After nearly facing defeat in the hands of a Harbinger, the crew members of the Nova were surprised to see that the Eurasians had saved them in the last moment. However, it is now the NADUR unit's turn to visit the other side.

  "Captain, a broadcast the Eurasians!"

  "Bring them in."

  "Looks like you had quite a bit of trouble there didn't you? Yelena Ribenstova, captain of the 31st Expeditionary Forces of Eurasia, nice to meet you."

  "Indeed, we were in quite a pickle there, thank you for...", she hesitated, like usual, she had the common NADUR instinct to just dislike Eurasians and everything they did. But these Eurasians did save them, so what choice did she really have?

  "Thank you for saving us.", Eleanor continued.

  "I supposed that commander Andrestov is still protected by your unit, am I correct?"

  "Yes, you are correct."

  "Do you mind if we can send a transport vehicle to retrieve his group?"

  "Yes, of course."

  "Based on reports, you are North of the city, hence, the aircraft will be set to land North-East of Haarlem. Please meet us there."

  "Agreed, sending a transport vehicle with your Recon Group to that location, we look forward to you there."

  After a moment in the safe room...

  "Hey, boss. Are you seriously not going to do anything about the weird looks on the faces of those NADUR people?"

  "Relax Dmitri, we're allies remember? Plus, that's just how western faces look, always disgusted and glowering."

  "What did you say? You Eurasian punks, you may have saved us but don't forget about the tensions between you and me back then!", a NADUR crew member shouted after hearing them.

  Immediately, there was bad blood.

  "We dropped our pride and became allies with you! We've saved you more than a billion times and yet you treat as like this. You arrogant westerners!", Dmitri screamed before charging at the NADUR soldier.

  In the last second, another member of the unit managed to hold the two people apart.

  "Otto... what are you doing? This is our fight!'

  "Calm down James, this isn't a time for your showoffs again!"

  "This time, I am being honest!"

  "Oh, come on, just stop it already. We cannot be building more tension with these folks. I am sorry for that, excuse him for his aggressive nature."

  "It's alright, we understand the historical anger between our nations. I just hope that we can get along.", the recon group leader answered.

  "Excellent, and by the way, you are to be picked up by a transport vehicle from your unit in a few moments, I'm here to call you to be transported to the extraction point."

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  "Oh, thank you. This ship is fantastic; I would love to fight alongside it someday."

  "Oh, I will relay that to the captain, now please, let me escort your group."

  "Yes, please."

  Later, the Eurasians finally got back to their ship.

  "Captain, another broadcast from the Eurasians."

  "Show it on screen"

  "Thank you for bringing our recon group back safely. After a long moment of consideration, we've decided to invite a representative from your unit to visit our ship located at the Mooie Nel."

  The captain hesitated. She looked around the bridge to see the reactions of her comrades and came up with a decision.

  "We accept your offer; however, we would like to bring at least 2 of our aircraft to bring our representative over. Please understand that this is for our own safety."

  "No problem, we welcome you to our ship anyhow."

  "Magnificent, we will begin preparing the convoy."

  "We look forward to meeting you people in person."

  However, in the Strategies and Tactics Room moments later, the representative could not be decided.

  "The Representative should be our head engineer so that we can know their technologies and how far they've advanced!"

  "False! It should be the Quartermaster since it is his job to communicate with foreign persons."

  "You are all wrong, it should be the Navigator since maybe we can find out more info about this place."

  "And if the ship is attacked? Who will guide the unit out of here?"

  "It should be the captain!", someone stated.

  "What? No! I am not catching all the stuff the captain needs to do just because of an unsupported cause. Plus, we don't know what might happen!", proclaimed the Deputy Chief.

  "He is right, I should be the one to go. If I represent the unit, they'll have more trust in us, it will work out for us.", replied Eleanor.

  "However...", once again, that feeling against Eurasians strook the Deputy Chief.

  "I agree with the captain."

  "Me too."

  "Me as well.", stated the executive officers in the room.

  He had no choice but to comply, however, he still was fully aware of the risks and thus, while catching all the responsibility of the captain for a moment, promised himself to keep watch of the situation.

  Meanwhile, the representative including 2 FOBPA's, a radio operator, a few data analysts and a few soldiers flew to the said location of the Eurasian ship. They were surprised to see it looked to have the same abilities as the Nova, it had several cannons, missile pods and strangely, what looked like hangar exits.

  "Unknown NADUR aircraft, please identify yourself."

  "This is the transport envoy of the representative to visit your unit."

  "Permission to enter granted"

  Suddenly, one of the hangar gates opened, clearly inviting the envoy inside. As the transport vehicle landed, they saw an interior almost identical to theirs, of course, excluding the vehicles.

  "Welcome to the Imperiya-Class Space Battleship, Zabytaya. Nice to meet you, I am captain Ribenstova, would you like a tour?"

  "Absolutely, thank you."

  "Very well, let's proceed. This is hangar B out of the two hangars. Those tanks, those are what we call VT-2's, Volks Type 2's in long form. They are the main powerhouse of this unit. For a more detailed explanation, please approach our head mechanic, Boris Nikolaev, he keeps them running."

  Upon first sight, Eleanor was immediately wondering.

  "When was this thing built? It looks identical to ours, but for what we know, our nations hadn't had contact in years."

  "This was planned around 2081 but then got delayed to 2085 due to costs they say. Please, let's continue."

  And so they did, and after a tour of their ship they stopped at the bridge in which the Eurasian captain said this.

  "Now, captain Eleanor, I want to show you the main purpose of your visit of our unit. We would like to cooperate with your forces."

  Eleanor was surprised, she didn't realize she would be making a hard decision like this, but nevertheless, it was time to weigh the facts.

  "May I have some time to discuss this with my Executive Officers via long-distance communication?"

  "Of course, there is no rush."

  She then walked out of the bridge and into a private room where she was directed to. She opened her communication device and called a meeting.

  "The Eurasian captain has offered me an alliance, let us commence a vote."

  Shocked were the officers but continued, nonetheless.

  On one side, they are already technically allied, and they do need the extra forces to face whatever there could be in Amsterdam. On the other hand, there could be miscommunication and biases.

  However, after an intense back and forth with the officers, they finally came to a conclusion.

  Eleanor then walked back to the bridge.

  "Captain Ribenstova... we accept your offer."