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Swinging his ship around, Jack saw his squad doing the same. He suddenly remembered Luke, who didn't have a ship. "Deadelus, beam Luke up from the surface to inside the hangar bay once we land. I think he'll be good for first encounters."
"Okay, will do, Jack." Colonel Vestry said. Approaching the largest door, it swung open to reveal a large room. Almost instantly, he felt gravity taking effect, pulling him to be lined up with the beast. As he inched closer to the doors, he could make out details in it, and noticed that it was all one piece of... wood? A single sheet of wood seemed to stretch across half of the bay, while the other door covered the other half. There were no flaws in it, no cracks, no scratches, no marks of any craftsmanship.

"Sam, are you seeing this?"

"Yes sir, flawless."

"Remarkable." Seeing a handful of men working on the deck, he steered his ship over. Landing smoothly, he opened his cockpit, to breath in very, very fresh air. "Why is the air this fresh?"

"Because the Leviathan produces it here. We breath it out, he filters it, we breath it back in. Perfect cycle. I am Deryn." said a young woman approaching him. Her accent was clearly English.

"Biofilters? Incredible!" Jake said, walking over to Jack. "Even we haven't perfected those yet."

"Biofilters? Bah! Things of the past! We got rid of those six years ago, just after the Goliath incident. No, we use biochemical fusion, it's far more efficient, and it provides energy for the whole ship, not just parts."

"This is all one piece of wood, how?" Daniel said, crouching on the floor next to them. Jack kneed him, and he stood up quickly.

"We simply used genetics to cause the wood to grow like this."

"You can form trees?"

"Easily."

"I like these people." Sam said.

"Me too, but who were the others, the German speaking ones?" Jack said.

"Ah, that would be my people, or, at least, they used to be." Said a young man behind Deryn, with a thick Austrian accent. "The Clankers, Germans and Austrians from my world. They prefer steam and metal over bio-electricity and living beasts."

"And you are?"

"Where are my manners? I am Alexander Ferdinand, from the Hapsburg royal house."

"Wait, you're Alexander?" Daniel said, his mouth slightly agape.

"What's so special about him?" Jack asked.

"He's the lost prince!"

"Lost prince?"

"I most certainly am not." Alex stated.

"Jack, mind if I talk to you for a moment in private?" Daniel pulled Jack to the side, which seemed kind of backwards. "I think they're from another dimension. A parallel one."
"Daniel, I may not be the geek you are, but wouldn't that mean that we also exist? And wouldn't that tear the fabric of space and time and all that?"

"Not necessarily, sir." Sam said. "And I think Daniel is wrong."
"Explain." They said at the same time. Jack glared at Daniel.

"Well, I'll start with you sir, it may be a parallel dimension, but we may not exist in this one. Their technology is quite different from any that we have ever seen here on Earth."

"That is quite true..." Jack admitted.

"And, I don't think this is even a different dimension. They may simply be from another planet very similar to Earth, and it may have the same countries, but not the same people. I certainly would remember if I had heard of a living airship, or a steam-powered dreadnought."

"Okay, then where are they from?"

"Let's ask them." Daniel suggested.

"Like that's ever helped us." Jack rolled his eyes, but Daniel was already back over there.

"If you don't mind me asking, what planet are you from?"
"We come from a planet that looks very similar to yours. We call it Tetra. What do you call yours?"

"Earth." Jack said, finally admitting total defeat. In a matter of less than a minute, he was proven wrong, twice. Deryn turned to him, smiling.

"Would you care to be shown around the ship? You'll find it quite fascinating."

"That would be nice."
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More first encounters! I tried to not put too much boring stuff in this chapter, but, hey, it can't be all action. I need a plot. AND REVIEW! I AM TIRED OF SAYING IT! REVIEW PLEASE! I NEED INPUT!