Enos Mackleburry

> **"To think that, in the darkest moments of his life, he managed to maintain composure and carry through. My deepest sympathies to my former assistant. May he carry on the torch of wisdom and guidance, only to accomplish more for our motherland."**
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> **-Evergarden of Emala 'Darjeeling', writing to the Admiralty about the promotion of Admiral Enos Mackleburry-**
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Known also by the Royal Navy callsign "*Earl Grey*'', **Enos Angel Page Mackleburry** was a skilled and famed Imperial naval officer who served for and against sovereign armadas of the Empress from the 2290s all the way to the 2320s. He was accepted into the Navy at age 17 and faced numerous foes and adversaries throughout his career, only for it to be finished abruptly at a self-led mutiny shortly before the Battle of Aasha. Honourable, stoic, idealistic, whilst merciless, stubborn and jaded; His experiences made him a reliable Admiral, one of a collected character presenting as somewhat of a fatherly figure to his sailors and subordinates - commonly defying the Royal Admiralty by striking at its dogmas and traditions. One brilliant cadet, aided by bright minds of his time, who ascended through the ranks like lightning only to face the most serious of challenges. Initially serving during the early career of the famed HMS Hood, his experience saved lives and aided battles, coming at the cost of his own will to fight as his age progressed. Overall, Mackleburry conveys a name of inspiration and honour, one of a man experienced by a long journey of conflict, loss and bravery by blood.

*Admiral of the Black Storm* - *Captain of the West*. These are nicknames attributed to the man who stood up and fought for an ideal bigger than the ire between two nations; A warrior, dying while holding to a banner of peace. He was killed in 2326, in a tragic episode preluding the great Battle of Aasha and at the true start of the Ancestral War. Remembered by the East as less of a military genius and more of a charismatic personality, Mackleburry is acknowledged as one fighting for a righteous cause, going against all lessons the Empire had taught him throughout his adventurous life for the preservation of peace.

## **Early Life**

Enos was conceived on the 6th of June, 2272, at Voice of Ancestors. The only son of *Henry Page Mackleburry* - A landless baron working within the Eternal Ministry - and Countess *Rosamund Angel*, his early life would be considered as normal as one from the lower aristocratic regime could accommodate, being somewhat left aside by his parents once court duties or bureaucratic meetings were called for. Already distanced from familiar business, he naturally took great interest in a military career that had often been stylised by the Empire's propaganda and history. He eventually had his wish, to enrol in a military institution, granted; At an early age, the boy entered the Royal Naval Military Academy of Hammersfield, as part of the freshmen generation coming to New Jamestown during the early 2280s. As of that time, the Eternal Empire still recovered both economically and militarily from the greatest campaign of the Great Northern War, the Bloody Push, but underwent a heavy remilitarisation program; One in dire need of more officers and sailors alike, instructed and taught by the veteran minds of the old war against the ravenous Dyss warlords.

As the years passed, the young student began proving his worth as an aspiring cadet for naval officer duties, extremely prominent with tactical prowess during exams. In 2286, he struck top of his class in Tactics & Stratagems. In 2287, second, always encountering ways to adapt to a changing fight, however reckless it might have seemed at a first glance. By 2289, he had passed the "Lost Sun Assessment", with noticeable but affordable casualties to the simulated imperial fleet. The test would be something he would keep repeating for the rest of his life, as tradition would often require.

Striking as the 4th. Graduate of the already trimmed down class, the doors to service were finally opened. Time had come to test his abilities at last…

## **The Prominent Cadet**

Interestingly, Enos' cadet service began in the grounds of nowhere other than HMS Hood, as Section Officer of the vessel’s Home Section. The post shared significant prestige for a recently graduated officer; Had it not been for the lack of fighting experience, Mackleburry’s posting would have served as a perfect boost for the crew’s efficiency, yet it nevertheless provided some much needed knowledge for future encounters...

His position in HMS Hood, however glamorous as it might have been, was still not the spotlight of his achievements during his stay. There, he was acquainted with Evergarden of Emala, Captain of the vessel and a protagonist of a close relationship that he would maintain throughout his life, and Allencord Sterling, a masterful officer that maintained the role of Second in command of the ship. Sharing similar ambitions, their relationships completely solidified once combat against the Dyss bonded the crew and proved their raw skill. Although acting at the sidelines for most of the action, Evergarden’s eye was keen enough to sight Mackleburry's skill and commend his leadership efforts under fire, with a valour commission he most certainly appreciated and improved his notoriety, if not because of the captain's own rising renown.

### **An Unexpected Command**

The Empire was very satisfied with the initial edge the Multirole Battleship design had given to the Royal Navy in the early 2290s, so much so that it wasted no time constructing two other ships to fill ranks within the class; One of them, casted upon the now recently-promoted Captain Mackleburry, was the cutting edge *HMS Queen Mary*, the third and last warship of the Retribution class. The anomalous position he had gotten was fueled by Evergarden’s personal recommendation, despite being outrageously young for such a post at the time. The navy saw an opportunity to make a gamble with innovation, and soon they had their way to make the Captain another prominent star that could maybe one day take the helm of Lord Admiral… Given the appropriate results.

The Queen Mary was composed of an odd green bunch. Inexperienced, eager and extremely young - Perhaps one of the youngest crews within the Royal Navy at the time. Having some personnel transferred from the Hood to retain some of that experience, the vessel was nevertheless crewed by newcomers such as Section Leader James Beaureguard and “Lieutenant-Assistant” Commander Charlotte Rosenblum, a composed officer that would later on become Mackleburry’s own wife. Although lacking a proper shakedown training, the vessel was assigned to the Northern frontier against the Dyss, under an experienced Imperial raiding group, the 7th. Raiding Flotilla - Commanded by one Ernst Cook. Their adventures in Ravager space would soon ensue. Yet things would quickly take a turn for the worse…

### **The Loyal Mutiny**

The HMS Queen Mary composed itself as the 9th. vessel within the Raiding Flotilla during its existence, taking part in a multitude of engagements and interdiction attacks against hostile shipping, in a campaign that gained the name of ‘Happy Times’ by the Royal Raiding Command. Yet, although it participated and strengthened the Flotilla dearly, the crew grew increasingly discontent with their own lack of action, some members even openly questioning the Captain’s orders over carrying through with the battleplans they were set with. It was no secret that James Beauregard, Section Leader, fanatical patriot and ambitious young officer of the vessel, guarded visible distrust towards Mackleburry, up to a point of rivalry. And although even Ernst Cook proved as an egotistic individual, there was no doubt he saw the value in maintaining a raiding battleship in the rear as a reserve; grand weapons would be of no use if the crews could not utilise them properly. That only placed the Queen Mary’s sailors at a bigger discontent however…

> *“[...] Don't respond by acting like you were only taking the Admiral's orders, Captain. Your cowardly acts end here and now; Once in for all. You shall now step down from your command and give way for your abled officers to work in your place. It was about time we changed this corrupted guard…”*
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> -Section Officer James Beauregard, April 28th. 2294, Queen Mary's Change of Guard-
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The Queen Mary’s change of guard was an event that took place in the early hours of April 28th. remaining one of the vessel’s most memorable moments of its career.

Concerned with the sidelined path the vessel was taking, several members of the crew, including a considerable portion of the bridge staff, took up in arms in a mutiny stating loyalty to the Eternal Empress, above all others, and the dissolution of the hierarchy preventing the vessel from enacting frontline combat feats. The attempted coup within the warship spiralled out of control almost immediately, with a shootout in the bridge that Mackleburry was lucky to come out unscathed, all be it as a captive at the hands of the mutineers. Within minutes, other portions of the ship would also collapse into chaos.

However, the confrontation was single-handedly decided once the vessel’s contingent of 250 Royal Marines turned against the fanatics, rooting out rebel contingents room by room of the ship. Similarly, those officers taken captive at the bridge organised their own breakthrough; signalling formation vessels about the situation within the Queen Mary and rallying the crew to root out the mutineers. The fighting was gruesome and arduous, lasting over 8 hours until the last sectors were cleared from resistance. Many common sailors found it wise to surrender once the tide had turned, whilst the grand majority of the rebelling officers committed suicide before being apprehended, or fought to the death. The aftermath saw 732 of the 3384 total crew members being injured, killed or executed after trials; Approximately 1/4 of the crew supported the uprising, yet lower ranks were spared of harsh conditions, assigned to hard labour complexes or minor shipyard roles as reprimands for the rebellion. Having survived one of the largest “Loyal Mutinies” to date, Captain Mackleburry now had with him a crew united, and officers who could be trusted once the real foes were at bay.

> *“[...] Such is the result of assembling a crew from the best young idealists of the Empire. They may work together when convenient, surely, but once the facade is gone, there is little to stand in the way of ambition before any good is done. [...] As for the captain, I am curious to hear from his style of command when he recounts the events at New Jamestown.”*
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> -Admiral Albert E. Chamberlain, senior member of the Imperial Admiralty board analysing the Change of Guard, 2294. He would die mere months later, from unexpected health complications-
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## **The Warrior Captain**

HMS Queen Mary remained docked in New Jamestown for the remainder of 2294, replenishing its crew, repairing and punishing the blamed for the incident. Enos remained grounded for three months until the entire situation was cleared up, and he received his command once again. The vessel would return to the 7th. Raiding Flotilla much more united than before, with a leader that now understood the value of morale and leadership above anything else. The Queen Mary would participate in several more raiding sorties until the end of the Happy Times.

In 2297, Enos married Charlotte in an unceremonious occasion in early February, returning the very next day to command the vessel. Their intimate relationship always remained something private until the very end, yet it is said it began after she saved his life during the mutiny. Remaining professional, both rarely spoke about it outside of personal recordings, though it's noted they cherished very warm ties when working together in the ship.

That same year however, tragedy struck Royal Raiding Command. The sinking of HMS Retribution, a vessel commanded by Mackleburry’s old colleague - Allencord Sterling -, had marked the end of the Happy Times for the raiding era; Now all that remained was one last attempt at breaking enemy perseverance. In the following months, the Queen Mary would be assigned to the Darjeeling Raiding Squadron, under command of now revered Admiral Evergarden of Emala. At last, a large-scale offensive would resume in the Northern Frontier...

### **Blood at High Seas**

*For additional information about the battle, check the Battle of the High Seas article.*

Preparations were made for the voyage, and a semblance of a plan was formed. For the first time in a decade, all veteran forces of the R.R.C. were merged together into a single group, yet the rivalries of captains helped little once the hierarchy was set in place. The Darjeeling Raiding Squadron departed from Jamestown in early May, in an operation that aimed to prove that trade interdiction in the Northern Frontier was still something achievable without considerable casualties nor great costs for the Royal Imperial Navy.

Jumping into enemy space with little intelligence about their foes, the Raiding Squadron soon found itself surrounded by Dyss ships and an enemy Gradon-class Station, a relic from the hostilities of the past. As the firefight broke out, several blows were extended amongst the hastily formed battleline, but with a considerable and prepared Dyss presence in the region, it soon became clear that something needed to be done to prevent a disastrous escalation in the skirmish. To protect the flagship of the squadron, HMS Queen Mary screened ahead as part of the vanguard, being forced to expose herself as Dyss volleys came closer and closer to overloading the vessel’s shields.

Unfortunately, this action sealed the fate for Queen Mary…

By the 18th. strike at the broadside shields, it became evident the vessel would not last another volley. Aiming to preserve as much as the crew as possible, Captain Mackleburry ordered general evacuation of the vessel before another concentrated attack pierced through and caused an overwhelming detonation, yet only 40% of the 3384 crew members would manage to evacuate in time. Being miraculously rescued by HMS Hood, Enos would later discover that one of the casualties was none other than his wife, Charlotte, whom it was speculated to have been coordinating the crew in the ship's bow before having time to abandon the vessel. The event would leave deep repercussions throughout the remaining years of his life…

As the survivors of the wreck flocked to the Hood in emergency shuttles, the ship distanced itself from the Dyss spaceport. Now the battle would be fought in the depths of an enemy ocean; Now, the struggle for survival would commence.

Mackleburry was back in the Hood, in the worst situation possible. During the remainder of the battle, he remained posted at the bridge as an aide, assisting the battered crew as the remnants of the Squadron played a game of cat & mouse against Dyss envelopment attacks. In July 1st, 2297, an assault at the bridge of the Hood was carried out by Dyss special forces, where Enos was shot in the head - Losing vision of his right eye - whilst escorting Admiral Evergarden out of the firefight. He would awaken a week later, just in time to witness the first ever use of the bow disintegrator in combat. As the struggle finalised, it was evident that the Battle of the High Seas had changed him forever as a person and soldier.

### **Glory with Grief**

At the end of it all, the Eternal Empire demanded scapegoats for the failure. Instead of having the man who had lost his ship, part of his crew and many of his accomplishments as Captain, the Admiralty instead chose to blame Evergarden of Emala - Demoting her to the rank of Commodore and posting her to anchor in port along with the battlefleet, a move that further guilted Mackleburry.

For his bravery and actions both in the Queen Mary and the Hood, he was awarded a Victoria Cross and promoted to Commodore himself. Although the physical wounds he suffered were severe, it was the survivor’s guilt that would haunt him up to the end of his life. Feeling betrayed and aimless, he reluctantly accepted his post. Receiving another commission, crew and orders, Commodore Mackleburry would have no reservations against achieving his orders, but the will and smile carried by the patriotism were long-gone by that point; Now every battle would be treated as victory, or death - For him only.

## **A Bloodied Admiral**

For a brief period, Enos was stranded at New Jamestown, awaiting a new post whilst adapting to the new responsibilities. In 2298 he was posted in the Far North, as the second in command of *Force Indigo*. By the following year, his commissioned flagship - The battlecruiser *HMS Prince of New Wales* - was delivered and assigned to the upcoming Operation Battlecry, aimed at breaking resistance in the Yarragana System.

### **Shaken Seniority**

*For additional information about operation Battlecry, check the Battle of Yarragana System article.*

In the Prince of New Wales, the mood was quite different than at the Hood, or the Queen Mary. Many from the older generation had left for other assignments, and a clear age divide was beginning to show between the veterans and rookies of the crew. From the novice group, many were taking the officer posts left vacant after the battle of the High Seas - One such officer was tasked with the craft’s responsibility: the newly promoted Captain Charles Edrington, the Commodore’s second in command.

As fate would have it, despite the inexperience of the mixed crew, the offensive effort paid off when Battlecry was made a victory for the Empire. Having adapted from the near-suicidal course of actions in his previous engagements, Mackleburry began implementing unconventional tactics as means to overwhelm their opponents. Despite being only the fourth most senior commander present in the field that day, much of the score was awarded to Force Indigo due to his actions. His post was maintained in the North, in accordance with the combat techniques so well mastered and executed against the Dyss. In 2304 he was reshuffled, gaining command of the *89th. Battle Squadron*, formed to maintain patrol orders over the Imperial-Dyss border. By 2307, Mackleburry was promoted to the rank of Admiral, but maintained his responsibility over the squadron due to the budget constraints allocated for the Northern Theatre.

Amidst the occurrences present against the Dyss, the Royal Navy gathered strength to topple opposition found further South - Culminating in the 6th. Southern Thrust Campaign. After assembling with the armada, Mackleburry saw exemplary action when fighting the alien-led Eidolon Fleet, participating in the fighting pursuit without the loss of a single vessel, a deed which earned him the Order of St. Michael & St. George, recognition and further notoriety with the armada’s commanders. For the crew, it was a period of incredible bonding and experience, one that forged ties and cemented a deep friendship between Captain Edrington and the Commodore, as Mackleburry assumed a mentor-like role it often reminded him of as being akin to his relationship with Evergarden years before.

Despite the positive campaigning outlook found for the Empire, the assembly of the armada had only shined the light over the resurgence of factionalism in the Navy. Enos, being a moderationist by principle, saw the rapid promotions of men like Darius Ney and the slow crumble of Foster’s neutral-like wing within the admiralty. In late 2306, he requested for his squadron’s reassignment in the desolate Far North once more - Resuming patrol operations in the theatre in the following year.

### **A Northern Light**

*For additional information about the battles, check the Battle of Jhaap & Battle of the Black Storm articles.*

With 2309 came another major battle in the North, when a coalition of exonerated Dyss warlords hit the Imperial outpost in the system of Jhaap. Presented with an outnumbered force and lacking immediate reinforcements, the decision was taken to warp for Jhaap, engage the marauding vessels and reclaim the system before any other enemy forces could consolidate inside Imperial territory. The 89th. Battle Squadron took part in the engagement alongside the 11th. Escort Flotilla, spearheading the attack with the use of asteroids as cover against Dyss weaponry. In the charge, the *Prince of New Wales* was struck in the bridge and its captain was killed at an instant, leaving a wounded Mackleburry to oversee the battle and the ship, as parts of the vanguard unloaded close range volleys and missile strikes, crippling the unrelenting Dyss battle-line. The outcome of the battle was a near-total victory which destroyed all alien vessels, but resulted in numerous casualties for the victors. Admiral Enos Mackleburry, having lost his close friend Edrington during the battle, took the blame and allegedly saw the event as an avoidable tragedy, had his plan been better elaborated amidst the heat of combat…

In the week that followed, after undergoing emergency repairs in the Jhaap system, the Battle Squadron set sails for New Jamestown to receive proper repairs, upgrades and crew replenishments for both the Prince of New Wales and the remnants of the force. Upon returning, command of the vessel was given to the newly-promoted Section Leader of the warship, Captain *Auckland Cole*, an individual both skilled in leadership and loyal enough to follow each assigned order down to the letter. Within two months, after extensive works on ships and a brief crew shakedown, the Squadron returned to active service in the far north.

As 2310 arrived, the site of Mackleburry’s perhaps most notorious battle would occur. In the prelude to what appeared to be an assembling area for Dyss naval warships in a scale never seen before (The energy readings marked several times over any fleet previously recorded by the Squadron), the Admiral took his forces to the barren frontline system of Advatir to act as a vanguard and scouting element for the Royal Navy as a whole. What they found there, however, was no Dyss armada, but instead a small collection of warships seemingly trying to flee from an ever increasing reading of energy, at the edge of the system. Acting per standard procedure, the 89th. Battle Squadron moved in to intercept the threat, but were just as dismayed as the Dyss once said energy reading emerged, and a singular being resembling a star began chasing both fleets just as they had started trading blows between themselves. As the Battle of the Black Storm unravelled, the Dyss 2nd. Purification Detachment - Under command of the Rogue Pav-la, Vaalha Yusufiz - moved at full speed to the dark side of a barren planet to evade the Light, all the while attempting to contact the Imperial warships in their pursuit. It was only after the light vaporised a human Destroyer, - *HMS Vintan* - that the Imperial contingent finally relented and ceased hostilities against the Dyss, following their foes in an attempt to escape the pursuing entity without being wiped out. Once at a safe distance, and after realising that no help would arrive in time to relieve them, Admiral Mackleburry made the decision to break silence and establish contact with the Dyss fleet, giving way to a tenuous cooperation effort between the two races.

When the discussions had ended, it was agreed that the Imperial force would be mounting a head-on charge as the Dyss led a distraction from multiple sides of the entity. After light repairs and the dissemination of the plan through the crews, the attack began on the 7th. of June, 2310. With a suicidal dash in direct course against the Light, the now skeleton crew of HMS Prince of New Wales abandoned ship as scuttling charges were in order to blow once close enough to the entity. In a matter of seconds, the flash and subsequent explosion stunned the Light temporarily, leaving scattered remains of ships from both sides still operational.

As Admiral Mackleburry saw the opportunity to end the engagement, he ordered his forces to stand down and return home with haste, despite some protests in favour of finishing off the Dyss presence which had helped them during the fight. When both fleets took the opportunity and distanced from each other, the last transmission emitted in open channels by the Admiral was "*I wish you a fair journey. May we never encounter again.*", marking an end to the eternally paradoxical Battle of the Black Storm.

### **A Fading Hero**

*(Article undergoing a rework - From here onwards, it's old content)*

Unfortunately, for the Eternal Empire and the collective rest of the galaxy, the Light's appearance would become only a minor problem at the beginning of the 24th century. Soon enough, over the Dyss border, it became evident the massing of another alarming invasion arriving from the northern sectors. This one, however, came in form of the extradimensional beings that had rumoured to appear in Dyss territory; The Unbidden Galactic Invasions were commencing in full force.

From a time span of 2310 to 2316, Admiral Mackleburry was held down and left without command or any real kind of assignment for naval service, he was kept as a rearguard reserve and an undeclared defender of New Earth for the time being - a clear message from the Admiralty that he was being closely watched upon. The time he would spend back in the Empire's capital, however, were quickly nominated the worst in his life. It became common, as his personal information from records later presented, for him to become isolated physically and socially with the outside world, something that inevitably only increased his mental instability during said times of harsh confinement. Although hating his stay in humanity's capital, his figure was undoubtedly key for public affairs and morale raising efforts in the government and population alike back home - That being, whether he liked it or not.

2313 came as an important personal event for him, as in that very same year, his personal friend and colleague, **Evergarden of Emala**, along with her famed ship - HMS Hood - retired from active duty and finally returned to the capital, where she would engage in civilian living, and the vessel would be fitted as a museum (With the personal incentive from Earl Grey himself), in **The Imperial Square of HMS Hood**. Both him and her were, by now, reaching their middle lives just around their own harshest moments. Their talks increased as experience was greater than ever, and so discussions became ever so intercalated with geopolitics and external affairs revolving the Empire as a whole, along with its rivaling nations in different systems. Both knew that, with such escalation in interstellar conflict, drastic changes would be needed to keep the empire afloat both politically and militarily. Both figureheads, however, never came to possess that desired political power claiming for a change - And that would inevitably come as their downfall, both for themselves and for their nation as one.

Empire-wide mobilization of all abled bodies for the coming war became official in 2315, as the Lord Regent rallied for total annihilation of the Galactic Commonwealth in all-out warfare and representatives of the Empress chanted for the destruction of their centuries-old historical enemies. For Admiral Mackleburry, it was evident they were too late to stop the beginning of another brutal slaughter. For Enos, on the other hand, it was an outrage seeing two human nations falling into conflict he knew were just trying to survive in a galaxy of dangers - It became just another personal defeat he had to cope with in the aftermath. Seeing ignorant war cries and so much bitterness from the past was the last straw, he had seen the lies his country indoctrinated. Enos, the famed Admiral of the Black Storm, would now fight for what he himself believed to be just and righteous, no matter what it would take to achieve victory.

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During the end of 2316, he was recalled for active frontline duty to command another vessel by the request of the Empress herself - Despite many protests from the Admiralty over the entire situation regarding the controversial Admiral.

Although rejecting many times the captainship of vessels beforehand as a stubborn way to combat the Admiralty's orders, the old Admiral had no ways to refuse the conscription from Victoria VIII without serious backlash, so he reluctantly accepted, being then reassigned to the main bulk of the Sovereign Armada, commanding the Capital ship **HMS Red Lion**, freshly out from shipyards of New Jamestown. His plotting for peace in New Earth met an abrupt end, yet another greater and bolder idea would resurge in the void of space, the Admiral's last attempt to preserve the best in his nation, his people and his very own understanding of hope and prosperity.

### **Answering for Humanity**

The reclusive, battlescarred and veteran Admiral now found himself at the heart of Imperial pride and nationalism, the main strike force oh Her Majesty's Sovereign Armada. There layed young patriotic cadets, composed stoic captains and explosive renowned admirals, many of whom upheld somewhat controversial opinions about the arrival of the Old Admiral of the Black Storm. Nevertheless, he was a very recognisable figure when attending strategy gatherings, despite very rarely appearing out of shadows or really adding any comments to military action in general. Mackleburry knew he dealt mostly with enemies and rivals during said meetings, ones that, in most cases, always tried unraveling his secrets and achievements through conspiracy at every able opportunity. It was up to him, and himself only, at that point, to silently act for a change in the name of his treacherous plot against the Empire's ideals.

**HMS Red Lion**, an agile yet armoured metal behemoth, composed a crew of newer recruits and veterans of previous engagements. Some of which, after months serving together, were men and women who Enos knew and trusted. The plot would spread only to the most reliable of crew members however, and in the long and tense years to follow, it would increase to encover the most liberal sections of the sailors and officers serving permanently in the Red Lion.

In an arduous period of many years (A span from 2316 to 2325), fleet exercises and final preparations were intensified, as an invasion of the Commonwealth was deemed inevitable in the following years. The Admiral's vessel, HMS Red Lion, was appointed as one of the spearhead warship of the Armada. It would inevitably act as a heavy scout, despite its rushed construction and limiting design flaws. Mackleburry, with a seemingly loyal crew alongside him, maintained coherence at all times, whilst never being truly uncovered by other parties in the navy. And, after fleet-wide retrofits allowing for the somewhat safe crossing of the Galactic Core - In 2324 - the force was ready to plunge itself deep within Commonwealth's most fortified territories. Their target, Ortus, the eagle's beating heart, was to be taken at all costs by Imperial arms.

In 2325, 200 years after the last human abandoned the war-torn surface of Earth, the fleet departed from the Imperial capital. With complete radio silence, they were ready to embark on its last real large scale offensive, the Imperial invasion of the Commonwealth. It was an endeavour that, as many later saw to understand, would define the last actions of Enos Mackleburry not as Admiral of the Eternal Empire, but as **Defender of Humanity** entirely.

### **Hunt for the Red Lion**

The interstellar voyage gave Enos and his reasoning time to reflect upon his future decisions. It was, after all, likely the last time he would venture out from the jaws of the Empire, leaving everything behind in a decision he dearly came to accept as his last chance to succeed with his plan. As days passed, however, it became harder and harder to organise thoughts, his personal logs - Along with several other crew members reports - proved the present psychic anomalies within the minds of the mutineers of the warship. Whispering, crying and begging was oftentimes recalled in recordings of sailors aboard the Red Lion, as they described their nightmarish sleeps. To some, it was a bad omen, to others, however, a sign they were not long for this life.

Each day brought a different challenge though, and with heavy interference in the communication systems throughout the fleet, it was hard reaching out to ask if others also shared the same problems with hallucinations.

As the anomalies intensified, is cohesion within the backstabbers crumbled by the day. Stoic engineers became paranoid, quiet marines became unbearable and even the officers began questioning their own morality as the struggle inside their minds ensued. Soon enough the plot was leaked to other less trustworthy officers, and then, furthermore, to outright patriots who saw said ideals as outright treason. The unaware bridge commanders now became targets of those aiming to squander the rebel pacifists, and that included imprisoning - Or downright executing - Enos Mackleburry at all costs to destroy rebel's leadership and morale. For the second time in his life, Admiral Earl Grey would experience a mutiny in his ship, except this time he remained with the outlaws for good. The revolution in the Red Lion was about to begin.

It commenced with a quiet, calmly arranged request for petty officers **(Royalists)** to report weapon and defensive capabilities upon their arrival in the Commonwealth - A task arranged a day after the actual action was taken due to impatience of their part. The commanders of the Imperial battleship **(Pacifists)**, along with the oversight of Enos himself, although quite paranoid by the mysterious psychological disorders, agreed to an organised meeting in the bridge. After rank formalities and a made up report of weapon performance was demonstrated, however, the royalists began enacting their coup on the one-eyed Admiral with extreme willpower. With a pistol rapidly placed in his back, and his body shielding the patriotic cadets that brought initial chaos into the vessel, it was evident another standoff with Admiral Mackleburry on the realm would begin once again.

He remained silent, stoic and composed, unlike many others alongside him. At the second of opportunity, however, Earl Grey, at last learning from previous disasters in the old Queen Mary, managed to hold a speech whilst being held at gunpoint, slowly but steadily disarming the tense situation (Despite many curses being exchanged with both parties) with his reasoning throughout the hours to come with the coup enactors. The mutiny attempt and betrayal plot spread like wildfire throughout the vessel, however, and soon enough crew members would take on sides of the struggle to follow and fight against. Now, in the vast hours to follow, both sides would coerce their members to defeat enemies they considered either treacherous, or short-sighted.

As it happened, however, part of the Royalist group managed to grab a hold of external communications with the scouting force of the fleet. Within moments, the escorting Corvettes and Destroyers of HMS Red Lion - Which, to their own surprise, noted no signs of psychic anomalies amongst their crews - were turning against the Battleship to fire their own arsenal. If the situation didn't change immediately, there would be less than scraps for the Empire to recover after their engagement. As torpedo strikes neared from both flanks - A quickly thought-out ambush by the former escorts - of the Red Lion, there was no alternative for the Pacifists other than to open fire against own Imperial vessels and detach from the strike fleet (Much to the discontentment of the Royalists, still holding key points throughout the Red Lion). After minutes of tense bombardment from both sides, emergency FTL travel methods were used and the Battleship warped away from the reach of Imperials. The plot was uncovered. The fleet was alerted. **The hunt for the Red Lion** would truly begin from now onwards.

> *"The path is ours, only ours. Let us guide destiny on its most righteous way at last, gentlemen. No running away this time..."*
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> *-Enos Mackleburry, present in the bridge of HMS Red Lion after dealing with Royalist pressure in the vicinity. The journey to liberty would prove more costly than ever, and with each minute, it became more evident not everyone would be rewarded with a happy conclusion-*
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For the pacifist mutineers, it became clear they had to use their greatest and most wild card almost instantly: Contact the Commonwealth themselves. With the Galactic Core affecting even the most stable fleet connections, however, it became hard to even shout for help in the vast void of space. Aid requests - Unnoticed. Cooperation requests - Unnoticed. Even surrender proclamations, as wild as they were - Forever Unnoticed. It was a dire situation that worsened at every passing second, as royalists on the ship stood their grounds in corridors and choke points, whilst part of the Armada pursued the defecting Imperial battleship. They would flee in sheer panic, or die trying.

Although, what the Admiral of the Black Storm, along with his loyal crew, hadn't noticed at the time, was that the Commonwealth was listening, after all. It was - For Commonwealth's highest authorities - at the final inauguration of the great Sensor Array, a structure so complex on its own that made them finally grasp the Imperial fleet's positioning and destination, not by sheer luck, but by signal pingings, the same frail signals that attempted to escape the Core's interference from the Red Lion. By Earl Grey's orders and actions, the entirety of the Imperial surprise maneuver of the Armada was uncovered. It was, as later understood, the final nail in the coffin for the complete annihilation of the invader force coming from the Empire. But there would be much more blood spilled to reach a final conclusion to the war in the end.

Throughout their escapade from ruthless Eternal doom, Imperial deserters found themselves obligated to prioritize stances, all in order to properly coordinate efforts and manage to survive the impending chasers. Their agenda became known as the **Dynamo Plan**.

* Royalist pressure inside the Red Lion must be squandered at all costs, either by convincing members to join the pacifist group, or outright imprisoning those still offering resistance.
* Royal Marines (Those answering the Admiral) would hold chokepoints in airlocks and other key locations through the ship's vital areas to prevent stubborn Royalist resistance and sabotage.
* Medical staff would act at all times to ease psionic pressure on crew members demonstrating severe side effects.
* The Red Lion would send a warning towards any approaching Imperial craft. If said craft did not comply with implications, the crews aboard the Battleship would have full permission to open fire.
* As soon as HMS Red Lion entered Commonwealth space, they would break Imperial protocol and find all available means to contact the Commonwealth itself.
* If all items above go according to planned, Enos and the other high-ranking officers would surrender the vessel and coordinate with the commonwealth's highest officials. They would relay Imperial plans to attack Ortus and occupy the planet with a massive combined strike, and do all in their reach to achieve peace between two interstellar powers through an agreement between their respective leaders.
* However, if all items above failed, the crew would alternate course to scuttle the Battleship In the closest star found from their position, in an effort to prevent their (Or even the ship's) captivity by Imperial forces.

Steady courses, small resistance and little external intervention was all that the Pacifists dreamed of achieving, a dream too distant to even hear it in the midst of psychological disorders. The jumping from system to system showed more and more cracks in the ship, as Corvettes, Destroyers and Cruisers pursued the rogue spaceship and approached with every impending hour. High speed burns in the Battleship's engines left nothing but a great strain on power production and reliability of local reactors, to a point where even the smallest and most modern of fighter crafts, like the Meteors, allocated inside the ship, were cannibalized in order to maintain the constant output of power and be utilised as repairing material for failing propulsion systems. There were three systems remaining until they arrived at Commonwealth's capital system; Grokkan (In Yaanari space), Fulaz and Redamon, after that, the entryway to Aasha (Counting 4 jumps in total). It was the last few days they would be fortunate enough to commandeer an Imperial vessel, and one of the hardest…

Grokkan found itself uninhabited, like many other war-torn Yaanari systems. There, HMS Red Lion made its way towards commonwealth's borders, with full speed and already strained engines. It was also there that first kinds of communications were stabilised with external powers, those being unreliable and quite chaotic at first. Before the ship could jump again, the attack force behind them also appeared on the system; the distance gap was closing ever so slightly towards them...

The second jump, Fulaz, was even more scattered than the last. The rushed engine repairs were failing, and reaching Ortus was beginning to look like a distant and unreachable objective. Contact with the Commonwealth was now present, and the highest officials from the Eastern Admiralty were beginning to get a true scale of the impending situation. The Royalists imprisoned by the ship's deserters were now being evacuated by escape pods to prevent further revolts, being later regrouped by the incoming Royal Navy squadron. The Red Lion jumped from the system once more, being barely in range of Imperial weaponry before disappearing towards its last system; Redamon.

They arrived with haste. The engine room was quarantined, as fires and radiation started leaking from the core reactors powering the vessel to other more vital regions of the ship. At Redamon Prime, they were awaited, amongst high ranking officers, by no one less than Admiral Satayesh Ibrahim, eager to get the information contained from the deserters as quick as possible before a larger engagement truly began. HMS Red Lion dragged itself throughout the void; another jump to reach Aasha system would bet nothing but impossible at that point, given the Imperial pressure and engine collapse, amongst the intense psionic pressure on the retreating crews. After several agonizing hours of slow-paced movement, however, the pursuing Imperial squadron arrived at Redamon, on tracks of HMS Red Lion - Immediately opening fire at its primary target with undisputed ferocity at last. There were gaps of thirty seconds after the pursuers fired, a gap which was rapidly closing due to heavy automation of Her Majesty's fleet.

With each volley scoring closer and closer to its intended destination, it became apparent to those resilient enough to survive the journey until then; Much like during the Battle of the High Seas. Their crumbling warship was now envisioning the slimmest of chances…

It was then - On the other side of the void -, when two Commonwealth Akula-class corvettes stormed out from within Redamon's enormous space port to aid with the rearguard effort. The small crafts (**CSV Kovalchuk**, **CSV Finlandia**) were undermanned, underequipped and unfinished, being initially planned to finish their construction in Ortus for the upcoming battle, but by order of Ibrahim, were to escort the arriving defectors at all costs, proving to be the last line of defence between the Royalists and the Pacifists. These vessels charged against the superior Imperial force without any questioning; Captain Anna Litvyak, commander of CSV Finlandia, recalled the event as instrumental for the outcome of the war, and held no regrets to steer her warship directly against one of the pursuing crafts. At the end of the day, both Corvettes were destroyed, but their sacrifice proved itself sufficient to enable the Red Lion to sprint into safety on orbit of Redamon Prime, a place, however, where it found another deadly challenge: A Gliding Descent.

> "For all we have accomplished, for all we left behind, for all we've lost, I now feel we always tried going just a system too far…"
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Burning the engine to escape the incoming force might have been the wisest decision during the scrambled escape, but now the remaining Imperials had to pay the price for their carelessness. The reactor core powering the engines hadn't stopped working completely; it exploded. The shock wave was almost enough to tear the massive craft in two, and soon half of the ship would be enveloped in fire and deadly radiation. Orbit maneuvers weren't complete before the blast, so it wasn't long before gravitational force sucked the Battleship into the atmosphere. With nothing but auxiliary navigational thrusters, the warship descended towards the frozen landscapes of Redamon Prime, trying with all efforts to redirect its crash course to a safe location within the planet; but it was not enough.

Her Majesty's Ship, Red Lion, crashed in the southernmost mountain range of the globe, blowing through several mountains and mining outposts, in few kilometres distance from the famous Crystal Pyramid, of the Galactic Commonwealth.

Eastern Humans, as well as Redamon-born Kartheman and Kithri forces were the first to arrive at the destroyed area. Initially, these planetary defenders found nothing but wrecks, fire and torn bodies of the old crew. Several minutes later, however, the remaining grouped Imperials - Who survived the crash - were finally encountered by the hundreds in remains of the bridge structure and other command sections. Battered, broken and shocked, these men and women were all that remained from the infamous Imperial mutiny, keeping pistols and anything they could to kill each other with the sheer despair of the situation. The Admiral, who sustained a broken arm and a sprankled ankle, had by now ditched firearms to use his ceremonial sword as walking assistance, and tried acting both as a calming force for those too injured to think and as a leading vanguard to the most disoriented, even when he himself was sustaining physical and mental scars at that point.

Commonwealth soldiers were skeptical at first, those were the first moments both human species came to interact, and the fear of disease became widespread quickly. Medical teams acted in the site, and with some medical guidance from Imperials themselves, the rescued managed to cooperate with their saviours, despite some significant biological differences.

The tales of journey for those men seemed to reach an end, some for the better, whilst some for the worst. But, unlike any fairy tales, the storm that ravaged their lives for that point was far from over; it was about to become their very last moments, in a galaxy ravaged by the war they swore to end at all costs. The real plot, from the palace of New Earth, was about to commence.

## **A Darker Voice**

From now onwards, we reach a stage where the very reality can be confusing, especially as it also becomes quite prone to manipulation. Something else, far darker, was brewing on the outskirts of this story, and it would prove to be a far grander attempt to stop efforts of the Admiral and humanity than anything else that previously had tried to beforehand.

What happened after the rescue though is scattered and inconsistent, mostly taken from crew logs and medical checkups. As soon as the crew were patched up (In an hour's notice, mostly), they prepared for an early meeting with the Ice Queen, the famous Commonwealth Admiral, Satayesh Ibrahim. Most still kept their pistols, as they refused to not partake in the ceremony without them for personal defence or simply pride. There, it was reported a significant increase in psionic activity being relayed from the Crystal Pyramid at the time.

It was the first warning.

Enos Mackleburry, Admiral of the Black Storm, was feeling himself the scars of the conflict. In his last personal log entry, he didn't recall relief from reaching the Commonwealth, but instead uneasiness, like as if reaching a painful dead-end. He accounted some irrational thinking, self doubting and even hysterical breakdowns in his first minutes of recording. Physically, the strength he still held made his hands shake and twist, whilst, in the same time, forced the scar in his lost eye to begin bleeding constantly. It contradicts to his behaviour afterwards, however, when the Admiral came to meet personally with the Ice Queen and showed little of these occurrences and characteristics on the event, for a much more calm and inspiring aura surrounding his own presence.

It was the second warning.

Most information kept into the Red Lion was lost during the crash, but other files also became mysteriously corrupted in the exporting to Entente/Commonwealth networks. There are little information sources on about what actually occurred, but it is speculated that a virus developed itself in the interface of the Battleship since it's very construction, and silently sprung into life as soon as other foreign technologies began interaction within the main digital frame of the warship. Commonwealth hackers, however, did manage to get information on the ANIGMATE Coding, which proved itself very useful to crack first firewalls against the Imperials during the Battle of Aasha. The craft, however, entered a period of meltdown after the crash, and lost most functionality instructions of the encryption systems in the aftermath.

It was the third final warning.

Mere hours after the crash, most awaited the leader gathering amongst a hasted Commonwealth Admiralty assembly. Men in rags, torn limbs and many other quickly healing injuries made sure to partake in the event, holding in formation whilst awaiting both Admirals to enter in scene.

Ibrahim, although cold in her own way and impatient for the battle to come, held little grudges and took the time to know what journeys made Earl Grey change his decision to come in peace for the Commonwealth, instead as a warrior. In the 20 minutes that preceded the scheduled meeting, they discussed in private whatever gave them more trust towards each other, if not only to establish a relationship as friends rather than professionals.

> [...] I came home a widower, with no eye or ship, with a battered crew and a demoted commander, but with a medal and a recommendation letter from superiors. I then realized; does it make a difference if we live or die for them? I see you are direct, tending to your hardships swiftly and rapidly, everything I wish I could be. I came a long way thinking from those years; crossing an entire galaxy just to fight against other humans may be the last of journeys for all I know, in which case I will accept our fate without further regrets. I have made peace with myself, yet I wish the same could be said about these two giants we have come to call as our nations...
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Something differed in Ibrahim that allowed herself to present on being so cordial in a time for anxiety. Perhaps it was the fact both lost their loved ones, perhaps it was the stories that surrounded the battered Admiral, or even perhaps the ability to abandon everything achieved in a lifetime in order for a greater cause like the one he strived for. She perhaps understood little of Imperial society or even manners, but human nature was old enough to be related for both of them, in a way these could rely on each other to cooperate with the incoming catastrophe that would engulf everything they knew of in total war and chaos for times ahead.

Mackleburry then stripped himself of his condecorations - Mainly, the **Order of Saint Michael and Saint George**, as a gesture of trust and cordiality as also one of submission -, but still kept his sword for walking assistance in the coming gathering.

Both walked to the main room together, whilst being escorted by usual Commonwealth Manticore Marine guards. Some shadows, however, seemed to hold more than a lack of light, in their intricate darkened corners. Some spoke, when there was nobody around to hear them. Some lurked, in expectancy to act after a striking signal amongst the defused situation around...

Men in Black…?

They arrived to deliver their very own speeches, if not only to encourage the present troops and officialise their bonding within Commonwealth territory. Ibrahim took the initiative, speaking about equality, the greater threat of the Unbidden invaders, and the resilience of humanity throughout centuries after the Exodus; it resulted in the usual military rally from Easterners, but little enthusiasm from the Imperial side of the party, some of which looked onwards only to the Admiral besides the Ice Queen, Enos Mackleburry. Then, after she finished and stepped aside, it came to old Earl Grey’s attention the gaze of all others within sights. The scarred man, who had just 54 in the previous weeks, attended to a monologue written by himself in a draft months beforehand, one describing all journeys him and his numerous crew members had been through, along with all trust ensured to his capabilities and responsibilities of captain of the men and women who followed him; an oath of loyalty, both to his comrades and the best of intentions hoped for ahead. He then stepped up, and to his surprise, saw what was actually written in his digital board in place of his true formal writing. His supposed last words summoned the iminent signal, preached by occult forces, in the split of a second without suspicions beforehand.

> "The Empress hears. The Empress commands. Death to traitors..."
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In a plot which lasted several years to become even slightly concrete, very few suspected an entity like her eternal majesty was personally pulling strings to fulfill her own goals behind the backs of the bravest peacemakers of the century. Without any delay, 232 of the 253 surviving Imperials pulled whatever they holstered in the meantime and aimed at the Commonwealth’s most famed military leader, hoping to assassinate the Ice Queen in a swift action and destabilise the command chain for the coming confrontation in Aasha. Once again, the situation had grown out of control, and there was no backing down when a third of the surrounding party began opening fire sporadically. Her majesty's plan was one good shot away from succeeding… A final nail to the coffin on the attempt of unity.

For the last time of his life, Mackleburry found himself amidst an unstoppable shootout. Himself, although not physically compelled by any psionic force, had little time to react in any sensible form rather than instinctively. Like during the **Battle of the High Seas**, in the engagement that lost him his eye to protect then Admiral Evergarden, he found himself coming in to protect the one whom he trusted could bring peace for both powers; Satayesh Ibrahim. The first shots broke loose, killing several unprepared Commonwealth guards, peacekeepers and representatives, but not hitting Ice Queen or any of her advisors immediately.

Enos Julian Spencer Mackleburry lunged himself in protection of Ibrahim, bringing himself and her towards the ground to avoid the firefight’s deadly outcome in mere moments. Amidst his last action, however, a single event brought all of his ideals to a crumble. A shot had connected in its intended target. Though Ibrahim was spared of the blow, he was not so keen on rationing her share of luck. The laser pistol’s beam struck his back and burst through his heart, stopping only in his flesh on the other side of the body. In the following seconds, his internal organs began falling apart, and, with each shrinking breath, he succumbed to his wounds in the later minute. A strike that was meant to assassinate a highly regarded enemy had instead killed the second most important member of the gathering, eliminating all hopes of a cooperative working ground between both military figures in what could have been a last ditch attempt to stop the war dead in its tracks. In the other side of the Galaxy, a place countless miles away from New Earth, the Admiral of the Black Storm, the Defender of Humanity, Enos Mackleburry perished whilst defecting for the Commonwealth; one of the rarest occurrences in the soon to be Ancestral War between the Eternal Empire and Galactic Commonwealth.

The remains of the shootout were even bloodier than before; once Manticore Marines And local forces had gathered and organised, a massed and continuous barrage of laser fire was concentrated in the imperial mass, leaving few of the survivors even alive to tell the tale they had witnessed beforehand. Those not affected by Imperial psionic powers also suffered unfortunately, with most getting mowed down without distinction throughout the continuous chaos imposed by the Empress’ own influence over the plot. Ibrahim survived without a single scratch, and a week later would be in command to fight in one of the greatest space battles history had ever seen. The tales of **Enos Mackleburry**, as an individual, had ended. The tale of **Admiral Mackleburry** as a figure, however, was about to begin on the East.

## **Public Backlash & Historical Repercussion**

Though the ambitious plan of assassinating the Ice Queen had ultimately failed to achieve any important significance for the war, the Empress made sure to cover up and utilize the death of famous Admiral Earl Grey as more of a misleading news for the public at home. In the Empire, he was portrayed as a military hero, bound to serve her majesty at all times, even when Commonwealth traitors made a successful attempt against his very own life. He was ceremonially buried in The Garden of Eternal Heroes, amongst men and women forever branded as loving patriots and angelical knights of Victoria VIII.

In the Commonwealth, however, many within territories of the Eagle saw the news on the death of the Imperial Admiral with mixed responses; a foreign enemy with suspicious intentions was what most circulated at the time. After the release of many personal logs attended by himself by the government to civilian institutions, and with a detailed report made with non-affected survivors of the plot, much of the public repercussion began changing for better rather than worse however. His actual “burial” happened shortly after the Battle of Aasha, having similar protocol and ceremony than Commonwealth military leaders; his body, along with some personal belongings, were launched into the star of Ortus, making Mackleburry one of the few foreign authorities to be treated the same way as other key government figures such as Tesar, or even Ishii after death in core territory.

Ironically, many people started remarking the Admiral as “*Lion of the West*”, especially after a similar term became increasingly popular with the Imperial Admiral Isla Nelson’s “*Pearl of the West*” popularized on the masses of the Eastern Galactic Core. He is interpreted as ‘A good within a nation of bad’, and remains to be a figure respect both in the Commonwealth and in the Empire, despite controversy within his early career in the HMS Hood and HMS Queen Mary when fighting the Dyss. Still, even after decades of his death, Mackleburry is brought up by media and political representatives, remaining a figure of struggles, survival and cunningness when facing impossible odds.

### **Trivia**

* Though not very looked upon, the study behind the remaining part of the *Mackleburry* family - The one branded as *Courtman* family - has some traces leading into the modern Commonwealth of the Second Era. Although convoluted and similarly inconsistent at some points, the family legacy still dates to the Aramathi Liberation War, with further details failing to reach a conclusive descendent after the conflict and beyond.

* Being part of a rich family, the Mackleburry bloodline died alongside Enos. There is, however, some suspicion of a direct son between him and his wife, *Charlotte Rosenblum*, but said finds are not confirmed and very contradictory to documentation and sources from previous claims. After the defection of the Admiral was completely uncovered, all private belongings of the family were seized by the government in 2326.

* The codename ‘*Earl Grey*’, previously entitled to Admiral Albert Emerald Chamberlain, became his during one of his first meetings with Lord Regent, as the Empress’ advisor sipped his Earl Grey tea amidst the ocasion. The codename would remain with Enos throughout the rest of his career, despite his own deep protests against it.

* His lasting relationship with *Evergarden of Emala*, Commodore Darjeeling, is actually much greater than what most would expect. After his promotion when in the Hood, both shared a mutual sense of respect, along with a similar idea of professionalism and trust that would become concrete after the **Battle of the High Seas**. They shared a friendship similar of siblings, and when he met his fate, she was the most advocate for the inclusion of his name to The Garden of Eternal Heroes back in New Earth.
* Unbeknownst before his death, Mackleburry actually had an active record of failed suicide attempts throughout many decades. Ever since the loss of his wife, the disposition and willingness to work coherently with the empire diminished rapidly with every passing year. Another important event for the breakdown of his emotional state was the loss of his close friend and student Captain **Charles Edrington**, during the Battle of Jhaap, in 2309. It comes to explain much of his recklessness in orders and distaste for the enemy later in the early stages of the battle of the Black Storm, something that had only occurred a year after his loss in the southern tip of Imperial territorial ambitions.

### **Military Honours**

Presenting an active career of roughly 27 years, below lies the roster of all military engagements and campaigns which Admiral Mackleburry took part upon throughout his life (Military Condeconrations are also displayed when awarded).

* **Encounter at Everyion** (*Operation Retribution*) - 2289 -
* **'Happy Times' Campaign** - 2290/2296 -
* **Mutiny of HMS Queen Mary** - 2294 -
* **Battle of the High Seas** (*Operation Ruby*) - 2297 - [1st. Victoria Cross]
* **Dash of Yarragana System** (*Operation Battlecry*) -2299 - [1st. Royal Medal of Distinguished Service]
* **Sixth Campaign of the Southern Thrust** - 2300/2307 - [2nd. Royal Medal of Distinguished Service, Order of Saint Michael and Saint George]
* **Battle of Jhaap** - 2309 -
* **Battle of the Black Storm** - 2310 - [3rd. Royal Medal of Distinguished Service]
* **Mutiny of HMS Red Lion** - 2326 -

Amongst the list of military achievements, here is the service history of Enos Mackleburry in Her Majesty's Sovereign Armada of the Eternal Empire:

* HMS Hood (2289)
* HMS Queen Mary (2290-2297)
* HMS Prince of New Wales (2299-2310)
* HMS Red Lion (2316-2326)