Invading the Pameic Sta

Status: In Progress

The Smok first made themselves known to the Testasodo when their ships appeared on a fringe world. Reports came rushing in that the world was being attacked, but by the time that the Federation fleet arrived, mere days later, the Smok were gone. They left behind massive tracks of dead land, harvested of resources... and people. With thousands missing, and more dead, the people of the Testasodo readied themselves for trouble. But trouble took its time in coming, as several decades passed before the ships described in the reports were seen again.

When the Smok reappeared in Federation space, they came once again as aggressors. They attacked several Sevar Skai ships, and kidnapped the people operating them. The Sevar Skai took the attack as a personal insult, and they tracked the Smok ships back to the species' main fleet. At this point, the Skai engaged the Smok in war. Spread out in space as each species was, neither saw much success in their initial battles, but the Skai, unlike the Smok, had the Federation to fall back on. They called for an official declaration of war against the aggressive species.

For several months, the Testasodo government, already mired down in the old war with the Siisakoo, balked at the idea of joining into another long struggle, and it was not until the Smok directed their attention at Terra Nexu, another Federation world, that the proposition gained enough support.

The Smok war was declared by the Federation just two years prior to the present, after the kidnapping of several Terra Nexan dragons. The official Testasodo goal for the war is to return the kidnapped citizens to their families, free the Smok subject species, and to enact a cultural cleansing of the Smok species. The Sevar Skai, however, simply want the stain of the Smok to be erased from the universe forever. As the Pan Smok begin to falter under the pressure of their unexpectedly powerful enemies, the very existence of their people lies in the balance.

The end of the Smok war is in sight. The matriarchs are at eachother's throats. The Sevar Skai spies are beginning to return from their assignments, baring intelligence that may prove to be the ultimate undoing of the Smok. And the Federation is finding its hands full with the thousands of refugees coming to them from the destroyed Smok ships. It is a time of political, and in the case of the Smok allied species, cultural turmoil.

In the midst of all this chaos, the Pamiec Sta, an ancient Smok war ship, is spotted near Aanu'sil. The vessel appears crippled, but a defensive call for help goes out from the planet. The Sevar Skai are hot on the ship's tail, and have been unresponsive to Federation hail. They appear to be intent on taking the Pamiec Sta out, and even as Aanu'sil prepares to send its own onto the vessel, it is uncertain who will be friend or foe.

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