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Chapter 2 - Ch. 2 Never Ending Strife

(From now on I will be using ParaTech instead of SuperTech)

A high-ranking general in the AE can be seen running through the halls of the White House. He bursts through the doors of the war room startling Victor and other significant military members who are seated around a large table. "Israel has been obliterated, Sir!" The general nervously said knowing how tempered Victor was. "What?" Victor said as he coldly stared at the General.

"We got a distress call from Israel about 20 minutes ago. When reinforcements arrived, Israel was already a massive graveyard. Everything was destroyed including any breathing person. Most buildings have been demolished including civilian housing. We have teams searching for survivors but nothing has come up yet. About ten million people are estimated to be killed by this attack."

Victor's extreme anger disappeared and was replaced by utter disbelief. He looked around the room and everyone else had the same reaction as he did. Victor took a deep breath trying his best not to break the table. "Ten million? You're telling me the ParaTech we sent over didn't save a single person! I know we didn't give them much but how did the RCA decimate everyone?" The General looked around the room. The people in this room were some of the most powerful people in the AE. He knew they wouldn't like his answer. "We don't know."

The whole room turned silent. They had come up with the military aid package that was sent to reinforce Israel. The AE had hundreds of trillions of dollars invested into military development. The War Cabinet was confident in the ParaTech research projects they chose. They didn't want to send top-secret equipment. The Cabinet only sent early-generation elemental rifles and psionic shielding systems. They were convinced this would be enough to protect the most important assets of the Israeli army. Not only did they fail at that but the whole population of Israel is estimated to have died. They couldn't even tell their citizens and allies how this happened because they didn't know themselves. 

"We must retaliate with everything we have! We can no longer hide. The time to use all of our new powerful ParaTech is now. The RCA has given a blow to the AE never before seen. America has never negotiated with terrorists before and we won't now!" Victor slammed his fist into the table shattering it to pieces. The whole War Cabinet immediately left the room to prepare for an assault.

Victor and his war cabinet already had plans for invading the RCA and EU. Victor wanted absolute devastation and ordered the full deployment of the AE military. The development of the ParaCarriers just completed in time for this massive operation. The ParaCarriers are the peak of American Empire ParaTech. The size of the carriers alone is estimated to be about 2.6 km long and 1 km tall. With hundreds of floors, they are capable of transporting and deploying ParaVehicles on land, sea, and air. Using psionic and gravitational abilities the carrier can fly at speeds of up to 1000 km/h in air or sea.

A teleportation array powered by a squad of space shifters can deploy personnel and vehicles to any location on the battlefield in a 10 km radius, including itself. It has several defensive barriers that protect it from different attacks. The outermost shield is the psionic shield capable of withstanding most attacks and conventional weapons. Under the psionic shield lies an elemental shield powered by many types of elementals. The elemental shield is most resistant to the basic elements like fire, water, wind, and earth. Many other elementals power the shield but they are much rarer. The psionic cloaking system on board allowed the massive carrier to hide in broad daylight undetected. 

Hundreds of massive elemental cannons surrounded every floor of the carrier capable of attacking land, sea, and air targets. Laser systems that use super-concentrated elements are used for missile defense and precision strikes. The PCLS (Para Concentrated Laser System) can store the energy of elementals and use it as ammunition. Recruits were assigned to a constant rotation of pouring every drop of elemental power they could. The PCLS could adapt any element to use for the laser. Telepathic missiles quickly and precisely target incoming ground-to-air and air-to-air attacks to defend against any piercing threats. The carriers hold thousands of troops that live on them with various advanced systems to help support daily life. On every floor was a state-of-the-art medical facility that used nanotechnology to heal most wounds. All around this is top-of-the-line ParaTech that is practically invulnerable and extremely lethal. 

ParaCarries held were various types of ParaVechiles. For ground assaults, they have stealth tanks that are equipped with a railgun. It shoots a 120mm tungsten steel round made by awakened who have a Munitions Manifestation. The tank can peirce all known materials and can only be stopped by awakened. For air assaults, they have F-50 ParaJets that use dual 20mm elemental machine guns and air-to-air teleportation missiles that could be used for ground attacks as well. AI nano drones made by Nanoforgers can repair any damage taken during combat heavily increasing the survival chance of pilots. For the sea, they have stealth AI submarines with quantum computers that predict enemy movements. They have 150mm psionic torpedos that automatically target any enemy ParaTech. The ParaCarries were the deadliest thing ever made in AE military history.

-EU Parliament-

Chancellor Elena Hayes sat at the highest seat in the Parliament. She had just been told about the devastating attack on Israel. Her hands gripped both hands of her chair snapping them off. "How many EU citizens were there at the time?" She asked. "50,000 ma'am." A Senior Parliament Member answered. Elena sat in her seat trying to use her quantum insight to see what would come after this attack. It can be pretty hard to interpret what she sees but it was clear this time.

Not only Israel, but almost every major country in the world was in flames. The sky was blocked out by massive futuristic ships. They were endlessly bombarding everything with all kinds of attacks. Non-stop explosions rang out along with a deadly laser show. Tanks and troops teleport to different spots on the battlefield to destroy anything that is in front of them. Jets blip in and out of existence bringing death every time they appear. Ports were turned to ash and rubble with hundreds of AI submarines patrolling the seas.

She couldn't believe what she was seeing. "M..Ma....Ma'am!" Elena was suddenly shaken snapping her out of her concentration. Hundreds of Parliament members looked at her. She looked around meeting every person's eyes. Every nation lost something from this war. She looked at everyone's angry expressions hoping they would listen to what she had to say next.

"I know everyone here lost a great deal of citizens today. I can barely control myself from fully deploying our military against the RCA and teaming up with the AE. But please listen to me. We MUST stop the AE no matter what. The only thing that will come out of supporting them will be our deaths! You all know what I am capable of with my quantum insight and I have seen what will happen. Victor Stone will destroy the world. We must form a temporary alliance with the RCA and stop the AE before it's too late. We lost 50,000 people. That is nothing compared to the carnage that the AE will bring. Please, please listen to what I am asking." Elena pleaded attempting to look every member in the eyes. Every member could be seen murmuring amongst each other.

"How can you ensure what you saw will happen? What if you saw the RCA attacking everyone, not the AE?" Asked a concerned Member. "I can't guarantee anything but I promise I wouldn't ask this unless completely necessary. I know the risks this could have but I can only give you my word this is the correct move."

An hour later the vote was completed. The EU and the RCA allied for the first time since World War II. "Send a delegate to let the RCA know of our proposal. I am sure that they will not refuse." Elena knew the RCA was going to accept. It was only a matter of how long. She hoped it would be soon because Victor wasn't going to wait long. To her surprise, It only took twenty minutes for the response to come back. On April 12th, 2031, the Phoenix Pact was signed. It wouldn't take long for this alliance to be put to the test.