When the fleet finally departed the excitement onboard each ship was palpable.
They were finally ready to get revenge on their enemies and no one was more excited than Steuner as he wanted to avenge his people as much as the humans wanted to avenge theirs but for him this was also a personal matter.
He wanted the blood of the bastards that destroyed his planet but he wanted even more to get the Chixari as they were the ones that left his daughter as a widow by destroying the ship captained by her husband.
One of the first warriors that he brought to earth and also one of his most trusted advisors.
He died while protecting his people and he made sure that his wife and children could escape by staying behind while he could retreat with the rest he decided to fight and delay the enemy.
He was now immortalized by the historians and many songs that were written to his honor.
Steuner asked especially to be allowed to hunt down the bird-like aliens and his people wanted their blood no less than their leader.
He was granted the permission as the plan was to eradicate all the species of the alliance,so it doesn't matter who destroyed them in the end.
Humans and their allies would wage a total war on their enemies as they had started it by trying to destroy them.
The Federation had no clue what was about to hit them and even if they did there would be absolutely nothing that they could do to prevent it.
The fleet was doing great as the first stage of the plan entailed getting into position outside the federation borders.
The scout ships were constantly ahead of the fleet informing the commanders of anything that they found but there wasn't much to be found in this region of space.
The fleet for now was using their vacuum energy generators as the ZPM's(Zero Point Modules) were not necessary for now.
They would be used when they entered the enemy's territory as they would ensure that the human ships were faster, had more powerful shields and more power for the weapons.
Their only shortcoming was that they would reach the maximum entropy at some point and then they had to be replaced but that was easy to take care of as each ship had six ZPM's in a cylindrical container which replaced the modules as they were depleted.
The ZPM's had quite a long life span so there was no need for concern about using them all as even under combat conditions,one module was enough to power a battleship for two to three months.
They might have used the new power source to arrive at their destination much faster but there was no need to hurry now that they were on their way.
The whole fleet jumped into their designated coordinates and then they split into six fleets of twenty thousand ships each.
-This is Admiral Black,we have all been waiting for this moment for over a hundred years.
Now our time has finally come and the enemies that tried to eradicate us all will soon pay the price for what they have done.
Those that betrayed us will also pay in blood for all of our people that died thanks to their actions.
The time for planning and preparation is over now is the time for actions.
Cry havoc and let slip the dogs of war.
Simon said on the open channel to all of his captains at the same time.
Everyone had their orders already and all they had to do was carry them out.
Ships jumped to their predestined coordinates and the massive fleet jumped into FTL not leaving a trace of its existence.
Steuner was the first to arrive at his target and thanks to the stealth technology the Chixari didnt even know that their system was infiltrated by twenty thousand ships.
They had some colonies of course, as they say,cut the head of the snake and the body would die.
The fleet took its time to position themselves into the optimal formations and targeted the enemy fleet and defenses.
Then all hell broke loose as Steuner gave the order.
-No mercy,Kill them all,Fire at will.
The fleet dropped their camouflage and the birds were shocked when they saw an unidentified fleet positioned all around their home system.
The confederation fleet opened fire and the effect was devastating.
The defense systems were targeted first and destroyed immediately,next targets were the fleet bases all around the system,especially the hangars that housed the majority of the fleet.
A few frigates targeted the communications relays to silence the cry for help.
While most of the fleet was busy destroying enemy bases,around a thousand ships targeted the fleet that was defending the Chixari home world.
The Confederation ships were way more powerful and better protected especially with the ZPM's connected.
The battle quickly turned into a slaughter and all the enemy ships were targeted and soon exploded as they had no chance against the human and lizardmen weaponry.
Any ship that tried to escape was targeted as a priority and the result was always the same.
Shoot fired,the enemy's shields flickered and disappeared and the ship exploded a moment later.
It took the Confederation fleet almost six hours to be sure that they eliminated all of the enemy ships,bases,and defenses.
Now came time to finish off the planet,the fleet went into orbit and started a systematic bombardment of the surface.
There was no stone left on top of the other,there was no bunker deep enough or strong enough to withstand the fire power of the fleet that was raining death and destruction upon the species that tried to exterminate them in the past.
Steuner looked at the destruction with satisfaction,now he had avenged his son in law and according to his people's laws and customs,he had brought justice for his widowed daughter.
This however was not the end but just the beginning,now he had to finish the job by eradicating all of the colonies which should be easier now that the capital world is gone.
When the fleet left there was no one alive on the planet or in the wrecks and even the life pods were destroyed just to be sure that there were no survivors.
After that the fleet used the materials left in the system to replenish their kinetic ammunition,rockets and torpedoes.
They sustained zero casualties in this attack and there was not even one ship that lost its shields.
Steuner left one battleship with its escorts in system to take care of anyone who would show up and took the rest of the fleet to eliminate the colonies.
Within a week the Chixari were almost entirely exterminated,the only remnants were the ones serving in the federation fleet and some merchants that happened to be out of their territory.
Steuner knew that what he had just done was almost impossible to reverse but it was not his people or the humans that started this war of extermination.
As far as he was concerned this galaxy was always a place that obeyed the rule of kill or be killed and he would rather be the one doing the killing.
After the first target was dealt with he sent a message to Simon informing him that he was mowing to the next target.
Steuner collected the ships that he left in every system and jumped to the next species that he was going to exterminate.