It doesn't take long for you to triangulate the direction of the broadcasts, plot out the journey necessary between star systems.
The multiple star systems between you and where a number of your sisters were gathered. In theory, you could travel there with less stop overs at the star systems between, but that was dangerous.
And thus, you pulled/pushed/fell in a route out of your nest. Away from the world you grew up on, away from the sun you had first looked at over a century ago.
Past the other side of the asteroid belt that encircled the star system.
Out into the empty void where the light of your sun was but a faint pinpoint of light, where the gravitational eddies were weak and your superluminal drive could function.
Your heart raced even as you sat still upon the throne-like captain's seat... your seat... as you gazed out at the expanse beyond your home. Deep within your other body, you could feel virginal systems awaken as refined solar plasma were pumped into them, as capacitors were charged.
The capacitors pushed their way into your core, twisting as they did so... dumping all of their charge into your Aetheric Slipstream engine.
Before you, space twisted itself as reality rent itself before you with white blue foam that flowed over your body... sucking and pulling you in.
You spent an eternity before emerging outside an alien star system. The blue hue of the star at the heart of the system before you was brilliant, it was also larger. The planets around it were barren things.
You found yourself traveling from star system to star system, making sure to top up your fuel once you made sure it was safe to do so.
Eventually, you found yourself emerging at the source of the broadcasts.
The star that they had gathered at was a brilliant yellow. There were no habitable worlds, only gas giants and an asteroid belt.
You carefully approached the source of the broadcasts. For while you were strong, your speed wasn't what it could be if you but abandoned your armor and weapons... and once you entered the system, you were stuck in it for some time.
Your scans swept across the system...
The number of your sisters wasn't many, being but a paltry six. And yet, this was the first time you had encountered others like you.
The replying scan and broadcasts directed at you were hesitant. It was clear that they weren't expecting someone like you.
[Yona - Hello. Who are you?]
[Izuna - Friend or Foe?]
[Jack - You can't just ask THAT, Izuna!]
[Izuna - The hell I can't! Look at her!]
[So - Girls... please settle down. So, who are you? And are you here to join us?]
This was when your scans revealed that your sisters you had travelled to meet were not your equal... their defensive shields and weapons were all weaker. There was also the fact that their ship forms were smaller and sleeker than you were.
The repaired damage that their bodies bore. The signs of the repairs were obvious to your scans. From the looks of it, they had been in extensive combat.
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Dark Heavens | Space Ship Girls
004 : Greetings
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