[Somewhere in space...]
"Rekkhai, it's on deck 10!"
"What? How in the Areinnye did it get there? Try to beam it out and get a security detail down there NOW!"
"Transporter lock failing... it's too out of sync to be locked on to. Tr'Nhar and a......
[Several Seuren Pass]
"No word from the security detail... internal scanners indicate they're all dead. Including Arrain tr'Nhar."
"Fvadt... another XO wasted... well, if au want something done, do it ninte-self." A kaleh is withdrawn from its sheath. "If I don't come back... blow the deck, destroy the ship... anything it takes."
"Ie, rekkhai"
[SRR Wildstrike: Deck 10]
Tr'Rhagarokk, Senator by title, Erie'Riov by rank, Mad Scientist by description, and Donalh by name, stands at the exit of the turbolift. The halls are bathed in an eerie red glow from the alert status. There is a strange silence which is only broken by Donalh's own heartbeat. Kaleh drawn, the commander of the ship stalks the halls cautiously. He turns a corner to find the dismembered corpses of several of his crew. Green blood drips off the walls, and various other fluids and body parts are scattered around.
{{It's close...}} thinks the Rihannsu to himself, {{I can sense it}}
Turning yet another corner, Rhagarokk is right. A mass of flesh and various other goo is given a green tint by all the copper-based blood now flowing through its body. Eyes, or whitish spheres that line its outer covering at seemingly random intervals that were probably eyes, all swivel to see the newcomer. Rhagarokk notices the limp top half of his executive officer protruding from the closed maw of the creature. One more final munch, probably for dramatic effect, crunches down on the half-chewed body before letting it fall out, covered in a translucent goo. Rhagarokk gives a look of disdain.
"You dropped some of ninte food." Rhagarokk states simply, not visibly perturbed at all by the creature's show of gore. "Au ate my executive officer. Au ate most of the senior staff of my crew. But more importantly, au disturbed my experiment!" Rhagarokk holds up his kaleh in an offensive stance. Pressing an unseen button on the hilt, the kaleh crackles as an odd red energy surrounds it, and seems to warp space around itself. The creature, sensing an energy source, gives an inhuman high-pitched growl and lunges at Rhagarokk.
"I'll see au in Areinnye [Hell]!" shouts Rhagarokk.
[SRR Wildstrike: Rhagarokk's office, three days later]
"Yes, I said I need a new XO, a new med officer, a new security officer, a new..."
"Stop stop stop!" shouts the person on the com line. "Just... clarifying ninte report. I'm afraid we cannot ENTIRELY honor ninte request at this time. However..." Rhagarokk could swear he heard snickering in the background of the com line. The man continues. "We have a new mission for au, apart from ninte usual ones, although we do feel it falls under ninte field of expertise. Also, any crew au recover may be considered immediate transfers to ninte crew."
Rhagarokk tries to break in. "Recover? I am na a Rei'Krannsu Riov, I command a Science Vessel!"
"Oh, believe us, it will primarily be science. Proceed to the Kastra'Nostra system, the fourth planet from the sun ch'Vania. Orders for this mission are as follows: observe any phoenomina normally in ninte field. However, the planet is... special. It is a protectorate world, not yet up to Republic level technologies, so au are to limit contact with the surface, and if au do have to go to the planet's surface, no high leveled technologies, minimal weapons, and no powered suits or anything obvious. This mission is Top Secret. Speaking of which, after this mission, I'm assigning a full Tal'Shiar Temporal Assesment Group Strike team to the Morrhae'Vnu [Wildstrike]. They'll be able to aid au in similar situations then the io au just encountered. Plus, they are trained in the Agency's stances on Temporal adjustments. Star Command out."
Donalh growled slightly, then leaning his head back in his chair. Tapping his communicator, Rhagarokk stated in an exasperated voice, "Rhagarokk to helm control, set course for the Kastra'Nostra system, Warp 9.83 and engage." Rhagarokk sighed and prepared himself for the mission ahead, trying to get his mind off the fact that the Agency would now have a significant presense on his ship.
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