OOC: Somehow, I don't think we have to go looking for the Nanoha-verse TSAB...
10-Space realm
0.8 red, 0.6 antiblue, 0.7 green positive Sigma axis of Gernsback-2
Unknown Vessel
Second Shift, Vessel Time
(Wednesday 30 November 2016, Gernsback-2 calendar)
"We've arrived at our insertion point Captain." The navigator called out, causing the captain to look up from his paperwork.
"Understood. Set condition Blue throughout the ship. I want all sensors hot and ready to go as soon as we transition. Shields up, and prepare for turbulence." The captain ordered, saving his paperwork.
It had been a difficult trip, this dimension well off normal patrol routes. While technically within their sphere of influence, there were very few reasons to head in this direction.
That had all changed when the dimensional sensors nearly exploded due to an Event in this area. That they'd picked it up at this range gave Command heart-attacks.
"All stations report ready." His second-in-command stated, her voice not betraying the apprehension all the crew felt.
"Well then." The captain took a deep breath. "Make jump to Normal Space."
Before the ship, a great hole opened up, showing the black of four-dimensional space as the vessel passed through.
"All sensors online!" The senior Sensor Technician called.
"Transition complete!" The helmswoman announced. "Engines to station-keeping."
"We're twenty light-seconds off target!" The navigator called, surprised. "System elliptic plus 270 light-seconds, elliptic plane positive 600 light-seconds."
"I'm reading a lot of EM radiation." Communications warned. "Looks like basic Radio communication, analysing now."
"A technological civilisation." The second-in-command muttered. "That makes things difficult."
"At least we can find out what the locals know." The captain pointed out.
"Sankt-Kaiser preserve us..." The senior sensor tech breathed, looking at the initial readings. "Captain!"
***
In the briefing room an hour later, the captain sat forward in his chair.
"So, to summarise. We have an interstellar capable but non-unified civilisation, with colonies throughout this solar system and on the nearest star. Their technology is wildly inconsistent, but in cases overmatches ours by a large margin. The Event we detected was one of the Major Powers in this dimension and the continent it mostly sat on being trans-dimensionally swapped with another version. A version the locals recognise from a work of FICTION. And apparently one of their new neighbours is bad enough they're gearing up to strike against it to prevent the atrocities they know are coming."
"Also," The executive officer continued. "There is one, and maybe two, other dimensional organisations involved in this mess. And the natives may have detected our arrival." She sat back with a scowl. "Command is going to love this."
There were a few moments of silence before the captain spoke up again.
"All right. We will head back into transmission range of Command and send them all the data. I'm not qualified for First Contact, so they'll have to send someone out. And sure as heck do we need more researchers."
10-Space realm
0.8 red, 0.6 antiblue, 0.7 green positive Sigma axis of Gernsback-2
Unknown Vessel
Second Shift, Vessel Time
(Wednesday 30 November 2016, Gernsback-2 calendar)
"We've arrived at our insertion point Captain." The navigator called out, causing the captain to look up from his paperwork.
"Understood. Set condition Blue throughout the ship. I want all sensors hot and ready to go as soon as we transition. Shields up, and prepare for turbulence." The captain ordered, saving his paperwork.
It had been a difficult trip, this dimension well off normal patrol routes. While technically within their sphere of influence, there were very few reasons to head in this direction.
That had all changed when the dimensional sensors nearly exploded due to an Event in this area. That they'd picked it up at this range gave Command heart-attacks.
"All stations report ready." His second-in-command stated, her voice not betraying the apprehension all the crew felt.
"Well then." The captain took a deep breath. "Make jump to Normal Space."
Before the ship, a great hole opened up, showing the black of four-dimensional space as the vessel passed through.
"All sensors online!" The senior Sensor Technician called.
"Transition complete!" The helmswoman announced. "Engines to station-keeping."
"We're twenty light-seconds off target!" The navigator called, surprised. "System elliptic plus 270 light-seconds, elliptic plane positive 600 light-seconds."
"I'm reading a lot of EM radiation." Communications warned. "Looks like basic Radio communication, analysing now."
"A technological civilisation." The second-in-command muttered. "That makes things difficult."
"At least we can find out what the locals know." The captain pointed out.
"Sankt-Kaiser preserve us..." The senior sensor tech breathed, looking at the initial readings. "Captain!"
***
In the briefing room an hour later, the captain sat forward in his chair.
"So, to summarise. We have an interstellar capable but non-unified civilisation, with colonies throughout this solar system and on the nearest star. Their technology is wildly inconsistent, but in cases overmatches ours by a large margin. The Event we detected was one of the Major Powers in this dimension and the continent it mostly sat on being trans-dimensionally swapped with another version. A version the locals recognise from a work of FICTION. And apparently one of their new neighbours is bad enough they're gearing up to strike against it to prevent the atrocities they know are coming."
"Also," The executive officer continued. "There is one, and maybe two, other dimensional organisations involved in this mess. And the natives may have detected our arrival." She sat back with a scowl. "Command is going to love this."
There were a few moments of silence before the captain spoke up again.
"All right. We will head back into transmission range of Command and send them all the data. I'm not qualified for First Contact, so they'll have to send someone out. And sure as heck do we need more researchers."