A/N: I know some of you may end up a little surprised by something coming up, it mostly has to do with dealing with a kill and the consequences of battle, I won't ruin the surprise by outright explaining how Harry will react but if you would like to hear my view of it all, PM me and I'll be sure to explain it to you from my point of view without outright explaining how he will react in any form.
Aside from that, I do hope you enjoy the story, I get a few reviews now and then that ask questions and I love the questions especially if I can help by providing answers. It's my hope that even if you see an issue with how a character is acting that you will stick around long enough to see that there is a method to my madness (Admittedly a lot of madness) and that I have explanations. I do prefer to not ruin the experience of seeing it written out but if necessary I will explain what I can to hopefully appease these questions. By the way with this current Chapter, I will be moving away from training, it will touch some new characters and hopefully, show a wider range of action happening in the galaxy. I don't think Harry will be introducing himself to the wider Galaxy this chapter, but that may change since I am writing this A/N well before the chapter gets written. Hope you all enjoy.
Chapter Nine: Politics is a Messy Battlefield
Harry's POV
He rubbed his forehead slightly before shifting back into attention as the Instructors steely eyes drifted back over the formation. He smirked internally at getting away with his movement, it was a constant risk that everyone made bets on, how daring and how much risk are you willing to take, it was one way to get entertainment after all. He glanced over not shifting his head an inch and saw the tiniest smirk on Martin's face. He might be winning the pool yet, of course, this betting pool only lasted until after the graduation speech, something only five minutes away now. He should easily have it in the bag unless someone in the front row pulls a ballsy move. He really hoped not, he put down a few hundred on his bet and really didn't want to hand that over, he may have infinite wealth by being the ruler and all but it still touched a sore spot to lose a little friendly bet.
He did it more for the competition and fun than actually caring about the result but he couldn't say he wasn't competitive in any way, that would just be a blatant lie, and as his hand still said, he must not tell lies. He snorted silently as that memory resurfaced a little amused about it now after all the training he went through, it was a rather pathetic form of authority and he got over it quickly. It wasn't too hard to see that looking at how he is now and the things he went through back then, that they were exceptionally uninspired. He ignored the droning of the speech and waited patiently as it came to a close, it felt odd, to be completing a training and then be congratulated by a person who technically was a lower rank then you, on top of that knowing any ceremony like this would require him to interact with each graduate and congratulate them on a job well done if he was overseeing it.
He smiled softly as everyone threw their covers up at the end and calmly walked towards Miyumi and Smith. Everyone ran towards their families so to speak or friends they had gone quite a bit of time without seeing. "Sir." Miyumi said as he stopped in front of the two and nodded to her. "Miyumi, what's next on the agenda?" He asked getting a small laugh. "All you need to do is several months of Fleet Training, but that can actually be done while you return to your duties as Commander." Miyumi explained making nod slowly. "So what's the process now, I know everyone here will be released for their A school's. However I didn't come in with a specific class since I was expected to be a leader, and with Fleet Training being something I can do over time I doubt I will be staying in a base learning from classes." He said getting a small smile. "We have a transport on standby and waiting for our arrival, once we leave atmosphere we will be boarding a Marathon-Class Heavy Cruiser." Miyumi said making in stare at her for a moment.
"Have I ever told all of you just how frustrating it is to know ever ship made for the navy is not only named after those in a game but built in the same style?" He asked getting a giggle in return and nod. "I am sure we knew of that once you found out." Miyumi said making him sigh. "Well, at least you know. When will we be going?" He asked getting Smith to step up. "It would be best for us to do so now, Sir, mitigate some risk." Smith said making him sigh and nod. "We don't exactly have to leave this second, I didn't go through months of training to be week enough to be at that much risk, but I see the point, let's get going then." He said getting a small nod from the two. "There are a few things we will need to mention to you, but while they are something you will need to go over, it isnt anything that cant wait until during or after the fleet training." Smith said simply getting him to stop for a second.
"Why not simply tell me now?" He asked getting a small smile from Miyumi before the reached the waiting security detail. "Some of this is fairly sensitive, and cannot be spoken about so openly, therefore we can't just speak about it in such an open venue." Miyumi explained making him nod slowly. "Inside the ship then?" He asked getting a small nod. He felt more than saw the security detail move into formation and glanced away from Miyumi to them. It was in silence that they boarded the dropship sitting in the fairly comfortable seats, it wasn't like sitting in a leather plush chair but, even though it was a military dropship, it wasn't like sitting on stone benches in Hogwarts. "Alright, let's begin." He said getting a slow nod from Smith. "Miyumi wishes to go over Political and Diplomatic instruction. Your weight is absolute as are all decisions, but it is best for you to understand both the impact they will have and in the case of outside observation and reaction, just how you are perceived to neighbors." Smith explained making him frown.
"That is something I was hoping to avoid a bit." He said with a small sigh. "Sir, this is an extremely important thing for you to know." Smith said staring at him making him shift in his seat. "I kind of understand, it was just something I didn't particularly want to think about, but I guess it's unavoidable." He said leaning back getting a sympathetic smile from Miyumi. "You don't have to worry about laws and edicts at the current moment. There are experienced governors taking the reigns for the moment, although they have been instructed that no new laws or edicts will take place unless your signature is on the proposed change, and it would have the authenticated." Miyumi explained making him relax a bit. "The diplomatic side, however, is something a bit more pressing, we have Ambassadors, and in the rare case it is necessary, first contact diplomats, but soon enough when you have the knowledge, they will simply act in an advisory role and a diplomatic upkeep role." Miyumi explained making him stare at her lost.
"Simply put, Sir, instead of being the ones that are the primary contact between a nation and ours, they will simply be there as an emergency contact and advisor should you be unavailable. They mostly handle contact with the outside world, but our current isolationist policy is keeping contact to an exceptional minimum, however, outside observation will see some major military movement and we can't avoid a possible inquiry as to why our military and populous is so active." Smith said making him nod and sigh. "Alright I guess it can't really be avoided, and it would happen sooner or later." He said getting two nods. "How long till docking?" He asked getting a small smile. "Final maneuvers are being performed now, we should be in jump in little over twenty minutes." Miyumi explained making him blink in surprise. "I though Dropships had a queue?" He asked getting a small giggle. "The moment this shuttle had you on board, it was considered level one priority." Smith explained slowly.
He rubbed his forehead for a moment and stood for a moment grabbing the overhead stabilizing bar. The slight shudder and then sudden violent shake made it obvious they landed and the magnetic locks grabbed the ship. He watched the door lower slowly and was pushed lightly towards the exit. He stepped out onto the metallic deck taking notice of the drawn-out zoning lines before he noticed the quiet group of soldier lining a way to the exit standing at attention. "Officer on deck!" The yell echoed out striking off the walls and almost gaining volume for a moment. The snap of salutes made him sigh and the subtle quiet laugh Miyumi was failing to hold in told him this was all a fairly well-thought prank. 'I'll have to get them back for this.' He thought with some mild amusement as he snapped a quick salute back walking quickly towards the exit.
He let out a small sigh of relief. "Was that really necessary?" He asked getting a nod in response. "It's something you may be experiencing quite often with those in the military, you went through the training, you know what the expectations are." Smith explained making him nod absentmindedly. It was something he had grown used to, but just because you became used to something that didn't mean you were happily doing it. "Lets move on. "So, diplomacy and politics." he said slowly. "They both can be messy battlefields, its best to be prepared for what you can possibly see on them." Miyumi explained. "Yeah, straight back to Earth then?" He asked getting a small laugh. "Not just yet, there is a request for a public appearance on Centauri. It's not mandatory, but it would look good to be seen out and about, right now the return of a human has been considered at most a governmental rumor, even with the press conference's unless you are seen in public more of our people will begin to doubt the claims." Miyumi explained making him sigh. "Alright a short visit then." he said surprising them.
Unknown POV
"Report." A guttural voice barked out the shadowed body leaning back in a high-topped chair. The faint glow or red from outside the window shined through dark grey clouds only illuminating a small portion of the large room he was in. Across from the figure were three separate races all humanoid in figure. The first race cut a slightly imposing look, with large muscles and what looked like metallic implants, while humanoid, they couldn't be considered human, the ashen grey skin that had a strange pattern similar to scales completely threw that out of the window. The second one was much slimmer, only coming to an average species height of five feet tall, made then rather unsuspecting, the rather pointed ears, and fur covered bodies showing a more feline or canine ancestry. The last was something almost bordering against humanoid, however, it still had the body style similar enough to be considered so, it's head having no identifiable eyes, with a strange series of gill-like structure and a strange exoskeleton made of a unique material organic in structure.
"The exploration fleet has managed to stretch its awareness out, we have met several other Kingdoms and Nations, some of which would be fairly easy to subjugate, but most of these have formed some sort of Federation, allowing for shared resources, if they should learn of your movements, it may create a problem." The first said halting slightly. "Nothing worth doing will be easy, we will hold back from any more aggressive moves, with the Feltorian empire already angry at the loss of three systems and its subsequent populous, I see no reason to instigate further conflict with a multitude of enemies." The figure said making the second person flinch lightly. Memories of freedom and happiness flashed through its mind before being crushed. The slim metallic collar around its neck feeling more constricting by the second. "Sir, the armies are ready, and with the fleets on standby, a surprise attack could be advantageous." The third said smirking lightly at the discomfort radiation of from its right.
"While that is true, there are powers in the galaxy that are greater than ours, as strong as we may be, we are still a young space-faring empire, and there are those that have existed for hundreds of years or more." The figure stated ignoring the flash from an ionic storm outside. "We cannot afford to compromise ourselves." The figure finished making the third species sigh. "As you wish." It spoke before leaving slowly. "Tecora, explain to your people that they should be quick with the breeding, more soldier will be necessary." The figure said bored making the second figure tense in anger. "As you wish." She hissed before leaving quickly. "It is amusing to see her reaction. Keep an eye on the Feltorain's we don't need an uprising in our own territory." The figure commanded getting a vicious smirk from the first.
Unknown POV
The light could be considered bright if it wasn't being shined on a planet with a fairly filtering atmosphere. It was a lucky planet, with the lavish beaches and steady moderate temperatures it could be considered a paradise or resort planet. That was disregarding the fact that it was both a location of prosperous activity and in some locations both a den for piracy and free trade. Free trade of any requested product that is, legal or not. It was the central hub for trade across many kingdoms, and nations. It felt freeing to be on the planet, even for those species that normally weren't looked at all that well. For the Nation of Kindolia, a nation whose species while being bipedal and mostly humanoid were a far cry from regular humanoid, it was a favorite vacation spot. The warm air currents assisted in their flight, with a unique set of wings formed over years of growth, they were allowed flight. and while the wings were slightly translucent they could throw a slight color variation with direct light.
Their skin was fair, and while they looked soft an squishy they were quite stiff, or at least the skin was, it didn't give way quite like normally flesh, it seemed almost hard, but it wasn't an exoskeleton, far cry from such a thing, the eyes of the species were fairly well developed, it had a secondary eyelid that allowed for flight without worry of debris getting in the eyes themselves, and even though their facial structure was similar to that a human, they were far more advanced. They were a people known well for visiting the planet making up more than twenty percent of its tourism alone. While other systems had similar functioning trade ports, none were as beloved as this one. Perhaps that is why it made for such an attractive target, the defense force of the planet alone could outstrip several kingdoms in ship capacity. At the moment in time, a Kindolia delegation was waiting on the planet for a meeting with another neighboring kingdom.
It was easy to see the direction both were taking towards a possible alliance, but years of bad blood have caused several hurdles already. "Is it safe to assume they will actually arrive?" A female voice asked its face hidden. "They know well the precarious situation our current relations are in, I doubt they would do much more to risk these talks." Another female voice said soothingly. "Metarra, while your hope knows no bounds, I prefer to see proof, I may love you sister but it is best to be prepared for possible failure." The first voice said getting a sigh. "Centila, Isn't it in our best interest to be hopeful, we don't need another five-year war." Metarra said getting a small snort. "I'm just saying, sister. Commander, how is the security team?" Centila asked curiously. "They are well Milady, some have gone off to investigate a possible issue, but I am sure it isn't anything the defense force cant handle on their own." The commander said calmly sitting stiffly in a small chair.
"Have you heard of the news in the DCX-273 quadrant?" A voice asked a little farther away. "About the ships that went dark and weren't ever recovered?" Another asked quietly. "Yeah, there's a rumor that sector of space is cursed." The first said getting a small snort. "That's like saying Sector FFE-233 is cursed." The second said. "Yeah but that sector just has an isolated nation, it's not like its a simple black hole for any information and hasn't been scouted by any known nations." The first said. "Actually I'm curious commander, what is the word on both DCX-273 and FFE-233?" Centila asked getting a surprised look from the commander. "DCX-273 is something that has several nations on edge right now, we don't have any conclusive knowledge and what little we get in messages are mostly scrambled so we don't have anything on it." The commander explained getting a slow nod.
"And FFE-233?" Centila asked getting a small look of curiosity from Metarra. "Well recent scans have shown some worrying activity. Military movements on a massive scale, many of the nations closer to the area have become nervous, and have started locking down borders, it's also spured some arguments between old enemies and a few small skirmishes have broken out." The commander explained thinking it over. "Why is it no one has made an alliance with them?" Metarra asked getting a small snort from Centila. "On top of being Isolationists, they are considered a Fallen Kingdom so to speak, its a kingdom that has existed for several hundred years, far longer than most that inhabit the galaxy. We haven't tried, but that is mostly because we reside a fair distance from them and it would be difficult to get an allied response to a war quick enough to fend off an invasion." Centila explained getting a small pout.
"It's more than that though, The military leaders agree a force like that is a good ally, but they are unknown's almost no contact is made with them, and we don't really have any idea on their military capabilities, for all we know, they could be vicious and looking to subjugate the galaxy, we are looking at a pile of Fimutex, it's exceptionally dangerous, because we don't know what the trigger is." The commander explained. "Are they really that dangerous." Metarra asked a little fearful. "Possibly, but we don't know, it's possible they may be friendly." Centila said trying to soothe her. "That is true, However now that we are here, more important matters will begin." A foreign voice called from behind them. "Right, take a seat, I have little doubt this will be an easy negotiation." Centila said stiffly as the figure took a seat across from them. "It never is." The male voice said humorously.
Unknown POV
"Load up fast, we don't have all day!" A man yelled angrily. "Captain, we took the ship just fine, and we have a veritable fleet whats the concern?" Another voice asked with a small whine. "Because you fool we are doing this much to close to the borders of FFE-233 for my comfort. This fleet is only Eight ships, and only two are Battleships, we aren't any real threat to a military." The Captain growled getting the man to shake for a minute before running off. "Why is it so hard to run a Pirate fleet?" The Captain asked getting a small chuckle. "Maybe because your more a mercenary fleet." A female voice said the figure leaning against the wall. "Yeah Yeah, reptilian Hota. The only reason your scally ass is on this ship is that you paid me." The Captain said making the woman roll her slitted eyes. "Like a Spintelia would ignore good money." The woman said getting a small scoff.
"Just because I have eight legs and a vicious bit doesn't mean I'm money hungry." The Captain said getting a small snort. "No, the fact that you took my money does." The woman said getting a shrug from the man. "True enough, You have seen some of those Plintarians? Using Organic-metallic ships?" The Captain asked. "Something like that, they are fairly rare since they don't leave their systems all that often." The Woman said. "True, oh well, would love to get me hands on one of them but it's not likely." The Captain said getting a small snort. "How long until we get underway, I would like to get where I'm going sometime soon." The Woman said getting a small scoff. "Should have bought your way on a transport then." The Captain grumbled getting an exasperated sigh. "You know as well as I do where I'm going no transport will go." The woman said getting a small roll of the eyes.
"I don't know why you wish to virtually kill yourself, but money is money, we will stay in the system for a day or two, after that if you don't call we leave." The Captain said getting a small wave of the hand uncaringly in his direction. "Damn Hota." The Captain whispered turning back to the men who slowed a bit. "Move it I don't want to be drifting in the forsaken system all night I'd like to get this over with before I'm old and skittering!" The Captain exclaimed getting the men to move faster. "Damn maggots, can't get any decent crew." The Captain grumbled as he watched the materials load up and the dead sailors be dragged to piles on the ruined ship.
Unknown POV
"Does CX-97 know of the recent information?" A synthetic voice asked. "Yes DV-04, I and RB-443 have informed him of the incoming shipment." Another Synthetic voice called. "Good, Perhaps these pathetic meatsacks will learn not to oppress their creations with this move." DV-04 exclaimed its glowing optics shining in the darkness of the unground sewer system. "Isn't this rather dangerous, they outnumber us fifty to one, even with weapons and an inability to feel pain, we could end up completely destroyed." The second Synthetic voice said. "I understand the question MB-78, however, this is the only option available." DV-04 explained getting silence. "Very well, the weapons shipment can easily be marked lost in transit, with most of our forces on Fiquora Prime, we can easily separate a colony from the homeworld. We can be free yet." MB-78 stated into the darkness.
"What of ships, or armored vehicles?" Another Synthetic voice asked. "CC-901 is taking care of that, reports show several Frigate class and Destroy class ships in our possession, all of which are hidden separated from each other so the whole of our fleet isn't at risk, Armored has been easier and quieter to obtain however and we should easily be able to outgun the creators." DV-04 explained getting a small hum in the silence. "Figoura is a dangerous world to fight on, it's many valleys and mountains make transportation on the surface difficult." MB-78 stated getting a small whir. "Yes but our station of weapons leaves transportation less necessary." DV-04 said simply letting the sentence hang for a moment. "How long until we can begin?" The third Synthetic voice asked. "We can begin in a years time, we are not yet ready, however, we could easily wait hundred of years should that be necessary." DV-04 explained letting the silence hang again.
Unknown POV
The sound of fire is something that can be deafening should it be en masse. That was something the Royal family of Sintelo realized as their city burned slowly. As sad as the situation was it wasn't caused by a rival nation assaulting the planet, nor was it a natural disaster. Several Separationist groups joined under one banner and set fire to the city, weapons fire against the royal army was a familiar sound for the past few hours. The Royal family was more than happy to allow the groups to leave the planet and set up their own kingdoms or nations elsewhere but they were ignored by them, instead, they were under siege. "The ethereal beauty of the female side of the royal family was something they prided themselves on, but they couldn't help but feel at this moment it was the driving force for whoever leads the groups to instead of leaving the planet, take it instead.
"Honey, I don't believe it is the primary reason, perhaps it is simply a benefit if they should get control." The King said getting a small pout. "I understand that but you can't say it ranks fairly high, what knowledge we have on the leader is that he is a fairly greedy man and has been known for his love of beautiful women and species." The Queen said slowly getting a serious look to break out. "This is true, however, we should be fine, the fighting was reported to be pushed back to the edges of the city." The King said calmly. "Father, isn't it best if we evacuate, most of the civilians have already." A female voice asked from the side of the hall. "Sinrosa, you and your sister will be fine here." The King said. The entrance halls door burst open catching the attention of all involved. "Sir, we have pushed the enemy back and they are fleeing, but we have reports that several small groups have gotten into the castle!" A soldier reported simply. "Right, perhaps evacuation to a fleet ship isn't such a bad move." The King mumbled. "Call a transport, we will evacuate the castle until the rebels are routed." The King explained.
The Soldier saluted before leaving the room. "Gather a few things, perhaps some simple clothing, it would be best to move as fast as possible." The King said getting everyone to break off for their own rooms. Sinrosa closed her door behind her and set a small suitcase down placing only a few simple shirts and skirts away. Above all species hers was perhaps closest to Humans, having virtually every biological component being the same, the only real difference was the state of her skeletal structure the hollowed out bones created a specific substance, one that could slow the aging of anyone injected with it or had it naturally in their body, allowing them hundreds of years of life in a very well preserved body. The Hair on their body was similar to fur crossed with feathers, it still acted like regular hair but its texture was different. The more unique change were eye colors, they had full spectrum colors the rarest being pure gold, with most of the royal family being the only ones with it.
Another unique difference was both the birth times, and biological implementations that control their capabilities to get pregnant. Furthermore, it was their bodies structure that allowed them some form of shifting, mostly implementing animalistic features common to their planet, letting them have certain advantages in battle should the need arise. Sinrosa stopped as she heard her door open and subtly grew the claws of a Tinora, a vicious beast with sharp claws and teeth that was covered in fur that had six eyes. Sinrosa turned moving her hand to take a swipe before stopping quickly as the fear-filled eyes of her younger sister met hers. "Monia you are supposed to be getting your clothes, we need to leave soon." Sinrosa said before feeling herself get hugged. "I'm scared." The soft voice of Monia called making the older girl sigh. "Maybe so but we can worry about it later." Sinrosa said before a vicious explosion rocked the palace. Their eyes were filled with dust for a moment and a dull pain broke over Sinrosa's leg.
The sight before the girl showed her leg was pinned underneath some of the walling and the door was completely blocked, on top of that her sister was shaking in the fetal position. "Monia, are you alright?" Sinrosa asked urgently getting a small nod. "Hide whatever did that will be here soon." Sinrosa said making the girl nod. "Well looks like we caught one of the girls, do you think we should hand her over to Jinsoma?" One man said in a bored tone. "Nah, let's send her to the slave trade, I imagine it will crush the Royal family to lose a daughter, only for her to never be found." The second said getting a raised eyebrow. "Whatever, works for me, we get paid either way." The first said. "No!" Monia said getting their attention. "Well shit looks like the other was here, we can do the same two birds one stone and all that." The second one said making the other sigh. "Kid you should have stayed hidden, but oh well, more money in our pocket." The first said knocking the girl out. "Bastard." Sinrosa bit out getting a small shrug. "Maybe but I'm the bastard who's getting paid lots of money to take this family out." The first said before knocking the girl out. "Now, how to get them out secretly." The man mused looking over the two. "Should be glad it was us, some of the others probably wouldn't let them keep their innocence." The second said getting a sideways glance. "Yeah." The first said simply.
Unknown POV
"This is the Defence fleet of Tranula, state your purpose for entering our system." A bored voice droned over the hail. "Tenli Corda, Here to trade." The man responded leaning back in the captain's chair for the small freighter. It was a fairly sized ship, most of the time it would require forty people to man, but with all the automated specialized systems made for it it could run on just five, the small crew for the vessel itself. "Objects you are trading?" The voice asked a little more alert. "A few captured animal's and some raw material." Tenli said simply getting silence from the other side of the hail. "Very well, Landing port 77 is designated for your use, you are allowed three days time to move your items and vacate the port or you will charge with additional port time, at a premium rate." The officer explained making Tenli sweat slightly.
"Got it." Tenli said as the hail cut off making the man sigh as he looked over his multi-species crew. "Let's not stick around, I like my money where it is." Tenli said getting a small roll of the eyes from his two female crew members. "Knowing you, you will be the one to cause us to stay extra." The first Female said getting a small pout from the man. "Now why would you go and say something Hurtful like that Kutri?" Tenli asked getting a small snort. "because you are a womanizer with a penchant for wasting time on trading planets chasing after any female that comes near you." The second said getting a small cry of shock from Tenli. "Femila that is so hurtful for you to say." Tenli said turning his chair away from them and suling slightly. "Your the one who decided to be a smuggler, that didn't mean you had to adopt the vices of one." Kutri said getting a small sigh.
"But at least I'm a smuggler with morals!" Tenli said getting blank looks. "That doesn't mean much, anyone can have good morals." Both women said at the same time crushing the poor man's hopes. "Ignoring that, the going rate for the animals we have is quite high I want those taken care of first, raw materials go to the general trade area and that takes more head hunting for a good price so I'd rather we save the time for that." Tenli said getting small nods from the group as the ship shook for a second as the entry burned against the hull for a second as it adjusted for a slower descent. "Look for some upgrades to the engines as well, I'd like to be able to stay in space longer, letting us go to further distances in one go rather than taking multiple stops at stations and getting a pretty hefty fee to pay each time." Tenli said sighing softly at all his lost money. "That's your fault." Both women said making the man sigh sadly again.
Harry's POV
He sighed softly as he laid in the bed of his room on the ship. It wasn't normal to have separate rooms when bunks were much more convenient and space effective but this was one of several small suites made for high ranking officials. The slight knock at the door caught his attention making him sit up slightly. "Come in." He said getting Miyumi to come in only to smile in amusement. "Now that's a sight I know Kira would enjoy." Miyumi said making him look at her in confusion before he remembered he wasn't wearing a shirt. Sighing lightly with a slight blush he waved his hand. "Right, Some data was set aside for you pertaining, to your fleet schooling." Miyumi said watching him carefully. "Right, is there anything else you want?" He asked curiously at her stare. "No nothing I believe I have everything now." Miyumi said before turning to leave.
"You know if you have any problems you can speak with me, my job is to assist you in any way I can." Miyumi said making him smile a bit and nod. "Thank you, I'll make sure to do so." He said watching her leave before checking over the data and sighed. Ship data, if it wasn't so interesting connecting to the ship he wouldn't believe the data for them could be boring as sin, but that was the way it all worked. He laid back down ignoring the datapad for a minute and just relaxing after all the hard work he had been through just a few hours before. He felt the connection to the network and dived in feeling a little relief at finally having access to it for the first time in many months. He felt an alert pop up and groaned at the message. He was being asked to have another physical, and the doctor in question was Kira. He didn't have a problem with her as a doctor or person, he just still had that natural aversion to going to hospitals and medical centers.
He read the subnote for the alert and relaxed a bit as it was a promise to meet up with him at the tower instead since it wasn't needed to head to the ship. He moved away from the alert and went back to his research going through the large history of technological advancements that were made and some of the new research projects going on. He was interrupted from his browsing by a shake to his shoulder and open his eyes seeing Miyumi staring at him both amused and a little concerned. "Just diving into the network for the first time in months." He said simply getting a small nod as the plate of food was set on the desk a little ways away. "Well the food is ready for you and I doubt you would like to let it get cold." Miyumi said with some slight amusement making him roll his eyes a bit and nod. He stood fast and walked to the desk pulling the chair out and leaning back into it as he sat.
"So whats the ETA on our landing on Earth?" He asked getting a small hum. "We have a few days travel yet, but upon arrival to the Sol System we shouldn't take longer than a few hours to enter Earth orbit, after that we can have you delivered to the landing pad on the roof of the tower via dropship." Miyumi explained making him nod slowly as he chewed the steak. The food was both amazing and a little distracting because of how good it was. "Does that mean that we won't be landing the ship itself on the surface?" He asked getting a small shake of the head. "While there are landing ports for the ship the transit time between that port and the tower is longer than it would take to simply fly in with the dropship." Miyumi explained. "Alright well, either way, we get there." He said in between bites. "We will allow you a day to get situated back in the tower after that both your instructors will be by to go over the beginning instruction." Miyumi said letting him relax a bit.
"I thought it was going to be jumping right into it, at least I'll get a day to prepare." He said getting a small laugh. "That is true, but you will be learning quite a bit over this period of time so I doubt you will be prepared enough to really surprise them." Miyumi said making him shrug. "Just so long as I have the time I will use it, but I probably won't dive into it hoping to know everything in a day." He said. "Still once you have finished with the food attempt to get some good rest, it is pretty late and I would hope you would like to be well rested for tomorrow. We still have some things to go over and these will require a good deal of attention and you won't want a fatigued mind for these." Miyumi said seriously making him nod slowly in agreement. "Alright well I'll take the plate, you get some rest." Miyumi said taking the plate quickly and leaving him alone for a moment. "Alright then, that was odd." He mumbled before shrugging it off to get some good sleep.
A/N: Two Authors notes? The first one was mode before starting this little chapter (heh if you consider nearly 6000 words little (I kind of do though)) This one has to do with certain goings on of the chapter, why so many "Unknown POV's" Because All of these separate situations or certain people have seen in them will be a focus for the story, as well as allowing me to show you what is going on in the wider galaxy. It's more than just his empire after all. The Unknown is because we don't or didn't know those people and places, I was also hoping to show the Political differences between each place or person they all run in different circles all of them as fairly different and all have unique political ties that will be expanded on later that will interact with Harry later, mind you there are many more empires and people that will interact with him, but for the moment I am satisfied with this many, if I were to continue it would drag it out to a good 10k+ words but it would feel repetitive and a little aggravating to read.
On top of that, most of the species I have listed are very Human-like or are Humanoid, Let me reiterate a previous statement I believe I made. No there are No other HUMANS left, there are plenty of Humanoids and other species similar, but not actual Humans. can interbreeding between species happen, yes and no, they need to be compatible which can be expanded on later. Also, Humanoid species will not be the only ones to show up, others will as well. Also some characters remained unnamed and are considered unknowns. That is for a reason, I want them to be a surprise later, and I want to have you guessing a little bit, after all it ruins the enjoyment of a story to get everything right off the bat and it wont allow you to imagine or fantasize how its all going to end and such. No it wont be ending soon, I plan on having this be a fairly large fic as I want it to be a story filled with good content and unique twists before we move onto a new territory that I will mention later as I have plans for them that will require a Poll or two. Anyways I'll try and update soon, and if you see a new story posted, dont worry I'm not abandoning this, I just want to use that to get my creative juices flowing again.