Feazanthia
28-08-2004, 21:53
Hauptmann Sky Kyrinos of the slaver ship Middle Passage watched as the stars winked back into existence. His ship, and the three others of the same class in his convoy, had just exited the Slipstream.
"Alta, report."
The translucent, pinkish-blue image of a young woman appeared on small pedastal.
"We have just entered system SX-582. One habitable planet, S-class. We have our target species."
The picture of a small, simian-like race appeared in place of the young woman.
"Humanoid, approximately .78 meters tall. Very strong, nearly 1.5 times that of humanity. Methane breathers. Approximately at the bronze age. No weaponry as we know it."
"A cakewalk then. Alright, signal the ships. Arc formation, teleportation grids to maximum."
The trio of four-kilometer cubes began moving into high orbit.
Yayap frollicked in the green mud with his mate, Aryap. Life was good. The air was perfect and the food nipples plentiful. Suddenly, Aryap was enveloped in red light and she vanished. Several others also vanished around Yayap. He felt his own molecules stretching and pulling apart, but did not have the cognitive skills or knowledge to understand what was happening. Before he could figure it out, he was in a stasis pod - and just one of millions.
"Captain, approximately three million life forms have been successfully rounded up. Our hold is at its maximum, as is the rest of the fleets'."
"Very good, that was fast. Signal the Heirophant. She can move in now."
As the three cubes accelerated out of the systems, a fourth ship entered. This one was undescribable, but incredibly massive. Points of blue light focused at its center, and a laser-thin beam of light shot out. Within three standard days, all the matter on Yayap's world had been absorbed into the World Devourer. All the simians that had escaped capture were absorbed as well to be converted into more useful materials. The rest of Yayap's species were carried back to an undisclosed world to be put to work.
The slavers had struck again.
"Alta, report."
The translucent, pinkish-blue image of a young woman appeared on small pedastal.
"We have just entered system SX-582. One habitable planet, S-class. We have our target species."
The picture of a small, simian-like race appeared in place of the young woman.
"Humanoid, approximately .78 meters tall. Very strong, nearly 1.5 times that of humanity. Methane breathers. Approximately at the bronze age. No weaponry as we know it."
"A cakewalk then. Alright, signal the ships. Arc formation, teleportation grids to maximum."
The trio of four-kilometer cubes began moving into high orbit.
Yayap frollicked in the green mud with his mate, Aryap. Life was good. The air was perfect and the food nipples plentiful. Suddenly, Aryap was enveloped in red light and she vanished. Several others also vanished around Yayap. He felt his own molecules stretching and pulling apart, but did not have the cognitive skills or knowledge to understand what was happening. Before he could figure it out, he was in a stasis pod - and just one of millions.
"Captain, approximately three million life forms have been successfully rounded up. Our hold is at its maximum, as is the rest of the fleets'."
"Very good, that was fast. Signal the Heirophant. She can move in now."
As the three cubes accelerated out of the systems, a fourth ship entered. This one was undescribable, but incredibly massive. Points of blue light focused at its center, and a laser-thin beam of light shot out. Within three standard days, all the matter on Yayap's world had been absorbed into the World Devourer. All the simians that had escaped capture were absorbed as well to be converted into more useful materials. The rest of Yayap's species were carried back to an undisclosed world to be put to work.
The slavers had struck again.