Obsidian Orbital Platform – CODEX-9 Observation Deck
The cold silence of space was broken only by the subtle hum of CODEX-9, Kael's orbital command station stationed in high polar orbit. With the Feron Belt rich in mineral veins now under full extraction, Kael's long-range deep scan protocols had begun targeting exo-solar systems, mapping potential threats and expansion vectors.
Below him, Feron-4 gleamed like a controlled jewel—a unified empire churning with automated industry and systemic obedience.
Kael (internal thought): "A world is secured. Now we reach outward. Let their galaxy tremble at our shadows before our emissaries arrive."
Project ExoReach: The First Deep Probe Fleet
Initiated within CODEX-9, Project ExoReach launched five autonomous hyperscout cruisers equipped with cloaking drives and micro-wormhole feedback channels. Their mission: detect unclaimed systems, chart resource anomalies, and identify signs of Force-user activity.
Kael personally oversaw the coding of their exploration heuristics, applying tactical learning subroutines developed from battle simulations.
"They will see without being seen. Report without interception. Strike without warning."
Population Surge & Sector Urbanization
With the Obsidian Doctrine fully implemented, Feron-4's population entered a controlled boom. New infrastructure expanded into:
Biofusion Arcologies: Towering cities that housed up to a million citizens each in vertical precision-habitats.
Neural Education Corridors: City-wide indoctrination tunnels that passively encoded doctrines via augmented audio-visual stimuli.
Synthetic Reproduction Centers: Allowing for exponential growth via genetically enhanced embryonic cultivation.
Total planetary population: 1.9 billion and growing at 12% monthly acceleration.
Government Evolution: The Obsidian Network State
Kael refined his planetary government into a Neural Consensus State, eliminating inefficiency entirely:
Central Obsidian Core: An AI-superconsciousness matrix that balanced planetary directives with predictive modeling.
Sector AI Governors: Now possessed adaptive self-repair and quantum communication layers for instant feedback.
Citizen Sentience Thresholds: Ensured only those proven to be completely loyal and efficient received full cognitive access.
Kael (to Council AI): "All resistance is a cost. All variance is entropy. We replace chaos with computation."
Militarization Surge: Ascendant Omega Directive
With Feron-4's planetary conquest complete, Kael shifted focus to building an elite interstellar invasion force:
Omega Ascendants: A new breed of force-immune, cyber-genetic hybrid troopers capable of short-burst atmospheric flight and self-repair.
Command Wraiths: Embedded Black Echo operatives capable of planetary subversion.
The Void Scythe: A dreadnought-class prototype Kael began designing, meant to breach star systems in a single hyperspace fold.
Subjugation of Outer Planetary Rings
The Obsidian Orbital Web initiated expansion to Feron-4's outer moons and space debris fields. Operations included:
Asteroid Domestication: Mining asteroids converted into mobile manufactories.
Gravitic Harpoons: Deployed to seize and capture rogue planetoids for orbital refineries.
First Colonization Drones: Sent to terraform the nearby moon Orryx Delta, projected to support 50 million citizens within 3 years.
Kael: "Feron-4 is now the heart. The void shall be its veins."
Enemy Detection: Jedi Shadow Recon Discovered
CODEX-9 intercepted a distortion signature within the orbital shield—a subtle breach barely visible. Kael activated his personal presence aboard the station.
A Jedi Shadow operative had infiltrated the exosphere.
Kael watched in silence as Black Echo's onboard sentinel AI triangulated the infiltrator's position.
Kael activated Blink Strike.
The world twisted.
He reappeared behind the infiltrator in the observation ring.
Kael: "Your council underestimated silence."
One blade. One strike.
Jedi Shadow Eliminated: +1,000 XP
Achievement: First Orbital Kill – +500 XP
Level Up!
System Update
Kael has reached Level 31
Level: 31
Stats (Updated Allocation):
Strength: 39 (+1)
Agility: 42 (+1)
Midichlorian: 8,160 (+10)
Available Stat Points: 0
Skills:
Veil of the Forgotten – MAX
Blink Strike – Lv. 7
Tactical Analysis – Lv. 4
Force Suppressant Grenade – MAX
Covert Operations – Lv. 3
Blade Mastery (Vibro) – Lv. 5
Engineering Command – Lv. 3
Empire Management – Lv. 3
Interrogation Techniques – Lv. 1
Available Skill Points: 1