The mercenary’s ship jumped out from the subspace. His
readings showed normal signs, no time-and-space interference from any immediate
sector. He flipped the consoles to let Aauton help reaching the optimum
orbiting distance. His cargo of foreign minerals and and a few tons of
machinery parts – and of course, some illegal weaponries – clinked gently as
the Auton took control.
As he climbed the ladder to his cabin, his ship suddenly
shook. He ran to the consoles to check what’s wrong, but all what he could find
was minor subspace sparks and small space deviations from his subspace jump.
The ship shook once more. The siren blared. All of the
lights blinked on and off for a few seconds, and changed red, the sign of
emergency. this time more violent.He immediately strapped himself to his chair,
thrusted extra speed on both of his engines, and contacted the nearest station.
“Mayday, mayday! Do you copy, station?”
A female voice came out from the console speakers. “This is
station Calliste of the planet Kallioppe. What is the emergency,
Alpha-four-two-two?”
“A violent tremor hit my ship” the mercenary said. Panic
could be heard from his voice. “But there are no present deviations on
immediate space-and-time planes”
“Let me check for a moment” The woman then paused for a bit.
And she spoke again, “That’s correct. No immediate sign of danger present in
this zone. Are you sure it’s not an engine –related fault?
Another tremor hit the ship.
“No, ma’am! I’m really sure that’s nothing wrong with this
girl right here” he said. “All is green!”
“You might want to check again, Alpha-two-two, these kind of
mistakes are – “
Her voice trailed off as the amazement and surprise on her
grew larger and larger.
*******
A ship, half-a-kilometer long, three hundred metres wide,
jumped out from the subspace, ripping Kalliope’s immediate beta sector’s
space-and-time planes. The
ship was grey, with greenish accent on a few of its parts, and its body adored
with bluish sparks of subspace remnants. The lights from its interior was shining beneath the layer of the
emerald glow of unknown substance covering
the ship. A massive print of “G-A1” could be read on a side of its hull.
It
continued moving forward, even though the engine was off. Sound of metal
creaking resonated on the station Calliste, probably coming from the massive
spaceship. It slowed down as it reached the checkpoint.
********
Amazement
flew off from the station captain’s face. She realized that this is an emergency
situation. She then quickly issued the emergency protocol.
“To all
personnel, this is emergency code seven-five. An unknown vessel has entered our
sector. Its purpose is unknown, and it doesn’t bear our insignia nor any
leagues or syndicates. It is massive, and I’m sure it can be seen from all
western decks. All artillery and security staffs are to set out to their
designated post. Pilots and crews are required on deck, prepare to launch when
needed.”
She quickly
switched the transmission from the intra-deck to exterior communication.
“G A-one,
do you copy? This is Captain Reinhardt of the space station Calliste of the
planet Calliope. We are contacting on the behalf of Intergalactic Humanity
League.”
There was
no response.
“G A-one,
do you copy?”
Still no
response.
“Lazuli, do
a quick scan on the ship. Life readings, weapons, technology, anything.”
Private
Lazuli replied with a short “Yes, ma’am”. She did scans on the ship, and she
did it thoroughly. She scanned life bearings until the smallest crevasse on the
ship’s interior. And she also did technology and weapon scan. The result made
her eyes glow.
“Ma’am, you
might want to see this” she said. She then moved the result screen to the
bridge’s main screen. Everyone’s attention turned to it.
A few
seconds later, the room was full of “Oh god” and “By the name of Akramiel and
all that’s holy”. Even the captain was surprised. She mumbled a short part of
her spiritual rite.
“By lord,
this is the fabled ark” she gasped. “This is the ship that brought the earth
itself inside its hulls. Millions of Animal DNAs, plant cells, and mineral
samples are inside."
"This is the Noah’s ark itself, The Gaia-Alpha”.
