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August 6 3842
Steven II 18:00 planet side.
As the commanders gated in each was designated to 1 of the 3 major continents on planet for the vast majority of the populace that was symbionts where being held in the major city centers where the symbiont are being held in industrial complexes for the UEF citizens on planet. Twinkie got the North Western continent, Jeremy the Easter most continent and Dostya got the Northern one.

As each commander reached their designated QLZ commanders Nick and Jeremy were being hailed on a secure channel. "Begin standard liberation procedures until I give you further orders. Understood?" Dostya commanded in a military fashion. "Understood Dostya we will begin standard operations now. Nick out." Nick replied as the comm. Channel closed. "Alright Captain Kickass you handle the economy I'll hand the military alright?" Nick said to his long-time friend and brother, "Alright I'll get to work on the mass extractors in my area and build some power generators to start of your factories just warn me when we get spotted by UEF patrols in the area, also I'm going to need you to supply yourself with some mass extractors and power generators yourself don't get too reliant on me I got my own problems to the North theirs a massive amount of UEF forces there and I won't be able to supply you and myself if I come under assault alright Twinkie?" Jeremy said with an ending sarcastic tone in his voice. "Yeah yeah whatever just cause you were right about the artillery on Percies IV and saved my ass doesn't mean you're going to do it here." He replied with a whatever tone in his voice.
As the commanders were setting up their bases the Aeon and UEF were in the heat of battle, the explosions and wrecks of units could be heard and seen in the distance as the forces collided the UEF unfortunately are outnumbered by the 10 commanders on planet compared to the 16 that the Aeon had sent to take the planet from the UEF to either convert the populace…aka "brainwashing" them to the WAY or slaughtering them out right with their forces. "I bet if Inferno was on planet he probably could beat the Aeon back and keep the planet in their control, I'm sure the UEF will hold the planet but they will need to reinforce this planet." Jeremy stated with a wonder as to what has happened to him since he was returned to Pieces IV "I'm sure he's just getting repaired, debriefed on what has happened to him and last maybe a few days of R&R." Dostya added as they were broadcasting on a cybran secure channel.

As all their bases where up to tech 2 efficiency they began to produce mass tank columns of Rhino tanks with Viper MML and some Banger's for air defence in case there be more air forces then could be handled by the Prowler interceptors looming over-head "Ah now then we need to tap into the UEF communications…sensors indicate there is a tech 2 radar to your south Nick clear the forces at the radar and capture it, Dostya out." As the channel was closed Nick's flying eye spy plane returned with Intel on the UEF positions guarding the radar along with a medium fire-base to the west and south of its position, the fire-base's ran a defensive line of 4 triad point defense 3 D-1 plasma turrets protecting it from the air was 6 tech2 anti-air flak artillery. "Well this will be interesting…hey Captain Kickass keep your eyes out for enemy counter attacks, I'm beginning my assault on the fire-bases around the radar should only be a few minutes.

As the rumble of treads moving across the desert sands onto the plateau where the radar defenders were stationed, enemy scorcher bombers spotted the massive clouds of dust forming behind the columns of cybran forces began strafing runs on the massed columns of vehicles marching onto the plateau as they unleashed their dual particle cannon's, TM's and some flak shells releasing hell on the bombers, UEF patrols and defenders as they rolled up to the centre of the plateau blasting the point defences of the fire-bases. As all the vipers focused on the point defences a swarm of stinger gunships appeared on radar as the swooped in on the vipers haven the bangers distracted by the scorchers who unfortunately were being picked apart in droves as the flack shells damage was too much for the fragile bombers to do more than one run on the AA units, with the bombers disposed of the bangers moved into support the viper ML as the gunships seemed to be haven some trouble with some prowlers distracting them from the ground forces, as the Flak from the bangers ripped into the Stingers the remaining defences of the fire-bases were decimated as the Rhino tanks moved into a defensive position on the plateau as a T2 Dragon Fly Transport brought a T2 engineer  to capture the SA2 – 2000 radar system and build on top of the UEF's fire-bases to ensure the area was defended from future counter-assaults.
As the defences finished setting up the engineer captured the radar system, with the columns of tanks being repaired along with the bangers and vipers they began patrol operations on the outer border of the operational area of the base.

"Commander's I have seen the reports from the UEF channels, they are being pushed back heavily but are keeping the Aeon distracted this will keep them from interfering too much with our operations, the Liberation signal has been broadcasted to all symbionts in planet and are ready for extraction as soon as we rescue them." Dostya said over the channel. "Intel says there is a high quantity of mass deposits to your north Nick, the UEF have a heavy patrol on the area with T3 mass extractors…take the deposits will help our efforts on the planet, secure them as soon as possible I need the extra mass for my armies I am currently preparing a force to counter the Aeon commander to my east and Jeremy is unable to assist me right now due to UEF forces assaulting his positions so I need you to secure those deposits to help bolster my production." "I'll have my forces get right on it…as soon as I can..." Nick commented with a joking intent but failing as she did not find it amusing…she never found anything…amusing…that was known to man at least for now.

As the columns of armoured tanks moves into the outer perimeter of Nick's base they were reinforced with rocket bots and some more vipers to replace the forces lost during the assault on the plateau to secure the radar installation since the bulk of the rhino tanks had survived and been repaired now for them to move forward and engage the UEF patrols as soon as the "Flying Eye" scout returned from its recon of the area to the north of the base.

The scout's data was reported back but the plane was shot down by cyclone's patrolling the immediate area so the go ahead was given to the forces on the ground to begin clearing the area of the UEF forces guarding the mass deposits, the tank and rocket bots went ahead of the vipers and bangers to secure ground superiority before the TML's moved in shortly after word to assist with any threats that required more powerful weaponry. The tanks were met by a squad of Pillar T2 tanks and Mongoose T2 assault bots ad the gauss cannons on the pillars opened fire, a bombardment of heavy fragmentation grenades from the mongooses along with their rapid fire Gatling plasma cannon laid siege onto the advancing Cybran forces as soon as they got in range of the pillar tanks a group of Flapjack TML's opened fire onto the rocket bots in the rear of the attacking forces. The TM's did a toll on the rocket bots as they advanced closer to the UEF tanks for mongooses had been bombarding the tanks so they were able to get a relatively straight path to them due to the tanks trying to avoid the AOE of the grenades as the bots opened fire on the tanks the mongooses began to fall from the tanks concentrating their fire on them, the tanks began cooking off from all the fire they took and the forces moved on to the mass deposits themselves destroying the mass pumps the UEF had built on them as the tanks destroyed the mass pumps Twinkie sent 3 T2 engineers and a group of bangers and rhinos to ensure they didn't get ambushed by air units or more armoured forces as the engineers arrived the started construction on their own mass pumps along with some mass storage units to help with the economy and increase output of mass as well as some base defences in case the UEF got the bright idea of taking it back for now.

As Twinkies forces were engaging UEF positions Jeremy had been using some stealth transports (a deceiver in the transport stealth's the transport) to move his troops to the outside  of the UEF holding centres of the Symbiont population as he could see the UEF forces were busy holding the Symbionts in line to ensure they didn't riot out of control. The UEF Mech Marines had reinforced the guards at the centres with gauss cannons warning the symbionts to get back into line and executing those as an example to stay back, 30 men and women were shredded from the gauss cannons as the symbionts began to move back away from the wall of metal in fear as they could see that some of their brothers and sisters who were still alive from the gauss rounds only receiving shots in the arms and legs even though they were still alive the rounds had torn the flesh to ribbons and the bones shattered from the impact they were left on the ground in their pain as the wall of death moved closer, some had gotten trampled by fellow symbionts as they were unable to move and the UEF mech marines  shot all those they didn't crush under their weight over the symbionts began to fall inline in fear of the light assault bots but they all knew they would be free soon, as their liberators were on planet preparing to take them from the UEF to a place where they can be as they choose as a people not a force of labour.

Jeremy's Intel on the area showed that the holding centres were all concentrated in the south of the cities, with his forces assembled on the outskirts of the UEF radar he ordered the distraction force to head towards the main UEF encampment to buy enough time for his infiltration groups to move in and secure the facilities, as the UEF moved to engage the approaching cybran task force the infiltration force encircled the few defenders that were left to patrol the encampments as the last defenders the symbionts had acquired civilian transports and were heading towards freedom as a transmission came from the lead transport.

"Hello commander can you hear me? My name is Jericho I have important information vital to doctor Brackmen." As the transmission was aired to the commander Jeremy relayed it to Dostya as she would be able to work with the information more than he could. "This is Elite Commander Dostya can you meet me at these coordinates." As she transmitted them to Jericho's transport she had sent a dragon fly transport to the coordinates for the pick up so she could get him to her base for debrief.

"Well this sect. is clear of UEF for now and we have moved the transports to the gates they should be safe by now I'm moving into support roles now awaiting further orders, Capt. Kickass OUT." As he transmitted this to Dostya and Twinkie he moved into the centre of his base with his forces on patrol routes and his factories producing a reserve army, Jeremy moved into his specialized ACU compartment behind the control pit where he had it configured into his own little retreat during combat and for awaiting orders it was like a home on the inside with a fully stocked fridge, a stove, microwave, nanolathe, TV, mini-bar, bed, and entertainment system along(ok I know this sound really weird for a machine of death but hey it's his personalized Acu so there are liberties with having one, along with the nanolathe to make anything he needs on hand other than food.) with the on board medical system that's wired into the pilot suit and chair. As Jeremy had finished securing the symbiont population on the eastern continent of Steven II, Dostya had rendezvoused with Jericho at her base where they could discuss the important information Jericho had acquired from the UEF, Twinkie was busy with the assaults from the Aeon and UEF fighting for control of the north western continent as he had yet to move on the symbiont centre to evacuate them from the battlefield as the Aeon destroyed all forces that tried to advance forward but the UEF have been reinforcing from the eastern continent as the aeon had been beaten from there and had moved towards the Northern continent where Doysta was given most of the Aeon Knights a heavy beating.

August 6 3842
Steven II 22:00 planet side.

With the battle of Steven II raging on for control of the major continents 2/3 of the Symbiont population had been evacuated and ¼ of the UEF population had been cleansed with 1/3 of the Aeon forces defeated while the UEF had lost ½ of their forces. With the UEF slowly been grinded down from the overwhelming forces of the Aeon invasion force.

"The UEF are being pushed back…we need more time to finish the extraction we cannot abandon them to these zealots!" Dostya transmitted over their secure channel. "Commander Jeremy! I need you to move your operations towards Commander Nick's NOW! Commander Jeremy! ...JEREMY!" Doysta was attempting to communicate with Jeremy but he had decided to take a nap after he had raided his fridge and having 25 taco's and 20 litres of Dr. Pepper (yes even after a thousand years it's still around) and had fallen asleep since he had controlled the continent and his forces were set to handle all enemy forces that entered radar range…he was effectively K.Oed…so it was up to Dostya and Twinkie to ensure the UEF could hold the line long enough to allow them to be able to extract their remaining brothers and sisters from the last continent where Twinkie was dealing with the last remaining UEF stronghold of 5 UEF Lieutenants standing off against 3 Knights and 4 Templar the UEF were heavily outnumbered from the Aeon being able to command a total force of 2350 units and the UEF were only able to 1250 their only advantage is that they held the main choke point towards the Aeon positions that they had to cross due to mass amounts of interceptors and AA defenses denying them from using transports to allow for flanking maneuvers, the UEF had been able to pool together their economy to produce 4 "Duke" Heavy Artillery allowing them to bombard the Aeon advances and allowing the Triad and plasma point defenses to clean the Aeon remaining forces with assistance from a patrol squad of "Pillar" tanks, "Flapjack" MML and "Sky box" AA flack artillery.

The Templar on the North Western continent had been taken multiple artillery strikes over the last 2 hours and have had their economy crashed multiple times the UEF on planet had been able to hold their tide of Cleansing fire from their "Obsidian" Heavy tank, "Evensong" MML and a few "Ascendant" AA flack artillery in case the UEF brought in Stinger gunships to attack the forward armour, the Templar had lost contact with all forces on the Eastern continent of Steven II figuring it was the UEF that had killed the 4 Knights that gated onto the continent little did they know that the UEF had been defeated on the Continent but had lost 2 Knights and the last of them were flanked by a swarm of T2 "Renegade" gunships quickly decimating the Aeon AA guns and focusing on the ACU's who were damaged from the battle with the last of the UEF commanders. Dostya was…"toying" with the last of the Aeon forces on the Northern continent the 4 Knights and 1 Templar had been reduced to 1 Templar who was latterly a bubbled…his shields had overlapped to form a giant bubble if looked at from a higher vantage point which Dostya had done with her "Gunther" T2 Artillery used this vantage point to continuously shell the enemy shields…the Templar had been trapped in is base for the past 3 hours and was unable to break through the enemies fortifications…his economy had been rendered dead…barley enough to hold the shields and only enough mass to repair 1 T2 "Shield of Light" at a time…Dostya was enjoying the fact she was torturing this Aeon Templar.

Twinkies forces had been assembled to confront the Aeon from the west of the Aeon forward assault against the UEF. Doing so will allow him to get forces though to get to the Symbiont Centres to extract them before the Aeon can regroup and push forward through their convoy line that they would set up to allow the Transports to safely get to the gates, the UEF had abandoned the positions around the centres after they had evacuated the civilians off planet long ago now the Symbionts were all that remained of the civilian presence on planet. Twinkie had prepared the civilian transports but he only had T1 transports for the job each holding only about 125 civilians when in an emergency they could hold about 210 pact into the transport which might occur here due to the Aeon military presence, the trucks would hang back as the armour moved up and cleared a path as the UEF forces were "Turtling" with their artillery targeting the Aeon infrastructure so they didn't have to worry about an artillery strike raining down on to his forces and the civilian transports even though he didn't have to worry with that he still use some deceiver mobile stealth generator to help them hide the transports from radar allowing them to get the civilians out safely.

"Dostya I need you to assault the Aeon position south of the centres pulling the Aeon away from the front to allow me to break through their lines to get the transports through." Twinkie stated as his strategy for moving the Symbionts from the centres was being set in motion and with the UEF being out numbered and taken a few of the Aeon knights  out would help them in the long run.

"Understood, I have a task force or gunships and transports moving in towards the Aeon positions they will be ready to move on your signal." She responded as her forces moved across the sea that separated the 2 continents it would take them around 2 hours to regroup on the continent in full formation before they could launch the assault but time was of no concern, all Aeon on the Northern continent and Eastern continent had been eliminated along with the UEF all enemy forces had been pushed back to the North Western continent where the Aeon have been trapped by both UEF and Cybran forces, with all things set in motion  all that was left was to wait.

August 7 3842
Steven II 00:00 planet side

Thanks to those Duke heavy artillery the Aeon lost around ½ their effective resource output and 2 knights and 2 Templar due to concentrated artillery output, while the Cybrans had finished preparations for a flanking assault on the Aeon to distract them long enough and cripple them enough so the UEF could drive them off the planet unless reinforcements where gated in and from the data transmitted from the Cybran Nodes UEF where assembling some commanders to reinforce here within the next hour but the problem was the Aeon has already sent 6 more Templar with 2 Knights each to purge this planet.   Hopefully the UEF will get here sooner than later with the Aeon reinforcements putting more pressure on the UEF, they had to put more focus into fighting them as the last of the Symbionts had been moved from the centres towards the gates unfortunately the Aeon where putting too much pressure on them to be able to safely gate out.

"This op has gone from bad to FUCKING HELL…why is the Aeon all of a sudden sending so many more commanders to this planet it only has standard resources and is a sub-standard gate world due to the Quantum Storms that form in this system. Even if they take this planet the UEF still have the other 4 and the moon bases they have set up to keep the system in their control." Twinkie yelled as the Aeon began assaulting their fire bases overwhelming the point defences with swarms of tanks and MML's.

"They must really need this planet to stage their operations for more assaults into UEF space along with a few of our outer worlds. Those are the only options I can get from what they are doing." Dostya responded as her forward firebase was overrun and destroyed from the aeon, she was busy with 2 Templar and 4 Knights, 3 Templar and 6 Knights had gated onto the Eastern Continent and 1 Templar 2 Knights had gated onto the North Western continent and reinforced the  knight and 2 Templar remaining from the initial assault. "We will have to help the UEF all we can…as much as I hate saying it…the UEF must win this fight."
"I understand that we need to hold them off until the UEF gate in more reinforcements the hour it will fell like hours." Nick added as his forces began to pull back from the Firebases and regroup at a new defensive line that he was rapidly being fabricated with his army filling in gaps where point defenses would be inefficient.  With the waves of Aeon armor and aircraft colliding on all continents it would seem that the UEF and Cybrans had formed…a silent truce for the moment…a very fragile truce but a truce none ales for the Aeon were too many for either faction to currently hold out against.

"I never thought I'd see the day we would HAVE to side with the UEF, then again I said the UEF were all idiots…go figure." Jeremy added from his cock pit as the Aeon forces clashed with UEF and Cybrans alike across a continental defence line formed from the ashes of UEF and some Aeon bases as they had been cleared and are now being used for excess mass and cover as the armies clashed and constantly changed sides as the clashed trying to get the upper-hand, the combined fire of the UEF and Cybrans has been enough to stem the tide of battle into a stalemate with neither side able to overwhelm the other but as time goes on the battle fatigue will catch up to those in constant combat as the surviving UEF commanders that had held the planet have begun getting sloppy with their tactics and forces, the UEF only will need to hold for another hour as the techs at Typhon IV  were having some troubles with the quantum realm with all the destructive energies from the battle of Steven II they would need to recalibrate the gate to get the reinforcements to Steven II as Corporal Dreads was awaiting the gate to be recalibrated so he could bring his battle group of 5  lieutenants and 3 Captains to bare against the Aeon on Steven II for they could with time push the Aeon out of the sector for as the Aeon were attacking Steven II they had sent more strikes on Camaron and Slekon III as well as Camaron's main moon as it was habitable thanks to terraforming in 3428 ( it's size is around ½ times that of earths thus allowing it to become habitable with some help) this lead to it being a sensor outpost relaying all battle information throughout the system and to UEF command.
With the forces moving on with all weapons firing away as laser and plasma, missiles and AA flak was exchanged all across the planet along with heavy air support and artillery strikes dealing considerable amounts of damage as the battles raged on.

Steven II 01:38 planet side

"Why are we even still helping these UEF fanatics we have all the Symbionts and who cares if the Aeon take an advantage here we could use the time with Aeon forces being used on this system." Twinkie exclaimed over the secure channel as his forces were taken considerable losses as they were getting pushed back.
"If we don't then the UEF are more likely to withdrawal from this system and leave it to the Aeon thus allowing the Aeon to hit into our territories and the UEF will start to move into our territories to get a better gate access via closer quadrants as well as trying to encircle the system and assault the Aeon with overwhelming forces." Dostya responded as she tapped into the UEF channels as they were nearly able to gate in their reinforcements to Steven II through the Interference from all weapons unleashing mass amounts of energy, the countdown timer from  the UEF communications indicate they only need to hold for another 20 minutes until they gate in, this would be relatively difficult for the Aeon had begun taking more ground as the UEF on planet were unable to mount an effective offensive and with the UEF forces fallen back thus the Aeon were able to encircle and flank the enemy lines and overwhelm the point defences and mobile forces tasked with defence of the lines. All across Steven II the Aeon had been pushing the defensive line back to have gain considerable ground as they had all major city centres and production facilities(still function as most had been taken out from wrecks and artillery) and the UEF and Cybran's had been forced into their bases with only around 6 minutes left until reinforcements would arrive allowing the Cybrans to recall out of this hell hole of a planet where they have spent the last few hours inconstant war-fare…well except Jeremy who was lucky enough or lazy enough to catch some more sleep earlier and was still in heavy combat and beginning to show battle fatigue just as Dostya and Twinkie who have had more than enough of their share of close calls from gunship swarms and artillery strikes  heavily damaging their ACU.

As the Aeon pressed their attacks Jeremy had transported himself with most of his army to Dostya forward firebase she had retaken and he was now given support with whatever was left of his army of rhino's, viper's and some banger's as he reinforced the defense and repaired some forces and started to build some infrastructure to support their forces, Nick was having better luck as the UEF were doing better holding their lines as he sent strike forces into the fray of fanatic religious commanders and their forces. As the forces collided quantum gates became active and the UEF reinforcements had arrived only a few minutes, late as they came through the gate the UEF commander broadcasted this on a channel.

"The cavalry has arrived BITCHES and WE HAVE BROUGHT THEIR DESTRUCTION AND CHICO'S TACO'S!!!!!!!! NOW FORWARD MEN I want the defensive lines reinforced and the Aeon lines smashed into rubble. This is Corporal Fluffy Dreads and today is the day you will die on this planet! " This was the Speech that he gave to his troops to help boost some moral to those still alive for he commended them for their defense and now they could push the Aeon back and hopefully off the planet and the system, as he gave this speech every commander face-palmed at the epic fail of a speech that this supposed old man (only 69 not really that old but considered by most since many died before they reached their 40's in the UEF) as he gave the speech even the enemy stopped and face-palmed as they laugh their asses off at the man name and his words.

"All right boys now that they are here began evacuation towards my position for recall to Minerva for debrief and some word on what Jericho found out." Dostya ordered the two commanders to get their asses to her base as she had a "Summoner" quantum gate that Drake had got a lock on and was awaiting their recall back to Cybran controlled space as he was on Procyon working with other commanders in the field. The route towards the gate was a living hell as the "truce" seemed to have ended as the UEF starting shelling the Cybran positions with mass artillery fire thus leaving them a complete wreck, this was within acceptable loss as the commanders were leaving their forces on search and destroy all enemy targets as for when they gated out they would be left to kill any forces that entered their perimeter so that neither side could obtain Cybran tech.

"Damn these UEF, we need to get off this planet before they bombard the gate and unfortunately for us we are outnumbered and outgunned currently as our position is surrounded on all side from UEF and Aeon advancing inwards towards us." Nick stated towards his fellow Cybrans as they had all arrived intact well Jeremy had taken a few shells to his Acu and armour regeneration was going slowly but repairing still, Nick had taken a few TML's to his back as he was heading towards the gate and Dostya was still in decent shape only minor damage from some transports and aircraft crashing into her Acu.
"Jeremy you will proceed through this gate immediately we will be behind you momentarily." Dostya stated as she had prepared a Liberator strategic missile launcher with all her economy going to make 3 missiles, she set it to launch all three, one to each side of her base as the enemy was advance from both directions and the third on itself to get any stragglers that making get through the others and destroy most of the base infrastructure as she had reclaimed most of it thus leaving only enough to build the missiles.

"See ya on the other side Dostya." Nick stated as his Acu had entered the gate and was transported to Minerva where he saw the techs helping Jeremy out of his Acu as he had taken some damage from the missiles thus some of the plating had fractured inwards resulting in crushing his right arm and leg resulting in a fracture in his leg and some fractures in his arm that would be healed in a day or two so no worry there they were just awaiting the medics for transport so he could get looked at to get everything fixed up and make sure there were no complications that the system might have missed due to damage to the system. Dostya was still on planet awaiting final set up for the remain forces on planet as Jeremiahs forces had been annihilated when he moved through the gate Twinkie had left his main base which had been over-run when the UEF decided to end the truce and had bombarded it when the Aeon made a major push on his position so she had a fire base that Twinkie had setup prior to extraction.

As she set the launcher for time launch as she head towards the gate having it set to launch 1 minute after she left the planet and got to Minerva, this was a risky gamble as if the launcher was under concentrated fire then it would be unable to deliver all nukes effectively as her trap would be ruined.

As she enter the gate the sequence began its countdown to launch and her forces prioritized all gunships, bombers, and artillery units near the effective range of their guns, the shield generators around the launcher would any of the heavy artillery designate it as a target, as she gated to Minerva the timer reached zero the strategic missile launcher fired its three warheads at the designated points as the warheads neared their targets most of the Aeon and UEF forces that tried to encircle the base had been trapped between each nuclear missile thus a huge amount of Aeon and UEF units were utterly annihilated those that survived the explosions and the EMP effect were either brought back to their respective forces or were picked off. Whatever was left of the Cybran forces on planet were quickly dealt with all Cybran forces on Steven II were destroyed thus leaving the UEF and Aeon to the planet to any able to take the planet and system to the victor the system and all resources in it as well as a foot hold into UEF territory.

"Welcome to Minerva Dostya."  Were the words that she heard as her Acu had entered the gate complex, she could see that Nick and Jeremy's Acu's were docked and under repairs and some upgrades were added into them as they requested some enhancements to their specialized Acu's as they constantly would field test some of the Cybran nations R&D.

"Ah Renner Anores didn't realize you were working on Minerva? Last I heard you were on Serao Santaris what happened to bring you here?" Dostya stated as her Acu had docked and was under repairs as she left it from the cockpit.

"I was transferred here by Dr.Brackmen a few weeks ago. Last I heard the Aeon were assaulting the planet but we sent some commanders to ensure the planet would stay in our control the system seems to be mostly ignored they only wanted Serao Santaris, it seems a little strange for the Aeon to launch an assault on the planet it only has average resources and is on the fringes of the Aeon and Cybran border." Renner responded to Dostya as they walked toward the communication rooms for their debriefing of the op.

"Where is Jermey?" Dostya asked as she entered the room seeing Nick in his Heavy Cybran armour waiting for them in a chair relaxing after the op.

"He is currently being treated for his crushed arm and fractured leg, his Acu took a few too many missiles and unit wreckage resulting in his arm and leg getting fractured and his arm crushed under the plating indenting inwards on him." Nick answered as he got up and head towards the door to find some food and get out of his armour as he hadn't had any real food in hours and he could use a shower from all the combat to relax and get clean.

"Alright we will give the debriefing via network when he is available." Dostya stated to Nick as he passed her out of the room so she decided to do the same as she left Renner to his duties as the Head Researcher of the R&D labs here on Minerva when Dr.Brackmen was off planet.

"I'll see ya around Renner glad to see you made it here before the Aeon could get you, take care." Was the last words she gave him as he was busy studying some of the data on Aeon/UEF forces from the three commanders Acu black boxes for his research. As she exited the communications room she caught up with Nick as they were heading in the same direction they all had homes on Minerva as it was considered a second home to most Symbionts but it was Jeremiahs home he was born here and had a place of his own with all his stuff, they came to the transport hub were they caught a airbus to get them to their individual places Dostya was heading to her place near the southern edge of the city of Aachen and Nick headed to Jeremiahs place in the Downtown area of the city were Jeremy was currently heading to as he was released from the medics all he need was some rest and some applications of some regenerative treatment to get his arm and leg fixed his arm allowed him to move with no problems as it helped support his arm to make sure it stayed in alignment and help his leg from snapping from the weight of the armour  and the fracture causing it to falter all in all everything turned out well and they could get some R&R now as their op was finished thus the nation had rescued some more Symbionts to a home they could be free in away from the tyranny of the UEF and fanatic fury of the Aeon.

The battle of Steven II would last for 5 days more after the cybrans had left the system but it would still be under constant warfare as it would be 5 weeks before the Aeon stopped their assault on the system as the UEF had held the system after losing over 15 low ranking commanders and 7 officers along with a few hundred of thousand civilian losses in exchange for 18 Knight commanders and 8 Templars the UEF had held and now for the few days after the battle of Steven II the battle nets were quite as the UEF and Aeon had spent so many resources on the system that time would be required to bolster forces and with this the UEF began extensive fortifications on their border colonies to prepare for any and all opposition from the Aeon and if be the Cybrans.

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August 6 3842
Steven II 18:00 planet side.
As the commanders gated in each was designated to 1 of the 3 major continents on planet for the vast majority of the populace that was symbionts where being held in the major city centers where the symbiont are being held in industrial complexes for the UEF citizens on planet. Twinkie got the North Western continent, Jeremy the Easter most continent and Dostya got the Northern one.

As each commander reached their designated QLZ commanders Nick and Jeremy were being hailed on a secure channel. "Begin standard liberation procedures until I give you further orders. Understood?" Dostya commanded in a military fashion. "Understood Dostya we will begin standard operations now. Nick out." Nick replied as the comm. Channel closed. "Alright Captain Kickass you handle the economy I'll hand the military alright?" Nick said to his long-time friend and brother, "Alright I'll get to work on the mass extractors in my area and build some power generators to start of your factories just warn me when we get spotted by UEF patrols in the area, also I'm going to need you to supply yourself with some mass extractors and power generators yourself don't get too reliant on me I got my own problems to the North theirs a massive amount of UEF forces there and I won't be able to supply you and myself if I come under assault alright Twinkie?" Jeremy said with an ending sarcastic tone in his voice. "Yeah yeah whatever just cause you were right about the artillery on Percies IV and saved my ass doesn't mean you're going to do it here." He replied with a whatever tone in his voice.
As the commanders were setting up their bases the Aeon and UEF were in the heat of battle, the explosions and wrecks of units could be heard and seen in the distance as the forces collided the UEF unfortunately are outnumbered by the 10 commanders on planet compared to the 16 that the Aeon had sent to take the planet from the UEF to either convert the populace…aka "brainwashing" them to the WAY or slaughtering them out right with their forces. "I bet if Inferno was on planet he probably could beat the Aeon back and keep the planet in their control, I'm sure the UEF will hold the planet but they will need to reinforce this planet." Jeremy stated with a wonder as to what has happened to him since he was returned to Pieces IV "I'm sure he's just getting repaired, debriefed on what has happened to him and last maybe a few days of R&R." Dostya added as they were broadcasting on a cybran secure channel.

As all their bases where up to tech 2 efficiency they began to produce mass tank columns of Rhino tanks with Viper MML and some Banger's for air defence in case there be more air forces then could be handled by the Prowler interceptors looming over-head "Ah now then we need to tap into the UEF communications…sensors indicate there is a tech 2 radar to your south Nick clear the forces at the radar and capture it, Dostya out." As the channel was closed Nick's flying eye spy plane returned with Intel on the UEF positions guarding the radar along with a medium fire-base to the west and south of its position, the fire-base's ran a defensive line of 4 triad point defense 3 D-1 plasma turrets protecting it from the air was 6 tech2 anti-air flak artillery. "Well this will be interesting…hey Captain Kickass keep your eyes out for enemy counter attacks, I'm beginning my assault on the fire-bases around the radar should only be a few minutes.

As the rumble of treads moving across the desert sands onto the plateau where the radar defenders were stationed, enemy scorcher bombers spotted the massive clouds of dust forming behind the columns of cybran forces began strafing runs on the massed columns of vehicles marching onto the plateau as they unleashed their dual particle cannon's, TM's and some flak shells releasing hell on the bombers, UEF patrols and defenders as they rolled up to the centre of the plateau blasting the point defences of the fire-bases. As all the vipers focused on the point defences a swarm of stinger gunships appeared on radar as the swooped in on the vipers haven the bangers distracted by the scorchers who unfortunately were being picked apart in droves as the flack shells damage was too much for the fragile bombers to do more than one run on the AA units, with the bombers disposed of the bangers moved into support the viper ML as the gunships seemed to be haven some trouble with some prowlers distracting them from the ground forces, as the Flak from the bangers ripped into the Stingers the remaining defences of the fire-bases were decimated as the Rhino tanks moved into a defensive position on the plateau as a T2 Dragon Fly Transport brought a T2 engineer  to capture the SA2 – 2000 radar system and build on top of the UEF's fire-bases to ensure the area was defended from future counter-assaults.
As the defences finished setting up the engineer captured the radar system, with the columns of tanks being repaired along with the bangers and vipers they began patrol operations on the outer border of the operational area of the base.

"Commander's I have seen the reports from the UEF channels, they are being pushed back heavily but are keeping the Aeon distracted this will keep them from interfering too much with our operations, the Liberation signal has been broadcasted to all symbionts in planet and are ready for extraction as soon as we rescue them." Dostya said over the channel. "Intel says there is a high quantity of mass deposits to your north Nick, the UEF have a heavy patrol on the area with T3 mass extractors…take the deposits will help our efforts on the planet, secure them as soon as possible I need the extra mass for my armies I am currently preparing a force to counter the Aeon commander to my east and Jeremy is unable to assist me right now due to UEF forces assaulting his positions so I need you to secure those deposits to help bolster my production." "I'll have my forces get right on it…as soon as I can..." Nick commented with a joking intent but failing as she did not find it amusing…she never found anything…amusing…that was known to man at least for now.

As the columns of armoured tanks moves into the outer perimeter of Nick's base they were reinforced with rocket bots and some more vipers to replace the forces lost during the assault on the plateau to secure the radar installation since the bulk of the rhino tanks had survived and been repaired now for them to move forward and engage the UEF patrols as soon as the "Flying Eye" scout returned from its recon of the area to the north of the base.

The scout's data was reported back but the plane was shot down by cyclone's patrolling the immediate area so the go ahead was given to the forces on the ground to begin clearing the area of the UEF forces guarding the mass deposits, the tank and rocket bots went ahead of the vipers and bangers to secure ground superiority before the TML's moved in shortly after word to assist with any threats that required more powerful weaponry. The tanks were met by a squad of Pillar T2 tanks and Mongoose T2 assault bots ad the gauss cannons on the pillars opened fire, a bombardment of heavy fragmentation grenades from the mongooses along with their rapid fire Gatling plasma cannon laid siege onto the advancing Cybran forces as soon as they got in range of the pillar tanks a group of Flapjack TML's opened fire onto the rocket bots in the rear of the attacking forces. The TM's did a toll on the rocket bots as they advanced closer to the UEF tanks for mongooses had been bombarding the tanks so they were able to get a relatively straight path to them due to the tanks trying to avoid the AOE of the grenades as the bots opened fire on the tanks the mongooses began to fall from the tanks concentrating their fire on them, the tanks began cooking off from all the fire they took and the forces moved on to the mass deposits themselves destroying the mass pumps the UEF had built on them as the tanks destroyed the mass pumps Twinkie sent 3 T2 engineers and a group of bangers and rhinos to ensure they didn't get ambushed by air units or more armoured forces as the engineers arrived the started construction on their own mass pumps along with some mass storage units to help with the economy and increase output of mass as well as some base defences in case the UEF got the bright idea of taking it back for now.

As Twinkies forces were engaging UEF positions Jeremy had been using some stealth transports (a deceiver in the transport stealth's the transport) to move his troops to the outside  of the UEF holding centres of the Symbiont population as he could see the UEF forces were busy holding the Symbionts in line to ensure they didn't riot out of control. The UEF Mech Marines had reinforced the guards at the centres with gauss cannons warning the symbionts to get back into line and executing those as an example to stay back, 30 men and women were shredded from the gauss cannons as the symbionts began to move back away from the wall of metal in fear as they could see that some of their brothers and sisters who were still alive from the gauss rounds only receiving shots in the arms and legs even though they were still alive the rounds had torn the flesh to ribbons and the bones shattered from the impact they were left on the ground in their pain as the wall of death moved closer, some had gotten trampled by fellow symbionts as they were unable to move and the UEF mech marines  shot all those they didn't crush under their weight over the symbionts began to fall inline in fear of the light assault bots but they all knew they would be free soon, as their liberators were on planet preparing to take them from the UEF to a place where they can be as they choose as a people not a force of labour.

Jeremy's Intel on the area showed that the holding centres were all concentrated in the south of the cities, with his forces assembled on the outskirts of the UEF radar he ordered the distraction force to head towards the main UEF encampment to buy enough time for his infiltration groups to move in and secure the facilities, as the UEF moved to engage the approaching cybran task force the infiltration force encircled the few defenders that were left to patrol the encampments as the last defenders the symbionts had acquired civilian transports and were heading towards freedom as a transmission came from the lead transport.

"Hello commander can you hear me? My name is Jericho I have important information vital to doctor Brackmen." As the transmission was aired to the commander Jeremy relayed it to Dostya as she would be able to work with the information more than he could. "This is Elite Commander Dostya can you meet me at these coordinates." As she transmitted them to Jericho's transport she had sent a dragon fly transport to the coordinates for the pick up so she could get him to her base for debrief.

"Well this sect. is clear of UEF for now and we have moved the transports to the gates they should be safe by now I'm moving into support roles now awaiting further orders, Capt. Kickass OUT." As he transmitted this to Dostya and Twinkie he moved into the centre of his base with his forces on patrol routes and his factories producing a reserve army, Jeremy moved into his specialized ACU compartment behind the control pit where he had it configured into his own little retreat during combat and for awaiting orders it was like a home on the inside with a fully stocked fridge, a stove, microwave, nanolathe, TV, mini-bar, bed, and entertainment system along(ok I know this sound really weird for a machine of death but hey it's his personalized Acu so there are liberties with having one, along with the nanolathe to make anything he needs on hand other than food.) with the on board medical system that's wired into the pilot suit and chair. As Jeremy had finished securing the symbiont population on the eastern continent of Steven II, Dostya had rendezvoused with Jericho at her base where they could discuss the important information Jericho had acquired from the UEF, Twinkie was busy with the assaults from the Aeon and UEF fighting for control of the north western continent as he had yet to move on the symbiont centre to evacuate them from the battlefield as the Aeon destroyed all forces that tried to advance forward but the UEF have been reinforcing from the eastern continent as the aeon had been beaten from there and had moved towards the Northern continent where Doysta was given most of the Aeon Knights a heavy beating.

August 6 3842
Steven II 22:00 planet side.

With the battle of Steven II raging on for control of the major continents 2/3 of the Symbiont population had been evacuated and ¼ of the UEF population had been cleansed with 1/3 of the Aeon forces defeated while the UEF had lost ½ of their forces. With the UEF slowly been grinded down from the overwhelming forces of the Aeon invasion force.

"The UEF are being pushed back…we need more time to finish the extraction we cannot abandon them to these zealots!" Dostya transmitted over their secure channel. "Commander Jeremy! I need you to move your operations towards Commander Nick's NOW! Commander Jeremy! ...JEREMY!" Doysta was attempting to communicate with Jeremy but he had decided to take a nap after he had raided his fridge and having 25 taco's and 20 litres of Dr. Pepper (yes even after a thousand years it's still around) and had fallen asleep since he had controlled the continent and his forces were set to handle all enemy forces that entered radar range…he was effectively K.Oed…so it was up to Dostya and Twinkie to ensure the UEF could hold the line long enough to allow them to be able to extract their remaining brothers and sisters from the last continent where Twinkie was dealing with the last remaining UEF stronghold of 5 UEF Lieutenants standing off against 3 Knights and 4 Templar the UEF were heavily outnumbered from the Aeon being able to command a total force of 2350 units and the UEF were only able to 1250 their only advantage is that they held the main choke point towards the Aeon positions that they had to cross due to mass amounts of interceptors and AA defenses denying them from using transports to allow for flanking maneuvers, the UEF had been able to pool together their economy to produce 4 "Duke" Heavy Artillery allowing them to bombard the Aeon advances and allowing the Triad and plasma point defenses to clean the Aeon remaining forces with assistance from a patrol squad of "Pillar" tanks, "Flapjack" MML and "Sky box" AA flack artillery.

The Templar on the North Western continent had been taken multiple artillery strikes over the last 2 hours and have had their economy crashed multiple times the UEF on planet had been able to hold their tide of Cleansing fire from their "Obsidian" Heavy tank, "Evensong" MML and a few "Ascendant" AA flack artillery in case the UEF brought in Stinger gunships to attack the forward armour, the Templar had lost contact with all forces on the Eastern continent of Steven II figuring it was the UEF that had killed the 4 Knights that gated onto the continent little did they know that the UEF had been defeated on the Continent but had lost 2 Knights and the last of them were flanked by a swarm of T2 "Renegade" gunships quickly decimating the Aeon AA guns and focusing on the ACU's who were damaged from the battle with the last of the UEF commanders. Dostya was…"toying" with the last of the Aeon forces on the Northern continent the 4 Knights and 1 Templar had been reduced to 1 Templar who was latterly a bubbled…his shields had overlapped to form a giant bubble if looked at from a higher vantage point which Dostya had done with her "Gunther" T2 Artillery used this vantage point to continuously shell the enemy shields…the Templar had been trapped in is base for the past 3 hours and was unable to break through the enemies fortifications…his economy had been rendered dead…barley enough to hold the shields and only enough mass to repair 1 T2 "Shield of Light" at a time…Dostya was enjoying the fact she was torturing this Aeon Templar.

Twinkies forces had been assembled to confront the Aeon from the west of the Aeon forward assault against the UEF. Doing so will allow him to get forces though to get to the Symbiont Centres to extract them before the Aeon can regroup and push forward through their convoy line that they would set up to allow the Transports to safely get to the gates, the UEF had abandoned the positions around the centres after they had evacuated the civilians off planet long ago now the Symbionts were all that remained of the civilian presence on planet. Twinkie had prepared the civilian transports but he only had T1 transports for the job each holding only about 125 civilians when in an emergency they could hold about 210 pact into the transport which might occur here due to the Aeon military presence, the trucks would hang back as the armour moved up and cleared a path as the UEF forces were "Turtling" with their artillery targeting the Aeon infrastructure so they didn't have to worry about an artillery strike raining down on to his forces and the civilian transports even though he didn't have to worry with that he still use some deceiver mobile stealth generator to help them hide the transports from radar allowing them to get the civilians out safely.

"Dostya I need you to assault the Aeon position south of the centres pulling the Aeon away from the front to allow me to break through their lines to get the transports through." Twinkie stated as his strategy for moving the Symbionts from the centres was being set in motion and with the UEF being out numbered and taken a few of the Aeon knights  out would help them in the long run.

"Understood, I have a task force or gunships and transports moving in towards the Aeon positions they will be ready to move on your signal." She responded as her forces moved across the sea that separated the 2 continents it would take them around 2 hours to regroup on the continent in full formation before they could launch the assault but time was of no concern, all Aeon on the Northern continent and Eastern continent had been eliminated along with the UEF all enemy forces had been pushed back to the North Western continent where the Aeon have been trapped by both UEF and Cybran forces, with all things set in motion  all that was left was to wait.

August 7 3842
Steven II 00:00 planet side

Thanks to those Duke heavy artillery the Aeon lost around ½ their effective resource output and 2 knights and 2 Templar due to concentrated artillery output, while the Cybrans had finished preparations for a flanking assault on the Aeon to distract them long enough and cripple them enough so the UEF could drive them off the planet unless reinforcements where gated in and from the data transmitted from the Cybran Nodes UEF where assembling some commanders to reinforce here within the next hour but the problem was the Aeon has already sent 6 more Templar with 2 Knights each to purge this planet.   Hopefully the UEF will get here sooner than later with the Aeon reinforcements putting more pressure on the UEF, they had to put more focus into fighting them as the last of the Symbionts had been moved from the centres towards the gates unfortunately the Aeon where putting too much pressure on them to be able to safely gate out.

"This op has gone from bad to FUCKING HELL…why is the Aeon all of a sudden sending so many more commanders to this planet it only has standard resources and is a sub-standard gate world due to the Quantum Storms that form in this system. Even if they take this planet the UEF still have the other 4 and the moon bases they have set up to keep the system in their control." Twinkie yelled as the Aeon began assaulting their fire bases overwhelming the point defences with swarms of tanks and MML's.

"They must really need this planet to stage their operations for more assaults into UEF space along with a few of our outer worlds. Those are the only options I can get from what they are doing." Dostya responded as her forward firebase was overrun and destroyed from the aeon, she was busy with 2 Templar and 4 Knights, 3 Templar and 6 Knights had gated onto the Eastern Continent and 1 Templar 2 Knights had gated onto the North Western continent and reinforced the  knight and 2 Templar remaining from the initial assault. "We will have to help the UEF all we can…as much as I hate saying it…the UEF must win this fight."
"I understand that we need to hold them off until the UEF gate in more reinforcements the hour it will fell like hours." Nick added as his forces began to pull back from the Firebases and regroup at a new defensive line that he was rapidly being fabricated with his army filling in gaps where point defenses would be inefficient.  With the waves of Aeon armor and aircraft colliding on all continents it would seem that the UEF and Cybrans had formed…a silent truce for the moment…a very fragile truce but a truce none ales for the Aeon were too many for either faction to currently hold out against.

"I never thought I'd see the day we would HAVE to side with the UEF, then again I said the UEF were all idiots…go figure." Jeremy added from his cock pit as the Aeon forces clashed with UEF and Cybrans alike across a continental defence line formed from the ashes of UEF and some Aeon bases as they had been cleared and are now being used for excess mass and cover as the armies clashed and constantly changed sides as the clashed trying to get the upper-hand, the combined fire of the UEF and Cybrans has been enough to stem the tide of battle into a stalemate with neither side able to overwhelm the other but as time goes on the battle fatigue will catch up to those in constant combat as the surviving UEF commanders that had held the planet have begun getting sloppy with their tactics and forces, the UEF only will need to hold for another hour as the techs at Typhon IV  were having some troubles with the quantum realm with all the destructive energies from the battle of Steven II they would need to recalibrate the gate to get the reinforcements to Steven II as Corporal Dreads was awaiting the gate to be recalibrated so he could bring his battle group of 5  lieutenants and 3 Captains to bare against the Aeon on Steven II for they could with time push the Aeon out of the sector for as the Aeon were attacking Steven II they had sent more strikes on Camaron and Slekon III as well as Camaron's main moon as it was habitable thanks to terraforming in 3428 ( it's size is around ½ times that of earths thus allowing it to become habitable with some help) this lead to it being a sensor outpost relaying all battle information throughout the system and to UEF command.
With the forces moving on with all weapons firing away as laser and plasma, missiles and AA flak was exchanged all across the planet along with heavy air support and artillery strikes dealing considerable amounts of damage as the battles raged on.

Steven II 01:38 planet side

"Why are we even still helping these UEF fanatics we have all the Symbionts and who cares if the Aeon take an advantage here we could use the time with Aeon forces being used on this system." Twinkie exclaimed over the secure channel as his forces were taken considerable losses as they were getting pushed back.
"If we don't then the UEF are more likely to withdrawal from this system and leave it to the Aeon thus allowing the Aeon to hit into our territories and the UEF will start to move into our territories to get a better gate access via closer quadrants as well as trying to encircle the system and assault the Aeon with overwhelming forces." Dostya responded as she tapped into the UEF channels as they were nearly able to gate in their reinforcements to Steven II through the Interference from all weapons unleashing mass amounts of energy, the countdown timer from  the UEF communications indicate they only need to hold for another 20 minutes until they gate in, this would be relatively difficult for the Aeon had begun taking more ground as the UEF on planet were unable to mount an effective offensive and with the UEF forces fallen back thus the Aeon were able to encircle and flank the enemy lines and overwhelm the point defences and mobile forces tasked with defence of the lines. All across Steven II the Aeon had been pushing the defensive line back to have gain considerable ground as they had all major city centres and production facilities(still function as most had been taken out from wrecks and artillery) and the UEF and Cybran's had been forced into their bases with only around 6 minutes left until reinforcements would arrive allowing the Cybrans to recall out of this hell hole of a planet where they have spent the last few hours inconstant war-fare…well except Jeremy who was lucky enough or lazy enough to catch some more sleep earlier and was still in heavy combat and beginning to show battle fatigue just as Dostya and Twinkie who have had more than enough of their share of close calls from gunship swarms and artillery strikes  heavily damaging their ACU.

As the Aeon pressed their attacks Jeremy had transported himself with most of his army to Dostya forward firebase she had retaken and he was now given support with whatever was left of his army of rhino's, viper's and some banger's as he reinforced the defense and repaired some forces and started to build some infrastructure to support their forces, Nick was having better luck as the UEF were doing better holding their lines as he sent strike forces into the fray of fanatic religious commanders and their forces. As the forces collided quantum gates became active and the UEF reinforcements had arrived only a few minutes, late as they came through the gate the UEF commander broadcasted this on a channel.

"The cavalry has arrived BITCHES and WE HAVE BROUGHT THEIR DESTRUCTION AND CHICO'S TACO'S!!!!!!!! NOW FORWARD MEN I want the defensive lines reinforced and the Aeon lines smashed into rubble. This is Corporal Fluffy Dreads and today is the day you will die on this planet! " This was the Speech that he gave to his troops to help boost some moral to those still alive for he commended them for their defense and now they could push the Aeon back and hopefully off the planet and the system, as he gave this speech every commander face-palmed at the epic fail of a speech that this supposed old man (only 69 not really that old but considered by most since many died before they reached their 40's in the UEF) as he gave the speech even the enemy stopped and face-palmed as they laugh their asses off at the man name and his words.

"All right boys now that they are here began evacuation towards my position for recall to Minerva for debrief and some word on what Jericho found out." Dostya ordered the two commanders to get their asses to her base as she had a "Summoner" quantum gate that Drake had got a lock on and was awaiting their recall back to Cybran controlled space as he was on Procyon working with other commanders in the field. The route towards the gate was a living hell as the "truce" seemed to have ended as the UEF starting shelling the Cybran positions with mass artillery fire thus leaving them a complete wreck, this was within acceptable loss as the commanders were leaving their forces on search and destroy all enemy targets as for when they gated out they would be left to kill any forces that entered their perimeter so that neither side could obtain Cybran tech.

"Damn these UEF, we need to get off this planet before they bombard the gate and unfortunately for us we are outnumbered and outgunned currently as our position is surrounded on all side from UEF and Aeon advancing inwards towards us." Nick stated towards his fellow Cybrans as they had all arrived intact well Jeremy had taken a few shells to his Acu and armour regeneration was going slowly but repairing still, Nick had taken a few TML's to his back as he was heading towards the gate and Dostya was still in decent shape only minor damage from some transports and aircraft crashing into her Acu.
"Jeremy you will proceed through this gate immediately we will be behind you momentarily." Dostya stated as she had prepared a Liberator strategic missile launcher with all her economy going to make 3 missiles, she set it to launch all three, one to each side of her base as the enemy was advance from both directions and the third on itself to get any stragglers that making get through the others and destroy most of the base infrastructure as she had reclaimed most of it thus leaving only enough to build the missiles.

"See ya on the other side Dostya." Nick stated as his Acu had entered the gate and was transported to Minerva where he saw the techs helping Jeremy out of his Acu as he had taken some damage from the missiles thus some of the plating had fractured inwards resulting in crushing his right arm and leg resulting in a fracture in his leg and some fractures in his arm that would be healed in a day or two so no worry there they were just awaiting the medics for transport so he could get looked at to get everything fixed up and make sure there were no complications that the system might have missed due to damage to the system. Dostya was still on planet awaiting final set up for the remain forces on planet as Jeremiahs forces had been annihilated when he moved through the gate Twinkie had left his main base which had been over-run when the UEF decided to end the truce and had bombarded it when the Aeon made a major push on his position so she had a fire base that Twinkie had setup prior to extraction.

As she set the launcher for time launch as she head towards the gate having it set to launch 1 minute after she left the planet and got to Minerva, this was a risky gamble as if the launcher was under concentrated fire then it would be unable to deliver all nukes effectively as her trap would be ruined.

As she enter the gate the sequence began its countdown to launch and her forces prioritized all gunships, bombers, and artillery units near the effective range of their guns, the shield generators around the launcher would any of the heavy artillery designate it as a target, as she gated to Minerva the timer reached zero the strategic missile launcher fired its three warheads at the designated points as the warheads neared their targets most of the Aeon and UEF forces that tried to encircle the base had been trapped between each nuclear missile thus a huge amount of Aeon and UEF units were utterly annihilated those that survived the explosions and the EMP effect were either brought back to their respective forces or were picked off. Whatever was left of the Cybran forces on planet were quickly dealt with all Cybran forces on Steven II were destroyed thus leaving the UEF and Aeon to the planet to any able to take the planet and system to the victor the system and all resources in it as well as a foot hold into UEF territory.

"Welcome to Minerva Dostya."  Were the words that she heard as her Acu had entered the gate complex, she could see that Nick and Jeremy's Acu's were docked and under repairs and some upgrades were added into them as they requested some enhancements to their specialized Acu's as they constantly would field test some of the Cybran nations R&D.

"Ah Renner Anores didn't realize you were working on Minerva? Last I heard you were on Serao Santaris what happened to bring you here?" Dostya stated as her Acu had docked and was under repairs as she left it from the cockpit.

"I was transferred here by Dr.Brackmen a few weeks ago. Last I heard the Aeon were assaulting the planet but we sent some commanders to ensure the planet would stay in our control the system seems to be mostly ignored they only wanted Serao Santaris, it seems a little strange for the Aeon to launch an assault on the planet it only has average resources and is on the fringes of the Aeon and Cybran border." Renner responded to Dostya as they walked toward the communication rooms for their debriefing of the op.

"Where is Jermey?" Dostya asked as she entered the room seeing Nick in his Heavy Cybran armour waiting for them in a chair relaxing after the op.

"He is currently being treated for his crushed arm and fractured leg, his Acu took a few too many missiles and unit wreckage resulting in his arm and leg getting fractured and his arm crushed under the plating indenting inwards on him." Nick answered as he got up and head towards the door to find some food and get out of his armour as he hadn't had any real food in hours and he could use a shower from all the combat to relax and get clean.

"Alright we will give the debriefing via network when he is available." Dostya stated to Nick as he passed her out of the room so she decided to do the same as she left Renner to his duties as the Head Researcher of the R&D labs here on Minerva when Dr.Brackmen was off planet.

"I'll see ya around Renner glad to see you made it here before the Aeon could get you, take care." Was the last words she gave him as he was busy studying some of the data on Aeon/UEF forces from the three commanders Acu black boxes for his research. As she exited the communications room she caught up with Nick as they were heading in the same direction they all had homes on Minerva as it was considered a second home to most Symbionts but it was Jeremiahs home he was born here and had a place of his own with all his stuff, they came to the transport hub were they caught a airbus to get them to their individual places Dostya was heading to her place near the southern edge of the city of Aachen and Nick headed to Jeremiahs place in the Downtown area of the city were Jeremy was currently heading to as he was released from the medics all he need was some rest and some applications of some regenerative treatment to get his arm and leg fixed his arm allowed him to move with no problems as it helped support his arm to make sure it stayed in alignment and help his leg from snapping from the weight of the armour  and the fracture causing it to falter all in all everything turned out well and they could get some R&R now as their op was finished thus the nation had rescued some more Symbionts to a home they could be free in away from the tyranny of the UEF and fanatic fury of the Aeon.

The battle of Steven II would last for 5 days more after the cybrans had left the system but it would still be under constant warfare as it would be 5 weeks before the Aeon stopped their assault on the system as the UEF had held the system after losing over 15 low ranking commanders and 7 officers along with a few hundred of thousand civilian losses in exchange for 18 Knight commanders and 8 Templars the UEF had held and now for the few days after the battle of Steven II the battle nets were quite as the UEF and Aeon had spent so many resources on the system that time would be required to bolster forces and with this the UEF began extensive fortifications on their border colonies to prepare for any and all opposition from the Aeon and if be the Cybrans.