[@jorcool] Dino Gavon didn't physically respond to the guards or the Khan's request to relinquish weapons, give his name, or even reason to be there. In honestly, these people seemed just as confused over their situation as he was over his. In addition, the crew on the Bridge seemed to have their hands full with said events, so Dino decided to play the understandable third wheel, the uninvited nerd at a party. The gun remained dangling loosely in the grip of his fingertips, not dropped as requested, but clearly no threat at the moment either. Through his eye-wear that looked like little more than sunglasses and complete with a translation program of its own, he was able to read the data that came up on screen for the Yuri. Though he barely moved his head, he angling his eyes in the shadows of his glasses to quickly absorb the information, then listened carefully to the orders the Khan gave. Once that was done, he ever so slightly shifted his face in direction of the Khan again and found it the best time as ever to finally give a proper reply. As he spoke, he released his usual tone of superiority, supposing one of humility and respect instead: "Respectfully, Yuri, if you don't my calling you out by name, I have no intention of relinquishing my weapon at this point, but you should know I mean you no harm. Call it self-preservation. Nevertheless, it would seem that you and I have some things in common. Judging by what I've seen on your monitors, your star charts, and the message from your subordinates, my arrival here is undoubtedly caused by the same Quantum displacement that is currently effected your own people. My Name is Admiral Dino Gavon of the Quatis Race, here unintentionally and, as of right now, seeking a way back to my own ship. Perhaps we can help each other." [hr] Back in the Yurt Canteen, James and his men are undergoing procedures Fanny knew, for their own prudence, should have been enforced much earlier. Still, as James barks his commands at her, Fanny's demeanor changes to one of stout severity while dropping her hands from a surrendering pose. As she does so, James can once again hear her voice in his head saying "My beloved lamb has returned," and completing this telepathic message, her lips part to speak. Her voice comes forth as if were composed of thunder, literally convulsing not only the canteen but the entire Yurt ship, saying: "You have no power over me unless I give it to you. There is no force but that I have allowed you. No man can capture the wind, no less the breath that makes it flow. I will walk with you as kin, and I will take pleasure in your company. You will escort me to Khan Yuri. This is my word. My word is all." As Fanny completes her thunderous speech, every weapon in the hands of every soldier surrounding her become red with heat. They would naturally be unable to keep hold of their weapons and drop them, each weapon turning to ash upon hitting floor. [hr] [@Lumiere][@jorcool] [@Doc Doctor][@Prima Luce] [@Quote5] [@Uncle Spanky] First Gamma Palin was as smart as they come. His eyes narrowed with intense concentration and scrutiny while regarding the reply from the Khaganate. He didn't, however, reply right away. Communication was temporarily severed while he addressed his bridge crew. Expecting each officer under his authority to know their place and therefore know what questions were directed at who, he simply stated his inquiries without naming the specific officers in question. I want a standard report of every instance taking place in and around this system since the shockwave. Leave nothing out, no matter how unimportant it might seem. I also want a report on Admiral Dino Gavon's current whereabouts. I want these reports yesterday!" It took less than a second for the new leading science officer, a lady by the name of Rej with jet back hair and glassy un-rested eyes to speak up, saying: "First of all, First Gamma Palin, you aren’t going to believe this, but the vessels that materialized at the outer most planet have a similar composition to the android being studied by Dorita Gavon on the science ship. If I might surmise a guess, they aren’t going to be happy to see us holding one of their own captive. Furthermore, I believe their entire race, at least those on board the vessels that have materialized, are all artificial life forms, just like the droid we have.” “Secondly, I have now counted a total of 13 life pods scattered around the system. My readings have no record of their composition in our data banks. Their origins remain unknown. I suggest caution in our approach. I should also mention that our current scans indicate that our new neighbors, the Khaganate, have decided to detain one of these life pods. Uh… and as for the unknown variety of Orca that appeared in orbit of Phantom Point planet… the Khaganate have teleported it on board their vessel. From what I can tell the ocean dwelling mammal is being detained in an environment suitable to its nature.” “Thirdly, First Gamma, and what appears very troubling, is that we have just started receiving reports of power failure and data loss from numerous areas on board our ships. From what I gather, similar problems are being experienced on board the Khaganate vessels. Sir…. There is no logical explanation for these losses, but it does present a major issue. One effected area is that of Grand Minister Pycin’s personal quarters. Power is being drained quickly. His Quarters' oxygen levels are being depleted in accordance to the power loss. It would also appear that his quarters have been breached by an unknown species of bird, as well as a humanoid. Scans indicate the humanoid is the same man that arrived on our vessel after the incident with Dino Gavon on the planet’s surface. I have no idea what is responsible for the power depletion, sir, but I’m currently doing all that I can to find out. But one thing can probably be assumed, and this that not all instances taking place since the shockwave are being detected by our scanners…. It seems likely that there are other arrivals, maybe cloaked vessels nearby that we are yet unable to detect.” “the fourth matter you should be apprised of, sir. We have just now detected another vessel approaching this star system. Long distance scans indicate all but four large land mammals are on board the vessel. The Vessel is otherwise heavily armed. No more data to report on this instance at this time.” “But there is one other thing….” Rej’s voice sounded to ease off in delivering the last bit of news; “I’ve managed to track the shockwave back to its origin. The Quantum displacement residue leads back to the small vessel in orbit of the Phantom Point planet near the Tempest. Somehow… that ship could be responsible for all this shit.” Palins eyelids become heavy while he listens to Rej’s accounts, like a man growing tired of listening to the same tune too many times, yet somehow still manages to feign interest. “And what about Dino Gavon’s whereabouts… have you found his bio signature?” Palin asks. “No, sir.” Rej replies regrettably. “The admiral doesn’t seem to be anywhere within a 20 lightyear radius of our position. His personal ship, the DGS, is currently occupied by what appears to be a cybernetic entity of unknown origin.” Oddly enough, Palin seems more disturbed by the news of Dino Gavon than anything else. He sighs like someone would after failing to extinguish a candle on their birthday cake, then announces his response to all bridge crew members, saying: “Send out a recovery crew to Pycin’s quarters. Recover the Grand minister and detain the visiting humanoid and …birdlife. Dispatch crews to recover all personnel from effected areas of our ships, then seal off all effected areas with level nine security measures. Keep scanning for cloaked vessels, Rej, do what you need to do to make that happen - and make it a priority.” Palin pauses for a moment before continuing with allocated orders: “Dispatch a tertiary science crew to one of the life pods, the nearest one to our fleet’s location will do. Make it a skeleton crew. We don’t want to chance any nasty surprises. Give the science crew orders to use the utmost discretion in this matter, we have no idea of the nature of what’s on board these pods. If analyses of investigation proves that the life on board is safe, we can then send out more tertiary vessels to recover what remains of them.” “Send a transmission the DGS, request information form the Cybernetic life form on board the Admirals ship. We need to know its intentions before proceeding further.” “Send another transmission to the singular vessel approaching this system, request the intentions of the four life forms on board as well.” “Send a transmission to the small vessel you say is responsible for the Quantum displacement wave. Request immediate information from whoever is on board that vessel. We want answers.” “Last of all, keep an eye on the ships located at the outer most planet. They haven’t responded to our hails. We will continue to play ignorant until we hear from them.” Done with his initial orders, Palin takes a seat in the captain’s chair and stares out into the abyss of space while waiting feedback. A minute later the communications officer announces the following: “First Gamma. I have sent out transmissions to all noted entities, awaiting their reply.” "Now re-open communication to the Khaganate.” Palin tells him. “I have a response." [hr] [@jorcool] Without saying a word, the communications officer opens a link to the KSS Nova. It has been several minutes in its delay, but the first Gamma finally replies with the following: “Captain Erwin Schmidt. We have no intention of hostility towards you or your people. As I have mention previously, we too are new to this region of space. I would like at some point to stand on ceremony and learn more about your people, but it would seem that current events taking place are taking priority. Our current research into the odd events that have taken place suggest that the displacement you and others have encountered originated from a small vessel in orbit of the planet we of the Quatis are also in orbit of. We are currently attempting to communicate with said vessel with no success.” Captain Erwin and his crew would then receive the spatial coordinates of the vessel Palin had mentioned, before he continues with his message: “Furthermore, we have scanned your vessels and have discovered that we share a similar problem. We are both suffering from power loss in various areas of our ships. The source of these depletion are yet unknown. It would stand to reason that we are both in a position to assist each other where we can. Please confirm our analogy.” [hr] [@Quote5] The elephants don't noticeably respond to Ernest, apparently elephants don't understand his language at all. Soon after, while Ernest starts heading to the nearest star, he receives a transmission from the solar system he is approaching. The transmission is vocal and is as follows: “This is communication Officer Tailor of the Quatis Fleet. You and your crew of four are approaching a system that recently encountered events pertaining to quantum displacement. We hereby suggest you approach with caution and we also request that you state your intentions at this time.” While this is happening, Fanny appears riding bareback on one of the elephants in Ernest's hold. When she appears, the animals suddenly become complacent and settle down. "Happy to see me again, Erny?" She says, a look of trouble souring her face. [hr] [@Uncle Spanky] The DGS’s AI doesn’t have time to reply to SAM’s inquiry, as a new transmission is received at the helm of the bridge he is standing in. It is a vocal transmission and is heard as follows: “This is communication Officer Tailor of the Quatis Fleet. You are currently occupying the personal ship of our first Admiral, Dino Gavon. We have also encountered various unexplained anomalies in this region of space. We hereby suggest you state your designation or name and your intentions at this time. Please respond.” As the message ends, Fanny May, dressed in the same way she was previously, appears beside SAM with a gentle hand on his shoulder. She tells him: "The Quatis will teleport a crew of soldiers to destroy you if you show any indication at all that you might have something to do with the disappearance of their precious admiral." Fanny has a dark look on her face, clearly perturbed by the events taking place. [hr] [@Lumiere] A small Quatis science vessel with a skeleton crew is launched from the Quatis Flagship Egress and approaches one of the life pods adrift in space nearest the fleet’s location. Reaching a proximity of several hundred meters, the Pod is teleported aboard the science vessel. It materializes within a containment area in the research lab. The containment area is sectioned off by a level 9 forcefield. Three scientist and three security guards are at the ready in the lab, all standing outside of containment area. The leading science officer in the room, a man by the name of Derok, instantly gives the order for external scans of the life pod be made. A series of yellow rays move over the pod taking readings of its hull structure. All reading results are simultaneously displayed on a monitor screen where all three science officers read the information that is obtained. Concluding this scan, Derok orders a series of secondary scans be made, scans pertaining to the inner cavity of the pod. With the secondary scan in action, a series of lime-green rays move over the pod while information pertaining to the interior of the pod is displayed on yet another viewing monitor. [hr] [@Doc Doctor][@Prima Luce] Unknown to Donny, a mobile recovery crew and security team has be dispatched to Pycin’s quarters. Meanwhile, as the lights and oxygen supply to Pycin’s Quarters are being compromised, Donny, in an interval of darkness, would hear the soft, wet slap of Pycin dropping his soap in the shower. As the next moment of light returns to the bathroom, Donny sees Pycin’s face through the glass that divides the view of each other. In that moment of illumination, Donny can see Pycin’s face is suddenly mortified at the sight of Donny looking back at him with the Quantum rifle pointed at his face. In that moment of light, Pycin may be realizing many things, a momentary clustered of thoughts that posed many questions: How did Donny managed to arrive at that place at that time? How did he expect to kill him knowing the bomb in his heart would ultimately end his own life too? What in the hell was causing the lights to suddenly fail? What was the buckling noise he could hear coming from the wall of his bathroom? And of course, why the fuck was he finding it hard to breathe right now? But in the end… as the moment of failing light gave way to another interval of darkness, the only sound Donny could hear escaping Pycin’s mouth were: “Donny, you son of a fucking whore. I’ll see you in hell.” As Pycin no doubt spouted his less than wisdom-filled final words, a female voice in the other room could also be heard in the same moment of darkness, calling out in the initial moments of apprehension; “Pycin! What the fuck are you doing in there? What the hell is going on?” At the same time the small flock of penguins can be heard in the kitchen releasing chirps of distress. [hr] [@Dartbored Fairy][@Zyngard] Down on the planet, some distance from Phantom Point Station, the small group left behind would see that the herd of Wilder Beasts aren’t slowing down. The groups only seconds from being trampled. Shard, however, now aware of the pending stampede, snaps out of her previous panic and reverts her eyes to the transect device on her wrist. She desperately attempts forming a vocal order, but her new panic seems to be stumbling her words. She finally manages to release a coherent sentence just an instant before the stampede of stressed animals trample the group: “Random jump for all humanoids in current party!” The instant Shard voices her command, as the breath of the nearest approaching wilder breast in practically huffing in their faces, all members of their group are gone in a flurry of light. Cuna, Pirila, Mili and Shard, appear in another location, yet only thirty meters down the road and still in harm’s way of the oncoming stampede. “OH MY CHROMOSOMES!” Shard screeches in frustrated terror as she raises her quantum rifle, pointing it at the front line of wilder beasts. “Cuna!” She adds in desperate panic. “Fire that fucking weapon, you sexy son of a bitch!” As she ends her scream she squeezes her own trigger…. [hr] [@Dartbored Fairy] “I know it had everything to do with this.” Cas replies, looking over the data on his transect device. “But there is nothing that suggests we are anywhere remotely close to our previous location. All information is alien of origin. I just have no idea where we are at the moment.” As Cas finishes talking, the sound of horses can be heard approaching from beyond a clearing in the forest. Accompanying the sounds of galloping hooves are the voices of men. Before too long, the horses and their riders appear in the clearing. It appears that a group of bandits, ten men strong and dressed in makeshift medieval armor varieties, come to a halt at the edge of the clearing. The ten grubby men take a moment to assess the two humans they had stumbled across before the one in the lead dismounts his horse with a grin to make any man uncomfortable, though his attention appears to be glued to Hida. “Well, what have we here, boys? A harlot and her toy?” The rest of the bandits let out laughter before their apparent leader adds another statement, saying: “Looks like the God’s have favored us today, am I right?” He draws his rusted sword. “It be fitting you remove those clothes, wench!” He says to Hida, then pointing his blade at Cas: “And it be fitting that you sit down without a peep until us men have had our fill of this whore of yours.” [hr] [@Metatrooper] Meta would likely teleport back to his ship using his new transect device, but a second or two after his arrival, he is shoved hard from behind. The shove would have come from the point of a blunt object to his upper back and hard enough to at least knock him to his knees, before he hears the voice of Sahmi behind him: “Don’t you even fucking dream about leaving me there! My people won't let me take my own vessel to look for my dad under the current circumstances. Civilians and scientist like me will be ordered to return to our quarters until the threat has ended. I’m coming with you whether you like it or not! You’re gonna help me find my daddy! So help me God, don’t make me shoot you!” While she is blurting out these words she had the barrel of her massive rifle pointed at Meta, but as her words conclude her attention is stolen by a third entity in the room with them. She quickly re-aims the weapon at the approaching entity. It’s a seven-feet tall android charging in the direction of Meta and Sahmi. Behind the Android lies the mangles mess of an ASP on the floor in a nearby hall. After an instants assessment of the situation, Sahmi fires her weapon at the oncoming android. The pulse of green light, like that of a fluorescent ball strikes the android in the torso and sends it flying head over heels into the nearest wall. As the androids crashes down to the floor, it’s clear that its torso has been ruptured. But the hole in its chest appears to be quickly regenerating as it struggles to its feet. “A little help here!” Sahmi calls out to Meta as she squeezes the trigger a second time – [hr] [@Oh no my soup] The peasant girl’s reaction to the current situation, including Magnus’s inquiry, intensifies to one of stupendous horror. It would seem that she was only just beginning to come to terms with her new surroundings. She glares and Sandra, then back at Magnus with that fast growing horrified terror before producing a four-inch rusty blade from the belt of her dirty tunic. Holding the knife by the handle like a direly under-qualified tradesman would hold a screwdriver, she jumps up into a standing position in her seat while screaming like some crazed lunatic before lunging at Magnus, swiping the blade in a series of half hazard motions as she flails through the air towards him. While airborne, she managed to even scream these very troubling words: “You’re not having my vagina while I’m still alive, you filthy swine!” Meanwhile, as Magnus’s life pends on his swift reaction to the sudden assault, a reply is received from the Jam in a rather cheery tone: “That’s really good to hear! All of us are so glad we don’t have to destroy you today! Feel free to come aboard at your leisure!” The docking bay doors on the Jam’s vessel then begin to open to allow them entry.