Darkest Hour

[Othman]

PROLOGUE

MANKINDS DARKEST HOUR

Prior to the nomadic infestation, Rheinland was one of the worst sectors being barely able to stand against several unidentified and deliberate attacks against mostly Kruger targets including manifested ex-rheinlanders in charge those who were autopsied and reported to be controlled by an extension of organic mind control. Dresden had almost fallen to be an outpost of the vicious plague and after losing Vogtland, Hessians -the last remnants of human activity in Dresden- were forced out of the system to retreat back to the Omega sector. Throughout the period New Berlin was infested as well, especially the surrounding space around the jump hole leading to Sigma-13 which was obvious to be the next step of operations. Intels reported that Hessians and the GMG were the first to encounter the terror and they partially managed to scatter some of these unknown fleets yet, defeat was inevitable for both since what they had faced was superior and deadly. It was certain that the entire balance and turn of events in Rheinland had been afflicted somehow by the immense capability of this unknown identity, which would be later on named as the Wild, a prototype cell of Nomad slaves branch slaughtering any lawful or unlawful target on their way. Rumours were being spread as these corrupted officers had been massing wrath fleets in a remote Omega system for some reason after being scattered by the Hessian and GMG engagements.

In this terrifying wake of events, The Scientific Counsel of Sirius Houses (SCSH) were now being relentlessly oppressed by the media and society itself to immediately enlighten the uncharted mystery at all costs. On the other hand, the policital chaos was thrown off and not only militarist headquarters of Rheinland but the Naval Alliance of Liberty and Kusari government were also keen on revising their political agenda wherein the priority for mass production of war industry had been similarly neglected decades ago.

Bretonia government had surprisingly been quite for a while about their allies chaotic situation despite being touted as the best place Rheinland military could rely on. Some sources indicated that the reason Armed Forces assuming a neglectful manner was that they had already given considerable losses in Tau-31. However, secret intels reported that Armed Forces were hesitating to move mass fleets through Omega sector while Cambridge was not safe anymore because of the coalition and brotherhood attacks. Therefore, Armed Forces preferred a defensive stance for the protection of Gateway shipments and some other civilian targets. The only other options to reach Rheinland which meant Liberty or Kusari space were impossible to use as well after the treaty signed between Liberty and Kusari government blockading all entries to house systems assuming that Bretonia and Kusari were still at war.

As professor Welsh from SCSH stated "In fact, the mysterious activity was nothing more than the forerunner of a dreadful nomad siege finding its source to exist from an unknown system which was accidentaly discovered first in the depths of Alpha and then in Gamma Omicron". The serious setback was actually revealed when scientists made it certain that the terror being spread within Dresden was only the beginning of a lot more to come.

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On the uncharted lagoons of anguish, I sail with a canoe made of my sins.