Time passed and soon enough, as Tia had promised a datapad manufactured by an alien civilization had arrived on Thexkar. Erich had spent this time getting to know S'aleth, and by now the young Dvrakian beauty was starting to fall for a man she should not have feelings for.
But while seducing S'aleth was Erich's primary objective in this meeting, his superior the Deputy Leader of the Germanic Star-Empire was busy maintain a fine balance of diplomacy with the Dvrakian Consortium who only showed hospitality towards their two guests from the neighboring Empire because of the potential crisis they would soon be facing together.
And sure enough, the moment Erich got his hands on the datapad, he had Tia transfer the files over, where he then displayed the holographic projection of the Hive Fleet's current whereabouts as well as their projected course. Which traversed right through Dvrakian Territory, and eventually through Germanic Space.
