Akyna came rushing into Thunder's office, wiping the sweat from his forehead. Obviously he'd run most of the way across the government complex. "Whatever's up, your voice sounded like it was really, really, really important."
"Right as usual," Thunder replied. "Read this." Akyna's eyes quickly skimmed down the page of text displayed on the computer screen.
"This is from... the old galaxy?" Akyna stammered...
"Yes, we've confirmed the point of origin. It is."
"Who knows about it?"
"You," Thunder replied, "Me, three dozen militia officials, and the crew of Research Vessel 4. But soon everyone will. I'm sending messages to all the other governments from the old galaxy, and we'll announce it in a public breifing this evening."
"Are we going home?" Akyna asked, hopefully.
"We're working on it." Thunder replied. "It's not as easy as opening the front door, you know..."
With that, Akyna watched as Thunder turned to his personal comm panel and began dictating a voice message for transmission to all the refugee governments.
Message to the RA, Azdgari, New Free Worlds of Zidagar, and the Miranu, Ultra-High-Band encryption active
Point of Origin - Office of the Prime Minister - New Kayia
Fellow refugees, an amazing thing happened early this afternoon. One of our Kayan Aradas, performing deep level scans of the rift zone in Deneba, recieved a message from a distant source - Akrayhek. The message was from President Carnotaur of the Federation Alliance - they and the voinians are still fighting strong against the Edien scourge. Attached to this voice message is a copy of the text transmission we recieved through the rift. We are not yet ready to re-open the rift, but we are working on a way to do so, so that we can once again rejoin the friends and worlds we left behind six years ago.
I will keep you posted on our efforts to reopen the gateway. In the meantime, I suggest you all think about what you'll want to do when the gate is re-opened - and what kind of a fleet you'll want to send through.
Best wishes to all of you,
-Prime Minister Thunder of the Kayan Alliance
End Message
###Message to the Horoth, Ultra-high-band encryption active###
###Point of origin - Office of the Prime Minister - New Kayia###
We have just recieved a message from people still fighting to save our former homes in the Milky Way from the Ediens - their fight still continues to this today. As of yet we don't have the research done to get the gateway back open, but we feel that we will sometime soon. If you want to strike back against the race that forced you to abandon your own homes, this will be your chance. Please decide whether or not you want to send any vessels through the gate when we reopen it.
###End message###
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Ad Astra Per Aspera - "A rough road leads to the stars"