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I did not know where I was. It seemed to be an alien interrogation chamber, but for all I knew I am halfway across the galaxy.
"T'sil novarlek noklar?!", an alien demanded. I remained silent.
The last thing I remembered was being attacked while on patrol duty off of Beta, the first extrasolar planet colonized. Beta is one of the planets of Upsilon Andromedae. The entire Federation fleet was on high alert, after the disappearance of the F.E.S. Pearl.
"T'sil novarlek noklar?!", the alien demanded again. It's tone grew more harsh.
The aliens were insectoid - they reminded me of the praying mantis. They were wearing atmosphere suits.
"Tasalach!", another alien screamed. I was beaten with an instrument of torture.
That was the last thing I remembered, before I found myself adrift in a Federation lifepod.
It was cold. And dark. The air was growing thin.
I fumbled around the pod, looking for the life support. I tried to activate it, but to no avail.
I desperately struggled to find the power core. I suspected that the aliens removed the core, leaving me out to suffocate and freeze. I found my suspicions to be correct.
I tried to find the weapons compartment. The compartments are encased in a material that is impervious to low-level scans. Federation devices use a power cell that is almost completely universal - and lifeboats are designed to take such power cells.
A pair of medium plasma rifles and standard issue pistols were in the compartment. And the power cells appeared to be intact, and fully charged. Four fresh power cells. Enough to make it to the nearest Federation outpost with full life support remaining. The pod had limited supra-light capabilities, and the cells were used primarily to regulate antimatter flow in the engines. I quickly removed the cells from the weapons and inserted them in slots on the power converter.
Standard-issue power cells contain highly compressed antimatter- one was enough to heat a lifepod for a week, and could be used as a backup fuel cell.
Once I'd inserted the cells, I heard that extremely uplifting drone of the atmosphere synthesizer working. The temperature almost immediately shot up by thirty degrees.
I activated the console, and plotted a course for Outpost Omicron.
While the pod was realigning, I saw a bright flash through the viewport. Suddenly, the console lit up like a Christmas tree. An Alien warship entered hyperspace, and was headed for Earth.
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Hey, nice start. I presume your going to continue it. Lookin' forward to the next chapter.
/edit Uhh. Hey Evula (I presume you edit these stories) Do you have a copy of "A war on sky's Edge"? Im not quite sure i submitted it. edit/
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(This message has been edited by Magpie (edited 02-12-2002).)
Yes, I submitted a story before this thing came up, did it arrive?
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Originally posted by Magpie: /edit Uhh. Hey Evula (I presume you edit these stories) Do you have a copy of "A war on sky's Edge"? Im not quite sure i submitted it. edit/
You can't spell my name, so I deleted your story. Just kidding... see below.
Originally posted by Shade: Yes, I submitted a story before this thing came up, did it arrive?
Your story was submitted on the 9th, Magpie's was on the 8th. This one was submitted on the 4th (at least, these are the dates on the posts). Magpie's will be added on the 18th, and Shade's will be released on the 25th.
I'm releasing stories every Monday, since the enormous backlog has been settled. If there is a 2-week backlog, I'm okay with that, I just don't want to have it so that I'm releasing them every other day, only to have nothing to release in a matter of weeks, over the course of several weeks.
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Argh, I gotts work on typen som beta stuf so irs not all mesd up. Sorry, EVula Glares :). /edit Hey i was wonderin whether you needed some help editing those chronicles. I can make time to do a few a week, and i'd be glad to help, well give me an oi if you want me to. /edit
(This message has been edited by Magpie (edited 02-13-2002).)
Very good story.
Question: This seems like an EV story but you mention Omicron. Which is it?
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OV; I think it's a totally new universe.
xtal; VERY nicely written. Can't wait for the next one.
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