, you do know that arriving on my doorstep in a Capitol class vessel was something I fully intended to avoid. But nevertheless, let us get formalities out of the way. Place yourself into a landing vessel of your choosing, and arrive at this coordinates. Your vessel is henceforth, ordered to power down its offensive and defensive batteries to avoid this diplomatic mission end quite... badly. Once you arrive, I shall speak with you face to face. Welcome to the Throneworld of the Hegemony Captain."​

With a final smirk, the image dissipated, and the bridge was racked in silence again. Looking over the Planet of Cathay, a few immediate things came forth already. A massive crater, easily the size of a continent was seen in the north western hemisphere, dotted only with the sporadic buildings of man and the Telepath corps. Azel Moran 's Forge was located here, easily the size of a city alone, and staffed with an unknown thousands of men and women. The Capitol City of Xzeenia, named after the Queen Mother's likeness was seen stretching across the North eastern hemisphere, all the way down to the equator. A shimmering partial ecumenopolis, rich in wealth, and terrifying in power. A city grown over thousands of years. If the rumors were correct, the City was a precursor city, not unlike the Rakata seen on Lehon, and Taris.

The Moon was no different, long since terraformed by the Catharians. The once bleak and barren Moon of Cathay no longer resembled a Lunar planet seen elsewhere in the galaxy. It was a fortress, of durasteel and duracrete. A literal forest of fortifications and planetary defenses. Each micro fort on planet able to be held for months if not YEARS.

The Space Station, a Ten Kilometre long, and five Kilometre wide bastion. Was a repurposed ancient Precursor Super Star Destroyer. With its engines stripped out, and put into a stationary orbit. It still held onto its Precursor weapons tech, such as particle weapons, super lasers, and Turbolaser batteries in the thousands. It was the go to shopping port of both domestic and imported materials. And likely held privy to hundreds of millions of inhabitants that chose to live in it. A amazing sight to say the least...

Now, this sight seeing lays to Marlon Sularen , shall he answer the Catharian Call?