Crossover where a jump gate connects to M-51 and Earth was occupied on the past by remnants of the Taiidan Empire. Fast forward 170 years to 2183 and the liberated humanity under the Systems Alliance work to become part of the galactic community. This is the story of Alaya Shepard.

Five years after the Great War, an Admiral recalls all that she lost in the war on Mother's Day. Written for the May competition on Aria's Afterlife