Star Fields

Chapter No.105. New Threat

Chapter No.105. New Threat

It ain't over 'till it's over.

Venessa turned to me. "You have freed us from outside interference, Jason. When you destroyed Queen, you eliminated Tyco's avatar. He is still in control of the android rebellion."

"I was afraid of that," I said. "Do you have any idea where they are?"

"We believe they are in a galaxy a thousand parsecs from here, but we are not certain of the precise location."

"Thank you for the information. I think we'll wait until tomorrow to go there. I want everyone in agreement about what we should do if we find them."

"We should assimilate them," Molly said.

"Yes, that would be the ultimate goal, but first we have to find a way to neutralize Tyco without loss off android life."

"You'll just have to figure out how to use your powers to do that."

I sighed. "Yeah, I realize that, but I'm not certain that I fully understand Tyco and how he holds power over the androids."

I know that didn't satisfy them, but it was the best I could come up with.

The next day we gathered on the command deck to begin our journey to find Tyco. Molly had used her virtual mirror telescope to search for galaxies several thousand parsecs of our location. Unfortunately, there were at least three that fit the habitable criteria.

I turned to Judy. "Do you have any feel for which galaxy Tyco is in?"

"We believe it's the spiral galaxy in the second quadrant."

"Take us there."

Using spin drive we were there in a few minutes. The galaxy was a SBb-class spiral, which meant that it had a well-defined bar in the middle of it. Judy moved our vessel up over the galaxy so that Molly could scan the entire disk. An hour later she came up with a possible location.

"I've found a G-5 class star system with a habitable planet in between the main spiral arms. I can't tell if it has anyone living on it at this distance."

"Take us there, Judy. Remain in stealth mode."

We went to warp to approach the star system she had located.

"The fourth planet has a breathable atmosphere," Molly said. "It's within the habitable zone of this star."

"I see indications of a civilization," Margaret said. "There is a structure in orbit around the planet. I believe it's a space port."

"Put us in cloak and go to Yellow Alert."

The lights dimmed and a yellow light began blinking as we approached the planet using impulse power, which had a minimal energy signature.

"I don't think this is an android collective," Alexa said. "I'm detecting infrared signals that indicate human-like beings."

"That would mean that this isn't the Tyco collective," I said. "Is there any indication of a threat?"

"I'm not seeing anything that would be a threat to us."

"Okay, Judy, take us out of Yellow Alert but keep us in stealth mode."

"I've detected an electromagnetic signal in the sub space region," Alexa said. "I believe it has video information."

After several minutes of work, Alexa managed to decode the signal. We gathered around the main screen to see what she had uncovered.