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Captain.”
Mendel hit the button and the klaxon began wailing, “Battle stations; all hands to battle stations. Arm your weapons.” The lighting on the bridge went to combat luminosity so the board’s lights would be clearer. Sen-Gen nodded and the klaxon silenced. “All hands report ready, Admiral.”
Sen-Gen looked at Destiny and nodded; he said, “Edison, take us into the other universe.” The huge three hundred mile wide ship disappeared.
“Nest Mother, I have detected a universal drive entering our universe.”
The Nest Mother looked quickly at her communication panel, “Where is it?”
“It’s about halfway across our universe from this location.”
“Is it one of our vessels?”
“I do not see a vessel, Nest Mother. We just sensed a drive but nothing where we scanned it.”
Could this be a hidden vessel? She had to know, “Send a family to investigate. Get them there immediately to scan for jump tracks.”
The communications male issued the orders and watched as millions of ships left for the site of the disturbance. After ten minutes he reported, “Nest Mother, there were no jump tracks and no ships in the area we scanned.”
The Nest Mother was confused. “Are you sure a universal drive was used?” The ships had arrived in plenty of time to read jump tracks if a ship had entered there and jumped away. Could it be that it was not visible?
“Nest Mother I have no doubt about a drive being used in that area.”
“Have another family report to the site and then order both families to fly through the area covering every inch of that space.”
Thirty million ships began crisscrossing the area of the emergence. The Nest Mother watched her display as her children looked for a ship.
Edison teleported away from the entry point to a point where he could barely see the Nest Mother’s ship; there were millions of ships around her vessel. He scanned their locations and downloaded it into his board and then teleported away. He sent his download to the bridge’s main display and waited for Destiny to decide about how to approach. The bridge crew took one look at the screen and was dumbfounded. The Nest Mother’s ship was totally surrounded by main ships out to ninety thousand miles.
Life looked at Grena on his display, “Are you sorry we accepted this mission?”
“No, love; I would have been sorry if you were here without me. Even if we die today, at least we do it together. That is all I really want; to be with you.”
“I think we can do this, and if we do make it out of here I want you to become my mate.”
“You could have asked me before now. How am I going to show you how happy you just made me?”
“I thought about that but I want you to know going in that I love you and always will. I just couldn’t wait if things don’t work out.”
“I accept, Life. No matter what happens today, I will always be your mate.’
Life smiled and felt his resolve grow to survive this mission. Grena just sat, waited, and felt her heart sing.”
Stem looked at the screen and said, “How are we going to get through those?”
Destiny looked at the display, “I am open to suggestions.”
Sen-Gen shook her head, “I don’t see any way we can get a clear shot at that vessel. The penetrators must have four hundred miles to get up to speed before they hit.”
Everyone remained silent and began fearing that all of their plans were wasted effort. “Father, I have an idea.”
Destiny started and then said, “Go ahead, Edison.”
“We have more than ten thousand screened probes on this ship. Why don’t we teleport them outside this system and then have them use their jump drives to jump back in on the other side of the Nest Mother’s ship. They will detect the probes breaking back into normal space and it should cause some kind of reaction from those surrounding the ship. We’ll turn
Mendel hit the button and the klaxon began wailing, “Battle stations; all hands to battle stations. Arm your weapons.” The lighting on the bridge went to combat luminosity so the board’s lights would be clearer. Sen-Gen nodded and the klaxon silenced. “All hands report ready, Admiral.”
Sen-Gen looked at Destiny and nodded; he said, “Edison, take us into the other universe.” The huge three hundred mile wide ship disappeared.
“Nest Mother, I have detected a universal drive entering our universe.”
The Nest Mother looked quickly at her communication panel, “Where is it?”
“It’s about halfway across our universe from this location.”
“Is it one of our vessels?”
“I do not see a vessel, Nest Mother. We just sensed a drive but nothing where we scanned it.”
Could this be a hidden vessel? She had to know, “Send a family to investigate. Get them there immediately to scan for jump tracks.”
The communications male issued the orders and watched as millions of ships left for the site of the disturbance. After ten minutes he reported, “Nest Mother, there were no jump tracks and no ships in the area we scanned.”
The Nest Mother was confused. “Are you sure a universal drive was used?” The ships had arrived in plenty of time to read jump tracks if a ship had entered there and jumped away. Could it be that it was not visible?
“Nest Mother I have no doubt about a drive being used in that area.”
“Have another family report to the site and then order both families to fly through the area covering every inch of that space.”
Thirty million ships began crisscrossing the area of the emergence. The Nest Mother watched her display as her children looked for a ship.
Edison teleported away from the entry point to a point where he could barely see the Nest Mother’s ship; there were millions of ships around her vessel. He scanned their locations and downloaded it into his board and then teleported away. He sent his download to the bridge’s main display and waited for Destiny to decide about how to approach. The bridge crew took one look at the screen and was dumbfounded. The Nest Mother’s ship was totally surrounded by main ships out to ninety thousand miles.
Life looked at Grena on his display, “Are you sorry we accepted this mission?”
“No, love; I would have been sorry if you were here without me. Even if we die today, at least we do it together. That is all I really want; to be with you.”
“I think we can do this, and if we do make it out of here I want you to become my mate.”
“You could have asked me before now. How am I going to show you how happy you just made me?”
“I thought about that but I want you to know going in that I love you and always will. I just couldn’t wait if things don’t work out.”
“I accept, Life. No matter what happens today, I will always be your mate.’
Life smiled and felt his resolve grow to survive this mission. Grena just sat, waited, and felt her heart sing.”
Stem looked at the screen and said, “How are we going to get through those?”
Destiny looked at the display, “I am open to suggestions.”
Sen-Gen shook her head, “I don’t see any way we can get a clear shot at that vessel. The penetrators must have four hundred miles to get up to speed before they hit.”
Everyone remained silent and began fearing that all of their plans were wasted effort. “Father, I have an idea.”
Destiny started and then said, “Go ahead, Edison.”
“We have more than ten thousand screened probes on this ship. Why don’t we teleport them outside this system and then have them use their jump drives to jump back in on the other side of the Nest Mother’s ship. They will detect the probes breaking back into normal space and it should cause some kind of reaction from those surrounding the ship. We’ll turn
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