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The CNS Olympian was born of necessity and ambition. Conceived in 831 AS, its construction began in the heart of Crete’s northern desert, within a hollowed mountain that shielded it from prying eyes. This desolate location, stark and unforgiving, became the forge where the Corsairs sought to craft their ultimate weapon - a vessel that would redefine their presence among themselves and their enemies.
Progress was not without struggle. Alien artifacts, key to the ship’s groundbreaking design, presented unprecedented challenges. Engineers faced repeated setbacks, from integrating advanced power systems to balancing the delicate trifecta of agility, firepower, and resilience. Each obstacle threatened the project, but none deterred the Corsair resolve.
The defeat at Freeport 9, however, marked a turning point. In the wake of this humiliating loss, the Corsair leadership committed vast resources to the project, accelerating its completion. What began as a warship grew into something far more profound—a technological and cultural masterpiece.
Beneath its imposing armor, the CNS Olympian became a vessel of both power and heritage. Personally curated by her Lord Commander, Heliodorus Navarra Fabricius, the ship’s interior is a living museum of Corsair identity. Every corridor, chamber, and sanctum is adorned with priceless artifacts: tapestries depicting legendary battles, gilded statues honoring ancestors, and works of art that immortalize the Corsair spirit.
Through the sacred rite of binding, the ship took on the name of her captain, symbolizing an eternal bond between vessel and commander. While still officially “Under Development,” the now called CNS Fabricius has already transcended her status as a mere prototype. She is a bold declaration of Corsair ambition - a vessel that carries not only weapons of war but the soul of her people.
The Consul-class Battlecruiser stands as a crowning achievement of Corsair engineering, a ship designed to reign supreme in any battle. Its sweeping wings and powerful engines give it both elegance and agility, while its horned helm strikes fear into enemies and inspires awe among the Corsair clans. More than a weapon of war, the Consul is a symbol of Corsair culture, embodying their defiance and ingenuity.
Beneath its striking exterior lies a ship engineered for perfection. The expansive wings not only add to its imposing profile but also house critical systems such as hyperspace capacitors, advanced sensors, and fuel cells. These components extend its operational range and ensure its dominance in both space and atmospheric environments. Around its core, the Consul is powered by a massive engine array, combining unmatched thrust from the primary drives with the reliability of auxiliary engines, making it as swift as it is lethal.
At the front, the horned helm is both a practical and symbolic centerpiece. It houses the panoramic bridge, providing the Lord Commander and their crew with unparalleled visibility during combat, while also serving as a bold declaration of Corsair pride. Behind the helm, the main hull contains the hangar bay, a vital hub for the deployment of the Consul’s elite strike craft.
To protect this engineering marvel, the ship’s shielding systems are second to none. At the top of the hull, the main shield intake powers emitters that project a near-impenetrable energy barrier, with power output only rivaled by the heaviest dreadnoughts. The underside of the ship is equally well-equipped, with retrothrusters providing enhanced maneuverability in planetary atmospheres or high-gravity conditions.
FILE: Advanced Research Section
[Elysian Holy Order]
“By Our Hand, Thy Kingdom Come”
I. Introduction
ARES, or the Advanced Research Section, is a clandestine paramilitary-technological cult operating in the shadows of the Corsair Council and beyond. Formed and funded by powerful military industrialists, warlords, influential scientists and artifact tycoons to bypass imperial bureaucracy, ARES pursues technological and military supremacy through radical, immoral, and often forbidden experimentation, even to Corsair standards.
II. Origin
Over the decades - perhaps even from its inception - ARES began to change. What began as a tightly knit cabal of elite scientists and warlords, unbound by law and fueled by immense private wealth, slowly shifted in purpose. Their mandate was simple: Reach where the Empire couldn't, by any means necessary. But isolation breeds obsession. Unmoored from oversight, exposed to unexplainable Daam-K'vosh ruins, active artifacts, and impossible technologies, ARES's operatives began to see patterns - messages - in the noise. Rational minds bent toward irrational ends. Scientific inquiry twisted into ritual, data into scripture. The earliest signs were harmless: internal terminology turned arcane, meetings conducted in silence, operatives neurologically branded with sigils in the name of “integration discipline.” But soon, ceremonial implants replaced practical augmentations. Laboratories became sanctums. Sacrifice - first metaphorical, then not - became a recurring theme. In time, the organization’s core philosophy transformed. Humanity was no longer simply superior; it was sacred. Aliens - both biological and synthetic - were no longer threats; they were heresies. ARES was no longer a research division - it was a priesthood armed with code, flame, and steel, seeking transcendence through experimentation and exploitation.
III. Recruitment
ARES does not recruit. It selects.
Candidates are chosen based on influence, potential, or proximity to power. Some are public figures. Others work in shadows. What they share is usefulness. And once identified, their path is prepared - quietly, carefully. A promotion here. A transfer there. A chance encounter with a mystery that feels too perfect to be random.
That’s because it isn’t. Indoctrination begins long before the formal invitation. Their social media feeds shift. Their stress rises. Their choices shrink. Soon, the only thing that makes sense is the thing ARES wants them to believe. By the time the invitation arrives - if it ever does - they’ve already accepted it.
Those who align with the Section’s ideals are rewarded. Their lives smooth out. Opportunities open. Resources flow. Nothing dramatic - just enough to feel guided, favored, chosen. ARES gives purpose, direction, clarity.
Those who resist are corrected. Blackmail. Scandal. Silence. Some disappear. Some fall from grace. All are dealt with. ARES doesn’t ask twice. It doesn’t need to. In the end, everyone serves - willingly or not.
IV. Operations
Every conflict it fuels, every alliance it forges, every life it destroys or subverts - each is a calculated step toward a deeper goal: advancement. The Section’s true battlefield is not the front line, but the lab. Its victories are not counted in systems taken or fleets destroyed, but in breakthroughs. One new weapon, one decoding of Daam-K’vosh script, one augmentation that pushes the limits of human form - that is worth more than a dozen enemy cruisers reduced to scrap.
To reach that end, ARES bends the sector into shape. Its agents quietly guide the Corsair Empire’s political engine, ensuring that research projects tied to the Section receive endless streams of funding, materials, and volunteers - often without anyone questioning the order. Conflicts are kindled to justify budget expansions. Panic is seeded to accelerate timelines. Strategic losses are staged if they provide the excuse for another “emergency” grant. Behind every misplaced decimal in the treasury, there’s a lab buried in black rock, buzzing with forbidden experiments and data.
Even the Empire’s closest allies - Hogosha cartels, Unioner enclaves, Samura’s corporate dynasties - are levers. Each is a door to new resources, test populations, and distribution networks. ARES uses them to build fronts: pharmaceutical firms that test chemical controllers, logistics chains that move restricted tech, data centers that quietly copy state secrets. These are not conspiracies - they are systems, designed to feed research and protect the findings. Every law obstructing them is rewritten. Every investigation diverted or buried. If need be, those asking questions are simply replaced.
But no system is perfect. ARES thrives on secrecy, enforced through compartmentalization so extreme that even high-ranking operatives rarely see the full picture. Orders are obeyed, not understood. Cells operate blind to each other’s purpose. The result is security - and fragility. Miscommunication spreads like rot. A single false directive can derail months of work. Rogue factions form beneath the surface, convinced they serve the true will of ARES. It is an intelligence so distributed that it sometimes forgets its own authorship.
Still, the machine lurches forward. Every operation - every betrayal, every death, every silence - is a step toward the Final Revelation. That moment when man, perfected by mind and machine, becomes more than what he was. ARES doesn’t just want Corsair domination or the end of the Empire’s struggle - it wants to transcend the very need for struggle.
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