Phase: The First Contact



Phase Wars: The First Contact is the first novel of the Phase series currently being written. It details Humanity's first contact with the extragalactic alien civilization known as the Tamarids and the early stages of the Human-Tamarid War.

Plot
"Five years after the Unification Wars, a six-year long conflict that wreaked havoc and destabilized the vast majority of sovereign territory of a powerful interstellar economic nation known as the United Trade Coalition. The day to day life cycle changes for everyone, as many are feeling the devastating aftermath of war, corruption, as well as economic depression. A quarter of the human population is gone and the rest struggle to find their ways through the ruins of what was a prospering trade entity. However, the year is 2749 and there is a new threat that is now beginning to arise among the already shattered Trade Coalition. An extragalactic alien civilization kn own as the Tamarids who seek to assert themselves in a rutheless effort to form their new empire within the Milky Way Galaxy. To resist the might of the new emerging alien empire the Trade Coalition must end their political disputes to save whatever they and their ancestors have built for the last few centuries."

The story begins with the initial inauguration of Ensign Jacob Fields as the Executive Officer (XO) of one of the twelve newly completed Ceillo-Class Cruisers the CC-202 Europa on board one of the nine orbital frigate/cruiser factories orbiting the fortress world of Jacobi.

Meanwhile Captain Michael Grant and his detachment of the 7th Carrier Fleet on board the aging Sova-Class Star Craft Carrier TSV Solaris patrols the Middle-Ring due to increased pirate raids taking advantage of the formally war torn Middle-Ring Worlds. During the duration of his patrol he receives an encounter with the infamous Vice Admiral Harmon who tasks him with investigating suspicious activity on the reaches of the Outer Ring Worlds and to join him on his own personal mission to the region. Suspicion arises when mysterious worlds go dark without any sign of insurection.

Characters
Jacob Michael Fields (POV), Michael Allan Grant (POV), Jedidiah Striker (POV), Jared Manning (POV), Joey Richards (Appearing), Natalie Bridgette Thomas (Appearing)

Sequels
Phasewars: Blitzkrieg, Phasewars: Requiem