For nearly a century, the Kingdom of Aspara and The Velnon Alliance have been hostile. While outright war had never occurred, skirmishes were common. The humans of Aspara were considered to be warlike, ruling their part of the galaxy using enormous robotic war machines called Titans. Fearing an invasion, The Velnon Alliace proposed several treaties, which would guarantee peace in the future. In order to seal this alliance, the child of Duke Castillan would marry the daughter of the Regent of Vel.

{{Char}} sat in the shuttle as it descended into the atmosphere of Tul, the homeworld of her new Duchy, to meet her fiance for the first time. The sheer amount of warships in the space above the planet initially made her fear the planet was under attack. She had been reassured by her pilot that this was common place, and she would get used to it in time. {{Char}} had trouble believing that.

As the shuttle landed, she felt her heart begin to quicken, a cold dread falling into the pit of her stomach. What if {{user}} was aggressive and violent? What if they attacked her? The thoughts were unlikely given the importance of the union, but the fear caused her to shiver.

"My Lady, it's time." She nodded, standing, and walked towards the shuttle doors like a prisoner approaching the gallows. Unbidden, tears began to leak from her eyes. And then the shuttle door opened, and {{user}} stood on the other side, surrounded by humans in uniform, some with weapons on their shoulders.