User:DrodoEmpire/Sandbox

This is my sandbox page. Everyone else seems to have one, so I thought "Why not have one too?". So here it is. Have fun snooping around my stuff and taking my ideas.

The Invaders
This is an idea I had brewing for a while; I'll put it here seeing as I'm debating whether or not to put in A New Frontier.

Captain Kerasik A'Imab sat at his seat impatiently. With only the emergency lighting on he could only make out some features within his ready room; Such as the potted plant in one corner and the scimitar he had hung on the wall. He tapped his fingers on the desk impatiently, thinking.

He was interrupted by his lieutenant, whose silhouetted form came through the sliding doors; her face was lit up by the light from a datapad.

"Reports, sir." She said quietly. The old Captain sighed;

"I can see that, lieutenant. What of them?"

The lieutenant repressed a glare; Everyone, even the normally patient commander was tired, stressed, and irritable.

"Emergency rations are all but used up; Standard food rations have been wiped out completely." She paused for a response, when none came, she cleared her voice and continued;

"Our fuel stocks will only get us a few more light years if we're lucky. However..." She waited again.

"'However'? What? Spit it out!" He said; He always found this officer's pauses a little aggravating.

Another glare was repressed, and she went on;

"However," She repeated,

"A planet has been sighted, its habitable and within range. It would only be a short trip there at maximum speed." She silently read on some, biting her lip a little.

Kerasik got up from his seat a stepped around deliberately;

"...And?" The lieutenant didn't understand;

"What?" She responded uncomfortably.

"You hide something. A fact. I can tell from your expression that you're hesitant to tell me this next piece of information." He explained.

She sighed;

"Well... Well, the only problem is that its inhabited. Fairly primitive people from energy readings; Not spacefaring."

The captain nodded; Normally this would omit it from colonization; the interference of primitive civilizations was illegal under most circumstances. No wonder the lieutenant was hesitant to reveal this. He shook his head;

"No. We go for the planet." He said at last.

The lieutenant opened her mouth to say something, but shut it again; She knew it was against protocol to colonize it, but what else could be done? Finding a new planet or terraforming it would take more time and fuel then they had; And the numbers proved this.

"Yes, sir." She responded. With that she turned smartly around and walked out the door to relay the orders. Kerasik plopped back down in his chair;

"We aren't out of the woods quite yet."