The Futility Wars

by Magnus Thollander

  She had several more planets open to her, and she knew that several hundreds of billions could fit easily without feeling cramped. She could probably pickup the entire sol and put it on this planet, and they still had room for more.She sent out the orders and sat down on her desk in middle of the meadow in the shade, There were several managers' operation from a parked battleship nearby. People had been upset seeing the ship flatten a few trees when it landed, but that was not a problem. She had to keep the people on track and never let them cool off from the satisfaction of building their own community, and then teaching their children to work in the community to bind everyone together. She joked created a shrine in the middle of the city it was just a stone block that said the words "Hope".

  Year 2455, Paradise System.

  The new planet was complete and everyone had their own house and job on the planet or in the nearby system, productivity was the key and even S-4XN-001 was impressed at the transformation from couch potatoes to strong and loyal workforce, He was gaining minerals from the markets and the citizen were gaining credits to buy useless things for their houses and families, This was now the norm and everyone was happy with the status quo.Seyla walked out the door covered with a massive red carpet with S-4XN-001 walking side by side in his new gold-black armor. They walked up to that massive stone block that said "hope" and they stared at each other, and then they shook hands, and he handed her an official post as manager of the entire system.

  "We have brought humanity to the peak here in the south, we have established a system where warrior and human can work together to enriched both their lives, We will keep doing so until the futility arrive, and then we will salute our brave soldiers for going off to war, protecting our homes and freedoms against all that plot against us. I am also officially announcing that we will now take applications from across the galaxy to join us here on this planet and the sixteen others fully habitable earth class planets. We are in a system called Paradise. And i welcome you to apply and work for the betterment of mankind and warrior kind. With me i have S-4XN-001 the man, no warrior that made this possible. He will now say a few words." Seyla said while bowing toward the camera.

  "MY NAME IS S-4XN-001. I AM THE WARRIOR THAT MADE THIS POSSIBLE AND I HAVE CONQUERED MANY THINGS, OVER HUNDRED YEARS AGO I WAS BUT A FRAIL HUMAN WITH A RARE BONE DISEASE THAT WAS INCURABLE BY THE ELIXIR, I WAS TRAPPED IN A HOSPITAL ROOM FOR THE 17 YEARS I WAS ALIVE UNTIL THE ALIEN SEEDER SHOWED UP AND GAVE ME THIS WARRIOR BODY, AND I HAVE SPENT THE MAJORITY OF MY LIFE AS A WARRIOR. BUT TODAY THIS ALL CHANGES." Seyla looked over and was horrified when he removed his helmet.

  "People call me S-4XN-001, But my human name is Matthias, I am now Human and Warrior in one, I have managed to reverse and blend the process in a seamless procedure. I am now flesh and blood, and also numbers in a server. I am on the path of the final frontier. Human and machine." Matthias said while smiling.

  Everyone in the crowed was godsmacked, and he just kept his smile and Seyla reached over and pinched his cheek. Matthias yelped and put on his helmet and nodded toward the camera and the broadcast ended.The crowd was still shocked even when the broadcast ended and Matthias shook her hand.

  "You- What have you done? What is this a joke?" said Seyla. "I thought about it since the i studied the cloning technology, why limit myself to being just a warrior. I assumed by human imagination and intellect would help me discover new technology and ma-"

  "Do you realize what you have done!?" she said. Matthias stared at her before replying "it's not a big deal.".

  Seyla was shocked and did not know how to counter this argument nor did she want to, she wanted to go home and wake up and think this was all a dream. Matthias shook a few hands and then walked into his little scout ship and headed back into space, Yui ran up to Seyla and screamed "We got a billion people already signed up, and we got countless more every second!" Seyla shook her head.

  "Good, let's focus on the mission instead of the craziness that just happened, S-4XN-001 or Matthias will do his thing we will hold up to our part. Start the process to send the people to the trading station, and then move the newest batch here. We will continue as always".

  The Milky Way Defense Council almost broke out in riots over the latest broadcast "IMPOSSIBLE, HE CANNOT HAVE THIS TECHNOLOGY IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN BACK, ITS ILLOGICAL HE GOADS US INTO ATTACKING HIM. WE MUST KEEP TO OUR DEAL, WE MUST SUPPLY HIM THE REMAINING MATERIALS DO NOT GIVE HIM A REASON TO CLAIM MORE, HE HAS NOW OVER 20.000 SYSTEMS ACCORDING TO The LATEST INTELLIGENCE FROM OUR SCOUTS. WE CANNOT FIGHT HIM ANYMORE, PLEASE DO NOT BELIEVE HIS LIES." Said N-158-328, the northern representative.

  The hall broke out in argument and most of them wanted to attack to force this technology from him, nobody wanted to be only a warrior if they could return to their humanity. The machines were frankly going insane at the prospects of hugging their loved ones or just simply chugging their favorite beer down while watching a movie.

  "S-4XN-001 HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THE BEST OF US AND IT'S TIME FOR US TO ADMIT IT, I WILL PERSONALLY REQUEST A HUMAN BODY IN EXCHANGE FOR MY TERRITORY AND RESOURCES. I KNOW THAT I WILL NOT BE ABLE TO STOP THE FUTILITY FOR A FORESEEABLE LENGHT OF TIME AND I KNOW MY RESOURCES WILL BENEFIT HIM MORE, I HAVE STOOD PROUD SINCE I WAS AMONG THE FIRST TO TURN MYSELF INTO A WARRIOR AND I NEVER REGRETTED IT. BUT NOW I HAVE A OPTION TO BECOME HUMAN AGAIN, AND I BELIEVE S-4XN-001 WILL BE ABLE TO DO MORE THAN MY CONTRIBUTION." said Central-1.

  He was the first warrior in the galaxy and his words carried massive weight around the people that first started out, if he believed it, and he wanted to return to humanity there was no argument here. They knew they could not stop futility they might as well give what little they have to help someone that could probably do it in the future. The council was split in a decision and several wanted to vote, but it was blocked by several factions in the north and the central sector.

  "THIS IS TRUTH, HE KNOWS HOW TO TURN YOU BACK INTO HUMANS, AND HE ALREADY CONTACTED ME ABOUT IT, I HAVE ALREADY GONE THROUGH THE PROCEDURE AND I WILL NOW ABANDON MY MISSION AND RETURN TO GUIDE MY PEOPLE. I AM SORRY FOR BEING WEAK WILLED AND ONLY KEPT STRUGGLING TO SEE A PATH FORWARD, AND I HAVE FOUND MY PATH. I WANT TO SEE MY PEOPLE WITH MY REAL EYES, I WANT TO TASTE BREW FROM THE THOUSAND TREES, AND SLEEP IN THE GARDENS OF TRANQUILITY LIKE I DID IN MY YOUTH. THANK YOU HUMAN WARRIORS FOR GIVING ME THIS Opportunity, I WILL ALWAYS BE THANKFUL AND I WILL RETURN WITH MY PEOPLE THE DRE'N'JA AND WE WILL FIGHT THE FUTILITY TOGETHER" Seeder removed his helmet he looked like a stout human with four ears and face bit misshapen, he bowed his head and left the chamber.

  S-4XN-001 finally got what he always wanted the full technology of the alien race, He had not profited as much as he wanted, but he had learned the full potential of the A1-Element, He now could now use lesser amounts to achieve the same goals, he now know the complete secret, and he could now push further in his power generation and that means every other technology in his employ, The C3 element generator was now well underway to be made, he could now introduce more A1-Element to enforce the chamber to insane limits, and he could now build ships ten times the size and still be viable combat ships, he would have liked to spend most of the time improving the C3 generator, but he was now occupied by countless warriors to become human, or human warrior mix.

  He had promised that any warrior asked would receive, but he needed insurances and that was the tribute from all the territories had to be paid first. He received his missing minerals within the first 6 months of the year, everyone wanted this, and he knew it. He would not extort the warriors for their sacrifice like he did, He had visited his brother and parents a few days to reconnect, But it was not time to spend a long time with them. He had to go slowly, to reconnect the feelings.He had invited Seyla for dinner and that was an awkward mess, he never had any female relationships or friends in his previous life, so he was bit stiff about the conversations he had calculated and processed a way but it did not sound genuine or heartfelt, he was just repeating lines of text he got from scannin
g movies and books.

  He raised his eyes and looked at the tanks full of people he were cloning, the batches were ready and several warriors ran around to collect their DNA from their family members or old ashes.He enjoyed watching the council squirm with their threats to share the technology and then their begging to receive a human body. He had several warriors in the south transfer their territory and ships to him in exchange for a human body, he said he would do it for free, and they shook their head and only wanted to live as human again. He agreed and his fleets and territory was now incredibly massive. His main system was 20.000, and his scattered systems were around 8000 across the galaxy from warriors that donated their ships and territory. He did not know if he should dismantle it or use it, So he kept them working for now. Humanity was in a golden age again, and he was the start of it, There was hope in the air and people wanted to contribute their strengths to aid in the defense of the milky way.

  More people became warriors to replace those that did not want to be, He personally made over 50 million shells, and they had gone the next day, now you could be a warrior and human. Richard son was given a human body and Richard thanked him for days to reconnect, since he was "officially" his favorite son.

  S-4XN-001 announced that he was now the overlord of the entire south sector and his intention was to claim a massive chunk of at least 500.000 systems, The other warriors in the south had agreed, and he officially named himself the Southern Emperor. His resources were close to unlimited at the donations from the warriors across the galaxy, he set his drones, ships to dismantle everything he gotten from outside the south, and he now set on his goal to expand and grab everything in the south. He had several warriors now directly under his employ, and they just wanted a human body, they would keep being both warrior and human, but they would only help lead his fleets instead of the tediousness of building endless drones and ships. He agreed, Several of his Vanguard person ell especially Redmond had chosen to be a warrior and human at the same time, he combined both aspects and became a deadly fighter pilot that could even defeat anyone in the galaxy, This was one path of the vanguard fighter, S-4XN-001 had designed a system he called stasis where he could disconnect the "database" behind the human, so you would not be bothered with the processing and keeping yourself human.

  Now when you looked at a chair you did not need to know the measurements and the price on the net, Now it was just a chair and most warrior/humans had valued that one update immensely. He learned to disconnect a part of himself without the update but it was a mess to keep it going forever, he could do both with training, but he felt the other warriors were weak willed. He was now content with his expansion, and he would gobble up the 500.000 systems while supplying clones to the other warriors, He had already promised to share the cloning technology but under some extremely strict requirements that nobody could meet just yet, He did not want anyone to clone himself or clone anyone else to replace them just as the conspiracy had tried to do with his family. No he would keep this technology under his hat, but he would create several stations in each corner of the galaxy, and he had already begun. Normal humans had asked for clones of themselves or to fix flaws in their features. This was a potentially untapped gold mine as well, but he would not bother with them just yet.

  Ricardo hightailed Redmond when he took his latest win in the fighter training "You are becoming insane in the fight, you can do as much as all of us combined, You sure you dont recommend the others to become like you?" Ricardo said with raised eyebrows.

  "No, There... There are some problems. You are human and you feel human, but you get also get a little of warrior inside you. It's like I'm faster and smarter than ever, but I'm also not connected with myself. It's like I am watching you guys ride a bike when I am inside a car. It's great for the battlefield, but at home it's bit bothersome with all the extra information. It takes time to relax and get used to it. It's not something i would recommend just yet." Redmond said while chugging down his drink.

  "But yes, this might be mandatory when the futility arrives, with a fleet of 100 million fighters we could probably do some serious damage as much as a battleship fleet, we could quickly swoop around and destroy targets like nothing else, I'm doing up to 100 vs 1 in the futility training scenario, and i feel i can be better and almost triple that in a few years." Ricardo was shocked to hear Redmond training sessions, he managed a 8 vs 1 so far, but this was insane, He trusted Redmond and so did the rest of the boys that's the only reason they had not applied yet. Redmond would find the flaws, and then he would tell the boys how to make it, so they were comfortable.

  Ericka ran down the stairs "We got a problem, i need all of you in the command room now!" Ricardo and Redmond rushed up the stairs to the command center Ericka pushed a button and a messaged played. "Mayday, Mayday. We are under attack by the northern sector i repeat we are under attack by the northern sector, Our station has been illegal occupied in the West Quadrant, and we-" the messages ends after that, and they looked at each other.

  "Seems the North is finally on the move, Seems they knew that they cannot match us, so they try the old fashion way, grab the already developed territory to expand. This is not our show, Ericka. We have no orders to engage, and we will keep it that way, But send a message to the managers that we might have a rain of refugees incoming and prepare to expand the housing immediately to house at least, 50 billion people. If the north are attacking they are trying to force the people down here since they dont want to drain their resources." Ricardo said.

  Ericka got right on it, and Redmond stepped away he wanted to see it first hand in his fighter, he sat down in his simulation room and connected ed to a fighter and set course for the portal, He would see it firsthand. Several days later he arrived in the West closest to the original broadcast and what he saw shocked him, a massive scrap heap of billions of ship was being mined by countless drones and all the stations were wrecked beyond use, He got several communications messages to leave the system, and he replied he was a Vanguard of the southern emperor, they got real quiet after that, and he jumped into the next system and saw similar sights, the war had just taken hold and there were countless losses on both sides already.

  Redmond did not know what the northern sector was planning in this rush to gobble up territory, perhaps they wanted to expand their territory, or they just greedy for a new technological breakthrough he did not know but when he entered the system he saw a Congo line of civilian ships and cargo ships, billions of people. He sent a message "This is Redmond of the Southern Vanguard, where are you people heading?" He got several messages and all of them were the same "We are heading south toward Paradise sector, and we hope you can help us reach it." Redmond was baffled at them swarming the sector, there were no way they could just settle in the paradise sector, he sent a emergency message to Seyla about it, and he got a reply "Don't worry.".

  He shook his head and told the people that there would be a re-supply incoming when they entered the south territory since they had enough food and water to survive the trip down, at least the northern sector were not heartless enough to strip them of all their food and water before sending them down. Redmond continued on he wanted to get some serious Intel on the massive fleet, the satellites did not do him justice since this sector was not properly covered.

  Ten days later.

  Redmond dodged the incoming missiles while he watched the 500 billion ship fleet engage the equal sized western fleet, He was surprised at their massive amount of ships but it was no surprises that they had superior fleet numbers compared to the south. It was only until recently they banded together and the other sectors had banded together long ago to battle for supremacy, He did not know who the final winner was, but he knew the winner would profit immensely. This amount of scrap would tempt anyone to do something crazy, maybe the southern emperor would throw away his "Don't attack until attacked" mantra and steal the scrap from under their noses.But for now he focused on the massive five million titan fleet ch
ipping away the western titans. Redmond had wanted to run in and engage, but he would keep to himself, The missiles were probably fired as a warning since he was incredibly far away he let lose his warrior senses, and he could calculate several weaknesses and could probably destroy around 2-6 titans if he got his way.

  He kept staring at the battle until he finally started to run out of fuel, he set his course for the nearest hidden portal and set himself to warp.

  "Breaking news: The Milky Way Defense Council has now officially disbanded and war broke out between the North and the West sector, This has been in the making for decades according to experts in the north. They had given up on the lucrative southern technology and the east sector was weakened beyond value for their tastes, Only the mineral and resource rich western sector has what the north needs to build a proper empire in the north.That's correct they officially announced the Northern Empire, and the leader is a man called Leon, He was formerly known as N-158-328. We also have noticed the amount of war refugees heading down the south is in the billions, Seyla the manager of the south has promised that all refugees are welcome, but they will not be able to enter the Paradise system immediately, They will spend time in the colonization ships or the stations temporary. Until they are drafted. We will give you more information soon, and the hyper lane maps are publicly available to the south so be sure to download those at our website!" the reporter said.

  Chapter 9

  Yui was busy controlling that everything was in order when the first fleet of refugees arrived within two months, She had cleaned out all the stations in the south to make room, and she promoted a lot of people to the Paradise system before they were 100% ready for it, but this was an emergency. The North were trying to swarm the south with refugees to slow him down, so he could not focus on other matters, lucky enough he now had competent humans that could handle this matter, so he could focus on the futility and other matters they did not completely understand. She would do her part, and she did it well, she now had over five million underlings in the empire doing her bidding in a sense, she was the sole person responsible for the incoming refugees, and she was prepared. Her sisters focus was on the humans in the sector, and they had already begun the challenge of establishing a fourth planet, the city was about to be completed and the transfers of person ell had gone directly there to finish the little work left, the housing was already complete and the city needed workers and salesmen.