I had decided to make a few stories that take place before the events of the Elementian Effect, this will be the second prequel story anyway hope you like it

I had reworked both of these chapters as i didn't feel like they fit and was a complete mess hopefully it help.

(Chapter 01)

'Huh?' was the lone thought that passed through a blond man's mind as he found himself standing in a wheat field, looking down he slowly ran his hand through the wheat and could feel ever grain rub against his hand, as well as the gentle breeze blow against his skin.

The blond man then looks around himself to see if he could figure out where he was, however he only saw a woman that seemed to be harvesting said wheat. Upon closer inspection he noticed she looks to be in her mid-twenties with long brunette hair that reached her mid-back and was wearing a long black tunic, but what drew his attention to her was the rabbit ears on top of her head, he stared at them as he saw one twitch making her look in his direction.

They stared at one another for a moment wondering who the other was "Naruto" a whisper called his name making him look behind himself only for the scenery around him to suddenly change.

He now found himself standing in the middle of a street filled with what he assume to be soldiers as they were all dressed in military uniforms, looking around he saw they were all standing in front of a metal dome.

He then looks to his right and saw a petit woman with chestnut brown hair and brown eyes, he then hears a siren goes off which made him look to it. He sees the doors on the dome open and catches a glimpse of a marble stone structure inside.

"NARUTO!"

"NARUTO!" shouted a woman waking the now identified Naruto from his sleep and snaps his eyes open, the first thing he saw was his friend and first officer Beka Valentine, kneeling over him shaking him to wake him which worked.

A groan escaped Naruto as he sat up then looks around command, he saw the lights were flickering and sparks shot out of a few consoles. As he saw how command was Naruto wondered how the rest of his ship had faired "Andromeda, Status!" he calls out to the ship's AI with a groan as he picks himself to his feet.

"It's no use, I tried calling for her earlier but it seems the AI core was knocked out by the energy wave, that hit us while we were in Slipstream" Beka informed him as she went to one of the consoles that still barely worked.

Naruto looks around again and saw Tyr was the only one on command trying to fix the weapons station console "Hey Beka, Where are Harper, Trance, Rev and Rommie?" he asks as he walks towards her.

"With whatever knock off the AI core also disabled Rommie since she isn't functioning right now and Harper is in the conduits trying to get Andromeda's AI back online, as well as trying to get the sensors, engines and weapons systems back online" she tells him while pointing over to where Rommie was on the floor and as well as informing him on where Harper was "as for Trance and Rev Bem, I'm having them assess the damage done to the rest of the ship" she finishes.

That earned a sigh of relief from the Elementian at hearing his crew was okay but was still a little worried for the Andromeda and her avatar, however though he knew with Harper down in the conduits he could get Rommie and her ship-self back online in no time.

Naruto then heads to his station to try and get power restored to his console then asks "do we have visual of where we are?" as he looks up to the three main viewers.

Just as Beka was about to answer the consoles and lights started to work properly again "if anyone has noticed, we now have reserve power coming online, curtesy of you friendly neighborhood engineer" a cocky voice came through the middle main viewer revealing a short man with spiked up blond hair in the conduits.

"Harper, what does the damage look like?" Naruto asks hoping it wasn't bad.

"(sigh) It doesn't look good boss, whatever the hell hit us took down most of our systems but I was able to get short range and internal sensors back online, as well as communications and Rommie should be back online in a few minutes" he tells them as he looks over his data pad.

He the looks back at the screen in front of him "now, we're gonna have to prioritize on what we want, since I'm going to need to do each of these one at a time, currently" he says then raises a hand up "sub-light engines, long range sensors or weapons" Harper continues counting each priorities.

Naruto looks towards both Beka and Tyr "what should we repair first? Sensors, engines or weapons?" he asks them wanting their opinion in this decision.

"I would say weapons but given that we aren't in a battle right now, I'd have to choose the engines" Tyr says giving his opinion.

"I'm going to have to agree with repai …"

BEEPBEEPBEEP

Just as Beka was about to finish her answer the sensors suddenly went off making Naruto look at the console in front of him "what is it?" Beka asks with a bit of worry in her voice.

Checking the sensors Naruto saw there was a planet off their starboard and they were drifting towards it "Harper, we're gonna need those engines back online right away, since we only have ten minutes before we enter a planet's atmosphere and plummet to our deaths" he tells him receiving a nod from the short man.

"Getting on it" he hurriedly says scrambling on fixing the engines and cuts communication with the bridge.

"So what do we do in the meantime, just wait for Harper to repair the engines?" Beka asks just as Trance and Rev Bem return.

"The damage to the Andromeda isn't as severe as we first thought, however though the nanobots & androids are a bit slow right now, given that Rommie isn't fully online yet but they are repairing and sealing any ruptures along the bulkheads" Rev Bem reported with a breathing apparatus over his mouth.

Thinking over the situation Naruto looks over to Beka "prep the Maru for takeoff, just in case" he tells her which Beka then tells Trance to come along as well and they both left command in a hurry.

The right viewer screen suddenly flickers on and glitches a few times before a woman appeared on screen revealing it to be the ship's AI "Andromeda! It's good to have you back, now were you able to analyze what that energy wave was before you were knocked offline?" Naruto asks wondering what the hell that wave was.

Andromeda had a little smile on her face when he said the first part then begun to be process his inquiry and was analyzing the data she was able to obtain from her sensors at the time "there isn't enough data for me to give an accurate reading, sorry captain" she reports looking a bit puzzled with the readings.

Four minutes later Beka and Trance came back to command with concern expressions on their faces "it's a no go with the Maru" Beka simply stated with a bit of an edge in her voice as she sat in the pilot's seat.

Both Naruto and Tyr looks to them "what do you mean, it's a no go?" Tyr asks loudly not liking her answer.

It was Trance that answered "whatever hit us, had also effected the Maru's systems as well" her voice seemed a little timed telling them.

Tyr gave a snort at that "it seems, we are going to have to wait on the little man for those engine" he says sounding a little disappointed at that statement.

Naruto then presses a few buttons contacting the conduits Harper was in "Harper, how are those engines coming along?" he asks hoping he made some progress.

The middle screen turns on to show Harper hard at work "it's coming slowly but surely, I just need a few more minutes" Harper informs them cross wiring a few circuits together.

Looking at the Sensors again Naruto saw there was very little time "you better hurry it up, Harper, we only have five minutes before the planet's gravity pulls us in" he updates his engineer.

"I know, I know" he simply said with his soldering wand at work.

BEEP BEEP BEEP

"Now what?" asked an irritated Tyr wondering what else could go wrong now.

Looking at the left main viewer they saw a huge faded red bleep appear on the sensors "whatever it is, it's just barely on our sensors and unfortunately we don't have visuals yet" Naruto said to them.

"Captain, I was able to extrapolate our position in Known Space and it appears, we're in the Milky Way galaxy, Perseus arm, in a system in the Pangaea Expanse" Andromeda informs them of where they were in all of Known Space.

A thought crossed Naruto's mind at hearing they were in the Pangaea Expanse and uses the sensors to scan the planet they were drifting towards "Andromeda, can you search your database for that planet?" he inquires as he hoped they were where he thinks they are.

Everyone looked towards him with suspicion and/or confusion on their faces, while receiving a nod from the AI "checking now" she says.

"Do you know something about this planet?" Beka inquires with a raised eyebrow as she got out of her seat and walks over to Naruto.

As he was about to answer her Andromeda interrupts him "I found a match in my databanks, the planet is called..." "Arashi" a voice from the entrance finished for her making everyone look towards it.

Standing there was Gaheris Rhade which surprised them as they had forgot about him "how do you know that?" Trance asks curiously as she took a few steps towards him.

"Later, Harper we need those engines right now, we only have two minutes before we enter the atmosphere" Naruto calls out bringing him back on screen.

The moment he was on screen a bright spark happened making Harper fall backwards quickly with a yelp "oww, man that smarts" he whines shaking his right hand from the pain then looks up to the screen that was in the conduits "it doesn't look Naruto, all I can give you is stabilizing thrusters and I had managed to get both starboard and port GFG (1) back online, but they can only give minimal power, that's all I can do" he tells them making him lower his head "sorry Naruto".

Naruto nods his head then a thought crossed his mind "it's alright Harper, but could you get us visuals at least?" he asks with a raised eyebrow

Harper looked a little confused at that then pulls out his data-pad again and scans the circuits "yeah I could, but why?" he questions.

They saw Naruto look over to his first officer "Beka take the helm, we're going to need you to land the ship on the planet" he ordered her getting a nod from her as she took the helm "Harper get us visuals now, everyone brace yourselves for impact" he tells them as the lighting in the room turn blue followed by a horn.

(Arashi – hillsides – midnight)

The light sound of marching could barely be heard as an army of men in metal armor were carefully walking towards a hill with a stone building on top of it 'if we take advantage of the dark and come in from the side of the hill that blocks out the stars, we should be able to make our approach' thought a grizzled old man in dark red armour as he watched his men slowly move towards their targets.

"Do not shuffle about men, pick up your feet and be quite" quietly ordered a man that was sitting on an armored horse.

A couple of minutes after he said that the whole area around them suddenly lit up with balls of light slowly descending from the sky revealing the entire army, this caused all of them to look up with shock and confusion on their faces. The old man looked up at the lights confused on what was going on since it was still night "What! Where are these lights coming from?" he spoke aloud looking at the slowly descending lights.

After settling his horse and regaining his composer the old man then gives a shout "no" as his plan to use the night as cover for him and his men to use to sneak up on their enemies was ruined. He then had his horse start running "all troops forward! Keep moving to Alnus, take the fight to them" he shouts to his men as he was riding towards the enemy's camp on top of the hill.

What acquired next happened to fast, as he made his way towards his enemies multiple thunderous bangs were heard coming from the now identified Alnus Hill and lights streaking towards them, the next second explosions started happening and loud quick screams filled the air but the old man continued on "move! Keep going" he orders his men.

The old man kept shouting for his men to fellow him as he advanced forward and as he jumps over a small rock side the next then he knew, he was sent flying off of his horse as it ran into large coils of barbed wire and got tangled up in it "my lord!" one of his men cried out as they saw their king getting tossed from his horse

"Hold on sir, we'll help you" one of them said as they hurried to their king's side.

"We need more shields" another one calls out getting more people to help their king.

After moving the barbwire out of the way his men formed a wall using their shields to protect their king, two of his men help him up to his feet which he then shoves away from him shouting "GET OUT, EVERYONE GET OUT" he tries to warn them but was too late.

Hundreds of small streaks of lights soured at them going through their shields and armour, time seemed to slow down for the old man as he stood in place watching his men fall one by one around him, he then looks to the enemy's base seeing many streaks of lights coming from there then the sound of something ricocheting off of his helmet caused time speed back up for him and slowly starts walking towards the base.

As he took a few steps the flashes suddenly stopped and that confused him for a few moments before he heard a rumbling sound and it was getting louder by the second, it made the king and his remaining army to look around wondering where this rumbling was coming from "look up there, what the hell is that?" shouted one of his men as he was pointing up towards the sky.

This made all of them look to where that soldier was pointing at and what they saw was a massive metal contraption plummeting towards the mountain they were next too, this made them and their king's eyes widen "EVERYONE RETREAT! MOVE NOW!" he shouts at the top of his lungs ordering his men to run which they started to.

BOOM

A loud explosion came from the metal contraption making them look back up at it and saw that a giant piece of metal had broken off of it and into multiple small ones but the king thought something else about it 'is that a chariot of their god?' he asks himself staring at the object then sees it was arcing upwards looking like it was going to miss the mountain altogether.

As he was watching it he didn't notice one of the larger chunks heading right for him before impacting the ground several meters away from him engulfing the man in an explosion followed by a loud crash and skidding.

(Andromeda – Command – ten minutes later)

Groans could be heard coming from multiple people "any survivors?" came a groan from Naruto as he was upside down against the wall at the front of the bridge.

"I'm alive" came Trance's voice whom was slowly trying to get up on her feet.

The sound of unbuckling was heard "same here" Beka said as she leans forward on the pilots seat and starts rubbing the back of her neck.

"Still alive as well" sounded Gaheris with a grunt.

"Thank the divine for Beka's piloting skills" Rev Bem says as he turns over onto his back to lay there for a few moments to regain his bearings.

Tyr stood back up "miraculously we're still alive" he says in his usual tone.

Having heard everyone in command was okay he was just about to roll himself back onto his feet but then heard something powering up making him look to where Rommie was and saw her sit back up "systems back online" she reported then looks to her left taking a quick glance around command.

She saw sparks flying from a few consoles then looks to her right and sees her Captain upside down, she just stared at him for a moment before tilting her head to the side with confusion on her face "captain? What are you doing?" she asks as she stands up and walks over to him.

"Never mind just help me up" Naruto grumbles as he held up a hand for her which she grabs and pulls him up to his feet in one swift movement.

"Thank you, Rommie" Naruto says as he dusts himself off then looks too the main viewers "Andromeda! Give me a status on the ship" he asks her hoping the landing didn't cause that much damage.

The right screen flickered a couple of times before the ship's AI appeared "major hull damage along the Ventral and Port side of the ship, the GFG lens is damaged and will need to be replaced, both internal and external defenses are offline, external sensors are also offline, one of my GFG's will need to be completely replaced, communications are offline as well and we only have 19.3% of reserve power" Andromeda informs them as she was checking over her systems.

Hearing that didn't really surprise anyone as they knew there would be damages "so what do we have?" Tyr asks not liking what he just heard as he leans against the wall on the left side of command.

Checking her systems again she reported "internal sensors are online, we have real-time visuals, the Exotic Matter Pulsar is still online but at minimal power and the slipstream core is also still onli…" "Hey! Is anyone there? Hello!?" came Harper's voice through the comms surprising everyone as they had forgotten Harper was still in the conduits.

"Yes Harper, we hear you and glad to know you're still alive" Beka says sounding a little relieved to hear his voice.

"Are you okay Harper?" Trance asked looking a little concerned for her short friend.

"A little sore from being tossed around in here and could use a really good back massage…how about it my purple love goddess wanna give me a rub?" he says sounding a bit flirtatious at the end.

A smile graced Trance's face as her earlier concerns left her "stop being predicable" she tells him being used to his pickup lines.

Clearing his throat Naruto asks "pushing that aside, how soon can we get the ship back in working order Harper?" wanting to know if they can get back into space.

Scanning the circuits with his data pad and looks over the results "well this is just great, don't expect to be back in space any time soon, boss" he tells him "there is extensive damage and it looks like we won't be flying for a whi…" was all he was able to say before being interrupted by the alarms sounding within command.

"Intruder alert! Intruder alert! Intruders on V-deck" Andromeda informs them loudly as the middle viewer flickers on showing a group of people in green camouflage clothing with assault rifles in hand slowly moving down a corridor.

(End Chapter)

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1. A Gravity Field Generator, also known as the GFG or GFG Lens, is a critical component of every Slipstream able spaceship. A GFG helps to reduce the effective mass of a vessel (i.e. Andromeda Ascendant, Eureka Maru, Garuda class, Drones) to just under one kilogram. It also focuses gravity so that a hole can be ripped into the fabric of space-time so that the Slipstream can be accessed. A GFG is an important part of the ship's mobility system.

The lens is critical part of the GFG, without a lens a GFG cannot operate. The lens is an extremely expensive item that is hard to find. The lens is grounded by nanobots to help magnify the GFG's effects.

A ship's GFG must be shut off just as missiles or other large objects moving at high velocities are impacting upon a vessel's hull, because the effects otherwise would be disastrous. The ship would be smashed off course at speeds so extreme that the occupants would most likely be killed instantly, and the ship would be caromed into a nearby stellar object, or instantly vaporized. Smaller, scaled down GFGs also reduce the effective mass of weapons such as missiles until just before impact, allowing them to reach greater speeds and cause more kinetic damage when they impact. The high speeds also help the missiles move fast enough to evade any kind of countermeasures that the enemy might have.

The GFG is one of the key components of any Slipstream-capable ship, and is often specifically targeted by opponents looking to capture rather than kill a crew.