Fiction:Andromeda War/Mystery of the Axon

The Imperium had been monitoring a distress signal from the TNSS Axom, the ship had been missing for over sixty millennia and with rumours that the ship could be elated to the Grox was more than enough for the to investigate.

Arriving in Imeprial space a research team sent by the DCP met with a primarily-Draconis group that had been gathered by the Royal Academy of Alcanti. The DCP arrived at the spaceport to see the lead researcher, one of ' prize students discussing matters with the rest of the group. he turned to look at the DCP delegatees and they exchanged a few words before boarding a designated research vessel.

Axon Identified
Drifting deep within the galactic core was the scar-marked hull of a rather large vessel. Gyroscopes and engines were disabled, leaving it to spin aimlessly in deep space. Whiel there were signs of scarring there was litle evidence as to what had devastated the ship. The science vessel docked with the behemoth's outer hull, a port on the side. Because of the ship's angle the vessel ahd to fly at an angle parallel to the galactic plane. The crew used plasma torches to cut open the door, pulling back the opening revealed a hallway that had been tarnished and damaged by solar ratiation. It was clear the ship's radiation shileds had been compromiseda at some point. The DCP agents unleashed a cloud of nanites that scanned for and disabled signs of security measures as they headed through the ship.

The upper levels contained once-spacious gardens. Trees that had once blossomed a luch iron red were now nothing but heaps of ash on the floor. the soil was black and remains were strewn, their withered, near-skeletal bodies scales were blackened by the radiation and ahd wasted away not from bacteria but by dessication. Some of the science team headed for the senior officers quarters while others, the DCP scientists included, headed for the A.I. core for answers.

Secrets of the past
They continued deeper into the ship's bowels the nanites had given the team a layout of the entire ship and they were heading to the A.I. core. The message that had been transmitted implied that the core was still functioning despite spending several millennia alone and unmaintained.