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22-06-2004, 00:22
Captain Merovingi looked out of the bridge of his small, sleek, craft-the SES Explorer-at the vast emptyness of space beyond the Milky Way Galaxy, distantly being able to see other galaxies, but he looked more towards the Canis Major Dwarf minor galaxy, a sattelite of our own galaxy, and wondered what would meet him in there. Glancing long enough out of the reinforced windows, he finally took his seat as the engineering officer reported in.
"Captain, this is EO Luke, we've got the hyperdrive ready and are prepared to make a jump. Requesting coordinates, sir"
The captain tapped a button on his chair and spoke alloud into the room, the engineering officer hearing him loud and clear, "Set a course for coordinates 4-10-3-8, on my mark," he tapped another button, "All hands, prepare for jump into hyperspace." Giving a few moments time for everyone to secure thier belongings and find a safe position from the violent acceleration, he contacted his ship again. "Jump in hyperspace in 3...2....1, enter jump."
"This is EO, roger Captain, entering hyperspace."
The ship's normaly dim engines suddenly exploded into a fierce blast of light, and the ship violently shot forward, everyone pressed hard into thier seats for a few ackward seconds. As soon as the captain felt the ship stop accelerating, he contacted the engine room again. "EO, this is the captain, requesting confirmation of end of acceleration, over." The EO sent his response rather quickly. "Roger captain, this is EO, engines have stopped accelerating, will warn when jump nears completion, over."
The most violent part of the journey over, the captain put his white naval hat over his face and fell asleep, the ship needing only a few technitions awake to keep running in hyperspace. Likewise, many crewmen returned to thier quarters to find some rest, it being fairly late at the time of departure.
Once the journey ended and the formalities of slowing down were finished, the entire crew was amazed at the odd place they had arrived in. Gently floating through a nebula, colored dust and gases drifting away from the ship, leaving a hole in the path, an odd structure was visible. Hidden in the nebula that the vessel had arrived in was a large, apparantly artificial, building of completely alien design.
Turning to his science officer for explanation, "What is that thing, Jim," the captain asked. "Well, captain, it appears to be a fairly large docking facility of some kind. Scans show it matches no known structure, civilian or military, in the databases. It appears we have stumbled upon a fairly primitive alien race; that design is similar to those from a few hundred years ago, in some features, such as the fairly large rocket boosters." The captain looked harder at the vessel, and sure enough, it looked like a blend of science fiction flying saucers and primitive rocket engines, only the engines were all over, and it was fairly large.
"Initiate a life scan on that thing, I want to know if it is inhabited or not, Jim." Jim glanced over at the captain and responded as the usual lackey would: "Aye captain, scanning now," he paused for the scan to complete, "scans show that the vessel is inhabited, by at least a thousand or so beings. I'd be very interested in boarding it myself." The captain was in full agreement, as his statement "Well, CSO, how would you like to be among a team that goes aboard?" Jim perked up and this, saluted the captain, and responded "I'd truly be honored, thank you sir." "Well then Jim, round up an away team and take a shuttle to the structure, report in by 30 minutes or I will assume you killed by the beings and open fire."
Rounding up a team of a few security personell and science officers, Chief Science Officer Jim and his team boarded the unknow structure in full vacuum gear, weapons ready, via what was an open dock with a force field that was raised, although the primitive shield could not withstand a single shot from the shuttle's tiny laser. It raised after the eight man crew boarded.
"Captain, this is EO Luke, we've got the hyperdrive ready and are prepared to make a jump. Requesting coordinates, sir"
The captain tapped a button on his chair and spoke alloud into the room, the engineering officer hearing him loud and clear, "Set a course for coordinates 4-10-3-8, on my mark," he tapped another button, "All hands, prepare for jump into hyperspace." Giving a few moments time for everyone to secure thier belongings and find a safe position from the violent acceleration, he contacted his ship again. "Jump in hyperspace in 3...2....1, enter jump."
"This is EO, roger Captain, entering hyperspace."
The ship's normaly dim engines suddenly exploded into a fierce blast of light, and the ship violently shot forward, everyone pressed hard into thier seats for a few ackward seconds. As soon as the captain felt the ship stop accelerating, he contacted the engine room again. "EO, this is the captain, requesting confirmation of end of acceleration, over." The EO sent his response rather quickly. "Roger captain, this is EO, engines have stopped accelerating, will warn when jump nears completion, over."
The most violent part of the journey over, the captain put his white naval hat over his face and fell asleep, the ship needing only a few technitions awake to keep running in hyperspace. Likewise, many crewmen returned to thier quarters to find some rest, it being fairly late at the time of departure.
Once the journey ended and the formalities of slowing down were finished, the entire crew was amazed at the odd place they had arrived in. Gently floating through a nebula, colored dust and gases drifting away from the ship, leaving a hole in the path, an odd structure was visible. Hidden in the nebula that the vessel had arrived in was a large, apparantly artificial, building of completely alien design.
Turning to his science officer for explanation, "What is that thing, Jim," the captain asked. "Well, captain, it appears to be a fairly large docking facility of some kind. Scans show it matches no known structure, civilian or military, in the databases. It appears we have stumbled upon a fairly primitive alien race; that design is similar to those from a few hundred years ago, in some features, such as the fairly large rocket boosters." The captain looked harder at the vessel, and sure enough, it looked like a blend of science fiction flying saucers and primitive rocket engines, only the engines were all over, and it was fairly large.
"Initiate a life scan on that thing, I want to know if it is inhabited or not, Jim." Jim glanced over at the captain and responded as the usual lackey would: "Aye captain, scanning now," he paused for the scan to complete, "scans show that the vessel is inhabited, by at least a thousand or so beings. I'd be very interested in boarding it myself." The captain was in full agreement, as his statement "Well, CSO, how would you like to be among a team that goes aboard?" Jim perked up and this, saluted the captain, and responded "I'd truly be honored, thank you sir." "Well then Jim, round up an away team and take a shuttle to the structure, report in by 30 minutes or I will assume you killed by the beings and open fire."
Rounding up a team of a few security personell and science officers, Chief Science Officer Jim and his team boarded the unknow structure in full vacuum gear, weapons ready, via what was an open dock with a force field that was raised, although the primitive shield could not withstand a single shot from the shuttle's tiny laser. It raised after the eight man crew boarded.