D e e p w i t h i n t h e S o l a r R e a l m . . . . . . . . . D a n g e r l u r k s , a n d n o o n e c a n s t o p t h e r e i n c a r n a t i o n o f t h e D a r k A l l i a n c e -=<{[ S R E : -6- T h e A l l i a n c e R e s t o r e d ]}>=- ________ ________ ________ |________ |________| |______ ________| | \ |________ ______________________________________________ |______ ________________ ______ _________| \ \ / / | | \ \ / / | | \ \ / / | | \ \ / / | | \ \ / / | | \ \ / / | | \ \ / / | | \ \/ / | | _______________\ /_______________| |___________ |________________________________________________| -=<{ Well, SRE: 6 is finally here. I hope you liked the new beginning. I decided it was time for a change from the old-style SRE logo. Anyway, SRE: 5 was by far a little more graphic than any of it's predecessors. I hope it didn't offend any of you. SRE: 6 is not as graphic, but it has lots of great things I know you'll love. It finishes out the SRE IV through SRE 6 trilogy with a bang. Until next time... ENJOY! ---\ Prologue Men were so foolish. The warring spirit of the Sree Galaxy had spread throughout this Universe, and it had cost almost trillions of lives. Now the Universe was divided into those involved with the dominance of the Underground and those wishing to free the Universe FROM the dominance of the Underground. Both sides were seeking peace, but the only way this would end in peace was through another war. ---\ The Story The Underground was trying to forge out a new government to rule the Universe in conuction with the other Galaxies. Amoko knew this would be the only way to survive. He had temporarily eradicated the Underground's fleet, but his own armada was destroyed as well. They were at a standstill for now, and peace seemed the only alternative. The Galactic Coordinator had died in an accident involving a misdirected fighter, so Amoko was on his own in negotiations. Cyber no longer cared about his citizens. he'd converted all his planets, except his urban areas, into military supply planets. The Underground wasn't going to get it in easy with HIM. He was concerned with Amoko's ability to work out terms with the Underground. Valiance was sly, and Cyber knew it. This was pure idiocy. There was a Universal bloodbath going on, and noone was doing anything to stop it. The League of Famished Empires was tired of the fighting. Tired of the Underground uprising, and then being beaten back down, always with a heavy cost in lives. Tired of independents rising up to quell the Underground, always with a heavy cost in lives. It seemed as though the slaughter would never end. A way had to be found to work out these problems peacefully. ---\ Chapter 2 Amoko was under pressure from the LoFE and the Undeground to work out a mutual cease-fire, and some sort of temporary government for the Universe. Amoko knew that doing something like that was stupid, but for the sake of keeping peace within the ranks of his Armada, and the people he was fighting FOR, he had to do it. If only there was some way to get around it... But there wasn't. He would have to page Valiance over the VidCom and begin working out terms... The government had been founded. Dubbed 'Federation of Universal Powers,' it consisted of members from three parties; The Underground Fascist party (TUF, or 'Tough' as some called it), The Galaxial Independence party (TGI, or 'Teeji' as some called it), and the Not-Enough-Action party (NEA, or 'Get off your lazy butt party' as some called it). The FUP had a panel of 7 members. Three were Toughs, three more were Teejies, and one was a NEA member. Together, they voted on issues, and passed laws. Or so it was in some demented person's mind. It never really worked that way. Today a violent shouting match had erupted over the issue of setting up boundaries for Underground space and Galaxial boundaries. Khoteth knew it wouldn't last. It simply couldn't. The Toughies were out to dominate the Universe, while the Teejies were trying to liberate it. And the NEA... well, it was just a bunch of people tired of fighting, that wanted some peaceful activites to start. Totally opposite causes would never find room to compromise. Government had historically been a problem, especially on the planet Los Arret, where the idea originated, centuries ago. To put a bridle on freedom was absurd. Each empire should set up it's own laws, not rely on a Universal Federation to order each empire to operate the same way. Only God should do such a thing, not men. Khoteth just waited patiently for it all to crumble into War.. ---\ Chapter 3 "We will not take anything less than the Geos Sector!!!" screamed Hikru, the Tough ambassador. Poksi, ambassador for the Teeji party, replied, "We all know very well what you will do with the Geos Sector. Production of the PsiBomb has been illegalized, and you cannot erect another facility. Take the Peeza Septant, and no more." D'kn, NEA representative, drummed his appendanges. "Gentlemen, we can't argue over this anymore. The Underground already owns half the Universe. Keep it at that, and lets move on to something else," he said. Hikru stared at him. "That is a good idea, D'kn," he said. Hikru had no sooner finished speaking, when the windows burst open, and six masked figures entered the room. Two of the men opened fire on Poksi and D'kn. The two men, in turn, grabbed Hikru and left as the remaining four set fire to all the documents and computers in the conference room. ---\ Chapter 4 Dead. The Underground had sent men to assassinate the opposite members of the Boundary Council. Amoko was enraged. The FUP was not working the way he'd hoped. His armada was near 100% efficiency, and the Underground's was almost near the same level of completion. He would be demolishing the Toughies soon enough. Valiance was delighted with the news. The assassins killed the ambassadors, torched the documents, and made it out alive. Now all that remained was to kill the assassins, so no evidence remained. Invasion of the Teeji homefront would come soon. He clasped his hands in anticipation of the coming war. Total domination of the Universe would come soon. The NEA knew it was bound to happen. This is why they labeled themselves the 'Not-Enough-Action' Party. With the Teeji dominating the 'free' side of the Universe, more outbreaks like this were bound to occur. Somehow, the Teejies had to be disarmed. The NEA leaders wanted a share of the Teeji homefront, and use it to destroy the Teeji Party. Politics were easy to manipulate, but war was hard to keep from precipitating. ---\ Chapter 5 This was it. Amoko was going to screw the entire Universe up, if Cyber didn't stop him. A government with parties. The idea was ridiculous. In less than a week, there'd already been an assassination, and the Toughies were behind it. He didn't want to waste his miltary in a coup, because that would make him vulnerable to Underground attacks. He'd have to do this politically, from the Left; Use the NEA Party. Amoko watched the VidCom carefully. "The Underground Fascist Party is officially withdrawing from the Federation of Universal Powers. The TUF Party will be officially rechristened the 'Dark Alliance,' and member partisans are welcome to join the new Alliance. In lieu of recent terrorist actions beyond our control, we feel such an independent move is necessary. Dark Alliance envoys will, of course, attend imporant FUP conventions, as the Underground must have a say in such matters, and to give the Teeji Party unchecked domination of legal proceedings is suicide," said Valiance. Sickening. If Valiance actually thought the Universe would be fooled by him over the assassination, he was dead wrong. The Dark Alliance had been reincarnated. Valiance had much experience with the man who had engineered battles and takeovers: MaceMan himself. Amoko needed to be careful if he wanted to outwit the cunning of Valiance..... ---\ Chapter 6 The PsiBomb production was beginning again. Valiance knew if he could get enough PsiBombs quickly, the Universe was his. The damn FUP ploy bought him precious time, and Amoko had been fool enough to agree to it. A new weapon was also being created. The Nioxyl Missle (His engineers were calling it the 'NioBomb'), a deadly combination of Nickel Acid, and AntiOx (Oxygen in an antimatteric state), was under testing. It had the ability to destroy single Galaxies at a time. He had a complete arsenal of weapons like the Nuclear Missle, the Chemical Weapon, the Biological Weapon, the Psionic Bomb, and the Nioxyl Missle, and they could wipe the existence of governments, political parties, and Underground enemies off the map... The Teeji scientists had discovered a way to stop the effects of the PsiBomb. A compound called Trilithium Psioxide had been discovered to dampen the effects of the PsiBomb to the level of mere irritation. With TriPsiox shields in place, the PsiBomb's effects would be at the same level as a headache to people it affected after impact. Nothing more than that. It was time for the Universe to begin developing weapons of it's own, to combat the Underground when the Battle began.. ---\ Chapter 7 The NEA Party had rejected Cyber. He knew noone would take him except the Underground. And he didn't want to join the Underground. The Underground would crush him, and use him. Cyber thought he'd found a way to discredit Amoko, but he wasn't completely sure yet, and the process would take time. If he could convince the Universe that Amoko was unfit for command, and Cyber should replace him, then perhaps Cyber could get something done. Deep inside the NEA headquarters, a secret meeting was taking place. The LoFE (League of Famished Empires (From Sree)) leaders were meeting with the heads of the NEA Party. The LoFE had created several chapters in other Galaxies, long before the Underground had destroyed several other Galaxies. Still, the LoFE had many empires and planets under it's control, all in need of help. If the NEA and LoFE pooled resources, they could create a formidable front that could possibly help them overtake the Universe after the TGI Armada and the Dark Alliance met head-to-head. Once officiated, the new alliance of the NEA, and the LoFE's planets and empires, would be christened 'The Planetary Federation of Galaxies'. When Amoko heard of the news about the PFG, he decided to shut down Sree's Empirial System. There were few emperors still left, but many, many realms and empires that had been abandoned or severly destroyed. By getting rid of the empirial hierarchy, and combining all the realms into one gigantic Galaxial Realm, he hoped to be a stronger force against the Dark Alliance. A welcome side effect of this decision would be the fact that the PFG would have no empires they could order to join them. The PFG was hurting the cause of freedom more than helping, and Amoko had to get rid of it soon. ---\ Chapter 8 "In response to yesterday's formation of the PFG, and to Amoko's dissolution of the Empirial System at Sree, I have a statement to make," spoke the image of Cyber via the VidCom Public Channel. Valiance was watching carefully. "All along, we have assumed Amoko to be our leader. But the Galactic Coordinator never named Amoko 'Solar Master,' and because of this lack of title, he does not HAVE to be our leader. In view of his recent decisions, including the formation of a joint government with the Underground, a persona we know to be tyrannical at best, I move that we take up a vote to impeach Amoko, and see who should take his place as the Leader of the TGI Party," he continued. Valiance was amazed. Cyber had done his homework, and this would pay off for the Underground. How could he expect to defeat the Dark Alliance?! The PFG, Cyber, and everything else were almost too much of a burden, and Amoko couldn't handle it anymore. The Teeji Armada was completed, and TriPsiox shields were in place everywhere. Military mobilization could begin soon, but this 'election' was holding it up. Amoko would probably be voted out due to his erroneous decision to create the FUP. Even now, the FUP continued to be a hinderance. If Cyber, the PFG, or the Dark Alliance defeated the Teejies, the Universe would have no chance of being free ever again. The Universe had lost so many citizens in the slaughter, it was no longer just 'serious'. It was deadly straightforwardly SERIOUS! In the history of Time, there had never been so much destruction. Even in the old Regime, the Universal Coordinator's Wars hadn't caused so much rampant bloodshed and destruction. This had to end. And it had to end soon. ---\ Chapter 9 The polls were in, and Cyber had ousted Amoko democratically by a vote ratio of ten to one. His first order of business would be to banish Amoko, and take complete control of the Teeji Armada. The Armada was still faithful to Amoko, even though he was no longer officially in control. The Underground would be dealt with later, but Cyber had other things on his mind.... The PFG saw no better oppurtunity than now. The Teejies were divided into pro-Cyber and pro-Amoko groups. Using what minor power they had in their fighting force, the PFG used it's Navy to attack the Teeji Armada. War would break out soon, they knew, but perhaps by making the first attack, they thought could get the upper hand. Valiance mulled over what was happening. His Dark Alliance Fleet would strike the PFG and the Teeji soon, but not quite yet. It would be interesting to see what would happen to the PFG and to the TGI Party with such political turmoil. Cyber had taken a road hardly traveled, and enameled himself into a position Valiance knew Cyber couldn't fit. If all went well, soon the Universe would belong to Valiance..... ---\ Chapter 10 Cyber panicked. He had no War experience. He assumed he should counterattack the PFG, but his miltary commanders refused to advise. or even HELP him. They were all joining Amoko. The Teeji Galaxies of the Universe were revolting against him. Cyber's inablity to act in such a crisis was what was causing the revolts, and Cyber knew it. Cyber knew only one thing: Politics. He was finding that War was a much different game. If he couldn't get his act together, everyone who was under his control would be dead in the water. "Lord Svoth, this is Amoko," said Amoko via the VidCom. "Amoko, this is Svoth. The entire Teeji Armada is at your disposal," he replied. Amoko grinned. "Attack the Tau Flank of the PFG, and they'll surrender," he said. Svoth was amazed. How did Amoko know that? "Amoko, how do you know that?" asked Svoth. Amoko smiled again. "Trust me. The Tau Flank is their weakest side. Penetrate it, and they'll never return fire because they are inexperienced and weak," he said. Svoth nodded and shut off the VidCom. He then proceeded with Amoko's plan... "General Kordsva, there is a heavy cruiser fleet headed to sector 509, Mark 6," said T'Kos excitdely. This would be his first battle experience. "Send to Fleet Commander Wapq, 'Enemy HC Fleet penetrating Tau Flank; Require backup units,'" replied the General. T'Kos swiveled to face his VidCom and sent the communique. That was when the Missle hit. The stations sparked and smoked, and everything was fire. "T'Kos, what the heck was that?!" demanded Kordsva. But he got no answer. He looked at his underling and noticed T'Kos had been killed. Ovbiously the enemy HCs were moving in on the base faster than his fleets could handle. Another missle hit the base, and everything exploded in a brilliant burst of plasma... The PFG leadership was frightened. The Teejies had retaliated, and hit their weakest spot. They had no choice but to surrender to the Teeji. It must've been destiny. The PFG had political and economical strength, but the seemingly perfect combination of LoFE and NEA hadn't lasted long. They didn't have the experience they needed in Battle situations. Perhaps the Teeji might have the right ideals, after all. Well, whether the Teeji did or not, the PFG had no choice but to support them now... ---\ Chapter 11 With the quick surrender of the PFG, the citizens impeached Cyber and reelected Amoko. Cyber hadn't lived up to his promises, and had utterly failed as a military leader. There would always be a remnant that would follow Cyber, Amoko knew that quite well. But for now he had to deal with the Dark Alliance. The Darkies had a new weapon, was the rumor. Teeji military strength was high, and morale was high too. It was only a matter of time before the Battle began again. "Sir, the NioBomb is armed and prepared for launch," said the young private. "Damn well better be, boy. Fire on my next signal," replied the Sargeant Brutzi. This bomb would devestate the Teeji. It's target was the hideout Cyber and his followers were using after their failure. "Fire it!!" yelled Brutzi. The Nioxyl Missle detached itself from the Heavy Cruiser and sailed into the Galaxy called 'Trios.' "Lord Cyber, a projectile has entered the system," reported Voss. Cyber turned to face his second-in-command. "Scan it," came the curt reply. Voss peered into his Sciences Scanner. "It appears to be the same shape and mass of a PsiBomb, but an elemental scan reveals no Psiox or Psiodide. There is a high amount of the compunds Nickel Acid, but that's the best I can determine at the moment," spoke Voss. Cyber thought it over. "Send out a recon fleet, Voss, so we can get a better scan," he ordered. But Voss was staring at the scanner again. "Voss, what are you looking at?" he asked. "Sir, the projectile has detonated itself. It is most definately a weapon. The energy is moving towards us at an incredible speed. Estimate five seconds until impact," replied Voss. FIVE seconds? "Shields up NOW, Vo..." began Cyber. That was when the room collapsed and it filled with noxious odors and gasses. "What the hell is this?!" coughed Cyber. Cyber could feel his skin dissolving in the presence of acids and chemicals. Then the ship blew apart as the entire Trios Galaxy was destroyed.. "Amoko, the Trios Galaxy has been destroyed!" said the face of a military advisor over the VidCom. Amoko knew Trios had been Cyber's new headquarters, but he knew of no weapon that could eliminate an entire Gakaxy. "Trios was destroyed, but by what?" came the reply. "Our scientists believe it may have been the rumored new weapon being built by the Underground. Traces of AntiOx and lots of Nickel Acid deposits were found," said the advisor. "AntiOx. If they have found a way to utilize AntiOx and NiAcid TOGETHER in a weapon, then we have nothing that can stop them!" said Amoko. The advisor nodded, and the VidCom shut off. Amoko couldn't stop the Underground if their new weapon could wipe out single Galaxies at a time.... ---\ Chapter 12 Inside his command ship, Valiance waited. His Fleet had been deployed, and in a matter of minutes battle reports should be coming back. His Command Ship had no heavy cruisers for protection, becuase every single ship the Underground had was in the Fleet. But he wasn't worried. His location was secret, and besides, his Fleet would wipe out the Teeji Armada soon enough... "This is Plasma Storm Div leader," said Tork. "We read you Plaz Leader. Send your Div into the Westerly Wing of the enemy fighter formation," came the staticky reply. "Gotcha HQ. We're on intercept right now," he said. Tork shut off the Com to HQ and opened a channel to his wing division. "Set course to Sector 3, Mark 194. Arm weapons and prepare to go man-on-man," he ordered. The fighters went to sublight speed and then accelerated to subspace jump speed. The carriers behind them activated their subspace jump field, and the fighters flew through it. Then the carriers flew through it themselves.... "Amoko, I know the location of the Command Ship," said the face of someone familiar. Amoko stared at him, trying to remember who it was. "Do I know you?" asked Amoko. "I'm KHOTETH! Listen, there's no time for chat. The Fleet's been deployed to obliterate you, and the Command Ship contains all the leaders. The commanders, Valiance, the civilian leaders, -everyone- of value to the Underground. It's at Galaxy Pac, Sector 5," said Khoteth. Amoko waved as the VidCom shut off. "Get my military commanders on the VidCom, NOW," he yelled. Nno'j, the lead pilot of the Plasma Storm Division, was trying to coordinate their attack through the AudCom. All the while, a Darkie fighter followed him at a hair's distance, and was preparing to fire. Nno'j did a wicked dip, followed by a Hercules loop (A loop in which the fighter drops 50 meters, and takes a 100 degree left turn, followed by a 10 meter drop, and then a 260 degree angle, 60 meter climb) and ended up behind his tormentor. He took one shot with his neutron-cannon, and the enemy exploded vehemently. Nno'j returned his attention to the AudCom, when he noticed three, THREE, of his wing men destroyed by various enemy potshots. A quick role call over the Com revealed half the Div was destroyed, and that they had only destroyed a quarter of the enemy fighters. The Plaz Div was being vanquished.. ---\ Chapter 13 Tork's Plasma Storm Division had been slaughtered. The enemy fighters were well prepared, very heavily armed, and skilled. Tork and only a handful of pilots were still remained, performing hide-and-drop tactics for now. It was only a matter of time before the Plaz-2 Div would come in to reinforce his Plaz Storm Div. If the other skirmishes were going like this one, Tork knew the War would end up a victory for the Darkies. At HQ, after receiving the coordinates of the Command Ship, the Fleet Admiral diverted Plaz-2 Division to intercept the Command Ship and destroy it. He had ordered them to execute a Kamikaze maneuver, which had a good chance for success. If the Plaz-2 Div came through, the Battle might be finished as a victory for the Universe. He prayed they WOULD be able to come through.... It was a suicide mission. Korg had been sent out to kamikaze his fighter into the enemy Command Ship. The Armada was confronting the Darkie Fleet, but the Command Ship was his priority. He could see it's large shape looming off in the distance. The dark grey ship was designed to hide from enemy radar. Too bad Korg had already spotted it. As he accelerated to sublight speed, he felt his andrenaline flowing. He pushed his fighter up one more notch below hyperlight speed. His fighter was hurtled into the behemoth ship, and massive explosions ensued. He was fascinated by the mass destruction, but then the cockpit of the fighter burst forth in flame. The fighter had careened into the only unshielded portion of the command ship. The subspace jump engines were directly under the impact site. They quickly ignited the ship's antimatter inducer, and the inducer went up in a blaring fireball. The resultant energies took the gigantic Command Ship up in flame. The hot, searing fire could be seen for lightyears. The explosion was so large it lapped at a few southern divisions of the Dark Alliance Fleet. ---\ Chapter 14 The Underground was smashed. With absolutely no leaders, the Dark Alliance Fleet surrendered to the TGI Party. Amoko was given thunderous applause at the signing of the Dark Alliance's surrender. The Dark Alliance Fleet was dismantled and assimilated into the Armada. The weaponry designs of the Underground were destroyed, and the manufacturing centers blown up. They would make sure those weapons of mass killing would never be created again. The worlds that had not been destroyed by Valiance, but taken captive by the Underground, were freed at last. Amoko set up new Justice systems and began new Galaxial territory marking. The Empirial System was reestablished, and the citizens were given choices on where to move. Amoko kept the entire Teeji Armada under his control. If evil ever rose up again, he would smash it back to where it came from. He wouldn't make the mistakes countless people had made before him. The Teeji leadership was dismantled, and power was restored to the people, as it had in the beginning. No tyrants. Just emperors and empresses, and their empires. ---\ Epilogue Maybe men weren't so foolish. Amoko had pulled the Universe through it's most bloody cleansing. The Underground had been throughly defeated and wiped out. And now they were taking measures to insure evil never rose to such a powerful position again. The bloodshed was over, thankfully, and the rebuilding was beginning again. Men had a long way to go, but they had started off right.... -=<{[(@ The End @)]}>=- -=< In conclusion, I'd like to say thanks. In looking back, one can see how my writing has improved. The vision was always the same, but it was never better than in SRE6. The story is one of human drama. Politically, the US is in turmoil. Only when the socialists are overcome, and our country returns to it's Judeo-Christian roots (Back to our God), can we become great again. Don't worry. Just because the Underground is completely destroyed means the Universe is a safe place. SRE: The Fehq Galaxy is coming soon, chronicling the adventures of a far off Galaxy that participates in cruel games; A galaxy we never knew existed until now. And also coming up is SRE: Galaxy Sei, telling of Ultra's biggest adventure before migrating to the Sree Galaxy. And last but not least, SRE: 7 will come out later this year, contrary to rumor. SRE: 7 is called 'Petros' at present, but I can't reveal it's plot. If you thought SRE: 5 and SRE: 6 were explosive, wait until SRE: 7. It's action packed, truth-filled, and just plain awesome. Look for SRE: 7 around October. Special thanks to: Knight of Knight's Armor, the -real- MaceMan, IncrediBite, Lil Red, Jed, subZERO, HMS Bounty, Bucking Bronco, Michael Robinson, and Amit Patel, for writing SRE (Based upon Space Empire Elite, by Dick Pederson). And to all you bold adventurers who contiue to read these stories: THANK YOU! -~=*^ Josh Renaud ^*=~- The Author