Elysia High Orbit, Star Destroyer 'Myto'
One day after the Palpadia Empire's capitulation
Governor Ira came to Star Destroyer 'Myto' to discuss the Palpadia Empire and pick up Moff Trevat to Jakarta to continue the meeting with the Mu Empire and other countries that were delayed due to the war with the Palpadia Empire.
"What do you think we should do with the Palpadia Empire, Ira? We can't just trust them. Although their leaders seem sincere, there could be people in the government who still think like they used to, or there could be a change in the country's leadership." Trevat said to Governor Ira when they met in Trevat's office.
"I think it's true. We can't elevate their military too high. But we can still provide assistance to the civilian sector." Governor Ira said.
"Hmm, militarily, perhaps at most we can ask the Mu Empire to sell us its surplus Merlin airplanes. Also the patrol ships of the Mu Empire. But it seems that we have to provide a new design for patrol ships to the Mu Empire as a replacement." Trevat said.
"That's right, we can't let them become stronger than the countries we have helped around them, Trevat. You can't let them create problems in the future." Governor Ira said.
"Alright, try asking the starship design center for the patrol ship for the Mu Empire. I can give you many ideas about it. Find one with a tonnage below 1,000 tons." Trevat said.
"Alright, I will convey it later. We will bring the results to the meeting with La Mu." Governor Ira said.
"Ok. Then we have a deal on the Palpadia Empire thing. By the way, how about that request from Princess Lumiess? I'm getting a headache with that request," said Trevat.
"Are you happy if she becomes your slave, Trevat?" said Governor Ira in a rather high tone.
"No, I don't like slavery." Trevat said quickly.
"You could have refused outright, but that's not good for diplomacy. Actually, your solution is quite good, let him study in Jakarta. Later, when she is educated enough, it will be impossible for her to leave her country, because her country will need her skills." Governor Ira said.
"Hmm, that's right. But how do you say it to the Altarus side? I'm afraid they will be offended." Trevat said.
"If you can't, I'll talk with her about it later." Governor Ira said.
"Alright, I'll leave this to you," said Trevat.
"Ok. Let's go, Trevat. We only have 2 hours left." Governor Ira said.
"Alright, let's go." Trevat said.
They rushed to the primary landing bay, where Moff Trevat's shuttle was waiting. Soon they were on their way to Terminus Island.
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Terminus Island, Jakarta
Mu Empire Embassy Building
La Mu, Myrus, and the Mu Empire ambassador to the Myto Empire were sitting in conversation in the ambassador's office. They were waiting for the time that had been allocated for the meeting with Moff Trevat. Moff Trevat wanted talks with the Mu Empire first and then continued with meetings with other countries as a continuation of the meeting that was delayed a few days ago.
"What do you think? Myto Empire can defeat Palpadia Empire in just one day." La Mu said.
"It's to be expected, your highness. With technology like that, they could have defeated it much faster if they had just destroyed the Palpadia Empire. Maybe in less than an hour they can destroy the Palpadia Empire." Myrus said. "This is already relatively long because Myto avoided too many casualties on the civilian side."
"Right, until now, I still couldn't wrap my mind around that fact. A ship as big as a city, who can imagine?" said La Mu while shaking his head.
"Then with that capability, can we request for more ships to be built?" said Mu Empire's ambassador to Myto Empire, Anton.
"Maybe we can, but will our finances be sufficient? That is the question." La Mu said.
"We need small ships to patrol and defend our coastline." Myrus said. "Our ships used for that are either too old or too big."
"That's right, if we can refurbish our defense ships, then we can use our standard ships for power projection to other places." La Mu said.
"If so, we will propose it in the meeting this afternoon." Anton said.
"What about the Palpadia Empire? If we look at the Myto Empire's tendency, they usually help their former enemies after eliminating their leaders who are against them. Do we need to lend a helping hand?" La Mu said.
"If it's in the civilian field, we can help a lot. We can give them steam trains, for example. After all, we are starting to replace our steam trains with diesel trains." Myrus said. "We can dump our obsolete technology on Palpadia."
"That's right. I heard that Palpadia hasn't lost much infrastructure and hasn't lost any money either. They must have the money to buy our stuff. Or we can offer the Myto Empire to be replaced by better goods from Myto in case Myto wants to give the goods to Palpadia for free." La Mu said.
"Right, with that, our modernization efforts will go faster and more economically." Anton said.
"That's similar to Myto's request to sell our obsolete Mirin aircraft to countries that have diplomatic relations with the Myto Empire and us." Myrus said.
"Anyway, it looks like we will be able to make a decent profit from this war." La Mu said.
They talked for a long time until lunch time, when it was time to leave for Moff Trevat's office.
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Terminus Island, Jakarta
Moff Trevat's Office
1 hour before the meeting of Myto Empire's friendly countries
Moff Trevat, Governor Ira, La Mu, Myrus, and Ambassador Anton met at Moff Trevat's office before they met with the other countries. They met to discuss some matters pertaining to only two countries.
"I would like to thank Moff Trevat for taking the time to meet with us." La Mu said.
"Thank you very much. We are also very happy that you gentlemen want to meet with us. Mu Empire is a close friend of Myto Empire and a partner in world politics in Elysia." Moff Trevat said.
"It is our honor as friends of the Myto Empire. What about the war with the Palpadia Empire, sir?" asked La Mu.
"We finished the war with the Palpadia Empire yesterday afternoon. We were able to quickly resolve it, unfortunately, by destroying the Imperial Palace with Emperor Ludius and his family still inside. On the Palpadia Empire's side, about 400,000 military personnel were killed, and about 1,000 civilians were also casualties. Casualties on our side are currently 0." Trevat said.
"Oh, you didn't suffer any casualties?" asked Anton.
"That's right, sir. There are currently no reported casualties on our side. Neither military personnel nor military equipment Trevat said.
"Then what will the Myto Empire do to the Palpadia Empire?" asked La Mu.
"We have already received the capitulation of the Palpadia Empire. They surrendered unconditionally. For now, we support their new government under Empress Elto, the former 1st Palpadia Empire Foreign Office Department, supported by their military." Governor Ira said.
"Oh, what about their prime minister?" asked Myrus.
"Unfortunately, their senior civilian leadership, including their prime minister and senior ministers, were killed in our attack on the Imperial Palace." Governor Ira said. "All power is temporarily held by Empress Elto."
"I see. If the Myto Empire supports the leadership of the Palpadia Empire that currently holds power, then the Mu Empire will as well." La Mu said.
"Thank you for your support." Trevat said.
"But right now we have the burden that the Palpadia Empire has a level of technology and living standards that are below our standards. Therefore, we need a partner to help us improve it." Governor Ira said.
La Mu thought of something like, "If Palpadia Empire, whose living standard is already very good, is considered below standard, is Mu Empire also considered below standard, so Myto Empire offers various new technologies to Mu Empire?"
"Oh, what can we help you with?" said La Mu.
"Can you help sell your obsolete technology to the Palpadia Empire? Enough to improve their standard of living." Asked Governor Ira.
"Of course we will help. For example, we have surplus steam trains that can be exported to the Palpadia Empire. We can provide them at a discounted price to the Palpadia Empire." Anton said.
"Oh well. If you can sell at a discount to the Palpadia Empire, we will give you some diesel locomotives. We'll also sell you electric-based trains, if you have enough power for that." Governor Ira said.
"Oh, those electric-powered trains have many advantages?" asked Myrus.
"For the level of technology and the amount of electricity you have, the benefits are still limited, it is best used for mass transportation in the city because it does not cause pollution in the city. We can even make the train line underground to save land use in the city." La Mu said. "But when you have a lot of electric power, electric trains can be faster than steam or diesel trains."
"Oh, I see. That's interesting. Our big cities are getting chaotic because of the traffic on the streets." Myrus said.
"Shall we agree on this then?" asked Trevat.
"We are very happy about this, sir. Of course we agree." La Mu said. "What about the Palpadia empire's military? Do you forbid or restrict their military?"
"No, their military power is needed to stabilize the politics around them, especially since they are about to lose all their colonies." Governor Ira said.
"We would like to modernize their military a bit more. It is to increase their efficiency so that they can afford to have a strong military with a reduced budget caused by losing their colonies," Trevat continued.
"Perhaps we can sell our surplus military equipment to the Palpadia Empire?" asked La Mu.
"We were hoping for that. Besides Marin, is there anything that can be given to the Palpadia Empire?" said Governor Ira.
"Our rifles may be much better than theirs, but they are still much more primitive than the rifles we produce now based on designs from the Myto Empire. Also, we want to modernize our patrol ships and territorial guards. Perhaps that can be sold to them. Our early versions of steam engines can also be produced for them." La Mu said. "But we hope Myto can find a solution for our territorial ships, because it takes time to design."
"We have a light ship design, which we call the missile corvette. A light ship with a relatively low speed but still armed with SS-1 missiles, guns, and canon AAs. It is also still equipped with anti-submarine weapons." Governor Ira said while showing the design on the screen in Moff Trevat's office.
Smart class missile corvette (idea from 'Flower Class' corvette)
Length: 63 m, displacement: 950 tons
Engines: 1500 HP x 2 diesel engines driving 2 shafts. Speed: 18 knots. Range: 6,500 km at 12 knots
Weapon: 1 x SS-1 missile, 1 x 76mm DP gun, 4x2 20mm cannons, 10 100kg depth charges
"Wow, even such a small ship can carry SS-1 missiles? This is an extraordinary combat power. How much is the price per ship?" asked La Mu.
"About 400 kg of gold," said Governor Ira.
"If you give your ships to the Palpadia Empire at a low price, then we will give you 20 ships for free. Of course, you can buy additional ships." Trevat continued.
"Oooh, what a bargain. Do you have the ability to produce large quantities in a short time?" asked La Mu.
"We can produce about 50 within 6 months, sir." Governor Ira said. "We will also offer you a light fighter that is cheaper than the F2 but better than the F1. You can use it as a second-rate fighter. We named it F3.
F3 Multirole Fighter (idea from SIAI-Marchetti S.211)
Length: 9.3m, wingspan: 8.5m
Empty weight: 1600 kg, MTOW: 3200kg, fuel capacity: 850l
Max speed : 800 km/h, cruise speed: 700 km/h
Service ceiling: 12.500 meters
Range on internal fuel MTOW : 1.600 km
Engine : 1 turbofan jet engine, 1.500 kg thrust
Weapon: 800 kg dispensable weapon on 4 pylons, 1 12.7mm cannon.
Take off/landing at MTOW : 500m/600m
"Hmm, a pretty nice little airplane. Will you also provide the blueprints so we can load it?" asked La Mu.
"Of course we will provide the blueprints. In the long run, we expect Mu Empire to export this F3 to other friendly countries." Trevat said.
"We also offer an amphibious aircraft that can be used as a transport or patrol aircraft." Governor Ira said.
"An amphibious plane? What's that?" asked Myrus.
"Aircraft that can land on the sea or water." Governor Ira said while showing the specifications.
C- 1 Catalina Transport/Patrol (inspiration from PBY Catalina)
Length: 20m, wingspan: 32m
Empty weight: 8,200 kg, MTOW: 16,500 kg, Fuel capacity: 7,000 liters
Max speed: 325 km/hour, Cruise: 210 km/hour
Service ceiling: 5,000 meters
Range on internal fuel at MTOW max fuel: 4,500 km
Engines: 2 radial engines, 1,400 HP each
Weapons/cargo: 2,000 kg, 5x 12.7mm machine guns
"Thank you very much, Myto really helped us out. We will, of course, be at your disposal. This is, frankly, very profitable for us. We need quite a few ships and aircraft like that for our territorial defense. Actually, we were wondering, why are you helping us so much?" asked La Mu.
"Our two countries are quite far from each other. That's why we expect you to secure the area around you. We cannot solve all the problems by ourselves, therefore, we also need your help as a superpower." Moff Trevat said.
"In other words, you want us to be an extension of your arm?" asked La Mu.
"Not quite like that, sir. We would rather have someone or a country watch our backs." Governor Ira said. "In return, we also guard that country, and that country is the Mu Empire."
"Well, we understand. As long as you do not interfere in our internal affairs and our foreign policy in general, of course we will help the Myto Empire." La Mu said.
"Of course, sir, as a friendly country, we will not do that." Moff Trevat said.
"From our intelligence, you have issues with the country known as Gra Valkas?" asked Trevat.
"Yes, sir. They have actively started colonizing the countries around our country. Even superpowers are easily overrun. We don't know where they came from or where their country is located." La Mu said. "Their armaments seem to be about 10–20 years more advanced than our armaments before meeting the Myto empire."
"Hmm, well, we will give you access to intelligence from our reconnaissance satellites. Reconnaissance satellites are satellites that orbit Elysia and are tasked with seeing everything on the surface of Elysia. You can get detailed maps of everything on Elysia except our forces, and you can also request observations on a region, country, or force." Moff Trevat said.
"Oh, such intelligence must be very useful. We thank you very much. We will also share the intelligence we obtained with you." La Mu said.
They continued to talk about various things for almost 2 hours before they went to the meeting room in Moff Trevat's office to meet other friendly countries.
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Terminus Island, Jakarta
Meeting room, Moff Trevat Office
The delegates from the friendly countries who met a few days ago on the star destroyer 'Myto' were back in Moff Trevat's meeting room. Moff Trevat and Governor Ira entered the room, where they immediately greeted everyone in the room.
"I would like to apologize for the interruption of our meeting a few days ago. But now the Palpadia Empire issue has been resolved. I think you've all gotten the news. However, Governor Ira will inform you of the details." Moff Trevat said.
Governor Ira then explained the course of the battle between the Myto Empire and the Palpadia Empire.
"Wow, you were able to defeat a superpower in one day?" said the prime minister of the kingdom of Altarus.
"We are fortunate to be able to resolve this issue without any casualties on our side in such a short time. If the conflict becomes prolonged, then the casualties will be even greater." Moff Trevat said.
Several questions were asked by representatives of friendly countries regarding the battle between the Myto Empire and the Palpadia Empire. They were all answered by Governor Ira.
"The most important thing is: what is the fate of the former colonies of the Palpadia empire? They are underdeveloped countries that need massive development to recover." Trevat said this after Ira's governor finished answering all the questions about the Myto-Palpadia war.
"We are willing to help the Myto Empire help the former colonies of the Palpadia Empire. We will try to help establish a stable government in those countries." La Mu said.
All of the participating countries said the same thing.
"We thank you very much. Hopefully our cooperation can build a brighter future throughout Elysia." Trevat said after hearing the approval of the countries present.
After that the meeting continued by discussing the relationship between the countries present.
The results of the meeting were:
- All countries agreed to jointly help the former colonies of the Palpadia Empire. However, it was emphasized that they should not attack the Palpadia Empire.
- Myto Empire will continue to provide civilian and military technology assistance to countries that have signed cooperation agreements with Myto Empire which includes the countries present.
- The countries present agreed to share intelligence so that if there is a problem, it can be resolved immediately.
- The countries present gave a comprehensive commitment to conduct research on the Revernal Empire, light winged people, and emissaries of the sun god. This is done in preparation for the Revernal Empire, which is predicted to return to Elysia.
During the closing ceremony, Moff Trevat invited all countries present to watch the Myto Empire victory parade that would be held the next day on the main street. It was only a small parade, but it was expected to enhance friendship between the countries and also provide entertainment for the general public.
Although the meeting lasted only 3 hours, many agreements were reached. Afterwards, the meeting was closed by Moff Trevat, who then invited all delegates to dinner at a famous restaurant in Jakarta. They then dispersed and immediately headed for their respective vehicles to be able to return briefly to their respective lodgings before going to the restaurant.
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The hallway between the meeting room and the outer door of Moff Trevat's office.
The delegates from the Myto Empire's friendly countries headed out of Moff Trevat's office building to their respective vehicles. They were escorted by the protocol staff from Moff Trevat's office.
"Princess Lumiess, wait a moment," said Governor Ira as he walked quickly from the meeting room after the entourage from the Kingdom of Altarus, who exited the meeting room last.
"What is it, Governor?" asked Princess Lumiess as she stopped her steps and turned around to face Governor Ira.
"I just had the opportunity to discuss your request with Moff Trevat. Since it is a personal request, it is not appropriate to discuss it in a meeting." Governor Ira said after he got close enough to Princess Lumiess.
"Oh, has there been a decision? What is the decision?" said Princess Lumiess.
"We regret that we cannot grant your request to become Moff Trevat's mistress. Although some of us have many spouses, we do not have a culture that allows one person to become another's mistress." Governor Ira said.
Princess Lumies' face immediately looked disappointed.
"Don't be disappointed, Princess, we do not have such a culture. Also, the age of consent in our country is over 25 years old. Your age is still very young, far below the common marriage age here." Governor Ira said.
"Oh, it's really out of the ordinary in Elysia as a whole. Even in HME, marriage under the age of 20 is common. By the way, are you married?" asked Princess Lumiess.
"No, I am not married yet. Many who are the same age as me are still unmarried in the Myto Empire." Governor Ira said.
"I see." Princess Lumies said as she looked at Governor Ira with a suspicious look.
"But we will allow you to stay in Jakarta and study here. In addition, you will be able to work part time in Moff Trevat's office and private residence. Likewise, we will select people who offer themselves from your kingdom to work here." Governor Ira said
"Oh, I see. Well, I will contact you when I have prepared my belongings for my temporary stay in Jakarta." Princess Lumiess said it with a little more excitement. "I must report the results of this meeting to Altarus."
"Very well, we await your news." Governor Ira said.
Governor Ira nodded respectfully to Princess Lumiess and her entourage. He watched Princess Lumies from a distance until Princess Lumiess turned to head out.
"Are you sure you want Princess Lumiess to work in my house?" said someone behind Governor Ira.
Governor Ira turned around and found Moff Trevat already behind her. Governor Ira just rolled her eyes before walking towards another place...
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The next day
Terminus Island, Jakarta
Plaza in front of the Central Government Building
There was a 100-by-50-meter plaza in front of the government complex of the Myto Empire. The plaza was flanked on three sides by government buildings. The fourth side is adjacent to the main road in the city of Jakarta. On the opposite side of the main road is the Central Government Building.
The plaza was currently filled with stands where guests could watch the victory parade over the Palpadia Empire that would be held along the highway. The stands contained a number of officials from the Myto Empire government, including Moff Trevat, representatives of friendly countries with embassies in Jakarta, and other invitees.
The parade began with a number of speeches, with Governor Ira giving a speech about the victory of the war between the Myto Empire and the Palpadia Empire. This was followed by a short speech by Moff Trevat and several other speeches. The parade began with the appearance of the music corps walking through the main street in front of the grandstand.
After that, the line of personnel from each military branch of the Myto Empire walked past the stands one by one. They saluted the stand where Moff Trevat was, as they passed by. This was followed by a parade of war vehicles owned by the Myto Empire. The conventional vehicles passed first, tanks, APCs, missile-carrying vehicles, anti-aircraft vehicles, juggernauts, and All Terrain Series walkers, except for the AT-AT, which was too big to pass on the main road. In the sky, formations of airspeeders followed by various series of TIE fighters also passed by and ended with several small starships under 250 meters.
Such parades are commonplace in other countries. But representatives from friendly countries were amazed at the military hardware on display in the parade. Although some of the representatives had already seen the larger starships, battlestars, and star destroyers, they were still amazed to see many types of military hardware that they had never seen before, such as walker vehicles and various landspeeders.
After a two-hour parade, a small parade commemorating the Myto Empire's victory over the Palpadia Empire was held. Moff Trevat deliberately did not have a big celebration for fear that it would be counterproductive, causing rejection from countries that had established good relations with the Myto Empire. Also, a large and widely covered celebration would make the people of the Palpadia Empire resentful and perhaps unable to accept their country's defeat.
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Terminus Island
Myto Empire Capitol, Jakarta.
Suprime Court Building.
Ramille's trial took place quite quickly—only 1 week—and was held almost every day. Because the evidence was so convincing, even though Ramille was accompanied by several top lawyers from the Palpadia Empire, it still could not refute Ramille's involvement in the Palpadia Empire-Myto Empire war.
It was now the final reading of the judge's decision in court. The court was also attended by Empress Elto, one of those directly involved in the Palpadia Empire-Myto Empire war.
"The decision of this court is that we found conclusively that Ramille is guilty of being one of those who escalated the conditions in the Palpadia Empire so that an open war with the Myto Empire broke out. Ramille even supported the genocide attempt against the Myto Empire. Therefore, we have decided to sentence Ramille to life imprisonment." Said the judge presiding over Ramille's trial.
There was a low murmur in the courthouse, most cheered at the decision, but the few who supported Ramille cried out in disappointment. They were all Ramille's defense team.
Afterwards, the court was closed, and Ramille was taken to the temporary prison in the building. One of the court participants was Empress Elto. Empress Elto, who was also present after arriving on a ship belonging to the Palpadia Empire, was already amazed by the technological advancements she had seen while in Terminus. Since she was not an expert in technological assessment, she could not know how far Myto empire's technological superiority was over Mu's or HME's, for example. But certainly, from his observations, the Myto Empire's technology was above the two largest countries in Elysia.
"Your Highness, the trial is over, and Ramille will soon be taken to the detention center that has been provided. Does your honor still want to stay at Terminus?" the trial judge asked Elto.
"Oh, when will he be taken there?" asked Elto.
"Probably the day after tomorrow. There are still paper works to be done before Ramille can be transferred." the judge said.
"I would like to accompany him to his prison. She is at least a direct relative of the previous Emperor. I have a responsibility for that. But if it is still the day after tomorrow, I still have time to have a meeting with the officials of the Myto Empire to discuss the future of the Palpadia Empire tomorrow, before the day after tomorrow to deliver Ramille." Elto said.
"Are you sure you want to accompany Ramille to her place of detention? It's quite far, and it will take almost a day to get there." The Judge said
"That's fine, 2 or 3 days is fine with me. Where is the prison?" Elto said.
"We are not allowed to tell you where the prison is. But it is very far from here." The judge said.
"I still want to accompany Ramille to the prison, where she will live for the rest of her life." Elto said it firmly.
"Alright, I will arrange for you to accompany Ramille on the way to the prison." The judge said this as he took his leave.
After that, Elto immediately headed to the Government Central Building to meet with Governor Ira and spend the afternoon discussing the fate of the Palpadia Empire.
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2 days later.
Jakarta Spaceport, Kemayoran.
Empress Elto arrived in Kemayoran with only a small suitcase bought yesterday in Jakarta to carry some of her personal belongings. This was because the Myto Empire forbade any bodyguards or aides from Palpadia to accompany Empress Elto.
"Traitor!!!" said Ramille when she saw Elto when they met in the VIP departure lounge.
Elto remained silent and sat a little further away from Ramille. He noticed that Ramille was always escorted by two golems called droids by the Myto Empire. In addition, there was also one guard who always escorted her. After that, he saw the VIP waiting room they were in. The waiting room was very luxurious, even more luxurious than the hotels or manor houses in Mu Empire or HME, where Elto had visited those countries several times as the head of the 1st Department Foreign Office.
After some time, they were taken to a large vehicle called a bus to get to the vehicle that would take them. The vehicle that would carry them was called the Gozanti Cruiser. Elto was quite surprised by the naming, was it a ship? But they were in the middle of the island, there was no access to the sea here.
After a while of driving, they reached the vehicle that would take them. Elto and Ramille saw an object that was almost as big as the Palpadia Empire's ships. Elto initially thought it was an airship, but he saw a window at the top of the object, which should be where the gas bag to lift the ship was located. How could the ship move or fly?
They entered the ship and were immediately taken to the top deck. It seemed that the ship had three decks. They were taken to a spacious room where, on the left and right, there were huge panoramic windows that allowed them to see outside the room freely. They could also see part of the forward direction through the windows placed on the ceiling at the front. It seems that the hull of the ship curves at the window. There was also a large monitor at the front that showed the forward view as well as data such as altitude and speed.
Elto saw Ramille placed in a seat, escorted by two droids on her left and right. Ramille's hands were, of course, in handcuffs but had a rather long chain.
Suddenly there was an announcement that they were leaving, and moments later it appeared from the window that they were beginning to fly. There was a humming sound in the background, which both Elto and Ramille guessed was the sound of the engines powering the ship.
The ship seemed to rise steadily, almost vertically, before moving in a horizontal direction but still climbing upwards at a fairly steep angle. Elto and Ramille felt panicked. How high would this ship go? Soon, the color of the sky and their surroundings changed from white to dark. They were already in outer space.
"Sir, where is this ship going? Why do we have to fly this high?" asked Elto, half panicked to a crew member who accompanied them.
"We are going to the city of Boston on the planet Trantor. We can now tell you our destination." Said the crewman, who was the second officer of the ship.
"Planet Trantor? Where is it on Elysia?" asked Elto.
"Planet Trantor is a planet similar to Elysia. We are going to another world." The crewman said.
"Meaning...meaning...Myto Empire has more than one planet under its control?" asked Elto.
"Yes, even the Terminus is a very small region of the Myto Empire. We have more than one planet in this realm as our domain." Said the crewman.
Those words caused Elto to become silent and sit heavily in his seat.
The view in the porthole began to move away from Elysia, which was now a very large sphere at the back of the ship. Suddenly around the ship, the stars turned into lines of light, parallel to the direction of the ship, and a moment later they seemed to be inside a tunnel that had colorful walls.
"What..what happened?" asked Elto.
Ramille also looked frightened.
"It's okay, your highness, we are entering hyperspace, where this ship will fly thousands of times the speed of light to the planet Trantor." The crewman said.
"Thousands of times the speed of light?" said Elto, who could not grasp the concept.
The crew just smiled, and after that, the snacks started to be distributed by the other crew members.
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A few hours later.
The view from the window showed them exiting hyperspace and approaching a planet whose geographical features were very different from Elysia. Elto and Ramille could only remain silent at the sight. How could Palpadia win in a war against the Myto Empire, which had such technological capabilities? Was it even possible for all of Elysia to unite, including the Revernal Empire, to fight the Myto Empire? What a futile war! Regret arose in Ramille's heart.
Soon they landed, and a few moments later they got out of the vehicle they were traveling in. They were greeted by an officer.
"Welcome to Trantor." The officer said.
Those words made Elto realize what Admiral Harlan had said about the Galactic Empire. Myto Empire is a galaxy-spanning empire...
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Holy Mirishial Empire, Port Town, Cartalpas.
A certain bar.
It was already nighttime, but the bar was still crowded with drunks. However, today there was no one fighting in the bar. What an extraordinary occurrence!
As usual, the drunks and the merchants were chatting and exchanging information. Most of it was business information, trade opportunities when a region needed a commodity, and so on. But there were also those who provided intelligence that was important for doing business.
"Have you ever imagined a one-day war with a superpower?" said a drunk to the bartender who was giving him a drink.
"Oh, often superpowers can conquer other countries in just one day. Which other countries have been conquered?" asked the bar tender.
"Hahahaha, you're wrong. It's about a superpower that was conquered within one day." Said the drunkard.
"How did that happen? A superpower isn't called a superpower if it doesn't have great power that can be defeated in a day." The bartender said.
"But there are also those that can be defeated in a short time. Remember Leifor? Gra Valkas defeated him in 2 or 3 days." Said a merchant who happened to be drinking there too.
"Yes, but not in one day, right? Even when the royal palace was destroyed and the king was killed, there was still resistance for two days." The bar tender said.
"Hahaha, it's only one day," said the drunkard.
"How is that possible? What country can do that?" asked the bartender.
"Hahaha, that's a secret. Guess what." said the drunk.
"Isn't that the Palpadia Empire?" said another merchant sitting nearby.
"Ah, you really ruined the mood." The drunkard said angryly.
"Palpadia Empire lost within 1 day to Myto Empire?" asked the bar tender incredulously.
"That's right, after the three main military bases were destroyed, Myto also destroyed the Royal Palace just like Gra Valkas did. Only this time, the destruction was really severe. Only one person of the royal family survived, and the entire leadership of the country, namely the prime minister and senior ministers, were also killed." The drunkard said.
"Then they couldn't fight back?" asked the merchant, who had just taken a drink.
"Almost two fleets of ships were also destroyed. It is said that hundreds of ships were sunk and more than half a million military personnel died, yet they could not kill a single Myto Empire person." The drunkard said.
Those words caused the entire bar to fall silent.
"Is that true?" someone shouted from the corner of the room.
"That's right, I've gotten reports like that as well. It's even said that the capital Esthirant is relatively destroyed, as well as their industrial city Duros." Said the merchant sitting near the first drunk.
"They couldn't kill a single person from the Myto Empire's military?" said someone incredulously.
"That's right." The drunkard said. "Who was it that said HME was stronger than Myto Empire? Can HME defeat the Palpadia Empire in one day?"
No one dared to answer that question. After some silence, the bar seemed to explode with voices discussing the matter.
A person who had been standing by the door, paused for a moment to hear that and then ran outside. He ran as fast as he could to his vehicle and then drove at top speed to the HME intelligence office...
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1st revision 24/10/2023