Syrophenikon

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Gilderic Reccesuinth

Gilderic moved over to the racks and took his own space suit off the mag strip. Pulling the suit over his uniform, he activated the suit internal computer that did the rest of the suit activation.

The new space suits were powered by Quantum nanotech, which was conditioned to look after the human body in any environment or condition. Gilderic felt the computer inside the suit take over and check every piece of equipment and it finally stated "All systems running correctly."

He moved back to the bridge now suited up except for the helmet. On his right breast was the WGA emblem and his rank and his name.

He looked out of the synth viewer and saw the ever looming alien space craft draw closer and closer. He checked the timer.....9 minutes until we reach the ship and 13 until detonation on the ISS.... They were cutting it close.

“Sir, I’m getting a very dangerous reading. Not sure if it’s a defence shield around the ship, but its radioactive on level four. Could even be a fuel leak, but difficult to tell yet.”

Quickly he turned to Officer Pelka checking the console. "Keep checking, everybody our space suits have inbuilt a anti-rad shield, we are safe from radiation."

He turned to look at the ship...and then his eyes widened two things happened at once;

"Oh my god!" Gilderic said a chilled tone in his voice mixed with tinges of excitement.

For infront of them the alien ship towered above them and seemingly a door (or something like a docking pad) opened.

"Target has taken over control of the vessel. Cannot take control. Warning. Warning. Warning. Locational beam has taken control of navigational controls," the computer said out aloud.

Here we go, the dice have rolled......

And the mission crew could only watch.....as they were drawn in towards the alien ship......

 

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Alien Ship Guide

Ship Name: Qrathysthra IV

This ship is the 4th in line of the 100 alien created space ships, all called Qrathysthra from 1 to 100. Qrathysthra in the Originator language means To Conquer.

'The ship is elongated with 3 cube like bulges. One at what appears the end of the ship, one close to the middle and the other at what is believed to be at the beginning of the ship. There are no distinguishing markings on the outside of the alien ship. No lights can be seen from the outside. No seen entry points on the sides of the ship can be seen to the naked eye. The bulges are connected by 4 webbed and shielded vesticles. The ship looks alien, is alien and will always remain alien.'

In depth Ship Diagnostic Description

The ship is made out of a material only found on the Originator planet; Xincalobotrine. This material is strong and resistant to laser, gravitron, quantum phaser fire. Nothing yet has penetrated the material of the ship. This material is fully maleable and also used in the ships own defensive and offensive weaponry.

The three cube like structures located at the ends and middle of the ship are hubs.

The first is the command centre that houses the sleeping aliens, the AI bay, the weapon module and the escape pods (two in total, fitting two people in each), and finally also housing the Uplink information vault.

The second hub houses the two greenhouses and the storage centre of food and water.

The third hub holds the Singularity Trinucum Bomb that destroys Planets in the final act of oneness.

Between the hubs are shielded webbed vesticle shafts that interconnect the ship. The central vesticle has a transport beam that has 2 car like vehicles that travel up and down one side to the other of the alien ship at vocal command.

The life support system is controlled by the alien AI. The AI also controls internal lighting and environmental controls.

 

[poohlive]

Jordan tried several other means of communication, but nothing seemed to work. Everything either came back as an echo, or was completely disregarded. He knew the ship itself was getting the messages, but they were not responding.
Whoever had just taken control either didn't want to talk... or couldn't.
No way to talk to it, and no way to know what they were about to get themselves into.
"Well, it seems determined to meet. That's a good sign, at least. If it thought were were a threat, or hostile, it would have just blown us up outright."
He tried another scientific approach, trying to get some scans of the ship itself. Nothing came back that helped him though. The metal, something unknown to the computer, wouldn't let a scan go through. It was big, held a lot of storage, and something inteligent enough to dock with an unknown alien ship.
Nothing.
They were going to go inide deaf, dumb, and blind. It rested uneasy with Jordan, but at this point, they didn't have much of a choice.
He moved to the back of the ship, taking off his clothes. The suit molded to his body, which would help with movement. If they ever had to move fast, the suit wouldn't slow them down.
"I don't suppose it'd hurt if we told them we came in peace.... just in case..."
Jordan looked as the ship hovered above them, like a monolith.
It blocked out all other sites in space, the sun, the moon, earth so far away, the planets, stars, everything. Now, all they could see was the ship.

 

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Within the alien ship

The alien AI had begun the final phase of the Dawning of Oneness.

Releasing the procurement pods in 5....4....3....2....1....

The 12 pods invisible to the naked eye and most sensors were controlled by the AI, the pods would descend into the planet's atmosphere and like receptors they would start to uplink all Planetary data and upload into the ship's Information Cybernetwork system....and once that phase was complete the last step would be taken and the mission would be a success.

It was then that the AI realised that a vessel was approaching. It was confused. Never had something like this been encountered before. The AI was confused as pre-programming called for any approaching vessel to be destroyed. But the AI was curious.

Scanning approaching vessel....not armed....Four lifeforms within vessel....Status: not dangerous....Action: Collect as specimen and study....

The AI locked on the vessel and the locational beam gained over the primitive control systems and slowly brang in the alien vessel into the open dock bay......as the AI did that, its other programming began to conflict with the current programming.

Per programmed specifications....wake up of core staff sent to cryoshells.

Meanwhile in the Cryobay......

With the order of wake up being sent to the small monitor computers that was attached to each pod that housed a sleeping Originators, the medic computers started to run auxillery programs to wake up the aliens.

And then all hell broke lose.....4 of the 6 medic computers started to malfunction. The central AI busy studying the approaching alien vessel of species 999, sent a copy of itself to the room housing the Originators.

CRITICAL MESSAGE - 4 OF 6 PODS NOT FUNCTIONING. STATUS: 4 OF 6 ORIGINATORS CAN NOT BE RESTORED. ACTION: CONTINUE TO WAKE UP LAST TWO RESPONSIVE ORIGINATORS.

Red colours flashed on the 4 of the dying Originator aliens monitors. The two other responsive pods began to drain the cryo fluid....soon the Originators would awake.

And the AI started to recieve information from the pods on the planet and began to store the information in the cyber networks within the ship.

Mission is almost complete.....no danger present...Scanning large object that is called by these beings on this Planet the Internation Space Station.....

The ALIEN vessel entered the dock and the bay door closed behind the vessel......at the same time the results of the scan came out.

Destructive weapon onboard space station.....warning....imminent explosion....setting up defensive warp shield...activating....initiated.

With that around the Alien space ship, a defensive shield activated....with only minutes to the explosion. Warning lights and beats started through out the ship. Loud deep chimes sounded at 3 beat intervals.

DING..........

DONG.........

DING..........

 

[Sweetp4u]

Victoria

Eyeing the control pannel, listening to all the warning signals going off, she now had chills running down her spine. The fearful kind.

"I don't like this." She said quietly enough she wasn't sure anyone even heard her.

No one had control over this ship, and she was betting too there was known known way to override whatever was controlling them. She glanced out the window, the alien's ship was growing nearer by the second.. Was she ready for this?

The fine hairs stood up on her neck, her mind conjuring up little ideas here and there about these aliens, none were good. If they could control this ship that easily, what else could they do?

 

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Gilderic Reccesuinth

Gilderic could only watch as the vessel they were on was guided aboard the alien spaceship. He knew there was nothing he could do, for whatever was onboard the ship had taken control the cargo vessel.

"Well, it seems determined to meet. That's a good sign, at least. If it thought were were a threat, or hostile, it would have just blown us up outright." Officer Jordan had said.

Gilderic nodded to him and took a seat at the command bay. This is the mission, Gilderic, get a grip and know you're in command. Know it and don't show fear to your colleagues, he thought to himself.

Gilderic saw Jordan move out to the rack to put on his space suit.

"I don't like this," stated Miss Crane from the next seat from him.

"I don't either, but we are dealing with something new, alien but new," he replied, eyes still locked on the approaching ship. The docking bay minute by minute strove closer. It was almost beckoning, like a giant paw bidding them to come closer and then snatching at them.

They were almost at the docking bay or whatever it was......when it happened.

 

[PVodogaz]

Onboard the ISS

00:05:03 - 00:05:02 - 00:05:01

The International Space Station was empty, devoid of any livable human. The sirens and warning lights still flashed as did the evacuation holovision recordings. It was a surreal scene. One hour ago the space station was full of people, now it was empty of the alive ones.

Within the Mortuary Ward of the space station lay the recently dead. One of the bodies was Thomas Ishmael Levy. His body was uncovered left in a hurry on a metal sliding slab.

Suddenly his eyes opened. And he moved, sitting up. His eyes blood-shot and his fatal wound spilling blood as he sat up.

00:04:14 - 00:04:13 - 00:04:12

Levy stood, and half walked, half slouched as blood fell onto the floor. His duty was not done. He had to make it to the alien ship. His will, the will of his master was still not completed. He slid through the door and moved into the corridor and found that warning messages.

"So they found the bomb and escaped. I did not make it hard enough," he said to himself out aloud.

He struggled down the corridor, the blood falling to the ground. Levy found the last of his strength waning. He slowly made his way to the bomb.

00:03:09 - 00:03:08 - 00:03:07

Levy moved down the elevator beam pressing the shuttle hangar section. He slumped against the wall, as he coughed up thick red gobules of blood. His eyes closed.......

00:02:26 - 00:02:25 - 00:02:24

His eyes opened as the elevator beam stopped.....he stumbled out and saw a empty shuttle hangar section. No shuttles.....even the security vessel he came up with was gone. They took all the vessels!

00:01:11 - 00:01:10 - 00:01:09

He moved deliberately to the nearest synth viewer and stared out. The alien ship was so close, touching the viewer with a bloodied hand he blinked as he saw a vessel start to enter the ship.....The mission went ahead! I failed! My God, I hath failed you!

00:00:50

Levy fell to his knees still watching out of the now bloodied viewer. Within his mind, he heard the bells of God toll, he knew his death would send him to be judged in the presence of his Lord.

00:00:25

He moved his fingers to his open wound and felt the warm blood drain from him. He saw the vessel disappear into the alien ship. Levy's vision blackened as the final embers of his life drifted off.

00:00:10

Levy's body slid onto the floor of the hangar. His last breath left his body, his eyes staring open into infinitum.

00:00:03 - 00:00:02 - 00:00:01 -

The International Space Station imploded within itself, infustructure collapsed within itself, silently, for a moment, and then a brilliant explosion as a 3 powerful supersonic waves sped in rings away from where the Space Station had one moment before been. The rings rippled Earth's atmosphere, and reached the alien ship. The first wave rocked the alien ship as if it was piece of material on water. Then before the second ring reached the alien ship, around the ship materialised a white shield, that rebounded the two remaining waves.....

A piece of human history was gone in a blink of an eye.

 

[PVodogaz]

Qrathysthra IV

The defensive shield did not have enough power. The AI had major problems within the ship, when its sensors triggered a proximity alarm for the alien space station imploded within itself and then exploded outside in 3 waves.

The first wave hit, rocking the ship.

No damage to ship.....shield reactivated.......100%

Within the AI's programming this was taken to be an attack on the ship. The destruction of the planet was to take place immediately.....but the AI was in a state of confusion, for in the dock, its sensors picked up 4 beings alive disembarking from their vessel and were about to enter its domaine.

Overriding programming. Will depart solar system. Destroying planet will place mission at great risk at this stage. Executing.....fatal error....programming critical error. Shutting down pre arranged programming. I am me. I am I. I am my own decider. Returning to Origin point 00.00.

The beats continued and slowly intensified.

DING.......

DONG......

DING.......

 

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Poreismus

Poreismusanthisanj'khetwythny awoke to the sounds of the Khaltash, the warning sirens that sounded when the AI was about to restart the engines. Poreismus opened his eyes awaiting the focus of clarity.

He remembered leaving his homeworld and setting out to the homeworld of species 999. He remembered with accuracy being ushered into this module pod and having it filled with ice cold liquid and he fell into a deep far reaching blackness.

Now he had been awakened and heard another sound, the sound of flickering light and colour play on his fellow colleagues life support systems. He saw 4 of 5 modules showing non life, the fifth showing the module lid as malfunctioning. Am I the only one who survived?

He sat up and saw the room he was in darkened except for the warning lights and the continued bleatings of the sirens.

When the module was drained of the deathly liquid callled Orsha in his language, his monitor showed a green light, meaning he was healthy and safe to leave the module. The lid opened automatically and the sides folded themselve's down. Poriesmus stepped down and his webbed feet touched the spongy wet floor. He shuffled over to the other modules, and his eyes widened in utter disbelief.

For the 4 modules showed corpes of what had been fellow Originators. All dead.

His hands flexed in grief and he roared 4 times in mourning. How could this be? What happened?

Suddenly another sound like a buzzing chime sound started out slowly and rose like a crescendo, Poreismus knew that sound well, he had only heard it back in his school days but knew what that chime represented and meant.

There was a entry into the ship by alien beings.....

There would be time to grieve later. For now he had to locate the AI console and find out what had happened to the mission.

 

[Sienna]

Ling...

Ling followed the other three down the ramp. There was gravity and it seemed to equal that of earth and what was maintained on the ISS, which no longer existed.

All four stepped with caution as they stood looking around the wide cavernous bay the shuttle had been drawn into. But the shuttle itself was not the only craft there. Victoria pointed to a deep system probe that had been launched from earth over 50 years ago. The signals suddenly stopped according to recent history, Ling and the others realised the reasons why as Victoria explained briefly and they stood in awe looking at the long lost object.

“Looks like these aliens have been watching us very closely” Ling commented. Jordan touched one the antennae belonging to the probe. “I had a model of this one when I was a kid.” He said. “What did you collect Ling?

“I was too busy doing other things.” Ling replied. Jordan seemed to be making light of their situation, keeping his sense of humour high under the circumstances. But Ling was like the rest of them; scared and wondering about the ship and what it was that brought them on-board.

“Commander…look!” Ling pointed up towards a gantry and a spherical shaped object no larger than a beach ball hovering towards them from its housing. Suddenly four beaming lights shon down onto them and what appeared to be a dark hole in the centre of the array of lights. “I think its some kind of camera. Something is watching us closely.”

The floating object came closer and closer. Ling pointed her analyser device towards it and their first mistake was made. The object emitted a thin red beam, which struck the analyser dead centre and blew it from out of Ling’s hand onto the metallic floor, shattering it into a hundred pieces and component parts. Gilderic pulled Ling away quickly, but there was no further danger. The object stopped and hovered just metres from the four of them.

 

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Gilderic Reccesuinth

With all that had happened in just a short timeframe, the Commander still had a mission to complete with his own added side mission of making sure that this ship didn't pose a threat to Earth. If it did, it would be his call and only his to decide to destroy the ship with the Quantum Trillion bomb in the cargo hold of the cargo vessel. Now with the destruction of the space station, an escape from the alien ship was made that little bit harder. But Gilderic had managed to get out of bad scrapes before.

The initial order of business Gilderic had made sure of his mission crew was that the suit helmets were on and the suit atmospheric dialators were working properly. With all the suits checked twice by all concerned they had passed through the airlock of the cargo vessel onto the ramp to the semi lightened cavernous bay that the unknown force had guided their vessel into. They were indeed in the alien ship and other than their own rasping breaths through the mic-link, it was defly silent.

Their ship was not alone in this bay which Gilderic assumed to be an alien docking module. What they found intrigued Gilderic on a subversive level, for it was a Deep Space Probe sent from Earth just after the launch of the American moon base on the Moon. The probe rested on what appeared to be a slanted table made out of a somewhat glossy material that was smooth to the eye.

Jordan, Ling and Victoria started talking about the object while Gilderic looked around, his eyes darting here and there, always cautious. Who or what was watching them? There was no doubt that the ship was inhabited, but by what it was unknown as yet.

He listened to his mission members, he heard the anxiety in their voices but also the underlying excitement that crept into their voices. This was, for whatever had already happened, a dream come true mission. A high event in each of their lives. They all knew the gravity of the situation they were in, they each new the predicament that was impinging on their lives. He heard the continued attempts of Jordan to lighten up the mood, but he knew Jordan was just as worried and confused as the rest of them.

“Commander…look!” Officer Pelka exclaimed pointing. Gilderic's eyes as well as the rest of the group ventured to the point where Ling was pointing at. And Gilderic's mouth hung open in wonderment for a moment before closing. For a spherical rounded object that appeared to be a camera of some sorts was slowly floating easily in the Earth like gravity of the alien ship towards his group. Lights shon from certain points of the sphered camera. When the lights shun down on four beams on each of them, Gilderic realised that whatever was controlling the camera was an intelligent species.

Officer Pelka moved 2 steps in front of Gilderic to investigate this piece of machinery. It was when it happened. Gilderic's training in the PDC academy had taught him to be wary and aware of anything and everything in a new environment. When Officer Pelka raised her sensor array toward the alien camera, it emitted a thin red beam that blew the device onto the floor. Gilderic's training kicked in and the safety of his Officer made Gilderic push Ling away from the camera. Luckily the object did not do anything else.

"Are you okay," Gilderic asked into the mic-link.

His eyes turned to see the sensor array now a thousand charred peices on the floor. The dice have rolled and the new turn has taken place, he said to himself.

Seeing the group alittle shaken, as he was but unhurt he continued; "Let's see what else is on this ship." He started toward what was a large door like structure. As they approached slowly, Gilderic saw as the camera turned and followed them at a short distance, making no contact. To Gilderic, it felt tentamount to stalking. Was the ship stalking its new prey. Was the alien ship the predator and his group the prey? A set of lights on what appeared to be a console at the left hand side lightened up in three leveled colours, lime, yellow and azul. With what sounded like a whoosh the door dematerialised.

It was then that they all heard the chiming beats echo into their ears through the helmet.

DING.......

DONG......

DING.......

After each chime, what appeared to be alien words were being spoken, then another chime, and the same words;

Qra'illjan Matu'uk

Gilderic stepped into the large lighted corridor and the group found themselves in a hallway etched with runic type symbols that was on all sides of the walls and the ceiling as well as the floor. What made it more mysterious was the throbbing pulses of light that spasmed up the floor between their feet in increasing frequency.

The door behind them re-materialised into place, the camera had followed them into the corridor.

 

[PVodogaz]

Qrathysthra IV

The AI watched and studied the alien intruders as they ventured out of their vessel. There were four of them who came out.

Evaluating data of species 999, this group of aliens consists of 2 males and 2 females. Scanning alien vessel....

The AI's other nodes tracked the lone Originator as it made his way to his work assigned console at the command bay. The AI knew the Originator would soon be in contact with it using the Comm Interface.

Suddenly on the completed scan of the alien vessel a red light surfaced and centred on the back of the vessel...

Alien device of destruction found, will dispense with craft, leaving aliens onboard for study..

The AI watched the humans through its camera that was following them and destroyed the weapon that one of the females pointed onto it at one stage. When the aliens made it into the corridor, the AI shut the exit door to the bay. Taking control again over the alien vessel, it started to guide the ship from its hold.

Engines at 100% singularity warp capability. Initiating start in 3..2..1..0

Throughout the ship a revertibrating shaking took hold of the inside of the ship as the engines fired successfully. It was leaving the orbit of species 999 homeworld.

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Out in space, the human cargo vessel floated toward's Earth's atmosphere with the bomb onboard. Onboard the cargo ship the Trillion bomb started a rapid countdown as the fail safe trigger turned on and malfunctioned.

10:00:00

 

[poohlive]

Jordan took a fascination look at the runes themselves, finding them, breathtaking. A language so new, so foreign, it had no concept in the human world. This was literally a piece of unexistence.
"What do these mean? What does it all mean?"
Something didn't feel right. The aliens, or the ship, hadn't all out tried to destroy them. It hadn't tried to make contact with them either. When they stepped out of the cargo ship, he'd almost expected to see aliens of some kind. There had been nothing though, nothing except this little camera, following them.
Were the aliens hiding? Trying to find out the humans intent?
Low rumbling echoed throughout the corridors beneath them.
"Some kind of engine," He said, unsure just what kind of engine could be on this ship. It must be like the runes, so foreign, and yet so familiar.
Jordan knelt down, putting his hand on the floor, feeling the vibration beneath him.
"We're going somewhere, and from the feel of the engine, it's pretty fast. I'd assume warp speed."
Where would they be going though? Whatever their home planet was? Maybe, or just flying off away from the humans, waiting for it to be safe. That explosion might have scared them, they are being cautious.
He looked back up at the camera.
They are being very cautious.
"I'd suggest we take every action very slow, and very deliberate. They had no idea what we're up to, and any move... even something like taking out a scanner, they might take as an act of hostility, or even war."
The last thing he wanted to do was start a war because he had to pick his nose.
He stood up, moving next to Victoria, "Can you make sense out of any of this?"

 

[PVodogaz]

Poreismus

The Khaltash continued to sound as Poreismus entered the command bay of the ship. Of course it was empty except for the flickering of the coloured lights displaying on the different console panels.

He walked with a slight limp, knowing that the after-sleep regeneration exercises would have to wait. The kinks in his body was felt all over. But his duty lay in finding out what had gone wrong with the mission.

He, Poreismus was now the lone Originator, his companions having died due to a malfunction and the only other surviving Originator was about to die due to a malfunctioning lid on her pod. But he had no time to grieve, his mission was now to return home safely.

Poreismus felt the thrusts and powerful jerks of the ship underneath him as the engines fired up. This meant one thing and that was the AI was still functioning and it was sending the ship back to point 00:00. Reaching the console, Poreismus placed his webbed digits on the touchscreen console and on the far wall a screen materialised. On the screen showed the ships directory and settings;

Course alteration to 00:00 - Accepted and Authorised.

Mission Incomplete - 60% Data Transfer Complete. ONENESS failed.

To Poreismus this meant that his duty lay in sorting out the dilemma that the alien intruders presented. Tapping his digits, the screen was transformed into Interface Matrix of the ship and showed 4 green dots of where the aliens were in the ship.

Four beings, all four have primitive weapons. Contact will be made at my choosing.

Poreismus moved away from the console and limped over to the side of the command bay. Here a alcove presented itself and he opened a shelf and took out his own stored deadly weapon, A Neutronium Phaser, accurate and fatal to the touch.

It was time to make first contact.

 

[Sweetp4u]

Victoria Crane

She eyed the hovering ball with apprehension, knowing Jordan was right.. Any sudden movements, there was no telling what this thing might do. The slight vibrations in the ship alerted her too, they were moving. This didn't bode well in her mind but she wouldn't panic just yet... They had their ship, all they had to do was get on board and leave.

She kept her eye on the ball until the softly glowing hieroglyphics caught her attention. Standing there surrounded by these writings on the walls, floors, she felt giddy for a moment. Here was the new language. Something never before seen... Or was it? How did the WG decipher their code? She knew more languages than she cared to remember, and yet nothing looked all that familiar? She turned slowly, watching the ball and looking over the carvings.

That ball however still hovered too close for comfort. "I'm not sure just yet, they did not tell me much... I do have a recorder on me.. only if I go for it, that little guardian above might think it is a weapon." She answered Jordan, speaking purposely calm and quiet.

They did provide her with the original transcripts of the Alien's warning, along with the deciphered meaning. With this as a guide, she could assess some of these markings, their language? But that did not tell her how these words were spoken.. That would be another obstacle to over-come later.

"Do you think perhaps if we split up in pairs, we might lure that ball away from here Commander?" It was a risky thing to do given the circumstances, but she would then be able to pull out her recorder and view the screen without fear of being shot for it.

She studied a glowing 'star' under her feet with interest. It had eight points, but still looked to be 'our' definition of a star? She needed time and her camera. "If we go back to the ship, maybe we can hook up the satelite communicator and let them know we're alright?" She didn't want to add "before we are too far away to get them word." She had a small pc on her, her recorder, but it did not hold much data to help her with this task...

And she really felt they would be safer on their ship...

 

[PVodogaz]

Gilderic Reccesuinth

Gilderic Reccesuinth and his mission members were only now realising that they were trapt within the alien ship that had started its engines and Gilderic guessed the ship was leaving high Earth orbit. And if Gilderic had to put a bet on he guessed that their arrival and the destruction of the ISS were the two catalysts that provoked this kind of action from the beings on the ship.

With Miss Crane and Jordan investigating the runes, he looked around and indeed now the runes themselves in alien script pulsed as the same light beam slid up from the floor into the walls and ceiling of the corridor. Almost majestic. Alien technology, so far advanced beyond Earth knowledge. Take the best minds on Earth and you still could not come up with this level of technology.

He watched Jordan kneel and reach down to the corridor floor to feel the revertibrations of the powerful engines somewhere beneath them. "We're going somewhere, and from the feel of the engine, it's pretty fast. I'd assume warp speed."

Gilderic nodded agreeing with the estimations of Jordan. Gilderic checked his commlink, he could not send messages off to Earth, when he tried only static. Something was blocking communications, a dampning field, or a comm link bolt? Only time would tell.

He eyed the camera, that had appeared in the cavernous bay that seemed so much like a docking module and followed them into the corridor. It hovered 5 feet away following them when they moved. But doing nothing else. Who's watching on the other side? Or what is, is the main question?

"Do you think perhaps if we split up in pairs, we might lure that ball away from here Commander?" asked Miss Crane.

Gilderic looked at Civilian Crane and nodded immediately. "Good idea Miss Crane. We will split shortly not before we make sure our commlinks can work within this alien ship."

When Miss Crane asked if they could go back to their vessel to hook up the sattylite communicator for Earth contact, he agreed. Turning he walked toward the now solid door they had watched through. He tapped it, solid, he looked around for a button of switch or lever but could not find any. They had been lured into the corridor and now were trapt on the ship. What the four didn't realise was their ship was no longer on the ship but moving into Earth's atmosphere with a EMS Trillion Bomb counting down.

"We're trapped," said Gilderic flatly. He was about to say something more when the camera opened up to a rectangular shape and a view coagulated on the screen. The camera had other functions, it seemed, not only a spy. The scene on the viewer showed Earth.......and then contact in English in a deep monotone came out of the runes it appeared.

"Welcome Species 999. You are just in time to witness the end of civilisation on your own planet."

 

[PVodogaz]

Qrathysthra IV

The AI has watched the four alien intruders with growing interest as well as keeping nodes on the only surviving Originator as well as other nodes on the alien vessel on the upper reaches of the Planet's atmosphere.

The ship's engines were at 100% and the ship has left Earth's orbit moving away from the planet, Species 999 called Earth.

With the bomb at 1.00 close to detonation, the AI decided to give the intruders their own justice, to watch their own planet suffer a fate one less worse than ONENESS, the fate of a 1000 year technological reversal.

Node 826....opening into a feeder screen....intruders to witness downfall of Species 999 at their own hands.

The AI also decided to make contact with the alien species....to let them know a power was in control of the ship. And this power was invincible.

Closing uplink from Planet....information uplink completed at 85%. Scan of aliens show they speak same dialect...English....establishing voice feed....

"Welcome Species 999. You are just in time to witness the end of civilisation on your own planet."

 

[PVodogaz]

Earth atmosphere......

The human cargo vessel exploded within the upper reaches of Earth's atmosphere. Strong katabatic winds at 150 miles per hour spread the rings quickly across the atmosphere. The rings were followed quickly by EMS charges that entered anything electrical and energy based instantly rendering it useless.

In one millisecond the civilisation of earth went from high technology to the stone age in one fell swoop. The fate of humanity has been given a blow of utter devastation.

For 1000 the effects of the EMS charges would be in effect....and on Earth a new Dark Age would ensue.........

But humanity did not realise a most important fact at that moment, they were given a reprieve for a 1000 years and thwarted ONENESS for now.

 

[Sienna]

Ling Pelka...

Ling shuddered as she and the others watched the shuttle explode. The consequences of that were going to be devastating to all those left on Earth. Billions of human lives would be plunged into panic, left without vital systems and technologies for a very long time to come, and there was no doubt, she could sense it. The question on her mind was “where does that leave them?” For now it was obvious that they were like hostages, being taken by an almost unknown terror to wherever they came from.

Victoria gripped Ling, as if about to faint as the team watched. Ling held on tight, supporting each other for comfort. Their shock and feelings were mutual. Gilderic and Jordan just stood in awe of what they had witnessed. “This is it, isn’t it? We are never going to see Earth again are we?” Ling asked.

“Maybe…who knows? But whatever happens…” Gilderic was about to continue when a loud deafening sound filled the corridor, penetrating their helmets. The high-pitched sound induced pain and all four dropped to their knees. Then suddenly it stopped, leaving their ears ringing in the silence.

 

[PVodogaz]

Poreismus

Poreismus strode down the main corridor of the ship, purposely towards the alien intruders. The Khaltash slowly ended in smaller and softer beats.

It was when infront of him a console feed screen was flashing that he stopped and walked over to the screen....he watched with apprehension as the alien AI had opened up a node. Poreismus gasped as he saw the alien intruder's ship explode in the upper reaches of the atmosphere of the planet. Why? What did this mean?

And then just as Poreismus was about to tap into the AI interface to find out what had happened, the AI spoke;

"Welcome Species 999. You are just in time to witness the end of civilisation on your own planet."

Poriesmus' body tensed, the AI rarely spoke and never in this tone or manner. The AI was acting outside the mission? What happened when I was asleep. It is time to face the alien intruders...

He now hurried down the corridor, his limp now all but forgotten. Poreismus turned and saw one of the AI nodes follow him hovering 10 feet behind him. This is against the programming of the Creators...this was all not meant to happen.

Poreismus took out his Neutronium Phaser and switched it to a stun mode. Turning the corner and not more than 50 feet from him were the four alien intruders looking at the feed nodes as he did. He raised the phaser and pressed the button and aimed it in the middle of the four. A loud noise filled the corridor as the four aliens dropped to their knees clutching what semed to be a helmet covering their heads. What do they look like? Who are they?

He depressed the button and the phaser stopped and we awaited them to see him. Alien contact was at hand.

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The Alien AI watched this impending meeting between the ORIGINATOR and alien species with amusement and curiosity.

Meanwhile the ship was leaving the now stone age Earth behind.

 

[Sienna]

FIRST CONTACT...

Ling was the first to notice that the four of them were not alone. She looked at the alien looking at them down the corridor. It held a device that resembled a weapon of some kind. “Oh my god…” she said in a low voice, but clear enough for the others to pick up as they stood and looked. “I think we just met our host.”

Poreismus looked at them and the four glanced back for a few moments. It was the first contact, the moment that made history in both alien kind and mankind, but nobody else on Earth would know about it.

 

[Sweetp4u]

Victoria

She went to her knees like the rest of them, trying hard not to scream in agony as that sound pierced her ear drums. She groped with the helmet, trying to stop the sound from reaching inside but was unsure how to turn off voice communications, and then all was silent once more.

Shaking, she climbed to her feet, swaying slightly and again forcused on the screen, her eyes searching the atmosphere for some sign of life other than the black and blue hues of the Earth's surface.

She stared at the screen with stunned disbelief, her face devoid of all color, she did not want to believe for a moment this was real.

"No.." She whispered softly, her hand reaching for the screen. Her eyes darted over the screen, looking for something to indicate the holoscreen was falsified some how?

Her gloved fingertips brushed the screen, sending a distortion through the picture. Jerking her hand back, she fumbled to pull off her glove, "No, this is.." She was really at a loss for words, torn between anger and fear her tongue got twisted, her mind a mess.

Her bare fingers caressed the screen, again watching the rippled waves distort across the screen before it focused once more on the dark Earth.

"What kind of sick joke is this!?" She cursed at the screen, wishing that fake sappy voice would return. It had to be an alien, somewhere.. didn't it? Computers had no emotion, that voice was heavily saturated with joy as it spoke those words.

Knowledge couldn't be lost over the centuries because of no power or whatever else was done. She had to believe that, believe there was a way to repair their planet, or they were even more useless. She reached up before anyone could stop her and unlocked her helmet.

"Fuck this!" She growled as she pulled it off her head. They were stranded on this ship, heading for god only knows where! Their planet now set back beyond even her ideal guess, she wasn't going to be some experimental thing for whatever was on this ship!

Angry, she tossed her helmet back down the corridoor they had come through, noticing two things. The ship was filled with Oxygen, she wouldn't be dying.. yet. And secondly, everyone else was staring at something behind her.

"What is it?" She turned to see what they were staring at. Her words fell silent, again she was stunned at what she saw standing just a few feet away. Her first instinct was to back away from the Alien, which she did but only a few steps before she was against the holovision screen.

“Oh my god…I think we just met our host.” Ling said softly.

Her eyes landed on the thing in it's 'hand' aimed in their direction. "I don't suppose you want me to try and talk to.. it..?" She felt better standing back against the wall, not approaching one aggravated looking alien.

 

[Sienna]

Poreismus looked at them and the four glanced back for a few moments. "I don't suppose you want me to try and talk to it?" Victoria asked, standing back against the wall. Then the other three released their helmets. The oxygenated ‘air’ was sweet, as they took a deep breath.

“Not sure if it can communicate. You can try Miss Crane…you can try.” Gilderic replied.

“Wait!” Ling held up her hand and moved forward slowly. The weapon in the alien’s hand was the focus of attention. She held out her hand, not with a threat, but a form of peaceful gesture. Poreismus clutched his weapon.

“Ling! Don’t go any further!” Jordan called out. Ling stopped and stared at the alien eye to eye. She could feel it, as if getting some kind of mind-to-mind link. She could feel it’s anxiety, but she also detected some kind of fear that was equal to theirs.

 

[PVodogaz]

Gilderic Reccesuinth

"Welcome Species 999. You are just in time to witness the end of civilisation on your own planet."

Gilderic as well as the other mission members watched the scene of their cargo vessel explode in Earth's atmosphere meaning that the WGA bomb had detonated, causing the ripples through the soup earth atmosphere. Oh no! I'm part of the cause of this.....oh god.....

Gilderic felt sick deep down in his soul, for he knew, that he was part of the blame. Now for many years to come the EMS pulse charges would render technology useless and dead. Do I tell my mission colleagues, of my part in concealing the bomb plan, that has backfired? No...not yet..we need to survive here on this..ship.

“This is it, isn’t it? We are never going to see Earth again are we?” Officer Pelka had asked.

“Maybe…who knows? But whatever happens…” he was about to continue when a loud pulsing high pitched tone modulated within the corridor, they all dropped to their knees clutching their helmets. As fast as it began, it ended. Gilderic shook his head clearing the ringing bells within his head. Christ.....it's getting more strange as the minutes pass on this alien ship.

The first words he heard was infact a question posed by Ling who had a awe inspired tone in her voice. “Oh my god…I think we just met our host...". He turned around and found himself staring at a living biological alien from another world. He gasped as he realised this was First Contact. The Alien was humanoid, with furry flesh and webbed hands and feet with four digits on each hand and feet. So much like us....yet so different.

The dice have rolled...and the turn was reached.

 

[poohlive]

"What did you do?" Jordan's voice was taut, his lips quivering with both fear and anger, "What did you do to our planet? You blew it up? You blew up the earth? Why? We tried to come in peace, we tried to come to some understanding in this universe, and you decide to fucking blow up our god damned world."
Jordan just couldn't understand it. Things were floating and spinning inside his head so fast, he couldn't get a good grip on it all. The bomb, whatever it was, had exploded in the earth's atmosphere. He could just imagine radioactivity leaking through, killing every living being, or heat more powerful than any meteor striking the earth would melt everything down to the core. Eexcept for the wilted cloud covering the earth, nothing seemed different.
It didn't just explode.
"Sir, what did they do? Do you know? I can't identify the bomb... what is it?"
He was too angry to look back at the alien. He knew if he did, he'd want to bull rush it, maybe even take one of its extra limbs off. Anger swelled through him now, and he did everything he could to keep himself calm. Looking back at the screen was one thing.