[img]https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/3a/54/ce/3a54cea50f6b3db7e2ca161124a92fe1.jpg [/img] [b]“Ship wide announcement, This is your captain, We are currently approaching the Alpha hejalinas-99B system. Our ETA is roughly 200 seconds, have a good one.”[/b] He turned off the shipwide comms and turned to his XO [b]“Get Haines, and his deputy up here as soon as possible, I’ll see what I can get from our sensors.”[/b] miles nodded and left via the elevator. [b]“Comms, What have we got so far on this system?”[/b] Cara brought up the system on the screen with a spacetime field underneath. [b]"This is the celestial object, It's roughly the same size as your average neutron star but about 4 times more dense."[/b] she paused, [b]"Theoretically it’s impossible, the Star is practically a giant atom.”[/b] The helmsman spoke up [b]“ Raiden we’re dropping out of Intra-system in 5. 4. 3. 2. Dropping out”[/b] The bridge went silent as they saw the object that was causing this gravitational anomaly. Alexander and Miles came aboard the bridge, ignoring protocol as was the norm on the oblivion. [b]“ Helm Bring us into a stable orbit around this thing” [/b] He turned to the scientists beside him in their Sterilised lab coats both of whom had already started taking readings [b]“So then Ms. Kora How long do we have before this thing ‘degrades’”[/b] she hesitated before she spoke, [b]“Well, my simulations suggest any time around--”[/b] she was cut off by a flash of white light so intense it made the sun’s rays look like specs of dust. [b]"Jesus Kora, did your simulations expect that?"[/b] The light dimmed and the screens darkened. There wasn’t a star left, at was as if a water droplet just replaced where the star was, space was distorted around it. There were many things in Raiden's head at that moment. The main thought, [i]'What the hell is that thing'[/i] At that moment Cara Spoke up [b]“Sir our orbit isn’t holding. I’ve giving it full thrust , but nothing I can do is moving us.”[/b] The Raiden stopped thinking about probabilities, he didn't have long enough to discuss it with his XO. But a rash decision could end up with the death of the ship and the entirety of its crew. [b]"cut engines and focus power to shields I have little hope we can outrun whatever this thing is, so let's make sure we get through safely."[/b] the bridge was filled with an eerie silence. with all eyes directed at the captain. [b]"Let's get to it people, I've got a call to make"[/b] He pulled Haines over to the back of the bridge [b]"Any ideas?"[/b] [b]"Only one I'm afraid. It's a mathematical improbability. But it's exactly we're experiencing. If my calculations are correct, this is a worm-hole."[/b] Raiden didn't have anything to say. he dismissed Haines and retired to his Captain's chair and opened the comms [b]"This is an announcement to all Crew onboard, this is your Captain. We're are currently on a collision course with an unidentified celestial object in the Alpha hejalinas-99B system, we believe it is a wormhole. I ask that all non-military and nonessential personnel go to their quarters. Thank you."[/b] Raiden cut off the comms and spoke to Haines, [b]"Are you, ready doctor?"[/b] [b]"about as ready as one can be when going through a wormhole for the first time"[/b] [b]"5 LS sir"[/b] [b]"hold fast bridge We're going into the unknown. for the second time in this ship's lifetime, Comms Fire up all sensory equipment we have. Let's see what we can do"[/b] [b]"1LS Entering the surface in 5. 4. 3. 2. 1."[/b] the ship lurched in acceleration as if it was going into an FTL jump. the bridge powered down, not on its own accord, a tunnel was formed, of stars and space. It was as if time itself stretched space, changing the dimensions of perception from 2d to 3d to 4d, A strange feeling came over the crew. [b]"Sir my controls are unresponsive, if something comes in our way, We'll be in trouble"[/b] He stood from his Chair and looked out the port viewing hole, shapes of all sorts some could be mistaken for ships. as he moved over to the other side as power came back, but as it did, the passage had reacted. It seemed that the tunnel started collapsing on itself. more shapes emerged and one or two hit into the sides of the ship damaging it. [b]"Damage report engineering!"[/b] [b]"We've got two holes on the starboard side but they were in an unoccupied section of the ship, The areas are sealed off they're not integral but they'll need repairing"[/b] [b]"What happened to our shields?"[/b] [b]"I don't know captain."[/b] The tunnel finally collapsed on itself and they appeared back into reality. The oblivion still carried on at the velocity it entered the Wormhole. [b]"captain we have three pings on radar. Inertial dampeners have kicked in, but our momentum is going to carry us past them"[/b] [b]"understood, Activate port and starboard sensor arrays, let's see what we can learn from these ships. Any update on our location?" [/b]Kora spoke up from her tablet. and the main holo-screen changed to a stellar map. [b]"Sir, We've jumped nearly one and a half million light years"[/b] [b]"Captain message is coming in"[/b] [b]"Bring it up"[/b] [quote="Broadcast via UHF and VHF Radio/Television][color=red]"Greetings from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. I am Commander Venera Romanova," she paused as the comms man shuffled cue cards. Her message was being recorded on tape before broadcast. "We were on a mission of peace and love before being thrown through a passage in spacetime. Make no mistake, however, this ship is armed, and we are capable of defending ourselves." She tucked a stray black hair back into her regulation bun. Hopefully, the camera wouldn't pick up the hair waving in the lack of gravity. "So. Prove yourself friendly, and we shall be friendly in kind. Prove yourself hostile, and we will bury you." She emphasized this last sentence with her fist against the table.[/color][/quote] [b]"Was that the damn Russians? I never thought I'd be so happy to hear a Russian accent. I knew that the Russians had been pushed out to the edges of the galaxy, but this just doesn't make sense,"[/b] He paused for a moment [b]"Cara, bring up a scan of their ship."[/b] The scan was brought up. [b]"Odd, The ship looks prehistoric, This is twenty-first-century tech. Keep defences up. Once we reach a full stop have our Main sensor array aimed at the Russian ship, I want a report on it ASAP. I'm going to my office. Miles and Haines come with me, we have things to discuss. Cara, you have the chair, try not to cause a diplomatic incident this time, and when you get a moment Send up Dr.T to my office"[/b] Miles and Raiden made their way to the captain's office, an extension to his quarters, soundproofed, with a quantum entanglement comm system for lag free long range communication. Raiden poured everyone a glass of whiskey. [b]"Well, I suppose it never stops for us."[/b] He took a sip of his whiskey. [b]"I suppose it's time to introduce ourselves Raiden, Calm collected, and remember ROE, don't insult unless insulted first"[/b] and went into the communication chamber and proceeded to start a local broadcast on UHF. [quote][color=008B8B]"My Name is Raiden Korten, and I am the current SOSCOM commanding officer of the Heavyweight Research ship codename:Oblivion. We are a research Vessel. and intend no harm. our ship shall remain open to communications, Good day to you."[/color][/quote] [b]"Miles; Go to engineering make sure our structural integrity is up to scratch, and tell Dr.T to hurry his ass up"[/b]