Yatan-Theian Blackout

Year: 264 CE - 265 CE

As The Quhanim destroyed the Martian Empire during the Qu-Martian War, Humanity concealed itself from the forces prowling the Alpha Sol System by shutting off all electricity on Yata, Theia, and various other orbital facilities. Within the first month of the electrical grid being turned off, the Ingalina Nuclear Power Plant inexplicably suffered a melt-down that released deadly amounts of radiation into the atmosphere without triggering alarms due to the lack of electricity, leading to thousands of deaths from acute radiation poisoning. 2 months in, Dina began to freak out as Alpha Sol was thrown into chaos once more to a degree severe enough to affect them, causing Dina to become distressed as its 'purpose' of being an utopia for its people and anyone who came there was starting to breakdown as dissatisfaction with the situation which they deemed had turned them into a 'false utopia' began to grow, prompting Dina to begin considering the 'Unthinkable Option' written down in the nation's oldest documentations as the only way to preserve its image. Polsk tried to reassure Dina about how this wasn't limited to them as no one's people were happy, prompting Dina to remark about how Polsk didn't understand what they were going thru which prompted Polsk to note how it was littered with radiation it couldn't clean up and most of its military laid in ruins, which made Dina go silent. Isernotaria at least noted that Humanity was lucky not to be in the same situation as the Martians found themselves in, which Polsk agreed with as they pushed for more global unity as internal fighting seemed to be ill advised now, which Isernotaria agreed with as they noted that the Kingdom of Yata had indeed become incredibly dysfunctional to the point that a deal between the United Nations and League of Theia had become vital.

Polsk decided to start utilising lower power electricity in hard to detect underground regions in order to power up medical equipment to treat individuals with radiation sickness alongside rolling out gasoline-powered cars and planes alongside even horses that needed to be crank-started, though attempts at evacuating New Warsaw were met with extreme difficulties regardless as the quality of life and civil order began deteriorating. Polskan ships that survived the onslaught were forced onto low power mode in an attempt to maintain the functionality of their hydroponics facilities, prompting them to warp away to Protoss space while they waited for the Qu's departure. Polsk decided to start working on a 'planetary cloak shield' able to disguise Yata and Theia as uninhabited planets while jamming all outside signals in order to allow each planet's inhabitants to live somewhat of a normal life, which Isernotaria was worried wouldn't work yet Polsk claimed the Qu should of figured out they live here by now considering all the cities on each planet's surface, thus Polsk went ahead with the shield plan.

Cybros descended into Saturn's upper atmosphere to remain hidden while Polsk began working on designs for new ships to counter the Qu such as the Icarus Class, Emperor Class, and Dictator Class which started production within Cybros' own shipyards to the best of its ability. Polsk sent letters to the nation of Theia planning to utilise Cybros' fleet to attack the Qu for the independence of Humanity, which Isernotaria saw as illogical as Humanity was still technically independent just hidden despite Polsk asserting that they weren't very free and that 'warlords and pirates' would destroy humanity regardless once the Qu left as in Isernotaria's eyes the Martians had it much worse, which Polsk disagreed with as 20 million of its people had died of radiation sickness caused by the meltdown which couldn't be properly cleared, though seeing the last remnants of Mars be wiped out without much effort wasn't a very inspiring sight. Polsk finally decided to go through with the 'cloaking shield' strategy by firing up fusion reactors underground, freaking out Isernotaria that they would be noticed, which Polsk disregarded as they figured that the Qu were unintelligent for not attacking them despite Isernotaria theorising that the Qu believed Humanity was an enemy of Mars or unaffiliated with them, thus Polsk suggested powering up the cloak very slowly which prompted Isernotaria to give up and tell Polsk to do what they wanted as long as it was their responsibility. Polsk then suggested trying to talk to the Qu with an Artificial Intelligence found in the Polskan Great Archive despite not having a reliable translation software, which Isernotaria also considered illogical as the whole point of their plan was to stay hidden until they left. Polsk explained that this was all necessary as they needed electricity to live as people had started dying from the flu, prompting Isernotaria to remind Polsk that it had only been 5 months and that they could easily live for one or two years as a poorer Yatan country, which caused Polsk to panic about its finances and how everyone would die from radiation. Isernotaria told Polsk to simply not live next to a destroyed reactor, which Polsk didn't want to do as its water supply was poisoned by people 'shitting in the water supply and drinking from it' which made moving northward into a untainted lake apparently unfeasible, which when combined with having to try to desperately keep the New Warsaw Space Tether (and deactivated ships) in orbit without being able to communicate made the situation only worse for Polsk. Isernotaria commented about how it was funny that Polsk and Dina were reacting in similar ways as they noted how Dina had gone irate babbling about an 'unthinkable option' ever since their utopia fell apart, causing Polsk to retort that they had real problems unlike Zina as 'nuclear bombs were raining down on them from orbit' which prompted Isernotaria to recommend not putting them there despite Polsk explaining they were reactors onboard ships. A ship crashed into the islands north of Osania, causing a massive nuclear explosion which caused Polsk to state that Humanity couldn't stand this anymore and was thus activating the shield, prompting Isernotaria to tell them once more not to as Humanity had survived significantly worse things than not having electricity for a couple years and risking that the Qu notice that they were Martian vassals was too much of a risk. Isernotaria kept re-iterating that Humanity had survived worse, prompting Polsk to comment on how 'Nova Polska had conquered and enslaved half of Yata' once which in fact had never happened which only confused Isernotaria more, so Isernotaria listed several major catastrophies in Human history that were worse in their eyes such as World War 3, the Goo-Yatan War, the Red Leader's acts (especially Red Leader's Second Attack on Yata), World War 6, World War 17, all of Sanmor Nihilantis' acts, the Backrooms Arc, and much more, prompting Polsk to comment on how Miraak had overcome Sanmor and the Red Leader, which caused Isernotaria to spiral out of frustration and yell about said acts again. Polsk re-iterated that it wasn't not moving due to 'stubbornness' but due to not having ships to do so (as more fell from the sky), prompting Isernotaria to be even more confused as travelling across Theia didn't necessitate ships. Dina kept babbling to itself while another ship struck unclaimed territory, sending out debris that struck Polsk's space tether, causing it to snap and drag 'Space Dock 1' with it onto Theia's surface, smashing into Polsk's capital building which caused significant casualties, leading to Polsk's collapse into the 'Provisional Government of Bangustan', 'Provisional Government of Kliecaw', 'Provisional Government of Kharkhiv', 'Provisional Government of Karlsfell', and the 'New Warsaw Nuclear Dead Zone'.

With Polsk's government gone, the occupational forces that took its place activated the shield cloak at last, seemingly catching the attention of the Qu who were in the process of withdrawing from Mars itself as they turned their sensors towards Theia despite it appearing as a habitable planet that didn't have any sapient life or civilization on it. A year after the end of the Qu-Martian War, the Qu left the surface of Mars as they assembled in its orbit, catching the attention of the Polskan ships at Saturn who, began observing the sight while their Theian counterpart began to reunify as power started coming back online underneath the cloak, allowing the nuclear dead zone to be largely cleared of hazards. The Qu appeared to still be observing Theia, causing Isernotaria to theorise that they had detected the power-surge caused by the activation of the shield, which still required a majority of Theia's power output to remain active. Polsk noted how the plan was to slowly activate the shield in order to disguise it as a solar flare, but Bangus had sat on the activation button and caused it to flicker on immediately despite it being a risky prototype, though at least Cybros appeared to still be active. The Qu kept observing Theia from afar, prompting Polsk to begin retrofitting its ocean ships to be spacecrafts alongside upgrading its pre-existing ones, with the 'Battleship Yamato' being equipped with a miniaturized version of Cybros' weapon known as 'Wave Motion Tech' which allowed it to cause significant damage to any planet it struck. Polsk began preparing for any possible Qu attacks by preparing a surprise attack in the case of Polsk being attacked by keeping much of its fleet hidden alongside the Protoss' fleet while also developing highly effective communication jammers which it would circumvent by employing precision 'laser pointer communication' between its ships with a line of sight to one another across vast distances with the speed of light and immense precision being the only functional limit.

In the middle of 265 CE, the Qu fleet exited the Alpha Sol System after making a anxiety-inducing pass-by of Theia, though they still seemed to remain active within the Local Bubble past the kuiper belt, which Polsk decided against interfering with considering how much it had already pushed its luck.