[point of view change]

If one were to ask the people of earth or the sol system just how much things could change in a short amount of time, they would only receive a look filled with rage, sadness, and disgust.

The people of sol were fractured and yet united by their pain.

In a matter of months, they had been on the losing side of an alien invasion, received help from other aliens, had their hames their worlds destroyed and were now having them restored.

The people could see it themselves, those that somehow were able to escape the aliens attacks could remember Humanities journey into the stars and how they hoped for a brighter future, others could only remember the years of fear and war that the aliens brought., and now a new generation was being born, that itself had a division.

Some children would remember the aliens that looked like Humans and helped save them, while others would only know that the aliens were always their allies.

Jane Sheppard couldn't help but tremble, it was her first time seeing an Aiincrad dropship land, the ship wasn't smooth like an alliance ship of the past, nor was it a hard-edged machine that was covered in weapons like new warships that were being manufactured for the counter-assault everyone was preparing for.

No, the ship was a mixture of both, it had a smooth exterior, but in certain points, there were edges and sharp points, she didn't doubt that the ship had more than enough firepower to defend itself should it need to, but try as she might she couldn't see anything that looked like a weapon.

The only reason she was here was simply formality noting more, the Aincradians were personally delivering a piece of technology that wasn't in any of the many designs they had given them.

A teleportation platform, like it or not resources were scarce and despite everything, that was either destroyed or broken being scavaged for parts to repair or make new things, materials were still lacking sending ships to different parts of space wasn't an option at the moment.

So once again the aliens offered a solution, they would lend not one but several teleporters to the alliance and from there the alliance could send is people to mine or plant whatever they needed, however, the teleporters had a time lime and when it was reached, the alliance would have to return them, to the Aincradians.

Needless to say this sent alarm bells through the sol system, anyone with half a brain understood that despite all of the new weaponry, all of the new shields, ships, and armors, in a single move the aliens had rendered all of that useless.

No one was stupid enough to give something like the teleporters away unless they had something better already, that meant that if the aliens wanted to they could bring the Sistem alliance, the Sol system, and every Human world to its knees and there would be no stopping them.

And yet despite that, they dint.

A door opened and a crated was lowered by several robots, they were strange things they had the top halves of that resembled Human bodies, yet the bottom half was a floating orb.

The robots placed the crate in front of her, returned to the ship and the ship left, there were no conversations, no words of warning, nothing, they just left.

As she watched the ship leave she briefly wonder about the few warships the System Alliance was sending out into space, those ships' purpose was to see if any of the old colonies could be helped before the main assault began.

Regardless she activated a robotic forklift and carried the crate into the warehouse, where several scientists were waiting.

[Kirito]

I watched as Asuna slept, her stomach had grown and was already so big that she had to stay off her feet, it had been a rough couple of months for the two of them, at times Asuna would cry about Yui, their daughter that had died back when Aincrad was nothing more than a game.

He was forced to leave her side at times, like it or not he was now a soldier, granted he didn't have the title, a team or anything that would make him a soldier, but whenever a city of someplace had to be taken from the aliens he would be called and deployed.

Perhaps it was better for him to say that he was now nothing more than a mercenary, paid to kill, he had already sent out word that he wouldn't be going on any more missions, Asuna would soon give birth and she would need him to take care of her and their child.

Thankfully more than one guild leader agreed, not because they cared, but because Asuna threatened them with sending out their conversation, to not one but several of the higher level players that she knew personally.

The guild leaders had a lot of power and skill, yet they weren't unbeateble, and even they had people they feard.

"Kirito!" Asuna screamed as she held her stomach, he knew instantly it was time their baby was about to come into the world, immediately the few doctors that were in Aincrad teleported into their room and he did the only thing he could he held Asuna's hand as she began to give birth.