Okay so I didn't ask on the last chapter, if you've got constructive comments let me know. This chapter or previous ones just let me know to which you are referring to.
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'Also DON'T allow Micheal to touch Brianna, and DON'T allow him near her bed...' Why did I tell Tina that? Brian wondered after he had deactivated the communicator. Oh well, he concluded, if I felt it strong enough to say it there's probably a good reason to have said it. "Atherian, I need access to design programs. Everything from clothing to ship construction, it's time to get started."
"Yes captain. I will guide you to the nearest engineering station." Said a very upbeat AI. "Please inform me if there is anything else you require."
"I need 3D design capabilities Atherian. Also when Athena wakes send her to me." Brian said firmly. "What I need to do won't be accomplished by anyone except a expert on a regular screen program."
"As you wish captain, I will have you shown the way to the Astrometrics Lab. While it's not quite what it was meant for, it WILL fulfill your requirements admirably. Or I believe it will Sir." Said Atherian.
Brian laughed. "For a while until we get everything set up and rearranged, somethings will have to be multipurpose. So lets see if the Astrometrics Lab will work, even if it's not perfect I'll still probably be able to use it."
"As you will, captain. As Astrometrics is to the forward of the ship it would be prudent to use the chutes."
Atherian informed Brian.
"Chutes? As in high speed one person elevators?" Brian asked. Great just freaking great, Brian thought. Adrenalin rush here we come, I hate extreme sports but I get a high from speed and I'm going to be going into design and decoration with a fucking buzz.. GOD how I need a PEPSI!!! He thought from the bottom of his heart.
"Possibly captain, possibly. I have very little idea what you are referring to." Atherian said apologetically.
Brian couldn't help but laugh. "I AM sorry but the culture clash is hitting my sick twisted sense of humor. Elevators are used to get to higher or lower levels of buildings, I'm guessing your chutes run over your LENGTH as well as your height."
"You are correct in your assessment of the chutes." Atherian observed. "In several moments as I have no idea what you use for time now, you will reach the far end of the ship where you will be shown to Astrometrics. Also I have completed the scan of the immediate area, the 3D capabilities of the lab will be optimal in showing you the immediate area."
"Yeah yeah, as long we can start." Brian stopped as a thought hit him, he turned to look in the corner where most cameras would be in Earth human installations. "Atherian, is it a bad idea to go off the idea that it's been so long that if there are humans still up there, that the Empire still is? Is it wrong in the possibility that when we rejoin them that we'll be worth something besides the spawn of people that actually had the balls to stand up to tyrants? Granted that's what the first Americans were. We came here to get away from oppressors and when they followed us, we tolerated them until we couldn't take it anymore. Then we kicked them off American soil, hell some followed after a few miles to make sure they didn't land a few miles down coast. Hell, you could ALMOST say that the Brits loosing control of America started the collapse of their empire."
Atherian didn't respond for several minutes. "I am unable to be of assistance in answering your question. I AM sorry but far to much time has passed without any new data input and there are far to many probabilities to narrow down anyone without further information."
Brian sighed. "Yeah, well I need to go get the TWINS. Should have grabbed them before I left the room, need to get in the habit of carrying them."
"That's no joke, we could have started you on your training in how to yield us in battle by now."
Said a very uptight Ashilon, startling Brian enough to nearly make him shit his pants.
"Calm yourself Ashilon, he is new and in joining with his mind we have seen that weapons are not needed to much by the average human, here on Earth anyway."
Icialan said berating Ashilon.
"No, just the very unlucky ones or the ones that go into the ethnic parts of towns. At one time that wasn't all that dangerous, maybe being in Little Italy on Easter wasn't the best idea but it was still a hell of a lot safer than it is now." Brian said as he was trying to figure out the correct direction to turn in the hall to get the the sword chamber.
"IDIOT!"
Shouted Ashilon.
"Try using some of that implanted knowledge to get back up here and get us!"
Brian laughed. "I'm lousy with directions, that's what GPS is for. Or Tina for that matter." As Atherian guided the droid in front of Brain and then sent it the direction of the nearest chute.
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"GREAT, just fucking GREAT!" Brian said as he looked at the sealed doors to the sword chamber. "OKAY, Athenian check atmospheric conditions in side.... shit, sorry no sensors."
"Actually captain, I do have sensors in the room as the destroyed droid had a full sensor pack installed.
AS to the internal atmospheric conditions I am reading a vacuum in the sword room. The only possibility I can conclude that you be able to obtain access is to shut down the cores and deactivate the safeguards that have been installed to contain the Psyker Swords." Atherian said.
"No there might be another possibility to this. Captain Anilease didn't know about the swords being on board did she?" Brian asked as he contemplated the sealed doors and the vacuum on the other side.