Re: Peltas Five Space Station
Cassie nodded, and the group set off for the food areas of the station. Fortunately, the Alverans seemed to eat similar to humans and made practically the same meals, although both Vanessa and Cassie secretly thought the Alverans were a little better at it than their own people were.
They soon had gotten their food, Vanessa going with some steak while Cassie got some kind of marinated chicken. The two women exchanged talk for a bit, Vanessa telling her what little she did remember of the city, careful for some reason to avoid telling Cassie about Nirrti. It might seem strange to Ian, since she never withheld things like that, and he could only guess she knew something about the two that would upset Cassie if she brought the name up, or something made her feel awkward about it. Finally the two finished, and Vanessa turned to Ian, smiling.
"Your turn! You saw more of the city than I did."
It didn't take long for Ariana and Alberik to reach the control deck, which seemed empty without an Asgard being there. There were plenty of consoles, but only one of them fit the description Julia had mentioned for the activator. Once the ship was activated, Alberik got a download of information from the ship's core, seemingly info not related to what he already knew. Amongst that was a short excerpt from what might have been a personal log.
The day has come that we have realized the likelyhood of our survival is not great. After much debate with the high council, the decision to leave at least something of our existence behind, in the form of our knowledge and research, with the Alverans was made. We'll erase everything else unless the Clavarak Suits somehow provide the answer we need. Due to this project taking up so much time, the groundwork has already been set for our gift, as we can't be certain this will even work.
It glazed over a few other areas until he discovered an entry regarding them.
Yesterday commander Thor came across a human aboard an older ship, one we believe may have come from the now quiet Slitarus sector of the Milky Way. Thor didn't spend too much time with her before dropping her off with the Alverans, but he became aware of a sentient lifeform aboard her ship, residing in electronic form. Humans might refer to him as an AI, but Thor believed he was much more than that. Given the construction of the suits, and their nature, a decision was made to reach out to the two of them in the hopes Alberik, the aforementioned friend of Ariana, the human, might agree to help test the suits out. If it works and we're able to grant him the freedom any lifeform should have, we may be able to unlock the final door to solving our own mystery. If it does not work, then we must resign ourselves in the knowledge everything possible has been tried, and our time simply is up. Therefore when the tests are complete, should this fail, we'll have our legacy ready to deliver. I personally will escort it back to the Alverans, and we will begin the final countdown. Should it work, the two of them will ultimately be considered as a new cornerstone in our civilization, as the people who helped stave off our extinction.