Aavesh had become a symbol, even if his fate was unknown - for to the masses, the Dead Heroes are Martyrs and Martyrs become Symbols.
Aavesh had become an unflinching Martyr- for within hours everyone found out after comprehensive analysis of the Livestream along with Seers attempting to understand Cause and Effect, it all led to Aavesh.
Aavesh had done something inexplicable to destroy the Tyrants and the Planet at the same time.
Aavesh was the one who defeated all the Tyrants, directly or indirectly, via freeing them or killing them- He was a Liberator in that sense.
Soon a Propaganda picture of a Vertical Eye in the center of swirling flames began to spread across the Human Territories - a symbol of a final Furious Justice, that if one wanted freedom they had to be ready to go out in flames and give it their all!
The anger depicted in the Eye was wrath incarnate - a perfect symbol of pure unrelenting Fiery Rage against the injustice one Suffered.
In the coming days the Eye in the swirling flames would be used by those wrongfully oppressed and chained as a promise- A promise that they would never forgive, never forget and never forsake.
They would always have a burning gleam in their eyes that would just not die.
To their Jailors and Torturers, Vengeance was coming, Karma would be repaid and Justice fulfilled.
Aavesh's fate remained unknown.
It would be the last time his face would be seen in the GAL Net, until way later.
But that's a different story for a different day.
Now the weight of Battle shifted to Sam Manek.
In the hidden Planet,
Sam Manek observed the catastrophic collapse of his Star Country on a data feed along with a returned Corvus and Sabine.
He had a Grim expression on his face.
Atleast 6 Billion Rathiel Citizens had been confirmed dead in the massive Civil War- their already fragile Star country had been completed ripped apart - the Economy had officially collapsed and many were being drafted by the Elite Noble Houses of the Fallen Capital to fight against the remaining loyalist forces.
But it was not just this, the Nobles had done the unforgivable, several 'Mercenary' Troops had arrived from different star countries to add Oil to the fire.
The Jaxos Empire, Homeritus Empire, Kyberion Collective, Drokhlan Frontier Republic, Carmoditus Coalition and the Damned Kingdom of Desia- all these Bastards have sent their forces in the guise of 'mercenaries' excuse!
These Noble Houses which along the Civil Government had all betrayed the Rathiel Republic.
He knew that these idiots had done something Exceptionally stupid this time.
Rathiel is done for-
'Centuries of sacrifice and hardwork gone down the drain, I wonder if this is what you wanted Rathiel? Why did you have to give power to these Houses before foolishly sacrificing yourself and for what? Just to have everything fall upon us?', He felt bitter, if only Rathiel didn't put these snakes in power, if only he killed them.
He was a rare Stage 8 Powerhouse but he was old and injured - he was nearing the end of his life.
Out of 7 Stage 8.0 Powerhouses they had, 4 had already betrayed them, as they were part of the Elite Noble Houses, the other 2 were holding critical territories safe for now- atleast until civillian evacuations could finish.
He - was in charge of making sure that the Illithid Plague from the Secret Planet was not unleashed.
*Sigh Life never holds its punches back does it?
A Six Front war- so be it.
'Since Khorramzadeh wants us to launch the assault on the Special Planet, We'll get all the Bastards involved!'
'Our Enemies wish to destroy Rathiel Republic for countless Reasons but the Primary Reason is- They want the 5 Systems - Deion-Tempest, Eurac VII, Seighard, Dwarup and Genloc 45, these systems are considered Super Systems not because of their resources but because of the special Gravity Well!'
'They wish to control this Territory to build a Sector Jump Gate on this Special Gravity Well - that would control the core lifeblood of Trade across the Ho-Jax Sector, the one who controls it, is King ', Sam Manek sighed inwardly, A poor man must never Harbor a Jade lest he be implicated by world- if you aren't strong enough, such gifts are a curse.
But why were these various Star countries after this?
Wormhole Technology was incredible but extremely unviable for mass commercialization, the Technology is extremely expensive to use.
Within the Outer Rings only the Faction Affiliates have access but even they seldom use this technology unless there are emergencies, most Star Countries in the Outer Rings would not even have a single Wormhole Drive.
Instead- the less fast Proto Warp engines are used to create Jumps between systems and to cross even longer territory, Jump Gates are used.
Jump Gates are built on Gravity Wells that use a bit of Mythic Power that act as Super Boosters for these ineffecient Warp Engines.
Without a Viable Jump Gate these Warp Engines are just not enough to cross extreme distances.
Warp Tech had been purchased from the Elf Race who were the only ones willing to sell it to humanity.
But as such Warp Technology was very hard to progress upon.
Most Races had barely researched into it and usually used sublight engines to get around.
One could not use Warp Travel for Super Sector Traversal around the Galaxy.
The Jump Gates allow the Spaceship to travel at High Warp speeds but use just enough resources to be somewhat sustainable, making Interstellar Travel possible at a large commercial scale due to the Availability of Gravity Wells.
Depending on the type of Jump Gate and the Gravity Well that it is built on, a spaceship could easily travel to the next star country within a few minutes.
More Powerful Jump Gates could essentially allow spaceships to travel between Sectors!
and such was the case in Rathiel .
The Five Systems mentioned above are actually connected by an extremely stable Gravity Well that essentially acts like a high way that speeds up Warp Travel by 6 times making it an indispensable part of the Ho-Jax Sector.
Unfortunately - Rathiel Republic was never allowed to Develop these territories well and begin construction, due to constant warfare with the neighbouring star countries, making it extremely weak economically, thus Nullifying any prospects.
The Final Sector Imperialists were infact trying to build the Super Jump Gate.
But the Crimson Uprising which Martyr Rathiel had started resulted in a bloody civil war, where before the final onslaught after he gave his final dictat conceiving the Idea of a Republic.
He then perished with the supreme Powerhouse of the Final Sector Imperialists in Mutual destruction at the Heart of the Prototype Jumpgate, causing catastrophic Dimension storms to ravage the Star Sector for a few Hours.
This move essentially killed a few Billion people, luckily the AEON and DLCL intervened and managed to use their Mythic resources to calm the Turbulent spatial Planes and repair the Gravity Wells.
The Gravity Well which had been damaged in the blast had slowly recovered to a stable state after a few centuries.
One could say that it was now in a Good Condition to begin building the Super Jump Gate, No Wonder these Star countries wanted to desperately capture these systems as soon as possible.
It would be a lie to say that the Imperium Federation was not interested in this project and they had even tried to Rent the Systems for using the well- but for some reason this proposal would always remain stuck by the horribly slow Rathiel Government.
Upon sensing such a massive movement of Enemy ships in their Ally's Territory, and feeling that this could lead to a potential coup and capture of the Gravity well, they wanted to immediately Intervene but Sam Manek had sent them a series of Data Messages to Chief Jhansi and stopped the Imperium Federation in it's tracks.
He didn't want the Imperium Federation to get implicated in this situation, them keeping Quarantine Facilities on the border systems and assisting Rathiel Republic Refugees was more than enough for him.
Besides it would not be long before dissolution of the Republic...
"I find it pitiful"
Sam Manek frowned as a familiar voice sounded out in his mind- Master Mirror's.
"What do you want? I am currently executing my part of the deal as required", he replied back.
" You don't know who Rathiel really is right?", Master Mirror's smug voice sounded out like as sharp needle poking in his mind.
Sam Manek wanted to retort as he could be considered one of Rathiel's most trusted people and he knew secrets more than most, but stopped as a bad feeling rose in his heart.
"You already have an inkling don't you, you feel Rathiel was hiding something - no?", Master Mirror's dark voice seemed to have confirmed some of Manek's Suspicions.
"I can show you - everything, free of cost - because a dying man should know what really went down, but do you dare to accept the Truth, I wonder?", Master Mirror proposed with a Tempting voice.
Sam Manek went silent for a few moments and then spoke reluctantly," Show me"
"Good"
Several Memories and scenes played before Sam Manek as his expressions slowly turned into shock, fear and then indignation to despair.
Sam Manek slowly tumbled back as Corvus and Sabine immediately moved to support him as a bloody spray shot out from his mouth and landed on screen.
His body felt weak and his mind was unable to process such terrifying knowledge...
"Sir!", Corvus called out to him in a worried tone.
"No... I am fine, I- I just need to get my bearings, Just- give me a few minutes, I need to be alone", Manek calmed his conflicting thoughts focused on stabilizing himself.
Corvus and Sabine reluctantly left the room as Sam Manek's eyes slowly filled with pure hatred and wrath!
"So it was all a lie- All a Goddamned Lie! WHAT A GREAT RATHIEL! WHAT A FUCKING MOCKERY OF LIVES! ALL MY SACRIFICES WERE IN VAIN! THEY ALL DIED FOR NOTHING! NOTHING!!", he bellowed out internally unwilling to let others hear such words.
"Now you know",Master Mirror's voice appeared again in his mind.
"Do you still think your Rathiel Republic should exist", He asked.
"It should be destroyed - It should have never existed!", Sam Manek spat out coldly.
"Hahahahaha", Master Mirror Laughed out wildly at the strange turn of events and disappeared.
Sam Manek straightened his posture and then gazed at the screen with Grim Determination.
" Corvus! Sabine! Report back!", he called out sternly in the comms.
A few moments later both entered and awaited his orders.
"Publicise coordinates of Planet 'X' - Make sure Everyone knows that Vide Desia is hiding the Flowers of Immortal Ice there and Conrad Konstantin is using an Archeotech Synthesizer to make the Elixir of Soul Revelation- Yes that should do it", Sam Manek immediately spoke as Corvus and Sabine felt shocked.
"Sir you never wanted them to know about Planet X due to the immense Implications of what would happen but now You want us to reveal it to the whole Galaxy?"
" It must be done, - it must be done! We will not go according to the original plan, instead we will mobilize all Wraith Knights to reach Planet X along with each every Soldier in all of our secret facilities - Tell all Byrd Agents to immediately shift their focus to Evacuation of the Republic!"
"Corvus I don't mind if you add in additional details but ensure our Enemies- all of them must take the bait and arrive at Planet X, we will hold one final Bloodbath over there with our Target being total destruction of said Planet and all of it's occupants!"
"Remember we will not have Allies in this war- We are on our own and that planet is to be our Grave", Sam Manek spoke out hoarsely and clenched his fist.
" I will relay your Orders Chief", Corvus spoke and saluted immediately, then proceeded to leave the room.
" Sabine, Prepare all of our Forbidden Strategic M.D Weapons and K.F Arrays- you will be responsible for all of them- Since most are useless in Planet X - use the Shadow division and execute Order 78- Call Sign' Skull For the Skull Throne', also Execute Order 47- Call Sign' Sectum Exterminatus' ", He spoke as Sabine's face grew paler and paler.
She spoke tremblingly," This will cause unprecedented Chaos across the Sector and we- We will be blamed for it, are you sure Sir?"
" They were never going to let us live in the first place, I believe that once this is done- only Imperium Federation should remain unscathed"
" this is our parting gift and final commitment to the force that was responsible for our lives- We will be remembered as Monsters but I don't give a shit of what they all care"
" the republic was never going to survive Sabine- these plans which I had created as a last resort must be used now"
" We have prepared for Centuries for this moment while they all looked down on us- we will give them a taste of what it feels like to be weak and helpless against the unending horrors of this Galaxy!", He spoke firmly, unswayable.
Sabine froze and then replied," I will go execute them now, Rest Assured the Candidates will not fail you, but remember chief your actions now will create a new Era- A Dark Era for our sector, can you live with it?"
"We all are going to die on Planet X, what's there to live with?", he replied grimly.
"I see, So be it", Sabine did not argue anymore and left to execute these Sector Shaking orders.
Even the Rest of Human Space might get affected by it.
As she left, Sam Manek then gazed back at the screen and then looked at Martyr Rathiel's Portrait silently for a few moments, he then muttered," I know why you created the Republic, the real truth- but rest assured - I will destroy what remains of the republic and I will destroy all you have created - R A T H I E L"
Soon a Grim atmosphere surrounded the facility as the final days of peace will be soon destroyed.
This marks the end of the Prelude and opens the curtain to a new Ho-Jax Sector.
Nothing will remain unscathed.
Nothing...