POV: Adrian starfury
Location: Planet Mataroi
In the deepest dungeon of the planet mataroi, two malnourished young boys who were under the age of ten sat across each other in a meditative pose with a fantastic sort of madness shining in their eyes.
A nun dressed in black robes and polymer armor then approached the boys with a golden bowl in her hand.
"Have you listen to The silence?"
She asked
"Have you heard the voice of the eternal my children?"
"Yes holy mother."
The first one replied
" The voice came to me last night in the form of a gentle mother instructing her child. She spoke of the duty by carry and the honor I must live up to and the legacy I must bear."
"And you?"
She asked the second one
"What words did she speak to you?"
"Much of the same holy mother."
He replied
"But her visage was one of a conquering warrior clad in armor and wielding a blazer sword."
The non-step are both children as though she was deep in thought and then smile
"Many warriors would have to empty their hearts for years to get a glimpse of the eternal my boys. How is it that you have achieved it in a mere 15 days?"
"It is the will of the eternal holy mother"
They both replied while bowing down
"Her Grace continues to shine on our unworthy hearts."
"Your answer is sincere and your zeal is laudable. However admission into the eternals grace and favor requires a suitable sacrifice."
She says as she dropped the golden bowl between them.
"Are you ready to give something in return?"
Without a second word both children leaped off the floor and rushed at each other with an intent to kill. The first child who was taller quickly used his taller height to try boxing his opponent into a corner but the second one who was faster just kept running around while staying out of reach. Eventually the second child saw a gap in the first one strikes and used that opportunity to deliver a strong blow to his face. This drove the first child insane and he continued striking viciously but the second one kept staying out reach while waiting for a second window. Soon enough the window presented itself but when the second child moved to strike again the first kid quickly caught his hand, judo flip him to the floor and caught his neck in a strangle hold.
Lacking any means of escape and being close to exhaustion the second kid stabbed his tumbs into the first one's eye and used the small chance it gave him to bite off a chunk of flesh out of the bend of the other kids elbow. Without giving him a chance to recover the second child quickly tackled his oponent to the ground and kept striking his
face again and again and again until his fist broke through the other kid's skull and plunged straight into his brain.
"What is your name my child?"
The woman asked whilst her dark eyes turned blue and she gazed inward as though she was sorting through a bunch of files in her mind
"Adrian mother . Adrian starfury."
You replied
The nun cut open the throat of the courps of the first kid and collected the blood in the golden bowl.
"Adrian starfury, son of Conrad and Fiona star fury, grandson of melys and rena starfury and a great grandson to the secondary scion of the starfury lineage. Do you know the oath you will swear to live by?"
"To honor the eternal in all things?"
The boy replied
"Do you know the Creed you must act in a cold with?"
"To claim the power that is due to all the Juvantians wherever I may be.'
"Do you know the purpose that you now live for?"
"To convert all heretics into the land whether through peace or by Force of arms."
Benon began to Paul the blood in a circle around the boy while singing in a loud voice
"As the sacrifice is paid and the voice is head so shall you out ring across the Galaxy for all internet people may she curse you and make she reject you if you fail keep even one word of your swan oath."
She then handed him the bow and watched intently as he drunk every beat of blood inside it.
"The final test is passed welcome to the legal imperial my son. AVE IMPERATOR."
"AVE IMPERATOR." The wall itself echoed.
About a hundred years later,you were finally able to open your eyes from that dream and you could not stop the scorching air that was crawling through your throat nor you stop your blood that was squeezing your heart like a sponge. The only thing you could do was to quickly rush to a table beside your bed to drink a canteen of nutrient water which unfortunately did little to calm you down.
"It is just a dream! It is just a dream! It is a dream." You said to yourself while trying very hard to control your shaking legs.
"Having trouble sleeping." A voice called
You turned towards the source of the voice to see a teenage lady with blonde hair dressed in a skull jacket starring back at you with a face twisted in concern.
"It's not my first time."
You replied
"Did you sleep well?"
"Is that some sort of joke?"
She quipped and then turn serious
"The ship is 120 nautical miles from the restricted area sir I recommend we prep for landing."
You slowly stood up to your feet and grabbed one of the space jackets that was hanging around.
"Get yourself to the main port Nimzo and have the ship calibrated for landing by the time I get there." You command
"Yes sir" she replied
"How much time apart should I give each of the calibrations?"
"10 minutes each that's how long it will take for me to be there"
"Understood sir" she answered with a salute
She then walk towards the nearest circuit board on the ship and touched it.
6 seconds later you could see the clear signs of the ship AI making its way to the main port.
After a ten minutes morning ritual, you took your seat behind the ship's main main controller and steered at the lovely blue planet A50 which has a beautiful ring spinning at its side.
"Are the landing gears calibrated?" You asked
"Yes sir" Nimzo's robotic voice echoed from the ship speakers
"Is the weather proper?"
"Yes sir no difficulties detected."
"And the landings site?"
"Prepared according to specifications sir no adnormally detected."
"Well then bring us in."
Just like that your heavy battle cruiser slowly desended through the planet's atmosphere and began to fly at a bird's altitude.
You glanced at the atmospheric monitors while trying to think of how to counter the poisons that must be in the air but much to your surprise, the atmospheric monitor installed on the ship indicated that the air on A50 was safe and breathable.
"Wasn't this solar system classified as a restricted area because the empire has confirmed that the planet here are unhabitable except for one?" You asked
"The machina clan has been preparing this planet for years captain. The first thing they installed was the atmosphere." Nimzo explained
"So they went against the laws of every major faction in the galaxy and pioneered a restricted planet?"
You tried to keep the outrage from your voice.
"Yes." Nimzo replied
"A shame they are no longer here to receive their due punishment isn't it?"
You did not know what to say to that.
A few minutes later you and Nimzo parked the ship in front of a large cave and came down with your with your light sabers blazing.
"Is this the place?" You asked
"Yes captain." She replied with obvious pride
"What you are about to see is the most closely guided secret of the imperial juvantian empire."
You both then entered into the mouth of the cave and that's when you learned the meaning of the expression that looks can be deceiving. Because while the outside of the cave was so so or borderline ugly the inside was a different thing altogether. It was as tall as the tallest signal tower you had ever seen, more wider than the outside gave it credit for and was decorated with all manners of high technological gadgets that made it clear that the former residents of the cave were techno lovers. However the thing that caught your attention was not the high priced pieces that were hanging around the cave but rather it was the gray colored sleep cabinet that were sewn into the wall.
"I take it this is the morphology technology that Lena died to keep secret isn't it."
You say with a hint of sorrow
Nimzo nodded
"The morphology tech has been the empire's greatest secret for so many years captain and generations after generations of machina researchers have poured on their best years of research and performance into it."
"Correct me if I'm wrong but if this thing is not a weapon why the regent go to such great lengths just to hide it."
"Because it is a weapon captain. In fact I just say it is the most deadliest weapon the empire has ever developed up till date. What is the one thing that hinders the empire from winning the April war captain?"
"Apri's clone troopers lieutenant. From what I know the Apri is able to mass produce cheap clones that are used as disposable Canon fodders to overwhelm our elite troopers every time they set foods in a single apri controlled planet. Is this what this is, a clone production machine?"
"More or less."
She answered
"You see our clan programmed these things to be able to directly transfer our consciousness from one body into another anywhere in the galaxy provided we have a clone prepared there."
"And the clone would be able to think and speak as you do?"
You cry in alarm
"With something like this you can implant your members in every single faction in the multiverse. You would know every move they make before they make them and you can foil their plans before they even think of them.
"Do you now realize why we went to such great lengths to hide it."
You nod
"Still doesn't explain why Lena gave it to me though. If the goal of the machine was to have the machina clan operating I dare say such goal is now redundant seeing that there's nothing left of the machina clan."
"That is where you're wrong captain."
She counters
"The machina clan may have suffered a huge blower due to their treachery on planet kivore but they are not the only ones capable of serving the imperial. Our mission here is to prepare a clone army, make it battle ready and when the emperor calls, to field the most powerful and death defying army the galaxy has ever seen."
"So I was pulled out of the front lines to watch over a bunch of worms? Good to know"
You had independent those words to be a static joke but the words made her face light up in fury and plaster pistol at he waist.
"Do you dare to question the will of the Nexus?"
She boomed
"I did not intend to lady banneret"
You replied quickly while fighting down the fear clawing at your throat.
"I simply wonder the use for clones when there are plenty of troopers willing to give our lives."
"Do you then make a mockery of the sacrifices of your brothers?"
She asked firmly as slowly stepped into your personal space with the blaster in hand
"Execute your task in silence captain else I shall curse you as a heretic and execute you as such.."
"Yes holy sister."
You replied in a lingering fear
"But forgive my offense in inquiring, if the machina clan are no longer able to operate the clone troopers who or what will do so now?"
"The machina were never intended as the main pilot captain."
Came the curt reply.
"Because even though they are smart, the machina are not warriors. That is why the audinorium has pulled no stops in getting people who are smart enough to do the task well and yet dumb enough to not pry into our private affairs."
You could not help narrowing your eyes.
"You plan to bring another race into this madness."
"Of course."
She answered straight
"Does this offend you?"
You thought about it for a few and replied
"The will of the eternal is absolute holy sister. Her Grace shines upon our unworthy souls."
"Be rest assured captain that this race of people I will bring to you are people of high competence when they have no idea that they are working."
"And what unfortunate planet possess such guilable sheeps to be slaughtered?"
Nimzo smiled and said
"Planet C53 captain or as the locals call it planet Earth."