12hr Game Story

[Cyrien]

2400.6

"Captain, the ship is moving. Plotting course now."
The captain waited silently for the scanners report. After half a month they had started up their own drives and headed into the system to continue their exploration of the warp points within this system. It seemed too much of a coincidence that just as they started their drives the other ship did as well.
"Captain, the ship is on an intercept course with our current path. Shall we alter course?"

The Captain quickly reached out with his mind and queried his superiors. With a brief argumnet it was decided that perhaps at closer ranges they could make the contact that had eluded them thus far.
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Several days later...

"Captain they continue to close with us."
The approach the Alteri would take had already been decided. The Captain had only to follow his orders.
"Slow us down."
"Captain! Two small incoming projectiles, very high speed."
Just then the scanner that had been dedicated to attempting to make contact with the new life shuddered and cried out.
"Captain! We must leave! They are here to destroy us!"
It was already to late. In the moments before the impact that Captain reached out one Last time and made his final report. Then in a bright explosion of energy the ship and all it's crew ceased to be.

A disaster of this magnitude was unknown to the Alteri. Never before had several thousand young vibrant Alteri been extinguished all at once. Without even a chance to make the final sacrifice and pass themselves on to the next generation. It was unheard of. It was unforgivable.
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Elsewhere...

She reached out with her mind... she reached out to the universe and listened to it... she heard it... she felt it reverbrating through her very being... everything! Echoing... rebounding... moving away and then back... patterns... deeper into the heart of the universe... deeper... THERE!

She shuddered as she fell back... slowly she gathered her sense back to herself and reached out with her mind to the others. She had done it. They had done it. Space was no longer a barrier, time was no longer a barrier. The secrets that time kept hidden from all were to be known. Already she could see the patterns. Swirling off into the distant future. Breaking up into so many possibilities. But closer... closer they were so few... things could be seen.
She knew of and had felt the tragedy of their lost ship and all those lives. It was nothing compared to what she could see waiting in the distance... They must be prepared. She reached out with her mind and contacted those that must know and must act.

[ October 22, 2003, 14:55: Message edited by: Cyrien ]