Chapter 30

"Your majesty, reports place Braeden the bastard and his army in the borders of the oligarchy state to our east".

"Hmm, not a very smart idea for them to do it, but it would explain the cruisers" Admiral Noldoz spoke up.

"Indeed Admiral, not only have they given me a reason for war, but they have given a reason for genocide however that wouldn't get us very far so simple conquering will do" Aleister stated right next to the admiral as they both were on the flagship of the first fleet "First through fifth grand armies prepare for battle along with all of the special forces, they must realize they are doomed".

After the circle of holograms showing the visage of the commanders of the army and navy shut down the admiral, vice admiral, The Tolryke planetary and orbital representative, and Aleister began to compare the size and amount of their navies.

"Your majesty, war has not touched the oligarchy state for a very long time depending on their care they may have outdated ships littering their fleets" Vice Admiral Triod started.

"Sure its possible but we will still plan as if every ship is up to date, unless we know exactly the dates of each ships first commission and any refitting" Aleister replied looking at the two before once again beginning as neither of them had stated any refits "Alright what are their numbers admiral".

"While our spies have a general amount of ships counted, due to their almost replication of ships with no identifying markers it's a impossibility to know how many ships they truly have" Noldoz explained "But according to general count it should be close to Four Heavy Cruisers, 12 Destroyers, 15 Cruisers, 40+ Frigates with a supporting 60+ Corvettes spread across Seven systems and Two planets".

"With the inclusion of the newly created ships we should have Three Orpheus Class Carriers, four Sidenvis l Class Destroyers, One Wimvana, 12 Harka'leekos, the two barre class heavy cruisers are 60% and 52% done respectively, as for the older Alder class corvette and Twinda Class frigate 23 and 16 respectively" The Representative started due to everyone's eyes on him "As for ground assets 400 Siege walkers have been tested and are ready for deployment, 884 Jagannaths are ready for deployment, and 2625 new Argon Heavy walkers are ready for deployment aside the 1784 already made ones".

"I'm starting to see a pattern i'm not liking, constantly we find ourselves out numbered; create two more facilities for each ground vehicle, three more barre, four more Sidenvis ls, Eight more Harkas, double the amount of frigates, and triple the corvettes" Aleister commanded, even though he would like to double the amount that he had just commissioned he understands that the royal coffers are emptying and they are emptying fast so until they recover a little that would most likely be the last naval expansion.

"Well good news your majesty, reports state that although their ships are numerous they more focus on speed and maneuverability as their main tactics meaning only their biggest ships should have the firepower to fight back".

"But is that good news for our fighters?".

"Unfortunately not, your majesty".

"Alright first we must wait till the ground forces are ready, for now we feign ignorance, when will the barres be done?".

"Your majesty, according to the estimates another 28 days which is convenient as all of the frigates and corvette you requested will be done around that time as well while the other ships will be done in the following weeks".

"Good, now we wait".

Over the next month millions of tonnes of food, military supplies, and the highly important fuel for the navy got slowly shifted from planet to planet, province to province and city to transport, while it could have been done in a matter of days secrecy was the main objective. Another very important increase was the intelligence agency, whether it was incompetence, fear of rejection, or arrogance the previous head denied the requirement of extra personnel something the new head didn't do, adding on a full 40,000 people into the now packed academy created to train spies, counter intelligence officers among other positions.

With hangers filled with fighters, bombers, superiority fighters, and supplies, The Barre Class Heavy Cruisers left the shipyards infront of a blue thrust, fat and bulky they joined the larger fleet. On the outside they were a slightly larger Orpheus class shaped weapons platform while on the inside they were ant nests of troopers, military officers, supportsmen, and crew members. Named the Northern Break and what Aleister would claim as his current flag ship The Birkenhead– normally they would be filled with normal troopers but with the mission of quick deployment while also being very protected behind the thick shielding and hull, the special forces legions The Prime, The Crimson, The Saint, and the Titan legions were there instead. While the legions are called special forces they more resemble elite heavy shock infantry, while the Star Break and Star fall legions are pure dog fighters with almost no ground combat skills.

In a instant the 123 ships and around 3,000 fighters and bombers all turned to the same direction and in sync all entered FTL states, all heading for the bordering system claimed by the eastern state called Falopia.

A full hour later the starfighter pilots, the crew on the numerous ships, and Aleister all felt the similar jerk out of the FTL jump, in front of them was a fleet as numerous as they were. For a few seconds it was a staring battle between Five Heavy cruisers to Four, Five Destroyers to 13, 12 Cruisers to 16, 32 Frigates to 43, 69 corvettes to 64, while the starfighters, bombers, and superiority fighters on the Sanguisugion side held a advantage of 2 to 1.