Chapter 2: Interrogation (or Interview if you like)
"Please. What's your name and rank?"
"I am Lieutenant Daniel Kreyum, sir." Commodore Yang examined Kreyum from afar. He couldn't tell what race he was (human, that is), as humans were culturally diverse. He had brown eyes, but still had blond hair streaked with brown.The hair was in a crew cut, but a few strands came down to his back. He was around 6 feet tall, and had broad shoulders. Yang's thoughts were inturrupted. "And you are?"
"Oh, sorry. Commodore Jameson Yang. So... you were just doing routine border patrols in the Alpha Centauri system?"
"Yes, sir."
"No need for such formalities. It's a waste of time, in my opinion. Just answer the questions I ask."
"Ok."
"And you say that you were transported out here through a spatial distortion? What did your scans reveal about it?"
"We didn't know much about it. It all happened so fast. We saw a damn strange thing in front of us, and next thing we knew, we were out here."
"Then what happened?"
"Well, when we recovered from the shock, a whole fleet of Shivan warships appeared on scanners. We barely had time to launch the fighters before half the systems went down. Before I flew out of the fighter bay, I overheard people talking about how ships kept on coming through a jump node... and that scans revealed it had been opened by a GTVA ship." Yang suspected that he knew this because there was a portal construction, but he wanted to make sure.
"How did they know this?"
"Well, the jump node was artificial. And only the GTVA knows how to construct them, with the exception of the "ancients"."
The answer I expected. Thought Yang, Shit, this is getting complicated.
"So what happened after the Aquarius launched her fighters?"
"Well, the fighters engaged the Shivan bombers, but we came under heavy fire from the Shivan turrets. When I realized that there was no hope, I managed to jump a short way out. From there, I watched the rest of the battle. I switched off all power except for life support to live longer and also so that I wouldn't be detected. When the Shivans headed out of sensor range, I powered up and headed for GTVA headquarters."
"Can you give us the coordinates of the node?"
"Sure. What are you going to do?"
"We're gonna solve this damn mystery or die trying."
"Please. What's your name and rank?"
"I am Lieutenant Daniel Kreyum, sir." Commodore Yang examined Kreyum from afar. He couldn't tell what race he was (human, that is), as humans were culturally diverse. He had brown eyes, but still had blond hair streaked with brown.The hair was in a crew cut, but a few strands came down to his back. He was around 6 feet tall, and had broad shoulders. Yang's thoughts were inturrupted. "And you are?"
"Oh, sorry. Commodore Jameson Yang. So... you were just doing routine border patrols in the Alpha Centauri system?"
"Yes, sir."
"No need for such formalities. It's a waste of time, in my opinion. Just answer the questions I ask."
"Ok."
"And you say that you were transported out here through a spatial distortion? What did your scans reveal about it?"
"We didn't know much about it. It all happened so fast. We saw a damn strange thing in front of us, and next thing we knew, we were out here."
"Then what happened?"
"Well, when we recovered from the shock, a whole fleet of Shivan warships appeared on scanners. We barely had time to launch the fighters before half the systems went down. Before I flew out of the fighter bay, I overheard people talking about how ships kept on coming through a jump node... and that scans revealed it had been opened by a GTVA ship." Yang suspected that he knew this because there was a portal construction, but he wanted to make sure.
"How did they know this?"
"Well, the jump node was artificial. And only the GTVA knows how to construct them, with the exception of the "ancients"."
The answer I expected. Thought Yang, Shit, this is getting complicated.
"So what happened after the Aquarius launched her fighters?"
"Well, the fighters engaged the Shivan bombers, but we came under heavy fire from the Shivan turrets. When I realized that there was no hope, I managed to jump a short way out. From there, I watched the rest of the battle. I switched off all power except for life support to live longer and also so that I wouldn't be detected. When the Shivans headed out of sensor range, I powered up and headed for GTVA headquarters."
"Can you give us the coordinates of the node?"
"Sure. What are you going to do?"
"We're gonna solve this damn mystery or die trying."