Difference between revisions of "Free Fleet"

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Omega Company! Semper Primus!
Omega Company! Semper Primus!


==[[Maddox Khan]] and [[Akari Lane]] Take Command==
==The [[Humans]] Take Command==
In 30 A.E. Commander Mezer Juul's flagship was destroyed in battle by the Bushraki during the Bushraki War. Maddox and Akari Lane took over as co-Commanders of the Free Fleet, which was especially notable as Humans were a very small minority in the Fleet.
In 30 A.E. Commander Mezer Juul's flagship was destroyed in battle by the Bushraki during the Bushraki War. Maddox and Akari Lane took over as co-Commanders of the Free Fleet, which was especially notable as Humans were a very small minority in the Fleet.


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In 74 A.E. the planet Song was utterly devastated in a massive, unexpected and final attack by the Bushraki and Vendal, who are then retreat.
In 74 A.E. the planet Song was utterly devastated in a massive, unexpected and final attack by the Bushraki and Vendal, who are then retreat.


Howver, as a refugee fleet is fleeing, [[Tamiko Lane Khan|Tamiko]], who had already hired out the Free Fleet at extortionate prices to help the war effort, saw an opportunity and took it. She had acquired a cast-off [[Celestine Ascendancy|Ascendancy]] cruiser and, while broadcasting Ascendancy transponder codes, had it blow up a portion of the refugee fleet, killing 2 million souls. The [[Song Dominion|Song]], outraged, blamed the [[Celestine Ascendancy|Ascendancy]], who vehemently denied any knowledge of the attack.
==[[Tamiko Khan Lane|Tamiko's]] Gambit==
 
However, as a refugee fleet was fleeing, [[Tamiko Lane Khan|Tamiko]], who had already hired out the Free Fleet at extortionate prices to help the war effort, saw an opportunity and took it. She had acquired a cast-off [[Celestine Ascendancy|Ascendancy]] cruiser and, while broadcasting Ascendancy transponder codes, had it blow up a portion of the refugee fleet, killing 2 million souls. The [[Song Dominion|Song]], outraged, blamed the [[Celestine Ascendancy|Ascendancy]], who vehemently denied any knowledge of the attack.


The Song-Celestine alliance thereby fractured, and the [[Song Dominion|Song]] ransomed themselves even further to pay the Fleet to fight for them against the [[Celestine Ascendancy|Ascendancy]] in what became known as the [[First Empire War]].
The Song-Celestine alliance thereby fractured, and the [[Song Dominion|Song]] ransomed themselves even further to pay the Fleet to fight for them against the [[Celestine Ascendancy|Ascendancy]] in what became known as the [[First Empire War]].
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Exactly 12 days later, [[Maddox Khan|Maddox]] and [[Akari Lane|Akari]] came out of retirement and defected with a substantial portion of the Free Fleet to the [[Celestine Ascendancy]], to offer them assistance in defeating their power-mad daughter [[Tamiko Lane Khan|Tamiko]].
Exactly 12 days later, [[Maddox Khan|Maddox]] and [[Akari Lane|Akari]] came out of retirement and defected with a substantial portion of the Free Fleet to the [[Celestine Ascendancy]], to offer them assistance in defeating their power-mad daughter [[Tamiko Lane Khan|Tamiko]].


In 81 A.E. Tamiko had her mother Akari assassinated by introducing a fatal toxin into the mix of chemicals injected into Akari during a planetside rejuv treatment.
For four years they fought, and then in 81 A.E. Tamiko had her mother Akari assassinated by introducing a fatal toxin into the mix of chemicals injected into Akari during a planetside rejuv treatment.


Enraged, [[Maddox Khan|Maddox]] threw caution to the wind and eventually crushed his daughter's forces. [[Tamiko Lane Khan|Tamiko]] was captured and brought to the [[Celestine Ascendancy]] for trial.
Enraged, [[Maddox Khan|Maddox]] threw caution to the wind and eventually crushed his daughter's forces. [[Tamiko Lane Khan|Tamiko]] was captured and brought to the [[Celestine Ascendancy]] for trial.