The small transport ship approached the lager ship at steady pace aiming directly for the main hanger bay. As the transport entered it Dylan looked around and saw how much it looked like the Andromeda's hanger. Dylan and his master waited in silence for the hanger deck to pressurize before opening the hatch and stepping out. When they reached the doors that separated the hanger from the rest of the ship the man turned towards Dylan and said "Welcome to your new home" before continuing on. From what Dylan could see, the layout of the vessel looked very similar to the layout of the Wrath of Achilles. Based on this assumption Dylan theorized that he was being led to the command deck. After walking for what seemed like an eternity they came upon the massive doors that represented the command deck.
"So why have you brought me to command? Shouldn't I be down in engineering so I can uplink with the mainframe?" Dylan asked as they walked onto the bridge. He noticed that the bridge looked almost exactly the same as the Andromeda's 'I guess they did implement the changes Andromeda mentioned after all, which means this ship would have been commissioned late in the war. Although I doubt that Throne in the middle of the room was put there by the Commonwealth' he thought as he waited for his Master to respond
"I have brought you here for the simple reason of I want to watch what you do to make sure you don't try anything tricky" he said looking straight at Dylan
"How can I do anything tricky? All you have to do is order me not to"
"True. But let's not take any chances, go over to that console and link up to the memory archive and access it so you will know what to do and how to do it" he pointing at a console to the left of the throne before seating himself in it. Dylan walked over to the indicated console and placed his hand on it like he had seen Rommie do on many occasions and tried to will himself into the matrix. Being the first time he had ever done anything like this he was pleasantly surprised to see that it was the right thing to do.
As he entered the matrix he noticed it looked a lot different from Andromeda's or Pax Magellanic's this was more like a void rather then a city or a copy of the inner decks of the ship, he assumed that was so because of the AI not being existent. He looked around himself trying to find a way into the memory archive that was apparently here. The only thing he could see was a dim light that looked like it was very far away, he shrugged and started walking towards it. As he got closer he realized something was strange, the light was not getting any bigger only brighter. He walked up to the light and saw it was actually a button with a light behind it, he looked around seeing nothing else he decided he might as well press it, and he did. Upon pressing the button he felt a sudden hot rush spread through him and just as suddenly as it had appeared it had disappeared leaving nothing behind where it once was. But Dylan was different he felt like he had been hit with a hammer, but he also knew things now, things he had never known before and with this new knowledge he knew exactly what he had to do to become the ship he also knew how to do it. He willed himself to leave this virtual world and return to his body. As his eyes snapped open his Master asked him
"So do you know what to do and how to do it now?"
"Yes I do. I need to be in engineering to do it though as the consoles on the bridge were cut off from the main AI core just before his erasure"
"I demand you tell me the truth!" His Master said
"And I tell you I am telling you the truth. I need to be in engineering for this to work... Look do you want me to do this or not?"
"Ok we will go to engineering but we will wait until my engineers arrive so they can monitor your actions. You will be confined to some crew quarters for the next four days as we await their arrival is this understood?"
"Yes Sir"
"Very well follow me whilst we find some quarters that will be suitable for you." They walked out of command and turned to left in the direction of the senior crew quarters. They walked to the first door they came across and opened it, it looked like the first officers quarters, although it didn't have any of the luxuries of the Andromeda the quarters where still and impressive size. "This will do" said his Master as he closely inspected the room to make sure that there were no computer terminals or anything that would allow him to contact anyone or anything else. "You will stay in this room, you will not get any closer then 3 meters to the door and you will not damage yourself or anything in the room until somebody comes for you. Is that understood?"
"Yes sir"
"Ok then I will see you in three days." With that his Master turned and left Dylan to his solitude 'Good now I can go through all this information I downloaded and find out as much as I can about this vessel.'
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"So why have you brought me to command? Shouldn't I be down in engineering so I can uplink with the mainframe?" Dylan asked as they walked onto the bridge. He noticed that the bridge looked almost exactly the same as the Andromeda's 'I guess they did implement the changes Andromeda mentioned after all, which means this ship would have been commissioned late in the war. Although I doubt that Throne in the middle of the room was put there by the Commonwealth' he thought as he waited for his Master to respond
"I have brought you here for the simple reason of I want to watch what you do to make sure you don't try anything tricky" he said looking straight at Dylan
"How can I do anything tricky? All you have to do is order me not to"
"True. But let's not take any chances, go over to that console and link up to the memory archive and access it so you will know what to do and how to do it" he pointing at a console to the left of the throne before seating himself in it. Dylan walked over to the indicated console and placed his hand on it like he had seen Rommie do on many occasions and tried to will himself into the matrix. Being the first time he had ever done anything like this he was pleasantly surprised to see that it was the right thing to do.
As he entered the matrix he noticed it looked a lot different from Andromeda's or Pax Magellanic's this was more like a void rather then a city or a copy of the inner decks of the ship, he assumed that was so because of the AI not being existent. He looked around himself trying to find a way into the memory archive that was apparently here. The only thing he could see was a dim light that looked like it was very far away, he shrugged and started walking towards it. As he got closer he realized something was strange, the light was not getting any bigger only brighter. He walked up to the light and saw it was actually a button with a light behind it, he looked around seeing nothing else he decided he might as well press it, and he did. Upon pressing the button he felt a sudden hot rush spread through him and just as suddenly as it had appeared it had disappeared leaving nothing behind where it once was. But Dylan was different he felt like he had been hit with a hammer, but he also knew things now, things he had never known before and with this new knowledge he knew exactly what he had to do to become the ship he also knew how to do it. He willed himself to leave this virtual world and return to his body. As his eyes snapped open his Master asked him
"So do you know what to do and how to do it now?"
"Yes I do. I need to be in engineering to do it though as the consoles on the bridge were cut off from the main AI core just before his erasure"
"I demand you tell me the truth!" His Master said
"And I tell you I am telling you the truth. I need to be in engineering for this to work... Look do you want me to do this or not?"
"Ok we will go to engineering but we will wait until my engineers arrive so they can monitor your actions. You will be confined to some crew quarters for the next four days as we await their arrival is this understood?"
"Yes Sir"
"Very well follow me whilst we find some quarters that will be suitable for you." They walked out of command and turned to left in the direction of the senior crew quarters. They walked to the first door they came across and opened it, it looked like the first officers quarters, although it didn't have any of the luxuries of the Andromeda the quarters where still and impressive size. "This will do" said his Master as he closely inspected the room to make sure that there were no computer terminals or anything that would allow him to contact anyone or anything else. "You will stay in this room, you will not get any closer then 3 meters to the door and you will not damage yourself or anything in the room until somebody comes for you. Is that understood?"
"Yes sir"
"Ok then I will see you in three days." With that his Master turned and left Dylan to his solitude 'Good now I can go through all this information I downloaded and find out as much as I can about this vessel.'
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