Chapter 1,Act 1:The initiation
Our story begins at the hangar of the station Guardian-17,Jason,a 21 year old male,was preparing to take off into Open Space with his Jarl,for his daily patrol routine,while he was checking the ship systems to make sure everything was fine for the take-off,Natasha Cortes,the Imperial Security Service Legate,was slowly walking towards Jarl’s dock,holding a small black box,she got close to him and she spoke:
Natasha:-Ahem,I got something for you.
Jason:-Huh?!,f-for me?
Natasha:-Yes,the UMC and the Blackwood scientists have made two implants and told me to give them to you,I hope you dont have any other plans today…
Jason:-Uh,n-no,I don’t,Madam.
Natasha:-Very well,they haven’t told me what do they do,so its up to you to find out,I’ll leave the box here,now get out there and do your duties,mercenary!
Jason:-Y-Yes,Misstres!
Natasha left the dock,walking away and drawing many looks towards her,but still noone dared to talk to her about anything else other than assignemnts,judging by her past,she has became a fearsome person among the Empire’s higher archy.
Jason:-I wonder what do they do…
Jason:-Guess ill just install them and leave…
Undocked from the station,Jason flought to the Ontregos Pass warpgate and warped away at very high speeds,upon reaching the destination area,the ship spoke,with a tent of a nordic accent,and a thick voice:
Jarl:-Arriving in Ontregos Pass,danger rating:1
Jason:-Woah,Jarl?You can talk? Jason was amazed.
Jarl:-Of course I can,the new implant that you installed allows me to.
Jason:-That is amazing!But now we are left to find out what the second implant does…
Jarl:-Do you want me to scan the implant for its properties?
Jason:-Yes please.
Jarl:-Scanning…
Jarl:-Scan complete,the implant has communicative properties…
Jason:-So,the first implant gave you Artificial Intelligence,that must be the one Blackwood made since it has a history linked to AI,and the second one was made by the UMC,they are known to exploit the alien technologies and use it against them,a communicative device linked to aliens,that might be a translator for the alien language!
Jarl:-Possibly,there are a few Hunters over there,maybe I can link to their comm links and listen to them.
Jason:-Good idea!
Jarl stealthy approached the Hunters pack close enough so the comm link could be made.
Hunter 1:*alien gibberish*
Jason:-Uhh,you forgot to activate the translator…
Jarl:-Oh,my bad…
Hunter 1:*Static*There is a humanoid transport approaching to our location,prepare to engage!*Static*
Hunter 2:*Static*Roger that.*Static*
The Hunters proceeded to approach the transport and attacked it.
Jason:-It works!
Escort Ship:-Aliens are attacking our transport,we need help!
Jason:-Oh yeah,lets help them out…
Jarl:-Engaging hostile ships…
Hunter 1:*static*There is a humanoid interceptor approaching us,activate the defence module!*static*
Hunter 2:*static*Understood.*static*
Jason:-Watch out,they activated the Pulsars!
Jarl:-They said it is called the defence module.
Jason:-Whatever,just kill them!
The fight was fearsome,energy spheres,pulses,plasma charges and railgun bullets went all over the place,but the Humans had the upper hand and managed to fend off the attackers from the sector.
Hunter 2:*static*They are too strong,retreat!*static*
Hunter 1:*static*Never!Destroy the humans!*static*
The second Hunter opened a portal back to the alien dimension and went through it.
Hunter 2:*static*Come on!I cant keep this opened for too long!*static*
Hunter 1:*static*Arrgh!This is not over humans,your species will not prevail!*static*
Jason:-They are trying to escape!Follow them!
Jarl activated the micro-warp in a deseprate attempt to catch up with the retreating aliens and went through the portal after them,before it closed.
Escort ship:-Where did they go?
On the other side of the portal,they were thrown in another dimension,in a random place.
Jason:-Ugh,where are we?..
Jarl:-I don’t know,the map is not working…
Jason:-Great,now we have to find out way back,but how?
Jarl:-The same way we came in,through a portal.
Jason:-But how?There is no portal here!
_Jarl:_We will have to wait until another one opens…
An alien patrol was appreaching,Jarl couldn’t defeat them by himself so he had to take cover,luckily a cliff was close by,allowing them to take cover from the alien sensors,but they discovered something,an alien building.
_Jason:-_What is this building supposed to mean?
_Jarl:-_There are alien ships who keep leaving and entering it,it may be a hangar or a shipyard…
_Jason:-_Its too big for a shipyard,even for a hangar,it’s at least double the size of the Guardian-17!
_Jarl:-_There are some holes that look like to be windows at the top of it,maybe we can see what they are doing inside.
After they flought to the top of the building,they were shocked,inside,there was a Defiler that was being built.
Jason:-Oh my god,this is not any kind of shipyard,its a Defiler shipyard!
Jarl:-We need to tell the others,but first we have to find a way of getting out of here!
From behind a corner,a Hunter was patrolling around the shipyard and spotted Jarl.A female voice could be heard through the static.
Hunter:*static*Hey you!*static*
Jason:-Oh no!We have been discovered!Run!
Hunter:*static*Wait,I’m not gonna hurt you!*static*
Jason:-What?Why?
Hunter:*static*Violence is not the answer…Can you tell me how you got here and why?*static*
Jason:-I was following a Hunter patrol that was attacking a transport,I didn’t know that I could have arrived here,I come in peace,I swear!
Hunter:*static*I would like to send you back to your world,the portals are the only way back there and only the high-ranking hunters and Predators can open portals to another dimensions…*static*
Jarl:-Are you sure there isn’t any other way out of here?
_Jason:-_Jarl!It told us that already that is the only way!
Hunter:*static*Wait,your ship can talk?*static*
_Jason:-_Oh,uh,yeah,but don’t listen to him,he just got its AI implant today,he doesn’t know what he is saying!
_Jarl:-_Of course I do!I am smarter than you!
Jason:-This is not the right place for this!
_Jarl:-_Hmpft…
Hunter:*static*Maybe I can convince someone else to open a portal back,but ill need a good reason.*static*
Jason:-Tell them that you were assigned on a patrol,ill use the Phase Modulator to turn invisible and sneak through the portal after you.
Hunter:*static*Alright,ill try…*static*
The Hunter flought to a Predator and they started talking.Eventually,the Predator opened a portal back to the human dimension.
Jason:-This is our ticket back,lets go!
In a blink of a eye,Jarl dissapeared from the visual spectrum and dashed his way through the portal that lead back to the Ontregos Pass,right behind an asteroid.
_Hunter:*static*_This is it’I hope its the right place.*static*
Jason:-I don’t know how to thank you!I am in your debt now…
Hunter:*static*Well,you can start by telling me your name.*static*
Jason:It’s Jason,and my ship is Jarl.
Hunter:*static*I am Theia,nice to meet you!*static*
_Jason:_The pleasure is mine.
Theia:*static*Tell me,Jason,how can you communicate with me?The other human ships talk in a gibberish language that we cannot translate.*static*
_Jason:-_It’s a translator,I don’t really know how it works,but each time you talk there is a static,it is a prototype.
Theia:*static*Have you tried turning it off and back on?*static*
_Jason:-_If I would get a credit each time I hear this I would be more than rich,but ill give it a try…
_Jarl:-_Restarting implant…
Jarl:-Done.
Theia:-Can you hear me?
Jason:-Yes,I can hear you much better now!
_Theia:-I guess I’ll just get back home,_my family might be wondering where I am.
Jason:-Ok,hope to see you around more,maybe we can go to a cafe,they have some very nice drinks there.
Theia:-Are you inviting me to a date?
Jason:-Well,if you want to call it that way…
Theia:-Sure,I would like to come!I’ll notice you when I’ll be able to come by.
Jason:-Alright then,farewell!
Theia:-Farewell.
Theia proceeded back into the alien portal,and Jason to the warpgate back towards the Guardian-17.
Jason:-Well Jarl,I think this will be the start of something beautiful!
Jarl:-We shall see that Jason,we shall see…
The time passes at different speeds between the dimensions,so by the time they got back,their shift was over,returned back to the station Jarl docked and Jason went back to his cabin,luckily nobody asked him anything.
End of Act 1.
Contents:
_ Chapter 1: _
-Act 2- Done
-Act 3-WIP (Will be available in a few hours.)