Phydeaux Kaknine: Hero Of The Pack

The year is 3787 in human years. 954 years AM [After Man.]  
The earth and all of its nearest neighbors belong solely to the Cockroach Imperium.
In 2021 the president of the United States of America made it legal for companies to discard of their toxic waste in the oceans, underground and generally anywhere they were willing to bribe their way into.
 Somehow other world leaders agreed with the destructive policy and within a decade, Climate change, the pollution and some say alien influence, caused a new wave of evolution on the Green planet.
Kudzu went from being a minor irritant to being life-threatening. A crushing verdant tsunami engulfing houses and cars. 
Apes, monkeys, whales, and Dolphins had developed speech and outgrown their prospective environs by the late 2030s. House pets abandoned their "owners" and soon were likewise speech capable and self-aware.
The Cockroach Empire grew underground and spread quickly worldwide. The now super intelligent and nearly indestructible insects, spend centuries plotting and scheming. The strongest and smartest have risen to the top with Darwinian efficiency. 
The Emperor wants everything.

By the 22nd century, mankind was a rarity.
The human beings who had not become refugees or food have been sold to alien species that refused to interact with Earth while humans had been in charge.
The whales and Dolphins were the first of the newly sentient species to leave earth.
Their spacecraft rose from the oceans like Megladons of old taking sizeable portions of the water-table with them.
The Monkeys and Apes were the next to vacate the planet, their scientists had discovered a super-earth within a few light years.
The canine and feline groups were divided by those who were evolved from house pets and those whose ancestors were feral.
Eventually, the Leonines accepted the felines that would leave those that remained quickly became roach food.
The Wolves had reconciled with coyotes, and all other canine classes but would not accept Dogs.
The Dogs were almost the last to leave the embrace of the mother planet. 
As a result, they were the only ones of the surviving groups to actually witness the rise of the Cockroach imperium.
The dogs and the roaches fought viciously for decades. They couldn't coexist, the Roaches demand full control over the planet. They also like the taste of young dogs.
Finally, the Dogs fled realizing that the planet was lost to them. Licking their wounds both literally and metaphorically they mass produced spacecraft and broke free of the emerald world and into the black seas of outer space.
 In the centuries that followed The Whales, Simians, (by now the monkeys, had gotten fancy) and Leonines, joined the Canines in forming a group of the survivors of the Earth. When great reptiles limped away from the Sol system in a trio of ships, the leaders of the Survivors knew that the Cockroaches would not be far behind.
Ship and weapon development became the main drive for all of the remaining species.

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The first ships of the Cockroach Imperium left their nine planet system five hundred years after the fall of man.   
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War, has come to the inky depths of space. Beings of all of the races have grown up in a constant state of hostilities.
Phydeaux KaKnine, Admiral first class of the Canine Republic’s Royal Marine Corp. is one of those that have grown up at war. He has seen action planet-side and in space. Phydeaux has fought alongside the Reptilians, and their allies an alien group of reptiles. He proved his bravery fighting beside those cold-blooded bastards and showed just as much disdain for the roaches. Three of the medals that grace his chest are from that doomed enterprise. They must have killed a trillion of the enemy, only to see fresh troop ships drop more. He has fought the 2-meter tall insects tooth and paw.
He has only produced one brood of pups. Those only because the law said he must. Although his bloodline has been in every war and battle from The Awareness and before, he doesn't care to keep it going. 
 Phydeaux believes his height and coloration make him less than idea as a mate. 
His compact size and his vicious nature make him a great soldier, however.
Phydeaux strolls the bridge of his ship. All of the marines around him are bigger beefier and more brawny than he. Were there a being who had known the dog breeds of earth aboard, they would have been able to tell that most of the marines are descended from breeds known as Pit Bulls, Doberman’s and Great Danes, Phydeaux’s ancestors had been Jack Russel Terriers.
Of course, Phydeaux is surrounded by only the cream of the crop. He is an important dog.  A hero of the pack. His ship is encircled by the deadliest teeth the fleet can offer. The ship’s captain hates him, Phydeaux can smell his disdain each time he and the massive dog are together.
Soon none of that will matter the Cockroach Imperium is pressing for more territory and rather than find their own, they plan to take the worlds that the Simian, Leonine, and Canine peoples have built. Their fleet is on the move. The Whales have less to fear, on their watery planet, but Cockroaches are greedy and petty enough to want it for themselves simply because it is there. 
Not if Phydeaux has anything to say about it. This ends here and now. Hackles up and showing teeth the Admiral retires to his quarters. Calisthenics and a grueling paw to paw combat workout, help settle his nerves. Blaring alarms wake him before he realizes he's fallen asleep.
 "All paws to battle stations! All paws to battle stations."
 The bridge wasn't truly the admirals designated battle station but there was no way that Phydeaux wasn't going where the action was. This is what he's trained for his whole life. It's what his ancestors have done since the beginning. 

The Simian ships are engaged in Ariel maneuvers that defy logic. The Dolphins are weaving in and out of the cockroach fleet attempting to split it into manageable portions.
There are just too many of them, their ships continue to split into smaller more maneuverable pieces. 
Capt. Rottweil has their "Fighting Teeth" engaging the cockroach’s ships. 
Rottweil is a new fool.
Phydeaux, barks at the bridge.
"Belay that foolishness. Have the Teeth that are already engaged pretend to show the enemy their belly and as the cockroaches come within distance of the ship microwave their ass. Do it now Marine!" The ensign rushes to obey. Rottweil approaches his jowls quivering with rage. 
"A word Admiral?" 
The captain dwarfs Phydeaux in both height and weight, Phydeaux's ears are at the bottom of the captain’s chest, the dog is as big as a roach. 
"No Captain."
Phydeaux says without looking. His teeth flash, the threat openly apparent.
"If we win this battle you can have as many words as you want. If we don't it won't fucking matter. Rottweil, I kill roaches I do it better than anything else, better than anyone else. Fire the ticks onto that large ship. Hit that ship where I highlighted." 
The bridge crew cheers as the ship in question implodes, the "Ticks," burrowing missiles that weaken the structure of the ship have caused the ship to rupture. The crew of the doomed vessel struggle against the vacuum longer than any of the beings watching are capable of, longer than is comfortable to observe. "I kill them." He points to a mass of ships headed towards them. "Then I kill some more of them. Lay down triplicate fields of microwave mines let our allies know it's about to get toasty. Send a squadron of undogged
Drone fleas in behind them. Rottweil are in this fight or aren't you?!" 
The captain takes his spot at the helm coordinating the battle with the Admiral. The Dolphins and Simians are fighting well the Leonine Alliance has suffered some severe losses including the kings carrier. The sentient felines are only physically in the fight. Their young King was beloved by the masses. The Whales ships are the most successful as they are able to time jump in 22 second intervals they have been able to destroy literally billions of ships, still they come.
The fleets continue to bombard each other. 
The ships of the cockroach empire have them outclassed, outgunned and outnumbered. Surrender is not an option.
Win or die on your own paws. The cockroaches see them as food and materials nothing more nothing less. 
This war was about food and more places to occupy for the insects. For the Canines and their alliance it’s about survival.
The insects have numbers on their side and those greater numbers are wearing Phydeaux and his allies down. 
Suddenly a great howl from a myriad of throats fills the ships speakers. 
The wolves have arrived. Their ships mirror the bodies of their ancestors and attack in mini packs. On their heels are the Urusus, (bears) Isurus, (sharks) and other feral beings.  
The all out push of the Cockroaches has brought out creatures that Phydeaux hadn't known existed, somehow the Arachnids have gotten behind the cockroach fleet their plasma webs shred any ship that touches it. The lethal webbing springs up everywhere forcing the Cockroaches to change how they fight. Phydeaux's voice rings out in every ship translated to clicks, grunts, whistles, and screeches his words filter through water, reverberate through silk, and stone every ship hears him. “This is the hoard that would end us. These are the eaters of our puppies, the destroyers of the first home. Give them no quarter, press until they are crushed. Make sure that the Cockroaches can NEVER bring their filth past Sol ever again!” 
Phydeaux’s rousing words are answered by the languages of a multitude.
Though the allies have the advantage now, it is not an easy battle. 
The roaches refuse to surrender. 
Boarding parties must fight to the last being. 
Phydeaux's marines make him proud. 
He hates to see so many of them lost. 
Many of them are just barely past pups, they have earned this victory the hard way and once the salvageable ships have been scrubbed and disinfected the technology will be absorbed into the ally’s knowledge. Phydeaux stands at attention, he's on the railing of a captured vessel overlooking a large portion of the oddly configured craft. 
The rest of the ship has been examined, the monarchs present have decided to have an impromptu sit down. 
Phydeaux smells the Wolf long before he sees her, even through the smell of the roaches and the recent death and destruction he can tell she's nearly in season.
The footfalls, put her at approximately 20 stone.
That's small for a wolf even a female. 
He turns to her and sees why, she's a mutt, her coloration and the shape of her muzzle hint at fox DNA. 
Despite the fact that she is not yet in season Phydeaux finds her irresistible. Even before her husky voice graces his ears. "The legendary Phydeaux KaKnine. Aren't you a dashing dog? You cut a fine figure admiral." The fox like female began circling him, it was a few seconds before he realizes he too is moving slowly assessing her.
She leans in and sniffs him! How cheeky.
It's considered rude to sniff someone without their permission. 
It is a very intimate gesture. 
He likes it.
Your scent revealed things about you that you might not want known, to a stranger.
Her musk enfolds the tough little dog and batters his defenses. Baring his right teeth and planting his feet Phydeaux's question is a growl. 
"Who are you?" 
Her fur glows, its reddish brown tint alluring and dangerous. Her hazel, orbs devour him beneath perfect lashes.
He spies her perfect paw, claws impeccably manicured she's important.
Her uniform is fur tight and leaves little to the imagination, but her rank is not clearly displayed. 
The yipping laughter is endearing her answer so casual Phydeaux nearly misses the import. 
"I am Vice-Admiral Naphausa Vivian primary adjunct to the Grand Alpha." 
Phydeaux thinks "Great feeder! She is..." Naphausa chose that moment to sniff his ear! Phydeaux yelps and leaps backwards.
"Hey!" 
The yipping laughter again Phydeaux realizes this is a battle he's unprepared for.


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