Two Days later aboard Andromeda
They had been orbiting Sintii for the past few days and they hadn't been informed yet as to what the next mission they were to undertake was. Beka and Rommie were chatting in command, Rommie having come out of her bad mood thanks to her Main AI and the little talk they all had. Rommie stopped midway through her sentence and turned towards the forward display screens where the main AI had appeared.
"I have just intercepted a very disturbing piece of news I think we should gather everyone in command and watch this."
"Ok Andromeda. Tyr, Harper, Trance get your butts up to command pronto" Beka called out over the ship wide intercom. It was not really a very big surprise to see Trance walking through the door seconds after the call was completed
"What's going on?" she asked
"I don't know Andromeda has intercepted a message that she says was important we just have to wait for Tyr and Harper to arrive"
"Oh ok then" Trance said as she moved towards the gunners console which after the battle with the Derivas had become her favourite area on the ship other then Hydroponics. A few minutes later Tyr and Harper arrived on command
"So what's up Boss? The chin heads finally give us something to do?" Harper asked as he came to stand next to Beka.
"I don't know Andromeda wouldn't tell me"
"Well now that you are all here I will play the message and you will see what was disturbing"
"... This is Fleet Marshall William Ataturk of the Drago-Kazsov sending a message out to all other Nietzscheans of my pride. We are under attack by a vast fleet under the command of someone who calls himself Loki. They struck without any provocation and completely destroyed Enga's Redoubt and what few surviving ships we have are making a break for the nearest friendly colony. They have weapons far stronger then any I have ever seen and they have the numbers to match. My fellow Nietzscheans we must come together and fight side by side to overcome this horrible foe. I call upon you my brothers and sisters let us unite and show the galaxy the true meaning of being a Nietzschean..."
"The message continues on with more and more calling out to all fellow Nietzscheans Prides asking them to join with the Drago-Kazsov, among other things but I don't think we really need to see that. The point is it looks like Loki is following through with his promise isn't he?"
"It would appear that way, Andromeda when did you intercept this message?"
"About 5mins before I informed you why?"
"Can you check the date on the recording to show how long ago it was actually sent?"
"Checking... According to the time stamp on the recording this message was sent 2 days ago. This doesn't make any sense."
"What doesn't?" Trance asked
"Well if this message was sent 2 days ago from Enga's Redoubt it would have only taken about 12hours to reach here and yet I didn't intercept it for another 36hours almost."
"Well maybe it wasn't meant to be transmitted to this system at all," Tyr said
"True it might not have been." Andromeda replied
"Rommie what direction or co-ordinates did it come from?"
"No this can definitely not be right" Andromeda replied after checking
"What now?" Beka asked
"The message was transmitted from Sintii. Someone on is a member of the Drago-Kazsov pride. Which means the commonwealth has a spy at the very center of its power base." Andromeda replied grimly.
They had been orbiting Sintii for the past few days and they hadn't been informed yet as to what the next mission they were to undertake was. Beka and Rommie were chatting in command, Rommie having come out of her bad mood thanks to her Main AI and the little talk they all had. Rommie stopped midway through her sentence and turned towards the forward display screens where the main AI had appeared.
"I have just intercepted a very disturbing piece of news I think we should gather everyone in command and watch this."
"Ok Andromeda. Tyr, Harper, Trance get your butts up to command pronto" Beka called out over the ship wide intercom. It was not really a very big surprise to see Trance walking through the door seconds after the call was completed
"What's going on?" she asked
"I don't know Andromeda has intercepted a message that she says was important we just have to wait for Tyr and Harper to arrive"
"Oh ok then" Trance said as she moved towards the gunners console which after the battle with the Derivas had become her favourite area on the ship other then Hydroponics. A few minutes later Tyr and Harper arrived on command
"So what's up Boss? The chin heads finally give us something to do?" Harper asked as he came to stand next to Beka.
"I don't know Andromeda wouldn't tell me"
"Well now that you are all here I will play the message and you will see what was disturbing"
"... This is Fleet Marshall William Ataturk of the Drago-Kazsov sending a message out to all other Nietzscheans of my pride. We are under attack by a vast fleet under the command of someone who calls himself Loki. They struck without any provocation and completely destroyed Enga's Redoubt and what few surviving ships we have are making a break for the nearest friendly colony. They have weapons far stronger then any I have ever seen and they have the numbers to match. My fellow Nietzscheans we must come together and fight side by side to overcome this horrible foe. I call upon you my brothers and sisters let us unite and show the galaxy the true meaning of being a Nietzschean..."
"The message continues on with more and more calling out to all fellow Nietzscheans Prides asking them to join with the Drago-Kazsov, among other things but I don't think we really need to see that. The point is it looks like Loki is following through with his promise isn't he?"
"It would appear that way, Andromeda when did you intercept this message?"
"About 5mins before I informed you why?"
"Can you check the date on the recording to show how long ago it was actually sent?"
"Checking... According to the time stamp on the recording this message was sent 2 days ago. This doesn't make any sense."
"What doesn't?" Trance asked
"Well if this message was sent 2 days ago from Enga's Redoubt it would have only taken about 12hours to reach here and yet I didn't intercept it for another 36hours almost."
"Well maybe it wasn't meant to be transmitted to this system at all," Tyr said
"True it might not have been." Andromeda replied
"Rommie what direction or co-ordinates did it come from?"
"No this can definitely not be right" Andromeda replied after checking
"What now?" Beka asked
"The message was transmitted from Sintii. Someone on is a member of the Drago-Kazsov pride. Which means the commonwealth has a spy at the very center of its power base." Andromeda replied grimly.
