An Aphotic Zion

The fall of Citadel

There is a deadly silence in the capitol room. And the reason no one has agreed to Alisha’s suggestion, to the use of ultraviolet lasers is because these lasers are yet in their Alpha stage of development. Furthermore, these lasers are some of the most expensive ones. Why are they so expensive you ask? Well you see these are not just pointing lasers. These lasers fire an alloy of Titanium and Diamond. The alloy is known as the ‘Saiken’ a Japanese word for bond. And the laser is made after melting them together, then turning them into the last form of matter known to us which is plasma. And that plasma is then concentrated and accelerated at the speed of light… actually it is accelerated twice the speed of light for best results. And just a single strike of this laser is more than enough to drill through a dreadnaught. That means the defensive gird made by the Sapphire Union stands nowhere against this technology. But there’s the downside. The laser can only be found on the Citadel. Even the Royal Navy doesn’t uses this advanced tech. So while the members of the council debate on the use of UV Lasers, let us move on to Zhu’s hope and see how Shibi is doing in there.

At this time the Ship has docked successfully and Shibi is taken to Brigadier General Mackenzie’s room. Shibi looks around the room as he walks in it. A lot of thoughts rush in his mind flooding his body with it. He would look ahead to try and walk properly. He is accompanied by Lieutenants Sasha and Hues while Mackenzie is in the ‘vid room’ at the moment. She is taking her time to file the report and discuss the matter about the simulation technology. And after getting some answers from President Texas and Councilor Donnel Udina she comes back from the room as she starts formulating all the questions she is supposed to ask Shibi without damaging his anymore. Shibi takes a seat on a metallic sofa that came out as he touched the wall on his left hand side. Sasha and Hues went on by their business without saying another word to him since they were not allowed to do so. Besides they had some paperwork to do which the General would have left for them.

After a few minutes Mackenzie enters the room. She looks around and watches Shibi who stood up upon her entrance in the room. “Is this… your room ma’am? “ Shibi says so breaking the silence without having a clue of his location. Mackenzie walks over to her desk. “Take a seat Shibi, you are no stranger here. I am Brigadier General Mackenzie and this is my office. So, how now. Tell me what you learnt while you were inside that simulation. Did you notice any cracks or anything inside of it? “She says so as she offers him a glass of water. Shibi sighs as he picks up the glass and takes a sip of water “To tell you the truth I only know about the chain of command of Consensus and defense mechanism of Grissom Academy. I don’t think that is something you are looking for. I apologize for not being much help. “After listening to this Mackenzie immediately presses the emergency call button which summons President Texas and Councilor Udina. They come rushing in there as they hear the bell. Well, not them exactly. But their hard light projections. Shibi is thunderstruck as he sees that much movement and then looks around thinking that he must have said something wrong in front of a General.

Mackenzie stares at Shibi and uses her holocoms to make sure that he isn’t lying about what he just said. And after a few seconds there’s a smile. One that comes from a hope. One that they have been searching for a really long time. “Don’t sell yourself short Mr. Itara, you have some really invaluable information. And that is something worth a fortune. So now, would you be so kind to tell all of us that you know and please. Don’t keep yourself from giving all the details.” Shibi feels kind of uncomfortable with all the dignitaries around him. So he takes a few seconds to start and after that he goes ahead and stands up and goes in the center of the room and after that he starts telling them everything. “So, you see. The Conesus is headed by Chief Hackett, well for the time being at least. He is working as their acting Fuhrer. The fleets are headed by Admiral Anderson. He literally controls all the fleets. I can’t describe how much control he has gained of the fleets. He is practically the serpent’s head you guys are hunting for all those years. And then they have this Department of Research and Development one that is headed by Dr. Gavin Archer. Also, I heard somewhere that the director of the Grissom Academy is one of the council member. He has a grandson. Kaiden I think it was. He was the one who taught me to use Hesh Modules. And… “Before he could go any further another flood of thoughts and memories which barge in his head making it feel like as if it is going to explode any second. Kenzie walks up to him giving him some meds for that. Shibi takes the medicine and after few moments he is back on his feet.