Milky Way Galaxy
Orion Arm
Sol System
Earth
6:45 PM
March 13th
2015 C.E.
Earth, the blue marble of elegance that it was, sat there in the empty and lonely vacuum of space silently, spinning at an average ever so slow rate of one thousand miles per hour, as it orbited it's home star of Sol. Sol shined it's brilliant live creating light onto the third planet that orbited it, casting it onto the America's, as it's brilliant light was in the process of fading on the east coast's of all of the America's. Meanwhile, the continents other side of the blue planet, bathed in their own artificial light that was created by the many cities that occupied the continents. The continents glowed in the night that was plunged upon due to the absence of the sun, although the glow of the continents was one hell of a sight.
Although, unexpectedly, the space above the brilliant blue marble was disturbed, as a strange green vessel that took on the shape of a hand, simply looked to have appeared into existence above the planet, as the vessel disengaged from Hyperspeed. The strange green hand slowed down dramatically as it exited Hyperspeed, and was now moving eerily slow across the completely silent, yet massive void of space. The ship looked to be in the process of doing something.
On the bridge of the green hand shaped ship, Peridot was currently sitting in a green crystalline looking chair, many different types of floating green screens in front of her near the large window of the bridge, displaying many different types of things Peridot was doing at the moment. Peridot had her mechanical hands, or her arm limb enhancers, inside the strange green console that acted much like a liquid in some ways. Peridot's eyes looked to be nothing like eyes at all, instead they looked like static that one would see on a TV when a channel couldn't be reached and such. This strange effect was due to Peridot having her hands within the console, and having them within the console in front of her allowed her immediate access to all the ships functions and systems. It acted much like some sort of telepathic communication between the ship and Peridot.
On the other hand, besides Peridot was Jasper, who was simply standing next to her with her arms crossed and looking out the window. A slight glare could be seen appear on Jasper's tangerine colored face, that was covered in reddish marking, upon the mere sight of the planet in front of her. Many memories of the Rebellion began popping up in her head upon seeing Earth...all those memories that were filled with pain, suffering, hatred, and so much more.
"Affirming arrival at Earth. Preforming scans now." Peridot suddenly declared in a organized and professional tone, as she simply sat in place in front of the console, although she was performing scans as she said so.
Upon Peridot's statement, Jasper was taken out of her trance of memories that were currently flooding through her head, and looked down towards Peridot.
"Make it quick." Jasper told Peridot in a rather harsh tone of voice, as she looked away from Peridot and back towards the blue marble in front of the ship.
If it weren't for Peridot's eyes being in a static state, her eyes would be seen rolling in annoyance at Jasper's statement. Peridot, at this point through her and Jasper's journey to Earth, had already grown tired of Jasper and her brash behavior. She was becoming more of an annoyance then serving her actual purpose, which was a bodyguard. But as much as she wanted to, Peridot wouldn't dare say that to her face, for all she knew Jasper would crack her Gem at such a statement, if not worse.
Anyways, Peridot continued with her scans after the rather annoying disturbance, and after about five seconds, beeping began emitting from the hardlight screens in front of Peridot.
"Scans complete...this is Earth alright." Peridot announced in her same organized and professional tone, as she continued looking straight out towards the window, her eyes having the static within them.
"Good. Now let's get down there and get this over-" Mid-speech, Jasper was interrupted by dozens of alarms going off on all the the screens in front of Peridot, as the screens began displaying strange and complicated data and information on them.
A look of pure confusion appeared on Peridot's face as she looked over the dozens of strange anomalies that were appearing pretty much everywhere around them, and the anomalies just kept on appearing. It seems almost endless. The constant appearance of new anomalies that were picked up by the scanners of the ship and being added to the database was beginning to become overwhelming for Peridot, so with a small growl of annoyance, Peridot dismissed a couple and left them to be read later. She also directed the computer to send the constantly appearing anomalies to the place she sent the previous anomalies. With all the alarms going off and a look of annoyance yet immense curiosity appearing on Peridot's, Jasper looked away from the window once more and down towards Peridot, a look of annoyance also on her face.
"What now!" Jasper asked Peridot in a clearly frustrated and annoyed tone, as she looked down towards the Peridot who seemed to be in the process of reading something from the expression on her face.
"Anomalies, dozens of them! What in the world?" Peridot announced to Jasper in a annoyed tone, before it quickly turned into one of curiosity and confusion, as she read over the data of one of the anomalies.
"High levels of Gamma Radiation being detected everywhere around us...! Wait, what? How does that make sense?" Peridot spoke to herself in a now clearly mystified tone, as she looked over all the anomalies that are being displayed in front of her.
Peridot continued looking towards the window with her static eyes, currently in the ship's systems looking over all the anomalies. After a few more moments, Peridot spoke up again, a look of pure confusion on her face.
"All of...THIS! Can no way be a natrual occurrence! From what this is telling me, it's almost as if some massive space battle just recently took place over Earth!" Peridot announced to Jasper in a tone of confusion and shock, as she looked over the data once more.
Upon hearing Periot's statement about a space battle taking place over Earth, Jasper's attitude quickly turned into one of annoyance, into one of interest and confusion. The expression of the same emotions appeared on her face.
"A battle? How long ago?" Jasper asked the green gem in a curious tone with a raised eyebrow, as she looked up from Peridot and out the window, seeing if she could spot something of interest.
"Well, judging by the radioactive decay..." Peridot pointed out to Jasper in a organized tone, before her eyes widen in shock at the results she was seeing. "Two days ago..." Peridot announced in a rather shocked tone, as she continued looking over the data.
"Two days!" Jasper stated in a surprised tone, taken a back by the results of Peridot's scan. The very least she expected was a month, not two days!
"It's shocking, I know. Whatever caused this battle, had some very powerful weaponry. Weaponry powerful enough to easily outmatch-wait...what's this." Peridot was explaining to Jasper, before her eye caught the sight of a very interesting anomaly.
"What is it?" Jasper asked Peridot in her scratchy voice, her voice filled with interest, as she looked at the green hard light screens in front of her in a attempt to see if it showed what Peridot was looking at.
Peridot was silent for a few seconds as she analyzed the anomaly and the data that came with it. Once Peridot was done analyzing the data, she spoke up.
"It's like a...rip. A rip in the very fabric of space-time itself. An absolutely massive tear in the space-time continuum. Over 305.2 square miles in size. Whatever did this, was absolutely massive, and the energy levels required to tear a hole this large in the space-time continuum...is unbelievable." Periot announced to Jasper in a tone of awe yet immense confusion, as she continued looking over the data of the tear, getting more confused by the second.
"The Cluster can wait. I want to find out what exactly could have caused-" As Peridot was speaking, she was interrupted by the sound of what sounded like something hitting their ship, more specifically, a couple of feet behind them.
Jasper immediately looked behind her and towards the roof where the sound emitted from. Peridot did the same as Jasper, as she removed her hands from the console and spun around on the axis of her chair, looking towards the area where the sound emitted from. On the other hand, with Peridot's hands now out of the console, her eyes were no longer static, but instead it was her natural green colored eyes, that could be seen behind the visor she was wearing. Although due to the tint it had, you couldn't really she the green color of her eyes.
Peridot's eyes were filled with many different types of emotion, as she looked towards where the sound emitted from. One could say that within her eyes, were the look of a very eager scientist that wanted to know everything about the current situation that was taking. Although the emotions of immense confusion and mystification also filled her eyes, that created a look that demanded to know what the hell was going on.
"What was that?" Jasper asked Peridot in a suspicious and on guard tone, directing her attention away from the location where the sound emitted from, and towards Peridot.
Upon Jasper's demand, Peridot immediately turned around to face the console again and inserted her hands back into it, her eyes once again turning back into there static state, as she connected into the ship's systems.
"Analyzing now." Peridot declared in a organized tone, as she began scanning around the vicinity of the ship, searching for anything of interest.
After a few seconds of scanning, the sensors detected something moving away from them and was moving in a very unstable way.
"Here we are. A small piece of debris. It looks like it used to belong to some sort of...ship..." Peridot pointed out to Jasper in the same organized tone, before her voice began to get quieter with each word she said.
Right as Jasper was about to ask the green Gem what was wrong, her question was answered without even needing to ask the Gem. The sunlight that was lighting up their ship, was suddenly cut off, as their ship was plunged into darkness. Then, all of the sudden, an absolutely MASSIVE object appeared in front of the window on the bridge, it's mere size obscuring any sight of Earth whatsoever. Peridot slowly removed her hands from the console and looked up through the window at the massive object that was obscuring the sight of space from her ship. Peridot's green eyes were filled with absolute shock and wonder at the sight of the massive construct in front of them. Jasper also looked out the window in absolute shock at what she was seeing.
In front of them was a "small" piece of Jhulaad's ship, that was destroyed by the Armageddon when it exploded in a absolutely massive explosion that measured around 500 megatons of TNT a mere two days ago. Thousands of bits of the saucer have been orbiting the Earth ever since the ship exploded, some entering the atmosphere and burning up, while some remained in orbit like the one currently in front of Peridot's ship. If a piece like this managed to hit Earth, it would cause destruction on a planetary scale. Fortunately, the large bits were in a some what stable orbit above Earth.
Anyways, the small portion of the saucer measured at around about 1 mile across, and 1 mile wide. The sheer scale of the part of the saucer, easily dwarfed Peridot's ship by a massive scale, making Peridot's ship look like nothing more then a small insect underneath the boot of a tyrant. The most horrific part, was that this was only a tiny part of Jhulaad's ship.
"...By the stars..." Peridot stated in a tone of pure amazement and wonder at the giant construct that was going by the window slowly yet fast, as Peridot's pupils dilated in wonder at the sight of the construct and it's sheer size.
Peridot and Jasper stared at the giant construct that was moving across the window outside the ship slowly but fast for about ten seconds, before Peridot finally pulled herself out of her amazement and looked towards Jasper.
"I think we found what was responsible for the tear in space-time." Peridot pointed out to Jasper in a still amazed tone, before she turned her head back around to face the console.
Peridot eyed the console for a few moments before sticking her hands back into it, her eyes returning back to the static state they were once in. "But that thing outside looks heavily damaged, and based off of the observations I took of it's hall, it looks like it was part of a ship that is much larger then it. I'm going to take scans of the debris, see what I can find out about it." Peridot announced to Jasper in a organized tone, although it was clear in her voice that she was still recovering from the sight in front of her.
Jasper meanwhile was all up in her head about what Peridot was saying, more specifically, the fact that this massive piece of debris was not a ship in itself, but was most likely a PIECE, of a much larger ship. Combining that with the fact that the tear in the space-time continuum was 305.2 square miles in size, made Jasper come up with a rather disturbing theory. Could this piece in front of them, possibly be part of a ship that was 305.2 square miles in size? Building a ship on such a scale seemed completely unbelievable and unimaginable. The largest vessel Homeworld has ever created, was only about 14 miles across, and this theoretical ship absolutely dwarfed that ship, making it look like some sort of pathetic organic life form that can easily be squashed. The ship was in itself, the size of a large city, and would most likely be able to destroy anything in it's path with ease.
As much as Jasper hated to admit it, if her theory was true, whatever civilization this theoretical ship belonged to, was most likely far more advanced then Homeworld in almost every way. But, before Jasper could continue exploring the thought any longer, she could hear Peridot growling and cursing in frustration at something that was going on.
"What's wrong now?" Jasper asked Peridot in a annoyed and frustrated tone, due to the fact that a Peridot, one of the smartest Gems in the empire, was having so many difficulties. She was created for one purpose, and that was to solve technical problems and work with machinery, and so far she's failing at that!
"I'm trying to scan the construct in front of us! But it's just reflecting our scans back at us like some sort of mirror! No matter what I do to the scanners to compensate for the issue, it STILL reflects our scans back at us! Who built this crazy machine!?" Peridot shouted out in a tone of clear frustration and anger, as she brought her hands out of the console and looked out towards the giant construct that was STILL out the window.
"You know Peridot, you were created for one reason and one reason only, and you know exactly what that is. It's pathetic to see how your failing at your one job!" Jasper announced to Peridot in a tone of mockery, as she turned towards her and crosse her arms.
As soon as Jasper made that statement, Peridot's right eye twitched in anger. Peridot span around in her chair to face Jasper face to face, as Peridot had a enraged look on her face.
"Gee Jasper, I didn't know you were the genius in the room. How about we just switch spots then, huh? I would LOVE to see you try to solve how to STOP MAKING THIS THING REFLECT OUR SCANS! YOU FILTHY CLO-" As Peridot was making her sarcastic comeback, an rather loud alarm began sounding off on one of the hard light screens that was in front of the window.
Peridot immediately directed her attention away from Jasper to avoid her wraith, and towards the hardlight screen that was beeping between red and green, as it emitted an alarm.
"OH WHAT NOW!" Peridot shouted out in a now annoyed and frustrated tone, as she stuck her hands back into the console. It was clear that Peridot had already had enough of this shit.
Peridot had left the scanners running, and it seemed while she was arguing with Jasper, the giant construct had moved out of there way, as their ship was once again bathed in the sunlight of Sol. Although, since the scanners were left running, it was taking scans of Earth, more specifically area of Baffin Island. As Peridot looked over the data that detailed the results of the scans, the expression and attitude immediately turned from being annoyed, frustrated, and angry, to one of interest and curiosity. Apparently, the scans had picked up two large unidentified vessels, that were crash landed in the very northern parts of Baffin Island. The vessels looked to have sustained some damage to their halls, some of it being minor, while some of it was heavy. It was most likely sustained in their crash landing...or in the battle that took place over Earth two days ago. But, these ships seemed to be in quite good condition for the situation there in.
Peridot was only getting the technical results of the scans, so there were no pictures for Peridot to see of the two vessels. Although from the scans, it also appeared that the vessels were about 40 miles apart. One being much farther north, while the other one was much farther south.
"The scanners have detected two vessels on a large island in the northern hemisphere of the planet. I'm putting them on screen now." Peridot pointed out to Jasper in a tone of interest and curiosity, as she began taking visual scans of the region around the two crashed vessel.
After a few moments, Peridot completed the visual scan of the region, and was quick to put the still image on screen. Peridot ended up removing her hands from the console in front of her, to get a look at this image. The view of the blue marble in front of them that was through the window, was replaced and covered with the image of a mountainous and rugged arctic landscape that had snow everywhere the eye could see. Although among the rugged and mountainous arctic landscape, were two completely black objects that stuck out like sore thumbs among the landscape, one being a complete saucer that was crash landed on some flat terrain, while the other ship had ended up perched up against a large mountain that was in front of it. This mountain allowed the ship to remain in a straight position on the surface, because if it wasn't for the mountain, the ship would most likely be facing downwards, because the majority of the ship's mass belonged to the front of the ship, which was a rather large saucer.
The saucer that made up the front of the ship, and was ultimately the heaviest part of the ship, connected to a main hull behind it that was a rather fine and beautifully crafted irregular shape. Although, on the end of the saucer, were letters that showed the name of the ship, and apparently the name of this ship was the U.S.S. Armageddon. Behind the rather large saucer were two large engines that looked to be the ship's main propulsion system to move it forward. On the other hand, on the sides of this irregular shape were two large pylons that protruded from the hull, with the left one having a rather large device on top of it, while the right one looked to be damaged and was missing the large device on top of it.
Behind these two jet black objects however, were streak lines that were indented into the ground when the ship crashed landed and grinded against the surface, as the friction being generated from the grinding slowed down the ships ever so slowly. These streak marks could trace the ship trajectory, from when it made first impact with the surface, to when it finally stopped, and these streak marks stretched on for thousands of feet, for both ships.
Although, what confused Peridot the most, was that these streak marks stretched on for thousands of feet, if not for a mile or two, and in order for a ship to create a streak mark that long, had to be moving very fast. But it wasn't this that confused Peridot, no, it was more of the question as to how these ships survived transversing such mountainous and rugged terrain that would pretty much destroy any ship transversing it. These streak marks had absolutely no snow in them, due to the ships kicking all of it up when they were crashing. But shockingly, also within the streak marks were what looked like to be small mountains and hills that were demolished from the ships as they were crashing. Shouldn't it be the other way around? Should the mountains and hills that were in the ships path's have destroyed them, if not severely damaged them? Because looking at the hull of the ships, they looked to be absolutely flawless condition for transversing such deadly terrain. The only logical conclusion for Peridot to draw, was that they were made of some VERY tough and durable metal...metal that she wanted Homeworld to have their hands on.
A determined look appeared on Peridot's face, as she once again stuck her hands into the console and immediately began taking scans of the two ships. Jasper noticed Peridot's sudden change of behavior, and looked away from the window and towards her.
"What are you doing?" Jasper asked Peridot in her scratchy and rough voice, curious to know as to what the green Gem was up to now.
"Those ships are in too good condition after transversing such a harsh terrain. They must be made of some sort of metal that can prove to be very useful to Homeworld." Peridot pointed out to Jasper in a concentrated tone, as she began taking scans of the ships.
As soon as Peridot got into the systems of the ship once again, she immediately aimed the scanners towards both of the ships, and began scanning their hulls, looking to find out exactly what they were made out of. As Peridot scanned the vessels, early results of the scans began coming in, but Peridot ignored it temporarily, too focused and concentrated on making sure the ships hulls were fully scanned. Although, shockingly and unfortunate for Peridot, the saucer shaped vessel somehow began reflecting her scans back at her, exactly how the giant piece of debris had earlier. Then, exactly three seconds later, the other vessel that was crash landed, began reflecting her scans back at her as well! WHAT WAS GOING ON! It was working a second ago! Why did it have to start doing that strange anomaly now!
"Oh, you lumpy clods!" Peridot shouted out in frustrated due to the event that just happened with the ships. "Somehow, the ships are now reflecting my scans back at me!"
"Did you find out what they were made out of?" Jasper asked Peridot with a pending anger in her voice. The least Peridot could have done was find out what the hall was made out of.
"I did, although I'm not sure how accurate they will be without a full scan." Peridot pointed out to Jasper in a disappointed tone, as she pulled up the scan results from the ships...or at least what she could get out of them.
"Let's see here. While I wasn't able to get 100% of their hulls scanned, it appears that on both ships, there is a 3 inch thick layer of...by the stars...how is that possible?" Peridot was announcing to Jasper in her organized and professional tone, before he tone turned into one of utter confusion, as she began talking to herself.
"If these scans are correct, 3 inches of these ships hull is made of...Neutronium. Neutrons that have been so densely packed together, that's it's basically become a metal. But how? How isn't this ship falling straight into the planet with the kind of mass Neutronium has? Let alone, how is the metal still a metal under such low pressures?" Peridot was pretty much at this point talking to herself in a tone of mystification and confused. She was absolutely stumped as to how this was being accomplished.
Peridot pulled her hands out of the console and spun her chair around to face Jasper, who was looking at her with a bemused look on her face.
"I'm not sure if you know Jasper, but Homeworld has been trying to build Neutronium Armor for centuries now, and every attempt has been a failure for the reasons I just said. It's too heavy, and it can't stay in a metallic form under any other pressures, except those found in the center of a Neutron Star. Neutronium is one of the most, if not THE strongest metal in the ENITRE universe! If the aliens that made these ships have managed to gain the technology to successfully sustain and make Neutronium armor on their ships, do you realize the potential those ships have!? The amount of knowledge and science that are in their database!? Technology and science that is possibly centuries, if not millennia ahead of our own technology. We would be heros to the empire Jasper! We would forever be remembered for our discovery!" Peridot finally finished her long explanation to Jasper in a excited tone the entire time, as Peridot at this point had stood up from her chair and was right up in Jasper's face...or at least as close as she could get to it.
Jasper couldn't help but smile sinisterly at the thought of being remembered as a hero to the empire, a hero to the Diamonds, a hero that would be remembered for the rest of time. Although before Jasper could dive deeper into these thoughts, Peridot backed away from her and sat back down in the pilot's chair. Peridot then looked up towards her.
"Jasper, I hope you don't mind. But I think I'm going to have to extend our mission, due to this discovery. But, before we head down towards those ship's crash sites, we need to finish what we originally came here to do. Check up on the Cluster, and deal with those cursed Crystal Clods." Peridot pointed out to Jasper in a excited tone, before it turned into annoyed upon mentioning the Crystal Gems, or in Peridot's case, the Crystal Clods.
"Sounds perfect to me. I've been looking forward to dealing with them." Jasper acknowledged Peridot in a sinister and smug tone, as she looked away from Peridot and towards the window, which had the view of the crashed ships, before Peridot removed it from the main screen, as it returned to the view of Earth.
"Now, could you go get Lapis Jasper? We need to find out where their base is." Peridot asked Jasper, as she had her hands in the console, checking the ships systems as she waited for Jasper to get Lapis.
"Understood." Jasper acknowledged Peridot, as she turned around away from the sight of Earth, and began walking towards the door the lead to the rest of the ship, walking across the rather large bridge.
Finally, after a few seconds, Jasper had made it to diamond shaped door, and as she did, the door opened automatically for her, and she was quick to walk right through it. When Jasper reached a certain length away from the door, the door closed behind her, leaving Peridot alone on the bridge temporarily, looking over the data she received from the scans, a small sinister smirk on her face as she did so.
Earth/Canada/Nunavut/Baffin Island/The Baffin Mountains/U.S.S. Armageddon/6:54 PM/March 13th/2015 C.E.
"It doesn't seem she probed any of our database, Captain." Maria announced to Jefferson in a concentrated tone, as she looked over the database of the Armageddon to see if there were any security breaches, pressing many button on the console in front of her.
At the moment, everyone on the bridge was looking over every system on the Armageddon, to see if it had been probed or scanned by Peridot during her scan of the ship. It had been only about a minute since Peridot conducted her scan on the Armageddon, and as Peridot was performing the scan of the Armageddon, Jefferson was quick to give the order to Qeesheer to activate the Reflective Hull Plating on the ship, which would prevent any scans of the ship been taken, and reflect the attempted scans back at the ship. After activating the Reflective Hull Plating, Jefferson immediately gave the order to the crew, to check every system on the Armageddon to find out what kind of information Peridot had managed to get, and what exactly she was after. So far, every system that has been checked, showed no signs of being probed or scanned, which was good, considering the kind of systems that were being checked, like weapons and all sorts of military tech.
Although on the positive side of things, Maria had managed to secretly preform scans on the entirety of Peridot's ship during their whole idle period in orbit. Maria had managed to gain access to their weapons systems, the entirety of their database, how many Gems were currently on board, what the ship was made out of, and so much more. Jefferson could never get enough of the Armageddon's stealth systems and their capabilities. The information they gather about Peridot and her ship will prove to be very useful for Johnathan and the Crystal Gems.
But, there is something Jefferson found stupidly amusing about this entire situation, Peridot's ship was a hand! A MOTHERFUCKING HAND! When Jefferson first saw the ship on the main screen, he couldn't help but laugh his ass off at Peridot's ship, as most of the crew on the bridge laughed along with him. Jefferson just hoped there were no vital systems located in the fingers and thumb, because those systems could be easily cut off when engaged in a battle. All a ship would have to do is shoot off all the fingers and thumb to severely cripple the ship, or hell even destroy it. But come on, Jefferson had faith in Gemkind, they seemed rather intelligent, and Jefferson highly doubt they would actually make a fatal error like that in a ship, and not notice it. But Jefferson hasn't read over the files of Peridot's ship yet, so hopefully he was correct, that the Gems didn't put any major and vital systems in the fingers nor thumb. Either way or not, the design of the ship seemed poorly executed.
Suddenly, Jefferson was brought out of his train of thought by the sound of Qeesheer's voice. "Captain. I've detected a scan signature on the hull of the Armageddon. It matches that of Peridot's scanners." Qeesheer announced to Jefferson in a organized tone, looking up from his console to face Jefferson.
Jefferson turned around from the window to face the Blygoss. "Well? What kind of information she have gotten from her short scan?" Jefferson asked Qeesheer in a slightly nervous tone, nervous about how much information Peridot knows about the Armageddon's hull.
"I would say she was able to obtain 24% of the information on our hull in that period of time, from the type of scanners her ship is equipped with. I wouldn't be surprised if she managed to find out about the Neutronium on our hull. But the rest of the metal below that is most likely still a secret." Qeesheer announced to Jefferson in a regretful tone, typing commands into his console as he looked over the data of Peridot's sensor array.
Upon hearing Qeesheer's explaination, Jefferson cursed under his breath. Just from the mere observation of Peridot's ship, there was no way in hell her ship had any sign of Neutronium on it, and if there wasn't any Neutronium on it, it's likely Gemkind hasn't figured out the correct process to make Neutronium a stable and practical element, yet keep it's strength and durability. If Gemkind hasn't found this out yet, Jefferson intended to keep it that way, because if Neutronium technology fell into their hands, it would be a massive boom in their military strength, and would only strengthen their empire, which wouldn't be good. The information they attained from the Armageddon's hull, needed to be erased from their database as soon as possible. Looks like Johnathan has a secondary mission to attend to now.
"Captain! Peridot is on the move!" Maria called out to Jefferson in a alerted tone, as she began typing commands into her console.
Jefferson turned to face Maria with a strict expression on his face. "Where is she going?" Jefferson asked Maria with a commanding tone in his voice, continuing to look at Maria.
Maria typed a few commands into her console before speaking. "According to her trajectory...the Delmarva Peninsula...Beach City." Maria announced to Jefferson in a surprised tone, looking up from her console.
Jefferson eyes widen in horror upon hearing Maria's statement. "Thats exactly where Johnathan and the Crystal Gems are located." Jefferson stated in strict tone, before he immediately got up from his seat and began making his way to his quarters on the bridge, navigating his way through the damaged bridge of the Armageddon.
"Qeesheer, you have the bridge! Maria, transfer all data you on have on Peridot's ship to my quarter's computer! I'm going to alert Johnathan and the Crystal Gems about Peridot's arrival." Jefferson pointed out to Qeesheer and Maria in a concentrated tone, as Qeesheer began making his way over to the captain's chair and Maria began typing into her console rapidly.
"Aye sir." Maria acknowledged Jefferson, as she began transferring all the data she recovered from Peridot's ship to Jefferson's computer.
Jefferson walked across a few more pieces of scattered debris on the bridge's floor, before he finally made it to his quarters, the black door opening automatically as Jefferson got within a certain length from it. As the door fully opened, Jefferson walked through it and into his quarters, before the black sliding door closed behind him.
Earth/United States/Delmarva/Beach City/6:58 PM/March 13th/2015 C.E.
"So these, 'Robonoids' have the capability to repair damaged Warp Pads?" Johnathan asked the Crystal Gems holding a Robonoid in his hand, standing in front of them fully clad in his suit of blue power armor, as the Crystal Gems were on the couch.
At this point and rate, Johnathan might as well call this couch the "Discussion Couch", due to how much he finds himself in this position. Him standing up in front of it, and the Crystal Gems on it.
"Exactly." Pearl acknowledged Johnathan, putting her right leg over her left one and crossing her arms.
Johnathan had been talking with the Crystal Gems for about two hours now about many topics that both of the parties have been wanting answers to about each other for awhile now. Steven was out with his father Greg, doing father and son activities, so this left Johnathan and the Crystal Gems the perfect opportunity to discuss much more graphic things, since Steven wasn't around to hear them. The discussion started off with Johnathan explaining the rest of the Xyzox Galactic War too the Crystal Gems, from the beginning, to this very moment. Not to Johnathan's surprise, all of the Crystal Gems reacted to the war in many different negative ways, whether it be complaining and ranting about the Xyzox's horrific war crimes and atrocities they committed onto the galaxy, or just being in absolute shock over the amount of casualties the war has had overall in just a short span of 121 years...on both sides.
Estimates predict, that the amount of casualties the Milky Way Galactic Alliance has taken in this war, which included the extinctions of species as well, is about 545 trillion. The Milky Way is a very big place, and it holds a lot of life...well used too, compared to now. The Xyzox on the other hand, have taken possibly around the area of 200 trillion casualties. Combine these numbers together, and the total death toll of the Milky Way Galaxy in this war, was 745 trillion. Close to a quadrillion casualties. The numbers would most likely be higher if the Xyzox had bothered visiting every single life bearing planet in the galaxy...but that would just take too much time. It would also be a WASTE of their time as well. But either way, the number of dead was just absolutely unacceptable.
Such large numbers were difficult for the human mind to comprehend, hell even the Gems had difficulty fully comprehending it. A few tears were shed by the Crystal Gems by just the sheer amount of innocents dead, especially when Johnathan went into detail on this subject...as much as he hated to do so. But Johnathan needed to give the Crystal Gems the idea of the kind of enemy they're facing, because they are one that is NOT to be underestimated. They're ruthless, unmerciful, unyielding, and will kill anything or anyone that stands in their way. Johnathan is pretty confident he got the idea through the Crystal Gem's heads.
Anyways, after explaining the war to them, Johnathan went on to begin asking the Crystal Gems some of his questions. Mostly about Homeworld, the Rebellion, the Diamond Authority, Gem society, and things like that. Even though their view on these subjects, were thousands of years out of date, it was still good to gain some insight on the kind of enemy they were dealing with here at the moment, besides some information found in the computer of a Kindergarten. Eventually, after many questions answered, and new ones being brought up and asked, Johnathan and the Crystal Gems brought the subject to the strange machine Johnathan saw the other day in Pearl's hand. Johnathan wanted to know more about that machine, because the way the machine looked, was eerily similar to that of what Maria described what was in the Warp Streams. After learning a bit about these "Robonoids" from the limited knowledge the Crystal Gems knew about them, this brought us to the current situation taking place.
Johnathan sighed in frustration upon finding out what these Robonoids were capable of, as Johnathan put his hand on his face and began walking to his right. The reason Johnathan was so frustrated upon this revelation, was that the Queen most likely transported some of these Robonoids onto her ship while it was in Warp Space, and with the ability to repair Warp Pads, and perhaps even create them now in the Queen's hands...just made a whole new world of trouble. She's most likely already used these Robonoids to repair the Warp Pad that was destroyed in the Kindergarten, when it was utterly annihilated her own troops in a attempt to kill him, Garnet, Amethyst. Hell if Jhulaad wanted to, she could repair the Galaxy Warp the Crystal Gems told Johnathan about, and go straight to Homeworld or any other Gem controlled planet. Although, that was most likely not going to happen, because Johnathan highly doubted the Queen would want to preform such an act when she's trying to deal with him, the Crystal Gems, and the Armageddon at the moment. Queen Jhulaad wasn't stupid, otherwise she would have never made it to the Orion Arm and Earth, let alone where she is now.
Pearl and the rest of the Crystal Gems noticed Johnathan's strange reaction and behavior to her statement, as Pearl raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Is something wrong John?" Pearl asked Johnathan in a concerned tone, knowing that whenever he acted this way, usually meant he was about to announce some bad news.
"Yes, something is very wrong." Johnathan declared in a regretful tone, pulling his face out of his hand and turning back around to face the Crystal Gems.
"You see, what if I told you? That while the Armageddon and the Xyzox were in Warp Space, the Queen managed to get her hands on a couple of these Robonoids when they were transversing a Warp Stream?" Johnathan pointed out to the Crystal Gems in a regretful tone, looking at them with concerned look on his face.
"What!" Pearl nearly shouted out in shock at the sudden revelation, her eyes widening in horror, as she removed her right leg from on top of her left one and straighten out her position on the couch.
"Oh you've got to be kidding me!" Amethyst shouted in a frustrated and annoyed tone, throwing her arms up into the air before putting them down and crossing them. It's as if the Xyzox were just gaining more advantages over them with each passing day!
"They've most likely already assimilated the Robonoids into their collective at this point. So the Xyzox now have the ability to repair every single Warp Pad scattered across the planet, and I don't think they'll hesitate to do something like that. It would most certainly be a huge advantage to them. Although I'm not so sure if they would think of repairing the Galaxy Warp. They already have their hands full at the moment with us." Johnathan pointed out to the Crystal Gems in a regretful tone, crossing his arms in the process of his explanation.
Garnet could be seen sighing in frustration, as she put her face into her hand upon the sudden revelation. "That means they can-"
"Coming barging into this house at any moment? Yes." Johnathan finished Garnet's sentence for her in an reluctant tone, putting his hands behind his back.
"But they how no ways of activating the Warp Pad. It requires a Gem to do so. That is unless...they find a way to activate it." Pearl was pointing out to everyone else in a organized tone, before she came to the sudden realization that the Xyzox could easily just study the Warp Pad and learn how to activate it. They've managed to gain access to Warp Space from a completely different dimension, so they could probably easily learn how to activate a Warp Pad without Gem interference.
"Like the Warp Whistle can." Garnet announced in a slightly nervous tone, as she brought her face out of her hand and looked up towards Pearl.
"I don't know what that is, but I'm guessing it has the ability to activate a Warp Pad. I'll tell you right now, the technology certainly isn't out of Xyzox reach." Johnathan pointed out to the Crystal Gems in a regretful tone, as he looked down at the floor below him.
After a few moments, Johnathan brought his head back up to face the Crystal Gems. "Looks like I'm going to have to upgrade your weapons sooner then I thought." Johnathan declared in a serious tone, as he removed his hands from behind his back and let them drop to his sides.
After Johnathan made his statement on upgrading the Crystal Gem's weapons, a beeping alarm could be heard coming from the slot on his arm, which held his H.C.P. projector within it. Suddenly, the slot on Johnathan's arm opened up automatically, and out of it came the blue hardlight projection of the computer's screen. Johnathan brought his right arm closer up towards him, so he can see the details that were on the screen, and on the screen detailed an incoming Holocall from Jefferson. Johnathan was prepared for the worst...the arrival of Peridot.
"Incoming Holocall from everyone's favorite captain." Johnathan announced to the Crystal Gems sarcastically, before pressing the button on the screen to answer the call.
When Johnathan pressed the button, the hardlight screen disappeared, and was replaced with the projection of the man Johnathan and the Crystal Gems had spoken to yesterday, the man still clad in his suit of admiralty. Jefferson had a serious look on his face, as he appeared in front of everyone.
"Johnathan, Crystal Gems." Jefferson announced to everyone in the room, acknowledging the presence of Johnathan and the Crystal Gems in a serious and organized tone, turning to face Johnathan and the Crystal Gems.
Johnathan nodded in a acknowledging matter at the projection of Jefferson before speaking. "Let me guess...she's here." Johnathan asked Jefferson in a serious tone as well as one with concern in it, making a guess as to what the current situation was, as he positioned himself in the room so Jefferson could have a easy view of him and the Crystal Gems.
Jefferson acknowledged Johnathan with a single nod that was filled with regret. "And heading to your location." Jefferson declared in the same serious and organized tone.
"Wait, what!" Johnathan questioned Jefferson in a confused and shocked tone, shaking his head a bit in the process. How could Peridot specifically know where the Crystal Gems are located?
"Lapis must have told Peridot where we are." Garnet announced to everyone in the room to clear up the confusion that was mostly present in Johnathan, as she straightened herself out on the couch.
"That seems to be the most logical conclusion to draw on the matter. I don't see any other way Peridot could have found your location. Unless I don't know something." Jefferson approved of Garnet's conclusion in a organized and professional tone, adjusting his hat on his head in the process.
"But, besides the update on Peridot. I'm here to present you all with some very valuable information the Armageddon managed to collect on Peridot." Jefferson announced to Johnathan and the Crystal Gems in a slightly brighter tone, shuffling a bit in place as he made his announcement.
"What kind of information?" Garnet asked Jefferson in a curious and intrigued tone, leaning forward in interest. Being able to gain some insight into Peridot and exactly what kind of support she had brought along with her, will most certainly be very useful in the inevitable fight that is to come.
As all attention was on Jefferson, everyone was awaiting an answer from the man clad in the suit of admiralty. After about a second, a smug smirk could be seen appearing upon the man's lips.
"Everything." Jefferson declared in a smug tone, with a smug expression on his face, observing everyone in the room to await their reactions.
Everyone's eyes widen in surprise over Jefferson's statement. Had Jefferson really been able to abtain every single piece of information about Peridot and who was with her?
"What do you mean by everything?" Pearl asked Jefferson in a tone of confusion and surprise, as Pearl stood up from her seat on the couch.
The smug smirk only got bigger on Jefferson's face upon Pearl's question. "I mean literally everything Pearl. While Peridot was sitting idle in orbit, the Armageddon managed to hack into every system on her ship, scan every single atom there is on her ship, and download all the information in her database to ours. Best part is, is that she never figured out." Jefferson pointed out to Pearl and everyone else in the room in a smug tone.
"WHAT! You can't be serious!" Amethyst questioned Jefferson in a shocked yet excited tone, as a smile began beginning to form on Amethyst's lips. Amethyst was liking Jefferson already. He certainly has that "don't fuck with me" vibe surrounding him.
"I'm not joking Amethyst. I have all the information right here in front of me, and I'm prepared to answer any questions, anyone of you have about Peridot and her ship." Jefferson announced to everyone in the room, as Jefferson could be seen pulling up his H.C.P. on the projection.
"It's like a early fucking Christmas Jefferson!" Johnathan pointed out to Jefferson in a excited and cheerful tone, a smile appearing on his lips.
"Well then, Merry Christmas!" Jefferson acknowledged Johnathan in a amused and cheerful tone, as a smile also appeared on his lips. Going along with the vibe Johnathan was setting.
Jefferson then raised his voice slightly to make an announcement to everyone in the room "Santa Claus is handing out early presents this year everyone! And it's in the form of stolen information! Ho ho ho!" Jefferson announced to everyone in the room sarcastically, doing a Santa Claus imitation in the process, as Johnathan and Amethyst let out a few laughs, while Garnet just had a slight smile on her face. Pearl on the other hand, just had a look surprise and confusion on her face.
"You do realize Santa Claus doesn't exist. Right?" Pearl pointed out to Jefferson in a slightly amused tone, finding hard to believe that an adult like Jefferson from the 26th century, still believes in Santa.
As soon as Pearl made her statement, Jefferson's smile completely vanished from his face, as his face quickly turned from one of joy, into one of clear annoyance. Jefferson just stared at Pearl with an annoyed and questioning look in his eyes, before crossing his arms in a annoyed matter.
"Wow Pearl. What a way to kill the mood." Amethyst pointed out to Pearl in a disappointed and annoyed tone, as she crossed her arms and rolled her eyes while looking at Pearl.
Pearl at this point was just confused with the situation. She was just trying to point out a fact! "What! Can I not point out a single fact about something as ridiculous as-"
"It's called a joke Pearl. Do you honestly believe that me? A man that grew up on a human colony world completely dedicated to scientific research, also the Captain of a 26th century warship. Believes in Santa Claus!? Hell, I never even knew who Santa Claus was until I was 9!" Jefferson told Pearl in his small rant, speaking with a tone of annoyance and slight aggression. Did Pearl really not know how to identify a joke. Shit, she had some real catching up to do with Human culture. It's quite ironic because isn't she a defender of Earth?
Pearl throughout the entire time of Jefferson's rant, just looked at the man in surprise. Apparently she spoke too soon.
Jefferson then rolled his eyes in annoyance before stepping back into the center of the projector. Jefferson had took a few steps towards Pearl during his small rant. Jefferson then pulled back up his H.C.P. and looked towards the Crystal Gems and Johnathan.
"Now? Questions anyone?" Jefferson asked everyone in the room with annoyance still in his voice, as he swiped his finger across the hardlight screen of his H.C.P.
First off! I want to know how you managed to gain all this information without being detected by Peridot!" Pearl asked Jefferson in a shocked and surprised tone, putting her hands up in front of her, before lowering them.
Pearl was simply shocked and surprised at just what capabilities their new allies are capable of. How could the Armageddon manage to probe and scan every system on Peridot's ship? Especially without being detected by her! If she could, she wanted learn exactly how they accomplished such a feat.
"Well Pearl, the answer is simple. Her security systems are shit, and the stealth technology on the Armageddon is some of the best in the galaxy." Jefferson announced to Pearl in a rather boastful tone, proud of just what his ship is capable of, as he lowered his arm with his H.C.P. on down to his side.
A look of bemusement appeared on Pearl's face at Jefferson's answer, confused with the last part of Jefferson's statement. "Why would a warship like the Armageddon need stealth systems?" Pearl asked Jefferson once again, her face slightly scrunching in confusion, as she raised an eyebrow.
Why would a ship like the Armageddon need some of galaxies most powerful stealth systems? From what Johnathan has told her about the Armageddon, the ship was created to single handily perform absolutely devastating orbital bombardments on planets. Usually ones with Xyzox mining facilities located on them. So why would a ship like this need powerful stealth systems. Jefferson looked just about ready to answer Pearl, before Johnathan interrupted him.
"The Armageddon is a very big and obvious target, Pearl. The stealth systems provide the ship a way to sneak behind enemy lines and either bombard a planet, or attack an entire fleet from behind, when other ships are engaging them. Also, the stealth systems pretty much provide the Armageddon with the mobility and speed a typical warship needs...but just in another form." Johnathan explained the purpose of the Armageddon's stealth systems to Pearl in a rather prideful tone, proud of the Armageddon's accomplishments, as some good old memories began popping into Johnathan's head.
"Couldn't have put it any better Johnathan. The Armageddon can easily devastate an entire Xyzox fleet within minutes, especially when performing a flank attack on them." Jefferson stated in a prideful tone, as he began going through the files of Peridot's ship on his H.C.P.
A look a blank shock was on Amethyst's as Johnathan and Jefferson explained the Armageddon and it's capabilities. "Yeah, I don't think the Diamonds would even consider messing with your ship, Captain. At the very least they would think twice." Amethyst announced to Jefferson in a rather shocked tone, as Amethyst imagined the Armageddon performing all these kinds of attacks.
"I'm not so sure about that Amethyst. From what I've seen, the Diamonds are delusional, and insane. They would probably end up losing dozens of ships and killing hundreds of their own people, before they realize they're messing with the wrong people." Jefferson pointed out to Amethyst in a uncertain tone, as he continued looking through the files of Peridot's ship, specifically looking for something.
"I have bragging rights to brag about my glorious ship. But as much as I wish I could use these rights, and tell you about some of the Armageddon's war stories. We have far more important things to be discussing, like Peridot and the information the Armageddon gathered." Jefferson announced to the Crystal Gems in a much more concentrated and serious tone, as he stopped looking through the files and up towards the Crystal Gems.
"Anyone have any questions at the top of their heads? We have to make this quick, because you guys have to start preparing for Peridot's arrival." Jefferson asked the Crystal Gems and Johnathan in curious yet slightly rushed tone, making small movements with his left hand in the process.
Garnet was the first one to speak up out of everyone. "How many Gems are with her?" Garnet asked Jefferson in a blank yet questioning tone, as she stood up and placed her hands on her hips.
"Surprisingly, the Armageddon's scanners only detected 3 Gem signatures on Peridot's ship. The third one is most likely this Lapis of yours, so basically it's only Peridot and another unknown Gem." Jefferson explained to Garnet in a slightly amused tone.
Upon this revelation of the kind of support Peridot was arriving with. The look on Johnathan's face turned into one of bemusement and amusement. "Are you serious! What is she expecting? No resistance?" Johnathan asked Jefferson in a confused tone, as he waved his arms around slightly.
"Apparently so. Although at this point, she might as well have signed her own death warrant, due to her severe underestimation of her enemy." Jefferson announced in a amused tone, as he went back to flipping through the files of Peridot's ship, preparing to go to any file.
"Any other questions?" Jefferson asked everyone in the room.
Pearl spoke up this time. "What kind of weapons does her ship possess?" Pearl asked Jefferson in a calm and organized tone, her face turing into one of curiosity.
"Weaponary. Alright give me a moment, let me just get to the correct files." Jefferson pointed out to Pearl in concentrated tone, as he began swiping his finger across his H.C.P. in a attempt to find the correct file.
A few seconds later, Jefferson pressed on a certain file that was located within the many different types of files in his database, and the file opened up. "Alright let's see here. Oh...would you look at this! I've never seen this kind of weaponry before. Very unique. It appears the primary weapons of Peridot's ship are energy based, more specifically, Laser based. Although the catch is, is that these lasers seem to be explosive in nature." Jefferson explained to Pearl and everyone else in the room in a very intrigued tone, as he looked over a diagram of the weapon's design on his H.C.P. screen
"Explosive lasers?" Johnathan asked Jefferson in a clearly confused tone, raising his eyebrow in the process.
"Yup, explosive lasers. As strange as it sounds." Jefferson acknowledged Johnathan in the same intrigued tone, as he continued looking at the diagram and the details that showed how such a weapon worked.
"Mind telling us how it works?" Pearl asked Jefferson in a curious tone, tilting her head to the side slightly in curiosity.
"I'm getting to that." Jefferson declared in a concentrated tone, as he read over the details of the weapon.
As Jefferson read over the information, Jefferson could be heard muttering to himself and making all sorts of intrigued noises. After about 10 seconds at least, Jefferson spoke up once more.
"You know, I'm surprised the Alliance didn't think of a weapon like this sooner! Well, maybe they did. I don't keep track of this kind of shit. Apparently, the weapon works by firing a laser that is infused with small amounts of contained antimatter particles. Once this antimatter infused laser hits a surface or something solid, the contained Antimatter particles began becoming unstable. Then, after a few seconds, the Antimatter particles become completely unstable and begin the antimatter-matter reaction. Until finally BOOM! The region of impact explodes in a fiery explosion." Jefferson explained to Johnathan and the Crystal Gems, performing hand movements and gestures throughout his explaination.
Throughout the explanation, Johnathan seemed to be following along with Jefferson's explaination of the ship's primary weapon quite well. Understanding every bit of information that came his way. Pearl and Garnet also seemed to have understood the concept of the weapon and how it worked. Amethyst on the other hand, had no idea what Jefferson just said.
"Uhhh, English please?" Amethyst asked Jefferson in a sarcastic matter, as all attention turned away from Jefferson and towards Amethyst.
Jefferson just sighed in frustration at Amethyst's response. How could Amethyst not know what Antimatter is? She's an intelligent life form isn't she? Jefferson wasn't going to sit down with Amethyst and teach her about Antimatter and such. He was a captain, not a teacher!
"Or, Amethyst. You can get an education! Because you and I neither have the time for me to educate on what exactly antimatter is!" Jefferson pointed out to Amethyst in a annoyed and frustrated tone, before he waved his hand in her direction, as if he was dismissing her. "Also the ship also has small laser turrets scattered across it's hull. Next question!"
After Jefferson's rather frustrated rant at Amethyst, Johnathan took the opportunity to ask his questions. "What are the defensive capabilities of Peridot's ship? What is her hull made of as well?" Johnathan asked Jefferson in a curious tone, as he put his free hand up to his chin.
Jefferson navigated his way through the files once more, swiping his finger across the hardlight screen, before pressing a specific file, opening it up as he did so. "Defensive capabilities. Let's see here. Alright, so apparently her ship isn't equipped with any sort of shield array, but she does have the ability to polarize her hull plating." Jefferson pointed out to Johnathan, navigating through the files and pressing many different buttons and things.
"Polarize her hull plating?" Pearl asked Jefferson out of curiosity looking over at Jefferson, as she was currently in the process of going up the stairs to get Steven's telescope, so they could get a view of Peridot's ship.
Jefferson turned around and directed his attention towards Pearl. "Basically, it's something like a shield, but it isn't. When the hull of a ship is polarized, it protects the ship from any attacks by scattering the damage made to a specific region of the hull, all across the ship. Therefore, making the attack on the ship much more weaker and ineffective." Jefferson explained the concept of a polarized hull to Pearl in a organized tone, preforming small movements with his hands as he did so.
After hearing Jefferson's explaination of a polarized hull, Pearl's facial expression turned into that of an impressed one. Before she continued making her way upstairs to get Steven's telescope. Jefferson on the other hand, turned back to face Johnathan and the other Crystal Gems, since Pearl seems done asking questions.
"As for what her hull's made out of, it's made of Seismonium. It's what Alliance ships used to be completely made of 40 years ago." Jefferson explained to Johnathan in a organized tone, pointing out what exactly Seismonium was towards the Crystal Gems.
"How powerful is this, 'Seismonium?'" Garnet asked Jefferson in a curious tone, wanting to know how exactly powerful this artificial metal can be, as she crossed her arms.
"Unfortunately, it's extremely powerful. It's able to withstand temperatures of up to 70,000 degrees Fahrenheit, and withstand kinetic forces of 30,000 Newtons. Stronger then Titanium, and Tungsten." Jefferson explained to Garnet in a regretful tone, as he looked down before loookig back up at Garnet as he was speaking.
"Well...I don't think we're going to get anywhere close to penetrating that metal." Amethyst announced to everyone in a unfortunate tone, as she laid back on the couch.
"Exactly. But listen, I can't answer anymore of your questions, because you're running out of time. According to the Armageddon's scans, Peridot's ship will be entering the airspace of Beach City in approximately 2 minutes and 40 seconds." Jefferson announced to the Crystal Gems in a rushed tone, as he pulled up a live simulation of Peridot's ship approaching Beach City on his H.C.P., a timer being visable on the side of the screen.
As Jefferson made his announcement about Peridot's arrival, a large amount of shuffling and things falling over could be heard from upstairs, as Pearl suddenly came out of the closet upstairs with a shocked and horrified expression on her face.
"2 MINUTES AND 40 SECONDS!" Pearl yelled out in utter shock and horror at the sudden revelation of how much time they really had left until Peridot entered Beach City's airspace, as she came out of the closet with Steven's telescope in her hands.
Everyone in the room looked towards Pearl in surprise due to her yelling the way she did. Looks like Johnathan was right in his field reports, Pearl certainly was a drama queen, Jefferson thought.
An annoyed expression appeared on Jefferson's face as Pearl yelled out the way she did. "Pearl! Restrain yourself!" Jefferson shouted back at Pearl in a annoyed tone, finding her yell of shock to be completely unnecessary, as Jefferson began turning back sideways to face Johnathan, while nodding his head sideways in annoyance.
An embarrassed blush came to Pearl face as Jefferson shouted at her the way he did. It was clear Jefferson didn't want to deal with that kind of crap at the moment. Pearl chuckled in a embarrassed way, before she spoke. "Sorry..." Pearl apologized to Jefferson in a embarrassed tone, as she used the telescope she had in her hands to hide herself from farther embarrassment.
If there was one thing Jefferson hated the most, it was people thatoverreacted to things. "Jesus H. Christ." Jefferson muttered under his breath in clear annoyance, before taking a momentary glance at Pearl, who was all embarrassed, before he turned his attention to Johnathan.
"Johnathan, before you go, I'm assigning you with another mission." Jefferson announced to Johnathan in a organized and professional tone, as he turned off his H.C.P. and put his hands behind his back.
"Another mission? Don't you think I'm already-" Johnathan was in mid-speech before he was interrupted by Jefferson speaking up over him.
"It's a short one John, don't worry. In fact it involves Peridot. You see, when Peridot was in orbit preforming scans, she managed to discover the Armageddon's crash site here in the Baffin Mountains. But, I'm guessing the Armageddon's rather 'flawless' condition after crashing through the rough terrain of the Baffin Mountains caught her attention, and she began preforming scans on the ship's hull. I immediately gave the order to activate the Reflective Hull Plating, but according to Qeesheer's estimates. Peridot managed to gain 24% of the information on our hull before the hull plating was activated." Jefferson explained to Johnathan in a serious tone, as he remained in place with his hands behind his back.
By now, the conversation taking place between Johnathan and Jefferson had caught all of the Crystal Gem's attention, as all of them were looking towards the two men. "It's very likely that within that 24% of data, is details on the Neutronium on our hull. If the Gem Empire get's their hands on Neutronium technology John, it would be a living hell for all of us. Johnathan, Peridot cannot be allowed to leave this plant with that information! Do whatever it takes to ensure that! Even if that means destroying her ship." Jefferson finished his explanation of Johnathan's new mission to him, Jefferson speaking in a strict tone the entire time, as he especially looked over at Garnet at the last part of his statement.
"I understand Jefferson." Johnathan acknowledged Jefferson in a serious soldier like tone, as he sent a acknowledging nod Jefferson's way.
"Good. Now all of you, good luck with dealing with Peridot. Andrews out." Jefferson wished everyone good luck, before giving a salute at the last part of his statement.
After a few seconds of saluting everyone, Jefferson dropped his salute and let his right arm and hand fall to his side. After dropping his salute, the holographic projection of Jefferson disappeared into the projector of Johnathan's H.C.P., as Jefferson's form was then replaced with the home screen of Johnathan's H.C.P. Johnathan then proceeded to turned off his H.C.P. with a single thought, and the hardlight projection of the computer screen disappeared into the projector. Soon after that, the projector was covered by the slot on Johnathan's arm that covered up the H.C.P. projector on his armor. Johnathan then looked up from the closed slot on his arm, and towards the Crystal Gems.
Pearl was currently walking down the stairs with the Steven's telescope in her hands, looking down at the stairs cautiously, watching her step as she went down them. Amethyst had gotten off the couch, and was currently in the process of flexing her arms, and legs. She looked to be loosing herself up for the inevitable battle that will be taking place between them and Peridot. Garnet on the other hand, was simply watching Pearl making her way down the stairs with the telescope in hand. Everyone seemed ready to take on anything Peridot had to offer them. With everyone about ready, Johnathan reached down towards the coffee table in front of him, and picked up his large blue helmet, which gained the attention of both Garnet and Amethyst.
"Well, what are we waiting for." Johnathan announced to the Crystal Gems in a smug tone, before putting his helmet onto his head. A second later, the helmet could be heard emitting a confirming beep, confirming that the helmet was now secured onto the armor. "Let's teach this bitch a lesson." Johnathan declared through his helmet, looking at Garnet and Amethyst through his visor, as the H.U.D. within it came to life.
"YEAH!" Amethyst shouted out suddenly in a determined tone, raising her fist into the air, before lowering it. The look of determination was clear in Amethyst's eyes
Johnthan then turned around to face Pearl, who was approaching him from behind with the telescope in her hands. The one question that was currently going through Johnathan's head at the moment, was why did they need a telescope? "May I ask exactly what you're doing with that?" Johnathan asked Pearl in a curious and confused tone, as Johnathan's emotional expression was obscured by the helmet on his head.
"Well, I figured that maybe, we could use the telescope to get a better view of Peridot's ship?" Pearl pointed out to Johnathan in a suggestive tone, shrugging slightly as she made her statement.
If it wasn't for Johnathan's helmet obscuring his face, Pearl would see Johnathan giving her a expression that said "really?" on his face. The ship was about to enter Beach City's air space in probably more then a minute, why would Pearl need a telescope? Johnathan didn't want to deal with this right now, so he would pretty much just allow Pearl to do whatever she wanted.
"Alright then. I guess." Johnathan acknowledged Pearl in a rather confused tone, before he grabbed onto the grip of his plasma rifle, which was on his back, and pulled the plasma rifle off of his back, and into his hands.
With the plasma rifle now in Johnathan's hands, he flipped the small switch on the left side of the advanced weapon, that would activate the plasma rifle, which caused the plasma rifle to emit a satisfying hum upon flipping the switch. Small lights on the gun suddenly lit up as they were given power from the small Nano-Battery that was in rhe rifle. The rifle was online, and ready to fire.
"Now, let's get out there." Johnathan announced to the Crystal Gems in a determined, as Johnathan and everyone else began heading for the door.
Johnathan was the first to make it to the door, and due to this he opened up the door and proceeded to hold it open for the Crystal Gems, who went through it without argument. After all the Gems made it through the door, Johnathan followed along with them, as he went through the door, and closed it behind him. The first battle between Homeworld and M.W.G.A...was about to commence.
This chapter was supposed to be merged with the next chapter. But since it seemed to be getting so long and with no end in sight, I decided to separate this chapter into two separate ones. Speaking of chapter lengths, I've recently made a poll about this issue. You can find it on my profile at the very top of it. It's basically a poll that's asks you if I should keep the chapters long, or make them shorter.
Make sure to point out any errors in the characters personalities if you see any, and leave a review. Anyways, looks like Johnathan and the Crystal Gems are about to engage Peridot and Jasper. How will such a battle go, and how will Johnathan choose to engage the two Homeworld Gems. Stay tuned for the next chapter to find out.