Dota Bundara Eos - A Quirk of Fate
Ava Munro
(( Previously Abandoned Underground Facility, Kurtûl III ))
Accompanied by several Nascaik Enforcerement Officers, Dota materialised into the facility. Dota was the only one of her specific hyper-species, as they had been renamed once the contamination spread, to come to the planet.
Her very creation was an unfortunate accident that only benefited the coalition, that was positioned as a great achievement. A marvel to be admired. The women exposed were the most affected. Skins and hair transformed.
Before her contamination she had been normal. A civil servant, who worked on cataloguing historical texts, particularly the great battles, within the memorial buildings. Then she was transformed and given the status as hyperfemale, something that wasn't possible before. And then her new life of service began.
In a cruel quirk of fate she was to face down one of the women who was in some way responsible for it.
MacKenzie, Fleet Captain. She wondered if her role in the Nascaik peace with the Thama had helped her achieve that particular accolade.
Starfleet. Federation. Liars. Deceivers. Plague-bringers. She loathed the Nascaik who claimed they had saved them. They had not saved Dota. Yet, here she was. A loyal servant to the coalition, as she had been raised to be. Her mother and father wept when they learnt of her contamination. Tears of pride and joy.
oO our child has been blessed Oo
MacKenzie had unsettled her. These thoughts were not useful. Her eyes picked up small details in the facility. Displaced dust, debris that had been moved recently. Activity in a place that was forgotten.
They had scanned the planet and found the thalaron traces. Kurtûl may have been remote but if they were to experience a Great Bloom, it would cut the Nascaik off from vital trade routes. The entire coalition would be plunged into chaos.
Besides, she had been ordered to retrieve what she could of the thalaron. As far as the commanders were concerned that all discoveries belonged to the Nascaik Defence Coalition.
Eos: Virala and Loparit.
Two of the five officers she had brought with her. None of them hypermales. Men she trusted with families at home and something to return too. She preferred them to the hypermales.
Virala and Loparit stepped forward, ready for their orders.
Eos: I want you to scout the western and eastern tunnels. Stealth. Let me know what Starfleet is doing. Do not engage. They aren't our enemies. Not yet. If they attempt to steal our property then Command has instructed we use all available force to neutralise them.
oO even the word was ugly… Starfleet Oo
Weak and servile. A disguise that she had no intention of falling for. If they got their hands on the Thalaron, who knows what terror they might accidentally unleash within Nascaik space.
Both men nodded and then left. She went north with the remaining three officers.
TBC
Dota Bundara Eos
Captain of the Nascaik Defenceship "Corastan Se"
The Order of the Gilara
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