by Voipray Thu Oct 13, 2016 12:19 pm
After much intense fighting between the two most aggressive factions, The Guard and the Raiders, it was very apparent to the Republic that neither side had a noticeable advantage over the other. And so commander Valena made a decision that angered more than a few of her colleagues, they would propose an alliance with the Terran Guard to help crush La Mugre in an instant with their combined military might. It was a risky proposition given the Guard's unbelievable disdain for anything Republic. But if Valena wanted to ensure the raiders didn't steal the technology... she needed the aid of the Terrans. The message had been sent to the guard and they responded rather quickly, however... they would only negotiate if Valena herself came to their base to speak with the directly. "Ma'am you can't really be considering this?" her assistant said "I'm more than capable of dealing with these soldier boys, if they won't take unless they're safe at home then fine, I'll come to them." she said as she geared up and readied to head out.
She arrived at the Terran guard's military base with a small detachment of bodyguards in case the Terrans tried anything. She was greeted with a very strange sight, besides the usually scary looking soldiers in red power armor wielding high power weaponry she saw... Ivan. He was shirtless, golden dog tags hanging from his neck, he had several scars across his chest and two flag tattoos on each of his arms, one being the Russian flag and the other being the Terran Guard insignia. What was even more peculiar was he had a gorgeous woman under each of his arms, giggling and following with him as he walked over to Valena. "So... you're that republic girl scout I was told about. Well I'm afraid I'm all out of money for cookies." he said sarcastically. The guard pulled crap like this whenever they had to negotiate anything with the republic. Valena sighed and tried not to let his display bother her "Listen... You know exactly why I'm here, I've come to arrange an alliance between our forces." "And why would we help people like you eh? The Terran guard left the Republic so we don't have to deal with your bureaucratic bull shit anymore. In fact, I know a few of my guys who would be happy to fire on your blue asses. So why should we help you?" he asked, he clearly wasn't going to make this easy. "Well..." she thought she'd speak his language now "We've noticed the Raiders have been kicking your asses out there." she said with a smug smirk. Ivan was visibly hit by that, it was true... there was no way the Guard could win on it's own and given that they were losing to Raiders... it was a very embarrassing thing. Ivan told his girls to leave and then straightened out his back. "Alright... so we're in a tough spot, but you still didn't answer my question." "We need to raiders gone, you WANT the raiders gone. If we combine our forces we can wipe them off the map..." she said a grin. "I will admit, not have back up was an iffy thing from the start... but let me guess. You're here for that tech... aren't you..." he said accusingly "Well yes, we are." "You can't have that..." he said plainly "And what gives you the right to tell us tha-" "You remember seperus prime? The planet that got glassed because your 'researchers' didn't know that ancestor tech could wipe planets clean of life?" he said. Seperus prime was one of the biggest disasters in the Republic's history, researchers who were doing work on ancestor tech accidentally triggered a reaction that caused the powerful and unstable tech to release a nova that killed most of the life on the planet, even making the atmosphere toxic. "I... yes, I remember. But we're careful now, nothing like that will hap-" "I don't believe you, but fine.. you can have your alliance... but make no mistake, once the raiders are done with you are NOT getting that tech..." Valena sighed, that was as good an offer as she would get, she knew it meant declaring on the Terran guard later but at least she had their help for now. "Very well..." she said extending her hand to shake his.