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{Ok, here comes another part.}

Patiently the good old Captain waitet for Sonnis answers. Watching carfully as she touched and tried to calm the frightened child. It seemed like ages to him till she spoke again, in that whispering voice of her.

["...there are many painful memories Snow White has of her captivity... torture, abuse, loneliness... terror she was drugged to suppress some of those memories by her captors. I'm sorry to say... she was forced by the enemy's neural-cortex implants to have a part in the torture and death of your human crew of your station... she is terribly traumatized by all the death she has witnessed and been forced to be a part of!"]

["I have guessed something like that..."]
Blake aswered in a whisper "... but hearing it won't make it easier. That they would turn children into tools for their war effords. None of my people or the Orgus would have imagined somithing as horrible as this. May the Lord have mercy with her."]
["Thats indeed unexpected. But, may I remind you Captain, that there were a lot of nations, rebells or sects in our history, that used children as soldiers, for experimentation and other terrible things?"]
Murakami added, also in whispered voice.
Cydonias Captain crossed his arms in front of him, closed his eyes and replied:
["Sure... but litteraly using them as weapons or tools against their own will? I think, as different as we might be, we can be lucky that we have met the Loroi first and not those Monsters."]

["I ...can keep her calm, by calling up pleasant memories, but she will need focused trained counseling to deal with what she has endured. I am not the best qualified for such... among the Loroi crew available, but I will do what I can."]

["We do not have a dedicated counselor or a psychiatrist aboard. This falls in my duties, but I am not sure how... different... the minds of humans and loroi are. Nevertheless, if there is something I can do to assist you, feel free to tell me."]
The good Doctor said.
["There is another issue we need to think about. What do we do, if the next Umiak ship we run into, has another such captive aboard?"]
Blake whispered with a worried undertone.

Snows mind:
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Her injured body and frightened mind relaxed as Sonni showed her some happy memories of her own. It did more than just calm her down, deep inside of her, she could sense a weak thought, directed to Sonni:
"You not hurt me? Will bring me back?" Followed by weak and half forgotten memories of Snow, from a long time ago.
Sonni could not see what was going on or anything at all, but she could sense the other Loroi children and caregivers around Snow, could feel what she had touched, smelled and had eaten.
It took her a while to understand what was going on, but then it became clear that those older Loroi were not caregivers at all. They were warriors and they seemed to have taken the children with them, tried to prevent them from falling in the hands of the enemy. It was easy for her to recognise that Saphire was one of them, holding Snows hand, comforting, feeding and protecting her.
The bond between those older Loroi and those children was very strong, unsually strong. A thought crossed Sonnis mind: Could it be that they might have been the mothers of those kids?
Nevertheless, she withnessed what happines meant for Snow: Saphires hand hold hers, they were walking through a cornfield, the wind blowing through her hair, the sun warming her skin, the memory of Saphires face, snow melting in her tiny hands, playing with the other children, ...
After a while, Sonni felt that Snow was fully asleep now. Memories of her own and Sonni filled her mind and for the first time in years, happyness could be felt within her and a smile could be seen on her face.
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Feeling the child slip into a peaceful slumber Sonnidezi gently slips out of the bed ...aided with a little timely telekinesis without disturbing the child.

Her expression one of worry briefly, then shifting her gaze from Snow-White to Captain Blake becoming an expression of cold seriousness, her voice a whisper to avoid waking the child, "...believe me Captain Blake... if you stumble across another Umiak vessel in your CYDONIA... whether they have a Farseer Loroi child aboard... will be the VERY Least of your concerns! Your slow, vulnerable, practically weaponless vessel~ compared to the enemy would be no fight at all. Your best option would seem to be perhaps to pose as a non-threatening merchant vessel. I mean no insult, but your technology is far outmatched by the modern weaponry of both Loroi and Umiak military's. Best to avoid all contact... and make as quickly as possible to space inhabited by your worlds. Risking trying to find another Loroi vessel in this contested space would be... imprudent. The Loroi know of Humaniti.. and when our vessel the ARGENT FIRE does not report back... the Torrai High Command will send another expedition.. this time likely a flotilla of warcraft."

She gazes at the sleeping child and comments, "...for now.. Snow-White is sleeping soundly and peacefully. We should let her rest. But I need to consult with Twilightsaber and discuss what our next steps should be... in regards to Snow-White. It would seem prudent for your next step to be vacating this contested area of space Captain Blake.. but it IS your vessel... and we the Loroi delegation must trust to your judgement in how best to get us in contact with your superiors."

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Abramovic smiled as he activated his com-unit back in his small office.

[Engeneering to Lt. Cmdr. Ferox, I might have something down here, that you might find interesting. Maybe you can take a look? Oh... and don't forgett your "toys"...]

Hadrid turned toward the captain, [With permission sir, Chief engineer requests my help.]

[Go ahead, Commander, but I remaind you that you have bridge duty in 12 hours, so get some rest.]

Hadrid nodded and left the Medbay.

Inside the elevator [Chief, what you need exactly?] Hadrid said opening private line with Abramovic.

[We can't open SHI data, it's heavily encrypted. Perhaps you could lend us a hand in cracking it?]

[Hacking to private data base? All right I will be there in few minutes.]

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Hadrid quickly garbed anything he needed from his room and went strait to the engineering deck.

Reaching a room used as storeroom from "artefacts" gathered in the raid, Hadrid was welcomed by both Chief Abramovic and Lt Rockwool

[Sir, Sorry for the trouble, but this information could give us a hint about this object.] - Chief Abramovic said pointing with his head at strange icosahedron thing.

[Well for the record I must say that hacking private data store without court order is criminal offence punished with 5-year Imprisonment. At least in Aldean jurisdiction.]

[That's why you are going to be a hacker.] - Kvasir said grinning

[Very funny, alright let's get started]

Hadrid sat in the computer desk and plugged his console to the shipboard computer. With moments official screen swapped with screen from Commander's console.

[Right, we need this, this, and those files ,sir. A lot of data.] Chief said pointing with his finger files from the list, seen at the screen.

[Right I will launch a decrypting program but it will take some time.]

Activating few commends and programs, software started operating.

[How long it gonna take?]

[16 hours for a file, assuming each archive have different key.]

[16 hours? This is madness, can we speed it up?]

[If you have national megatron class computer around, yea]

[Very well, we can wait, meanwhile the files decrypt we can focus on other things.]

[Carry on then. I will be leaving you guys for it, Kvasir please return my things when finished ok?]

[Yea sure, where are you going?]

[I'm going to medbay ask Doc about something and later I'm going to take a nap before my bridge duty.]

With this word hadrid turned from console, and walked out from engineering.

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{Sorry, that took much more time to finish. Had to rewrite it a few times and some job related trouble. I hope that will get better soon. Anyway, here it goes:}

In the infarmery:


"...believe me Captain Blake... if you stumble across another Umiak vessel in your CYDONIA... whether they have a Farseer Loroi child aboard... will be the VERY Least of your concerns! Your slow, vulnerable, practically weaponless vessel~ compared to the enemy would be no fight at all. Your best option would seem to be perhaps to pose as a non-threatening merchant vessel. I mean no insult, but your technology is far outmatched by the modern weaponry of both Loroi and Umiak military's. Best to avoid all contact... and make as quickly as possible to space inhabited by your worlds. Risking trying to find another Loroi vessel in this contested space would be... imprudent. The Loroi know of Humaniti.. and when our vessel the ARGENT FIRE does not report back... the Torrai High Command will send another expedition.. this time likely a flotilla of warcraft."

Blake listned carefully, a stoic expression on his face.
["With all respect..."]
He added in that short pause, Sonni made.
["...this is your ship now, too. At least untill we reach earth. Its not as ... fancy... as your Argent Fire was, but its all we have right now. Our home AND fortress in this dangerous void of space."]

"...for now.. Snow-White is sleeping soundly and peacefully. We should let her rest. But I need to consult with Twilightsaber and discuss what our next steps should be... in regards to Snow-White. It would seem prudent for your next step to be vacating this contested area of space Captain Blake.. but it IS your vessel... and we the Loroi delegation must trust to your judgement in how best to get us in contact with your superiors."

The Captain noded in her direction.
["Thats at least some good news. Discuss what next to do with that little one and tell Twilightsaber that we are already on our way back to earth, leaving this system in a few hours and most liekly will meet reinforcements on the way."]

In engineering:

[I'm going to medbay ask Doc about something and later I'm going to take a nap before my bridge duty.]

["A Moment Commander..." the Chief said to him on his way out. "... there is something I would like to show you."]

Abramovic leads Ferox to the cargobay, but not to show him some of the supplies or the SHI stuff they found on the station. He lead him right in the middle of the cargo bay, to a strange gemetricaly shaped object, floating in mid air, surounded by various objects: sensors, detectors, cables and their attachments, all pointing at it and were connected to various SHI workstations. Someone must have also taken the time to place some beacons around it, creating a perimeter of some sort, about 2 meters around the object.
There was nothing holding the object there in position, it was just floating or rather staying there. It surface looked like it was made of porceline, pearl white and shiny. It looked brand new: there were no cracks, other damages or any sign of age to it. No buttons, inscriptions or other signs of its creators. Somehow it looked like a toy, that its creators got bored with and simply tossed away.

["Thats the Icosahedron, LtCmdr. Impressiv, isn't it? But, actually thats not what I wanted to show you. I know you must have seen it in various images by now."]
Abramovic said and then was going to one of the many crates that stood around it. He picked up a small red rubberball.

["Masha gave that to me, wenn we left for our trip. Its a toy from our son. I used it to check some things, as we still can't access the damned SHI sensors and other stuff here. I can only tell you, that they tried to access it in any way possible. Most of that equipment they pointed at it, is much more sophisticated than our own. But that is no wonder, we are on a warship, not a science vessel."]

He then turned away from the object and simply tossed the ball away. It bounced of the floor 3 times and then rolled to a supplycrate and stopped.

["Usually I use it to check the gravity aboard, then I noticed that something was off here, around that thing... There is no way to describe it, you have to see it. But before I start, I want to say that there is nothing wrong with the artificial gravity here. I checked multible times. "]

He then feteched his little red ball and turned to the Icosahedron again, ready to toss it one more time.

["You might want to take cover behind one of those crates, by the way."]

Abramovic tossed the ball in the direction of the foreign object, as weak as before. As it entered the perimeter, it looked like it would stop for a brief moment in mid air, but then the ball suddenly got faster again. Much, much faster. As if a some giant suddenly had hit it with a bat, the ball raced away, bouncing of various crates, walls, the floor and cealing. Again and again, till the Chief finally catched it.

["So... what do you say about that?"]
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Sonni left medical making her way back to the 'guest quarters' that had been arranged by the Captain Blake. She was uneasy, about what all they had discovered portended for the future of the war against The Enemy. If more of her crewsisters were captured and experimented on...what new horrors would they Loroi Union have to face? And more importantly.. what would Torrai Command assume as a new policy doctrine in countering the situation? The Emperor and the Diadem council could be VERY ruthless in their tactics... would Sonni have to kill unfortunate Loroi crewsisters that fell into the clutches of The Enemy?

Would Twilightsaber order her to kill Snow White? How would the humans react to that? The possibilities troubled her deeply... so she walked slowly back to their quarters... wanting some time to organize her own thought and feelings on the matter... her Mind Shield at full force.

The Enemy seemed to care nothing for the countless 'Shells' they threw in wave after wave at the Loroi Union Grand Armada only to die under Loroi unrelenting weapons fire. Would the Loroi have to become like The Enemy... heartless and uncaring of the many crewsisters they would have to put to death for their own safety? Had that already happened... when did 'doing what was necessary to survive...', simply mean turning themselves into the enemy they so stoically fought against?

Sonnidezzi was sure her mother, Torrai Soshret Lomisonni ‘Bright-Storm’, would disdain such talk and thoughts AS pointless and without meaning! Was ANYTHING~ no matter how vile or immoral, acceptable to avoid death or enslavement? Sonni was certain the Diadem council would not hesitate in its answer... but her heart was telling her different. Was it the time she had spent among the humans that was coloring her judgement?

Was her love for Charlie... subverting her training.. and her resolve?

Unable to delay returning to their quarters forever without it being obvious... Stormrage walked past the two regular human Marines that guarded the entrance to the Loroi delegation wing of living quarters on the crew deck.

Though they made only a slight stiffening of their stance as she walked by... Sonni could feel their eyes follow her... appreciatively... and enviously. It was perhaps the worse kept secret of the entire ship.. the relationship between the Loroi Security Chief Teidar and her Marine Lieutenant lover. The Loroi tried to ignore the fact... but the humans would go suddenly silent in their conversations when Sonni or Charlie happened by... their silence speaking in louder volumes than if they were actually talking about it openly! They would whisper and furtively smile or scowl when they thought Sonni or Charlie could not hear... a silly thing as it was clear who they were talking about or snickering over in their conversations. But Sonni still could not tell if their relationship was approved, disapproved or just thought weird... the body language and expression were so varied int he reactions she and Charlie received it was hard to tell. It was clear that humans found Loroi attractive.. and apparently something familiar culture-wise in their history or legends. But it was difficult getting them to speak about it.

Sonni sighed, conjecturing the prurient thoughts the two Marines were pondering as she walked by catching the sight of the slight smiles on their expressions. Males! At least THAT was the same between the species!

As she entered one of the Doranzor 'Technicians' was waiting for her with her sidearm blaster to return to Sonni. She took the weapon... and checked its charge on habit before holstering it.

No words were needed to be spoken Sonnidezzi could feel Twilightsaber's insistent mental attention seeking to communicate with her.

Stormrage walked to Twilightsaber's room and entered.

She stood at attention and sanzai her readiness to converse, {I am Unsheathed, Always! What are your orders Twilightsaber?}

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{Just a small post today, did not want to keep you waiting any longer.}

{I am Unsheathed, Always! What are your orders Twilightsaber?}

Sonni saw Twilightsaber sitting at the small table in her room, holding a cup of hot brewage with one hand. Another such cup and a pot of hot water stood on the table, as well as a box with something that looked like small, black dried leaves in it. They had a strange, aromatic scent and she noticed a small silvery spoon in the same box. The Mizol pointet on the other chair on the table.

{"Have a seat, unsheathed. You might want to sample some of that human drink called "earl grey", it is some kind of tea, the human captain is very fond of..."}
She waited till she had sat down, studied her reactions to the strange drink and continued after a while in an almost whisper like and very gentle sanzai.
{"...I thought we should discuss the next things in private. I hope you do not mind."}

She drank a bit from that human drink and looked her in the eyes.
{"You know how dangerous that "thing" is, the humans have found? We can not tollerate such experiments and we can not allow them to fall in foreign hands, even if they are those of our new found friends. The orders in such a case are clear: destroy it, before it can cause more damage."}

Twilightsaber made a pause, studying every of her reactions, both visual an telepathic.
{"The thing is: I am not sure if killing it now is the right move. The humans might not like that, even if they are our orders. But, as you have spent more... Private time... With humans and her, what do you think? How might the humans react if we kill it? Is it a threat to us or this ship? Can you keep it under controll?"}

The Mizol was still looking at her, with a smile on her face and suddenly the room felt much colder than before.
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Sonni walked to the offered chair her mind forming a suitably polite emotional 'hue' of gratitude for the offer of a refreshment.. but not a fully formed thought of thanks.. it was subtly implied. But that fact spoke volumes to the intelligence gathering training of a Mizol Caste. Her reluctance to mentally fully form thoughts... choosing to merely 'hue' her responses in emotional replies showed a reluctance to open her mind fully.. as Sonni's mind shield's were clearly still at full strength concealing her deep feelings~ potentially meaning she was already aware of what the Mizol wanted to discus and had already formed her own emotional opinions on the matter.. emotional opinions she preferred to keep ... unsanzied until forced to do so. Clearly Stormrage was apprehensive.. though she showed no outward appearance... thoughts and emotions ...rarely lie.

Stormrage sat and picked up the cup of tea.. smelling it curiously before sipping it experimentally...

She spoke in trade, another sign of her nervousness to be fully open just yet, "...you're right.. it~ the earlgrey-tea, seems... unique and strangely wholesome."
Suederwind wrote: {"...I thought we should discuss the next things in private. I hope you do not mind."}
She was silent for a few moments, not long enough to be impolite.. but clearly pondering the Mizol's thoughts carefully, before sanzaing a reply, {"Yes. Private would seem... prudent."}
Suederwind wrote: {"You know how dangerous that "thing" is, the humans have found? We can not tolerate such experiments and we can not allow them to fall in foreign hands, even if they are those of our new found friends. The orders in such a case are clear: destroy it, before it can cause more damage."}
Stormrage could not help but everso slightly blanch as the Mizol met her eyes and went straight to the point... clearly having completely read her without touching her mind in the slightest.

{Am I THAT Easy to Read?}, she pondered.

Sonnidezzi's mind shields buckled in the equivalent of a mental blush, but the ruthlessness sentiment of the Mizol's thought's pricked her conscience... which is clearly why the Mizol choose them specifically of course...

She replied with a petulant emotional undertone of the~ infamous Stormrage defiant streak, {"SHE... is a Loroi child.. her name 'Snow-White'! She has been terribly abused and tortured.. but she is NOT a blank... she remembers~}

Then sudden realization of the most excellent simple bit of mental manipulation the Mizol... just used on her to get at her heart's true feelings on the matter~ Sonni retorted with an angry metal reply, {".. I am Well Aware of the Torrai Command's standing Orders!"}

Her thoughts were angry but her physical expression was pained, and the emotional undercurrent of her thoughts was deep affection and fear for "Snow-White's" safety. It occurred to Twilightsaber... Stormrage had never bore a child of her own.. an unusual oddity of her record considering her battle record and combat merits! Clearly Stormrage would have had earned access to a male several times.. and yet on record she had not availed herself of such.. instead she consistently requested redeployment to the front lines every time!
Suederwind wrote: {"The thing is: I am not sure if killing it now is the right move. The humans might not like that, even if they are our orders. But, as you have spent more... Private time... With humans and her, what do you think? How might the humans react if we kill it? Is it a threat to us or this ship? Can you keep it under control?"}
At this point, Sonnidezzi actually physically blushed at the mention of 'private time'... and she mentally fought furiously to keep the emotions and memories of her intimate moments with Charlie from bleeding through her mental shields... how much she enjoyed the feel of his hot arms around her, how the feel his heartbeat racing against her bare chest excited her... of her passionate cries of joy in their lovemaking... Sonni was definitely NOT 'keeping it under control'~ all of it rushed to the surface of her thoughts and she hardened her mental shield to the maximum, she expected to little avail from the Twilightsaber's knowing expression!

Mizol were masters of mental manipulation and the double-meaning of Twilightsaber's thoughts... chosen specifically for the reaction they would incite in the usually stoic Teidar, frustrated and embarrassed Sonnidezzi the most at how easy it was to read and or manipulate her...

She replied somewhat sullenly, {"..I think the humans would react VERY badly my Mizol. From the reactions the Humans have had to Soroin Paset Sedoinelo, Yellow Sun's son - 'Amber Eyes'... children very precious... culturally to Humans. Considering, that it takes humans at least 12 to 16 standard years to reach even an undeveloped adult-hood unlike Loroi that reach physical maturity in 4 to 6 years.. it is not without reason. If we kill 'Snow-White' I believe it will severely hurt any future diplomatic negotiations with their superiors when they make their reports on these events. Humans.. though possessed of the Lotai.. culturally empathize easily with what they perceive to be 'similar sentient beings'. Their physcial similarity with us Loroi.. tends to make them project what they might expect a human to behave upon us due to our physical similarity... and this crew at least I do not think would likely kill a child of their race without some VERY immediately compelling reasons, and maybe even not then!"}

She grimaces slightly, {"As for 'Snow-White'.. being a danger to this ship... she has powerful psionic talents that are mostly untrained.. there is some hazard in that.. but what little I have seen of her psyche ... she has been traumatized and mentally scarred true.. but she has not been driven insane... and she has no sickness of the mind that twists her to psychopathic urges. There is no maliciousness in her heart."}

{"She trusts me, thinks of me as a replacement for her Listel Guardian Sapphire... I believe I can keep 'Snow-White' under control."}

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OOC: This Post was made by Beliskner and me hope you like it and had a good start in the new year.


Meanwhile next to the icosahedron:



[So... what do you say about that?]

[Fascinating, while I can't be sure, I think it must be some kind of SINGULARITYBOX.]
Hadrid slowly crouched and inspected the object.

[Be carefull Commander. I wouldn't go much closer than this.]
Abramovic told him, as he wanted to cross the perimeter the beacons indicated.

[I am not sure what the effects on a human might be. Could be harmless, but its better to be cautious.]

[I heard about such things but mostly in 'science fiction sense'. Are you sure there is no radiation? Only gravity distortion?]

[Well... I have run some basic tests: No indication of radioactivity, x-rays, infrared or ultraviolet radiation. The are some weak magnetic fluctuations on the edge of that perimeter, but barely measurbly.]
He paused for a moment, thinking what to say next.
[But how do I say this? I have no idea about whats going on within that permeter. If I would trust the sensors alone and not my eyes, I would have to say that there is nothing.
No object, gravity anomalies, etc... They don't messure its mass or anything else thats within it. As if its not there at all.]
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OOC: Ok guys, sometimes things get from bad to worse, so please don't mind that long delay. I hope it won't happen again anytime soon. A human part will follow soon.

For the Loroi:


Twilightsaber observed the nervous Stormrage. Watched every of her movements, the faintest emotional reactions and the slightest sanzai coming from her. It was not just something she did because of that meeting. She knew how dangerous an emotionaly unstable Teidar could be and remembered her instructors solemn warnings about that specific cast.

{"Yes. Private would seem... prudent."}

{Some privacey can be... brisk... from time to time. Won't you agree?}

She noticed how she blanched as her eyes met, after she sanzaied about the "thing" for the first time and noticed an emotional reaction. She tried to shield it from her, but with the telepathic powers of a Teidar, that was nearly impossible.

{"SHE... is a Loroi child.. her name 'Snow-White'! She has been terribly abused and tortured.. but she is NOT a blank... she remembers~} ...{".. I am Well Aware of the Torrai Command's standing Orders!"}


She had expected such a reaction. It was clear to her, that the "thing" had struck an emotional note in her, as the humans would say. From her personal data, Twilightsaber knew that she had not had a child, yet. Sonnidezzi had not taken the chance to mate with a male, not once. Which was very unusual. It was better to adress those matters carfully and give the Teidar a moment to come down again.

{You know why we call them "things"? They may have the body of a Loroi, our powers and abilities, but after the enemy had... transformed... them, they are nothing more than tools or puppets to do their biddings.}

After this she made a brief pause, to study Sonnis reactions and then continued befor she could answer.

{That "thing"... this "Snow-White" might have memories of her past, of her life as one of us. But you know for yourself, that it is sometimes better to end a life full of misery and pain, don't you?... And no, I am not telling you this as the ice cold Mizol cast member some think I might be, but as a mother.}

The next point was much more critical and dangerous. She knew of the time she had spent with that Human Marine and she had nothing againt her spending some time with a male. Nothing at all. But there are limitations and a Loroi Warrior had to be rational at all times. On the other hand, she knew that some Teidars lose the control over her powers in the ecstasis of mating. Something that could be very dangerous to the unfortionate male and she was hoping that Sonni could keep herself under controll...
Therefore, she had choosen her words very carfully. Sonnis physicals blushing and strong emotional reaction was proof, that she had understood her.

{"..I think the humans would react VERY badly my Mizol. From the reactions the Humans have had to Soroin Paset Sedoinelo, Yellow Sun's son - 'Amber Eyes'... children very precious... culturally to Humans. Considering, that it takes humans at least 12 to 16 standard years to reach even an undeveloped adult-hood unlike Loroi that reach physical maturity in 4 to 6 years.. it is not without reason. If we kill 'Snow-White' I believe it will severely hurt any future diplomatic negotiations with their superiors when they make their reports on these events. Humans.. though possessed of the Lotai.. culturally empathize easily with what they perceive to be 'similar sentient beings'. Their physcial similarity with us Loroi.. tends to make them project what they might expect a human to behave upon us due to our physical similarity... and this crew at least I do not think would likely kill a child of their race without some VERY immediately compelling reasons, and maybe even not then!"}

{I had expected such reactions, but a second oppinion in such matters is always helpful. The Humans indeed see us as something very similar to them, which is not surprising, thanks to our similarities, as you noted yourself. Basic things like emotions, bodylanguage, movents, etc... work on them as well as on us. Most important at the moment is, that we don't lose their trust. Thats why we should act very carefull if we have to kill that "thing".}

{"As for 'Snow-White'.. being a danger to this ship... she has powerful psionic talents that are mostly untrained.. there is some hazard in that.. but what little I have seen of her psyche ... she has been traumatized and mentally scarred true.. but she has not been driven insane... and she has no sickness of the mind that twists her to psychopathic urges. There is no maliciousness in her heart."}

{"She trusts me, thinks of me as a replacement for her Listel Guardian Sapphire... I believe I can keep 'Snow-White' under control."}


She paused for a moment, tried to think what to say next without offending her. It took her a moment to find the right words and the right tone to reply:

{If you can keep "i..." this "Snow-White" under control... fine. But if there is something going wrong, she loses it or is any kind of danger to this ship... You will have to kill her, before it is too late. Can we agree on this one? In the meantime try to train her, ease her pain and be there for her. I know this won't be easy, but always keep in mind how dangerous she is. There is a reason why we seperate such powerfull telepaths from the rest of her diral. You of all Loroi on this ship should understand that...}

Twilightsaber wasn't sure how she would react to this offer of her, but the next bit was as important:

{There is something else... something equaly as troubeling... The Humans have found something on that station. They have not yet understood what it is and they refused to let me take a look at it. Maybe you could offer some "assistance" and find out what it is? They called it the "icosahedron"...}
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Sonnidezzi carefully considered the Mizol's thoughts... and she could not argue with the cold efficiency. THE MISSION... was more important than 'Snow-White' and if her presence became a clear danger to its success... a 'merciful end' was the only practical gift ... and kindness Sonni could provide her.. though the thought sickened her to her heart. Sonni had been in many battles... killed many times.. seen many friends and foes slaughtered before her eyes in the heat of combat; but she had never harmed a child.. let alone killed one intentionally!

Teider Sezon that she was, she had never killed a non-combatant before she did not 'make-war' on civilians. But perhaps it was deeper than that? She had mothered no child of her own.. and to be placed in charge of caring for one.. opening her mind to the intimate contact one would only do with a child of their own... perhaps she was loosing her objectivity on the matter?

Sonni concealed her unease behind firm mind-shields but sanzied {If it comes down to the mission being jeopardized by 'Snow-White'.. I will deal with her as needed... if that includes a blaster shot to the head... I'll not let our mission fail!}

She was not sure even of her own resolve on the matter.. but she was certain that she would NOT let the mission fail... NOR let 'Snow-White' be killed~ if at all possible!

Sonni quirked her interest in her thoughts, {Icosahedron? Is it some Umiak technology they have seized? If it is Terran technology.. does it matter, they are so behind us in technical advances there is little we could learn from any of their obsolete technology, other than the curious novelty of it?}

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OOC: Finally a new part.

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{If it comes down to the mission being jeopardized by 'Snow-White'.. I will deal with her as needed... if that includes a blaster shot to the head... I'll not let our mission fail!}

The well trained Mizol easily found out about Sonnis uneasy feelings. She had been in such situations before: was stuck between a rock and a hard place, as the humans like to say. Or as they say at the Mizol academy: The mission comes first, allways! It was a hard lesson for her to lern, back then and she couldn't help but feel sorry for that Teidar. But there wasn't any other choice. In an emergecy, she had to stop that thing at any price.

{Good.} was all she could add to that topic, at leas for the moment. After a while she added, in a much weaker sanzai: {Just remember: we Loroi warrios and if we fail, the Union might do so as well.}

{Icosahedron? Is it some Umiak technology they have seized? If it is Terran technology.. does it matter, they are so behind us in technical advances there is little we could learn from any of their obsolete technology, other than the curious novelty of it?}

Twilightsaber didn't answer at first. But then she decided to explain some things to her, she had learnd from that Human captain:

{From what I know, it is nothing the shells or the Humans have build. They apparently found it in this system. The captain wasn't willing to tell me more about it and I got the impression, that he didn't know more about it. However, it was so important that they took it with them and its now aboard this ship. So.... if its neither Human or made by the enemy, who could have build it and what is it? I would like you to find out.} She made a brief pause in her monologue to study her reactions and then added: {There is something else. Something you should keep in mind, that is the whole reason for my interest in that object. You know how long it took us from the first primitiv flying machines to the first object we had send into Deinars orbit? The humans needed less than 54 years to do that. Impressiv, isn't it? Now imagine how long it will take them to close that gap... Yes, their technology might be primitive now, but who knows howlong it will stay that way?}

A few hours later in the cargobay:

A frezy of activity filled the area. The chief had managed to bypass at least some of the SHI securitysystems and had managed to activate the elaborate sensors around the Icosahedron. Some of those scanners seem to have been modified extensively or even been invented for the purpose of scanning that thing. Abramovic wasn't even sure what he was looking at, most of the time.

[Hm... according to those readings here, there must be some kind of energysource inside. Somthing powerfull, yet small. But I am sure it does more than that... Hadrid, you mentioned Science Fiction before. Aren't there sometimes forcefields in those stories? Could it be something like a forcefield generator?]

The Chief starred at the strange object for a while and added:

[Maybe we can pierce that shield? Or should we wait for that encrypthed data from SHI, so we know better what we are doing?]

An eletronic voice could suddenly be heard over the ships speakers:

[Attention! Five minutes till Jump.]

Chief Abramovic grunted: [Seems we have less time than anticipated.]
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Sonnidezzi pondered the implications, {Do you think it might be ...Historian Tech? I'm Teidar... perhaps I should have one of the Doranzer Techs accompany me?}

Stormrage considered Twilightsaber's discoveries about the rate of human technical advancement...

Sonni replied {That is not just impressive it 'seems' impossible considering how long it took the Loroi Union to make the same advancement... which says to me.. outside help! But who and why? They claim that the only alien contact they had was recently with the Orgus? Do you think they are lying? And if they are not.. why is their benefactor choosing to remain hidden perhaps even from them? Many questions my Mizol... answers I'm not sure we'll be getting for some time yet.}

Sonnidezzi stands speaking, "I am unsheathed... always. I will accomplish our mission, and endeavor to get some clear answers."

Sonni leaves the Mizol's quarters her thoughts troubled thinking, {... is there some as yet shadowy alien manipulation going on behind the scenes that has not yet revealed itself? But Who... and more importantly Why?}

Sonni approached the Doranzor lead Technician using Sanzai, {I require the assistance of one of your technicians for a task Twilightsaber has assigned to me. I think Midnighteye.. will do just fine.} Sonni indicated the darkhaired but pale blue eyed Loroi woman currently working on trying to help prepare food supplements that were more healthy to Loroi physiology than the human foodstuffs.

Sonnidezzi led Midnighteye from the Loroi living space heading for the engineering... her usual Marine escort had gotten use to Sonnidezzi roaming about the ship but were a little curious as to why she was leading another Loroi woman toward engineering. Likely they were paying more attention to Sonni's shapely swaying hips of her walk... she had learned to use that to distract. Clearly it had worked as she was at the door to main engineering before the Marines were just about to bar her entry, realizing where she was heading too late; when she triggered the comm at the door and spoke, "This is Stormrage, my Mizol Twilightsaber has informed me that you have an unknown artifact that you might require some technical assistance on understanding.. I'm here to offer the assistance of one of our engineers.. with the understanding of equally and fully sharing of information of anything we discover jointly."

That was when the klaxon sounded indicating jump in 5 minutes

Sonnidezzi scowled, {...of all the inconvenient times!}

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Chief Abramovic grunted: [Seems we have less time than anticipated.]
Hearing the FTL warning Hadrid turned towards the chief [Well, let’s wait for files to be decrypted before we do something about it. Better be safe.]
[This is Stormrage, my Mizol Twilightsaber has informed me that you have an unknown artifact that you might require some technical assistance on understanding.. I'm here to offer the assistance of one of our engineers.. with the understanding of equally and fully sharing of information of anything we discover jointly.]
Hadrid turned towards the door and approaching it, clicked the button on the panel which opened the doors.
[Miss Stormrage] Hadrid made a small nod and moved back a bit to make room for guests to enter a cargobay. [I see you also took interest in object we found on the station.]
Pointing the object with his head [As you heard, we are about to jump, so if you wish to inspect the object please wait till we are in next system and work with my chief, he can brief you on the subject.] pointing chief Abramovic who nodded to first officer.

Sonni nodded in acknowledgement, Addressing Commander Hadrid, Replying in English, [Yes, I heard the warning alert for imminent jump ~ Its seems my timing was poorly planned. I am unfamiliar with your 'General Stations' procedures when performing jump... and I doubt my companion 'Gallen Bastobar', and I have time to return to our quarters... before jump. I'd rather not be walking the hallways during the jump... where would be appropriate for us to wait under crew supervision during jump in such a situation?]

[There shouldn't be any trouble with the jump, so please sit on chairs mounted on the wall] Hadrid pointed folding chairs mounted on the wall.

The young Loroi woman Sonni had brought with her was dressed in the Loroi trademark form-fitting bioplas uniforms that hugged every curve of her fetchingly. Her suit a cream 'off-white' with blue & black panneling pinned in a dark green rank coloring as compared to Sonnidezzi's gold with green and black paneling and cobalt blue rank coloring more heavily armored bioplas suit. The young Loroi engineer had a startling shock of shoulder length magenta-colored hair and she moved to some un-heard que to stand at Sonnidezzi's side clearly anticipating and ready to comply with any instructions for jump 'General Quarters' procedures.

[When you strap in, wait till Chief engineer tells you it's save. Then you can proceed with your tasks. Unfortunately I have other duties to attend at this time and must leave you.]
Making sure everything is all right Hadrid left the bay nodding to saluting security officer who was escorting the Loroi.

Stormrage quietly followed the security officers instructions and the Engineer Chief's direction to acceleration seats and sitting after being shown how human seat clasps worked strapped first her companion Magenta-haired Doranzer Engineer then herself. Making sure the chest belts were snug on both... incidentally accentuation their petite and rather fetching female figures quite nicely.

Then turning her gaze toward him she addressed the Chief Abramovic her large pretty green eyes full of curiosity her head of soft blonde hair framing her more than attractive face, [Since we are here and can do little right now save converse Chief Engineer 'Abamvic'.. perhaps you might inform us of the nature of the artifact you have discovered and what in short is so perplexing about it's composition and or function?]

Clearly though her grasp of English is complete her pronunciation of the engineer's name is not...

The room slowly begins to fill with the scent of loroi... that acrid fresh sea-water mixed with burnt vanilla aroma..

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"" - spoken trade
..abc... - thoughts
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OOC: Wow, it has been almost 3 years and one month since my last post. Thanks everyone, that you still want to play! That means a lot to me.
Anyway, I dusted of my old notes for you and will try to fix the broken links to maps, etc... as soon as I can. I think I still have these images somewhere on one of my HDDs.

In the cargobay:


Abramovic looked at Stormrage and Midnighteye, as the Commander had left them. He had to admit, that they indeed looked like human woman to him and the differences in skin color were less dramatic than he had expected. A rather pleasant surprise.
[Since we are here and can do little right now save converse Chief Engineer 'Abamvic'.. perhaps you might inform us of the nature of the artifact you have discovered and what in short is so perplexing about it's composition and or function?]

[Well, glad you were asking Mrs. Stormrage. My name is Chief engineer Yoel Abramovic. Nice to meet you. We might not have much time now, but I can show you the artifact...]
While speaking he lead them deeper in ther cargo bay, around various supply crates, bits and pieces salvaged from the destroyed station, as well as some parts found adrift after the fight with the Umiak ship had ended.
Then they reached some kind of cubical made of thick, semi transparent foil, maybe five by five meters in diameter. Some kind of makeshift airlock was connected to it on one side, made from the same material. Various pipes seemed to pump fresh air in and used air out of said cubical. It was clear from first sight, that this cubical and whatever might be inside, was hermeticaly sealed from the outside.

[We increased security here, since the last time I showed this to an officer...] the chief said to them and added jokingly: [...but don't be afraid. It hasn't eaten anyone. Yet.]

Stormrage and Midnighteye could make out the outlines of various things and objects inside of the cubical. Most of them looked like various kinds of scientific instruments placed on tripods around something in the middle, further on the inside of the cubical. Something that was just hanging there. But they could not see any strings attached to it. Its shape was a rather complex geometric one.

[We call it the icosahedron. Well... at least thats what the guys from SHI called it. And I have to give them credit: it does indeed look like some kind of 20 sided dice.]

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For the first time since a long while, Sonni was surprised to not sense something with her electronic abilities. She could easily detect those sensors around that object and she had to admit that they were much more complex than anything human, she had seen and sensed so far. No doubt they were from that station and did not originate from Cydonia.
But that thing in the middle of the cubical... That thing just hanging there... looming on the inside... she couldn't sense a tiny bit of it. As if it wasn't even there.
She had never sensed something like that of better: the absence of anything before.
Somehow this presence, this void, filled her with some kind of fear, almost on an instinct like level.
A computer generated voice reminded them:

[...Jump in 4 Minutes...Jump in 4 Minutes...]

[So... ] Abramovic added while looking Sonni in the eyes [...do you want to have a peak inside before we jump?]
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Stormrage pondered the plastic hermetically sealed containment for several quiet moments...

In sanzai she consulted with Midnighteye briefly... {Are you sensing what I am sensing? The Absolute void? Could this be the Umiak cloak used to shield from our farseers?}

Fortifying her personal Mind shields for mental battle... Stormrage sent a direct forceful telepathic probe at the object seeking a mind or any mental contact or telepathic reaction from the object...

Telepathy {Lv5 w/Amp}, Mind+5 - Psionic Attack AV8{10 w/Telepathy} = Roll 11, https://www.random.org/dice/?num=2

Then turning to the Chief Engineer, [Chief Yo-el, did the SHI have any records of this ...artifact's reaction to hyperspace jumps? I assume it was recovered from the Umiak ship, correct? It seems to be floating in a localized gravity field of its creation...considering the mathematics of Hyperspace jumps and their reaction to gravity fields has this been figured into your navigator's jump calculations? As I can perceive it currently... it has no active electromotive circuitry components in its structure. Is it being inertia dampened because of its own gravity field? All starships have such inertial dampeners built into the jump drives and hulls to keep ships and crews from being torn apart by transition to hyperspace... has this 'object' been considered?"]

["Otherwise... I can detect a void in its presence and absolute utter nothingness from its proximity...which of course is impossible because 'something' inside it must be generating power to lift and maintain its gravity field yet... I sense a hole of nothingness. Your~... The SHI's Corporations sensors are powered and I can detect them.. which clearly demark the absolute void the object represents. It's... quite frightening ...actually."]

["No. I do not think I want a 'peek' at it... in fact I think I'd rather not transition through hyperspace in the same room with it.. and neither do I think you should either until we understand the threat.. YES Threat.. this object represents."]

Then in sanzai {Twilightsaber... I believe the Loroi Union has a significant problem. I believe the humans may have discovered the device/technology the Umiak are using to hide themselves from our Farseer's scans. The humans have not figured out how it works.. and I suspect it is not even Umiak technology.. there is potentially some third alien unknown party involved in giving tech to the Umiak that defies analysis. I am unsheathed ~ Always...what are Your Orders my Mizol?}

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Some time before the jump to next solar system, Mizol Twilightsaber left her room and entered the lobby in front of the Loroi quarters. Looking around, receiving senzai reports she saw a familiar face.
Ensign Cho was sitting at the bench with paper bag in her hands. She was pale and was breathing heavily. Parat approached her.
[Ensign Cho, are you well? Do you need medical help?]
Cho looked at her and trying get it together said. [Thank you Ma’am, I will be fine] …coughing … [It will pass soon. I have fear attacks before the jumps.]
Twilightsaber sat next to her which made Cho move a bit as if she was a bit confused or troubled.
[I’m sorry I didn’t wanted to …] [No no no it’s fine] Cho smiled faintly.
[Fear attacks? Do humans have a different vulnerability for jump sickness?]
[It is individual thing, some of us have just a headache, while others have trouble breathing.] Cho made another deep breath into the paper bag. [Rest don’t have any syndromes or require medical attention at all.]
Twilightsaber smiled [I hope you get better soon, ensign.]
[Thank you Ma’am.] Cho nodded and smiled [If I may ask Ma’am, how are you settling in? Do you require something? Captain ordered me to make sure you have all comedies you need for duration of our travel.] Cho made another deep breath in the bag. She was looking better and better with every breath. Her pale skin returning slowly to her normal state.
[Thank you ensign for your concern. We are fine as we are, however I will inform you if we need something.] Twilightsaber nodded. Shaking her black curved hair and making short friendly smile.
[It’s no problem, you can also ask Commander Ferox anytime, I’m sure he can be assistance and he have higher authority than me.] Cho turned her head forward and smiled under her nose.
Twilightsaber made faint scoff [I’m afraid Commander Ferox is ...] Twilightsaber bit her lip for the moment, she didn’t want to offend Cho’s commanding officer. She didn’t know what would she report back to her superiors. [Myself and my comrades have mixed experience dealing with your first officer.]
[How so?] Cho snapped back, surprised turned her head to the Mizol.
[Sorry, I shouldn’t complain to you about this things, I don’t want you to feel conflicted in the matter.]
[It’s no problem. I report straight to the Captain when it comes to your wellbeing, but I’m surprised, maybe there is some misunderstanding?]
Twilightsaber looked around to see if there is no prying eye or ears to hear their conversation said [Well if you put that this way, I’m not sure, It seems that your Commander feels wary about us. Most of your crew is more welcoming to us than he is. It’s like he has a grudge against us or something like that.]
[Grudge?] Cho said, surprised [Why should he have any grudges toward any of you, Ma’am? I can only say, that Commander Ferox takes his duty seriously and he wouldn’t let his personal opinions get in the way. Like most Aldeans would do.] Cho bent paper bag and hid it in her hip pocket.
[I don’t know] Parat thought for moment [Maybe It’s because he is a male and need to deal with us?]
Cho raised her eye brow and said with a smile [That can‘t be it... We are also here.] trying to imply presence of female humans aboard the ship. [Commander Ferox doesn’t have issues working with women from what I know.]
Twilightsaber smiled and blinked like she tried to buy herself a few moments to continue conversation.
[I think, it is the best to resolve misunderstandings by simple conversation, Ma’am.] Cho smiled and turned her head towards the officers quarters and she saw Ferox returning . [I saw him returning to his quarters just before the jump.]
Twilightsaber looked confused [I.. don’t think this would be good idea to interrupt him…] she was cut by Cho instant reaction [No no no it its perfect, commander Ferox practices open door policy to crew members, when he is off duty.] Cho sounded excited, her eye shining.
[Open door policy? What do you mean?] the Mizol said, not understanding Cho proposition.
[Hmmm… Commander Ferox offers all personnel the chance to come to him and speak his or her mind.] Cho explained. [I think it would be the perfect opportunity to explain all misunderstandings. Trust me Ma’am!] Cho smiled and rose up.
[Well…] Twilightsaber rose up [If you say so, but what if he doesn‘t want to talk with me?]
[If he does so, I will punch him in the nose!] Cho said in a sudden outburst and tightened her fist. Both women made a short laugh and went towards the officers quarters.

In officers quarters:

Hadrid sat in his chair. He reached his quarters just enough time before the jump to rest. While he didn’t suffered jump sickness, he hated it. It’s always the same for him: like somebody would grab his head and shake it like a drink in a shaker for a 2 or 3 seconds and then followed by pain, with the symptoms shortly afterwards, like it never happened.
He rose up and removed his hoody, placing it in the wardrobe, put his revolver in the desk drawer and untied his long boots so his feet could get some rest. Sitting back in the chair he grabbed a stainless steel mug and filled it with water. Taking a sip he heard the doorbell.
[Enter] He said putting his mug on the desk.
The door opened and he saw Ensign Cho who saluted him and spoke [Sir, there is a Loroi who wishes to speak with you.] Cho moved a bit to the side, to make space and instantly the tall, black haired Loroi with her green emerald eyes entered his room.
[Greetings Commander, I hoped we could spent some time to address concerning matters at our hands.] Twilightsaber said diplomatically, remembering Cho advices.
Hadrid rose up from his chair to greet his guest, looking at the Mizol in her bioplas under armour jumpsuit. Dark Green in total with dark red marks.
[Of course, please... come in.] Hadrid pointed with his hand, inviting Loroi in. [I will leave you, Sir.] Cho saluted and with a smile, she pressed a button on the wall that closed the door.

Twilightsaber entered and sat on the bed’s edge. [Thank you, commander.] She looked around the room. It was small room with a standard bed, wardrobe, desk, chair and bookstand filled with various square objects unknown to her. Behind bed there was smaller door which led to another room. While there were main lights on room’s ceiling only small amber lights glowed around, creating a warm, yet a bit mysterious atmosphere.
She smiled when she saw Commander started cleaning his desk from strange objects similar to the things on the bookstand. When one of the thin objects slowly fell to the ground next to her, she reached for it.
[What is it?] Twilightsaber said fascinated picking up some kind of cards, made of paper, that were filled with writing. Touching it she was surprised with the slipperiness of it.
Finishing his quick cleaning, Hadrid looked at the Loroi sitting in his room. [Paper.] Hadrid said while sitting back in his chair, in front of her playing with the sheets. [Paper…] Twilightsaber repeated after the human. [What is it for?]
Hadrid smiled [We used it for writing things down. Bundled together we call those things books.] He reached for one book from his desk and handed it over to her.
She took the book and slowly started browsing it. She was fascinated with the simplicity of this object. [I didn’t see any of those “books” around the ship.] she rose up and approached the bookstand and started touching the other books with her fingers.
[Well, we use electronic devices to store data and texts nowadays.] She turned towards him and handed back the book to him, which he put back on his desk.
She looked at that human male sitting in front of her. She remembered his actions and working together with repairing the sensors. If nothing else he was tall and strong. More so than the ambassador they send them. His pinkish skin, brown hair and blue eyes were exotic to her yet she couldn’t refuse the thought of attractiveness of the male in front of her. Adding that she was alone in closed apartment didn’t help at all. She even cursed herself remembering scowl she gave Stormrage for her interactions with that human called Aldridge.
Feeling building pressure form silence she sat back on the bed, crossing her leg and putting her hands on her knees.
[Well… I wished to talk about some matters with you Commander.] She said hoping to resolve silence and move conversation forward.
[Yes I would like that, too. However I wish to apologize to you first] Hearing those words she looked at him, her eyes shining.
[For what?] She sounded confused, like she didn’t expect that.
[For not giving you and your crew the credit of trust. I didn’t gave you chance to prove yourself.] he sounded troubled, yet sincere. [I acted, based on what I heard about your people from the Orgus, while I should have judged you by your actions.]
Twilightsaber looked at him and with simile like she would won, said [I understand it commander, I hope in future our people can break the barriers dividing our races.]
Hadrid smiled and rose up, extending his right hand. Mizol looked at extended hand, she known the human custom of shaking hands from earlier. She stood up and accepted his hand. This ritual was something she had observed before. Squeezing his hand she felt a warm, welcoming feeling. …I can’t sense him, I’m touching him and still nothing… What a mystery...

…There was only a new faint senzai presence similar to Aldridge, touched by Stormrage and gone when her hands ended touching ech other…

Sitting back on their places, Twilightsaber decided to wait with official matters and go on with some small talk to break the ice even more. …No reason not to try, Stormrage won’t have fun alone… she thought.
[Commander Ferox, I think it would be... beneficial to know each other better. Won‘t you agree?] she looked at him, with a faint smile, inspecting his reactions, but he only rose his right eyelid in surprise.
[Fair enough but you will share your story in exchange.] He said, his voice sounded a bit agitated.
[Fair enough, Should I start?] Seeing a nod from the male in front of her she continued. [Can you tell me the meaning of your name? Spoken names have deep meaning for us Loroi.] She explained.
[My name is Hadrid, my family name is Ferox. In acient languages my name would mean …] pausing for moment [Hadrid is a name for a “Stone Spirit” which comes from ancients texts and Ferox stands for wild/ferocious/untameable.]
Thinking for a moment more Hadrid said with pride voice [“Wild Stone Spirit”, that is.]
[“Wild stone spirit”, how fitting...] she said with pleased voice …it’s nice fit for his temper but ‘untameable’ sounds also fun, I wonder how many sisters would get excited at sound of such a male’s name …
[Your name suits you Commander, As you already know my spoken name is Beganenzit which means “Twilightsaber”] Twilightsaber put her left hand on her chest.
[Began_enzit] Commander said with bit struggle, dividing Mizol’s name in to two parts. … that’s what I call tongue exercise, Ben-zit sounds more fun and short… he thought
[Sorry, I take it that Loroi don’t have family names?]
Twilightsaber giggled under her nose hearing Hadrid saying her name, she liked how he said it, with this human exotic accent. Returning to her former pose, she answered.
[No we don’t, in our society spoken names are a rarity, give only to those who would need them like ship to ship communication, trading with another species and so. I’m interested in those „family names“. Can you explain this naming system for me?] Beganenzit leaned forward
[Family name concept?] the Loroi nodded [Family names come from different cultures, but nowadays they help to identify a person in our society. For Example I inherited my family name after my father, my mother took his family name when they got married.]
[Got married? It is some kind a mating ritual?] Beganenzit asked interested in the subject
[Not exactly] Hadrid giggled [Marriage is the term for long official relationship with legal consequences. It’s similar to written and signed down deal between pair. In short, Men and Woman with very strong relationship get married when they want make their relationship fully official.]
[How fascinating!] Mizol busted with interest [Do your parents have another children except you? Do you have any contact with them?]
[Yes I do, Humans tend to have strong family ties even after we mature up and leave home to start our adult lives. Home coming and spending time with our parents, siblings or cousins is common thing in human society.]
Hadrid paused for the moment , turning towards his desk, he opened one of the drawers and brought up a picture of him with his sister and parents in front of a house. Handing it over to Mizol he explained:
[Obviously in the middle is me with my sister, on my left, behind me, my father and my mother next to my sister.]
Twilightsaber took the picture of human “family” and started to look at it closely inspecting every detail following Commander’s explanation. …fascinating it’s his sister, parents I want to know more but… no I won’t dig to deep today … she thought
[You look all happy, I hope all are well?]
[Mother and sister are well, I lost my father during a diplomatic mission sent to your people.] Hadrid said with different voice it was like last part was soaked with regret.
[Lost? You mentioned a diplomatic mission but only ambassador Jarden’s ship was found. He claimed there was only one ship sent.] Twilightsaber sounded confused, her eyes shocked
[Well I assume, he didn’t know the truth: there were actually 4 ships sent, each in a different direction. Unfortunately after Bellamine, Jarden’s ship, ceased to respond, my father’s ship was sent to investigate the last known position. After the second ship ceased to report, the mission was scrubbed and everyone returned back home. Do you know something about what happened to that second ship?]
[I’m sorry, to my knowledge we didn’t have contact with other human vessels...] Twilightsaber diplomatically answered. …Now I understand his resentment: he blamed us for his father’s loss …
Hadrid looked at his watch, like he needed a bit of personal space, checking time left to his bridge shift.
… 10h till bridge shift, what to do?… He thought
He opened lower desk drawer and took out two small glasses, placed them on the desk and reaching deeper, he took out bottle labled BROWN RUM. He had confiscated that stuff from the good doctor a while ago, but never touched it.
Looking back at the black haired Loroi [You drink?] he started pouring some of it into the glasses.
[A Drink? Is it captain’s earl-grey tea?] She asked.
Hadrid chuckled and shook his head [It’s not tea, it’s a type of alcoholic liquor distilled from sugar-cane residues… sugar plant.] he handed over the full glass to Twilightsaber
Taking the glass and sniffing the strange liquid [I have never drunk such drink before, do you know if it’s safe to drink it?]
[There is only one way to find out.] Hadrid raised his glass and said [For the fallen.]
Reluctantly Beganenzit mirrored human male’s actions, finding it awkward and interesting.
… another human custom? For the fallen he said, so we drink it in memory of the fallen? I can do that…
[For the fallen, commander.]
Commander quickly drank the full glass and made faint hiss sound afterwards. It was strong stuff after all. Mimicking the males action, the Mizol tried emptying the full glass. With the Liquid in her mouth she felt a new sensation from that strange beverage. The liquid was a little dense, viscous and very sweet, but when passing through throat, a burning sensation arise.
Twilightsaber coughed, her pale blue face becoming darker every second.
[By ancestors this is something new, it burns.] She could feel warming sensation inside her like something would start boil in her stomach. Surprisingly the throat burning sensation passed away quickly.
Hadrid laughed and putting his glass on desk [Nicely done]
[Thank you, is it another human custom? To share a drink with his guests?] Beganenzit said putting back the glass at the desk.
[Yes and ..no….]

Hadrid and Twilightsaber enjoyed mutual time together, their good mood, boosted with liquor lasted for 2 hours already. Speaking on official and unofficial matters they managed to break much of ice from before. Twilightsaber enjoyed her teasing, inspecting Hadrid's reaction for her wooing, surprised he played along very well, enjoying new experience.

Beganenzit learned much about Aldean culture, it's recent history and political situation. She was surprised to learn that Hadrid is not only a "warrior" but also "craftsmen" as she could categorizing him in loroi way.
… Male...warrior...craftsmen...fascinating composition … Beganenzit thought smiling and enjoying her time with this male.
Hadrid on another hand learned much about Loroi and union. Structure, basic rules and customs, even interspecies experience ect
Fishing another shot, some mutual laugh Hadrid covered his mouth with right hand and yawned.
[Sorry Benzit]
…Benzit?.. Beganenzit risen her left eyelid surprised …He had problem with speaking my full name … BENZIT I like it, it’s like my personal name for him alone…perhaps I will make one for him... she leaned a bit forward, fixed her curly black hair, swinging it back and hooking it behind her right ear.
[Are you tiered Comma..] she was stooped in middle of the word[Hadrid... please you can call me with my first name in private]
[Thank you... Hadrid] she said giggling [But you look tierd.]
[I should rest before my shift.] Hearing his words Twilightsaber rose up and smiling said [Then I will leave you be Hadrid]
[Thanks Benzit] He rose up behind her to escort her to the doors. Before leaving, Twilightsaber turned around to face Hadrid, looking at his blue eyes,[Hadrid...]
[Is somethi...] He tried to said, cut by sudden kiss to his left cheek. [Rest well] She said, truning around and leaving the room. With doors closed, Hadrid touched kissed chick and chuckled.
… well unexpected but not unwelcome…
With quick room cleaning, shower he jumped to the bed for long desired rest before the jump.
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OOC: As I said in the OOC thread: I have a lot to do at the moment, so updates could take a while. Sorry for the inconvinience.
Time for some exposition.

In the cargobay:

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Sonnis probing reveales no signs of a telepathic reaction to here probing.
[Chief Yo-el, did the SHI have any records of this ...artifact's reaction to hyperspace jumps?]

The chief looked at her a bit puzzled. [Well, not to my knowledge. Were are still waiting for the decryption of the SHI data. On the other side, I can't imagine them taking that thing to hyperspace. To me, it looks like they were trying to hide it, not take it away.]

[I assume it was recovered from the Umiak ship, correct?]

[Well... usually I would say that this information is classified. However, my orders are to cooperate with you in this matter and answer all your questions. So... No. We did not find this thing on the Umiak vessel. From what bits of SHI data I could read, I assume they found it months, maybe years ago in that system in the atmosphere of one of those gas giants. They mentioned some unusual aurora borealis there, or however they call that on a planet that is not earth.]

[It seems to be floating in a localized gravity field of its creation...considering the mathematics of Hyperspace jumps and their reaction to gravity fields has this been figured into your navigator's jump calculations?]

[I don't know why this thing is flying, Ma'am. All I can say is, that there are no gravity fluctuations around it. SHI data said they detected an energy source inside. But I can not confirm that. In fact, we can get no sensor readings in a sphere around 2 meters of that object. Even if we put the sensors inside, we receive nothing. On the other hand...]

Abramovic got hold of his sons little red rubber ball and showed it to the Loroi.

[...I experimented with this and that icosahedron. I wanted to show that to you and would love to have your oppinions on it.]

[As I can perceive it currently... it has no active electromotive circuitry components in its structure. Is it being inertia dampened because of its own gravity field? All starships have such inertial dampeners built into the jump drives and hulls to keep ships and crews from being torn apart by transition to hyperspace... has this 'object' been considered?]

[That is a valid concern. But fear not: we have everything under control at the moment. Whatever it does seems to be not gravity related, somehow. It seems inactive at the moment. At least to me.]

[Otherwise... I can detect a void in its presence and absolute utter nothingness from its proximity...which of course is impossible because 'something' inside it must be generating power to lift and maintain its gravity field yet... I sense a hole of nothingness. Your~... The SHI's Corporations sensors are powered and I can detect them.. which clearly demark the absolute void the object represents. It's... quite frightening ...actually.]

[You... can detect the sensors? How that that work? Anyway: if even you can't detect it and you seem to be unfamiliar with it... what could it be?]

[No. I do not think I want a 'peek' at it... in fact I think I'd rather not transition through hyperspace in the same room with it.. and neither do I think you should either until we understand the threat.. YES Threat.. this object represents.]

The chief looked at her, worried and answered:

[Hm...] he crawled his chin for a moment, as the computerised voice of Cydonia returned:

[Jump in 3 minutes... Please remain in a safe position...]

He looked deep into her eyes. It was not hysteria he could see there. It was fear. The kind of fear he had seen in the eyes of veterans and old soldiers. The eyes of his grandfather. This was no joke of her, he was sure of it.
He put his hand on his communicator and his voice could be heard from the speakers inside of the cargobay:

[Everyone in the cargobay: clear this area till it is considered safe again, after the jump. This is an order. Abramovic out.]

Some unhappy mumblings could be heard as the various crewmembers left the cargobay. Abramovic looked at the two Loroi.

[Allright, lets go and wait outside, till the jump is over.]

[2 minutes till jump... Please remain in a safe position and keep calm... ]

Meanwhile in the medbay:

Dr. Murakami hadn't sleeped much since they took the little girl aboard, but to his credit: he had't touched a bottle either. Not because of the "Icequeen" guarding the door to Snow and watching his every move, but because of the little girl herself.
He had seen a lot of horrible things in the past, like seeing the inside of a shuttle that was filled with schoolkids on their way back to Mars from Phobos station, whose vacuum seals had been defective... A very unpleasant sight. It took him a lot of time and sake to forget it.
But this girl...
{What terrible thing would do that to a child?}
The good doctor keept asking himself and decided that it was better to watch over her when they jump.
He went into the room were she was lying on her bed. The "Icequeen" hardly even noticed him passing by and Costello was off duty. So just him and her.
The face of the Loroi girl looked peacefull, but something was strange: her little mouth was moving as if she was talking in her sleep.
Curious, he got closer to her, as he hoped to understand what she might say.
With his ear just a few centimeters away from her, he could finally understand what she was mumbling:

[...light... there will... be... light...]
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Sonnidezi pondered Chief Abramovic responses... as she moved with everyone to evacuate the cargo bay for jump.

Once they had found seating for the jump she queried him again, [Chief Yo-el, you say your assuming the SHI found the artifact many time increments before... perhaps in the system gas giants... how much of that is conjecture and how much is verified? Where the SHI found this ...thing would give much better intel as to its nature.]

She pondered...silently for a few more moments then took a deep breath coming to a decision, [You have been very forthcoming sharing 'classified' data with me and the Loroi Union appreciates it... So I shall reveal some...'sensitive' intel.. in reciprocation that may be important as well. This artifact emits a field... that my telepathic scans cannot breach. I can sense nothing within it.. this is NOT the first time we have encountered a assumed similar effect... the Umiak have demonstrated a means to mask their ships from our farseer scans... very similar to this artifact's effect but on a grander scale. Whole fleets in-fact! The Union's strategic advantage that has maintained our boarders without significant build up of military assets has been that we always knew where the Umiak were attacking from and in what numbers. Hence my insistence on finding out the origin of this artifact.]

[I do believe humaniti made contact with the Orgus? And they revealed to you the nature of the conflict between the Umiak and the Loroi? Did they inform you that before the rise of the Loroi as a space empire.. long in our distant past a precursor race of beings dominated vast stretches of the galaxy? We know of them as the Soia.]

[The Loroi are an ancient culture; but our origins are uncertain. We date back to at least the time of the fall of the Soia Empire, several hundred thousand years ago. From relics found in space, and the distribution of Loroi descendants across at least three separate star systems (Deinar, Perrein, & Taben), it is clear that our Loroi ancestors possessed starflight during the time of the Soia, but there is almost no planet-bound evidence of their society before the fall.]

[What we DO know is that the Soia possessed technology that defies even our comprehension, much higher than ours currently. This artifact could be a Soia device of some sort. But such things are outside my knowledge.]

Stormrage looked over at her Loroi companion, Midnighteye... seeking her advice in silence... letting her put in anything she might add...

Then she turned back to Chief Abramovic, [If you are certain that the artifact is not generating a gravitic field of its own... by your sensors readings... the only way I can think of for it to float like that is if it were somehow utilizing a telekinetic field to levitate! A 'pure' psionic device... we have no technology that can generate its own sanzai or psychic abilities... only devices that amplify someone already possessing such abilities. Not artificial psionic creation. Unless its NOT artifical...which could mean..there is something alive within the dodecahedron?]

[P 101]
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So... finally had the time to polish and post this new part Sorry to keep you guys hanging in there.

Twilightsaber stood outside Ferox quarters, baffled by what she had just done. Just why had she kissed him a moment ago? That was not like herself. Was she ill, perhaps? Or somithing else amiss? Her toughts started to wander off, to her last mating encounter, almost 10 of those human "years" ago:
His name had been Gentlesunshine, a very experinced Loroi male. His amber eyes and light skin did go well with his slightly reddish, golden hair. She still remembered his hands gently touching her skin. His caring kisses and calm thoughs in his mind. How she enjoyed their time together and they spend a _lot_ of time together... There were privileges for Mizol cast members and this was one of them. However, there would never be a second time together with him. Something that filled her mind with a bit of sorrow. Something that surprised here, as she reflected on her own emotions.

However, beeing with Hadrid felt different. He was strong, independent and tall. She could not read or manipulate his mind, even with her trained Sanzai abilities. Somehow, she could understand now why Sonni spend time with one of those humans. They werent all that bad. Not at all.
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It had felt good to have him near her. Yet he felt so different than she had expected. Warmer. Something deep inside her wanted him, needed him, wanted to posses him all for herself. Make him her "partner" as the humans would call it. Various sexual images suddenly rushed to her mind, of things she would like to do. Things a dark, animalistic and well controled part of her needed to do at some point in the future. But it was not the time for something like this right now.
Yet, she struggled to leave the closed doors off his quarters. Somehow she wished those doors would open again, at least for a brief moment and let her see him again.
{Soon...} she said to herself and brought herself under controll again. She was rather happy that none of her crewsisters had withnessed what had happend and could feel her struggle to hide her attraction to this human.

A computerized voice brought her back to reality:
[Jump in 10...9...8...]

Just a short while before in the cargobay:

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Your Sanzai to Twilightsaber was resceived, but not answered. You only received the sanzai version "the person you are calling is currently not avaible". Very strange...
The voice of Cydonias computer could be heard again:
Jump in 1 Minute and 30 seconds

[Chief Yo-el, you say your assuming the SHI found the artifact many time increments before... perhaps in the system gas giants... how much of that is conjecture and how much is verified? Where the SHI found this ...thing would give much better intel as to its nature.]

Abramovic looked her and had to think for a moment before answering. Various thoughts crossed his minds on what to say and what to leave out. He deceided to be as helpfull as he could be. Those two Loroi seemed rather friendly and they are our allies now.

[Please, just call me Chief. Well... I can recall that they send a reaserch vessel to study those strange athmospheric anomalies there. It was called "SHIS Ninlil". I remember talking to one of the crewmembers of said vessel in a bar a while ago. Very pretty young science lady... but Polnish Vodka? I never touch that stuff ever again! Anyway: Her name was Maria and she told me back then, that they dragged something out of a gas giant. Something so important, she said, that anyone will know about it in a year or so. I laughed at her, as dragging something out of a gas giant sounded impossible. But her pretty face suddenly turned to me and she said in the coldest voice I have ever heard before or since: "or maybe no one will hear of this, ever again... Make sure you remember that and never lose a word about this!" She then just left. I wonder if it could be this thing, she talked about.]

[You have been very forthcoming sharing 'classified' data with me and the Loroi Union appreciates it... So I shall reveal some...'sensitive' intel.. in reciprocation that may be important as well. This artifact emits a field... that my telepathic scans cannot breach. I can sense nothing within it.. this is NOT the first time we have encountered a assumed similar effect... the Umiak have demonstrated a means to mask their ships from our farseer scans... very similar to this artifact's effect but on a grander scale. Whole fleets in-fact! The Union's strategic advantage that has maintained our boarders without significant build up of military assets has been that we always knew where the Umiak were attacking from and in what numbers. Hence my insistence on finding out the origin of this artifact.]

[Well... that explains a lot. If your enemy has such technology... that would make it impossible to detect them? Correct? Have you tried anything to conter this threat?]

[I do believe humaniti made contact with the Orgus? And they revealed to you the nature of the conflict between the Umiak and the Loroi? Did they inform you that before the rise of the Loroi as a space empire.. long in our distant past a precursor race of beings dominated vast stretches of the galaxy? We know of them as the Soia.]

[Yes, that is true, we are in contact with the Orgus. It was in fact our very first contact with an alien species. They told us about you and those Umiak, your war with them and so on. Very ugly stories they told us... But "precursor races" or "Soia"? I have never heard of those before. Maybe you can tell me a bit more about them? Does this thing look like anything those "Soia" made to you?]

[What we DO know is that the Soia possessed technology that defies even our comprehension, much higher than ours currently. This artifact could be a Soia device of some sort. But such things are outside my knowledge.]

[I see... so we are both lost here?]

Sonnis companion Midnighteye added:

[Those Precursors are something of a mystery to us. We have found their ruins on many planets and we know that the Soia vanished many hundreds of your years ago. No one knows for sure why or what happend to them. But we are at least certain, that they were our ancestors. Yet, little of their technology has remained intact and even less is still functional. I am not an expert of those things as well and only have seen very few of those artifacts. I can not say for certain, that this looks like something the Soia did create, but I can also not say the opposit as well. Those artifacts always are very mysterious... It is often unclear what they were used for or what materials they were made from. Maybe you have some more informations more about it? Something you observed, maybe?]

He paused for a moment and then replied:

[There is one thing I can add to it: my comrads who brought it over from the station said that it was very light, as it has little to no mass at all. One of the guys, I think it was Václav, said that it felt cold, when he touched it. He said his hand was shivering afterwads, but he was not injured in any way. And yes, he was wearing thick protective gloves...]

[If you are certain that the artifact is not generating a gravitic field of its own... by your sensors readings... the only way I can think of for it to float like that is if it were somehow utilizing a telekinetic field to levitate! A 'pure' psionic device... we have no technology that can generate its own sanzai or psychic abilities... only devices that amplify someone already possessing such abilities. Not artificial psionic creation. Unless its NOT artifical...which could mean..there is something alive within the dodecahedron?]

[]Young lady: this is an Icosahedron, it has 20 faces. A dodecahedron has only 12... he smiled at her and then the computerized voice of Cydonia interrupted them:

Jump in: 7...6...5...

Meanwhile in sickbay:

The good doctor sat on the side of Snows bed and leaned over her. He looked at her, puzzled about what she had just mumbled in her sleep.
[Light?] He whispered back to her in trade. Wondering if she would even listen.
Slowly her head started so move from one side to the other, like in disagreement and then, to his surprise, she anserwed him with a weak and somehow distant voice:
[...this... just beginning... good child... was part... of it... will walk into... the warm light... again... again... again...]

This didn't make any sense to him. What was she talking about? Was she perhaps dreaming? Looking at her again, he realized that Snows face looked calmer now. Almost happy and it showed a faint smile.
For some reason the good doctor wasn't sure if he should feel happy about that.

Jump in: 4...3..2...

At the same time on Cydonias bridge:

It was Lieutenant Mahmoud's turn to command this jump, as it was her shift. Night shift.
She had done this a million times on simulators, but this was only her second time she was doing the real thing. While sitting in the chair of the commanding officer, aka the Captains Chair, she played with her long, straight and pitchblack hair. Her also dark, almost pitchblack eyes looked around the bridge and the activities that filled it. Everything was fine, her displays tolled her and the last 10 seconds were computer controlled as well. There was nothing to worry, she told herself. Then why was she so nervous?

[Helm, status?] she asked for one final time, just to reassure herself.

[Everything is on go, sir!] the bald headed Engsin De Jong answered her with the same stoic voice, as always when she asked him that question. The last time was just a minute ago.
{There is nothing greater to conquer than one owns fear...} she toled herself and smiled.

Cydonias Computer took over:
[...1... Execute Jump]
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[Another post, new System and new chapter. I hope this makes writing a new post for every player easier.
Digging through the old charcter post, I realised that I should update it for the new NPCs. -> done ;) ]


[Ok, now: new Part and new Chapter. Every player receives +10 XP ]
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[...Execute Jump...] the computerized voice had said and everything turned into a bright, white light.

In the medbay:

{uhhh.... that didn't feel right.} was the first thing that crossed Corporal Nordstroems mind. She had expirienced quite a few jumos by now, but nothing as rough as this one.
Everything was dark and she realised, that she was lying on the floor, on her back. Her attempts to stand up were cut short, as there seem to be something heavy holding her down.

With a "ping" sound, some of the lights started to work again. Backup Power seemed to have kicked in and everything as turned into a dim, orange light and a static noise could be heard through the ship speakers.
{At least, some systems are still working. Thats good. Much better than the caves on Phobos...}
Now she could see, that it was one of the medbays storage lockers, usually mounted to the wall, that was holding her down.
{It must have gotten loose somehow.}
She tried to move that storage locker away, but that didn't work. It was simply to heavy for her.
No sign of anyone else, that should be around here. But then, a series of strange noises caught her attention. As if someone was trying to find his way around various objects.
[Is someone there? Doctor? I need your... assistance...]
She really didn't want to admit to anyone, that she would need the help of the "good doctor"...
[Okay... Okay... I say it: Please!]

Those noises came closer and closer. She somehow knew why they were so strange to her in the first place: It sounded like someone walking around without any shoes, bumping into various things.
They came from within the medbay, from behind the closed door, were the patients were usually lying in their beds, resting or waiting for treatment.
That door suddenly opend open.
{I bet it's Murakami who was so drunk, that he lost his shoes...} she thought for herself, before she could see, who came in.

[Doctor...?]
Her voice just stopped as she saw it: at first, that person looked so strange and tiny, that she had difficulties grasping who it might be, that was coming closer and closer to her with every step.
The long fair hair of that person appeared to be glowing in a strange, fairy like way and was waving around the persons head somehow.
Then, to her horror, she understood who that was, that was now standing right in front of her. Smiling.
Snow.
Her blind eyes opend, as if they would look at her. Revealing a glowing, white Iris.
[You... You... will help me walk into the warm light... togehter...]
She wispered in her ear and then her tiny, ice cold hands touched her.

Somewhere else on medbay:

{That was it, for sure. I just died.} the good Doctor mused for himself, in his mind.
Travelling via hyperspace had always been a stupid idea to him. Punching holes through the barries of our universe just to find a way around the lightspeed barrier. What madness!
No wonder he needed his own, personal "medicine" to keep his hands steady.
{A bright flash of light. So thats how it is, when you are vaporised and sprayed across the whole galaxy? Could be more unpleasant.}
Unpleasant like those screams he could her. He couldn't say, who it was, that screamed there. Neither could he say how long those screams were lasting.
{Poor bastard...}
He had to find out. To his surprise, he was able to oen his eyes.
{So much for being dead.}
Looking around, he saw and smelled that, among other things, many of his "priced medical possesions" must have fallen out of their hiding places and cracked. The smell of Sake, Whiskey and various other strong drinks filled the air.
But where was he? {Oh yes... I was on medbay... with that girl... Oh god!}

[Snow? Snow! Hello?! Are you there?]

But there was no Snow and no answer. Just a mess, made of various bed, medical instruments, crushed supplies and those horrible screams.
He tried to stand up and almost tumpled down again, as some terrible headaches started, aided by some kind of motionsickness for every step he took. All without a doubt symptoms caused by the jump.
By leaning on the wall, he was able to moved slowly to the door at the other end of the room. The door apeared to be open, somehow.
{I know that I closed it before the jump. Whats going on?}
[Nordstroem? Are you there?]

Then those screams stopped. Just before he peeked through the door, Cydonias voice could be heard again. Weak and filled with crackling static noises:
[Alert! Code Purple... Alert! Code Purple...]
{What the hell is a Code purple?}
Guessing, that whatever that was could wait for later, he peaked through the door.
As he did, a strong blow suddenly knocked him down.
{I didn't saw it coming...} was his last though, before he lost his consciousness again...

[Information for all players:
-All of you are still in your last known location.
-All of you hear that computerized Voice of Cydonia annoucing a "Code Purple".
-It looks like a mess around you, every player please roll a d10: (1-4:you receive no injuries; 5-9: you receive minor injuries = - a d3 roll of damage; you receive more severe injuries = - a d10 roll of damage)
-Only the backup powered emergency lights seem to work. Do not expect everything else to work. Caution is adviced.
-Human player characters are disoriented and feel severe jumpsicknes: every roll, except finding out about Code Purple, is more difficult by 3 points.
-Human player characters can roll on "Piloting", "Navigation", "Mechanic" or "Repairs and maintenance [Spaceship]" to find out what a Code Pruple stands for-> this is a rather obscure information, you only read about this way back in training.
-Loroi Players can roll on the same skills as above, to find out what happend. Raised difficulty no applied.
-Loroi Players experience some kind of "blackout" of their Sanzai. They can not send, receive or detect each other, except when touching. Difficulty for all rolls raised by 3 Points.

I hope thats okay for you and makes writing a new post a bit more interesting for you. If you have any questions: feel free to ask. 8-) ]
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