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**Auditorium**
Chatter of Imperials officers fills the auditorium as they wait impatiently for their newly promoted Supreme Commander to arrive. Each eager to judge their character to see what kind of leadership they'll be faced with.
"I overheard this coming SC is naive, practically still in their twenties... It's unheard of for someone to reach the rank of captain at such an age and here we are about to meet the Supreme Commander in their twenties..." Stated a Imperial Colonel
"You're overthinking the matter at hand, It's just another political stunt to promote service into the Imperium's military power. If this new child is wise they'll come to us experienced officers for advice." A Supreme Colonel boasted while sipping some wine
Everyone in the auditorium was starting to get bored throwing insults towards someone they haven't seen yet. Suddenly a loud boom was heard turning everyone's head towards the main entryway.
**Karios**
Karios literally kicked the door down with her foot(with the aid of explosives) as she walked casually into the auditorium. She observes her surroundings looking for imbeciles to quell before they start something. Her IPG followed in formation behind her, holding their War Halberds in a straight vertical position and a few inches off the floor. Karios makes her way to the podium and looks over the mass of nearly two million lives.
"Ahem... this crap on?" Karios would tap on the multitude of microphones while the crowd just looked at her with confusion.
"You can't be serious..." A Captain whispered
"My suspicions were right... naive..." The Colonel stated.
An IPG overheard the insult and shot the Colonel in the back of the head, blowing his face apart splattering blood amongst a few officers in front of the now corpse Colonel.
"Oh already? I haven't even started my speech and already one of my guards hears insults from you people. Oh well it's no big deal, I'll just replace any idiot who doesn't accept my command after they die from very unnatural causes." She'd look around the auditorium, she couldn't help but grin at the complete silence from the whole of the auditorium, apart from the patrolling IPG's within the crowd.
"Right then, I am Supreme Commander Karios, and you lot will be taking orders from me. Feel honored to work with such a gorgeously looking SC who will kill you for only three reasons, write them down because I will not repeat myself." For being (5'7") with a slim yet muscular figure with modest curves she was indeed a sight, if she wasn't such a monster of a personality. She put her right hand towards the center mass of people extending the middle finger.
"I do not give a shit about your problems, If you have a problem come straight to me and say it. If you can't muster up the courage to do such then you are just a coward who spreads unneeded rumors that'll die in horrible ways." The crowd remained silent
flexing her right index finger along with her middle finger to become a pair.
"You have free will under my reign, however I can take this away whenever I see fit. You may eat as much as you desire, work your own schedules provided your leadership accepts it and can do naughty things so long as both parties consent. I'm not your mother so if I hear anything about abuse of the other gender without justifiable means you will wish you died as fast as that colonel over there." Karios slammed both hands against the podium, scaring many infront of her.
"And finally, aside from the Emperor of Mars, anything I say is law on my ship. And if you have a hard time remembering what laws I put out. Just do two things, think about common sense and ask an IPG what new laws are out." She steps back from the podium with a deep sigh. After a moment to think she heads off the podium with her IPG following behind.
After the last IPG left, a few officers closed the doors. The deep sigh of two million Imperials could be heard, that was one hell of a scary character to deal with.
**IES Commander Jaeger**
Commander Jaeger was one of Karios' Leaders who specialized in unorthodox technology advancements. Whatever the main IES web created in terms of technological perfection he found as flawed projects that needed improvements. His current project was the creation of a mobile scout mech platform that would provide armored reconnaissance so that information would come back to base camps with less casualties.
"A little to the left, yes yes now down three feet. Very good, now connect the couplings and start welding those turret mounts! I can't wait till I get to test run this thing.. JERRY I SAID WELD THE MOUNTS NOT RIVET YOU-deep sigh- Someone toss him to the janitorial section. And somebody fix that damned mistake…"
Commander Jaeger was currently wearing a trench coat with many cuts and patches along the seams, on his back were eight servo arms capable of holding two hundred pounds each coated in chipped silver paint. He also carried an orange sash around his neck. The reasoning for this is unclear aside he treasures this sash as much as his work.
**AIR Supreme Colonel Ryk-ard**
Supreme Colonel Ryk-ard is a part of the research section of Karios's command structure. They specialize in railgun technology and development, and strive to learn more about the universe. What makes them unique though is the fact they created the first viable cloning procedure. In reality Rykard did it to themselves and are now two of the same indistinguishable person. Able to double their output due to both of their minds working in parallel.
"Hey Ryk, you won't believe what I just discovered!" Ard would be jumping up and down with glee in her new jumpsuit.
"You finally figured out the theory of cloning coffee?" Ryk would stand up on the tips of her boots leaning over the rails above Ard, her black scientist jacket would flutter to the industrial fan above.
"Even better, I made a prototype railgun suit! Now our melee crazed soldiers can launch themselves at the enemy!" Ard presses a button having a soldier wearing the suit suddenly launch towards a target. Both the target and the soldier splatter across the metal wall behind causing both to cringe.
"Ard… That was amazing! We have to add limiters though otherwise big sis will get mad at us." Ryk would jot down the information gathered by Seraph.
**IN High Admiral Ulysses**
In charge of the Imperial Navy under control for the Supreme Commander, Ulysses showcases the darker side of space combat. In hundreds of uprisings he has spared no enemy ships to become space scrap. His tactical genius is without a doubt a major asset to the Supreme Commander.
"Let today be remembered as the day we move the proverbial understanding of our sector behind to greater pathways. Soon we will see new worlds with this ship, and soon we shall conquer them in the name of our Emperor." The admiral stood firm watching from command deck Alpha, overlooking the final construction efforts performed on the Seraph.
**IA General II Zero**
Zero is a mysterious soldier of the army. Even at their current rank they still do combat drills with the soldiers on the training grounds. They earned the nickname Zero for that is their total survivor count in every mission. Aside from possibly being a genetically altered human by having twin foxtails nothing else is known about them. They wear an adaptive combat vest suited for lightweight infantry operations with a EVA helmet covering their face with metallic fox ears on the top.
Training session aboard the Seraph. Forty soldiers stand fast against simulated aliens with sharpened blades as a part of live fire exercise against possible alien threats. The soldiers set up firing positions with their railguns, while Zero rushes in with two nanoblades. The aliens strike the closest target through programming only to get cut in half. Many of the soldiers continued to trust in their general and their firearms being tuned. The general takes great strides to use many acrobatic techniques to simply fly through the battlefield dodging rail bolts and alien blades in perfect harmony. After killing enough aliens he sheathed his blades and walked towards his troops. One alien was still functioning and went for the kill only to have been shot multiple times by his men. The trust between the soldiers and the general is absolute.
**Seraph**
Seraph, the newly constructed battleship was fitted with an experimental AI core to ensure total control of the ship is possible due to the massive size of the vessel. The AI is always active in creating scenarios towards probable outcomes of any command given. Without this AI the ship couldn't possibly function without multiple errors causing system wide failures.
"Introduction: Hello, Supreme Commander Karios. I am Seraph, your fully automated battleship created for exploratory conquering methods." There was a slight pause to the hologram which was a purple sphere with red lines of code flying around it as it processed information.
"What is your first order, Karios?" At that moment She was leaning back in the comfy chair she requisitioned from the librarium. She moves her right hand in fluid motion side to side before pointing at the hologram.
"Orbis" Karios does the motion of a handgun and firing it, this causes the hologram to sputter followed by the roar of the engines shaking their world. The locking clamps the size of cargo freighters detached and fell backwards towards the martian soil shooting up red dust and rock as each clamp crashed down. Soon after the auxiliary thrusters on the side of the battleship flare up, pushing the ship upward and canting it at a thirty degree angle. Once this arc was acquired the main thrusters roared and burned the martian soil below as it launched its mass towards space. Some satellites were between it and space, they all got pushed or demolished in its wake without leaving a scratch on the paint.