Takamo Universe - The Five Galaxies

Olympus Mons News Service  September 21st, 2699  Red Sands, Mars      Admittedly disturbed by the news from the Northwestern Frontier, President Saitois hurrying her aboard the navy cruiser Ahmad Yani after scrapping plans for a more ceremonious landing at the New Annapolis Starbase in order to meet with the War Cabinet at Whitehook Stardrome in the event of renewed Naplian aggression.       The War Cabinet is awaiting the arrival of the president at Whitehook early tomorrow to brief him on the latest developments. Mr. Saito plans to study the War Cabinet reports while traveling to Camp Trevor in the Tharsis Uplands. After debarking from the Ahmad Yani at about 8 a.m. Olympus time zone (12 p.m. Eastern time zone - Earth) the president will first meet with General Andrew Watsal , his military attache, and Rear Admiral Russell Vess, the presidential physician. He is expected to stop long enough to hold a brief vid-conference wit...

Surprise! “To defeat Bonate, you have to accept that he is always one step ahead of you.” Admiral Ergen recalled his mentor’s advice as the alerts from his eastern pickets told him of that Bonate’s main force was smashing into his right flank.  Bonate’s Fleet Group had hooked around the right flank of the Terrans with the intention of capturing Dyla starsystem and then push directly east towards the Outland Colonies frontier. He did not need to defeat the Terrans, and he had no intention of squandering his strength in a decades-long campaign to snuff out the Terrans. Not yet. First, he would cut them off from their colonial allies and the despicable Briddarri. The Grissan Nast vanguard pushed into Dyla starsystem during a week-long fight that destroyed a significant part of Ergen’s cruiser force. By the end of the second week, Bonate’s ground forces had acquired most of the crucial surface objectives and the 842nd Dragge Division, supported by the surviving dreadnau...