Author: KatiKat
Warning: AU, Sci-Fi
Rating: PG
Pairings: 1+2, 3+4
Archives: KatiKat and Friends
Disclaimer: All standard disclaimers apply here - means: I only borrowed them from their respective owners and play with them only for fun. No money made here.
Peacecraft 1 Prologue
The five doctors were sitting at a large table in the dark briefing room, watching silently as the army of Romafeller destroyed their space station, their actions all displayed on the big screen in front of the room. It wouldn't take long till the soldiers arrived there, in the heart of the station.
Doctor J sighed heavily and pushed a small button on his console. All of them knew what they have to do. They didn't like it at all, but there was no acceptable alternative.
"Relena," J called silently.
Suddenly a bright hologram appeared in front of the screen. It was a young girl, looking no older than sixteen with long light hair, dressed in a simply white space suit, calm expression on her face.
"You called, Doctor J?" Her voice was gentle and relaxed.
"Yes. I'm giving you the strict order to take the Peacecraft out to space. To leave the docks and head to your planned destination." He was saying it with a heavy heart. Their hopes and expectations they had put in this project destroyed.
"And the colonists?"
Her asking this question surprised nobody. She was an AI, but the best they have ever created. The best program for the best ship. The Peacecraft 1 was the biggest and fastest ship ever, filled with technology that cost them millions of credits. And for nothing.
"There won't be any colonists coming, Relena," Doctor G, who was sitting opposite J, whispered and pushed a small disc into the console in front of him transferring the data into the Peacecrafts main computer.
Relena cocked her head to one side while reading the information as they kept flowing into her brain. Death, so many dead people. All just because the Romafeller organization couldn't take it, that they had been excluded from this project. The Oz project started as an idea for peace and not for the war plans the Romafeller had with their ship and AIs.
"So all the colonists are dead..." It was a statement delivered in a quiet and sad voice.
"Yes, Relena. And we can't allow for the Romafeller to get hold of you, the ship or the pilots with their dirty hands," J explained. The other only nodded in agreement. "We can't destroy you - you are our child. So the only way to rescue you all is for you to escape. The pilots and the captain are on the ship, aren't they?"
She nodded. "Yes, they haven't woken up from their cryogenic sleep yet. Shall I speed the process of their recovering?"
G shook his head. "No, quiet the opposite. We want you to freeze them deeper again. The flight to your destination, the Sanq 1, will be very long. There shouldn't be any problems. You should be able to manage the navigation and everything by yourself."
She nodded again seeing the logic in it. The pilots had become a part of the program because of the thousands of colonists who should have been on the ship in this very moment. The six pilots should have been responsible for the humans on board. Relena was a very capable being but still, as an AI her abilities were limited.
"I understand. But what should their mission be? Seven of them on a ship that had been built for almost five thousand people? It's obvious that this station will be destroyed soon," pointing at the screen behind her, "and along with it all your knowledge, data, everything. The goal of this mission was to build a new colony in deep space. A new colony that should have represented a clear start for all the people who wanted to leave this war stricken galaxy... But without colonists - why bother with building a colony?"
"I understand your arguments, Relena... but we don't know if there won't be another ship built and another group of colonists sent out in a matter of years. Or maybe it won't even be colonists, but soldiers...And the planet has to be ready for them - for the colonists to welcome them and for the soldiers... the planet has to be able to defend itself. The pilots have been trained in these things and it will easily become their new mission."
She nodded but it was obvious she didn't like the prospect of fighting and killing. She has been created as a tool of peace therefore she despised violence.
"As you wish, Sirs," she bowed slightly. But before disappearing back into her ship she looked around at all of them. Had she been a human, they would've guessed that she had tears in her eyes. "It was a privilege to know you."
J smiled slightly. "It was our pleasure, Miss Peacecraft," answering with a bow of his own.
She then disappeared, leaving the room dark again.
Using a remote control J switched the channel on the screen. They could see the magnificent ship leaving the docks slowly. Almost immediately all the fighters outside turned their fire on it and the doctors had to hold their breath. They relaxed once they saw that the shields were able to withstand all of the damage being caused by the soldiers. In seconds the Peacecraft 1 vanished with a light speed jump into the cold space.
There was a hammering on their doors before they slid open; thanks to a short-circuit one of the soldier created on the panel next to the door. A group of men rushed immediately into the room and surrounded the scientists. One of the men - obviously the commander - stepped forward and with a cold smirk ordered them to come with them.
The doctors smiled to each other. It was over now.
"It was nice to meet you all," J said to his fellow doctors with a salute and a smirk of his own. The other answered in the same way. And then J pulled out a small black box from under the table and with a silent click he pressed the red button on the top.
No one in the room had a chance to scream before the station exploded.
TBC...
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