The Zincon Massacre
That was it. The moment that would decide the fate of Aridia and its inhabitants. The Citadel of Evil was fortified and fully prepared for defence against the Imperial Loyalist forces. All of Aridia, from young to old, watched the events at Zinkon. Religious Aridians spent their time in temples praying for Prince Seraghis and his followers, while non-religious ones spent their time in front of television screens watching Zinkon events live.
Prince Seraghis’ army arrived on the battlefield in captured Typhoon-class ships. The very same ships that were captured during suppression of slave revolts on planets controlled by the Amarr Empire. Many of these ships were stained with blood as they had been captured by Seraghis’s boarding stormtrooper teams.
The fleet of captured ships was supposed to demonstrate their strength and skill to the enemies of Khimi Harar. In addition, the Typhoon-class armada could fire missiles volleys so powerful that no spaceship could withstand it.
But there was more on the table. Evil… Evil lives in the hearts of all human beings, even in the heart of Seraghis himself. It only takes the right key to release it. Using kidnapping of close family members, the thugs of LowSechnaya Sholupen blackmailed and forced some members of the engineering teams that serviced the Khimi Harar ships to betray their alliance, their comrades, their friends… Many cruise missiles were secretely damaged, which ultimately led to the Khimi Harar’s defeat at the Second Battle of Zinkon.
Aridia's heart and spirit was broken that day.
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The Great War is over.
These last few weeks following the Massacre at Zinkon saw only minor skirmishes in Mayonhen. Lowsechnaya Sholupen destroyed Prince Seraghis’s Marauder class Flagship, Soliara III in Haimeh. There has been no further organized resistance. The Imperial Loyalists were simply no match for LSH alone.
Zaraevahr have refrained from public announcements for operational security.
In the silence following their defeat, their organization was thought to have been destroyed.
Instead, it is now reported that an organized withdrawal on a massive scale was taking place in secret. An enormous quantity of ships, personnel, supplies, and treasure have simply vanished.
Even Zaraevahr’s High Command Headquarters, the famous ‘Tet Hedu Ardanle’, was apparently safely unanchored in one final act of defiance.
Prince Seraghis formally transferred command of the Zinkon Fleet to Khimi Harar, forming a reserve force for use along the Minmatar border. He has reportedly abdicated his Board position and taken his veterans with him.
Relatives of Zaraevahr crewmen and station personnel claim that entire families have been relocated to a hidden world somewhere in Aridia, where apparently Seraghis has ruled a vast domain for some years. Perhaps here, Zaraevahr can rebuild and truly thrive.
For the surviving Ni-Kunni in Aridia, things are expected to return to normal.
What hope there was for prosperity have evaporated like rain in the desert.
Lowsechnaya Sholupen will forever necrotize these desolate lands.
Perhaps the Empire should amputate at Zinkon…
Let LSH fester in the emptiness they have created.
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