As Finn finished his tasks for the day, he grew more and more anxious as he walked towards the hanger bay. Looking at the time, he gave a nod towards the dockmaster, and boarded the Eternal-Oisin. The gigantic hanger doors slowly started opening, with a barely audible hum. Such were many sounds aboard the Ingenuus, due to it's quite recent construction.
Sitting himself in the pilot seat, he started the undocking sequence, and slowly began lifting up from the hanger floor by the tractor beams. Floating slowly out of the docking bay, Finn engaged the engines to 50% power, and slowly cruised away. Making his way to the Omega 47 jumphole, he started keying in the communication codes, enabling the private channel set up.
"Eternal-Oisin t' Mrs. Kuhn. I am en route t' ta agreed upon location. Will be there within ta half hour. I trust you will keep our agreement."
As he ended the comm, and sent the message, he leaned back... thinking about how this would play out and how much he wanted to share to an unknown.
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Finns' message were picked up by several Rheinland Military satellites that were in orbit of Planet New Berlin. An alert was sent though to Recklinghausen Base where Franziska started to read though the messages that were picked up by the satellite. After the many communication links that she listened into, she stumbled across Finns' message that was directed towards Franziska.
Quote:"Eternal-Oisin t' Mrs. Kuhn. I am en route t' ta agreed upon location. Will be there within the half hour. I trust you will keep our agreement."
She reads it twice before she finally acts. Looking over her shoulder, she calls over somebody else to take her place. As she gets up, another person sits down and starts to scroll though the communications that have been tracked.
She heads down to the hanger bay, where her ship is already there waiting there for her. Her 140-ARKM-N58 "Bergelmir" Rheinland Bomber has been specially out fitted so that she can scout for vital information and tactical advantages over her enemies. She heads to her cockpit, opens the canopy and jumps in. She buckles herself in and starts the launch procedures. Moments later, her Bergelmir starts to move forwards, into open space. Two more Bergelmir bombers are dispatched and they form up on her wing. The order was given to flick a few buttons and shortly after, Franziska's escorts slowly fade until the disappear altogether. As they are disappearing, the set of to the Omega 47 system where they plan to meet Finn.
As Finn made his way over to Omega 47, he couldn't help but wonder what Rachel and the other scientists were doing with the information he obtained earlier in the week during the flight to Bethlehem. Receiving various reports of surface work, he wanted results and advancement in that project, dubbed "Evanescent" for the time being.
Reaching the rendezvous point, he sent out a short-wave transmission burst throughout the system, then increasing it to the private comms set up between himself and Mrs. Kuhn.
"Eternal-Oisin t' Mrs. Kuhn. We are at ta rendezvous point, awaiting your arrival."
Waiting for some more time, his readings started fluctuating and acting strangely. Taking a closer look, the readings matched that of the EM field projected from the Nomad specimens he encountered earlier. At that, Finn's heart started racing, unsure of what to expect.
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Finn started to rush around the bridge trying to understand what was happening to his monitors. All of them were filled with static and none of them were operational. There was nothing that Finn could do so he sat down, staring out into the darkness of space. All of a sudden, the area in front of his ship started to distort. He thought that his eyes were playing up so he rubbed them. After removing his hand from his eyes, he noticed that something was wrong outside and it was not his eyes. Voices were heard in his head. He held his head in an attempt to try and stop these voices, but to no avail.
**..'Yours' have ~disturbed~ the "peace" of 'Ours' {Enlightened One} in the ~Void~ ./. "Technology/Resources" have been ~stolen~ ./. 'Those' are not 'Yours' to ~steal~..**
This message kept repeating its self as a small ship suddenly appeared in front of Finns ship. He got up and ran to his monitors. All the screens reappeared and everything went back to operational status. It was like magic. He was really confused when all of a sudden, these voices stopped.
Finn sat there in shock and awe. He had heard of the encounters others have had with Nomads and their hosts, but he never fully could comprehend what it was like. Until now. Recovering from the voices and running around, he recognized the voice instantly. He couldn't help but let loose a hint of a smile, as his excitement built up.
"Well hello Mrs. Kuhn. I should have suspected as I have seen those readings before. I've heard rumor of humans serving or being controlled by ta Nomads, but never thought I would encounter them face t' face. Though, I suspected that, with what I have in my possession, it would have garnered suspicion from entities such as yourself. "
As he was talking, he made a quick flick of his hand and started scanning the ships for the source of the EM field that allowed the ships in front of him to cloak and de-cloak faster than he had seen ever before. Locating the source as a miniature Nomad Power Cell, he eyed the location and prepared to lock on. A find of this was too important to let slip through his fingers.
"So, now that I know who you serve, I am curious. Excitedly curious about you. Are you a willing follower, or are you somehow controlled by them? If ta latter, is it a mind control, or is it a symbiotic host type of control? I... forgive me, my curiosity is getting ta better of me. I assure you, I mean you no harm nor wish conflict..."
He hoped that by turning the conversation away from the hybrid energies he had in his possession, he could somehow reason with them... Who knew what possibilities could be discovered, if they only would be willing to divulge such exciting knowledge.
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As she pauses for a second, Finn slowly becomes anxious. She deliberately waits a little longer whilst she pretends to flick a few buttons making Finn annoyed.
Questions have been asked, and not necessarily answered. I have my own questions for you, Mr McCool. Questions like the ones i previously contacted you about. Energy signatures protruding from your ship have caught -our- attention. We need to know exactly how you have managed to produce such things. Such things with -extra- help.
Once again she starts to flick a few buttons. This time these buttons are labelled "Arm Weapons". She flicks the safety of and loads all of her weapons. She raises her shields. As she raisers her shields, a small little veil appears around the ship. The veil has a small purple tint that glows faintly. As she raises her shields, readings from Finns computers go haywire.
As the veil surrounded the ship, Finn began working furiously to calibrate his computers to catch this anomaly. Knowing this was the same source that the EM field had protruded from, he was eager to ensure he caught any and all readings this power source gave off, in it's natural form.
"Astute aren't we today. Seeing how you are tryin' t' make a mess of my computers, and... ah yes, powering up your weapons, I think you do mean business. You have me at an disadvantage. So as far as what you are detecting. It's a hybrid energy source developed by scientists including myself. It is a combination of various alien power sources, with their radiation siphoned into our energy source. I can assure you though, ta sources were in a derelict state when we began our research. Beyond that, well... Some secrets are best left unknown. Surely you understand secrets."
As Finn was speaking, his fingers slowly rest on the weapon controls, knowing that a fight may be unavoidable. Linking the two gunboat missile pods to his thumb pad with his index and middle fingers resting on the twin Battle Razor firing buttons, and his left hand hovering over the weapons activation systems, he waited...
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The anger in Franz's soul builds up to levels that would scare the normal mind. As she starts to speak, Finn notices the sheer anger that's held within her voice.
Alien technology... Artifacts... The Nomads. How? How did you get those?
Her fury enrages even more, when all of a sudden, Finns computers go haywire again. He rushes around, slightly confused, trying to work out how to unscramble his computers. Suddenly, a small flash of light catches Finns eye. He slowly lifts his heads from the computer and looks out from the Bridge. To his amazement two more purple veils appear, just like the one that had surrounded Miss Kuhns ship. He gazes in disbelief as 2 more Bergelmir bombers appear from no where, carrying the same signatures as Miss Kuhn.
Seeing the two ships appear besides him, he sat down and stared directly at his view screen, unsure what to make of the situation now. Pondering the situation some more, a smile crossed his face as he unscrewed the flask that was sitting next to him.
"Well isn't this interesting Mrs. Kuhn. You have yet again surprised me. Now as I said, some secrets are best left unknown. Something tells me though that you are not happy with that answer. So I am not sure what you want with this meeting."
Thumbing the targeting computer to have each missile target the other two ships that appeared, he knew he did not have much time. Activating his weapon systems, he began his scanning of Mrs. Kuhn's power core, specifically the EM field operating from the ship. He hoped he had enough time to scan before she realized what was happening...
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She sits there, in silence. Nothing is heard, not a word from her mouth. The tension dramatically increases when all of a sudden, a small cough was head followed by her voice.
No escape, no such thing; to dream of new dimensions, cheating checkmate by painting the king's robe so that he slides like a queen. She said softly. With a more forceful tone, she said You are cheating checkmate. You are playing with the devil and that is not a wise thing to do. You are playing with death by stealing deceased nomads. One day, it will catch up to you.
Silence is heard yet again until Finns computers started going haywire again. "Missile Lock" was blurting out from all of his computers. As Finn runs over to his targeting computer, he is thrown violently to the side. Explosions on Finns ships were heard abd felt by his crew. These weapons were far superior to anything Finn had seen.
**..'Yours' have ~disturbed~ the "peace" of 'Ours' {Enlightened One} in the ~Void~ ./. "Technology/Resources" have been ~stolen~ ./. 'Those' are not 'Yours' to ~steal~..**