Terror: Ugh I hate when they forget that I can morph. Right ghost? Ghost: Yes I do dislike that although why are we on The Defiance? Terror: hmph? Oh right, yes, we are here to find oryx and to catch up on what we missed. *as terror is talking he morphs back into a cat* So that is why we are onboard The Defiance, oh and did they do repair and maintain The Defiance? Ghost: Yes they did, Amanda did most of the repairs herself, and we finished the installation of the shield projector while you were unconscious and we discovered something about the ship. Terror: What did you discover? Ghost: The ship was designed for maximum efficiency when routing power to weapons and utilities, especially utilities, we discovered that when we tested the power, because a lot was disappearing, that it was powering a slip space drive, used in deep space travel. Terror: Ok, how did we not find this earlier? And shouldn't it have been on the blueprints? *Ghost projects a holographic blueprint of the ship* Ghost: Well after we found the drive, I scoured the blueprint and it showed that the space was either corrupted or its a solid section of armor. Terror: To save space it would have been hollow, so I don't know. Could you take me to the drive? Ghost: Yeah, its this way follow me. *Ghost flies off in a direction and terror follows and then stops at a doorframe* Ghost: This is the hallway to it, the reason why we never found it was because it utilized a hard light barrier to stop anyone from finding it. Terror: Then how did it have maintenance? Ghost: We found a couple of repair drones doing maintenance on it. Terror: Were the drones running on a separate network? Is that how we didn't find it? Ghost: Yes that was a reason why we didn't find it until recently. Terror: Alright lets see this slip space drive. *terror walks into the room as the ghost floats on in terror stops after he walks into the drive* Ow *rubs nose* why does it not have lights or a rail? Ghost: Oh it has lights but only when its active. *after ghost finishes talking the dive activates glowing a light blue* Terror: Why am I floating off the ground and also why can I see my body?!?? Ghost: Huh this didn't happen to amanda, well you are lighter.... We will have to research this, oh and you may want leave. Terror: Yes I figured that, now that I'm walking on the ceiling! Where is the door? Ghost: its this way. Terror: Um I can't move. Can you float up here so I can leave? Ghost: Ok *The ghost floats up to terror and terror grabs on floating behind it until he reaches the doorway when he just drops* Terror: Ow, yeah seal the room this is not cat friendly. Ghost: Heh, yeah will do. *An hour later the defiance is charging the slip space drive to test what it can do* Terror: So this, should in theory, be able to teleport anywhere in space? Ghost: No, well maybe, we still need to take precautions mostly because we don't know how this will affect the ship. Terror: Can we build a functional replica of the drive to put on a drone to see what will happen? Ghost: I have done hundreds of scans and I still don't know what it is made of, mostly because the casing is made of titanium and the inner core is a mystery, I've made a three dimensional model of the inner core and studied it hundreds of times and there is no hint towards at what it is made of or what it does to make a slip space portal. Terror: What do you mean you don't know? That should be impossible? Has a cryptarch analyzed it? Or have you kept it a secret? Ghost: No we have not had a cryptach analyze it yet I was waiting for you to wake up before the cryptarch broke it. Terror: Ah, I see why, okay yeah call the cryptarch tell him we need him to analyze a golden age relic, that should get him up here. Ghost: *chuckles* Ok will do. *An hour later the cryptarch is in the middle of analyzing the inner core but is stuck on the same problem as the ghost* Cryptarch: I don't know how or where you found this, but not even I can figure out what it is made of, nor its function. Ghost: So, we both got stuck on the same thing? Cryptarch: Yeah, I guess so, did you get stuck on figuring out the inner core's material? Ghost: Yes, I even did a density scan and the results provided no data, like it wasn't even there. Cryptarch: Huh, when I did my density scan it said that the material was unable to be processed, did you try to lift it? Ghost: Yes, I did, but the piece weighs at least a couple of hundreds of pounds. Cryptarch: Odd, mine says that it weighs at least a couple of pounds. Perhaps it has a spacial time distorter? Ghost: Maybe, or it could exert power across time so that once it first activates it will be impossible to scan. Cryptarch: Maybe, although not likely. *Terror is laying upside down on the slip space drive when he jumps down and looks at what connects the drive to the ship.* Terror: Hey ghost, you know that this isn't even connected to the ship right? Ghost: Of course its connected, how else will it be draining power? Terror: I'm going to see if I can pick it up to test your theories. *Terror starts to pick up the drive, but stops as he suddenly realizes that as soon as his paw touched the inner core that it started to fade.* Terror: Um ghost should I be fading out of existence when I touch it? Cryptarch: No, you should be rather safe, its not even activated. Wait! That might be why we can't get an accurate reading on it, it probably generates a bubble that will protect it from harm, physical or digital. Ghost: But that wouldn't make sense, why would it generate a safety field when its not even on? *The ghost and cryptarch continue to exchange theories, while terror is staring at the drive when he suddenly runs out of the room* Ghost and Cryptarch both: Terror, why did you leave? *Terror puts his head around the corner*Terror: There is something not right about that drive, like its holding an entity inside of it. Ghost: Terror we did scans, and they all say that it is just the inner core and from what we can see its a solid block. Terror: What scans did you perform? Ghost: I did thermal, radioactive, magnetic, and microwave. Cryptach: I did hydrogen, visible, and radio wave scans. Terror: Did either of you do infra red or sound? Ghost: We both did sound and I think the Cryptarch did sound. Cryptarch: No I didn't do a sound test or scan, I thought you did ghost..... Terror, what can you hear and smell? Terror: I hear what sounds like screams of pain, and hat sounds like a demonic laugh and I smell machinery, metal, a hint of blood, and something else...*sniffs the air* Something that doesn't belong on this ship. Alarm: WARNING TIME DISTURBANCE DETECTED IN THE MAIN HANGAR. Terror: AHH! Every time that alarm goes off. I'll handle them. Just figure it out. *Terror activates the hard light door and reinforces the door with darkness and then runs off towards the hangar*