Chronicles of the Aesir

[Mech]

Stage Two: The Invasion

The metallic churning of a thousands engines are deadened by the expanse of space. A vast fleet, uncountable in number by the naked eye, moving..working as if controlled by some hoard mind, is if each ship is part of a larger entity. As if the fleet is the very embodiment of the will of the Aesir, of the will of victory, of the will of Mech.

Beacons light up..a speech is underway, broadcasting to each ship in the fleet, and all planets that meeting the fleets wake.

" ...of Greatness! Lords, Knights, Kinsman and Warriors alike! The time is now to swoop in and take what is ours, to crush the weak and feeble minded buerocrats and Sycophants of so-called 'civilization'! By the bristling beard of Odin, we shall not be stopped! A new age shall be ushered in, one of wealth for all Houses, of Glory for all Warriors, and of Loyalty for all Lords! Our tender Empire shall flex its mighty talons and grasp the Universe within them. The diligent members of House Cammander have led the way, have shown us the path to our destiny!!!!!
And I say unto you, feast! Feast for the night of battle that we face, feast for your kin and House! feast for your lives! For the blood shall flow strong on both sides, and many of you shall meet Valhalla before Asgard's sun kisses the Imperial Palace again. To Valhalla! To Death! To Victory!!!!!!!!!!", Says Lord Mech, Emperor of WA.

The mighty fleet in their unfamiliar ships race out of the night and into Kusari Space. Explosions light up the night-sky, ships wink out one by one as traditional House Kusari ships and WA Imperial ships clash. Although less advanced, the fearless WA pilots are more numerous and skilled in the ensuing battle.

At the center of this war stands the vast Imperial Capital ship, the ANS Vigilant. And at this vast space-fortresses heart sits The Emperor Mech, upon his dark throne, at his right stands Skaldi the Kin-Slayer Emperors Hand and Lord of House Thief, and at his left stands Wylf The Skald.

Emperor Mech: The Battle over new Tokyo, Main Screen.

Lord Skaldi: At once, sire! Main screen these coordinates....

The screen is filled with a mute light, that hurts the eyes, as the fighting intensifies.

Wylf the Skald: How the man outshines the heavens..

Emperor Mech: I'd trade the Stars of Man for the Stars of Heaven any day, Wylf.

Wylf the Skald: For glory..

Emperor Mech: Skaldi! How fairs the battle?

Lord Skaldi: Sire, while we are winning the Lighting-War itself, our forces at New Tokyo are taking major loses. I fear they might over power us.

Emperor Mech: Who is Fighting there?

Lord Skaldi: The House Blitzkrieg Fleet...Their commander Kaliwyrd the Ruleslief is dead.

Emperor Mech: Inform all ships of my personal guard, we're going in.

Lord Skaldi: Aye Milord at once.

Wylf the Skald:
Into the eye of death the Emperor chased,
into the greatest foe he's ever faced,
fearlessly he takes on the fight,
unwilling to surrender this night.


The Imperial Guard crash into the tide of battle over New Tokyo, rallying the remaining House Blitzkrieg forces to fight on and not lose heart. The ANS Vigilant leads the Vanguard against the massive Kusari Defense Fleet. Slowly the ebb of battle turns to favor the Warriors of Aesir.

Lord Skaldi: Fireteams to halls 2,7,8!! Gunners, concentrate fire on the lead Battleships! All Fighers launch!!!1

Emperor Mech: Skaldi! Have us go right for their command cluster!

Lord Skaldi: Sire! We are taking heavy damage as it is, he wont survive..

Emperor Mech: We're the only ship powerful enough to take on their advanced weaponry. If we don't take them out, then no one will.

Lord Skaldi: To Valhalla then sire. All Nav officers, head for these coordinates. Gunners only focus on the battleships, fighters keep us covered as best you can. Full power Engines.

The Massive Imperial Space-Fortess makes for the main Kusari Command Cluster. The most heavily defended part of the Kusari Defense fleet. Weapons fall up on the the ANS Vigilant from all sides it passes through enemy lines. Entire halls of the Fortress are blown out, Fighter bays destroyed, regions of the ship torn asunder. But despite all this, the giant clump of metal keeps pushing towards the cluster. As if powered solely by the willpower of its crew. The Kusari Defense Fleet turns inwards to concentrate all firepower on the collapsing ANS Vigilant. The ANS Vigilant turns all forward guns on the command cluster, felling one Command Battleship after another, before finally the combined firepower of the Kusari Defense Fleet destroys the enough of the remaining ship systems to leave the behemoth dead in space. Even as the ANS Vigilant is disabled, the Kusari Defense Fleets line are broken by the all out attacking Aesir Fleet, who the Kusari Defense Force dropped their guard too in order to concentrate on the ANS Vigilant. In a matter of moments the back of Kusari fleet is broken, the Kusari surrender.

Yet all is Dark in ANS Vigilant

Crewman: Emergency power is online, sir.

Lord Skaldi: Good work, get to Hall 9 now, they need your help.

Crewman: Yes sir.

Lord Skaldi: My Emperor, we've lost 60% of our crew. Halls 11-33, all three fighter bays, along with all our armor and external sensors. Our Engines are destroyed, as is our biosphere. Life-support was damaged beyond repair and we are running on back up life-support.

Wylf the Skald coughs he pushes some rubble off from on top of him: I live.

Lord Skaldi: ..and Wylf lives.

Lord Skaldi: Sire! The fleet reports we've won! New Tokyo is ours! A new Jewel for your Empire!

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Lord Skaldi: Sire?...Sire!? Crewman! We need lights over here!

A light shines on the crumbled throne of their proud Emperor, he is bent over, blood trickling from his mouth, a massive beam having impaled him, yet he lives. Skaldi the Kin-Slayer tracks down the closest Medics, who keep him alive until he can frozen.

Lord Skaldi: He'll have to be sent back to Asgard..our best doctors..I don't know if he'll make it.

Wylf the Skald: Perhaps we should tour YOUR new conquest, my lord?

Lord Skaldi: Perhaps.