1.15 The battle.
The alliance between the Imperials and the mantis didn't exist anymore.Sol was the last system under human control.In fact, the mantis had full control in Sol, they owned the mines, they had the right to patrol the planets, and the empire was corrupted.The mantis had already invaded Sol, but it hadn't become official yet.
The Imperial fleet, very unprepared, found itself in middle of a battle.A big fleet of mantis, who suddenly appeared, started attacking the Imperials.Immediately, Earth's shield got closed, no one could enter or leave the planet.But this was a bad thing for the imperials as half of their fleet was already patrolling on Earth.The Moon, which was Imperials last hope, was now under mantis control.Thanks to the good security system, the mantis couldn't activate Moon Pulse Cannons as they lacked the codes.
''Starfighter II'', their last hope, was under heavy attack.They had to protect it as it was the only way for them to win the battle.Of course Starfighter could protect itself, but things became hard when 3 mantis motherships appeared in orbit.A fierce battle began between ''Starfighter II'' and the mantis motherships.The mantis had many advantages, like latest repairing technology, including repair fields and repair targets, something Imperials didn't own.But ''Starfighter II'' equipped with many blasters, rocket launchers, thermoblasts and OS, even with speed actuators, was successful on destroying one of the motherships.The blast destroyed many ships around, not only mantis but imperials also.
In a few minutes, Earth's orbit had become a battlefield, with the Imperials and the mantis fighting between each other.This battle should have happened long time ago, but the greed of the Imperials made them stupid and blind to what the mantis were doing.With one of the mantis motherships trying to escape, and ''Starfighter II'' being heavily damaged, the battle wasn't going good for the Imperials.
The last mothership opened its hangar gates, and many mantis ships came out of it.Then it opened main hangar gate, revealing a huge cannon, even bigger than the moon ones.It wasn't a long range cannon, more like a middle range one, but its big size meant nothing good.The cannon was aimed at ''Starfighter II''.The chances were too small for anyone in Starfighter to survive.Even the thick deluvian armor didn't stand a chance against that huge Cannon.
The cannon was activated!!! The situation in ''Starfighter II'' was critilcal.Its crew had lost control of themselves.Everyone was trying to run to the pods, to save their lives, in chaos.Only one man remained at the cockpit.It was the captain, Zed Caprow, well known among the Valatory caste.He was assigned as the captain of ''Starfighter II'' by the Emperor himself.Zed had a clear view on the mantis mothership, thanks to the huge windows of the cockpit.His death was in front of him, coming with high speed, and he still was very calm.
A few moments had passed.He was still there, alive.Why wasn't he dead? Why wasn't the ship destroyed? No, the cannon didn't shoot at the ship, it was aimed at Earth. The Earth shield didn't stand a chance, and was destroyed allowing the cannon to hit Earth.But the Cannons weren't build to destroy planets, or cause damage on them.No, they had another target. The Imperial Castle, home of the Emperor, where the Empire was based.It was destroyed.The Emperor was no more.The Empire had fallen...
But not everything was going bad.The rebels on the other side, found this as the biggest advantage they could every have.A small rebel fleet was sent to Earth, now that Moon Cannons were deactivated they could easily go to Earth.
With the arrival of the rebel fleet, the battle turned on human side.For the first time in history, the rebels and the imperials were forced to work together.With the humans being united, the mantis had no chance to win the battle, but still, they were not trying to run.The battle didn't last long, and the mantis got killed one by one, only mothership escaped thanks to hyperjumping technology.
The rebels ,being victorious, set their base on Earth.The remaining Imperials were forced to leave the system, some stayed and fought back, but soon they were replacing the miners in Mars Mines.No one knows where the remaining Imperials are now, but what we know is that they still have ''Starfighter II''.Some say their fleet got destroyed by the mantis while escaping, some others think they are hiding in Gemini system but these are just rumors.
Many secrets were found in the remains of the Imperial Castle, including an ancient artifact, an astrogation chip.Many documents were found, revealing the pact between the Emperor and the mantis Queen.Every artifact found by the mantis, would be given to the Emperor, and as a return, the mantis would get all mines under human control, even if using force was needed.The Emperor sold Gemini to the mantis for a huge amount of cryonite, but he didn't expect Gemini colonials to fight back, so he corrupted their leaders, and then the Technatoria battle happened...
Many colonists came from Vega, Antares and Mizar, the only human colonies left.But after a mantis attack on Antares, and with the death of Antares Colony Leader, Antares fell on mantis hands...The rebel organisation, which could not be called rebel anymore, was later known as United Human Federation.With Earth being unhabitable, many people were forced to live in starbases such as Sayaron.
As for me, I had to get back to Sayaron, to my old room which was my only home.At first, it seemed that everything was going fine, but soon conflicts started and things started going bad...
But as I said, it wasn't over.Something happened, someday...
To be continued...