Just somthing i have started in my spare time, hope it gets done (yeah, right...) Since you'll obviously find all the jumps involved confusing, i've made a nodemap for ye, green=clan controled, though by the end of the story everything west of Rana will belong to the shivans


Twenty years had passed since the second great war when the shivans came again...
The GTVA was in the midst of a civil war. Against the orders of high command the GTVI Launched an exploration of a second knossos discovered in Mirfak. What lied beyond, no one could comprehend. The GTVI Expiditionary force was greated by the beams of a Shivan dreadnaught. This ship, over 3 collosuses long, was clearly not stopable, but that was not the greatest concern. There were ships helping the shivans this time... Vasudan in origin. The remaining GTVA forces splintered into five clans waring over resources, scattered throughout the galaxy. These clans were Clan Aldar, Clan Deltis, Clan Larr, Clan Ikeos, And Clan Alphaen.
Clan Aldar
Population: 133,000
Leader: Khonsu III
Race: Vasudan
Systems: Aldebaran, Altair, Alpha Centauri
Allies: None
Enemies: Shivans
Clan Deltis
Population: 223,000
Leader: Tyrin Vance
Race: Terran
Systems: Delta Serpentis, Beta Aqualae, Ross 128
Allies: None
Enemies: Clan Ikeos
Clan Larr
Population: 250,000
Leader: Petra Asimov
Race: Terran, Vasudan
Systems: Laramis, Luyten, Wolf 359
Allies: Clan Alphaen
Enemies: Clan Deltis, Shivans
Clan Ikeos
Population: 234,000
Leader: Christopher Snipes
Race: Terran
Systems: Ikeya, Ribos, Spica
Allies: Clan Procyx?
Enemies: Shivans, Clan Deltis
Clan Alphaen
Population: 42,000
Leader: Vincey Milani
Race: Terran, Vasudan
Systems: Alphard, Dubhe
Allies: Clan Larr
Enemies: Shivans
Clan Procyx
Population: 56,000
Leader(s): GTA Command
Race: Terran
Systems: Procyon, Spica
Allies: Clan Ikeos?
Enemies: Shivans
Prologue
Vincent sat in his bed as it always did, it had been a long day. the discovery of a jump node to an unknown system in the barnard's star system weighed heavily upon all of Clan Larr. with the jump node between Wolf 359 and Alphard weakening rapidly, there was little chance to escape with Alphaen through the recently stablized Dubhe-Tau Ceti node.
And in Ross 128 and beyond lay what was left of the heart of the GTVA diehard on staying within "the motherland". All the clans knew it was suicide, and their chance with Ikeos would soon be crushed with the advance of the dreadnaught Dante's fleet into Antares. Clan Larr was, in all essence, ****ed. He lay there for around five minutes, or maybe it was five days... he couldn't tell any longer, when a message sounded over the intercom. "All personal report to the nearest breifing room immediatly". What was it now? Had the Dante come through the Barnard node? He laughed he invisioned clan Deltis getting ambushed from behind. Who cared what happened to Clan Larr at this point? The future of the Terran race depended on Ikeos, and to a lesser extent, Alphaen.