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The Veilhar - Human Friendship Declaration sent shockwaves across the galaxy and soon, stronger empires declared war on the Veilhar, trying to vassalize them in order to diminish the human’s realm of influence.

The humans reacted quickly, deploying several war vessels to protect the Veilhar systems. One such system was the Hurnian system within the Haernian Nebula.

The system had one habitable planet, a Veilhar Frontier colony called ‘Hurnia’s Jewel’, a beautiful temperate planet, beaming with life, covered in a thick jungle for the most part, aside from the plateau of basalt that covered most of one of the continents.

And this was the planet I was about to be deployed at.

I had just finished the Veilhar military recruit back at Olaria XI when the neighboring Lomarc Commonwealth declared war on the High Veilhar Republic.Thankfully, the human defensive force was deployed to the system in time to prevent the complete conquest of the system. It consisted of three destroyers and a special human vessel called an Astrogalleon.

As the destroyers were busy with the Lormac ships, the Astrogalleon was docked away from the space battle, serving as a command center for both the space forces and the ground forces.

And that was exactly where my shuttle was going.As we approached, I couldn’t help but stare out of the window at the size of the ship.It was by far the largest ship I had ever seen and on the bridge it had the human letters “TIV CABRAL”. My amazement just kept growing as the ship got bigger and bigger. Our shuttle was nothing more than a speck of dust compared to the grandiosity of it.

The dockyard was full of people rushing around, both human and Veilhar. Some of the Veilhar were using the human uniforms and I quickly summarized they had been recruited as permanent staff aboard the vessel.

A human officer was standing-by as we exited the shuttle and quickly directed us to follow him, using a universal translator device.

“I’m Quartermaster Jones and if you would follow me, I will guide you to the debriefing room.”

We promptly followed after the officer, our smaller legs sometimes having to jog to keep up with the human’s large steps and quickened pace.

“The Cabral is the third largest vessel of the SPQT and it is serving as the operations center for the Haernian front. The vessel is commanded by Legatus Aishah Raja, who is waiting for us in the debriefing room, alongside the ground operations senior officer for the Jewel, Primus Pilus Pol zu Prin.”

“The offspring of Elder Prin?”, I asked without thinking.

“The very one. He joined the Terran Legions when the call for the first interspecies recruitment was broadcast across the Veilhar worlds.”

I could feel my fur rustle in excitement. The idea of seeing such a paragon in person was exhilarating, and from the expressions of my fellow Veilhar, I could see that the sentiment was shared amongst everyone.

The briefing room was full of people, both human and veilhar. The humans all had smiles on their faces and were making jokes with each other.The veilhar were however all frowning and eyeing daggers at the humans at the levity they were displaying in regards to the seriousness of the situation.

Eventually, one of my recruit mates stood up and yelled.

“Why are you laughing in a situation like this? Our friends. Our brothers are out there, fighting. Bleeding. Dying. And you’re there making jokes?!”

The humans turned quiet and I expected them to attack us, but instead they were all smiling, tenderly, as a mother smiles at her cub.

“Don’t worry Veilhar. We’re not laughing at them.”

“You say that but yet I can see you pay no respect for their pain. Their sacrifice!”

“What is your name Veilhar?”

“Tim zu Gao”

“We started on the wrong foot Tim”, said the human, “Their sacrifice is soon to be ours. Their song will be our song. We’re not strangers to war. And soon neither will you.”

The human was now standing right in front of Tim zu Gao.

“Do you know what that means Tim?”

Tim’s tail was tucked between his legs and I could notice his fur rising, in anticipation for a strike from the human.

“That means we’re brothers in arms”, the human placed his hand on the Tim’s, “and we protect our brothers.”

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