"Sir, over here. I've found something."

The Alliance scientist approached his underling. They were clearing out wreckage from a crashed alien starship of a completely unknown design. Nobody had seen anything like it. At least, nothing in their records; they'd gone silent weeks ago. Not because they were in any danger from pirates or anything like that, but because they didn't want anyone knowing what was really going on at this dig site.

The ship they were now focusing their attention on was geometric in design, with several hexagonal prism attachments belting around the middle of a single, larger hexagonal prism. Each prism was dotted by half-orbs that were placed uniformly, though not in the center of each face.

"It's a console, I think. I may be able to get it to work. Should I plug my omnitool into it?"

"Go ahead."

The scientist plugged his omnitool into the console slot, which was, on the surface, nothing more than a plug. The omnitool's connector hummed.

"Uh oh, I've triggered a security block. It's trying to turn on turrets!"

"Everyone run!"

"Wait, there's no power! It's…Opening something."

Sure enough, one of the prisms opened, and a large metal object dropped from it. It landed with a heavy thud, not even a bounce, or even a dent in the ground. But it didn't move. Their guards pointed their rifles at the thing. The younger scientist dared to approach it.

"It looks like a drone."

The drone was round at the top, with a multi-faced prism-shaped lower body. The top, or 'head' was a perfect half-sphere, though with a single protruding rod with what seemed to be a camera on the end of it, and two lights equidistant from each other on both hemispheres. On the body were two more protrusions, one of which looked like a suction cup, and the other seemed to be a tube. The lower body resembled the ships, with the flat face that went all around; it was covered in the half spheres.

"I think it's off," the younger scientist said, scanning it with his omnitool.

"Let's bring it to the lab to study it. Maybe we can access its computer, and learn more," the senior said. Two guards approached, and put their hands on it, pushing the thing, when the lights came on.

"Error! Err-ror!"

The guards were startled by this, but continued to push. The voice was very loud, mechanical, and shrill.

"Scanning!" it cried out, and the guards stopped, pointing their weapons at it. There was a long, pregnant moment as the lights blinked on and off.

"Human signatures detected!"

"It knows what we are," the young scientist stated the obvious. The senior said nothing, just watching.

"Power! Low! Life support, failing!"

"Life support? You…You're alive?" the elder scientist asked it.

"Yes. I require power!" it yelled.

"Right, then, bring it to the main lab. We'll charge it there."

"Are you sure?" one of the guards asked. The elder scientist looked at him, and smiled.

"Quite."

The guards pushed the machine-being to the main lab, where there was a stone assembly, where each stone was glowing, and some were hovering in place and rotating around it, connected by a blue energy.

"Here we are. Can you interface with this?" the elder scientist asked, holding up a cable.

"Affirmative."

"Now before I hook you up, I'd like to introduce you to someone. Kenneth, please open the channel."

"Irrelevant. Charge me now. I do not wish to speak with your leader!" the being said.

"You're not in any position to object my friend."

"You are not. My friend."

"I suppose not, then."

A hologram appeared, emitted from the blue light, in front of the being they'd pulled from the ship. A deep, reverberating, discordant noise emitted around the room. The humans quivered at the sound, somewhere in between torture revelry for them.

"What being is this?" the hologram asked. It hung in the air, insectoid in its appearance. Its arms did not touch any ground. It had six 'fingers' in the front, and a long, sleek, organic looking body that came to a taper, though it was obviously mechanical.

"I. Am. DA-lek!" it declared. The elder scientist gave the Dalek the power plug; its plunger armor grasped it,a nd started taking power.

"Dalek. We are Sovereign. We are the harbingers of the destruction of this cycle. You will serve our purpose."

"You are mistaken. I am Dalek. We are the superior beings. You are inferior!"

"Your arrogance will not shield you, Dalek. You will come to serve me, as they have."

"Incorrect. They are human. They are weak. They are vulnerable, easy to control. You have done nothing Daleks have not already done before. I. Am. Dalek. I am the superior being. You are inferior, worthy only of extermination. Your puppets have done nothing but grant me the power to ensure this. Exterminate! Exterminate!"

The guards opened fire, but the bullets did nothing, merely bouncing off the Dalek's shields. The Dalek opened fire from its gun-arm, each shot taking down another one of the humans. Within moments, the room was clear.

"You are an impressive combination of machine and organics. But like all organic beings, you are doomed. We are your doom. And you will serve us. Serve your doom, Dalek," Sovereign declared. The noise emitted again, but the Dalek did not react.

"Once again, you are incorrect, Sovereign. You cannot control a Dalek as you control a human. And when we meet, you will understand, that Daleks are the supreme beings of the universe!"

"We shall see."

"No. You shall die!"

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