Shadow of a Guardian

UNMD Log 6/8/2154 --- Battle of Keppler

Midway through the war between UNMD forces and the Collective, multiple strikes were being carried out by the vast forces of the Collective Army, jumping from planet to planet, wiping out colonies with strikes that couldn't be fought, nor predicted. The UNMD was in a losing battle, and humanity was losing faith in the force that swore to protect them. By April of 2152, half of the galaxy had been conquered, numerous human worlds were lost, and resources were dwindling.

But humanity was not out of the fight just yet, as demonstrated at Keppler, a large terran world, serving as a place for refugees, and also a massive shipyard, which held humanity's latest offensive weapon, the Star Dagger Mk. III. The Collective forces had stumbled into a seemingly defenseless world, only to find this behemoth looming over the planet, almost obscuring the northern half. The machines, undaunted, launched an offensive campaign that spanned for almost a week. Ground forces were busy evacuating cities and getting them offworld via the Star Fortress, while UNMD battalions in the sky and in space, fought the Collective war machine as long as it could. It was in the last moments of construction, that a soldier aboard the Dagger made a major decision, that to this day is debated, yet revered among the UNMD Ranks.

Star Dagger III, while incomplete, still had functioning weaponry, as well as it's superlaser. Contained beneath is a detailed interview of one of the refugees that was on Keppler while the superlaser was activated.

"It was like, some kind of enormous blue and white beam that shot out across most of the sky. We saw this, big black shadow, that was probably the ship it was coming from. I mean we had always noticed that thing was under construction up there, but nobody would really tell us what it was. That big beam just, shot out and hit one of those Collective invasion cruiser things, and it cut through it like it was paper! It got cut in half and all we could do was just, scream and cheer! It was incredible, the sound of it was like thunder, and nearly all the lights in the city flickered or blew up! It was awesome, but terrifying you know?" -End Interview Log

The soldier, who has not been identified, managed to destroy two Collective Attack Cruisers, and a War Vessel, enabling the UNMD to counter-attack and force the machines to retreat. After several days, the Star Dagger was finally completed, no damage was done to the vessel when the laser was fired, and the UNMD are still making attempts to ID the man, or alien, who activated the weapon.

All that is known is that the Star Dagger III is now the face of the UNMD offensive force, and humanity has finally regained just enough morale to make a comeback against the threat of Collective Rule.

---End Log---