Fiction talk:New Dawn/Year 2

 Tarsus arrived in one of the laboratories of the New Dawn after recieving a call from one of the weapon scientists. [22:41]  One of the scientists, T'ni turned to the Draconis professor and greeted him. [22:41]  T'ni - Ah, greetings, professor! You have arrived just in time. We are on the brink of a scientific breakthrough. [22:42]  Tarsus nodded at T'ni with a smile. [22:42]  Tarsus - What has your team discovered so far? [22:43]  T'ni - Do you remember the battle with the Brotherhood, professor? [22:43]  Tarsus - All to well. [22:46]  Tarsus - What have you learned exactly? [22:47]  T'ni - After that battle, we have managed to recover some of the weapons the terrorists were using... to be precise, the drones. [22:48]  T'ni waved her hand to show Tarsus white orbs lying on the tables. [22:48]  Tarsus walked over to the orbs and looked at them using the optical device over his left eye. [22:49]  T'ni - Our worst expectations have been confirmed, professor. This is indeed Inheritance technology. [22:51]  T'ni and Tarsus came closer to the table and picked one of the smaller disabled drones. [22:53]  Tarsus shuddered, he remembered the Inheritance attack in the Tholfame-18 sector several years ago and was hesitant to move closer. [22:55]  T'ni - Ittotechnology. No evident power sources. Anomalous behaviour. There can be no coincidence. [22:56]  Tarsus - Impossible... [23:00] <Monet> Tarsus - They couldn't ahve copied the desigs...could they? [23:01] <ImpyDroid> T'ni - I have no idea... but one thing puzzles me. What if we could find the way the Brotherhood managed to reverse engineer the Inheritance designs... what if? We could achieve a scientific breakthrough! [23:03] <Monet> Tarsus - It could start yet another technological revolution, oh yes! [23:03] <Monet> Tarsus - This could be the beginning of something. If we can relicate the technolgy of the precurors....we could one day soon match their technological prowess! [23:03] <Monet> replicate* [23:04] <ImpyDroid> T'ni - And this "something" begins now. [23:06] <Monet> Tarsus - I will offer my assistance, seeing as how I have dealt with precursor articles before. I never found anything in such a solid condition though. [23:10] <ImpyDroid> T'ni smiled and turned to the table, which was now separated from the rest of the room by a glass wall. The ship's scientific equipment was activated. Suddenly, a long mechanical arm emerged from the ceiling and grabbed the Inheritance drone, apparently trying to break it down. [23:11] <ImpyDroid> T'ni - Oh yes, so it begins. [23:11] <Monet> Tarsus - T'ni. You and I are witnessing the beginning of something truly wonderful. [23:13] <ImpyDroid> And it began indeed. [23:15] <ImpyDroid> Suddenly, the drone that was being dissected flashed, springing into activity. The light it radiated was different, dissimilar to the rest of the Inheritance drones: it was cyan like them, but at the same time this cyan was... different. It was brighter, more harsh... more malevolent. [23:15] <Monet> Tarsus noticed something odd. [23:16] <Monet> His face slowly dropped from a smile when he suspected something was not right. [23:16] <Monet> Tarsus - T'ni...I thought you said it was disabled... [23:17] <ImpyDroid> Then it simply... melted. Like snow subject to sunlight. Melted into a puddle of silvery liquid that absorbed the other drones and grew larger... and larger... And it took a shape. A new shape. [23:19] <ImpyDroid> T'ni - Oh no. These drones must have a safety mechanism or something. [23:20] <Monet> Tarsus - Flood the room with an EMP. Now. [23:24] <ImpyDroid> Slowly, the mass of ittomachines began to take form, a massive form. For Tarsus, it resembled a big, massive Krann, while for T'ni it was more similar to an ancient Chronodrake. Letting out a primal, cybernetic howl that shattered the glass that held it previously, the mechanical creature leaped at the scientists furiously. [23:24] <ImpyDroid> *a gigantic Krann [23:25] <Monet> Tarsus - Security breach! [23:25] <Monet> Tarsus ran but the form landed on top of him. [23:25] <ImpyDroid> T'ni - Run away, professor! [23:27] <ImpyDroid> *leaped at the scientist with cold, mechanical fury. [23:27] <Monet> Tarsus scrambled up and ran for a buzzer at the lab enctrance. [23:28] <ImpyDroid> (the end for now, the creature will remain) [23:28] <ImpyDroid> (for now, the next episode will be about the TND crew actually trying to kill it) [23:30] <ImpyDroid> I'll probably change the ending a bit