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"Damnit another one. Will this never end?" Cried out Beka as they arrived at yet another system only to find the drift destroyed.
"Wait.... This one is different" Said Rommie as she looked up from the console she was working at
"How so?"
"Well I'm detecting something that looks very much like an escape pod"
"An escape pod? Where?"
"Ummm... Over there in that big pile of debris. I'm also detecting one life sign, faint but there"
"Well let's go and get it" Said Beka as she angled the ship towards the location Rommie pointed out. When they got close enough they could see the escape pod intact. "Move us in to position and get the bucking cables ready for pod retrieval"
"Wait just a minute Beka" Said Tyr as he walked onto command
"Why?"
"Well how do we know that this is not some trick or trap?"
"Trick or Trap?"
"Yes. Don't you think that it's a little convenient to find a survivor after 22 attacks?"
"Well maybe a little. What do you suggest we do just leave him out there?"
"No not at all. What I suggest is caution, scan the system make sure there is nothing out there and then bring the pod aboard and I'll meet it in Hanger Bay 2 with some of Andromeda's droids and escort our guest to medical"
"Oh all right Tyr we will do it your way." "Andromeda scan the system make sure the coast is clear and then bring the pod aboard in Hanger Bay 2"
"Yes ma'am" Andromeda replied. "Scan complete no hostiles detected within scanner range. Activating cables for pod retrieval. Pod locked bringing pod to Hanger 2. Pod secured in Hanger 2 some androids have been dispatched with force lances to the door awaiting your arrival Tyr. Trance has been notified and is preparing Medical."
"Wow. Andromeda I've never seen you act like this before... It was very efficient."
"Yes well I have a feeling that whoever is behind all this destruction also had something to do with Dylan's Death any information about them will prove useful for later on" Replied Andromeda with a dangerous glint in her eyes
"Yes... Of course.... Ummm.... Andromeda can you please not look at me like that it makes me very, very nervous" Said Beka a bit nervously
"Don't worry Beka you have nothing to fear from me. The same cannot be said for others though." Andromeda said with a brief smile before flickering off.
"We need to get that girl a hobby. Tyr why are you still here? Go down and find out what this person knows about the people behind this attack."
"Yes ma'am" Tyr replied sarcastically
"Cute Tyr, real cute. Now go" Beka said with a smile, which Tyr returned slightly before turning and walking out of command.
Tyr made his way to Hanger 2 quickly to find out just who this person was and what they knew about whoever was behind all this destruction. Even Tyr who had done a lot of horrible things in his time was appalled at the apparent lack of emotions these people showed. True in Pride wars everyone and everything was destroyed but if people where willing to surrender they would be taken as prisoners. These people however didn't appear to let anyone survive. Tyr was brought out of his thoughts by his arrival at the Hanger Bay. He walked up to the door and the three androids followed.
"Andromeda open the doors" Tyr called out to the ship and waited as the doors opened. He walked into the Hangar and up to the escape pod, it was tiny just big enough for a person of Harpers height to fit into comfortably. He approached it and opened it. When the door opened Tyr saw the sole occupant was bundled up into a very uncomfortable looking ball, Tyr picked him up out of the pod and noticed a disk in his pocket. When Tyr helped the man to stand he saw that this man was only a little bit shorter then him 'No wonder the life signs were faint' he thought to himself as the man opened his eyes slowly
"Who are you? Where am I?" He asked
"My name is Tyr and you are on board the Andromeda" Tyr said
"The Andromeda? Please take me to your captain"
"Beka will see you shortly but first we need to take you to medical" Tyr said as he started to lead the man out of the Hanger
"No you don't understand. I have a message for your captain that she must see now" the man said as he pushed himself out of Tyr's grasp
"Look I'm taking you to medical so you can get checked out. If the message is important I can have Beka meet us there"
"Yes do that please, it's very important"
"Very well." "Ship could you tell Beka to meet us in Medical right away"
"Thank you. Now where is this medical that you want to show me?" The man asked before passing out and falling into Tyr. Tyr grumbled as he picked the man up and carried him to Medical.
Tyr arrived in Medical with the man to find Beka waiting for him and chatting with Trance. She turned when she heard the doors open, Trance rushed over to Tyr and told him to put the man on the nearest bed. After Tyr had laid the man down he turned to Beka who asked "So what was the big emergency?"
"Well apparently this man has a message that he wants you to see."
"Really? Did he tell you what it was?"
"Nope all he said was he had a message you really needed to see."
"Oh well I guess we have to wait until he wakes up to find out what it is then wont we"
"Maybe not. I saw a disk in his pocket I say we take it and see what's on it"
"I don't think we should it might be something personal"
"Well that's too bad. We don't know anything about this man he might be dangerous for all we know. And he said the message he had was very important."
"Oh all right Tyr. Let's see what's on this disk of his"
Tyr walked over to the man and Trance; he walked up to the side of the bed and saw the disk. He grabbed the disk and walked over to a computer console, he put the disk in and pressed play. When the disk turned on the saw a group of star systems, all the ones they had seen the destruction in. There was also what looked like a file with a message, he played it
"First Triumvere and Conclave this is Supreme Overlord Loki of the Children of Loki Revolutionary Movement. You are probably wondering who I am and what I want well Located on this Data disk are slip-stream co-ordinates for a remote system where I will expect to meet the Flagship of your Fleet in exactly Three Weeks. Now if you need some incentive as to why you should even consider this I have also input 22 system names that I would like you to visit, if you have not already done so. When you arrive at these systems you will see the results of my excursions and the only way you will get peace is if you meet my demands which I will give to your flagship at our rendezvous. Now I expect to see only 1 vessel in the system I have selected, I will be there alone and waiting. I give you permission to send in a slip-scout before hand to make sure that I have kept my word, and you may also leave you fleet if you so choose to deploy it a minimum of 2 slip-jumps to they system. I look forward to meeting you representative there. Until then Goodbye"
"Well this is interesting" Tyr said after viewing the message.
"You can say that again, I think we had better head back to Sintii now and give them this message." Beka said
"I agree"
"Good. Trance keep an eye on this guy and look for any kind of change in his condition but do not let him leave this room" "Tyr you're with me" Beka said before walking out of medical with the disk in her hands. She made her way up to command and walked over to the Pilot Station "Andromeda set course for Sintii and brace for slipstream" she said before activating the controls and taking the ship in.
TBC...
"Damnit another one. Will this never end?" Cried out Beka as they arrived at yet another system only to find the drift destroyed.
"Wait.... This one is different" Said Rommie as she looked up from the console she was working at
"How so?"
"Well I'm detecting something that looks very much like an escape pod"
"An escape pod? Where?"
"Ummm... Over there in that big pile of debris. I'm also detecting one life sign, faint but there"
"Well let's go and get it" Said Beka as she angled the ship towards the location Rommie pointed out. When they got close enough they could see the escape pod intact. "Move us in to position and get the bucking cables ready for pod retrieval"
"Wait just a minute Beka" Said Tyr as he walked onto command
"Why?"
"Well how do we know that this is not some trick or trap?"
"Trick or Trap?"
"Yes. Don't you think that it's a little convenient to find a survivor after 22 attacks?"
"Well maybe a little. What do you suggest we do just leave him out there?"
"No not at all. What I suggest is caution, scan the system make sure there is nothing out there and then bring the pod aboard and I'll meet it in Hanger Bay 2 with some of Andromeda's droids and escort our guest to medical"
"Oh all right Tyr we will do it your way." "Andromeda scan the system make sure the coast is clear and then bring the pod aboard in Hanger Bay 2"
"Yes ma'am" Andromeda replied. "Scan complete no hostiles detected within scanner range. Activating cables for pod retrieval. Pod locked bringing pod to Hanger 2. Pod secured in Hanger 2 some androids have been dispatched with force lances to the door awaiting your arrival Tyr. Trance has been notified and is preparing Medical."
"Wow. Andromeda I've never seen you act like this before... It was very efficient."
"Yes well I have a feeling that whoever is behind all this destruction also had something to do with Dylan's Death any information about them will prove useful for later on" Replied Andromeda with a dangerous glint in her eyes
"Yes... Of course.... Ummm.... Andromeda can you please not look at me like that it makes me very, very nervous" Said Beka a bit nervously
"Don't worry Beka you have nothing to fear from me. The same cannot be said for others though." Andromeda said with a brief smile before flickering off.
"We need to get that girl a hobby. Tyr why are you still here? Go down and find out what this person knows about the people behind this attack."
"Yes ma'am" Tyr replied sarcastically
"Cute Tyr, real cute. Now go" Beka said with a smile, which Tyr returned slightly before turning and walking out of command.
Tyr made his way to Hanger 2 quickly to find out just who this person was and what they knew about whoever was behind all this destruction. Even Tyr who had done a lot of horrible things in his time was appalled at the apparent lack of emotions these people showed. True in Pride wars everyone and everything was destroyed but if people where willing to surrender they would be taken as prisoners. These people however didn't appear to let anyone survive. Tyr was brought out of his thoughts by his arrival at the Hanger Bay. He walked up to the door and the three androids followed.
"Andromeda open the doors" Tyr called out to the ship and waited as the doors opened. He walked into the Hangar and up to the escape pod, it was tiny just big enough for a person of Harpers height to fit into comfortably. He approached it and opened it. When the door opened Tyr saw the sole occupant was bundled up into a very uncomfortable looking ball, Tyr picked him up out of the pod and noticed a disk in his pocket. When Tyr helped the man to stand he saw that this man was only a little bit shorter then him 'No wonder the life signs were faint' he thought to himself as the man opened his eyes slowly
"Who are you? Where am I?" He asked
"My name is Tyr and you are on board the Andromeda" Tyr said
"The Andromeda? Please take me to your captain"
"Beka will see you shortly but first we need to take you to medical" Tyr said as he started to lead the man out of the Hanger
"No you don't understand. I have a message for your captain that she must see now" the man said as he pushed himself out of Tyr's grasp
"Look I'm taking you to medical so you can get checked out. If the message is important I can have Beka meet us there"
"Yes do that please, it's very important"
"Very well." "Ship could you tell Beka to meet us in Medical right away"
"Thank you. Now where is this medical that you want to show me?" The man asked before passing out and falling into Tyr. Tyr grumbled as he picked the man up and carried him to Medical.
Tyr arrived in Medical with the man to find Beka waiting for him and chatting with Trance. She turned when she heard the doors open, Trance rushed over to Tyr and told him to put the man on the nearest bed. After Tyr had laid the man down he turned to Beka who asked "So what was the big emergency?"
"Well apparently this man has a message that he wants you to see."
"Really? Did he tell you what it was?"
"Nope all he said was he had a message you really needed to see."
"Oh well I guess we have to wait until he wakes up to find out what it is then wont we"
"Maybe not. I saw a disk in his pocket I say we take it and see what's on it"
"I don't think we should it might be something personal"
"Well that's too bad. We don't know anything about this man he might be dangerous for all we know. And he said the message he had was very important."
"Oh all right Tyr. Let's see what's on this disk of his"
Tyr walked over to the man and Trance; he walked up to the side of the bed and saw the disk. He grabbed the disk and walked over to a computer console, he put the disk in and pressed play. When the disk turned on the saw a group of star systems, all the ones they had seen the destruction in. There was also what looked like a file with a message, he played it
"First Triumvere and Conclave this is Supreme Overlord Loki of the Children of Loki Revolutionary Movement. You are probably wondering who I am and what I want well Located on this Data disk are slip-stream co-ordinates for a remote system where I will expect to meet the Flagship of your Fleet in exactly Three Weeks. Now if you need some incentive as to why you should even consider this I have also input 22 system names that I would like you to visit, if you have not already done so. When you arrive at these systems you will see the results of my excursions and the only way you will get peace is if you meet my demands which I will give to your flagship at our rendezvous. Now I expect to see only 1 vessel in the system I have selected, I will be there alone and waiting. I give you permission to send in a slip-scout before hand to make sure that I have kept my word, and you may also leave you fleet if you so choose to deploy it a minimum of 2 slip-jumps to they system. I look forward to meeting you representative there. Until then Goodbye"
"Well this is interesting" Tyr said after viewing the message.
"You can say that again, I think we had better head back to Sintii now and give them this message." Beka said
"I agree"
"Good. Trance keep an eye on this guy and look for any kind of change in his condition but do not let him leave this room" "Tyr you're with me" Beka said before walking out of medical with the disk in her hands. She made her way up to command and walked over to the Pilot Station "Andromeda set course for Sintii and brace for slipstream" she said before activating the controls and taking the ship in.
TBC...