SS: Al'i Aurora Aboard the TFS Uictoria Part 10

Commander Blaze met them on the launch pad where Al’i landed on New Thav, “Good work Lieutenant.”

“Commander, this is Jeci. We saved his group from those creatures,” Al’i said.

Jeci nervously shook Blaze’s hand, having never actually met a Tiur before.

“Those creatures were Panths, from the Dunimis System. It seems they have acquired space travel capabilities. We should have expected this sooner and not left them to their own devices. Jeci, I’ve talked with the Muneric of Thavma. We are going to launch a space jump station nearby from our ship. The Muneric will send some ships through this station with aid and take over this place.”

Jeci yelled out, “This is not there place!”

Blaze did not respond and gave an order to Al’i, “Lieutenant Aurora, please wrap up and board soon, we will take off within the hour.”

With that Blaze left the two, Jeci upset and Al’i nervous about what to do. Al’i turned to Jeci, “Jeci this is best for New Thav. It will help you rebuild and the Muneric will protect this place. He won’t risk losing a hub like this.”

Jeci was silent for a bit before saying, “They will take over! Anything could come through this space station thing!”

“Don’t worry, these stations are highly regulated. If anything that shouldn’t comes through, we will know and respond. I’ll talk to the Muneric about a complete take over, but there are so few of you. It’s best to join the rest of the Thavmains, at least communication wise, for your safety.”

With that, Al’i left Jeci, and took off back to the ship. After all that, being attacked, they still want to be alone?

SS: Al'i Aurora Aboard the TFS Uictoria Part 9

The news of a Lieutenant Givens had reached Commander Blaze. I always hate losing men. The other news was still worse. Dr. Ishî identified the bodies of the other creatures as Panths.

Ever since the Tiur first tried to make contact with the Panths on Dunamis Minor, problem after problem occurred. Now, the worst fear of the Gia had happened. The Panths had been seen off their planet, and even worse, out of their system. They’re exploring, and taking what they want with them.

Commander Blaze clicked on his module to patch into Prime Liam, head of the Tiur. A hologram of Prime Liam appeared with a few of the Elected, other government representatives. The Prime spoke, “Commander Blaze, have you identified the source of the signal?”

The Commander saluted and replied, “It was a Thavmain distress signal that was bouncing off the asteroid field. It was coming from a hub called New Thav, which appears to have no connection to the Thavmain government. They didn’t even know it existed. Intel suggests a couple hundred survived.”

“Survived what, Commander?” Elected Mercedes asked.

The Commander paused, unsure of how to continue. “Well…it seems to have been from a Panth attack…”

Silence. Prime Liam face showed concern, as he clicked on his module. After a moment, Muneric Demosthenes appeared. Greetings were exchanged, and the Prime filled the Muneric in.

The Muneric asked the Commander, “Was the ship the lost Tiur vessel?”

“No. Similar technology, but definitely build from scratch. They have their own space travel capabilities now. We checked the logs, and nothing on any space jumps. Seems they haven’t figured out how they work.”

The Muneric said, “We have to take control of the hub. The Panths could come back Commander, do you have a space jump station on board you can deploy?”

“Yes, we do Muneric,” Blaze replied.

The Muneric continued, “We are going to send some aid, and a couple Thavmain fighter ships. These are our people, we will take over.”

Prime Liam nodded in agreement, “Deploy the station at once Commander and report back to Coesi. We will send a couple TFS to Dunamis Major and warn the Gia. They won’t be happy with this news.”

The Commander clicked on his module and left the conference. He ordered the station deployment for readiness and a shuttle to land him on New Thav.

SS: Al'i Aurora Aboard the TFS Uictoria Part 7

In the elevator on her way back up to the first floor of the ship, she adjusted the orb strap around her shoulder. It fit rather nice across her chest and then strapped around her waist. The belt part of it had holders on her right side for the orbs she brought with her. On the left, a Tiur handgun was attached and an extra clip. Here’s hoping I don’t have to use that. I’ve never shot any kind of a gun before.

She looked at her left shoulder. There was a small metal section on this area of the belt. Travis had told her that placing her hand over it would produce an orb in her hand. They had yet to determine if these orbs would function properly or how many orbs would be produced. Please work.

When the doors opened, she was led to Commander Blaze, who went right into what was going on, “We got the signal. It’s a Thavmain distress signal. That was bouncing off the asteroid field.”

“What’s the situation?” Al’i asked.

“We don’t have any specific information. Our scope images seem to make out a hub of some kind,” Blaze said as he pulled up the images. “Know anything about this?”

Al’i shook her head. Not a damn clue.

“I’m going to call Muneric Demosthenes, see if he can shed some light on this,” Blaze said as he typed on module. The Muneric was patched through and filled in.

Demosthenes denied any Thavmain government projects in this region, but had a possibility, “the Mevoi were not the first organization to leave Thavma, just the most recent and well-known. A long time ago, there was another small separatist movement. We’re talking around when the Tiur arrived to Thavma. A group of Thavmain isolationists left to form their own society, far from the reaches of any other race. It was kept pretty quiet from the public. Anyone in that group would all be long dead.”

“What about a Thavma trade black market headquarters?” the Commander asked.

“It’s possible,” the Muneric answered, “our intel on illegal trade mostly just stems from hubs out of our planet. It would be a more hostile group, if that’s the case.”

“Thanks Muneric Demosthenes, we will let you know what we find. With being able to lock into the signal, we should be able to travel to its location faster,” Blaze said.

“One more thing, I’d like Aurora to head any communication. Either group will more likely entertain talking to a Thavmain over a Tiur,” Demosthenes said.

“I agree,” Blaze said and hologram communication signal signed off. Blaze went over some strategy with Al’i, and before long, they were informed that they had come up on the object. Blaze brought up a live feed on the module. It was indeed a hub of some kind, a fairly large one at that. It looked like it could house an entire city. It was unnaturally quiet in activity, however. After issuing some orders for the ship, he had a communication signal sent to the hub. He nodded to Al’i.

Al’i pressed the module, “This is Thavmain Lieutenant Al’i Aurora on the TFS Uictoria. Come in.” She paused. Nothing. The ship’s communication leader spoke over the module’s intercom, “we read an incoming signal, Commander, but it is appearing to be being jammed.”

“Lieutenant, head down to the boarding shuttles, I’ll have a squad meet you down there,” Blaze ordered.

“At once sir,” Al’i said and left for the lower decks.

SS: Al'i Aurora Aboard the TFS Uictoria Part 5

A couple hours later, Al’i was laying in her bed, messing with her new watch like comms device. She was beginning to feel the time difference. Taking Dr. Ishî’s advice, she got out of bed. The device on her wrist vibrated. She clicked the notification and an automated female voice came on. “Greetings Lieutenant Aurora. Commander Blaze would like to see you in the Diplomatic Room on the first floor.”

After stepping off the elevator and going through the additional security on this floor, she was escorted to the room. Is this normal? she thought as she entered. “Commander.”

“Lieutenant,” Blaze said without looking up from his module.

“What can I do for you sir?” Al’i asked.

“As a Thavmain in the Tiur fleet service, you’re in a unique position diplomatically. As such, you’ll be in more conversations to learn, and possibly, give Thavmain opinion.”

Al’i figured eventually this could lead to a diplomatic or higher military position in Thavma, but that seemed years away. So soon? How am I supposed to know anything?

The commander continued and pointed at the module displaying a 3D map of a region of space, “here’s our current position. We are almost to the region we believe the interference is coming from. It could take a couple days to narrow down its location.”

“What then?”

“Depends what we find. You will either analyze with me from here or be sent with an exploration team. If there’s any need for communication, having a Thavmain here with me will make it seem less intrusive and invasive. There’s personal module in your quarters will contain some of this information, as well as some other classified intel. I suggest looking these over and keeping an eye out for anything new added. That’s all for now. I’ll notify you when the time is right. That’s all Lieutenant.”

“Thank you sir.” With that Al’i left and headed back to her room. Feeling exhausted, she lay down. She could not help but close her eyes and fall asleep.

SS: Al'i Aurora Aboard the TFS Uictoria Part 2

Al’i pinned a picture of her parents up in her new quarters. This has all been so fast, she thought. How did I even get here? I’ve never even left Munera before. In a matter of a week, Al’i Aurora had graduated from her continentia, been recruited to the Service Guard of the Muneric, and then been informed by the Muneric himself that she would be transferred to a Tiur fleet ship. Not just any TFS, the TFS Uictoria under Commander Blaze.

She finished unpacking her things and sat on her bed. She slide her right hand in the front flaps of her shirt, pulled a device out from a pocket, and looked it over. The device was a small communication portal. The Muneric gave it to her before she left with specific instructions, report back in secret. A direct link to the Muneric Offices… What am I supposed to even report back about?

Her train of thought was interrupted by a knock at the door. She quickly put the device back, “Come in.”

Commander Blaze entered. “Settled in?”

Al’i stood. “Yes commander. May I ask what’s next?”

“We are just about to drop off some Tiur researchers in Minoci and then we will head to an unmapped region in space. There’s been pickup of a signal but with heavy inference in our laser communication system coming outside the Dunamis System. Going to see what is it,” Blaze said.

“And what’s your plan for me?” she asked.

“That depends on what you show me you can do,” Blaze replied. With that, Commander Blaze left Al’i to finish settling in.

What am I doing here? Al’i took the picture of her parents. The picture frosted over and Al’I dropped it. It had been a long time since she had lost even the slightest control over her emotional state. She looked at her hands, which were completely blue for a couple seconds before going back to her normal state of a constant morph between purple and blue. She picked up the photo and tacked it back on the wall. Get yourself together, you can handle anything.

She pulled the device back out of her shirt compartment. Turned it on and hit record. “Heading off to unknown region. Some signal with communication interference in area. Will report more when information is known.” She clicked send. I don’t always have to keep the Muneric informed on everything. Just give him enough occasionally.

She peeked her head out into the hallway. It’s so empty, where is everyone? Well maybe I best get some rest then.

SS: Al'i Aurora Aboard the TFS Uictoria Part 1

Commander Blaze stepped off his shuttle after arriving at the capitol building in Munera. He was about as fierce as a Tiur could be, being only a foot and a half tall and covered in fur. His auburn color looked darker in the Thamva light, giving a seemingly radiant glow to his white streak on the middle of his face that ended on his nose. A Thavmain shortly greeted him.

“Commander Blaze,” she said as she extended her hand, “Service Guard Al’i Aurora. Muneric Demosthenes will be with you shortly. He is just finishing up with the representatives. Right this way.”

As Al’i led Blaze to the Muneric office, Blaze noticed constant flickering between purple and blue along her skin, a trait belonging to the Thavmain race Boreaian when in fear, giving them the ability to freeze anything they touch. A Boreaian, he thought, she can’t be fearful of me can she?

“Am I that ferocious looking?” Blaze puffed out his chest, while Al’i gave a puzzled look in his direction. “Your skin, it’s changing,” Blaze added.

“Ah no,” Al’i said, “just precisely tuned emotionally. The Service Guard recruited me right out of the continentia for it. It makes sense. I mean, I do guard the Muneric. People think twice when they see it.” She opened a door and said, “The Muneric will be right in, can I get you anything in the meantime?”

“No thanks,” Blaze said as he entered. Interesting, learn something new every day, he thought before turning his mind at the task at hand.

Before long, Muneric Ethe Demosthenes entered. “Commander, good to see you again. Shall we get down to business?” Blaze nodded and sat as Demosthenes continued, “The representatives agree that a Tiur/Thavmain joint research facility would be highly beneficial. We’d like it to be here on Thavma. We already have space in the city of Minoci ready to go.”

The Tiur were prepared for this. Muneric Demosthenes was well known in trying to negotiate anything and everything. Truth be told, the Tiur did not care where the lab was. In fact, they had a team of researchers on his ship already.

Before Blaze could agree, Demosthenes continued, “We’d also like a Thavmain to join the Tiur fleet. We have a Favonian very capable.” 

Blaze was taken aback, but collected himself. His instinct was to decline, as it seemed like a ploy for to have agreement to move the facility location to Thavma. Last thing I need. An invisible Thamvain snooping around. Another thought crossed his mind and he surprised himself when he answered, “my choice.”

Never one to be unprepared, yet secretly surprised, the Muneric pushed further, “We just want to make sure you have the best Thavmain available to your needs. That could take time to decide, as you interview…”

Blaze stepped in, “Aurora, your service guard.”

“We are not sending a Thavma out to be a private stuck in the Tiur system. She’s hardly trained, no diplomatic skills, just graduated from a continentia last week! We have highly skilled people more useful that eventually can come back to help Thavma in what they’ve learned,” Demosthenes said before Blaze answered.

“She’ll be in my crew on the TFS Uictoria.”

Demosthenes did not hesitate and agreed immediately, half in disbelief that he got someone on Commander Blaze’s ship, “We will have her meet you on your ship.”

“Excellent,” Blaze said as he stood, “we will drop off our research team in Minoci before we leave.”

The two shook hands and Blaze exited. He eyed up Al’i once more as he passed her, while Demosthenes motioned her to enter. This should be interesting.

New Species: Tiur

System Overview

The Tiur (pronounced like tour) live in the Tiur system which consists of four planets: Neth, Ohma, Metus, and Shudra. Neth, Ohma, and Metus are essentially one large city like planet. Neth, considered the capitol planet, has two moons, which are also populated. The Tiur use Shudra for resources. A species from another planet system, called Gia, also live in abundance on Shudra, which we will discuss at another time.

Tiur

Tiur are very small, furry (colors vary) creatures. Typically, they will range in height from 1 to 2 feet. They are a highly intelligent species and very technologically advanced. They were the first to travel through space to find other intelligent beings and are heavily involved in trade throughout the universe. Unlike most creatures, Tiur only go by a single name.

Tiur Technology

Much of the spacecraft technology comes from the Tiur, although it is usually modified by other species. Consist throughout the universe are the Tiur telecom system enabling planetary system to system communication. This system is a laser based system that allows communication between set locations. This allows ships to check into planet bases without issue, but issues can arise vice versa. The Tiur also manufactured time jump stations in certain locations. These stations create "holes" that allow ships to travel rapidly from station to station.

Government

The Tiur built a space station that between the planets of Neth and Ohma, which acts as a government and military base. The space station, known as the Coesi, is about the size of a small moon. Each Tiur planet and moon has "Elected" which make laws for the Tiur across the universe. Each planet has this same system in place to govern itself on smaller issues. The Tiur, as a whole, then vote to elect a Prime Tiur to run the Elected (5 year terms). The current Prime Tiur is Liam, who has held the position for 11 years. The Tiur believe that a galaxy wide controlled station should be built to house a similar system for everyone in Alucinatio Mentis.

Military

The Tiur currently have the largest known space fleet in the galaxy. Tiur space crafts are all labeled TFS. The most notable active military personal is Commander Blaze of the TFS Uictoria.