- Joined
- Sep 14, 2012
- Location
- Germany
Somewhere, Somewhen, out in the dark amongst the stars.
Colonial Vessel New Horizon.
Once, an unknown time ago, The New Horizon used to be a prototype ship. A colony vessel far ahead of its time. Its primary feature, the hyper-sleep capsules, the very reason why this ship was conceived, permitting a crew of near one thousand colonists to be ferried over to new worlds. It's highly advanced onboard computers, able to find smart solutions for all but the most dangerous situations.
It was the safest means of travel to new worlds, and unlike previous generational colony ships, it only needed one crew with just the bare necessities for the ship to bridge Light-years of space, and settle new worlds after preliminary scan's and drone driven exploration of it's intended target had been concluded. And as there was no guarantee that the vessel may strike a suitable, if preset planet for colonizations, ship like the New Horizon were set with up to ten colonization candidates in mind. Allowing the ship to, if its current target was deemed unsuitable, set course to another preset location. It's automation so advanced, it could recalculate the route required, and use drone shuttles to procure fuel for it's drive and reactor system both.
The system redundancies were a plenty, and its ability to maintain itself, and the small fleets of drones, were, by the time it was conceived, unriveted by any previous ship. It could, in essence, not only sustain itself, but, given the right data and blueprints, build its very own fleet, granted that there were enough resources to be harvested within its reach, even if that particular ability was, by design, set to planetary supply construction only.
But for all that the ship could do, only three of its type were ever built. The cost of the New Horizon alone so exorbitant, that the planned ten vessels had to be cut down to what had already been set in motion. The New Horizon itself, though a prototype, refitted and rendered suitable for service, so that, after its sister ships, the Gallant, and the Hope, had set out for new worlds, the New Horizon was staffed and set for the newly discovered system of E-BS169.7, or Blaze, as it was also known.
Blaze was an unconventional System, a Blue giant of a star, surrounded by four planets of unusual compositions that, by all known standards, should have been impossible to exist. Each of those four worlds near the size of the star itself. A size that would dictate their collapse on themselves, possibly even create a black hole. But these worlds did neither break, nor did they seem to negatively influence the star they orbited. Long range atmosphere measurements even suggested a composition breathable to humans, a gravitation of two G, twice that of Earth itself, suggesting that these worlds may have been of artificial origin.
It was unknown, uncertain what Humanity would find in this system, aside from these worlds, there was hope to come across alien life, more than simple organisms even. And if there was no intelligent life, the secondary desire was to colonize the system, as, with four worlds this large, even if gravity was higher, it would be the foundation of wealth, knowledge and power for Humanity on an unprecedented level.
That was the hope, that was the plan. However, what plan, truly, ever went of without a hitch ?
Now the New Horizon, with its lengths of about three Kilometres, and a with of about one, was a barely functional husk. Most of its exterior still in perfect conditions, with drones laying docile around it, unable to perform their task, or to communicate with the Mother system aboard the ship. And a giant, bluish white crystalline structure, protruding on either side. Vaguely shaped in an arrowhead shape, and likely to have collided with the New Horizon whom, for some reason, could not react, disabling the former achievement of human ingenuity.
Engineering crew quarters. Medical Bay.
Medical screen readout, Hyper-sleep capsule 0851
System Diagnostic..... Compromised....
Inhabitant..... Technical staff member: Thomas Landren Age: 39 Born: Taurus Research Station. Occupation: Engineer, AI System. Mission Importance: Vital
Status..... Error monitoring system malfunction.... System Error, emergency request query could not be send.
Parsing Solution..... Re-routing to nearby observation system for visual confirmation..... Error, query could not be send.
Parsing Solution..... Emergency resuscitation initiated..... Reaction detected..... awakening procedure activated.
Recovery process duration.... 5 hours.
" F-fuck. " Thomas groaned, trying to raise his hands wo his head as he felt a splitting headache. However, his hands refused to move, and it took him a moment before he could grasp the situation he was in.
He was restrained, wrists, hips and ankles, as well as his neck held by some flexible fabric, and noticing his light reflection in the mirror above him finally jogged his memory. He could see that he was still strapped down in his capsule. And even though he could not feel it yet, he could watch how small robotic arms guided medical needles to inject him with the various nutritional and genetical injections that purged his biological system from the variety of drugs that prevented cell ageing. The artificial pause button that had, for lack of a better term, frozen his body in a form of deep slumber, with tubes constantly delivering what the body needed to survive, while filtering and extracting any material harmful or considered waste from his body.
" S-System, status report ! " He called out for the ship computer to respond, regretting it only a moment after as his head reminded him that he was in no condition yet to act or move about on his own. He needed some medication against the pain, and with his muscles slowly awakening, and in no better state then his head, he felt the clear need for it to happen soon.
But that is when he realised, the capsule was still closed, and there was no medical personnel around. Which should have been the standard procedure. There was no medical android around either, which could only mean that the sleeping pod was acting on its own.
" God, damn. Really now ? " He muttered under his breath. If the pod's basic AI decided to wake him up, there was either a connection issue to the ship's main computer, or some kind of emergency.
" System, Status report ! " He called out louder, groaning with how the sound within the capsule was only antagonizing his headache. And that damn Ship AI did not respond either. He was hoping that the damn pod was simply malfunctioning and not transmitting his words out into the room. But he feared now that something nasty must have happened. The Ship's AI, having two redundancy systems that should cover basic functions, until the main core was brought back online. So, if no system at all responded, he was in for one major pain in the ass.
Shit, he would have to wait for the pod to release him, and with how his body only slowly reacted to the pain of prolonged, genetically induced sleep, he guessed it would be another hour before the pod opened. And he should stay down for two, until his cell information was completely rewritten and back in a condition that permitted him relative pain free movement.
" Fuck." he hissed annoyed.
" Fuck, fuckfuckfuckfuck. " He chanted, repeatedly knocking the back of his head into the pod's padding. Whatever was going on, it was hopefully just some chance glitch or whatever. Heck, when the pod opened, he hoped to hear the Ship's AI responding to his inquiries. Because if there was no human personal waking him up, that could only mean that he is one of the few technical staff currently being awakened to tend to whatever damage there was.
Colonial Vessel New Horizon.
Once, an unknown time ago, The New Horizon used to be a prototype ship. A colony vessel far ahead of its time. Its primary feature, the hyper-sleep capsules, the very reason why this ship was conceived, permitting a crew of near one thousand colonists to be ferried over to new worlds. It's highly advanced onboard computers, able to find smart solutions for all but the most dangerous situations.
It was the safest means of travel to new worlds, and unlike previous generational colony ships, it only needed one crew with just the bare necessities for the ship to bridge Light-years of space, and settle new worlds after preliminary scan's and drone driven exploration of it's intended target had been concluded. And as there was no guarantee that the vessel may strike a suitable, if preset planet for colonizations, ship like the New Horizon were set with up to ten colonization candidates in mind. Allowing the ship to, if its current target was deemed unsuitable, set course to another preset location. It's automation so advanced, it could recalculate the route required, and use drone shuttles to procure fuel for it's drive and reactor system both.
The system redundancies were a plenty, and its ability to maintain itself, and the small fleets of drones, were, by the time it was conceived, unriveted by any previous ship. It could, in essence, not only sustain itself, but, given the right data and blueprints, build its very own fleet, granted that there were enough resources to be harvested within its reach, even if that particular ability was, by design, set to planetary supply construction only.
But for all that the ship could do, only three of its type were ever built. The cost of the New Horizon alone so exorbitant, that the planned ten vessels had to be cut down to what had already been set in motion. The New Horizon itself, though a prototype, refitted and rendered suitable for service, so that, after its sister ships, the Gallant, and the Hope, had set out for new worlds, the New Horizon was staffed and set for the newly discovered system of E-BS169.7, or Blaze, as it was also known.
Blaze was an unconventional System, a Blue giant of a star, surrounded by four planets of unusual compositions that, by all known standards, should have been impossible to exist. Each of those four worlds near the size of the star itself. A size that would dictate their collapse on themselves, possibly even create a black hole. But these worlds did neither break, nor did they seem to negatively influence the star they orbited. Long range atmosphere measurements even suggested a composition breathable to humans, a gravitation of two G, twice that of Earth itself, suggesting that these worlds may have been of artificial origin.
It was unknown, uncertain what Humanity would find in this system, aside from these worlds, there was hope to come across alien life, more than simple organisms even. And if there was no intelligent life, the secondary desire was to colonize the system, as, with four worlds this large, even if gravity was higher, it would be the foundation of wealth, knowledge and power for Humanity on an unprecedented level.
That was the hope, that was the plan. However, what plan, truly, ever went of without a hitch ?
Now the New Horizon, with its lengths of about three Kilometres, and a with of about one, was a barely functional husk. Most of its exterior still in perfect conditions, with drones laying docile around it, unable to perform their task, or to communicate with the Mother system aboard the ship. And a giant, bluish white crystalline structure, protruding on either side. Vaguely shaped in an arrowhead shape, and likely to have collided with the New Horizon whom, for some reason, could not react, disabling the former achievement of human ingenuity.
Engineering crew quarters. Medical Bay.
Medical screen readout, Hyper-sleep capsule 0851
System Diagnostic..... Compromised....
Inhabitant..... Technical staff member: Thomas Landren Age: 39 Born: Taurus Research Station. Occupation: Engineer, AI System. Mission Importance: Vital
Status..... Error monitoring system malfunction.... System Error, emergency request query could not be send.
Parsing Solution..... Re-routing to nearby observation system for visual confirmation..... Error, query could not be send.
Parsing Solution..... Emergency resuscitation initiated..... Reaction detected..... awakening procedure activated.
Recovery process duration.... 5 hours.
" F-fuck. " Thomas groaned, trying to raise his hands wo his head as he felt a splitting headache. However, his hands refused to move, and it took him a moment before he could grasp the situation he was in.
He was restrained, wrists, hips and ankles, as well as his neck held by some flexible fabric, and noticing his light reflection in the mirror above him finally jogged his memory. He could see that he was still strapped down in his capsule. And even though he could not feel it yet, he could watch how small robotic arms guided medical needles to inject him with the various nutritional and genetical injections that purged his biological system from the variety of drugs that prevented cell ageing. The artificial pause button that had, for lack of a better term, frozen his body in a form of deep slumber, with tubes constantly delivering what the body needed to survive, while filtering and extracting any material harmful or considered waste from his body.
" S-System, status report ! " He called out for the ship computer to respond, regretting it only a moment after as his head reminded him that he was in no condition yet to act or move about on his own. He needed some medication against the pain, and with his muscles slowly awakening, and in no better state then his head, he felt the clear need for it to happen soon.
But that is when he realised, the capsule was still closed, and there was no medical personnel around. Which should have been the standard procedure. There was no medical android around either, which could only mean that the sleeping pod was acting on its own.
" God, damn. Really now ? " He muttered under his breath. If the pod's basic AI decided to wake him up, there was either a connection issue to the ship's main computer, or some kind of emergency.
" System, Status report ! " He called out louder, groaning with how the sound within the capsule was only antagonizing his headache. And that damn Ship AI did not respond either. He was hoping that the damn pod was simply malfunctioning and not transmitting his words out into the room. But he feared now that something nasty must have happened. The Ship's AI, having two redundancy systems that should cover basic functions, until the main core was brought back online. So, if no system at all responded, he was in for one major pain in the ass.
Shit, he would have to wait for the pod to release him, and with how his body only slowly reacted to the pain of prolonged, genetically induced sleep, he guessed it would be another hour before the pod opened. And he should stay down for two, until his cell information was completely rewritten and back in a condition that permitted him relative pain free movement.
" Fuck." he hissed annoyed.
" Fuck, fuckfuckfuckfuck. " He chanted, repeatedly knocking the back of his head into the pod's padding. Whatever was going on, it was hopefully just some chance glitch or whatever. Heck, when the pod opened, he hoped to hear the Ship's AI responding to his inquiries. Because if there was no human personal waking him up, that could only mean that he is one of the few technical staff currently being awakened to tend to whatever damage there was.