From - ANDROMEDA: THE NEW UNIVERSE
- CHAPTER 1 -
"That takes care of the Magog. You would know the Perseids and the Than would try and save the day, but die trying," Beka enlightened, as she prepared to slipstream Andromeda out of the current sector. She lightly tapped a button on the console and began piloting. "Transiting to normal space in 3, 2, and 1," Andromeda reported. "Andromeda, my beautiful love child, what would I do without you," Harper stated in desperate attempts to seduce the ship. "You would die," Andromeda informed him. "You want me. Don't deny it," Harper insisted. "Alright. I won't," Andromeda replied. Harper, who is turned on by the ship's hostility, heads out of Command towards the Observation Deck.
"Who would've thought that the Perseids would try and take on the Magog? I thought they were smart. It's one thing for the bugs to go and die, after all-it's nature to them. But the Perseids," Beka said. "You can't blame them for trying. The Than, or bugs-so you call them, have been losing to the Magog for hundreds of years, so I'm not surprised they jumped into that, and as for the Perseids, the Magog are now targeting their homes and children, due to their vast knowledge," Dylan replied on behalf of each race. "Blame them for dying," Harper added. "This is all enlightening, but I have things to do," Rhade stated, before he walked out of the Obs. Deck. "Captain. I'm detecting an unidentifiable energy source," Andromeda forwarded. "Where is it," Dylan asked. "I can't tell. The data is already twenty minutes old," Andromeda replied. "We're on our way to Command," Dylan stated. Dylan, Beka, and Harper got out of their seats and walked out of the Obs. Deck.
Trance was tending to her plants in Hydroponics, when she started to get an odd feeling from her precognition. "Trance? Are you alright," Andromeda asked her. "I sense an unforseen danger," Trance answered. "Trance. I need you in Command," Andromeda insisted. Trance paused for a moment, as she was trying to make sense of what she was feeling. "Oh, I'll be on my way," she responded.
Rhade walked down towards his quarters, when he heard loud scratching and tearing sounds coming from the hull. He paused in the hallway to see what it was. The sound had ceased for a moment. "I must be going insane," he stated to himself. After opening the door to his quarters, he walked in.
Beka, Dylan, and Harper were walking down the hallway towards Command, when they heard the sounds, too. "Andromeda? What is that," Dylan requested. "I'm unable to comply with your request, Dylan. Something is interfering with my systems. I can't perform statistical scans," Andromeda answered. "Harper. Go fix the problem," Dylan commanded. Harper turned around and walked in the opposite direction of Dylan and Beka, who were both entering Command.
Hundreds of unorthodox ships surrounded Andromeda and impacted on her exterior hull. They had begun to drill and rip through her like a circular, saw blade.
"Do you hear that? Something's on the hull," Beka motioned towards Dylan. "Andromeda. Take us out," Dylan demanded. "Dylan. I've detected enemy ships. They've impacted on my hull and they're eating through me," Andromeda informed. "Who are these people and where did they come from," Dylan said to himself. "Things seem to be getting worse, because Andromeda's systems are showing a large object approaching from behind us," Beka said. As Dylan turned his head to look at the tactical monitors, the power on the ship was suddenly lost. Rommie tried to walk towards Dylan to give him information, when she shorted out and collapsed on the Command Deck floor. "Rommie," Dylan questioned. "Switching to reserves. We have minimal power. Something's slowly draining our reserves," Beka stated. "Code black," Andromeda repeated.
Rhade grabbed his forcelance and ran out of his quarters towards Command. A pressure build-up blew open the deck and caused a forceful blow that speared Rhade across the room like a tennis ball.
The large object emerged over Andromeda's rear. It was a large, mechanical planet powered by an energy shield.
"Andromeda. Report," Dylan demanded. Andromeda was disrupted, but was still coherent enough to operate. "Dylan. There's a massive ship behind us. There are trillions of life readings. It's increasing in energy intensity," Andromeda answered. "Where did it come from? None of this is making any sense," Dylan lightly spoke to himself. Trance entered Command and paused in motion. "Trance. Take over weapons control," Dylan instructed. Trance ran over towards the console and manned it.
The massive ship fired a missile from the center of the energy shield towards Andromeda, but missed her by a few light-seconds. As the missile traveled farther, the more it was disintegrating. It imploded a few light-minutes away from her.
"Let's bring it," Dylan yelled. "Um, Dylan? I don't like to make the stress worse, but I don't have control over the slipstream drive," Beka stated in fear. "Captain! Something has activated my slipstream drive. All of my slip-runners are open. We're entering slipstream in reverse polarity. I can't shut the slipstream drive down. Access permissions have no effect over the drive," Andromeda informed. "What," Dylan questioned.
The missile implosion created a massive supernova. A portal opened and merged with the supernova and forcefully pulled Andromeda in. Andromeda began to swirl through the tunnel and gained speed with each growing second. Dylan, Beka, and Rhade exploded into a cloud, while Harper just faded into thin air. Trance, frozen in time, started to glow and disintegrated into a pile of stardust. A high energy wave passed over Andromeda's exterior hull, blasting her outer surface off, and replacing it with a newer, exterior texture. The Andromeda exploded and recompiled herself. She exited the portal and suddenly lost all power. Her crew and world were now lost.