ALR (ATwT) Chpt 1

==A Legacy Reforged (ATwT) - Chapter 1 ==
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===Mysterious Invaders===
High Orbit
El Dorado, Crucis March
Federated Suns
28th March, 3105
High above the world of El Dorado near the world’s moon Boulder a crippled green and red painted Davion II-class Destroyer flashed into existence. Most of the vessel’s armor and weapons were gone with massive chunks of the hull missing or collapsed the outer hull burned and pitted by weapons fire. The nose of the ship was mostly intact having escaped the worse attacks as the ship fled its unknown enemy, along the hull it several decks appeared to be completely exposed to open vacuum, while at the back the engines were completely dark. As the ship drifted from its entrance point the only movements from the ship were a slow spin to the port side and small internal fires fueled by escaping oxygen from its multiple hull breaches, the ship appeared lifeless and out of control.
As the ship spun slowly two DropShips undocked from the underside of the ship moving away from the wreck, one of the DropShips was a Lung Wang-class Assault DropShip while the other was a Fortress-class vessel, behind them six aerospace fighters launched from the crippled WarShip’s launch bays abandoning it. The two smaller DropShips and the aerospace fighters immediately turned towards the planet below on their sides was a strange emblem with a Sunburst covered in two crossed dao blades. The incoming force ignored calls from the planet and entered the blue and green planet’s atmosphere heading for the surface, the WarShip continued to spin out of control now caught in Boulder’s gravitational pull. The ship was powerless to resist like a metal beside a strong magnet the ship accelerated quickly towards the small moon and quickly fell into the moon’s atmosphere out of control exploding in the nitrogen-carbon dioxide atmosphere.
Diving down over the planet’s capital the two DropShips dropped BattleMechs on top of the militia base landing near the capital of Oro. With the Lung Wang and aerospace fighter flying in circles around the facility threatening to bombard the base below. The appearance of the force quickly takes the part-timer defenders by surprise forcing them from the base with not a single shot fired before landing and occupying the base in the name of Warrior House Sortek for the Confederated Suns under Chancellor-Prince’s Edict 14. A confused message to New Avalon from El Dorado states the capital has been seized by the Capellan Confederation with the Seventh New Avalon Guards RCT on the continent of Sante Fe and out of position to assist.
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===The Impossible Truth===
Occupied Militia Base, Oro
El Dorado, New Avalon Operational Area
Crucis March, Federated Suns
18th May, 3105
The majority of Warrior House Sortek, their tech staff and DropShip crew were in one of the main briefing rooms of the main Administration block while those who were on duty were connected by commlink and could add their comments and thoughts if they wished. For the last three hours they had gone in circles. “They could be lying to us, Kathil is determined to convince us to give up on our homes or it could be a plot off Robinson to forward the goals of the traitor.” Captain Richard Winnie, one of the oldest members of the command said.
“How can you say that? We have unrestricted access to their communications grid. Unless these people have subverted the communications of an entire world everything points to the Federated Suns existing as a nation with New Syrtis, Robinson and New Avalon all still under Davion…”
“Steiner-Davion” another interrupted him “according to their history Hanse Davion married Melissa Steiner in the past.” She said explaining one of the biggest differences between here and home. In their own universe the remains of the Federated Suns and the Capellan Confederation united to form the Confederated Suns with the marriage of Hanse Davion and Candice Liao.
“Not at all an example of cradle-snatching if I’ve ever heard of one” Vincent Sortek Imarra’s younger brother said gaining an annoyed look from the Grandmaster of the Warrior House. “What?” He asked feigning innocence “She was eighteen and good old Hanse was forty-five why he didn’t marry that battle-axe Katrina I don’t understand.” Imarra noted that her brother had accepted the history provided to them and was ready to move on others did not look convinced.
“And the Succession Lords allowed the rebirth of the Terran Hegemony? Our Houses had no choice, the Hegemony and its army are too strong here they have built again themselves. Can anyone really say that makes sense? They helped the rebirth of a nation that has sapped worlds from each of the states around them?” Leftenant Chin Li Sunn the unit’s political officer said, he was one of the largest voices in the command that their place was in the Confederation regardless of who was running it. “One of the most recent discussions on local news was about the transfer of Elgin, Hsien and Zurich to the control and protection of the Star League Defense Force.” He said glancing around “not through combat but through trade and negotiation! This nation is led by a man who willingly gives up control over his planets releasing them to another nation.”
“It’s not quite the same thing,” Vincent Sortek complained “the Federated Suns is part of the Star League they will still have access to the planets and freedom of travel there. This simply allows them to redeploy defenses to other areas of the nation.”
“If the Star League and its member states are so strong they wouldn’t need to redeploy their forces” Li Sunn pointed out.
“Well, unfortunately for the League and the Inner Sphere Kerensky wasn’t assassinated and now his descendants are causing problems for the people here and the Capellan Confederation has fallen out with the Star League." Vincent replied surmising recent history in its most basic terms. "So maybe they are redeploying to smack some of those bastards around the face.” Vincent said raising to his face Li Sunn immediately was on his feet as well his hand on the hilt of his ceremonial boa sword his eyes on Imarra looking for support away from the oppressive political policies of the Confederated Suns her brother’s anti-Sian/Liao views unfiltered. She knew that this divide extended throughout her unit with the majority dedicated to House Sortek and reclaiming their homeland on New Avalon while others thought the Confederated Suns should concentrate on holding what worlds it still had, which were less and less of the Federated Suns core territories as time went by.
“Where we are and where we are going are less important than keeping true to each other” Imarra said rising to her feet “if this Warrior House turns on itself then we each betray our oaths to each other and ourselves.” She said looking at each of them “for myself I wish to see home after that my choice about my future will be made.” She said she was torn between her loyalty to the Chancellor-Prince and her desire to see a New Avalon untouched by war.
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