Gabatrix the First PeaceChapter 6 The Second Day of Negotiations
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“Come on! Come on!” one of the crew members yelled to another as they walked as fast as they could to the airlock passageway. “The Atra is already setting up the gate probes. Move your ass now!”
A female officer quickly looked behind her. There was no one else that she saw. Kane was inside the Atra by the airlock as the crew of one hundred was being rounded up. Some Yutilians and a few Shal’rein had all met up with the evacuating crew. Ifra was helping others in their rapid adjustment to the new environment. Kane was also addressing the crew as well, while Ramírez was trying to keep the evacuation in proper order.
“What is our headcount?” Ramírez yelled out.
“We did it several times,” Doctor Aline replied. “Ninety-nine are present except the captain, of course.”
It was all that Kane needed to hear. He went and activated his left-hand display. He activated his communication beacon and patched it into the bridge of the Gabatrix. The screen was audio-only.
“Captain, can you hear me?” Kane asked.
“Yes,” Captain William replied through the voice channel. “I am picking it up on my sensors that the last crew member departed the ship. Can you confirm on your end?”
“Confirmed!”
“Very well. Good luck, Ambassador.”
“You too, Captain.”
The com channel closed down. Kane’s hand display went dark as he slowly closed his hand. He shut it off as he knew that it would probably be the last time he would ever possibly see the captain alive again.
The crew was standing crowded up in the central passageway of the Atra. It was a unique experience for everyone. To see the growing vines and branches on the passageway walls shocked a few individuals. Surprisingly, many were calmer than expected. It wasn’t to say that everyone was completely relaxed, though. Some of the crew looked at the Itreans with disgust, wonder, or anger. One of the male crew members even reached his hand and touched one of the fruits.
“It is alright,” Ifra told him. “It is edible.”
The crew member, despite being told that, pulled his hand away, afraid to cause any form of anger to the aliens. It was understandable for the most part. The humans knew that they were on someone else’s property.
“Listen, everyone!” Ifra explained. “I assure you that you will not be harmed.”
“Yeah, after the stunt, your people pulled at Eutera!” one of the crew members called out.
“Everyone, we are going to get the Euterans back!” Kane replied. “We have reached an agreement. The Euterans are alive and well. They will be returned.”
Kane and some of the crew turned their heads towards the airlock hatchway. Everyone was at a safe distance as the hatchway doors closed up. They slid closed as the passageway airlock was being retracted from both ships. The connection between both ships was severed as the crew knew that they were trapped in the Atra.
“Everyone!” Ramírez called out. “It is the captain’s orders that we are here. The crew of the Atra will take us back home. Their adjunct has promised us that. I want all divisional officers to take charge of their divisions. I want us to remain here and listen to the T’rintar people and their instructions. I am sure they are used to influxes with a large number of people. I don’t want to hear any complaints or any trouble! Is that clear?”
“Yes, sir!” some of the crew called out. Others nodded as they listened to their executive officer.
“Ambassador Kane ... Ambassador Ifra,” Ramírez said as he turned to look at them. “I will need to speak to both of you immediately.”
Kane wasn’t that far from the commander. Ifra, on the other hand, was still talking with some of the Yutilians and Shal’rein. She was giving careful instructions on how the crew needed to be treated. Her hands were full, but many of the T’rintar were giving their quick nods. Some were armed as expected, but others appeared to be medical staff of some sort. It seemed the Itreans were treating the crew of the Gabatrix with proper respect and dignity.
Kane, one last time looked at the hatchway porthole window. The Itrean warship had thick see-through material as he could see the retractable passageways. He had one final look at the UHN Gabatrix. The ship, despite its age, looked beautiful. It was a shame that space made it hard for individuals to look at it from the outside. That was the job of the cameras. While he could hear the sounds of the conversation, alien languages, and interactions of hundreds of individuals, he knew that outside that hatch was absolutely nothing. Temperatures were absolute zero. There was no sound, and it was nothing but the lights of the two warships. Thankfully it seemed well lit enough that he could see the Gabatrix in its full glory. The centripetal ring was still spinning proudly, and there was a series of different lights that would flicker on and off. Even though the Atra was bigger than the Gabatrix, the UHN warship was still pretty big. Two hundred eighty meters in length still translated to a rather big size.
“Kane!” Ramírez called out to him. “I need to talk to both you and Ifra immediately!”
Kane shook his thoughts and turned his head away from the closed up hatchway. He walked up to the commander as he saw Ifra finally pull away from the other individuals she was talking with. She walked forward, stepped aside from a pair of two humans talking, and reached Kane and Ramírez.
“What do you need?” she asked.
“I need to have a talk with both of you,” the commander said. “It is imperative. I need to talk to your adjunct. Ifra, I will need you to help translate for me. Kane, this whole mission reflects around you. The captain trusts both of you with his own life. Every second is priceless right now. Ifra, can you take me to your bridge?”
“Yes,” she replied. “Follow me.”
Kane almost forgot about the almost zero-gravity environments. He noticed that the women from the Gabatrix, even with their hair tied down, were gently being pulled downward. The insanely light gravity emitted from the Itrean ship was barely noticeable, but it was still there regardless. Even some of the crew noticed it as well.
Ifra’s tail accidentally hit Kane as he went and followed behind her. Ramírez walked beside Kane as they began to head forward to the bow of the Atra. There were additional Yutilians that stood beside the hallways watching the two humans walk behind Ifra. Ifra almost seemed to reflect a form of royalty status. She even walked in a style that showed that she was both kind but important. The feathers would even lower down the moment they would see her. Kane was observing all of it. A few of the Yutilians even lowered their heads a little bit. The two humans were the only thing that really made them look up, though. It made Kane feel better to see that the Itreans didn’t look so savage up close than they should. The only noticeable exception was the Shal’rein, which obviously towered over the humans. It did make him feel better to know who the Itreans really were, though.
“Kane...” Ramírez spoke to him. “The Atra is currently trying to make a wormhole gate to make a leap to the New Olympian system. I must get a chance to talk to the adjunct. I know that she is in control of the ship, but I still want to be updated on the battle scene. The Durgas is going to be in weapon’s range in like five minutes.”
“I know that doesn’t sound good,” Kane said.
“The only reason why the Durgas can’t fire its railguns is that its nose is pointed directly at us while accelerating. If it fires its rounds, it will actually run into its own shots. It is speeding up quicker than the rounds. We are at least safe from that, but we have issues to worry about.”
“What is it?”
“When the wormhole gate is opened up, I need either you or myself to send a communication to the New Olympian fleet. If the Atra jumps into their system, we risk getting ourselves blown away by their defenses. Supposedly they managed to repel two Shal’rein clan fleets without even getting a scratch from one of their dreadnoughts. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want whatever they have to be used on us by accident. This mission is so important that I don’t want us to die because of simple, friendly fire.”
Kane remembered those great white ships that the New Olympians possessed. The commander was right. They had powerful warships and more than the means to repel fleets of enemy warships.
“I would encourage us to take us to Mars or Earth, but I am still afraid of the wormhole gate being traced. If the Aksren and the Shal’rein get the coordinates to Mars before this treaty is ratified, then kiss our ass goodbye. That is assuming if they don’t already have the coordinates,” Ramírez directed his question to Ifra. “How much further is the bridge?”
“It isn’t that far,” she said with a couple of clicks in her voice. “We take an elevator and ride up to level 1. They operate both the dorsal bow and ventral bridges during combat.”
“It doesn’t help we are a sitting duck. Assuming the Itrean gate folding technology is the same as ours, they would have to be near still in order to open the wormhole. It makes escaping difficult.”
“It’s why the captain is staying behind, isn’t he?” Kane asked.
There was a short pause in Ramírez’s voice. “Si ... he knows what he is doing. It was just like the Cabot. The UHN Drake managed to escape because the Cabot distracted the Aksren warships long enough to allow the others to escape.”
“There is no hope for him is there?” Kane asked.
“There has been no hope for us this whole year. It was only until these last couple of days before something did happen. The captain knows that, and it is worth dying for it. That small amount of hope is all that matters.”
Kane nodded his head. Even Ifra turned her head a little bit as she replied back to him. “He won’t be forgotten, though...”
On the Gabatrix’s bridge, the captain sat by the center command console of the bridge. William knew that even if the warship was set to automatic, the quantum computer core was still no match for human ingenuity and the reflexes against its foe. The computers could make numerous calculations a second, but in the end, it was no match against the human heart. One person was still needed to control the whole ship in this final action.
The captain was strapped in his chair. He reached into his Velcro pocket and pulled out a small hypo syringe. Only to be taken in an emergency, he looked at it closely.
“Well ... only to be taken in times of severe stress and high gs,” the captain said to himself. “The price of living on a low gravity planet...”
The syringe was an emergency medication to help prevent blacking out and to give the body the temporary extra strength in case of shipboard combat operations. It would give the body the edge needed to handle the high-intensity gravity pressed onto the human body. He undid the cap and pressed it to his neck. He then pressed the button as the liquid was quickly injected into his bloodstream. It was quick and painless. He then put it back into his pocket.
He took a deep breath and already felt some of the effects kick in. He looked at the screen as he then reached into his other breast pocket. He felt it as he grabbed the large brown wrapped cigar out of his pocket. He put the cigar to the edge of his mouth and admired the taste of it.
“Yep... , “ he said with a mouthful of a cigar. “Time to stick it to them.” He pulled out the one match that he had and then pulled out a small laser igniter. He held the match near to his face and then placed the laser igniter to the tip. With a little button press, the laser emitted its oppressive heat as the match began to cook.
In zero gravity, fire reacts a little bit differently in an oxygen environment. The captain already knew this as he saw the match ignite. With no gravity acting on it, the flames will instead expand like a sphere from the burning tip. The fire will quickly burn out as he brought it to his cigar. The tip of the cigar began to burn. He saw as the flame started to consume the match quickly and burn it up. He took a few puffs of his breath to ensure the fire would slowly burn the cigar. He tossed the match in a random direction as it burned up to a black molten stick. Without much fuel to burn off of and the fact that the flames go everywhere, the match will quickly burn itself out.
“Now ... to turn on the ventilation to the max,” he said as he put the laser igniter away and reached his hand to the control console panel.
He stuck his augmented arm onto the controls. Immediately his arm began to glow blue as he interfaced with the ship. He could feel the connection. As captain, he had full control. The ship was his to do as he pleased. No one would be there to complain about smoking a cigar and burning the oxygen up. No one would be there to tell him what he was doing was insane. This was his world now.
William could feel the controls in his mind. He took control of the ventilation to ensure that the smoke wouldn’t pile upon his face. Without a proper channel, even cigar smoke would go in all directions and get into his eyes and vision. He felt the air kick in as it began to push the growing sphere of smoke.
“Damn good cigar... , “ he said to himself. “Too bad the humans on Earth screwed themselves up. They must have made a good profit off of these. At least now...”
The captain paused as he saw on the display that the hatchway passageway had been retracted. The Gabatrix was free from the Atra. He then began to activate the forward thrusters. Slowly the ship began to clear from the Atra. William could still see the Durgas getting closer. Little by little, it would be within firing range. Instead, he seemed unfazed.
“Opening up a channel to the Atra...” He said as he sent off the signal to the T’rintar warship.
The straps were holding him into his chair. He could feel the acceleration pulling him forward slightly. The mechanisms in the ship sent out the signal. He looked at the large horseshoe display screen. He could see the Atra as it was deploying gate probes very similar to the Gabatrix earlier. The probes were shaped differently. They were starting to form a ring that was at 30% completion. He waited for the Atra to respond.
“Tala’Talar ... where are you?” he asked. He waited for a response from the hail.
He waited for several seconds when the screen popped up on his display. The face of Tala’Talar was clear and easy to see. The elongated cranial crest was prominent.
“Captain...” She called out.
“What is your status on your wormhole gate?”
She seemed to struggle as she translated the words in her head. Finally, she replied back to him. “We have 15 of your minutes left.”
“Good ... keep it up,” he replied.
“The Askren ... dreadnought will be firing its weapons soon. We will use what is ... working here to shoot at them.”
“Don’t hesitate. As soon as that wormhole is open, get out. Don’t worry about me. I called because I need to know about Aksren battle tactics. When I shoot my rail guns at them, what direction will the Aksren go?”
Tara’Talar was processing the information. The captain could see that his ship was completely clear of the Atra. He issued out a new series of commands to the ship. The forward thrusters ceased, and the rear thrusters activated to slow the vessel down. He felt himself be pushed to his seat lightly as the ship came to a stop. The vectoring thrusters began to activate. The Gabatrix was altering its course, pointing its aft section directly at the incoming Aksren dreadnought.
“Captain ... you shoot them, and they will go to port ... they will go to the left,” she tried to answer the best she could.
“My left or their left?”
“Theirs...”
“Good... , that is all that I will need.”
Tara’Talar gave a quick nod to him. Her reptilian eyes seemed to explain it all. “Captain ... human named William ... we will remember you. Your sa ... sacra ... your action will not be lost.”
“Thank you, adjunct. Take good care of Earth ... or in this case ... Itrea. Captain William out...”
The channel closed as the face of Tara’Talar faded. His cigar was still in his mouth as he savored the taste. He had to keep puffing it, or the cigar would quickly burn out.
“Let’s do this... , “ he said to himself. He looked at the overhead screen and still saw the dreadnought getting closer. “How about a little music?”
He cycled through the list of music available that was depicted in the Gabatrix’s core database. He already had the music chosen. A melody of Chinese war drums and electro beats began to play together.
“Ah ... nothing beats ‘Telin Lee’s Martian Dance Music.’”
He didn’t hesitate any longer. This part he knew was going to get intense. He activated the forward thrusters. The fierce hot flames began to emit from the warship. The acceleration of the ship going backward was pushed onto his body harder than ever before. If the straps didn’t hold him in place, he would have flown out of his seat and slammed into the forward horseshoe display.
“Come on ... come on...” He said. “The enemy has a head start over you. You have a lot of ground to make up ... Come on, Gabatrix ... you may be old, but you still got some fight in you yet.”
The g forces were getting intense as he could feel his body being pulled hard. The blood was pulling forward. The ship was going in reverse as fast that it could go. The Atra was starting to get further and further away from his screen.
Kane, Ramírez, and Ifra arrived at the bridge of the Atra. The place looked different than the Gabatrix’s bridge. It seemed somewhat small. There was a large central section that consisted of consoles that pointed up like a cone. Yutilian women were sitting on chairs that held them in place. The center bridge almost looked like a giant tree of some sort, but you could still see the computer consoles and working technology in place. The large console in the center of the circle of consoles was the place where Tara’Talar was standing.
Kane briefly saw Captain William’s face before the screen went down. It appeared that the adjunct of the ship and William quickly exchanged words before they closed the channel.
Ramírez looked around him as well. The room was elaborate. It was almost alive with all the branches and vines. There was no horseshoe display in front of the bridge. There were a couple of screens here and there in the circular room. The crew’s location was where things seemed interesting.
It didn’t appear that the Itreans used augmented arms or limbs that he could see. The Yutilians, in this case, were on chairs that kept them cushioned and protected. Their arms and hands were fully integrated into the consoles. The orifices that their hands were inserted into almost looked a man with his arm stuck in an animal’s mouth. This must have been the way the Itreans operated. It was very similar to how most humans worked in UHN vessels, but they needed augmented limbs to do it. These Itreans literally connected their own bodies to the framework of the ship. It was like watching cells in a bodywork.
Kane remarked in how the Yutilians looked like. There must have been like twelve Yutilian women working on the consoles. Each Yutilian, even if they were the same race as Ifra, had different defying looks. Some had different colored feathers. Some had different cranial shapes, breast sizes, scale patterns, colors of the scales, slightly fatter or skinnier, and different tail shapes. Some had blue scales, while others had more red or green color. They were dressed in some sort of thin, almost skintight green overgarment. Rank insignias at least what they looked like, seemed to be at the center just above the chest. They had the same magnetic wrappings on their feet, just like Ifra’s. Their brains and minds seemed focused on the tasks at hand. They didn’t even notice Ifra and the two humans walking into the bridge.
Ifra walked up to the center portion of the large cone. Almost like an office in the dead center of the bridge, the adjunct was busy behind her console. Her hands were placed at the center of her screen. Unlike the other consoles, this one seemed more original, having a series of digital buttons. She was busy issuing commands but was alerted to Ifra and the humans’ arrival.
She was already standing when she turned around. To Kane, her physical appearances were way more apparent when compared to the Yutilian women. She was an Aksren serving the T’rintar clan. Her cranial protrusion jutted from her head, and she had an almost beak-like nose. She did not have feathers like the Yutilians, and she was a little bit taller. In reality, she was actually just about human height. Her tail was slightly longer. She had the same amount of claws jutting from her fingers and toes. Her uniform was somewhat different in color, having green and black on it, and it covered her chest, arms, and lower extremities. Her scales also looked different, being red and green. Did all Aksren look like her? Who knew, but that wasn’t important at the moment.
“Ifra ... Kane... , “ she called out to them. “The human named Ramírez...”
“Adjunct Tara’Talar,” Ramírez said to her. “Thank you for having our presence.”
“I am ... controlling this ship. Please leave the command room.”
“Tara’Talar, it is essential that we speak to you,” Kane addressed her. “The New Olympians have a powerful fleet at their system. We need to send a message through the wormhole to that system. We need to tell them to stand down or risk them shooting us!”
The adjunct seemed to understand about three-quarters of what he said. She instead looked at Ifra and spoke in her own language. She made a series of local grunts, cackles, chirps, and of course, her own words. Ifra responded back, translating the words for her to understand.
“Yes ... Ambassador Kane ... Commander Ramírez,” Tara’Talar said. “I will let you send the message when the worm ... hole opens. I need to lead my ship.”
Ifra gave her quick nods. She gestured for the two to leave the adjunct’s alcove. She used her pointer claw to aim towards one of the displays away from the center of the room.
All three walked to the display near the entrance to the bridge. Instead, the screen flicked on, and they could see the camera of the Atra aim towards the Gabatrix. Another one was focused on the Aksren dreadnought.
Kane could see the intense flames that radiated from the Gabatrix’s forward thrusters. The intense orange and blue light glowed as the ship was flying in reverse.
Ramírez looked around a little bit more. He seemed more composed, but his eyes would occasionally look back at the display. He crossed his arms.
“Everything will be alright,” Ifra addressed Ramírez. She even put her clawed hand to his arm. It was the first time that Kane had seen her try to calm another human down. She had seen his inflections from his face and could tell that he was stressed. It was apparent why but Ifra was doing what she could to ease him.
Ramírez simply sighed. “I just hope it is worth it...”
Ifra let go of Ramírez as she watched the scene on display.
“Why is the captain flying the ship in reverse?” Kane asked as the ambassador was watching the scene unfold.
“The Aksren dreadnought popped in almost directly behind us,” Ramírez replied to the ambassador. “He is just warming up. Remember that in space, you can do whatever you want with a ship. Most UHN warships are designed to be able to reach its top speeds in reverse just as it would be the other way.”
“Why?”
“Sometimes, combat doesn’t work the way you think in space. We noticed at times that the Aksren missiles have a greater range than us. We have had a skirmish or two in which they use their forward thrusters to achieve their max range over ours. This ensures that we can’t hit them while they hit us.”
“Does the captain have to worry about this?” Kane asked.
“Probably not. There are factors involved right now. That dreadnought is heading straight at us at full burn. It would take them much time to slow down and go into reverse. Another way is for them to do a slow turn to avoid the Gabatrix. Either way, the captain has advantages and disadvantages right now in this battle.”
“In what way?”
Ramírez pointed at the dreadnought and the Gabatrix. “For one, the dreadnought has had at least ten minutes of additional burn time with their engines. I can’t tell from this display, but the issue with traveling in space is acceleration. The Gabatrix is capable of reaching top speeds of about 400 kilometers a second. This may sound fast, and I bet the Aksren are capable of reaching similar or faster speeds, but if you notice, we are in ships that lack much in gravity. If this ship went from zero to 400 kilometers a second in well ... a second, we would be reduced to red paint stains on the wall and bulkheads. We have to build the ships to that top speed slowly. This isn’t a battle of top speeds. It is about a battle of acceleration. The captain has his hands full.”
“How can he win?” Kane asked, shaking his head. “You said six missiles, right?”
“Yeah ... we typically have a lot more than that.”
“Why did they underarm us?”
“They need them for the fleet. Each missile is one that can save a ship or take down another. Sorry ambassador, but we are all expendable in this mission.”
“What does he hope to achieve?”
Ramírez shook his head. “The only thing that he can do ... buy us the crucial time to escape. It will take time for the Aksren missiles and warheads to reach us. If he can shoot some of them down, then we might make it. I don’t know how durable these Itrean warships are, but they seem difficult to take down.”
“How many did they take down at Cipra?”
“The Aksren? Let’s see ... we lost over twenty battleships, but they lost a scout ship and a battleship in return.”
Kane’s eyes went wide. He knew the Siege of Cipra was a horrific loss for the UHN, but he didn’t realize it was that bad.
“Don’t feel bad ambassador,” Ramírez said. “I feel the same trepidation that you do. It will be fair to say that the Aksren did outnumber us badly at Cipra. Maybe if the Atra was at full operational status and we had a full armament on the Gabatrix, we might have been able to take on that dreadnought ... maybe. Unfortunately, we are as what is given to us ... nothing but shit.”
Kane sighed. He could feel his heart pound a little bit. Literally, the Gabatrix was the only actual shield that the Atra had. His adrenaline began to pump as fear was starting to hit him.
“Kane...” Ramírez tried to say to him. “I wanted to say I am sorry.”
“For what?”
“How I treated you earlier these couple of days. I just hated Aniruddha and his administration. The captain believes in you ... both of you. Well ... I don’t need to say anything more about it. I am just going to do my job.”
Kane looked at the center of the bridge. There was nothing else that he could do but watch.
The Gabatrix was doing a full accelerated control burn of the forward thrusters. Captain William had the cigar firmly in his teeth. Embers were being blown forward as the smoke blew away. The captain didn’t care. His attention was keeping his body focused despite the forward gs being pressed against his back.
“Come on, ... come on,” he said to himself with a mouth full of a cigar. “They do this on the Neptune’s Trial for all new ships and crews. Full accelerated burns to push the body to the limit. It is a requirement we all have to face and pass. Going to hope that stimulant will keep me going. Setting the ship on automatic course to them, if the computer sees me pass out...”
He watched on the console as it happened. The battle drum music was continuing to play in the background. The console lit up with alerts. He could see it on the horseshoe display screen as the Aksren dreadnought opened its four forward launch doors. It was now in weapons range as all four torpedoes were shot out like a spread. He could see the Aksren were targeting the Gabatrix first. The warheads flew out and went to the ventral side of the warship as their engines went to full burn.
“Ah ... typical,” William replied, sighing. “Aksren battering ram salvo. The most important torpedo to shoot down is the last one. Three normal anti-armor missiles followed with a nuke. A little early to give me the welcome sign, aren’t we?”
William already knew the tactics. Fire a spread of missiles and then have the last one with a nuclear warhead on it. Once the armor was ripped open, the nuke would fly in and detonate inside the warship. It was quite an effective tactic, at least for the beginning of the conflict.
The captain could see another series of actions being made from the dreadnought. Eight missiles were launched from the vertical missile array battery of the Aksren warship. One by one, the missiles flew straight up. They then turned in flight and began to head straight towards his direction. He looked at his display console and could see that the missiles were not targeting his ship. The missiles were targeting the Atra.
“Only eight?” William asked out loud. “Come on, ... you have more than that. You are second-guessing, aren’t we, captain? Don’t know what your priority is?”
“I think that will work,” Ifra said. “I am satisfied with the trade prospects.” An hour had passed, and Ifra and Kane were both sitting in the conference room together. They were both fully dressed again. Nobody would ever know the events that transpired in this room if they had it their way. On the table were some of the fruit that grew on the vine-like branches on the sides of the hall. Ifra was busy eating one of the fruits as Kane was checking out the words written down on the tilon. His...
Who is Gabatrix... ? Is he a man, and is he a hero? What is the legacy that such a man could create for the human race? The only way that we can answer this question is to learn about your past. When we sit down and observe the history of humanity in the last two hundred years, you end up learning about the amazing accomplishments that we, the ones that call ourselves “Homo sapiens,” had conquered. We were on the brink of extinction, yet we remain alive because of the sacrifices of our...
“There...” Ericson said, looking at the body in front of him. It had been over a week. The computer lab was showing signs of tidiness. What was essentially two complete companion bot frames were now merged into one. There were parts still left that were placed near the door, but the body was coming along well. Ericson looked tired but was making significant progress. Minerva’s face was watching the scene intently as she always was. She watched the scientist as he put piece after piece...
“I like it,” Ifra commented to Kane as the history documentary closed down. He would close up his hand as the projection faded. “Yeah, I need to thank Javier for that one,” Kane replied. “I admit I had a chance to learn something too.” Ifra took her claws as she tapped the table. “Perhaps we should do this more often.” “What do you mean?” She looked down at the table. There was a faint smile on her face. “Its ... it is ... so many negotiations end up as a failure. At times I feel like I...
It seemed that a cheery wave of words began to spread around the ship about the actions of a supposed companion bot that managed to jump onto a spinning shuttlecraft. All the crew would get to know what Minerva was and what she had accomplished. Any fear or skepticism of the crew of the UHN Tyson ended then and there. Minerva existed, and she was a hero. Ericson was awestruck. Minerva had essentially performed a miracle the day before. The Captain was impressed, and the UHN canceled sending...
Blue and black... Space was infinite and like a void. A series of flashes of swirling light could be seen in the distance. No longer could one look at Europa. No longer could you look at Jupiter. Instead, the swirling blue light traveled almost instantly from one point to another. The planet of Mars came into view almost as if you were teleported from one destination to another. The swirling blue and black light began to fly towards Mars like a tidal wave. Of course, no human could ever...
Ericson sat in his chair in his room. Minerva was not far from him. She was busy knitting a set of clothes as she watched Ericson. He, on the other hand, was busy reading the email that he received from high command. The news was not good. A whistleblower in the Aniruddha administration had learned about the secret projects that were going on. Even by the 24th century, politics still reigned. If it was one thing for sure, politics was a never-ending theater where people screamed and argued to...
“Alright, my friend,” Jabr said. “Here is the body frame you need or ... at least one of them.” Two weeks had passed, and there was finally some sense of good news on the part for Ericson. He seemed satisfied that Minerva was operating properly. The day, however, was one that he and Minerva were waiting for. The computer lab was filled with tools. The computer desk that held the quantum computer now had a deactivated android human-looking body on it. The quantum computer was placed down on...
A day had passed. Ericson was not having much luck from his end. It had been the next morning, and Minerva was still powered down. He wouldn’t go to see her again until he had the answers for her. Ericson was walking down the passageway that led to the crew quarters for Akari and Jabr. It was quiet that day. Seemingly as always, it was like walking down an abandoned building. The activity was happening, but evidently, not where he was located. “I create one of the best AIs, and they won’t...
“What?” Ericson said in shock. “You got to be kidding me!” “It is the only solution to this problem. I might not have all the data, but simulations in my programming indicate that the crew’s life is in danger. I need to do this. Please let me talk to the Captain or pass it along to him for him to consider it.” Ericson had to think quickly. Each second was starting to become precious. The fact was that Minerva was most likely correct. The idea that she had actually made sense, but it was...
Seven months would pass on like it was nothing at all. The UHN Tyson would continue with little to no problems at all. It had been quiet as it always was on the ship. The incident with the shuttle would be remembered for some time. However, even that would fade into memory and record. The UWA, on the other hand, abounded with activity. Jupiter was not precisely the place where a war was happening, but it was happening in other places. The Itreans were making their moves. Systems left and...
“Yes!” Ericson said with excitement. “Three years of working with this, and I finally got it working!” He stepped away from the table and looked at the large screen. If the program worked correctly, it should respond to his words. The display still showed the green lettering as if it was waiting for his next action. “Right ... Program, can you understand my voice?” The letters on the screen changed and depicted the word “affirmative” on it. “Good. You will identify yourself as Minerva. Is...
Ericson stood in the lab as he looked at the subroutines displayed from his arm. He had been working for five hours. Minerva’s face seemed different than the day before. He spent the time correcting the missing subroutines and nonfunctioning algorithms. The lab was as displayed as before, but there were changes. The planet Jupiter and Europa were no longer depicted on the left large screen. Instead, it had the waterfall of subroutines to his left as Minerva’s face was on display beside it....
It had been over a day since the news spread throughout the United Worlds’ Alliance. The crew and staff of the Tyson were shocked by everything that had happened. It seemed unbelievable to most until they watched the whole scene of events on the UWAN. Ericson couldn’t watch anymore of it. He simply chose to work in his lab. He didn’t want to talk to anyone except work on Minerva. It was his only source of happiness at the moment. It had been quiet as he focused on his creation. Despite him...
Two days would pass for Ericson. He had downloaded all the data to Minerva’s memory core. Every cent of information except for a few things that he felt were not recommended for her, was excluded. Minerva was given the intelligence of some of the greatest scholars that anyone could ever achieve. He had the next thing that he needed to do, however, and it was the most important step for her. It would have to wait, however... Ericson was walking straight ahead inside the nearby ring. Getting...
Katherine stepped into her elegant living room and took a book from the shelf. She sat in a plush lounge chair, specifically selecting a chair in the back corner of the room next to an old dumbwaiter that was once used to ferry delicious meals from the downstairs kitchen to the dining room table. She planned to read the book for a short while, but she already knew her attention would soon be diverted. Tonight the dumbwaiter would once again be placed into service, except this time it would be...
Hi friends, indru tamil kama kathaiyil en sontha thangaiyai epadi oothen endra kudumba tamil kama kathaiyai ungal idam pagirugiren. Vaarungal tamil kama kathaikul selalam, en peyar prathap vayathu 28 aagugirathu. Enaku oru thangi irukiraal aval peyar mala vayathu 26 aagugirathu, avaluku innum thirumanam seiya vilai Avaluku thirumanam seithu vaikum alavirku engal idam ipozhuthu panam ilai, loan apply seithu atharkaaga kathukondu irukirom. Naan oru kama veriyan eppozhuthu pen kidaikum avargalai...
Hi friends, indru kathaiyil en nanbanai kathal seithu emathiriya pennai ootha kathaiyai ungal idam pagirugiren. En tamil kathaiyai inaiya thalathil pathivu seithatharku nandri, en peyar pradeep vayathu 21 aagugirathu. En nanbanai oru pen kathal seithu matter mudinthathum kayati vitu vitaal, athanaal naan avalai usar seithu hardcore seiyanum endru mudithu seithen. En nanban enaku nanban endru kanbithukolamal aval idam muthal muthalil pesi pazhaga aarambithen. Aval pathini pola en idam nadika...
Hi friends, indru tamil kama kathaiyil en kanavanuku theriyamal ilamaiyaana kaal kathalanai eppadi love seithen endra kathaiyai ungal idam pagirugiren. Vaarungal tamil kama kathaikul selalam, enathu peyar jaya vayathu 36 agugirathu. Enaku thirumanam aagi oru paiyan irukiraan pinbu en kanavanuku vayathu 42 agugirathu. Naan santhoshamaaga thaan vaazhnthu vanthukondu irunthen, naan oru teacheraaga velai paarthu varugiren. Naan velai seiyum classku arugil oru veedu irukirathu, antha veetil oru...
Hi friends, indru sex kathaiyil auntyai usar seithu eppadi matter adithen enbathai ungalidam pagirugiren. En peyar Seenu. Vayathu 21 aagugirathu. Naan ithu naal varai entha penaiyum sex seithathu kidaiyaathu. Naan engineering padithu varugiren, enathu nanbargal oru naal theaterku ennai azhaithaargal. Naangal neraga bar seithu saraku adithom, appozhuthu bagubali padam oodi kondu irunthathu. Naangal oru gramathil irukum theaterku sendru irunthom. Angu pothuvaga pengal athigam vara matargal,...
Ippozhuthu naan kalluriyil iruthi aandu padithu varugiren, enathu peyar kamal vayathu 23. Naan niraiya vibachaarigalai panam koduthu oothu irukiren. Aanal en vaazhvile sexyaaga thevidiyaavai eppadi oothen enbathai intha il ungalidam solla aasai padugiren. Naan chennaiyil oru thaniyaar kalluriyil padithu varugiren. Vibachaara pathumaigal endraal enaku miga pidikum, athilum sexyaaga irukum pathumaigalai ooka manam kenjum. En veetil konjam pana vasathi irupathaal maathathirku 4 muraiyaavathu...
Hi friends, en peyar Meenachi, vayathu 35 aagugirathu. Enaku iru pasangal irukiraargal, avargal schoolku sendru kondu irukiraargal. En kanavanuku 45 vayathu aagugirathu. Ippozhuthu ellam en kanavan ennai sex seivathe ilai naan eppozhuthum iravil en kanavna udan sex seiyalam endru ninaikum pozhuthu avar asanthu poi thungi vidugiraar. Intha vayathil thaan enaku athigamaaga moodu erugirathu, pengal 35 vayathil irunthu 40 vayathu varai thanga mudiyaatha kuthi aripu ear padum. Avargal athai...
Hi friends, en peyar Meenachi, vayathu 35 aagugirathu. Enaku iru pasangal irukiraargal, avargal schoolku sendru kondu irukiraargal. En kanavanuku 45 vayathu aagugirathu. Ippozhuthu ellam en kanavan ennai sex seivathe ilai naan eppozhuthum iravil en kanavna udan sex seiyalam endru ninaikum pozhuthu avar asanthu poi thungi vidugiraar. Intha vayathil thaan enaku athigamaaga moodu erugirathu, pengal 35 vayathil irunthu 40 vayathu varai thanga mudiyaatha kuthi aripu ear padum. Avargal athai...
Indru tamil kama kathaiyil ilamaiyaana magalum pinbu vithavai ammavaiyum eppadi usar seithu matter poten endru ungaluku solugiren. Suvarasiyam athigam irukum kama kathaikul selalam vaarungal, en peyar karthik. En veethiiyil oru pen ilamaiyaaga sexiyaaga irupaal, avalai thinamum sight adithu kondu irupen. Thinamum aval kalluri sendru varum pozhuthu iru velaiyilum sight adika arambithu viduven. Aval peyar nandhini vayathu 21 irukum, avaluku veetil aan thunai kidaiyaathu. Veetil oru amma iru...
After dinner Jason changed into cockroach form, dressed in his armor and wrote to Lauren. He spoke briefly with Yoyo, Cassius, Jacques, Marduk and several other leaders. Philippa decided to stay with Jason and Valsam. Zafa joined her fleet. Jason went to look outside. Tens of thousands of troops, tanks and gunships surrounded the palace. Jason spoke to Andrea and Linda. Razza and Julia returned to their rooms. Finally, Ooryphyon did so as well. Jason meditated and spoke to Porquenta and the...
Note : This story is completely fictional!In nineteen forty six Thelma Lou Anderson was married with three kids. Linda was the oldest. She was sixteen. Guy and George was ten and Guy seven. Thelma owned a beauty shop in Kansas City. She suspected her husband Lawerance was cheating on her again. She followed him one day when he thought she was at work and saw him go into a house. A woman opened the door and he went in. That was all the proof she needed. She went home and packed her suitcase and...
IncestThis story is fantasy. The actions described herein, did not happen, However, it is based on an actual 19th Century battle that took place between soldiers of the British Empire and an army of Muslim rebels. The story includes cruel treatment of young males, castration, enslavement and humiliation. If such a fantasy story or its sexual elements offend you, please read no further.The Battle of Khartoum: the Violation of the British Empire(Being an unauthorized account of the battle of...
Mother Ethel always enjoyed the short walk to the train station. It was beautiful Autumnal morning and Mother Ethel took the opportunity to walk to the train station as she knew that she had a very busy day ahead. Those that saw Mother Ethel along the way bowed reverently,they knew that Mother Ethel was a Nun of the Monastery of Repentance and when a Nun or a Monk walked past it was polite to bow, for many knew what the Nun's and Monk's of the Monastery were capable of. As Mother Ethel strolled...
Jason arrived at Charassa before the invading fleets. He informed his own Generals and Admirals about what he had been doing and why, so that they could convey this to the most senior Admiral and General directing the battle. “I can’t get over this, Jason! You constantly seem to manage to surprise me,” said Ouma Chatzke. “We now have a second extremely ancient race on our side, and their unique defense against planet and star system missiles is a true blessing. “These are trying times for...
As the trumpeter’s call split the early morning silence, it found Dakkoth moving through the intricate practice maneuvers that his craft demanded. Clear on the other side of the arena, Silvaeya was just waking up. She rolled out of her meager bed, and reached for her weapons and armor and began to suit up. One of the unspoken rules of the arena was never to be without a weapon of some kind at all times. Accidents happened all the time, and the more prepared that you were, the better your...
Author Note: This is one I wrote years ago when I first started writing and just recently found again on a disk. I thought The readers of Literotica might like it. ************ The Roamers had just finished their lunch and set off for Hyaline for supplies. As they neared Hyaline they could hear the sound of battle and as they got closer they could see that Hyaline was under attack from an army of wastelanders. These were those that had been affected by the radiation of the Great War and...
One day later. Time: Wednesday, May 26, 2055 11:30 PM UMT It was two hours before dawn, but both armies had already been positioning themselves for hours. Hannibal stood with his second-in-command in the situation room deep within Urushalim Express. Around them were a number of the ship's officers, watching the displays with them. Captain Silva cleared his throat. "Hannibal, to preserve some semblance of neutrality, I'll have to ask you and Edom to leave the ship soon and return to your...
Naan oru niruvanathi velai paarthu varugiren, en peyar vignesh vayathu 26, ippozhuthu kumbakonathil vasithu velai paarthu varugiren. En udan neraiya pengal velai paarthu varuvargal, aanal athil oru pen matum sexyaaga irupaal aval peyar meena vayathu 36 irukum. Ival oru kaama very pen eppozhuthum mulaiyai perthaaga kanbithu kondu irupaal. Ivalin mulaiyai paarthu mayangaatha aangale illai, avalavu sexyaaga irukum ivalin idupu sirithaaga irupathaal suuthu mulai sexyaga irukum. Ivalin udal vadivam...
Vanakam. Enathu peyar Kathir vayathu 25 naan pudhukottaiyil vasithu varugiren enaku velinaatil 3 maathangaluku vellai paarthu vittu ippozhuthu sontha uuril irukiren enathu gramathil niraiya thopugal irukum angu niraiya thena marangalum irukum. Enathu gramathil azhagana ilam pengal niraiya irupaargal veedugal ondraaga irukum thopugal uurai thali irukum aanal anaivaru ingu vanthu kaathu vaanga aasai paduvar. Enathu veetil naan oruvarn mattum thaan ithuvarai naan 7 pengalai currect seithu oothu...
Dot, Dorothea, and Dick Chapter One Dear sister: I found this letter among some others, scrolled up and tied with purple ribbon, in a chest belonging to our great grandfather. The name Charles has belonged to several in our family line, but I believe I know the one who received and saved this letter, and kept it preserved for so many years. I believe the letter speaks for itself, so I will now offer it up to you. Dearest Charles: I hope this missive finds you in such good...
The enemy in the battle had been much more effective and dangerous than had been expected. Their shields technology and weapons were very much more powerful than had been predicted. Jason was shaken by the events. This was the first time for a long time that he had felt threatened and at risk. Jason felt that he was back on a treadmill that was going faster and faster. There was a great sense of relief that the battle had been won. It could have so easily been a loss. Each of the allies...
This is my second attempt at a story so I hope you like it. Not much TG, but it's somewhat humerous. I give permission for you to place this story on your non-profit site as long as you e-mail me first. Read my other story on Fictionmania. SRU: The Battle of the Sexes (In Rhyme) by Mysterious Stranger "Women are better than men!" yelled Wanda over and over again. The arguing was getting bad, and there was no answer to be had. The women claimed to be superior to all, while...
(An Incestuous Harem Story) Chapter Two: Therapist's Incestuous Treatment By mypenname3000 Copyright 2019 Note: Thanks to wrc264 for beta reading this! Session 12 with Mercedes Daniels I kissed my patient, Mercedes Daniels, with hunger, my body burning from telling her about my earlier romp with my husband. My brother. Clint had come in here and fucked me and my previous patient, a naughty mother I was guiding into seducing her son. Mercedes Daniels shuddered as I pressed atop her...
The Grand Duke and his entourage left the capitol and crossed the Rika Chorna river in a fleet of ferries. He commented to his commanders that, if he survived the upcoming war, he’d have to build a bridge to span the river closer to the capitol. It was ridiculous to have to cross like this, in boats like common cargo. The Danubian Royal Army already was encamped on the south bank, opposite the city. As soon as the sovereign showed up, the men began their trek southwards. There were 9,000...
G.S.P Chapter 13 Final Battle for the G.S.P * * * "Thank you agent for arranging this meeting," agent Hawk said. He was presented on a video link from Washington and most members of the team were assembled. Those absent were Avalanche at school and Mindeye on a trip to Washington. "A meeting is essential given the nature of the problem. Has Mindeye arrived to provide you with assistance?" agent Anderson asked. "Mindeye is here in Washington and will arrive here in a short while....
Our Last Day of School. I can’t believe it. This is my last day of school, I thought, not sure how I felt now that the long awaited day was here. Stepping out into the beautiful sunny afternoon, heading toward the group of waiting yellow school buses I breathed a sigh of relief. I was glad school was finished. Throughout High School like a ship at sea, I had plotted my course, studying hard. However, the Scholarship that many felt I had rightfully won had somehow ended up going to one of...
“What’s wrong? What’s wrong?”Anthea looked up at her mum as she sat down at the dining table. “Nothing is wrong,” Anthea responded watching as her mum hurriedly dried her hands with a tea towel.“Is the baby okay? Are you okay? Is Jack okay?” she asked as her husband came into the room and pulled up a seat at the table.“We’re all fine Mum,” she responded exasperated with her mum’s anxiety. “I have something to tell you.”“Sit down Helen,” her dad snapped. “Give the lass a chance to speak.”Anthea...
My Daughter and My Battle Within For the last five years, I have fought a major battle of morality within my own mind. My daughter, now 17, has developed into an absolute gorgeous young woman. My secret desires have remained within my mind for so long now, explicit taboo thoughts of incestuous lust. This is a story, an account of how I fought this battle and how this battle was ultimately lost. I know there are many men, fathers out there that also fight this secret battle within and I admire...
IncestThe Etrich Taube bumps down after it's second reconnaissance flight. Gerda Carpentier bounds down from the cockpit, her cheeks flushed with excitement. Striding purposefully over to the shed she asks where Leutnant Spangenburg is. "Gone with his men," I tell her. She shivers with concern for her absent lover, perhaps even now fighting for his life somewhere out there. Collecting herself, she gives her breathless report to me. "Still in column... near that village by the twin...
Prologue The bulbous grey ship winked out of hyperspace and swung into orbit around the blue and green planet. Selecting the largest land mass it decelerated, flamed through the atmosphere, found a secluded location and settled to the ground on antigravity beams, it's landing pads crushing trees like matchsticks. The need for the UR-Metal had become critical and the Hive Mind was becoming desperate. It had been repulsed from this source before, this time it would not fail. 'I have heard...
Mars Base: Federation Side Thirteen-year-old Mitchell Young sat back from his computer screen, looked at the final design of the APES, and watched the simulation run. Within seconds, they had devastated a unit of T'Lari warriors. Reaching over to the keypad, he typed in a few commands and watched the T'Lari change to battle Mechs and it took a little bit longer but they were able to wipe out the twenty Mechs for the loss of only five of the APES. With a grin, he said, "It's going to...
“What is twenty miles?” Heaty asked. John showed Heaty what an inch is by using the back of his thumb. Twelve inches equal one foot. Heaty asked, “Are feet and foot the same thing?” So, he understood foot/feet. John then went big, “Yes, feet is the plural of foot and 5,280 feet make a mile.” Heaty took the next step, “20 miles are 105,600 feet. Good!” No doubt Heaty could figure on his feet. We were back with Lady Ada in the control, “Lady Ada, My Jenny wants to heal you. Is that...
My Golden Summer with Blythe – Part 2 Josh’s childhood dream girl visits him in San Francisco. The Return of Blythe Coming from a small farming community, San Francisco proved to be everything Josh had ever imagined – and then some. He loved the freewheeling atmosphere – the friendliness – in short, he fell in love with the city by the Bay. Because of early retirements, and dedication to his work, he had advanced much quicker than he had ever expected. Arriving at his chic little Apartment...
Uther By Ellie Dauber (c) 2006 Introduction According to the legends of King Arthur, Merlin changed Uther Pendragon into a double for Duke Gorlois, so he could spend the night with Ygraine, the Duke's wife. Ygraine and Gorlois had three daughters: Elaine, Morgause, and Morgan le Faye. During their time together, Ygraine became pregnant with the child who was to become King Arthur. Uther's men killed Gorlois that same night. This is my TG (of course) version of what...
As the sun set, we stood on the top of the narrow pass on the main trail through the Dragon's Backbone. Behind us a valley led to the plains of our home. Before us a valley led down the steppes across which the main enemy army had come. We were watching them coming up the valley not far from us now; they would start crossing the pass on the next morning. The captain spoke to us, only a few words, but even now, as I write this, they give me shivers in my bones. "Soldiers of Livia. They are...
Surrender? “Nuts!” Gen. Anthony McAuliffe’s 1944 Christmas Message to his Troops In mid-December 1944, Allied forces were surprised by a massive German offensive through the Ardennes Forrest that created a “bulge” in the Allied lines. Caught in what would become known as the “Battle of the Bulge,” the 101st Airborne Division of the United States Armed Forces was holed up in Bastogne while German armored divisions encircled the town. Outnumbered, outgunned, and running out of food, ammunition,...
After resting for about half an hour with the two women doing the same beside him Mev sat up. It was time to prepare to meet the Zentas Hue; he could feel the pattern of his spellcraft previously applied to the ship was fading fast. It would not be long before the Zentas Hue trio was able to return to the ship and do whatever they wanted with it. Mev looked at Sheila who was still sitting back against the wall. After a moment her eyes opened and then a look of wonder came over her face as...
John looked to the Captain of the Lulu, “Battle Stations Captain! Plan A-1 defend earth.” “Yes Sir! Plan A-1 defend earth.” The two men had worked out communications with the Captain’s limited English, “Sir our sensors are telling us of intruders in the flight bay.” John heard what could pass for a marching song on earth. Some more men and women coming to man the guns on Lulu. “Willa was standing next to John, “They won’t let me do battle up close,” Willa said as she patted her...
Chapter 11: Althea, the School Girl The infernal screeching of the alarm clock awoke Cal from his reverie. He had been up for about a half-hour, but he had only been lying in bed next to the love of his life. Althea's arms were still clutched about him as he stealthily clicked the snooze button, assuming that it was six o' five in the morning, his usual waking time during the school week. He had been thinking long and hard about the previous two nights. Evan... what have you become? He...
edited by Master Ken Wednesday, September 4th, 2013 "Hi, I am Miss Blythe," I said to my class, writing my name on the whiteboard with a red dry-erase marker. "I will be your World History teacher." It was the first day of the new school year and, as I launched into the course syllabus, my thoughts kept drifting to that day in June at the end of the last term, when my Living God, the Holy Mark Glassner, walked into this very classroom and changed my very outlook on life. I didn't know...
The the wind howled around the quayside as I stepped onto terra firma for the first time in weeks, the wind threw sharp shards of ice to sting our faces as we looked up at the sails as they were finally furled and stowed as our captain grinned at our discomfiture, "Au revoir!" he joked as if he knew we should soon be recalled. Those such as were left, and we were few enough, I shuddered. My best uniform packed securely in my Valise, awaited me, and just a few more duties before I...
Mortars exploded no more than thirty seconds after his daughter had departed. Hitch and Kieu-Linh quickly donned helmets and flak jackets, then rushed out to find protection. Old instincts had Hitch rising for a fight, his mind already taking in every detail and craving more. Plumes of dust were close by, and more impacts pounded within a hundred meters. Hitch heard shouts around them, the rattle of a .50 caliber exploding to their east. "We're being overrun!" a man shouted with...
"Withered roses, forget, what they wept for day after day." I was an author. Not someone special no, but I guess for whatever reason, God gave me a special task. It was in November I started writing this book. It was something I thought the girls at my book club would like. Chapter 1 His name was Aaron. He was young man. Thin, but strong, or should I say strong boned. He lived with his two parents. His father was going old and senile. His mother was young and very concerned...