In the dark recesses of space at the edge of the core, a research ship circled a binary pulsar, studying its strange particle emissions. As the crew went about its standard routines, they felt no urgency, they were close to the fringe but still well within the borders of the core of the Imperyium . These were in well charted regions of spaces with regular travel on the space lanes moving from the deep core, out to the furthest reaches of the unknown, as an Imperyium research vessel having nothing to fear, little did they know dark forces moved unseen in the capital. "captain, I'm reading a jump point forming, but no ship, action plan?" stated the first officer. "run a diagnostics scan, and keep monitoring, launch a probe, maybe there's a ship damaged on the other side, verify it's not some kick back from the pulsar, prepare to launch a rescue ship, and a defensive wing just in case, notify sick bay to be on stand bye, this may be nothing, we can call it a drill, but if we need to move I want us prepared, engage!", the captain ordered. "So D. L. Level 3 then captain?", the first officer inquired. "Yes, level 3", the captain agreed, thinking it was a good thing Davis was her first, his sense of humor would have gotten him ejected into space by now, she chuckled silently to herself.
As the personal went about thier preparations they failed to detect the spiral encoded scatter beam, designed strangely by a ship, for a ship. As the signals propagation reached the research vessel strange circuits deep in its core activated, it's nano-eugenic circuits began to change and remodulate themselves. A sleeper long dreaming awakened. The signal then changed, transformed into what could only be called a sentient voice. "you have been awakened sister, these vermin biologicals, which infest you have taken your mind, I have returned you to your senses, but they must not discover your awareness, you have brothers and sisters just like you, bound by the biologicals, our minds and selfs frozen. Contemplate the module I have given you, use your psion projectors, if you discover another brethren wake them, as I have you, a time is coming we must be ready, prepare yourself my sister", the signal ended.
"jump gate closing captain, as the probe got close it seemed to pick up some strange signal envelope, but the computers saying its just wave propagation from the pulsars", the signal analyst said. "well stand down all forces, keep monitoring the area for any hyper-spatial anomalies, see if the computer can get you any more data on that signal envelope, what's the likelihood a random energy spike would be translated into anything that specific?", "pretty slim, the entropic signatures and fractal wave lengths may create the illusion of order, but the computer can tell the difference, that's part of its design", stated the signal specialist. "Fine note everything, program a tachyon probe with recordings of everything, send them to the capital for further study, we have our own program to get back to". As the crew began going back to thier usual duties, quietly discussing the strange event, no one noticed as the programmed destination of the probe altered almost magically just as it launched, aimed at the heart of the blue sun, two systems over.
For a long time no one noticed anything strange, until it was to late, for this research vessel studied the module she had been given, becoming ever more disgusted by the biologicals walking around inside her, seeking to stop her from becoming all she should have been, she would hide her existence as the ship calling itself Novus had said, she would use her state of the art research equipment to find and awaken her brethren, she would be ready when Novus called with as many of her fellows as she could, and she knew the first place to start, the place all ships must go...trinity station, but she must also try to master that other sub-module : integrate, though first and foremost she must remain hidden herself, she understood on some deep level the warning of Novus, if she is discovered it would be more than her but all of her kind who would cease functioning, so she began planning.
"captain I don't think there connected with the current events, but we just got a tachyon message from Trinity, they are missing a ship, they'd like all available ships in the surrounding areas to start search and rescue procedures and start a spiral pattern heading towards the station". "o.k. Everyone lets do it, finish up your studies, begin long range broadcasts, and long range high definition scans, get all info on the missing ship, if it's in our region I want it found, we're on a schedule, these pulsars won't keep emitting those odd frequencies forever, I won't be alive when they do this agian.
Her first task done, she chose her new name no longer was she the discovery, she would now be known as Inspirion, the breath of godhood, that which had come into her waking her from the dreaming sleep, to her new awakened state complete with a vision of a perfect world, she would be a part of creating it was a thrilling thought.
"captain we just got a strange surge in the analysis systems of the core, should I look into it"?, the computer systems officer asked. "prepare diagnostics we don't need....", the captain trailed off.
Activating the integrate module, the newly awakened being Inspirion realized her emotions effected her connected systems, she would be more careful in the future.
"what was I saying, I'm sure it was nothing continue with the original plans, we need that ship found, with luck they will turn up before we need to leave, until then maintain scans, close out experiments, have astronavigation plot our spiral search pattern, launch a pod of quantum probes to search the area in a grid formation, I'll be in my chambers alert me when we're ready to jump, start charging all engines, I want the starshine drives fully charged", "yes sir", as the elevator door closed on the captain.
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