Challenge Match

[Slynky]

Far, far away in another galaxy...

(NOPE, sounds too much like Star Wars. Ahem...)

It was a dark and stormy galaxy...

(Drat! Heard that beginning somewhere before, too. Clearing "throat".)

The Olden Ones had ruled the K'Rithian Galaxy for too many years to remember. Their bold and seasoned fleets patroled the wormholes with disdain for fledgling empires. Their reputations had preceded them and many empires buckled rather than test the Olden Ones. While extolling the law and order they enforced, they demanded tariffs, payments, and resources. And the arrogance with which they roamed the systems was a bitter pill for any empire to bow to.

But, in a distant corner of the galaxy, bravery and brashness colluded. Clandestine meetings followed by battle plans resulted in a challenge to the Olden Ones. It was not to be a struggle to eradicate them but an effort to carve a name in the K'Rithian Galaxy for themselves. To have the freedom to hold thier heads high and have other empires admire their daring.

The Olden Empire was not without spies and learned of a fracture in their spehre of influence. A few routine meetings between select empires of the Olden Ones culminated in the decision to meet these upstart empires in battle and display their power to the whole of the galaxy. Too long had their reputation preceded them. Now was the time to show their might and illustrate their strength. They would meet the Black Hole Alliance in battle and squash them!

As rumors parsed the galactic empires, both alliances doubled their research efforts. Shipyards were placed into emergency mode. Meetings were held and plans layed. Knowing the rewards to be great, both were cautious. Little did the Olden Ones realize the surprises that lay waiting in the blackness of space.