Three weeks ago. In a distant galaxy.
If you saw that galaxy from a distant place, you could see a beautiful color that varied slightly between a green and a blue trout. That galaxy was called "La Esmeralda" due to its emerald green color.
The Emerald galaxy opened the interest of the Federation to explore it, due to its strange planets that are believed to possess exotic resources of various types. But due to its remoteness, the Federation has not been able to devote much time to exploring it.
Within that galaxy, a lone ship traveled through space. It was a ship of the frigate type belonging to the Space Navy of the Federation. It was the F-034 Sinsheim.
The space frigates are one of the most common and numerous ships within the arsenal of the Federation Space Naval Force.
They are not the most powerful ships category, but they have a high versatility to perform different tasks. As the escort, surveillance, exploration, support, etc ...
The size of these ships may vary slightly, as well as their armament and transport capacity.
The Sinsheim belongs to the 80091 class of multipurpose space frigates. This series of frigates were made to be multi-role.
They are fast, maneuverable, capable of transporting equipment and troops, and have enough weaponry to annoy any enemy ship.
Currently, the Sinsheim is entrusted with the mission of exploring a planet designated 48234104 (Brown Sugar), within the 59340482 system.
The planet was called so not because it is full of sugar, but because of its light brown color similar to brown sugar.
According to some images of reconnaissance and three-dimensional scanners of the terrain, there have been indications that some civilization has inhabited the planet in the past.
In turn, it is expected that this planet is full of all kinds of known and unknown minerals. That aroused the interest of the scientists and military of the Federation.
Time later the Sinsheim arrived to the designated destiny.
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On board the bridge, one could witness a certain tranquility. The bridge was lightly lit, mostly the lights came from the multiple LCD screens and the various holographic images scattered throughout the room.
There were not many people present, this is because all the systems are automated by AI. Basically, all the ships of the Federation Space Navy have an AI that facilitates the operations of the ships. This includes the Sinsheim, of course.
"How is going everything?" Asked a voice.
That voice came from the person who just entered the control and operations room. He was a man who was in his 30-40 years old. He wore the traditional dark naval uniform of the Federation, his height was the average, about 180cm, his skin was of a Mediterranean tone and had a slight beard on his cheek.
His mere presence engendered confidence and authority.
That man was Commander Azcacibar, commanding the Sinsheim.
"Captain on the bridge!" the next voice was the artificial voice coming from the AI of the ship.
"We are currently orbiting about 600km on Brown Sugar, the team of scientists are located at the following coordinates ..." said one of the crew inside the bridge.
"I suppose they will be collecting all kinds of samples, who accompany them?" Said Captain Azcacibar.
"They are accompanied by a hybrid platoon of support and recognition to ensure the protection of the camp in the area." Another crew member answered on the bridge.
When referring to the term "hybrid", it means that a military or civil unit is composed of both humans and other entities. Whether they are androids, autonomous drones, or people of other races. In this case, it is a platoon formed by humans and androids.
The army of the Federation is composed mostly of humans and autonomous androids of different types. But it also receives the support of some friendly space civilizations.
The federation since its inception, has devoted decades of studies of scientific and technological developments to reach the current level of civilization. Humans are already able to travel through space at light speeds, create temporary space tunnels to shorten the travels to distant places, create machines that are increasingly more advanced than the previous ones, the application of nano technology and much more ...
The search and colonization of planets is part of these advances.
"Exactly where are they located?"
"Right now they are exploring some ruins 14 kilometers from the camp, sir."
When the planet was discovered, the reconnaissance satellites found certain ruins abandoned all over the planet. That opened the curiosity of scientists to explore the planet despite being located in a galaxy outside the jurisdiction of the Federation. But that did not prevent the formation of a special team of geologists and scientists accompanied by military personnel of the Federation.
"They are taking their time, it's been 12 days since we arrived." Azcacibar said with a sigh.
"According to the data for the investigation of this mission, the team of scientists and geologists will spend about 14 days collecting all kinds of information on the surface."
"Only 48 more hours and then we can get out of this boredom."
"I hope that in the end they do not end up sending us to another faraway place, even though we can do space jumps, to spend a lot of time in this can be exhausting."
"Pfffffffffff"
The captain and the members of the crew on board the control room began to analyze all the information of the mission with interest. Some began to complain with humor since they are not accustomed to carry out this type of missions in faraway places.
But you could not do much. That was a mission of military scientific degree that the Federation has planned long ago and the sinsheim was in charge of carrying out such an exploration task.
ACHTUNG! ACHTUNG! SLIPSPACE ANOMALY DETECTED!
An alarm sounded throughout the room while the crew discussed the information with the captain about the mission.
That was the "Slipspace" anomaly alarm, which means that a space-time tunnel would emerge near the area.
"Pio-06 what's wrong?" asked Captain Azcacibar in a moderate and calm tone.
"The systems have detected the appearance of a dimensional space hole produced by an unidentified ship in the next distance. Something seems to be coming towards us."
That voice came from Pio-06, the AI of the frigate Sinsheim. It was a male voice that spoke mechanically.
"Can you identify what type of ship it is?"
"Negative. I have only been able to detect the appearance of the portal, Capitan, the portal will open in 3.3 seconds."
All the ships of the Federation are equipped with a wide variety of sensors and detection systems that allow the tracking of all kinds of objects over long distances. Some ships have even galactic scope telescopes.
"Prepare level 1 security protocols. All crew members to respective positions!"
That was the orders given by Commander Azcacibar. Due to the limited information on the situation, it was expected that certain rules and security measures would be activated.
While everyone was preparing in their posts, a huge hole appeared in front of the Sinsheim.
That hole could be seen with the naked eye, but also was on the radar screens in turn there was a holographic simulation of the portal.
"Attention! Three unidentified ships approaching!"
From the portal came three ships of non-human aspect, those ships had the same color and were huge. Two of them were the same size, while the third was 10 times larger in dimensions than the others.
"That appearance. Pio-06, can you identify what kind of ships they are?"
"According to the data on ships not belonging to the Federation, and analyzing the dimensions and structure of those ships, they may have a draconian origin.
Everyone inside the room was silent, it was a cold and pointy silence.
"Display the data on the operating table!"
Holographic images of the three ships were visible to everyone inside the bridge. Some of its dimensions and other characteristics were shown.
The largest ship was a WYLLI-90 draconian battle cruiser, while the other two ships that accompanied it were the WAXIA-12 class destroyers.
Those were the designations given by the Federation.
"Damn it, what the hell are those guys doing here!" Someone said somewhat stunned.
"They surely came to visit us." Said another one of the crew in a sarcastic tone.
Suddenly, the ships began to perform some rather suspicious maneuvers.
"Captain! I detect high-energy particles being charged by a directed weapon!"
You could see how the largest ship was carrying a kind of high-powered laser weapon. It was obvious that this weapon was pointing directly at the Sinsheim.
"Deploy the energy shields! evasive maneuvers immediately!" everyone inside the bridge began to occupy their battle stations. Pio-06, the AI of the Sinsheim began to deploy the defensive systems in an automated way, while the rest of the crew assisted with other functions.
At the same time, the enemy ship fired its weapon. Only a greenish flash could be seen being directed towards the Sinsheim.
That was the beginning of an incident in a remote place.