NOS-4-A2.0

Feed of Ages

 As soon as the cruiser returned to Star Command and docked at its usual spot the team quickly made their way to Nebula's office with the news that they had. Once they had arrived Buzz raptly knocked on the door which was promptly received, "Who is it?" "Team Lightyear reporting, sir," Buzz replied, compiling his thoughts into what he was going to say. Hearing who it was and figuring that they had something important to say Nebula beckoned, "Come in. What did you learn about those disturbances?" Once the team entered and heard the question Buzz quickly responded, "To be honest sir those disturbances that were reported were almost completely false. We believe that someone reported them as a way to get us out there for an entirely different reason." Listening to the answer Nebula got a bit concerned and asked, "And what do you think this reason is exactly?" Deciding to speak up next Minerva answered, "It's because Zurg has rebuilt NOS-4-A2 and given him a powerful upgrade. He calling himself NOS-4-A2.0." Hearing that one of Star Command's enemies had returned and that he had received a major upgrade that could make him even more dangerous Nebula quickly made a decision and informed them, "If NOS-4-A2 is back and he's gotten far more stronger now that he's been rebuilt like you say he's been then there's no doubt that he's going to make his way here at some point. Just to make sure that they stay safe and not fall victim to him I'm going to have XR and Minerva stay in the science lab until we know that NOS-4-A2.0 is not going to make a strike against the station."

As soon as she heard that Minerva interjected, "But Commander, during our fight I was able to get him with one shot of my blaster that made him retreat. I'm sure that if I'm quick enough I'll be able to-" "I'm sorry Minerva, but I can't let you do it," Nebula stopped, understanding why she said what she said. "But with the power source you're running on being so invaluable at the moment I can't risk letting it fall into that vampire's hands. Even you know how rare this power is with it only the test runs still being performed." Realizing what the commander was saying is true Minerva retreated and nodded in agreement knowing how rare this was. Everyone else confused about what was just said Mira piped up and asked, "Uh, Commander, what exactly do you mean by Minerva's 'power source'? Why is it so rare?" Looking over at her Nebula explained, "Well, it's because Minerva is the first to ever run on stellar energy. Her people found a way to use star maps as a means of detecting the star patterns in any system and absorbing the energy they generate by the use of stellar panels they designed themselves. They figured that this would be a better and cleaner way to power Minerva's operating system then using crystallic fusion. And it's so rare since the technology to harness it is just now being developed and so far Minerva's the only one confirmed to be running on this new energy. If NOS-4-A2.0 were ever to find this out it could mean serious trouble for not just her but possibly the entire galaxy." The confusion turing into understanding Buzz nodded and agreed, "I believe you are totally right one this, Commander. I'm sure that Mira, Booster and I can handle finding and defeating NOS-4-A2.0 and keep our teammates safe." Seeing that Buzz and the others were on board with the plan Nebula looked at XR and Minerva and told them, "Since everyone is agreeing with the plan you two get down to the lab at once. I'll let the LGMs know that you're on your way there." Nodding in agreement XR and Minerva saluted him and walked out, waving goodbye to the rest of their team as they headed down to the lab. Waving back the other three looked at Nebula when he addressed them, "Do everything you can to find this creature and stop him at any cost. We can't let him wreak havoc like he did before his destruction. Not to mention taking a few of our own and using them against us." Everyone nodding in agreement they saluted and quickly left to get to work on their new assignment.

A short time later XR and Minerva had arrived at the science lab and by then the LGMs were expecting them once they got word from Nebula a few minutes beforehand. As the two walked down the steps three of them came up and they said in unison, "Ah, you're here," then one replied, "Commander Nebula called to tell us that you were going to be staying with us for a while." Nodding in agreement Minerva said, "Yes, that's right. We're pretty much checking in as temporary guests for the time being until a bit of a situation is taken care of." The three nodding in understanding the second one directed as they led the way, "We understand. The commander informed us of everything we need to know. By the way your new recharge chamber has arrived and we have finished wiring it and setting it up for you." Quickly getting excited Minerva asked, "You did? Oh, that's amazing! Thank you so much!" Following the LGMs the rest of the way they came to a long chamber suspended in midair by a lift and looked like something never seen before with a large hourglass-shaped glass view on the hatch door. A few LGMs who were finishing up the last-minute details saw the two Rangers walking up they finished their work and one presented, "Minerva Sparkstar we present to you your brand new state of the art recharge chamber! Straight from the Spiritos science labs it's the latest in stellar energy collection and designed to recharge your system to a full one hundred percent capacity." Getting even more excited Minerva walked around it taking in every angle possible to get a full detailed view of her new possession. Reaching the front again the LGMs opened the hatch letting her see the interior which had a bed-like cushion with a pillow and blanket for her to rest comfortably as she recharged. So happy that she would be able to recharge without any issues she looked at the LGMs and said with a grateful smile, "Thank you all for doing this. This warms my heart to know that you all did such a great job in setting this up for me. Again, thank you all." Every LGM hearing that all of them through their mind link awed, "Ooh, praise!" then quickly got back to work on their other projects.