The Rules of Kanly (encrypted communication between Palomedes and Ar'yay)

Oh, and I am sending the 10 Starcrusiers to the coordinates you provided to me along with a payment of 200,000 Ghaz in gems. I know you didn't ask for payment but I wish to give you something in return for arming the ships. Thank you.

I have asked a lot of you, and you have provided. If you have anything you need of me please do not hesitate to ask. I do plan on sending ships against the E Strain forces, though I haven't decided upon the method of attack yet. I also plan on sending some Horned Dog Cultists to assist in the destruction of the Warmonger rebels in Fort Lendil territory.
Is there anything that you need that I can provide? I was happy to provide those cultists for your needs, just know that I am am not just willing to take, I am willing to give as well.

While we are talking, would it be possible to get some Delta Brethren for my second moon colony of Fiat? I want to create some level of industry there. The colony is slightly hostile but I am taking advantage of the "friendly" relations with the Unity to have them ship in supplies to earn the people's trust.

Honorable HiveQueen,

I need to call in that marker now (ancient Earther word for favor).
Lt. Ryuk has been spreading the lie that it was an act of mercy when he detonated a Star to kill an IR fleet. He disrespects the dead, and slanders IR officers in the way he says it.
I could attack him directly but it would cause problematic diplomatic situations.
I need you to make sure he feels the justice I cannot currently bring him.
Do not kill him but make him suffer.

I will send 500,000 deltas for your moon base.
Sector General Palomedes

Hmm, very well, you have provided me with much. This thing you ask for shall be done as you asked. It may take a bit of time to do it but not too long. I have someone in mind who can take care of this, a very talented individual who specializes in finding people who do not wish to be found and showing them that no matter how far you run, justice will find you eventually.

Also i know just the way to get to him, my reach is longer then some suspect. I can get to Ryuk, I can make him suffer for his crimes.

Thank you HiveQueen,

In the dark days that we will surely face in the future, I will not forget this. Please have your agent deliver this as well.

For all the families who have lost their loved ones to the Warcriminal Ryuk

I understand that you are expanding your dealing with the Unity into hunting groups to fight the rogue demonic entities that the Unity unleashed previously. I have been asked by Director Marx to aid you in this regard. For obvious reasons, I probably shouldn't deploy any Quall N'Done to assist you. I do have "The Light Of Dawn" Mobile Colony and its defense force. It is guarded by 100 star fighters, 10 Banking Guild Heavy Frigates and once they are done being armed those 10 IR Starcrusiers that you are fixing up for me as well as the fightercraft associated with those Starcruisers. Where shall I send these units to join with your fleets?

Ar'yay HiveQueen,
It is good to have you on my side in the coming conflict. The danger posed by the Fleets of Fate is enormous. I received a briefing from Sector General Stark just this morning about what we truly face.

The Fleet of Fate is not simply a Unity Fleet. It is an amalgam from a horrible alt history, where the Unity and the IR joined instead of the IR and the Quall joining.

His exact words were, "They have all species linked to their network. The Earthers, the Quall, the Grey and even the Da'uhnb have become little more than pawns serving the Metatrons of Fate."

They have our numbers, unity and grey tech and can see across time.

I have never faced a threat that worries me like this, HiveQueen. Even wiping out the Estrain seem a manageable task in comparison.

Sector General Palomedes

Wait...so Unity from another reality are attacking us.....and the IR allied with the Unity instead of the Quall.....but the IR and Quall allied thousands of years before the Unity existed? How does that work?

So time traveling super enemies who are stronger then all of us combined in every way. That is what you are telling me that we are facing?

I don't know but I hope the Temporal Empire can explain it.

But your description is accurate.

Oh, so the Temporal Empire can explain it. Wasn't I declared rogue because I talked to someone about the possibility of selling them weapons? If they are so bad that it was a crime for me to even talk about theoretically selling them weapons why are we trusting them in a scenario were this reality's very survival is at stake? Now we are relying on them even though they are an enemy?

I just don't understand people in this dimension, really, you people are just so confusing.

Dear Ar'yay HiveQueen,

You really don't understand the idea of treaties do you. They bind both our friends and our enemies to us. They have different limits, different restrictions, mostly to strengthen our friends, and weaken our enemies in their dealings with us.

The Da'uhnb have been treatied with the IR for centuries. Yes these treaties prevent selling artifacts to them, and especially to the many pirates and raiders that make their home in the Free Systems.
Always remember that Captain Magnus Ironsbane was a free systems pirate before he sided with the evil He who is known as I Am. They cannot be encouraged.

Yes this treaty prevents us from invading them, but it also prevents the Da'uhnb from just teleporting into all our offices with bombs. Have you not ever wondered why the Quall and Sector generals aren't just killed by the Da'uhnb. Those big blue beasties could do it quick and easy to.
How would we stop them? They could kill us as children or prevent our parents from ever meeting. They could prevent the Queen that made you from ever meeting the Horned Dog (I assume with all respect) that she impregnated to create you.
And if they wanted to be more public, simply teleport in an atomic into your office, Ar'yay, or my office.

Do you really think we should just tear down these treaties that keep our citizens and yours safe, even as a rogue HiveQueen?

Sector General Palomedes.

After stepping away from the old transmitter, Palomedes took one last sip of brandy, and turned off the light in the room. The old man needed some sleep eventually. Maybe the light of morning on B'oz would remind him that life is good, despite the many threats on their doorstep.
What ever happened to politicians who understood the importance of a good treaty, Palomedes said as he yawned.
Passing by his couch, he saw a letter there. He picked it up and opened it. The edge had claw marks, and looked like it had been drawn on the construction paper with crayon. It said in big letters "Bang" and in smaller letters, "You were right, signed the Da'uhnb."

Palomedes huffed the rest of the way to his room. Any chance of sleep was gone now. He sat up in bed with his service pistol clutched in a white knuckled grip. He would fire if he saw the whites of their eyes, but he knew the Da'uhnb weren't coming back.

With all due respect I know exactly why the Da'uhnb doesn't just teleport into our pasts and remove us. The Iron Republic and the Quall N'Drone are (despite massive corruption in both) the strongest military forces around and without the two the Ancient Evils would just swarm over the many many realities and wipe out all non demonic life. It isn't because you signed some treaty with them, they are time traveling aliens they don't care about a piece of paper. They do what they do because in their view time is better off because of it. In their opinion the time frame that they preserve is the best possible one and to screw with it would mess them up as well.
If you truly think that they would keep to this treaty if they decided that the EEF (for example) would make your dimension "safer" from the enemies of the Da'uhnb then you would find that your treaty isn't worth the ink it was written in.
So yes I question these creatures, I do not trust anyone who says that they have been to the future and if you don't do what they say disaster will strike.
Remember I am helping you out of respect, your government and mine both removed any obligation of mine by declaring me rogue. It is my right to question things that make me uncomfortable. Your treaties no longer apply to me remember. You can tell your Da'uhnb friends that I would like to see some proof of their claims.

The orders have been given and the mission against Ryuk is currently underway. I shall inform you of the results when I know.

I look forward to news of progress Hive Queen,

Much moves to slowly for me. Like this war against the Estrain. Our last victory was phyrric. But it taught us a valuable lesson.

Do not underestimate Angel D, or her Angels of Desolation.
They are still a mighty terrorist force. Hive Queen has your many agents on many worlds found any trace of the Angels of Desolation. The recovery of Alice Clegg for funeral has filled my heart with mixed emotions."

My agents have not informed me of any information on Angel D, though to be fair my agents are far fewer in your dimension then they used to be.

I also regret to inform you that while my agents were able to render Ryuk unconscious, due to the many wards they were unable to spirit him away. However they are still active and are awaiting another chance to grab him. They continue to follow him as we speak waiting for their chance.

Thank you for your continued efforts Hive Queen.

Respected HiveQueen,

The Da'uhnb seek to litigate against Le-a HiveQueen for breaking the Quall IR and Da'uhnb treaty.
I wish to save her from any punishment as she is far too young to understand her actions.

I have reviewed some of the evidence presented by the Free Systems, and I think I can get her charges dropped fully. To do so I must be involved in one of the most dishonorable gambits I have ever involved myself in.

If I can "prove" that she was actively unable to receive the transmission from the starship attacked and that you knowing withheld it from her, I can put in a motion that she was actively misinformed by you.
It is dishonest. In my dealings with you I know you would not do such a thing. But If I can lead the arbitrator to believe this, I can divert any punishment from coming down on her Hive.

You are already banished from IR space, and considered Rogue by the IR and the Hive Queen's Council.
If we do not act quickly, and decisively then Le-a HiveQueen may lose some of her holdings or worse yet share your fate of banishment.

Sector General Palomedes


Palomedes signed off, and he felt sad. He did not know how he felt about such a plan of action. But already one of his allies had been banished due to plots within plots, and if it were up to him he would not lose another.

Very well Sector General I shall cooperate with you, her ship did indeed show up after the initial transmission went out and I sent out no transmissions to her during the battle. Her ships are still coded with the IR and that can show that she received no transmissions from me during the battle.
She believed that there were people on those ships getting ready to unleash a bio weapon against her people and rushed there to stop it. Most would do the same in her position. I didn't inform her otherwise because I didn't even know she would be there, I made no plans with her previously about it. I saw a possible threat and I acted on it. I did suspect a trap but I figured better to be safe then sorry. I don't take kindly to threats of genocide. The only ones I wish to see destroyed are demons because they infest and destroy everything, no memory only destruction. They preserve nothing, everything is lost, they are an abomination to existence. Senseless slaughter only serves to empower Warmonger the most vile of all the demons.