Deep space, 361 light years from Elysia.
Near H6TX1 Nebula
Probe Droid GX6P3 arrives near a fork in the hyperspace lane. This Droid probe was dispatched to find class M artificial planets, which are thought to be abundant near the hyperspace lane.But apart from that, the GX6P3 probe droid is also looking for genuine M-class planets. One good target is the nebula, where many stars were born from the nebula's material.
Suddenly, the probe droid detects an artificial energy emission within the nebula. The source of the energy emission is in deep space within the nebula, not in a star system. Also, the energy source appears to be moving, but only at subluminal speed. The probe droid then contacted the controller, and the controller ordered the probe droid to investigate the source of the energy emission.
The probe droid changed its trajectory towards the source of the energy emission and again made a hyperspace jump towards the source of the energy emission. In moments, the probe droid arrived within 70 million kilometers of the source of the energy emission. It can be seen through the medium scan that the object that is the source of the energy emission is an artificial structure that is quite large in size. It appears that the object is a large starship. From the scan, the length of the object is more than 10 km.
This droid probe slowly approaches the object while transmitting data in real time to the controller. When the distance has reached 20 million km, there are no energy emissions related to signal transmission, both for communication signals and scan signals for navigation. This was very strange, because by now the probe droid was close enough that the energy beam from the probe droid should have been detected by the ship.
The probe droid then moves closer to be able to perform a detailed scan via a short-range scan. Even so, the probe droid continued to move cautiously and started to activate its shield system. Gradually, the distance between the probe droid and the ship began to decrease.
Finally, the probe droid reached a distance of 5 million kilometers, which is enough distance to perform a short-range or detailed scan. It can be seen from the detailed scan that the ship suffered quite severe damage on the engineering side. No active superluminal propulsion system was seen. It appears that the source of the energy emission was actually the secondary energy system of the ship, while the primary energy system was badly damaged a long time ago. The energy source seemed to be some kind of fusion reactor. Even though there is an active low-level shield system, the hull is still subject to erosion from the impact of the nebula material. From the pattern of erosion of the nebular material against the ship hull, it is estimated that the ship is thousands of years old.
Although most of the engineering systems have been damaged, it appears that there is an active ram scoop system, siphoning material from the nebula to fuel the ship. Because of this, the ship can still be active even though thousands of years have passed.
But the most surprising thing was when the probe droid scanned living things. There were so many life forms on that ship! Probe droids counted 10,461,326 life forms on board. Most of the life forms appear to be in suspended animation, only 16,371 living things are active. There also seem to be a number of droids onboard the ship. There are 12,371 active droids based on calculations based on their power source emissions.
Because the probe droid is close enough, it attempts to communicate by transmitting a first contact packet. But after repeating it many times over a period of several hours, there was no reply from the ship. It is unknown why the ship did not respond. Even so, the probe droid continued to make communication attempts as it slowly approached the ship.
The probe droid continued to approach the ship and kept observing it. The results are reported in real time to the controller.
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Impassable Star Destroyer, Flagship of the 1st Exploration Fleet
Admiral Krumbel Kasheef's office.
Admiral Krumbel was just about to enter his office when a communications officer came up to him.
"Admiral, we have just received a data transmission from one of our droids near the nebula H6TX1. The probe droid found a derelict ship, but it contained many life forms. " said the communications staff.
"Alright, I'll look at the information. " replied Admiral Krumbel.
Admiral Krumbel immediately entered his office and activated his terminal to read the relevant information. After some time, Admiral Krumbel summoned his staff to meet in his office.
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A few moments later.
Admiral Krumbel Kasheef's office.
"We have a unique situation that needs to be discussed. As you all know, probe droid GX6P3 found a ship full of sentient beings in nebula H6TX1 near the hyperspace lane we are exploring." Admiral Krumbel said. "Those probe droids were unable to contact the ship, most likely because they no longer had communication capabilities due to the ship's damage a long time ago. We have to discuss whether we will make first contact by docking with the ship."
"If you look at the condition of the ship, then all the creatures on the ship are doomed if we don't help them. Then it is our duty to save them. " said an analyst staff.
"Are the creatures on the ship identifiable? " asked Admiral Krumbel.
"Most of the creatures on that ship are elves. There are also tens of thousands of very diverse living things. I think the ship is a colony ship, and the non-eflfs are probably the ones on their home planet. " said a staff.
"Elves? How did they get there? Also isn't the elf civilization ignorant of starships because it relies on magic?" said Admiral Krubel in astonishment.
"We don't understand that either. The answer is in the ship. said another analyst.
"So in the end, we have to help them, huh? " Admiral Krumbel Ponders
"Apparently so. said the analyst.
"Alright, is there a task force close to their positions? asked Admiral Krubel.
"One moment, sir. " said an aide while looking at his pad. "The closest task force is Battlestar Group 24 of our fleet. "
"Immediately order Battlestar Group 24 to make first contact! Admiral Krumbel ordered.
"Yes, sir. " answered the aide.
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A few days later
H6TX1 Nebula
Battlestar Group 24, Flagship : Battlestar Daplona.
Battlestar Group 24 of the 1st Exploration Fleet is ordered to research an artificial energy source detected within Nebula H6TX1. The Battlestar group consists of 1 battlestar, 3 destroyers, 10 attack cruisers, and 4 gozanti cruisers.
Battlestar Group 24 emerged from hyperspace 10 million kilometers from the foreign ship. Fighters and automated fighter drones were also launched to secure the surrounding area and serve as CAPs. Slowly, Battlestar Group 24 approached the foreign ship. Currently, the probe droid GX6P3 is only 100,000 km from the alien ship.
Bridge of Battlestar Daplona
"Look how big that ship is. " XO said in amazement. "Looks like the volume exceeds that of a Super Stardestroyer. "
"Correct, its internal volume is 3.28 times that of an Executor Class Super Star Destroyer. " replied the sensor officer.
"Transmit the first contact package. " XO's command to the communication officer.
"Yes, sir... No response so far. " replied the communication officer after waiting for a while.
"Send probe droids escorted by automated fighter droids to approach the ship at a distance of 1,000 km. " said commodore Husni, commanding officer of Battlestar Group 24. "Scan for a docking port or point. "
"Yes, sir," the fighter control officer replied.
Four probe droids, each escorted by four automated fighter droids, dashed towards the foreign ship from Battlestar Daplona. They quickly approached the foreign ship, and after the distance reached 1,000 km, they began to carry out an active scan to find where there was a docking port or point that could be used to enter the foreign ship. There was no response at all from the alien ship to the probe droid or the automated fighter droid.
After scanning for nearly 15 minutes, the probe droids found many entry points in the form of docking ports, airlocks, and docking points that could be used to enter the foreign ship. Probe droids send this information and other analyses to the battlestar Daplona in real time.
"Commodore, we have found a docking port that can be used to enter the ship. Can we take the risk of sending an away team?" XO asked Commodore Husni.
"There appears to be no other way. Prepare a fully armed away team. Prepare dark troopers to guard it. Don't forget to include a linguistic expert and protocol droid. " commanded Commodore Husni.
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A few moments later.
The three armed shuttles seen coming out of the port hangar bay of Battlestar Daplona. The shuttles, escorted by four fighters and 12 automated fighter drones, headed cautiously to a docking port where, according to the scan results, there were not many living things around.
The first shuttle carries a docking module that has four docking units. The three shuttles docked at the docking module's other three docking ports after the docking module was successfully connected to the docking port of the alien ship. Two of the three shuttles carry four away team members, one protocol droid, and eight dark troopers. Meanwhile, one shuttle only contains 16 dark troopers.
A total of four away team members, one protocol droid, and four dark troopers entered the docking module and started hitting the door of the docking port to attract the attention of the elf near the docking port door. The door has a glass window that is large enough to allow people to see each other between the inside of the ship and those outside the ship. After they hit the door several times with a hammer, it was seen in the window that there was some movement around the docking port. Then the person who hit the docking port immediately backed away, and a shield was activated to protect them when the docking port was opened.
After a few moments, an elf's face appeared in the window from the docking port. It looked like they were surprised to see a human that looked like them outside the docking port. The four people smiled at the elf to let him know that they had no bad intentions. It appears that the elf smiled back, and then the elf disappeared. It seemed the elf had informed the others.
After waiting for almost 15 minutes, from the lifeform sensor, it could be seen that many elves were moving towards the docking port. From the energy emission scanner, it appears that there are 2 elves carrying devices that have high energy emissions, possibly weapons, while the others carry devices that have low energy emissions, possibly various scanner equipment or computers.
An elf's face appeared in the window from the docking port. He motioned for everyone outside the docking port to stay away from the docking port. After everyone left, a few moments later the docking port opened. These are critical moments.
An elf appeared to step toward the door from the docking port and say something incomprehensible. The leader of the away team also greeted and introduced himself. Even though both parties did not understand what was being discussed, at least both parties had exchanged greetings and had not threatened each other. The two parties then exchanged words with peaceful intent.
Suddenly, the C3KH droid protocol, which was also in the docking module room, gave information that the language used by the elves had 64% similarity with the elven language used in Elysia. Therefore, the protocol droid was able to understand some of the elf's words. Therefore, the away team then used the C3KH droid protocol as a translator, although it was not perfect for both parties. In the end, both parties can understand what was discussed and get to know each other.
The away team from Myto Empire succeeded in making first contact with the occupants of the foreign ship.
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A few hours later
Meeting room, Battlestar Daplona.
XO reported the results of the meeting between the away team and the Elf nation on the foreign ship to Commodore Husni. In general, contact was peaceful, and initial language difficulties were overcome as the C3KH protocol droid began to understand more of the words spoken by the Elves.
The report results from XO can be summarized as follows:
- The Elves who live in the foreign ship call themselves the Amorians. They come from the planet Amoria, which is 811 light years from Elysia.
- The Amorian Elves did not originate on planet Amoria, but on another planet that was not recorded because the Elves lost all technological capabilities when they arrived on planet Amoria.
- The Elves were forced to flee their planet after being attacked by an unknown nation that refused to introduce itself, a nation of half-machines.They are shaped like cats and have the size of dogs, but their bodies are actually made up of both machinery and biology. The foreign country was named "Atis" by the Amorians.
- They don't know where the Atis people come from.
- Even though the Amorians were able to defeat the attempts of the Atis people to control their planet, because the Atis nation's starship had landed on planet Amoria, somehow the atmosphere of planet Amoria underwent a change that made it uninhabitable for the Elves.
- That's why they made an exodus from the planet Amoria. The destination for the exodus of the Amorians was a planet whose coordinates they obtained from various archaeological digs both on their planet and on several other planets they explored. That planet is now known as Elysia.
- They carried out the exodus 5,716 years ago.
- There were 63 colony ships like their current ship that were used as tools for the exodus from the planet Amoria. The 63 ships are escorted by nearly 400 starships, both cargo/transport ships and warships.
- The existing ship, 'Cascatus' became separated from the convoy due to a fault in its superluminal propulsion system, which caused an explosion in the engineering compartment. Although they can repair some of the damage, they become stranded in the H6TX1 nebula because the damage is very severe and they can only move at subluminal speeds.
- Because the colony ships carry their passengers in suspended animation, they take turns manning the ship, with an active period of 10 years for each person before returning to suspended animation. The ship's crew is needed to carry out maintenance, which is slowly becoming more frequent and more difficult to repair because their aircraft is so old.
- They asked that they be brought to their destination, namely the planet Elysia, to meet other Amorians.
They were astounded to learn that the Elves of Elysia had devolved into a primitive nation that no longer recognized them as Amorians.
"That's my report. " said XO, closing his report.
"We have to provide the greatest possible assistance to them, including repairing their ship so that at least it can be used properly. " said Commodore Husni. "Immediately report the results of this meeting to the Myto leadership. "
"Yes, sir. XO replied
Thus the meeting was closed, and Battlestar Group 24 began deploying its technicians to repair Cascatus.
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Elysia High Orbit.
Star Destroyer Myto.
Moff Trevat's office.
Moff Trevat holds an emergency meeting regarding first contact with the Elves on the starship found in the H6TX1 nebula.
The meeting was attended by all Myto Empire leaders, some attended via Holonet, namely:
- Admiral Aedat Iskir, commander of the Home Fleet
- Admiral Druna Arkena, commander of the 1st Defense Fleet
- Admiral Noona Arkena, commander of the 2nd Defense Fleet
- Admiral Aden Kambil, commander of the 3rd Defense Fleet (present via holonet)
- Admiral Erna Trena, commander of the 4th Defense Fleet (present via holonet)
- Admiral Sybil Huski, commander of the 5th Defense Fleet
- Admiral Grogot Krumpel, commander of the 6th Defense Fleet (present via holonet)
- Admiral Dana Istikal, commander of the 7th Defense Fleet
- Admiral Jan Tripta, commander of the 8th Defense Fleet
- Admiral Krumbel Kasheef, commander of the 1st Exploration Fleet (present via holonet)
- Admiral Haskot Himlow, commander of the 2nd Exploration Fleet (present via holonet)
- Commander Deriick Galsgov, commander of the Private Fleet
- General Kamedia Hispur, leader of the 1st Army
- General Dhani Treeva, leader of the 2nd Army
- General Famla Adil, leader of Myto's special forces and intelligence
- General Armed Forces Krakov, system security chief
- Chief Secretary of the Arkev Huis
- Secretary Erman Krusdiv
- Secretary Herman Armitt (present via holonet)
-Dr. Anen Druma, head of the Myto Science Institute
- Kandar Hina, leader of Myto industry (present via holonet)
- Director Trazi Kimla, the leader of the Myto diplomatic corps.
- Governor of Elysia, Ira Ishil
Chairman of the meeting: Moff Trevat
After opening the meeting, Moff Trevat immediately spoke to discuss the problems at hand.
"First of all, I congratulate Admiral Aden Kambil and Admiral Dana Istikal for their appointments as leaders of the 3rd and 7th defense fleets, respectively. Even though the fleets are not fully ready, it is hoped that this additional fleet will increase our capabilities in this galaxy. " said Trevat.
The two new admirals also thanked Trevat.
"We gathered to discuss how we should deal with the elves we found on the derelict starship in nebula H6TX1. If we let them stay on the ship, in a few hundred years they will all be dead. However, if we bring them to Elysia, they will find it difficult to join Elysia's elves because they are technology users, not magic. " said Trevat.
"The solution is obvious, right? We should place them on one of the M-class planets we find. The artificial M-class planet. " said Governor Ira.
"Yes, but which one? " asked Trevat.
"It's best if they're placed on a planet that hasn't been colonized by many of us, so there's a separation between us and them for a while. A planet that has been colonized but is not yet heavily populated is Helicon. " said Admiral Krumbel.
"I agree with that. " said Admiral Jan. "We should postpone colonization of planet Helicon. Maybe limited to 500,000 people. "
"We also can't put in too many extra military personnel. It will reduce their trust. " said Admiral Haskot.
"But is that wise? If suddenly there is a rebellion or a battle between them and us, then our people will be at a disadvantage. " countered Admiral Dana.
"That's right. A dilemma, if we move it to Trantor, which has a lot of people, and isolation becomes difficult. Any other input? " asked Trevat.
"I suggest that they be put on a planet that we have not colonized. Therefore, we can put the military there under the pretext of basic safeguarding of the planet. " said Governor Ira.
"Hmm, what a good idea. We can increase their trust by ostensibly giving them a planet. " said Trevat. "Which planet should be given?"
"I suggest the smallest M-class planet that is still uncolonized, sir. " said Admiral Sybil.
"The smallest artificial M-class planet that has not been colonized is the planet Loris, with a diameter of 22 thousand kilometers," said Admiral Krumbel.
"Okay, let's agree that we will start colonization efforts on planet Loris, with the majority of the population coming from the Elves. I named the first city to be created in Loris as the city 'Toronto' which will be occupied by the Elves. We will create a second city, 'Otawa' to house a military garrison and a few civilians from us. " Trevat made up his mind.
"Yes, sir. We'll send several transports to bring them to planet Loris. We will also transfer some of the materials for city development and colonization efforts from Trantor. " replied Admiral Krumbel. "But for the time being, the standard of living will be very low, given their considerable numbers. "
"It doesn't matter. Maybe we won't move them all at once, the rest will still be left in suspended animation on the ship. " said Trevat. "I also want some of them to be brought to Elysia. We want to know how the process of the Elves changed from not knowing magic to being able to use magic. "
"Yes, sir. " said the meeting participants.
With that, Trevat closed the emergency meeting.
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A few hours later.
Elysia High Orbit, Stardestroyer 'Myto'
Moff Tevat's office
Moff Trevat was talking to Governor Ira about the meeting that had just finished a few hours earlier.
"Trevat, did we make the right decision by giving a planet to the Elves? I still feel uneasy about that decision." Governor Ira said.
"It's okay. In the short term, we can analyze their technology and integrate it into our technology pool. This will cause them to have no technological advantage. Also, the elves are very slow at reproducing due to their very long lifespan. Therefore, I expect that eventually Loris will become a predominantly human planet." Trevat said.
"Hmm, that's right. They have a lifespan of more than 300 years, but their average children are the same as humans, only 2–5 people. Very slow development." Governor Ira said this while approaching Trevat's table.
"Also, from this report, they only numbered less than 10 million on that ship." Trevat said as he read the report on the 'Cascatus'.
"But we are also having trouble moving our people from Elysia there. We have to transport many people to many places." Governor Ira said this while also reading the report next to Trevat's face.
Trevat, who did not realize that Governor Ira was beside him, was startled, and reflexively turned his head in the direction of Governor Ira's voice, his nose barely missing the face of Governor Ira. Trevat immediately retreated several tens of centimeters from Governor Ira's face.
Governor Ira pretended not to know about it.
"What if they learn magic? As we know, elves have a high affinity for magic. Magic and technology are quite a dangerous combination." Governor Ira said this while sitting at Trevat's desk, facing Trevat.
Cold sweat began to appear on Moff Trevat's forehead.
"Eeer, that is why we are trying to isolate them from the elf population of Elysia, so that it can at least be delayed until we know enough about magic," Trevat said with a slight stammer.
'That's right, with our massive research on magic, we should know quite a lot about magic in the next 10 years, if I remember correctly from the reports on the progress of magic research." Governor Ira said while looking at Moff Trevat, who was sitting on his chair, barely 1 meter in front of her, with Governor Ira's knee right near Moff Trevat's hand.
By now, Moff Trevat's forehead and head were already wet with cold sweat.
"Are you feeling hot, Trevat?" asked Governor Ira as she took out a handkerchief and wiped the sweat from Moff Trevat's forehead. Her action caused Governor Ira's body to be close to Moff Trevat's, and Trevat could clearly smell the fragrant perfume from Governor Ira's body.
"Err, it's nothing, Ira. That's right. I have also read that. If we delay the development of the magic of the elves by more than 10 years, then there should be no problem." Trevat said.
"Right, well, I'll just follow your decision, Trevat. It seems like you made the right decision." said Governor Ira, while deliberately holding Moff Trevat's hand.
Moff Trevat did not dare to withdraw his hand from Governor Ira's.
"Take it easy, Ira, if we are wrong, at least there is our military base, and the Elves have no military capability." Said Trevat, who was sweating even more in the cold of his office. The smell of Ira's perfume and the body that was so close to him were quite intoxicating for Moff Trevat.
"Alright. I'll be leaving to return to Jakarta in an hour. Would you like to have a light meal with me? I'm a bit hungry and thirsty." Governor Ira said.
"Of course, Ira. Let's go to the dining room." Trevat said as he pulled Governor Ira's hand while standing up. Trevat was relieved by the request, at least he could escape from his current condition.
Governor Ira just smiled as she followed Moff Trevat out of his office.
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The next day.
20 transports arrived at Battlestar Group 24 and Cascatus positions. They were assigned to transport the Amorians to the planet Loris to begin colonization there. The Amorians agreed to colonize Loris because it would be difficult for them to mix with other elves if they went to Elysia.
The first batch will bring 10,000 people plus all the colonization equipment in Cascatus. Once enough housing is made in Loris, the next batch will be brought there. 5,000 men will stay behind to man the Cascatus. Battlestar Group 42 will remain behind to protect the starship Cascatus.
From Battlestar Daplona, several probe droids were released to go to planet Amoria to see the condition of the planet and explore its star system.
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