Chapter 1: An Unexpected Detour
Captain Eipom's eyes grew fuzzy. It seemed that with every new technical advancement, every invention created in the name of convenience, the amount of paperwork that he had to contend with on a weekly basis only increased. It didn't help that he was meticulous and read every word of every sheet he was to fill out and sign. Order forms, service reports, navigator logs, inventory analysis, performance updates of crew and machinery, morale reports, mission reevaluations, sanity checks, fuel projections, and contingency analysis. The list went on. As long as organic beings still existed, there would be paperwork. Normally The Captain would play music to help the process feel faster, but a scheduling anomaly had made it such that his First Mate Rion was free during his administration time and he much preferred to hear her work as clearly as possible.
"Mmmmphh, mmm," his long-time officer moaned. Her throat was filled with her Captain's shaft and she slurped loudly as she serviced his cock.
"About three quarters done," he muttered.
Rion was still completely in uniform as she knelt, crammed under his desk. It was her seventh year serving Captain Eipom and it seemed to him that her performance in all aspects of her job had only improved. She had been holding his dick in place in her throat for the better part of three minutes as she slurped and moaned and slobbered around it. She finally began to move her head again, falling back into her smooth rhythm of head bobs and tongue twirls.
Normally The Captain had impeccable control and was able to feel the full pleasure of Rion's service without losing focus on his work, but an especially dedicated blowjob combined with the abnormal amount of time that had passed between servicings had weakened his resolve.
"Shit that feels good," he allowed, sliding his left hand off the desk to slip behind the Hume woman's golden head of hair that was - as always - tightly wrapped in a bun. He didn't grip or push her head, but rather let her head guide his hand as she sucked his cock. Rion's moans and movements gained yet another burst of energy at this act, doing everything in her power to retain her Captain's full attention.
"You really want that come, don't you?" He groaned.
Rion did. She nodded while not breaking her pace. A fog descended in her brain. She loved sucking Captain Eipom's cock, but it had been a long time since the act had consumed her like this. She increased the speed of her blowjob, feeling the weight of her heavy breasts sway in response. She lifted one hand to cup Captain Eipom's sack and massage his balls, trying to coax the come out.
"Oh god, Rion, this is starting to remind me of the first time we met. Shit, I can't wait to come in your slutty little face."
Rion moaned louder. When The Captain allowed his language to sound like that, it meant he was getting close. She could practically already taste his come. Just a few more head bobs, just a few more loud slurps, just one more glob of drool making its way down his shaft, off his balls, and onto the bust of her uniform.
*BUZZ*
"Navigation for Captain Eipom. Navigation for Captain Eipom."
"S-shit, Ami, can't it wait?" Eipom grunted, crudely thrusting his crotch into his proud and accomplished First Mate's face.
"I... I don't think so, Sir." Came Ami's timid reply.
The Captain slowed down. Ami never ever insisted unless it was important. It was clear that she was aware of what was happening in his office, but she had still called and she had still insisted. Rion whimpered under his desk, clearly caught up in her desire for her Captain's load.
But The Captain unceremoniously stood up, pulling his dick out of his First Mate's face, letting her head lightly hit the underside of the desk in the process.
"I'll be right there," he said back into the intercom as he stuffed his cock back into his pants. He then smacked his palm down hard on his desk. "SHIT!"
The metal desk reverberated around Rion like a thunderclap and she barely had time to extract herself from under the desk before The Captain had left the room.
"Join me as soon as you can," he shouted over his shoulder as the metal double doors slid shut behind him.
"Of course, Captain," she said dryly to the empty room. Rion gave herself more time than usual to collect herself. She strode to The Captain's mini-fridge and drained a canister of fizzy water without pause. Then she refilled it and placed it back in the exact spot where she took it from. With a deep slow breath, she nodded to herself and strode toward the bridge.
The doors opened to a mood that Rion had never quite witnessed on the bridge of a ship she had served on. It felt quiet and loud all at once. The Captain was hovering over the large semi-circle central console with Ami while the rest of the crew was murmuring to each other as they pretended to work. A few skittish eyes glanced at their First Mate as she entered the bridge, but the typical respectful silence didn't wash over the room this time. She arrived at her Captain's side and looked down at the console. Despite her many years of service on cutting-edge military ships, Rion's ability to parse space maps remained at an intermediate level at best. Her specialties lay elsewhere. She stuck to her tasks and let the rest of the crew stick to theirs.
"What are we looking at, Captain?" She asked.
"Jeez! Rion! I didn't even notice you come in!" The Captain jumped. He gave her an annoyed look and resumed his concentrated stare at the console's hub screen.
"To answer your question, Ms. Flaks, we have absolutely no idea what we're looking at and that's the trouble," Ami said. It wasn't like her to speak out of turn. Rion looked to Eipom. Although the First Mate was perfectly within her rights to reprimand Ami without permission, this situation seemed exceptional and when her Captain didn't even turn his head to exchange a glance, the stoic First Mate let the incident slide.
"Not to be rude, but I'm just trying to understand the situation," Rion began. "Aren't visual anomalies on the scanner a common occurrence, especially in neutral space like this?"
"Of course," Eipom snapped at her without breaking his gaze. Rion felt her heart beat faster. Years of working under Captain Eipom meant that she was familiar with all sides of his personality and while the pair had shared plenty of heated moments, this particular attitude of his felt different.
"I-If I may, Sir?" Ami peeped. The Captain nodded and Ami turned her attention to Rion. "These patterns are nothing like the sorts of unknown readings we tend to run into out here. While we can often see unknown or unrecognizable elements, they always have something to trace them back to their function or nature. Weapon tests, communication tests, or transportation tests. Unknown lifeforms. Dark matter congregations. But not only are these patterns unlike any of those things, not only are they constantly changing, but they seem to be displaying on our console in a way that is... well..."
Rion looked at the tiny adorable navigator as she stumbled to complete her thought. Ami was a nervous girl, but normally she displayed calm and confidence when it came to her duties. Rion turned to The Captain.
"Our console is behaving in ways it shouldn't even be capable of," Eipom finished, still staring at the screen.
"Do we call it in?" Rion suggested She expected an affirmative response and was only asking out of a sense of protocol and so was surprised when The Captain continued to be silent.
"Sir, we need a course of action. Do we call it in? Do we ignore it? Do we-"
"-I know what our options are, Ms. Flaks!" Eipom snapped again. Rion exhaled sharply out of her nose. She could feel the looks the rest of the crew were giving each other. Even during their most contentious debates, she had never felt so disrespected by him. All of their disagreements - no matter how severe - had always been respectful if they took place in front of the rest of the crew.
"So then. Captain. What is your decision?" Rion responded, her face and voice were like stone.
Captain Eipom said nothing at first. He didn't even appear to blink. Rion let more silence pass than she normally would have but her professional urge for action still eventually compelled her to open her mouth. She couldn't tell if The Captain had heard the subtle sound of her lips parting or if it was just a coincidence, but he finally spoke just before Rion was about to.
