Kha'Ndrogsh

[Nosferath]

Prologue: “The ‘Light-being’ seen with human eyes”
and “The Awakening”

Rob’s log, Kansas Miner:

Kansas – Day 241 Mining here:
I’m here again. In Kansas. This is the 241st time I write that in my log, and it started to be boring. I don’t like this system, but for all the iridium here, I can sell it at a very good price. Well, today I decided to meet up with my friends ----- Names erased by author’s peticion (they were 2) ----- in the Tuttle Creek Nebula. It’ll be another long day, I’m sure. We are always in the same spot... Wait, incomming transmission:

-ERASED (1)-: Hey Rob, change of plans, we are going to mine a below where we use to mine, because we have almost depleted that zone, and no-one mines below.
Rob: Ok, ok. Send me the exact coordinates. *Beep* Ok, got it.
-ERASED (1)-: Ok, see ya’.

I’m not sure if that small change will make this day special... Anyway, I’m passing next to the abandoned base once again, the 4 planets in this system greet me while I pass. I get closer to the Nebula. I remember the first time I came here, I wondered what was this Nebula. Now I don’t even care. At last, I have my friends on my scanners...

Rob: Hi there, ready for another day here?
-ERASED (2)-: I think so. I’m bored of this place. This should be called “The land where the time stands still”. I’m now taking a medicine because of this stressing place.
-ERASED (1)-: It’s not that bad –ERASED (2)- We are making rich here.
Rob: Yes, but that’s the only good thing.

We mined for hours... Wait, I’ve got an unknown signal...

Rob: Hey, look at your scanners. I’ve got something...
-ERASED (2)-: Maybe a big mass of Iridium...
-ERASED (1)-: No, I also see it... But scanners can’t tell me what is it.
Rob: It’s getting closer... it is...
We all three: It is...

A CSV. Nothing from the other world. A simple CSV. I wonder what happened with scanners...

Rob: This is Rob, to unknown incoming vessel, please identify yourself.
???: Hi there, buddies. Mining iridium? Yeah, very profitable work.
-ERASED (1): What brings you here, my friend?
???: Just, a little adventure... I want to show you something I saw the other day...
-ERASED (2): What the hell...
???: It seems you haven’t looked around, have you?
Rob: Well, we use to mine above...
???: Look where I’m going to shoot.

He shooted between the rocks. A lightning (if you have been there, they are very common), and a silhouette. It looked like...
-ERASED (1)-: It’s a ship!
-ERASED (2)-: A wreck! Let’s see...

I looked at my NavMap. It got information about this ship. Seems to be a hacker ship...

Rob: I wonder what happened to the pilot.
???: He recieved a signal. An unknown signal.
-ERASED (1)-: But, from what?
???: Stay next to the wreck. Look where it was heading. Now... look a bit below and right.

A lightning. And I saw the silhouette of something really strange. It was a triangle-shaped thing with 3 obelisks and a circular hole in the center.

-ERASED (1)-: Oh, my...!
-ERASED (2)-: WHAT THE...!?

I scanned it. “Unknown Jump Hole”. That didn’t look like a jump hole. I saw the misterious guy, and his ship was heading towards the center of the structure. When it was almost in the center of it, it shined... Instead of the CSV it was AN STRANGE BLUE SHIP!

???: *** Good-bye... humans...***

I’m sure that voice came from inside my head. I tried to look the ship again, but it was too late, it "docked" with that jump gate. I never knew what the hell was that. This is the strangest thing I’ve ever seen.


Derrick’s Log, U.S.I. Transport:

Pennsylvania, New York, California – About the middle of the year. Second log of the day:

-Derrick used to write his log while flying, and each time something happens, he immediatly writes it, leaving the Auto-pilot on-
(Before writing this, Derrick reported to his boss)
Yeah! My boss gave me a rise! I was hoping this all the year. I’ve been assigned to a new route. It’s between Liberty and Bretonia, first time they tell me to go to Bretonia. I wonder how do their systems look. As the contract says I got to get neon from planet Erie, and sell it in planet Gran Canaria. (...)

(...) I hate passing through the Badlands. Thankfully the security has increased a lot, and the weapon platforms make me feel safe. (...) I arrived to West Point. Nothing unusual.(...) I arrived to the California Jump Gate. Well, let’s dock. ***Docking Sequence Started***

***Docking sequence completed*** This is so cold! I’ve never been here before, I will turn on the thermostat. That is better. As the flight plan says I must go first to planet Mojave, then to California Minor, and then to the Magellan Jump Hole. I’d better get moving. ***Trade-lane docking*** This system is beautiful. There seems to be an ice cloud. I hope I don’t have to pass through it. ***Completed*** Unhabited, so sad. I wanted to find an habited planet. Just a dead rock. ***Trade-lane docking*** The cloud gets near. I have the feeling I will have to pass through it, I’m setting the thermostat to a warmer temperature. ***Completed*** This planet is habited. But it only has a terraforming station... What a deception! And I confirmed it... I’LL HAVE to pass through that cloud. And the worse part is that the lane is long. Well, here I go. *** Trade-lane docking*** *Shivering* At least they pay me well for this... What the... ***Trade-lane disrupted*** Crap! I don’t want to be... One moment, the scanner doesn’t show me anything. Wait... I see something... I’m sure I saw a blue shine...

???: *** Light... feel... (cold)... need... (?)... ‘warmth’... ***
Derrick: This is Universal Transport four, Derrick speaking. Identify yourself. (Oh my god, I’m sure I heard that voice in my head...)
???: *** Light... (curious)... shivering... cold-one... (?)... why? ***
Derrick: I’m not sure what you are talking about. I don’t understand... ( I saw the ship!) A NOMAD! Leave me! Leave me! I don’t want to be infected with... with...
???: *** Cold-one... (?)... fears... light-being... (funny)... ***
Derrick: Please get out from here! (Wait... I must be professional...) You are not allowed in this system. Get out from this system now!
???: *** Light... (anger)... cold-being... (?)... see... light-song... (?)... forget...***

Oh my god... I can’t believe what I’m seeing... I’m back in Colorado! I see my home-planet! I must go there! I don’t care of anything... And, I’m not sure of what I was doing before... But that doesn’t matter, I must go home...

***HULL BREACH IMMINENT***

--The pilot of the destroyed Universal Transport Four was found in his Scape Pod near San Diego Border Station with symptoms of hypothermia. The pilot survived. When he woke up, he thought he was in Colorado, with his family. We suspect he encountered a nomad while traveling to the Magellan Jump Gate, due to his log.—


The Awakening

***Young light... feel... move... be... wake...*** He woke up. A thought made him wake up. But more than a thought, it was an order, an order from the holy network of thoughts, the Mind-Share. He was confused, didn’t remember where he was... *** Light... be... (lost)...***- he thought. *** Young light... flight... learn... see... *** . *** Light... be... (confused) ***- he thought. *** You must now leave the Shrine... A journey now starts. Go to the dark worlds. Learn from the humans. Learn from their behaves. And when you learn what you need, you will come back to the Mind-Share, and you will be complete.***. ***Light... doesn’t know...*** -he said. *** I’ll give you the knowledge of everything you must know before you start...***. He started to see many things... Space, planets, stars... Asteroids, nebulas, clouds... Bases, stations, ships... Light-ones, Dark-ones... *** Light... knows...(joy)...*** He went to his ship, and touched it. It was warm, he felt the energy of a star inside it. Then, he became one with his ship, and flew from the Shrine to a purple planet, where he was told to go. He felt a signal... *** A light street... (excited)... Light... go... there...***. He reached the jump hole, and docked with it... the new journey began...

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