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United Flora vs The Wicked Thermolians, 2406.9

In the Last year, the pacific Flora have had to recover from the massive defeat at the Battle of Neckron. The distress of such damage was felt throughout the empire, and the many Gardens set about growing defenses. Much technology from long dead animal civilizations (no, not ruins people..stick with the story) was adapted to work upon the space-faring plantships of the Flora so they would have weapons. The skin of the ships was toughened, not only to resist the rigors of interstellar travel, but as proof against the firepower of the barbaric Thermolian death beams, and their Weedwacker and Weedkiller warships. The first battle taught the Flora to include better sensor technology as well, to avoid the fireworks show the Thermolians enjoyed at Neckron.

In the Hollifax system, the Flora had two colonies in system shared with the Thermolians. Not content to cease their tormenting the helpless plants, a Thermolian attack fleet swept aside the "fire blooms" and went after this Garden. Closing to their weapons range, the Thermolians were suddenly faced with a vegetable that could fight back, and the small number of Thermolian raiders were sent packing..those that weren't punctured full of holes. Further efforts at sending spores through space have convinced the greenery of several Thermolian planets to rise up against their fauna oppressors, and whole Thermolian colonies have been reduced to nothing due to bad eating habits and a failure to brush and floss. Now a Flora tendril has advanced, past a group of Thermolian warships and determined to wend its way into the Thermolian systems.