Awakening, Prologue

by Druidlord27

It has been 10 years sense Ender left to find a new home for the Formic queen. What has changed in that time at home for his friends? What has changed for him in the vastness of space? What new challenges awaits him when he reunites with the girl that he had come to love before he left? All that will be explored in this first ever creation of mine, I hope that you enjoy it.

Ender's Game: Awakening

Prologue – International Fleet Headquarters Control Room 0214(2:14am) hours

It has been a number of years, nine to be exact, sense Admiral A.E. Wiggin has been seen. He left Command School after he was tricked into what he viewed as an act of genocide of the Formic species. What very few people knew was that he had taken the only surviving Queen with him in an attempt to find a new home for the species to come back from the brink of total annihilation. Now after almost a decade has passed, the International Fleet third night watch shift begins to detect an I.F. shuttle entering the Solar system at the time of 0214(2:14am).

Sgt. Dap said, "I want a positive identification on that shuttle now!" The other officer on duty started at the sergeant's harsh command and hurried to follow it, and soon came back with a report saying, "Sir, we are not able to raise the shuttle it's just outside of comms range." "Can we confirm that it is even a shuttle at all?!" "Thirty seconds until solid comms lock, Sir." As the duty officers were trying to establish communications with the as yet unidentified object, another transmission was coming in.

"I.F. Headquarters, this is Commander Petra Arkanian of the carrier Night Star. We have identified the incoming object as an I.F. personal shuttlecraft. It is not answering hails due to a damaged transceiver array. We have launched rescue craft to assess the situation, stand-by for I.D. confirmation." After a minute had gone by without further contact, Dap said, "Commander, is there a problem? Have you made contact with the shuttle and determined the status of the occupant?"

It took another minute for Petra to answer however, when she did, it shocked everyone on both the Night Star's bridge but most of all Sgt. Dap could not believe his ears. "Yes Headquarters, we have made contact with the shuttle. Its occupant is alive and his stasis pod is functioning normally. Sgt. Dap you should clear the room, now." Dap recognized the tone of her voice as well as the fact that she had a look of total disbelief on her face. "Clear the room and secure this frequency." As soon as the room cleared and the door locked Dap said, "Alright Petra, please tell me what you can. The last time that I say you like this was when Wiggin completed his final mission as a Commander." The look on Petra's face was momentarily laced with anger at the reminder of her own part in that mission before she was able to calm herself again. "Dap, the shuttlecraft does belong to the I.F. however, this is his shuttle. Admiral Wiggin has returned and he is alive and well, from what the rescue team has just reported."