Some Kind of SciFi - Part 1

" Space....some call it a final frontier. I call it a stepping stone, maybe one of the biggest stepping stones known to mankind," Dolosus Black

 "No matter how hard we try to live in peace, there is always the dark void inside of us that can only be filled by war," Major of Galactic Army, sector 9

            In the year 4165 mankind has established military outposts across the galaxy. A lot has changed, and our addiction to technology continues to grow. The Milky Way Galaxy is now ruled by the Galactic Army, a military coalition from multiple star systems and they maintain a general pact to defend the galaxy from threats foreign and domestic. Each star system keeps all of their technological advances secret from each other just in case the pact breaks. The Galactic Army as a whole controls the greatest technology in the known universe; ordinary citizens of the galaxy can't even comprehend the military's simplest of devices.

            Life is much different than it was in the old times. Mankind has finally stopped fighting with each other and turned their focus and ingenuity towards their technology and striving as a whole in the universe. But there are many who disagree with the Galactic Army and their secret experiments and don't trust that the pact will remain intact for much longer as tension builds between star systems. This has led to rebel pirates attempting to capture star ships and try to hack into military super computers, but not for money. They do it for the secret technologies and the chance to capture powerful weapons so they no longer have to obey the strict regulations of the Galactic Army and can pursue their own dreams of exploring space in their own way.


Inside a dark and cluttered spaceship there are no sounds except for a control panel beeping and buzzing. There is a man sitting at a computer looking at blue prints to some kind of space craft. The man looks as if he has been up for days. He has blood shot eyes, pale skin, dry and cracked lips, and a tube sticking out of his arm with green liquid flowing through it. The walls of the ship are decorated with odd metallic objects that lost a bit of their luster, maybe at one time they were fascinating devices but now they do nothing but hang on a wall waiting to be salvaged. There is also a small shiny metal cube the size of a fingernail next to the computer. It has very small etchings on it, binary code, it says "Dolosus Black". Who knows what this strange piece of technology is used for and what it is capable of.

The intercom beeps. "This is Colonel Myron of The Galactic Army, sector 9. Your partner has contacted me saying you need my help. He just gave me this number and said there would be a reward." 

Finally the break I've been looking for. I can use this asshole to get onto the ship. Dolosus says to himself with a diabolical grin on his face. He pushes the button to the intercom. "Yes but we must meet in person. No one can know about this."

Myron answers with uncertainty. "This seems suspicious. What's your name and serial number?"

Dolosus responds angrily "I am offering you 10 million credits and all I want to do is ask you questions. You don't need to know my name. I can always find someone else who can help me if you're not interested."

Myron answers sheepishly "No wait I'll meet you, please. Where should we meet?"

With no hint that he was angry a second ago, Dolosus says "I will find you and wait until you're alone."

Timid and on the verge of shitting himself  Myron squeaks "You're freaking me out, what's all this about anyway?"

Dolosus turns off the intercom and starts to frantically collect random items from the computer.
I must hurry and get to this asshole before he tells anybody about our little arrangement. If he is as stupid as he sounds this might actually work. I just need his DNA.

In the war room of a Galactic Destroyer, military men are sitting around a transparent table with a three dimensional zone grid. It shows military ships in tactical positions to attack another star system, sector 5.  One of these men stands out from the rest, obviously the leader. Not the typical military leader, he is tall and thin and has a calm look about him. He also seems to be a little young to be a major in the Galactic Army, most of the other military leaders are older and more experienced. How he came to be major is unknown to the other officers. His name is Major Pierce. All of the other officers are talking while the major just sits there observing their confusion while they look at the strategic grid in front of them. Then the major clears his throat, the other officers become silent because of the major's odd presence. He begins to say "Gentlemen, the time draws near. Our attack could unleash the first galactic war, but it must be done."

A well decorated officer stands up quickly, knocking his chair to the ground, and slams the transparent table with fury. He shouts "How can you do this? We've had peace for so long and you want to be the one to ruin it. I will not sit here and listen to your bullshit and watch you ruin all that humanity has worked for."

The Major stands up calmly with a smug look on his face and his chest puffed out. Then he slowly extends his finger tips on his right hand and a slight hum fills the room, then a strong pulse erupts from his hand, aimed  towards the angry officer. The officer's head explodes violently from the inside out, as if a bomb went off inside his head, and the brain and skull matter begin to slowly evaporate in a spiral toward the ceiling while the scent of burnt flesh and hair creep into the others' noses. The humming dies down while the officer's limp body slams to the floor in a heap, organs and blood fall out of where his head once was. A gruesome sight, one of the other officers screams and empties the contents of his stomach on the floor. The Major sits back down, his facial expression hasn't changed...still smug...still calm.

Major Pierce begins to speak again "Now that I have all of your attention. Think about all of the other armies out there, 13 sectors. Go ahead think about it. How do we know that they are not planning to attack us like we are planning to attack sector 5. Also think about their experiments, we have created powerful weapons so we must assume that they have made even more powerful ones. Why not take them by surprise and take a sector out at a time and blame another, we have the technology to do so. So are you with me or are you going to join your little friend there on the ground."

The body on the ground is still twitching and squirming in its own filth making a horrible sloshing noise  as the rest of the officers look down at it. They all look at each other horrified with a grimace and give a general nod to Major Pierce. He then smiles as everything falls into place and says to the officers "Good. Now that we are all on the same page, let me show you my plans."

The Major stands up and points to areas of the grid and begins to show the rest of the officers a grand scheme to pit the other star systems against each other using their powerful stealth technology. Meanwhile Dolosus is hurdling through space towards Colonel Myron,  who is on the same ship as the Major, to carry out his plan.

What is Dolosus's plan? Will he stop the Major from attacking sector 5?  We will find out next time in Some Kind of Scifi



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