Update 3: The New Era Begins!As we have suspected, Cpt.Hanzoku have met the elusive Romulans in the nebula. First contact has been established and as far as we were instructed, the Romulans have several colonies away from their homeworld. Another space-faring empire right at our neighbourhood.
Two weeks later we receive a Romulan envoy offering a non-aggression treaty. We have agreed to it.
I've also received envoys from Benzites, Zakdorn, and, suprisingly, Ktarians as well. Their governments have been talking to each other for a while and they are considering a formal creation of an alliance, which would include Earth as well. This caught us by surprise - merely half a year ago we were known as murderous xenophobes and suddenly we're on a brink of creation a neighbourly union.
It will take some time for preparations to be completed, because most of my government, with me included, have agreed to consider the proposal.
Some time later, Cardassians demand payment for their soldiers. We told them to pay from their own pockets. Also, we received the news that Lissepians became affiliates with the Romulans.
This requires new defense preparations in case of hostile intentions. USS Osiris as been sent to monitor Cardassian border from safe position, while two scouts under Cpt.Pisskop's command have been recalled to Sol for military training.
Cpt.Hanzoku was sent to Zakdorn, where it will meet with Cpt.Ebbro, commanding USS Polaris, our Soyuz-class destroyer. Sol production queue was changed slightly - I've nulled construction of several new universities for favor of quickened starship production. After the a scheduled colony ship is completed, our homeworld shipyards shall construct additional Centaur and Soyuz class vessels.
Two weeks later, Bolians accepted our affiliation treaty. Captain Pisskop and crew of USS Pegasus were taken from training duty and sent to scout the newly accesible sectors. Our hope rides with brave captain.
Our Internal Security agents have caught a Cardassian intelligence courier. Whilst previously we were only able to assume that Cardassians are spying on us, now we have a definite proof. Also, it will hinder hteir operations greatly.
Also today, USS Onizuka, a Centaur-class surveyor left the shipyards. Cpt.Pies took command of it and was tasked with joining USS Osiris in border monitoring duties.
Also, we noticed something disturbing on our southern border:
Romulans colonized a system close to Zakdorn and, if our sensor readings are correct, there's a colony ship in the Alpha Cygnus system as well. They have flanked Lissepia nicely but that's also the very border of Xepolite territory, the race we have started diplomatic negotiations some time ago.
Just one week later we received news of Romulan colony on Alpha Cygnus. Less official sources claim that Orions signed an affiliation treaty with the Cardassians.
Several days after that, USS Oberth, Centaur-class and name tribute to older vessel, have been launched from our shipyards. Commanded by Captain Greatorder, it was tasked with protection of our terraformers and colonists in the Alpha Hydri system.
At week 35, Cpt.Pisskop reports his ship is going through an large region of void.
Week later we got this.
As currently we have nothing to do with Orions, we must assume that it was Cardassians who have pushed their Orion friends into delcaring war on us. As the Orions are well known pirates and raiders, Cpt.Pies have been advised to put both Osiris and Onizuka on yellow alert and be ready for confrontations with the Orions.
Captain Pisskop meets the Klingons. Another space empire, empire full of warriors. We was asked to check out another blip near the northern rim of our quadrant - amongst several unknown configurations, there is apparently a Ktarian destroyer. Peculiar, I dare to say.
First of new destroyers was launched from the Sol yards: USS Ophelia. It was sent to Bolarus for security reasons.
Captain Pisskop has been busy - he investigated 'Ktarian' vessel, which turned to be made by Breen, actually, a race of hunters and warriors. They were orbiting Ferenginar, a homworld of midget traders, named Ferengi. Captain Pisskop will scout nearby systems and then go to Bolarus,
where he will take command of USS Ophelia. He earned this assignment.
Next week, Captain Pisskop barely evaded an incident - he discovered Breen homeworld, not so far from Ferenginar, and had to quickly leave before the BReen could get angry or outright kill him and his crew.
We also finished preparations for something else. Our greatest diplomats have been sent to Bolarus, Benzar, Ktaria and Zakdorn systems, with proposal of joining Sol in an interplanetary union. In few weeks, we will experience something grand, I'm sure.
Few more days pass and I suddenly receive a report of several protests concerning our relationships with other races. Internal Security was unsure why or whom started propagating lies toward our government, but they will try to pinpoint the culprit. Personally, I suspect Cardassian involvement.
USS Oberon, another Soyuz-class destroyer, has been completed at Sol and sent to reinforce Zakdorn.
One week later...
==============================================11th October, 2161, San Fransisco, Earth
Today, representatives of five different races and five different star systems have met together to sign a charter. A charter that establishes the military and economical alliance between these five races:
Humans of Earth, Benzites of Benzar, Bolians of Bolarus, Ktarians of Ktaria, and Zakdorn of Zakdorn.
This is truly a great day - this alliance will pave a way for other races to join our coalition, and one day, all of the quadrant will live in peaceful harmony, together joined under one banner.
And this interstellar, multi-cultural alliance will be henceforth known as
The United Federation of Planets============================================== //So yep, all four races accepted my membership proposal in the same turns. Feels good, man C: