Ch 396: The Spirit
The Forward Unto the Universe had just arrived home. Hovering above remnant as alarms begin blaring.
All orbital defense stations in the star system point at what appears to be a red and blue tear in reality.
"What the hell is going on!" Kyra shouts
"Space anomaly!" Someone at the navigation shouts
'Crimson red and Cyan blue? Aren't those…' Kyra thinks
"Ma'am! All the platforms are targeting the anomaly!" Jarvis says
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Above Reach onboard the Enterprise an upgraded Epoch class carrier.
"Hold for now." Nimitz says to his men.
Dozens of people at the ships controls are talking with reach's defense platforms
While the young Nimitz just stares stoically out of the window.
It's been a few months since the Allied powers and Ironblood settled Reach. The amount cooperation between the factions has honestly been astounding. I guess an unknown threat will do that to everyone.
"What do you think Enterprise?" Nimitz asks looking towards the girl besides him.
"Scramble some fighters… we need some cover. Afterall this may not be the only breach." Enterprise says
"See, you can do more besides fighting on the ground… how's the therapy going?" Nimitz asks staring back out the window.
"Quite well. I've made a friend named Bellatrix." Enterprise says
The doors to the bridge open behind the pair, as they watch the rip in reality.
"I'm sure that the researchers will get you a way to battle out in space like you want." Nimitz says
"I'm not so sure about that. It's also not a bad thing." Cleveland says having just arrived.
"How so?" Enterprise asks clutching her new bow which isn't part of a rigging.
"Us fighting in space with little protection? I mean even if we don't die out there if our riggings were to be damaged. We could be left out there floating forever never to be found." Cleveland says
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"I wanna see what we are facing!" Yamamoto says
"Order them to hold fire!" Yamato shouts from besides her admiral.
The crew a mix of citizens and ship girls are ordering the defense platforms to stand down.
The planet of harvest is settled by Dragon Empery, Sakura Empire, and Northern Parliament.
The Planet of Harvest was aptly named. About 30% of the surface is water with 20% being fresh water. Of the land on the surface 50% of the massive planet is arable land. Hence the name Harrvest.
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Back aboard the Forward unto the universe.
"Ma'am! We are reviving a signal from portal!" Jarvis says
"What are they saying?" Kyra asks
"Mayday mayday mayday. That's all I can decrypt at this time." Jarvis says
"Any way of matching the encryption?" Kyra asks
"It's not something I've seen before… I'll check out databases." Jarvis says flickering
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Everyone watches as a massive grey ship slowly emerges from the portal. The ship slowly flickering to life as it's lights come back on. On the side are three words.
Spirit of Fire
"What the fuck have you done Sandstorm." Kyra says looking at legend.