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The planet is a research planet, Setchl. The scientists wonder in curiosity at the signal they are receiving. In response they send one of their capture probes to investigate the alien probe.

*The probe is revealed to be a scout probe used to transmit planetary coordinates to GSE Warships for planetary occupation*

Tily, the Head Scientist reads out the findings discovered by the collective research team. A fearful atmosphere could be felt among the telepathic signals of the Cogniut, the feeling of unknown resulting from having not met an alien species before and now knowing that their first encounter would be with an aggressive species. Collecting the coordinates the probe originated from they calculated a prediction of when the nearest vessel would arrive based on the technology they assumed they possessed based on the probe.

Soon the signal arrived to the Council. Ulyre and the rest of the Council assessed the situation, sending a message to the occupants of the planets throughout their empire to do their best to hide before examining the invaders to see if they were vulnerable to their psionic abilities or could be reasoned with. The citizens of their homeworld being told to do the same, their defensive laser canons prepared if the attacks began.

*Dreadnought 3 and its escorts make the hyperspace jump into Cognuit Space*

(1-4 all make it, no issues,
5-7 all make it but some escorts damaged
8-10 some escorts don't make it in the initial jump, some that did make it are damaged)

Councilor Ulyre and the Council boarded the flagship, flying into their atmosphere to examine the alien spaceships. Some of their engineers were on board to examine the scans they could get on the spaceship. From what they could tell some of the ships accompanying the most prominent one were damaged with the largest being a form of warship. In an attempt to reach out they sent a message by focusing their telepathic thoughts into a message sent through their communications channel.

(1-4The message arrives to the Dreadnought as a combination of static and irritable sounds.
5-7Images of peace and the possible resources of resilient materials, food and advanced technology the Cognuit Commonwealth could provide are transmitted to the Dreadnought.
8-10+ A clear message in the Spartan language is sent: "Greetings. You are probably wondering how we can understand your language, it is due to a psionic ability of ours. An assortment of abilities we are prepared to target at you if our predictions of you being a military based species are correct. If you are willing to be reasonable we have an assortment of resources and technology we can offer you in exchange for peace.")
((You can use a +2 modifier in combat since your empire specialty is military.))

*Dreadnought 3 lumbers closer and attempts to capture the Cognuit flagship in a tractor beam*

(1-4 Complete failure
5-8 Pulls Cognuit flagship closer but doesn't capture it
9+ Cognuit flagship is locked onto by the tractor beam and it is pulled into one of the moonpools of the Dreadnought 3)

The Council and the crew await in anticipation, wondering what the Spartans had in mind for them.

*GSE Marines surround the ship, Blaster rifles out, and motion for the crew to get out.*

The Council and the rest of the crew floated out of the ship, taking a good look at the Spartans they examined them with interest. Taking interest in the machine and organic mixtures. Their psionic abilities reaching out to probe their minds.

(1-4 Attempted psionic reading fails. Causes minor annoyance to the Spartans.
5-7 Cogniut manage to read surface level thoughts of the Spartans.
8-10 Understanding of the Spartan Empire and their motivations are obtained.)

*The Spartans at their core are warriors and intend to take the Councilor into custody and proceed with the occupation.* *GSE Marines escort the crew into what amounts to a holding cell* *the distant hum of the orbital bombardment cannons charging can be heard*

Councilor Ulyre focused a telepathic message to the cannon managers, executing an emergency order to fire on the dreadnought. The rest of the crew try focusing a psionic blast to escape and prepare the populace.

(1-2 The canons miss the dreadnought and the Cognuit only cause a minor psionic annoyance.
3-4 The canons land a few shots. Only the Council escape.
5-6 The canons shots result in half of the blasts landing. The Council, Engineers and Scientists escape.
7-8 The canons shots land most of their blasts. The Crew escapes.
9-10 The canons land all of their shots. The Crew leave the Spartans temporary incapacitated.)

*The gun crews of the Dreadnought 3 acknowledge the firing as an act of war and the Dreadnought 3 along with her escorts unleash a hail of laser cannon fire on the Cognuit warships* *the orbital bombardment cannons approach firing charge*

(1-4 grazing hits
5-8 major hits
9+ Cognuit laser cannons wiped out )

The Council sat down in their cells, focusing on a meditative state to focus their psionic connection with their species now that their defenses had been eliminated. The Homeworld inhabitants themselves had already detected the distress of their Councilor and were disturbed by the invaders. Each one of them were hiding in the lowest levels of the buildings or in the underground structures.

(1-2 The Council send a simple message to begin organizing.
3-4 The Council explain to their citizens they need to force the Spartans into a state of surrender.
5-6 The Council begin explaining how to use their psionic abilities to combat the invaders.
7-8 The Council start helping to form a battle plan and weapons that would enhance the violent aspects of their abilities.
9-10+ The Council instruct the citizens to use the defense canon plans to build weapons as well as weaponizing their psionic abilities.)
((The Cogniut don't have warships. Their flagship itself was unarmed.))

*the orbital bombardment cannons are now fully charged and the spartan fleet is in position. The initial orbital bombardment volley is fired.*

(1-4 Damage to government buildings
5-8 Damage to Government buildings and production facilities
9+ Everything gets hit, including civilian targets)

The Cogniut were now expressing open grief, distressed at the loss of their relatives who had been blasted in the above-ground buildings. With a resolve to deal with the Spartans, they began amassing their psionic energy, getting ready for when the aliens would set foot on their planet.