After several years, we have arrived at our destination; an abnormally large Star System, known as ESS-956. The initial scans from our Homeworld revealed there to be several gas giants, which we came to harvest. However, after arrival our scans detected there to be nine planetary systems; three rocky planets, two binary rocky planets, and four gas giants.
"Captain! Captain!" The scanner's operator called out as they entered the bridge, "This system is a goldmine! There are seven planets here with colony-potential, and four gas giants!"
After the captain heard the news he was awestruck. Seven colonies? In one system! They would go down in history as one of the greatest galactic colonizers in history! "Alright, I think it's the new top priority to begin the colonization process. We'll take the habitation vessels to the-" The captain began before he was cut off.
"Um, sir?" The pilot interrupted.
The captain, upset that he was interrupted, turned to the pilot with a questioning look, silently asked him to continue.
"W- well, uhh," The pilot stammered, not used to being the center of attention, "Shouldn't we find out if any of these planets are s- safe for us? I mean like, what if one of the planets atmospheres is made of acid or something?"
The captain thought it over for a second, and then turned to the scanner operator, "You did scan for habitability, right?"
They looked nervous, then slowly backed out of the room.
The captain put his head in his hands for a moment, then turned to the ship's computer "Computer, scan for habitability." The computer went to work, and the captain leaned back in his seat, "This is going to be a long trip..."
In the briefing room, several Gems were planning their colonization of the Earth.
Pink Diamond sat at the end of a table, looking over several blueprints.
"Yes, I like this. But let's move the Galaxy warp out to here," She pointed to a spot on the map, "That way it would be closer to this tower and we wont have to waste a warp pad on it."
"Yes my diamond, I'll change that right away!" A peridot responded before leaving the room.
Pink Diamond looked over the blueprints one more time. Satisfied with them, she put the blueprints down and went to the bridge.
Once she arrived, she was greeted by a peridot. "My diamond! Peridot Facet-3NFL Cut-1AG reporting!"
Pink looked at the peridot, "Is something wrong with the ship?"
The peridot looked back up at Pink Diamond, "N- no ma'am. It's just that the scanners have detected several large objects approaching the planet."
"Are they asteroids?" Pink asked, slightly concerned.
"Negative. We were unable to detect their composition, but judging by their shape we have reason to believe that they are artificial in origin."
Pink raised an eyebrow and thought to herself, "I made it clear that I was taking this planet, so it couldn't be another one of the diamonds.." Pink looked back at the peridot, "How many of these objects are there?"
"At least 80."
Pink was shocked! 80 spaceships in her star system? Although, they did most likely have far superior technology, and it shouldn't be a problem; she was furious!. "We'll continue the colonization process, I'll have 2 of the defense ships remain in orbit, everything else will continue as planned."
The peridot saluted Pink Diamond once more and went off to tell the captain the news.
Pink went off to her quarters, "Stars, the others are going to get a good laugh outta this."
So! That's the first chapter! This is my first story on here so I hope you enjoyed it!
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