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- >Flashes surround your small craft speeding towards a small, desert planet
- >Looks to be hard-light cannons, judging by their intensity, you’re being tailed by an Imperial heavy destroyer
- >Biggest non-dreadnought class ship the Imperials have
- >And the sheer amount of flashes suggests it’s flak systems are firing at full power
- >The good news is that it isn’t using it’s particle cannons or plasma rifles, since they probably want to take you alive
- >You look again at the scanners, which reveal even worse news
- >It’s got a full escort of smaller frigates and cruisers, no chance of you getting close before your little corvette gets shredded
- >Not much room for maneuvering, since the destroyer is slowly accelerating to your speed
- >But it’s going to have to decelerate soon, since you’re getting close to the planet’s surface
- >Although it’ll probably launch all of it’s fighters once it begins to slow down
- >You can’t do anything aside from attempting to avoid all that fire being poured from that destroyer, since you’re operating this corvette with a skeleton crew of one, that one being you
- >Probably not gonna get out of this one, but you’re not about to let the Imperials get their hands on this alien artifact
- >Well, they technically had it before you did, but that doesn’t matter, what matters is that you were going to get payed a LOT for stealing it
- >But the Imperials captured your employer pretty quickly, but like hell you’re about to let them catch you
- >They don’t take too kindly to thieves that steal things from mysterious aliens that the human race has yet to communicate with
- >Speaking of which…
- >They don’t take too kindly to thieves that steal things from mysterious aliens that the human race has yet to communicate with
- >Speaking of which…
- >Is it just you, or is there less flak and hard-light shots?
- >Yeah, all of that destroyer’s weapon systems have stopped
- >You check the scanners, shields have fallen, but aren’t down, ship integrity is still at 100%
- “What the hell…”
- >And the Imperials are breaking off?
- >Suddenly alarms flash and blair in your face
- >Something huge is coming
- >Bigger than any dreadnaught you’ve ever seen or heard of
- >Bigger… than earth’s moon
- >And it’s coming in faster than anything you’ve ever seen
- >Faster than… the speed of light?
- >No, this thing must be glitching or broken
- >It’s just not possible
- >Then you see them
- >It’s... an Alien dreadnought, designated an Alpha-10
- >No, wait, they’re called something… Akion? Yes, that’s right, from some of the few translations that have been made
- >They’ve been seen before, but not in action
- >All Akion craft tend to stay very far away from anything human, but this thing just warped right into the planet’s low orbit
- >The main body of it resembles a sea-urchin, with spikes protruding at all angles
- >You can actually see it, because it’s so close, the scanners say only 5 kilometers away
- >That’s basically point blank in space
- >And it’s surrounded by several smaller satellites of it’s own
- >It seems to stand perfectly still, but then the main body of the Alpha-10 begins to spin, and it’s satellites begin to spew out what looks like dust
- >No, wait, it isn’t dust
- >Each one of them is actually the size of an average space-fighter, and there are at least a thousand of them over there
- >One of the screens flashes, and reads -Incoming Transmission-
- >You press receive, and something else appears on the screen
- >Is that… one of them?
- >You can hardly see anything more than a silhouette, with only a few dim, blue lights in the background
- >It looks vaguely humanoid, and it seems to be sitting down
- >And it seems to be covered in what looks like armor, with a dot of golden light occasionally seeming to emanate from random portions of it’s body
- >Then a strange sound, almost like inverted speech, with a mixture of a sound similar to that of someone rolling their tongue, followed by a few hollow clicks and something that sounds like a machine groaning
- >Is it talking?
- >Threatening you?
- >Hell if you know, all you know is that you need to move, now
- >You slam the thrusters forward, further speeding towards the planet
- >Won’t be long until you’re in the upper atmosphere
- >Then, without warning, a streak of light suddenly flies from the Akion dreadnought, and slams into the engine compartment of your corvette
- >The engines along with the fuel explode, luckily for you, those are both on the other side of the craft
- >But now you can’t make a proper landing, or escape
- >You sling your bag into your lap, and dig out the artifact
- >It’s a pyramid shape, except only with the frame of a pyramid
- >There’s a small, pink light suspended within it
- >Nothing else you have with you will help you in this situation
- >Either this thing is a doomsday weapon, or is a miracle machine
- >The ship jolts, and you look down at the status screen
- >It’s nothing but incoherent scribbling
- >Systems are being jammed… maybe something like a tractor beam?
- >Doesn’t matter
- >You jab at the pyramid, some mysterious force seems to keep either your real hand or robotic one from reaching the small sphere of light within it
- >Maybe if you…
- >You grab the corners, and they begin twisting with several clicks
- >Oh, what’s this do?
- >You continue twisting, when suddenly it expands outward, and the light grows
- >It continues to grow outward, blinding you
- >You can’t see anything
- >Where are you?
- >Surrounded by whiteness…
- >You look down
- >Well, the rest of you is still here
- >Along with the seat, and safety harness
- >Your bag is also here, which is good news
- >But where are you?
- >You look around, nothing but whiteness, still
- >Pocket dimension?
- >Nothing else to do except...
- >You unstrap yourself from the seat
- >Try to explore this place
- >You stand from the seat, and it begins to float away
- >So, you’re suspended here
- >No, wait
- >There’s… a darkening in the whiteness
- >You look over and see a large mass of blackness
- >It’s approaching you
- >No, it’s not that it’s coming to you…
- >You’re speeding towards it!
- >Blackness engulfs you as you’re blasted by a roar of wind
- >You look in the general direction the wind seems to be coming from and see a small light
- >The frames of that artifact suddenly come together in front of you
- >And the small light at the end of the tunnel of darkness suddenly reaches the frame again
- >The darkness recedes, and you are suddenly dropped onto some surface
- >What…
- >Just happened?
- >You look around
- >This looks like…
- >You’re on some compound
- >Concrete asphalt
- >You shakily get to your feet as you look at the artifact
- “Well, I guess I know what this does now.”
- >It’s a miracle machine, after all
- >You shove it back into your bag, and turn around
- >To see six women, staring at you
- >Alright, they're probably confused about why a strange man just teleported in front of them
- >If they happen to be Imperials you'll either have to kill them or make a run for it
- "Ah, hello there, can you tell me what planet this is?"
- >They continue to give you confused looks
- >"Did... you all see him come out of no where?"
- >"Yeah, I did."
- >"Who are you?"
- >You scratch your head
- >Shouldn't they have I.D. pads?
- >You pull yours out from your pocket
- >Even though Imperials could find you with it, you can always just steal another one
- >This one says... they don't have any
- >In fact, there aren't any others within a mile of you
- >Did you just get transported to a primitive planet?
- "Well..."
- >You look up
- >No craft flying here and there
- >Where the hell are you?
- >No, wait
- >This could be a good thing
- >Maybe now you'll have a break from all the shit you've had to deal with in the past few months
- >You check your person
- >Nothing missing, you don't feel ill
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