We exited
the black hole in an unknown sector of space, uncertain where to go or how to
return home. My choices were few and in
the end, we headed toward a solar system nearby and discovered a dull blue
planet. Beaming down with a with a
Guard, Science and Medical officer we found ourselves in front of a large
official looking building. Inside we
were greeted by an alien who gave us a short tour. The main government hall was much like a
parliament or congress. Except that here
everybody talks all the time and it takes an extremely long time to come to any
decision on anything. He showed me their
map and chart room from which I gathered very little except that I had a few
other options I could try. I could
direct our ship toward a planet known to have been decimated in a recent civil
war or toward a purple sun. We left this
planet which we never discovered the name of (I shall call it blue) and head
for the sun.
Upon
reaching the planet we gain beamed down with the same three officers. The street we found ourselves on was nearly
deserted. A giant praying mantis looking
creature called us into his house as a car was coming up the road. He informed us that the car would be guards
who were licensed to kill to keep the planets population under control and as
we were out of doors after a curfew that we would be targeted. Sure, enough a knock on the door soon came
and the creatures took us into town to their local prison, though not before disintegrating
our savior for attempting to argue on our behalf. Something felt wrong about our captors.
I
attempted to contact the ship and noticed that they momentarily froze. My science officer also noted this and with
some slight experimentation we discovered that the aliens here were
cyborgs. Activating the communicator
jammed their operating signals and caused them to freeze while we found a radio
room and instructed the ship to beam us back.
We took a helmet with us which the science team on the ship altered for
our own use increasing our skill. We
left onward again to a medium sized blue green planet.
Naturally,
as I find myself being very star trek like we beamed down upon finding signs of
life. We discovered an alien species who
were apparently still in their medieval stages of development. We met with the local elder who told us of
their hardships. That they had bad
weather and were experiencing plague and famine. There was also a tyrannical despot
controlling the weather, but I decided to see what my medical officer could do
for the village. Sadly, he contracted
their plague and we returned to the ship to heal him. After which I decided not to return, we moved
on yet again.
To Be
Continued…
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