If you want to view paradise
Simply look around and view it.
Anything you want to do it.
Want to change the world?
There's nothing to it.
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Place:
South Quadrant
Testarr Sector
Just outside the Ganath system
Time:
Approximatly 0600 Hours Dameo Standard
It appeard like a ghost, something out of a bad holovid movie. The swirling gases, the errie glow, much like that of a childs nightmare. As such, also very deadly, many vessels had attempted to enter this system before. Not much is known about those ships though, as they were never heard from again. It had been assumed that either those poor spacefarers were killed upon contact with the cloud itself, or that something more insidious lay inside, waiting for hapless travelers to wander in so that it may devour upon them like a spider to its fly.
(Nonsense) he thought (Fairy tales to frighten young ones, thats all it is, and nothing more) Lest sat at the bridge of his pride ship, his fingers gripping the side of his chair as he starred ahead of him at the monitor that was showing him the sight that he hadnt dared dream about. The rest of the crew seemed to be as entranced by the sight as he was, for it was plain to see that not much work was getting done on the bridge for many open mouthed gappers were staring at the screen in much the way Lest had been doing.
"Tactical, what do the sensors tell you about all....this?" Stunned for a moment by the sudden sound, the officer at the tactical station looked down at the readings on his board and made a quick estimate of there meanings before reporting to his commanding officer.
"Sir, it appears to be a cloud of radiation, its to thick to penetrate with the sensors though, we can only detect up to it but not through it."
"Can our defletors withstand the effects of the cloud?"
After a moments thought the officer looks back up at Lest and said "Unknown, sir"
"Helm, prep the engines for a quick 1/2 lightyear jump into this cloud. Oh, and make sure you dont hit anything please" He said with a laugh, they need a little something so they wouldnt worry so much, not that he wasnt. As the crew readied the ship he sat back and continued to look on at the cloud and the ominous glow it cast on his bridge.
He took a moment to recall why he was here, what this was for. Dameo would be his Heaven, now and forever, as it would always be for all of his race. So why had his God commanded this conquest of a new Heaven? per haps it wasnt to be an actual heaven but indeed a created hell?
"Sir!" He had been off in the land of nod, away from it all dreaming of things yet decided and things yet to come. The glow returned to him, thats all there was to look at now, it was all encompassing now, not much else to look at now anyways. Anyone not watching obviously had some problems with duty that would need to be delt with later.
"Yes, what is it helm?"
"Were ready to jump sir"
"Alright, on my command then"
(Are you ready? Sure. Positive? maybe. Well then, here we go...)
"Helm, jump now"
"Aye sir"
The ship vibrated slightly as its massive form slipped into hyperspace, the lights dimmed and went out. He felt sick, the kind of sick you got when you get in a tilt-o-whirl after being on it for 5 days straight. Just as fast as it has started it all stoped. Space inside the cloud was just like space outside it, except there was only one star and this weird glowing shell blocking all other space. It was an average star system with a fair amount of planets. It all looked quaint from the out look. Strange how the lights hadnt come on yet. Pulling himself off the floor, a position he hadnt yet realized how he had gotten into he slumped back into his chair, facing the screen.
"Tactical, status?" A slight groan emenated from behind him, appearently that sick feeling hadnt been just him.
"Weve got power outages all over the ship sir, engineering is working on it though. Were detecting artifical structures all over the interior of the cloud sir, but sensors arnt fully functioning so we cant get any readouts on these things. As well, internal sensors are down as well, no telling how many of our men our incapacitated by... well, whatever it was."
"Okay I follow"
Just then an explosion rocked the ship as a large red hue covered the very edge of the ship. Just beyond the tip of the ship was a some what smaller vessel, a large cloud of gas billowing out from behind it. Looking more like the dream of a crazed metal worker from the dark ages than an actual space faring vessel.
"Tactical!"
"Very little damage sir, hull breach on lvl 19"
"Get those shields up!"
"Engineering says they will be up in 2 minutes"
"Tell them they have 30 seconds"
They would have a new threat to enter the fray very soon. Another missle slamed against the hull of the ship, the sound of the explosion as shocking as the attack itself.
"Where are those shields?"
"There com... there up sir. Weapons and propulsion systems should be operational within 5 min, other systems are returning to life as well sir, reacting like an Ion encumberance it seems, must be what keeps ships from entering that shell of space properly"
""Excellent, get a readout on that ship and tell me what it can do, in the mean time get a repair crew down to where those missles hit. When this is over we really must do an extensive scan of that cloud and its properties."
Another set of missles slammed into the shields, this time detonating harmlesly into space, yet still cuasing the minor amount of shuddering across the ship itself.
"Sir, weapons systems are operational"
"Good, then finish this"
"Aye sir"
Outside of the massive Star Destroyer, laser cannon turrents swung about, turning to make a mark on the ship that had so attacked them. As the gases in their chambers charged with the energy needed to fire them, the other ship loaded its tubes with another set of missles, on its hull one could make out out the words 'Robotica' but not the whole sentence printed on its hull. As the underhull of the 'Robotica' glowed green in an appearent launch of its missles, laser cannon beams lanced out from across space and nailed the missles right in there launches, cuasing an explosion that rippled throughout the ship, tearing its front hull to pieces. Seconds later another set of beams leaped across the space between the two ships, striking at the other vessels midsection and aft, cuasing another set of detonations that left the floating hulk adrift in space, appearently lifeless
"What do the sensors say about that?"
"Theres alot of water out there sir, i believe that ship was powered by....steam. No lifesigns sir, they seem to be out of power as well"
"Hmmm, launch the drone fighters, make a scouting run of this sector and avoid all other contact with shipping, I dont want another fight until were ready... Did you say Steam?"
"Aye sir"
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