Welcome back to Star Wars: The Year of Earth. This is the Sixth chapter, and I am surprised as to how many people are reading this. As always, I don't own Star Wars, Lucasfilm/Disney do.
Darth Jacob - Thank you for telling me that, I have fixed it.
w.m.simpson jr - I have an idea of what story you may be talking about, as for the battle for Earth, that will be next chapter, though I expect it may be out pretty soon, I've been looking forward to writing it for a while. I also feel the Jedi and Sith are both wrong in their philophies, as we saw in the Mortis Arc, that balance is the way to go.
Area 51-above ground research lab, 7 days later.
How did they figure this out? Mike thought to himself, staring at the Alien engine. First the laser guns, now a faster than light thing?
Having just finished reverse engineering the alien guns, Mike was told to have the rest of the day to himself. Since he could do whatever he wanted, and having heard about the trans dimensional engine, he decided to do more science work.
Deciding to learn about the engine, he called John over.
"John, how many replicas of this machine have we made?"
"I think we have made around five copies, but only copies of the outside, we haven't figure out the inside".
Deciding to look at the design on the computer, he walked to a nearby computer station. After logging in, Mike put up the design schematics. John looked over at what Mike was doing.
John spoke, beginning to point at the screen "the engineers think that cylinder is used to move the fluid around, which pushes it into their, and then into their where it begins the cycle again".
"Did they say what happens to the fluid?" Mike asked.
"They said they don't know."
Looking again at the engine schematics, Mike decided to zoom in on one area.
Calling an engineer over, Mike showed him the schematics.
Mike asked the engineer while pointing looking at the screen. "I was just wondering, what happens to the fluid in here?".
The engineer looked at the design. "It seems like the fluid is electrically charged". Moving the engine schematics to the left a little, a wire was seen. "This wire may be connected to a battery, but the problem is we can't disable the security lock".
Realizing this Mike stands up. "I'm going to be right back, I have an idea".
Two minutes later, Mike comes back with an alien gun.
"Now, if I can remember how to use this, I may be able to bypass the lock entirely".
With a number of scientists watching, Mike flips the lever on the alien gun twice. Aiming at the engine, Mike fires the gun. A pure blue shot of electricity flies out of the barrel, hitting the front of the engine. Hearing a snap hiss, one of the scientists walk over, making sure to wear gloves. After opening up the engine, a couple drops of brown liquid fell out. A scientist who happened to have a vial on him ran up to it and collected a sample of the liquid. The scientists with the vial walked back inside with a number of people following him. The remaining scientists began clapping their hands, realizing what this could mean for the future of Humanity.
Mike walked over to John, who was starting to go back to work
"Well, it was the least I could do". Mike said, glad he was able to help.
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Endurance, Venator Class Star Destroyer under command of Anakin Skywalker, Command Deck.
"Sir" Captain Rex said to Anakin. "The remaining nine ships under your command are ready to depart".
"Thanks Rex". Anakins said. Turning towards the holoprojector, along with the holograms on it, Anakins spoke. "Master Windu, my ten ships are ready to leave".
Obi Wan as a hologram also spoke. "The ten ships under my command are all accounted for".
"Along with my ten ships" Plo Koon said.
Mace then spoke. "My command ships is ready. That is 31 ships. You may tell the clones the mission after we enter hyperspace. We just need to be sure the Seperatists don't learn of this attack. I am sending you the coordinates to our first jump. We will take three additional jumps to get to the planet. We will begin the jump in five minutes. May the force be with us".
"May the force be with us". Obi Wan replied.
After Mace and Obi Wan cut their connection, Plo Koons hologram was still there.
"Master". Ashoka said to Plo Koon. "Something about this mission doesn't feel right. I sense that many who are leaving for the planet won't be coming back".
"Much the way is with war. I will keep your words in mind, but something is truly dark with that planet, and we need to stop it. Though if you sense anything else, please tell either Skywalker or I".
"Yes Master" Ashoka said. Following her saying that, Plo Koon exited the holocall.
Captain Rex, having seen the conversation, walked up to Ashoka.
"Commander, It's ok, we were born to fight, we can do this".
"Rex, I don't think you will make it"
Rex was shocked to say the least. After a couple seconds, his face returned to normal. "Well, then I better go out with a bang".
For a second Ashoka smiled .
Ashoka turned and walked to the bridge of the Venator class Star Destroyer, and look at Anakin.
"Master" Ashoka said "how long will the trip be?"
"Master Windu said it would take about a day to arrive. He expects us to be at the planet for no more than a couple days. Once we find and destroy the Separatists and the source of the Dark side on that planet, we will leave".
"But why do we have so many ships?" Ashoka asked in curiosity.
"I heard there was a secret Separatist weapon that we need to find. It is said to be very devastating and no one lives long enough to tell about it".
"If no one lives long enough to tell about it, how do we know?" Asked Ashoka.
"Maybe someone communicated about it and then died". It sounded more like a question then a statement. "Whatever the case, it needs to be stopped".
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Grant looked down at his watch, thinking about the past week and a half.
Why did I accept this job Grant thought. They knew about what happened that day…
"General" one of the officers said, interrupting Grants train of thought.
"Yes". Grant replied
"President Wilson would like to talk to you. He is in the LITE waiting for you".
Grant walked out of the room, heading for the LITE room. Never having been in the LITE, Grant had no idea what was in it. Going up to the guard at the door, Grant shows him his watch, which was then scanned.
"I'm sorry Sir, but you don't have proper identification" The guard said.
"There must be some mistake, I was told to meet the…"
The Door Opened, with the president walking out.
Facing the Guard, President Wilson started speaking.
"What is your name, Sir" asked the President.
"Frank Wells, Sir" the guard said, honored to be talking to the President.
President Wilson replied "You see Mr. Wells, This man here, happens to be the reason all of us are still alive, and I would like to ask that you allow this kind man to pass through the door, because there are some very important things that must be discussed regarding the protection of our planet. You wouldn't want to be the reason we won't be waking up tomorrow, Correct?".
"Correct Sir."
"Then please, let this kind man through".
"Yes Mr. President". After that, The guard opened the door, allowing Grant to walk into the room.
When Grant entered the warehouse, he looked around in awe.
"Welcome to the Large Interdimensional Transporter Engine" The President said.
The engine, a thirty foot tall, twenty foot wide metal casing would seem to be, just that, a metal casing, but upon closer inspection, the inside was full of large screws, wires, and more.
"They figured out how the alien engine worked just this morning. It's a wonder of engineering that they are nearly done. Over a hundred people have been working on this, with resources from China, Russia, Britain, and more all willingly working together to help us build this".
Grant was baffled at how everyone put aside their differences and all worked on this.
The president continued. "I was told this is a exact replica, used for our first test. The scientists gave me a briefing of what this does, and are excited to show you. And as for the difficulty entering the room, the system is being rebooted to apply the latest security systems to combat what we know of the alien malware".
Still staring at the Dimensional Engine, Grant asked a question.
"Has anyone able to go to the other dimension yet?".
"That is why I called you. In a couple minutes, they will be finished, and I want you to be here for the first testing of interdimensional travel".
A scientist walked up to the President and Grant.
"Would you like for me to explain how the machine works?"
"Sure" Grant said.
"The way it will work is it will make a portal to the other dimension, and we will send a robot in. We don't think it will travel faster than light, but we may be able to sample some of the gases, and also test out how signals work in the other dimension".
"What do you expect to find?"
"We have no idea".
"Will the robot be coming back". Asked the President.
"If all goes right, it should be able to return, but we don't plan on the entire thing to return. We will be sending a drone with it, and if it somehow can move in there, it will fly itself back, otherwise, the robot will push the drone back through the portal". The scientist said. "One final thing, to ensure the safety of all, we will be venting the atmosphere of this room. You can watch through the tinted glass".
"Why is it tinted?" Grant asked.
"So the radiation doesn't leak through" he said as if it was the most obvious answer in the world.
As soon as he said that, yellow alarms started blaring on the ceiling.
The scientist explained the sirens. "The room is about to be vented, let's go out this door".
The President, Grant, and a number of scientists hurried out of the room into the safe area.
After everybody had left the room, someone began talking through the speaker.
"Everybody is accounted for. We will begin venting the atmosphere now. I repeat we will begin venting the atmosphere now".
Five minutes later, after the the atmosphere had been vented, the flashing yellow lights turned off, replaced by flashing blue lights.
The speaker began speaking again.
"Begin final Checks, I repeat begin Final Checks".
Grant whispered to the scientist nearby. "What do the blue lights mean?".
"The portal is preparing activation". The scientist whispered back.
The speaker Meagan speaking again.
"Final checks have been accounted for. Portal is now a go, you may open the portal, I repeat, Portal is a go, you may begin opening the portal. Portal is Now Opening, Portal is now opening".
The people in the warehouse watched in suspense waiting for something to happen, but nothing did, at least nothing seemed to happen, except the drone mysteriously disappeared. Around ten seconds later, the viewing glass began to form cracks.
"Shut down the portal!" A scientists yelled.
Very quickly engine died down and the glass stopped cracking. Causing everyone to give a sigh of relief.
A new person came and walked up to the speaker.
"To tell you what happened". The person said through the speaker. "The portal did open, but not the way we thought. A large amount of radiation and cold temperature passed through it, causing the glass to break. We strongly suggest that you leave the premises immediately. We got as much radiation sealed inside the room we were watching that could have given us a sunburn within ten seconds. I will share more information outside. Please exit in an orderly fashion".
To the amazement of everyone, all exited in an orderly fashion and walked to the nearby baseball field.
The scientists who used the speaker brought a megaphone with him and went to the baseball field.
"Because of the contamination of the facility, we will be closing it down, but the experiment was a success and the portal does work. Some of you may have noticed the drone and robot were missing. They were sucked into the portal, and are currently floating there. Somehow, we still have contact with them". Holding a tablet, the Speaker continued. "Their is a form of air, as the drone can fly there. The robots measurements concluded that the temperature there is just above 3 Kelvin, which is probably one of the reasons the glass began cracking". Looking at a screen on the baseball field, a video began showing, of a blue and white background, and big black spheres. "This is a live video feed from the robot. Based off of the direction the robot is pointing, the black things are probably planets, which if that is the case, the robot must be flowing through the Fourth Dimension".
Many of the scientists gasped at that statement.
"Impossible". One scientists said.
The president raised his hand, and asked, "What is the fourth Dimension?"
The person with the Megaphone responded. "Mr. President. The robot may currently be floating through time itself".
The scientist next to President Wilson and Grant began explaining it to them. "The reason he says it may be time is because gravity affects time, and if those are truly planets, that may be their imprints on time itself".
The scientists who had the megaphone began speaking again. "I am currently looking at the data, and the robot claims it has been in the dimension for 5 hours, yet the portal opened ten minutes ago".
"I can't think about this". Grant said. "I'm going to my office".
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So the Republic attack will be next Chapter. And I would also like to thank the person who has been helping edit this story since before it was first posted.
As for the other dimension (Hyperspace) I never thought that is what time may look like, and hyperspace could be a extension of time. Whatever the case, this was a fun chapter to write.
I also wanted to point out that if you feel that Earth is overpowered, it sort of is. Not because I made them that way, but because with war and science, I feel that The modern nations have way more experience in those fields than the Star Wars galaxy. The Galaxy uses blasters where you can see the blaster bolt fly through the air. A gun will hit its target before you can hear it. I personally am writing the story as I could see actually happen. As the summary for the story says, how could one planet possibly be a problem. The Galactic nations under estimate earth, who are overestimating the Republic/Confederacy. Just my opinion.
Anyway, thx for the reviews, send a PM or post a review if you like the story but something doesn't feel right, or just send one as to why you don't like the story.