Parabellum Chapter 9

Office of the Lord Superior, Hidden Headquarters Elizabeth-I, Cor'neria System — Collective Territory 44 ABY

Rath Oligard laughed as he repositioned himself in his chair. Dozens of datafeeds were wired directly into his mind, each showcasing views from Arx. The chaos that had been unleashed, the mayhem, the destruction. And at the core of it all was S.T.A.R.

Not only was the grand enemy suffering, but soon all their knowledge would be his. Knowledge he would use against them. He cackled some more as his mind focused in on Strikeforce Senth Six, as they continued to make their way towards S.T.A.R.’s core.

The Brotherhood didn’t know it yet, but they were on the edge of extinction.

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Welcome to the ninth chapter of Parabellum, bringing this cycle and season to a close. With our eyes now firmly set on the Cor’neria System, the time for war approaches. The fate of the Brotherhood hangs in the balance.

Summary

• Rath Oligard loves the chaos that S.T.A.R. is bringing to the system. He is eager to get all of our research data.
• The Collective’s Striketeam Senth Six continues to attempt to get to S.T.A.R.’s datacore to retrieve said data.
• Lulaire Sol'Vida shuts down the droid research station, weakening S.T.A.R. and losing droid schematics (James is big sad?)
• The BioChemical research station shuts down due to the dangerous properties of the chemicals that were released.
• Kora infiltrates the Crystal Research station, and successfully stops S.T.A.R. at the cost of our research on the CoM crystals.
• Edgar Drachen stops the surviving members of Striketeam Senth Six, and destroys S.T.A.R.’s central processor.
• Rath Oligard is big mad about not getting the research, and flips out when all his spying channels are shut down by the Brotherhood.
• The Brotherhood lost a lot of research, but did learn where the Collective is hiding, the Cor’neria System.
• Coords are beamed out for former GM Dacien to know where to find Rath.
• Contact is made with Avitus Oligard.
• War is on the horizon.