In 1941, a Fleet entered the Solar System. A Conquest Fleet. Built in Tau Ceti II by a Reptilian species which called itself simply " The Race ", this conquest fleet was sent to subdue a planet they designated Tosev-III. Ruled for tens of millennia by a conservative theocratic monarchy headed by a God Emperor, a probe had been sent to survey the planet eight hundred years beforehand and found a world of sword swinging savages. When the fleet's soldiers awoke from cryogenic suspension, they found their target world emitting radio crude radio transmissions. Soon after that they found industrial Empires (or in many cases, Non-Empires) locked in war. Upon realizing this Atvar, Fleetlord of the Conquest Fleet was presented with three courses of action: flee this world, bombard it with nuclear weapons (and thus spoil it for the colonization fleet already en-route) or attempt to conquer it. Fearing the Shame of failure, he ordered the invasion to commence.





As such on May 20th, 1942 world Jet powered Killercraft screamed across the sky laying waste to railways and Tosevite aircraft as well as securing the landing sites for the ships of the Conquest Fleet. Hundreds of these massive vehicles that had crossed the stars touched down around the world, unloading their payloads of Landcruisers, Troop Carriers, Artillery Pieces, attack helicopters, logistical and support vehicles and infantrymales. In regions that would be identified as "Polska", they secured swift victories against the forces of the " Deutsches Reich " which had recently ceased control of the region. In no small part thanks to the fact that many local Polacy sided with The Race. Capture Deutsche soldiers were disarmed, processed and were employed primarilly as agricultural workers, helping to feed the forces of the Conquest Fleet and the local population. While local opinions on that part of Tosev III in regards to the Race would shift over the course of the war, few of the locals objected to this exploitation of prisoners of war. Especially when the Race showed the world the Deutsche's Killing Factories.













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