The Lone Promise: Promise of the North
Episode 5: "Polaran Relief"
3. Remia (K-003c)
There are other planets like Remia in the known space. They were never made habitable. The Kestian were only able to change the atmosphere; they weren't able to change the planet into a solid one. They live in cities in the air. The Kestis people are all excellent telepaths, they control their weaves excellently. They don't enter strangers' minds; they respect other people's privacy.
Market: Ownalis, Crovinze, Water, Food, Luxury Goods, Medical Supplies
Resort: News, Drinks, Escorts
Mission BSS: Ferry Passengers, Supply Deliveries, Ferry Teams
News: Starmoon News Service (S.N.S)
11th of October, 1976 - Starmoon, Kestis
A few days later Young Owl was on Starmoon, close by Galadust Laboratories. Ta'Alan and Re'Dave both went inside, answering a message from Sti'Nercan. They were directed to a hall were Sti'Nercan was working in.
"What is it that you..." Ta'Alan started, entering the room, but stopped -both walking and talking- once he saw the massive missile in front of him.
"Oh Allah..." Re'Dave whispered.
Sti'Nercan turned to them smiling.
"Five years is a long time. It might have seemed short to you two, but it was long for us. We've advanced greatly through it though." He stated.
"Just what is it that we're seeing?" Ta'Alan asked, pointing at the missile.
"This is one of two prototypes of our new deadly Terra Missiles. Fearsome, don't ya think?" Sti'Nercan asked.
"Very... Terra Missile?" Re'Dave asked.
"I thought you'd ask that question. We now can have one missile terraform a planet of any sort, regardless of how hazardous or uninhabitable it is, into an inhabitable planet. It's programmed to terraform any planet, but... it also can destroy one with one blow, with the right programming. Don't worry, the two missiles we have, we only know how to program, and it's on terraforming and not destruction." Sti'Nercan explained.
"Why did you call us over?" Ta'Alan asked.
"Don't interrupt, this is going to be a nasty surprise, but we've made precautions. Anyway, we got a message from Bureau Intel, indirectly that they want us Kestians to terraform their bio-missile testing planet: UHP-0474, in system HJG-1034. It said for the leader and his crew to come with the missiles." Sti'Nercan explained.
"What?! It could be a freaking trap!" Re'Dave snapped.
"You'll both come back in one piece in Young Owl. The high possibility and most reasonable possibility of it being a trap, is why we made precautions. Now in a planet, with right programming a terra missile can terraform it, but in space it can be like an exploding star. The navigations should be in the right places though for it to work. Use one of the terra missiles to destroy any federation ships in the system, before you launch a terra missile into the planet.
"Only once the effects are over and the fed ships are entirely either destroyed or disabled, can you launch a terra missile into UHP-0474. From then on, that system would become under Kestian control, whether the feds like it or not. Young Owl is going to stay in the system until the terraform is complete and the planet is colonized by Kestians. You two would watch the ships coming into the system and leaving it during the time. Destroy any fed ship coming through.
"Allow Wild Geese and other ships to come through though. Destroy Pyrogenesis ships along with fed ships." Sti'Nercan explained.
"Shouldn't you get approval from Feranin Fetalin and Meric Mosque of Starmoon first?" Ta'Alan asked.
"I did and they allowed it, even your wife. The decision is up to you... In one way, you don't go and Kestians would forget about it or... In another, you do go, succeed and Kestians control a system in Federation space." Sti'Nercan exclaimed.
"Which Fetalin would control the system, or is it Kestian government?" Re'Dave asked.
"Feranin Fetalin would control the system. We already chosen to change it to Ke'Fetalin and the planet Fe'Terra, the missile was designed and manufactured by the recently opened terraforming company, Direfon, but they gave us copyrights to create the same designed missile. We'll be sure to build a Kestis Defense Station in orbit around Fe'Terra. Young Owl is being modified right now from Kestian Starbridge to Sewit. It would literally be holding a weapon of god's." Sti'Nercan stated.
Re'Dave turned to Ta'Alan.
"What to you say? Are you up to it, or freaking hell forgetting it?" Re'Dave asked.
"There's one setback..." Ta'Alan commented.
"What?" Sti'Nercan asked.
"... Only one can go. Sewit was designed and built to only take one-man crew, that's gotta be me." Ta'Alan replied.
"So... what does that mean?" Re'Dave asked.
"... I'll do it." Ta'Alan sighed.
"I'll tell you this. Devices that were on Kestian Starbridge Young Owl would be moved to Sewit Young Owl. St'Tamuta and his team on Jerebi Center sent us Sewit: it's their design and manufactured there. This is the first of them: it can come between a fed RAGE Gunboat; Fed Scout Ship and Fed Patrol Boat. It's only for Kestian Military; it's the best heavy starplane there is, other than the CS starplanes." Sti'Nercan explained.
"CS?" Re'Dave asked, turning to Sti'Nercan.
"Completely Spiritual: the starplanes are Bow; Spear and Moor." Sti'Nercan frowned.
"Oh." Re'Dave nodded.
"Get the missiles hatched up, I'll be in my new starplane." Ta'Alan sighed, leaving.
"I'll get a team right on it." Sti'Nercan replied back.
Ta'Alan was in his new cockpit and he put on the com-link, around his ear.
-Missiles are securely hatched up. You're all clear to blast off. - Sti'Nercan's voice came through the com-link.
Ta'Alan nodded, looking outside, through the ownalis field at Sti'Nercan. He nodded and held a thumbs-up. Re'Dave was watching and he returned the salute, along with Sti'Nercan.
-One last thing... - Sti'Nercan's voice came, -don't blow up Jerebi Center's prototype starplane. -
Ta'Alan smiled, nodding. He turned the ownalis engines on and blasted off of Starmoon, going into outer space.
Young Owl jumped out of Kestis, into Tazuya and directly out, leaving Kestian space and entering uninhabited space. It took him five days to get back into inhabited space: Federation space.
Federation Space
Ta'Alan didn't waste any time once he entered Aldebaran, he quickly jumped again into Nesre Primus and landed on Georgia. What was nice on having an original Kestian starplane was that it could land without clearance onto a planet, but onto a planet that has no outfitting or shipyard. Ta'Alan refueled his ownalis reactors and blasted off, heading toward HG-Nesre Primus.
All Kestians were allowed access and they all knew the password, as they were some what allies with the Rebels. From Nesre Primus into Nesre Secundus, one jump away and Ta'Alan used the chance. Young Owl immediately jumped into its desired final destination. Young Owl wasn't cloaked all this time, wasn't.
18th of February, 1976 - HJG-1034
Ta'Alan opened his mouth, but no words came out. He was utterly speechless, Young Owl coming to a full stop. Three federation fleets were waiting for him, at least. Ta'Alan didn't have the heart to count. It was a trap, a trap for the leader of Kestis. It would crush all Kestian moral back in Kestian space if he was to be killed, making it easy to invade and conquer the Kestian people with Vell-os slaves' help. Ta'Alan grinned, raising an eyebrow. He decided on a nasty surprise.
It would be a timely one. He forced his way through, towards the planet: any laser blast the energy absorbers took and Young Owl wasn't harmed. Young Owl went through the atmosphere of UHP-0474 and just before he crashed, nose first, into the ground, Ta'Alan cloaked Young Owl at the last moment. Young Owl barrowed deep into the earth. Ta'Alan maneuvered him around and launched one terra missile. It headed off into space...
A few moments later and a giant exploding star was detected, all the fed ships in the system were obliterated by the nova passing over them. Several instants later and Ta'Alan brought Young Owl to the surface, landing it and decloaking it. He launched the second terra missile into UHP-0474's core. Ta'Alan cloaked Young Owl and waited...
20th of February, 1976 - Ta'Woseph, Ta'Snotic
"Ta'Alan isn't expected until after a few weeks more." Fe'Karen sighed, sitting down on the couch with her son beside her.
"Let's hope he gets back with no incidents." Re'Dave whispered.
"He'll come back." Leaf muttered.
'Fe'Karen? Open up... I have an urgent message.' A familiar voice telepathed.
Fe'Karen blinked and stood up. She went towards the door and opened it up, reveling Rel'Tanis Twistal: Feranin of Remia Fetalin and one of Ta'Alan's best friends. He was in a sad mood.
"May I come in?" Rel'Tanis asked.
Fe'Karen nodded, stepping aside. Rel'Tanis stepped in and Fe'Karen closed the door behind him. Rel'Tanis walked into the living and took a seat. Fe'Karen came in and went back to her seat on the couch.
"... We got some troubling Intel from the federation, something that is making the bureau go wild." Rel'Tanis started.
"Something good?" Fe'Roy asked.
Rel'Tanis shook his head, "I'm afraid not. It's a negative thing for us."
"Does it have anything to do with Alan?" Fe'Karen asked.
Rel'Tanis sighed, "Yeah."
Fe'Karen gasped, "Oh my god..."
"Young Owl has seemed to crash on UHP-0474, a moment later after the crash a terra missile was sent into space and the trap was vaporized. Three federation fleets, if not more, were lost. However, Young Owl wasn't seen leaving Federation space or UHP-0474." Rel'Tanis reported.
"Did Starmoon News Service find out?" Fe'Karen asked.
"Yeah. They're broadcasting it now." Rel'Tanis nodded.
"It would be crushing to all Kestians." Fe'Karen moaned, lowering her head.
A few moments later and a few tears dropped from Fe'Karen's face, as she started to cry. Re'Dave firmly got up. Leaf stared up at his dad.
"I'd be damned if Ta'Alan is dead! I don't believe it. I'm going out in Raging Owl and going to search for him. If I'm not back by five weeks, consider me dead." Re'Dave decided.
Leaf and Rel'Tanis both quickly stood up.
"I'm not losing one of my best men out there to the federation captain! I'm ordering you to stay!" Rel'Tanis ordered.
"Don't go dad." Leaf added.
Re'Dave looked at his son and turned to Rel'Tanis, narrowing his eyes.
"Just try to stop me." He hissed.
He marched out of the house and towards Raging Owl, a second prototype of Sewit kind. Re'Dave ordered for it and he paid Jerebi Center for it. Rel'Tanis rushed out after him, but he was too late. Re'Dave was already in his cockpit, blasting off without clearance. Leaf watched his dad leave, next to Rel'Tanis; he collapsed to his knees and started to sob.
25th of February, 1976 - New England, Wolf 359
"Finally, we'll have the chance of crushing the Kestians and if the 'Rebels' interfere, we'd wipe them out. Two birds with one rock... Excellent... Llyrell, prepare your Vell-os friends to help us out. Commander Rabin, mass up the Federation Navy to the north. We'll massacre through Kestian space." Commander Krane grinned.
"... Commander? Won't that leave most, if not all, our borders open to invasion?" Commander Ffierra asked.
"And what about the Wild Geese?" Calvert-Smythe asked.
"So? We'll get rid of the Wild Geese through the Aurorans crushing through. As for our borders open for invasion, the Aurorans wouldn't find out in too little time. We'll bomb Kestian Homeworld with bio-nukes, like what we did with the Vell-os Homeworld. As for the Polaris... They better stay in their isolation and not interfere..." Commander Krane growled in her throat.
"What about the Krypt-Pods there?" Flyrean asked.
"Vell-os ships are too stay out of Kestian space, but be prepared. We'll handle this." Commander Krane replied.
"Where will we wait?" Llyrell asked.
"Somewhere close by in a Rebel controlled system." Commander Krane replied.
Flyrean and Llyrell both sighed, leaving the room.
27th of February, 1976 - Nesre Primus
Re'Dave had Raging Owl cloaked. He gasped once seeing the massed federation fleets. They flew passed him, hyper jumping towards the north. He turned around.
"I've got to hurry to Ta'Alan." Re'Dave urged himself.
2nd of March, 1976 - Fe'Terra, Ke'Fetalin
Ta'Alan sighed. He was leaning on his visible Sewit, hugging his arms. Suddenly, two terra missiles appeared on Young Owl in their secure places. Ta'Alan only glanced at them. Raging Owl uncloaked, coming through the atmosphere. Ta'Alan looked up, whining. He stood up and waited for the Sewit to land and the captain and pilot to come out. Re'Dave came out and rushed towards Ta'Alan, embracing him.
"We all thought that you were dead man! I came here as fast as I could... We have to head back pronto!" Re'Dave stated.
Ta'Alan shook his head, "We can't."
"What do you mean 'we can't'?" Re'Dave asked.
Ta'Alan shrugged, "I probably made a mistake by launching the terra missile here in the planet, while being on it. Anyone who comes in can't go out now. Believe me I tried, I even tried fading... it didn't work..."
"Screw it! You mean we're stuck here?" Re'Dave asked.
"From the looks of it." Ta'Alan nodded.
Re'Dave sighed. Ta'Alan sat back down on the lush grass, leaning on Young Owl. Re'Dave took a seat next to him.
"The federation is launching a massive attack on Kestian space. They'd likely use bio-nukes on the planets." Re'Dave whispered.
"The Kestians would be sitting ducks without me." Ta'Alan sighed, tears swelling up in his eyes.
7th of March, 1976 - Fe'Terra, Ke'Fetalin
"God dammit! We've got to do something..." Re'Dave whined.
A sudden slight shake was felt. Ta'Alan and Re'Dave hurried into their starplanes to check what happened. The two cheered with joy, rushing out of their starplanes.
"Another massive shockwave from Holpa Nebula." Re'Dave grinned.
"Thanks to Allah, all braise be to him." Ta'Alan agreed.
"But what could it do?" Re'Dave asked, blinking.
"Let's try and get the hell outta here first." Ta'Alan stated.
Re'Dave nodded and the two rushed back into their starplanes.
7th of March, 1976 - Tazuya
Ta'Alan was astonished by the sight. Ships and tons of ships were all disabled, whether it were rebel; kestian or federation. Raging Owl was an escort for Young Owl.
-Oh Allah! Are you getting this? - Re'Dave asked.
"I sure am... There's this strange new device on my starplane. It appeared after the missiles were hatched up the second time." Ta'Alan replied.
-How much ammo in it? - Re'Dave asked.
"Over 25, more than enough." Ta'Alan replied.
-It appears as if they hadn't attacked Jerebi Center yet. What do you say you try your new weapon? - Re'Dave asked.
"The feds would never know what hit them, literally. Launching a defense missile now. I'm sure glad we were able to leave Fe'Terra." Ta'Alan sighed.
-Me too man, me too. Too many days deserted on a planet can affect a person, much less two persons. - Re'Dave stated.
The missile hit Jerebi Center and a defensive force field hit it.
-It worked... I was surprised to see Polaran warships in Evlei and Koria. It seemed that they came to relief Kestis, to get the chance of making us allies with them. - Re'Dave remarked.
"The Rebellion tried their best to hold the feds off it seems, but it seems that no rebel ship was lost. Thanks to Allah first and second to the massive Holpa Nebula shockwave that disabled every ship." Ta'Alan added.
-We need to continue on into Kestis, then to Krypt, then to Ta'Snotic. - Re'Dave stated.
"I agree. We'd need to sterilize any missile that was sent to the planets or moons." Ta'Alan agreed.
7th of March, 1976 - Ta'Snotic
-We're done. - Re'Dave sighed.
-... Ta'Alan? - Re'Dave asked.
Ta'Alan had Young Owl completely stopped and he was facing his wife's: Feminine Owl, starplane, disabled. He just stared at it. Re'Dave realized that.
-Board it and see what you can find out. After that, either way, we'll need to figure a way to continue on with time. It seems that time is now held and we're the only ones moving in stopped time... Now that's creepy! - Re'Dave shivered.
Young Owl moved over Feminine Owl and Ta'Alan had Young Owl come to a full stop over it. He left Young Owl, boarding her wife's CS starplane. Ta'Alan worriedly moved through the derelict CS starplane. Once he reached where Fe'Karen was, he gasped, tears swelling in his eyes. Fe'Karen had her eyes closed and was in her Remian uniform. Nobody else was with her on the cockpit. That wasn't surprising.
'I'm sorry for keeping you worrying. I'm sorry about this, and I'm sorry but I can't move you, fearful that the starplane might collapse without you.' Ta'Alan thought, sobbing.
-Ta'Alan! Get back onboard Young Owl pronto! We have a situation here! - Re'Dave telepathed.
Ta'Alan took one last glance at his wife, before kissing her on the cheek gently and quickly, leaving. He boarded back onto Young Owl and checked the sensors.
"Oh... Hang on Dave!" Ta'Alan urged.
-I'm hanging... oh I'm hanging. - Re'Dave replied.
A third massive shockwave from Holpa Nebula came and moved time back to normal. With alarming haste, the ships and starplanes all became workable once more like they were never disabled.
-Oh Allah... I think we had a role in saving our people. - Re'Dave stated.
"I'm with you on that. Get back in escort with me; we'll attack the federation fleet that's in this system. No way they're wiping out my only controlled system." Ta'Alan growled.
Raging Owl went back in formation with Young Owl and both sewits were visible, approaching the federation fleet, surprising them. Fed Vipers and Anacondas came at them, with missile hurled at them, but both sewits maneuvered away from the missiles. Ta'Alan let Re'Dave loose on one Anaconda while he headed towards the fleet. The Kestian Starbridges; Kestian Dragons and Kestian Destroyers all engaged with the fed fleet with Young Owl.
Feminine Owl just hyperjumped to safety into an uninhabited system, with no fed fleets there. The Krypt-Minds in the system engaged in against the fed fleet, with their nanite-pods. A Polaris Scarab multi-jumped into Ta'Snotic, taking on the feds with the others, unleashing its Mantas. Once the fleet was destroyed, a Kestian fleet stayed back to protect the system. Ta'Alan let Re'Dave loose as an escort. Young Owl faded away.
7th of March, 1976 - K-007
Young Owl appeared in K-007, where Feminine Owl was only. It turned hostile, surprising Ta'Alan for a moment, before hailing it.
"Kar! It's Alan! Don't fire!" Ta'Alan pleaded.
For a next few moments Feminine Owl stayed hostile, but then turned neutral.
-Oh Allah... Alan! - Fe'Karen sobbed.
Ta'Alan smiled, tears of joy coming to his eyes.
"Meet me back on Ta'Woseph." Ta'Alan decided.
-I'm coming with you. - Fe'Karen decided.
Feminine Owl turned friendly on Young Owl's sensor and went into formation with Young Owl. Once in formation, Young Owl jumped back into Ta'Snotic with Feminine Owl.
8th of March, 1976 - Ta'Woseph, Ta'Snotic
Once on the planet, Leaf and Fe'Roy left Feminine Owl and Fe'Karen dissolved it. Ta'Alan left Young Owl, smiling. Fe'Karen rushed towards Ta'Alan with Fe'Roy. Ta'Alan braced Fe'Karen, taking her feet off of the ground slightly. Fe'Karen had her arms around Ta'Alan's neck and the two kissed each other on the lips passionately. A Polaris Arachnid landed close to Young Owl. Ta'Alan and Fe'Karen stopped their kiss and let go of each other.
They watched as several figures left the arachnid, and noticing a Rebel Dragon landing. The polaran figures walked towards Ta'Alan and his family with Leaf with them.
"What do they want?" Fe'Karen asked.
"Don't ask. They came into Kestian space, helping out in crippling, if not destroying, the federation navy completely. Let's be calm and patient, and see what happens." Ta'Alan replied.
COMING UP! EPISODE 6: NEW MEMBER, TG WEB