Elder of Sera: Arrival (Pillar 1)

Act 1-Prolog: Unexpected Arrival

Key.

/Text\- Swarm Hive Link.

<text>- C.O.G Comms/Comms

|Text|- The Elders/Psionic Link.

'Text'- Character thoughts

"Text"- Quotes (XCOM STYLE)

"Text"- Speaking

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"there is no great freedom from the virus that plagues all life..... The Wrath of War. Wrath, is everyone's sin" 

-Overlord Null 

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A/N: Hello there guys.  Welcome back to Elder of Sera, below is the re-written version of this chapter. The original text is also kept here as well. Enjoy

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The Sacol. A Million or more stars inhabit this galaxy of young, untold planets upon each system. A Chorus of Voices that only theorize that they may be the only Intelligent Life forms in their galaxy, much like another Galaxy with a species that all would be too familiar with. However, one such society has reached to the stars in success, vassalizing species after species in the name of Domination among the stars, onto a Holy Path. For one such Viparithian, a Species of snakes most commonly called vipers due to their appearance and ability to spit out poison, his loyalty is fleeting from his Elders, and all that he already knows, now has swept a wave of conscious questions to his lingering mind aboard an Etherii Empire ship.

In the quarters compartment of this Corvette, Vauss Kilmare, Heir to the throne of his Species and a proud prince, was all coiled up on his 'bed'. His Black scales glistened in the soft purple-blue lights, his dark Purple dermis was smooth and soft, as you would expect from a snake that if 'standing' straight would be at 8"7', this was his kind's average height. His purple eyes slowly opened as he woke up, stretching and hissing, looking around his room for a few moments, before grabbing his Bolt Rifle. Unlike the Human XCOM Variants, this was more modified to fit four barrels instead of a single barrel, however, it still fires all four of the metal bolts. Vauss rummaged around the Foliage that decorated his room, for his armor–which he often misplaces–before finding at least the helmet, much similar to his Fathers own, it had a holographic symbol, instead of being a blue circle, it was a yellow Triangle with White and Yellow Steel. His 'bed' was made out of metal, though before his departure, he took some foliage from a planet that the Elders called 'Blinded Soil', a primitive race called Humans lived there. It's been a few days since his departure from there, ever since the Viper King, Krass Kilamare, had given the order for Vauss to be evacuated off the planet, despite it being under the Elders control. Vauss only groaned to himself since he took a 10 hour nap, as he found the rest of his armor which also was colored with white and yellow, while the holographic symbol on the chest was too a yellow holographic Triangle, Viper Fangs protruding from the top and bottom of it.

"Why would you sssend me away from your elegant teachingsss....." Vauss asked himself, putting on the armor which covered more than his chest, it also covered the rest of his body to protect himself, even though the Humans on that planet strangely aimed for the chest, or, even more bizarre would miss point blank range by either shooting a Centimeter to the side, or just shoot the floor. Vauss didn't quite understand why that would happen on the battlefields, but he never questioned it. After all, the planet was under the Elders control, and the resisting humans were losing last he heard. Vauss holstered his weapon on his back, slithering out of his room, some of the other Vipers and ADVENT Troops that passed by him stopped walking to salute him, or to bow their heads. A Male Viper was rather rare for his kind, since the Elders needed loyal soldiers. Vauss didn't know if his species actually had a homeworld, he was born on the planet that he had left days ago. He only assumed that they did, either that or they just lived on that planet beforehand.