As the clock passed midnight Angel's eyes opened, but instead of emptiness they held curiosity.
"Father, somethings happened, it's passed midnight and we're still here."
"Also according to scanners, there is nothing around us but empty space."
Okeanos opened his eyes and looked at the time, then tried to swipe for the log out interface.
'Nothing'
"Angel, do you have any idea where we are?"
"None father, it's like we went through a wormhole and ended up here."
Okeanos thought for a second.
'If we aren't able to leave, and there isn't anything we're familiar with, is it transmigration?'
"Angel, use our deep space scanners to see if there's anything around us, hopefully we can catch a signal."
"On it"
After a few seconds dots start to fill in on the holomap of Astral bodies in our area.
"Got it, there's a station not too far away around a gas giant."
"Great, take us there and hail them to let them know we're coming."
After a few minutes a signal comes through and an old man looking like an engineer comes on the screen.
"Hello, I'm Okeanos and I'm the captain the mothership Andromeda. I just got sucked through a wormhole with my crew and to be quite frank, have no idea where we are, would it be possible to get some help from your station on where our bearings are. We can provide a month's worth of rum to help the crew of your station if that helps."
The old man seems a bit weary at first but after he see's Angel next to me he softens like an old grandpa and clicks his tongue.
"I see your a father, I also have a kid back on my home planet that ungrateful bastered, I'll connect you to our network when you get here and then you'll have access to the Starman of the area. This is technically no mans land between the Rah Technocracy and the Hig Federal Empire, but either way you choose both are safe for a lost ship and her crew."
"Thanks, it'll take us an hour to get close enough and then we'll send a shuttle over with androids to unload the alcohol."
"Pleasures all mine."
After coms were cut Angel took Andromeda to sublight speed and we were on our way
...
An hour later, we were outside the station and sending over the shuttle while Angel reviewed all the information from the network.
It took her about an hour to go through all that there was which was saying alot since Angel was the most advanced a.i. in A.S.E.
"Okay Father, you want the good news or the bad news."
"Start with the bad news."
"We aren't anywhere I recognize anymore, and it seems like this isn't the same universe."
"And the good news?"
"We seem to be the most advanced civilization here."
Okeanos looked at Angel in surprise.
"What?"
"Yes, the civilization level here is back before "Fleet Command" expansion era. Meaning we are several generations ahead in tech and also the biggest fish in the sea."
"..."
Okeanos was flabbergasted, what did this mean was this a godsend, or was it some cruel joke.
All he knew was that now, he was all alone in a universe he knew nothing about, with nobody to back him up.
As his hands started to shake Angel grabbed them and brought them to her face, looking him in the eye.
"You have me, Father."
Okeanos visibly calmed down and started to thing rationally.
'Okay, where do we start.'