Delta: #3 - Utopia
Kris Me
Delta Series:
#3 - Utopia
By: Kris Me
Introduction:
The battered crew of Fortune prepared to go into orbit around a new world. They were supposed to be at the sister planet Tychy, but someone had decided otherwise at a great cost to the crew.
Could this planet be the one they were looking for to make a new home for Earth's expanding population? Or would it change how humans viewed their place in the universe?
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Copyright:
Copyright © 2016 Kris Me - All rights are reserved
This story is the work of Kris Me. Before you copy more than one page or ten percent of the content, you must contact me as per the Copyright Act 1968, Australia.
First Published by Storiesonline World Literature Company: 18/01/2016. Last updated: 16/01/2021.
The book cover was designed in Microsoft Paint 3D using art that is my own, copyright-free or covered by creative commons license for commercial use from https://pixabay.com/.
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Declaration:
~~ Adult Themes ~~
This book is part of an erotica science fiction series. It is NOT recommended for people under the legal age to access such stories, depending on the reader's country of origin.
The books may contain what some people consider vulgar language, references to religious icons, violence, coercion, murder and-or rape scenes.
Some scenes may describe intimate heterosexual, bisexual, gay and-or group sexual activities. If you are homophobic, you may find some scenes in this series of book distasteful. In most cases, these scenes are integral parts of the story.
Some of the books include imaginary races capable of changing their gender and/or form into other animals. Copulation, while the characters are in their alternate animal forms, may be described.
This book DOES NOT contain descriptions of bestiality or coitus between persons closely related by blood.
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Editing:
If you find any of my assumptions fabricated, I would like to remind you this is a fictional story and I have probably taken liberties with reality, as you know it. The humanoids in this story are not based on anyone I know or have read about.
Australian based dictionaries were used for reference, and Grammarly was used as part of the editing suite. The story was written in Microsoft Word.
If you find grammatical or spelling errors, they are not the fault of my editor or proofreaders who did try to fix my work. However, I do tend to fiddle around after the fact, so all errors are my own.
If my Australian colloquialisms or terms need clarification, or you just wish to correspond, I'm more than happy to answer your emails. You can send them to:
kris.me2@inorbit.com
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This is the third book:
The series 'Delta' was the first set of books I wrote for the Keltrian Universe that is posted on the Storiesonline website.
The books should be read in sequence, as some references to events or information about a character may not be explained in full if they were mentioned or introduced in a previous book.
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Additional Data on this book:
Best friends Lee and Kyle had signed aboard the Starship Fortune as crew, with ninety-eight other souls to go and explore the Delta Pavonis Star System.
In the first twelve weeks, several misfortunes had already taken their toll on the crew, and they were down three members.
Dr Syd Adams had died when Lee had killed him. She had been protecting one of the research assistants, Tahoora Aabdar, whom he had already raped several times and was attempting to do so again when Lee had intervened.
Mark Hilton, one of the day shift kitchen hands, had his neck snapped, killing him instantly. The gravity compensators had fluctuated wildly when the Fortune came out of its last jump. She had tried going in reverse because of poor programming and human intervention.
The third man, Rodger Bartlett, who had been one the Drive Engineers, still hadn't been found and was presumed dead. His disappearance during the bad jump was still a mystery to most.
For Lee and Kyle, their lives had also changed. Kyle now had two partners and couldn't be happier. Debora Smith, who specialised in Genetics and Tony Paora a Horticulturist now shared his love and dreams for a better future.
Lieutenant Sean Watson, the SOER team commander and Lee, were engaged to marry and both very much in love. Due to the problems aboard the ship, they had also learnt they worked well together out of bed, as well as they did in it.
Other members of the crew had also found someone to share their time with. Some had become even more reclusive than before, like the previous Supervisor of the Engineering team, Ben Layard.
Ben still couldn't forgive himself for accidentally killing poor Mark and also injuring two of his best friends, Professor Hue Hague and Dr Tammy Bell.
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Acknowledgements:
Special thanks to J. Konietzko and all of the readers who in the past have pointed out I do make mistakes and have helped me to fix them.
And thanks, Lazeez, for your patience and assistance in helping me with my weird requests and questions.
I hope you enjoy the story.
Kris Me
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List of books in the Delta Series:
Delta: #1 - To Delta
Delta: #2 - In System
Delta: #3 - Utopia
Delta: #4 - Neighbours
Delta: #5 - Harmony
Delta: #6 - Twin Problems
Delta: #7 - Family
Delta: #8 - One People
Delta: #9 - Trixy
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Chapter 1
~~April - Week 14~~
At long last, the helm crew had the all-clear.
They could get the ship back underway, as the main repairs had been completed. The crews spent the next three days getting the ship back up to the jump speed that Kyle Vella had calculated to bring them closer to the Planet Futura.
They deliberately took longer than was probably required to ensure all of the systems were back working as designed. They also wanted to keep an eye on the stresses on the hull. Lee had every system checked until she was happy with the operation of the ship.
Lee always made sure she was at the team meetings at the start of each shift. She was back to averaging her five to six hours of sleep but now at what was considered nighttime. The occasional mid-afternoon nap that Sean helped with would keep her topped-up.
Due to her being primarily day shift as the new Supervisor of the Engineering crews and because of her team meetings, she now started her training sessions at 06:30 hours with her day team. This didn't inconvenience many.
Most of the new night shift team and some of the old day shift team still exercised with Tina Breeder in the morning as she now trained in Lee's old time of 08:15 hours. She still did her other session in the evening to suit the permanent day staff that didn't train with Lee.
Those that still wanted to exercise with Lee simply started earlier for their shift. The Grunts on the other shift crews just rearranged their times to suit. The training was part of their commitment, and they very much enjoyed their workouts with Lee.
The earlier start wasn't an issue for them either.
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Lee now took her miniature pig, Miss Piggy, for her exercise in the afternoons.
Miss Piggy liked afternoon walks because the shutters had not yet been closed to simulate nighttime. On this particular afternoon, Lee had noted that her pig was getting fat, and she had been acting a little strange lately.
When she went back to her room, she hunted down her favourite Vet, Dave Rose. "Dave, something is wrong with Miss Piggy. She keeps stealing my clothes and putting them in her bed, and she has put on a lot of weight."
Dave bent down and looked at the pig. "Well, that will help," he said.
"What will help?" asked Lee perplexed and worried about her pet.
"I'd say she was close to being a month pregnant," Dave happily informed Lee.
"What!" Lee exclaimed.
"I will give her a full exam, but I'm pretty sure. How the hell she got in to pen with the Boar, I have no idea," Dave told Lee. "In about three months, you will be Great-Aunt Lee."
"She won't like being put in a breeding pen," Lee informed Dave with a shake of her head added for emphasis.
"Well, it won't happen for a while. We will worry about that closer to the time. Just treat her like normal," Dave told Lee.
He didn't tell her the piglets would mean the breeding program would be helped along and they wouldn't run as low on food. If Miss Piggy only had a litter of four to six piglets, it would help.
Dave didn't like doing artificial insemination if he had an alternative. Introducing the other genes this early would upset the program if it were to extend past the two years as planned. Unless they found some more pigs, where they were going.
Which, of course, was silly to even think about.
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Lee informed her fiancé, Captain Sean Watson, of the impending birth.
Sean rubbed her tummy and said he wished she carried his child. To which she promised, one day. Sean proceeded to show her how he would do his part of the job to Lee's amusement and satisfaction.
After nearly ten weeks together, Sean and Lee still fucked like rabbits. Sean loved nothing more than making love to Lee whenever she would let him. She let him more often than he deserved as far as he was concerned. Not that he stopped asking.
Sean was amused that Lee's new training schedule had him as fit as he had ever been. He decided this was a good thing because his stamina was even better. So, he could spend even longer satisfying his lust when he got Lee to let him have his way with her.
Being able to wake up with Lee in the mornings was definitely one of Sean's high points.
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Dinner that night was more relaxed like before the fateful jump.
People were on the mend, and things had settled down. Most of the bedrooms that got wet were now dried out, had been checked for electrical faults and were back in service.
Sergeant Gary Carpenter and his girls, Specialist Juanita Abene and Specialist Penny Wong loved their new digs and the sleeping arrangements in general. Sean was amused that his friend Gary was probably getting as much or even more sex than he was.
Gary sure was smiling a lot lately.
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Neither Juanita nor Penny were hard on the eye for anyone.
The fact Gary got to crawl into bed with both of them, had a few of the guys giving him envious looks. Gary, for his part, took the new status quo in his stride. Personally, he was bloody amazed that either of the girls wanted him.
He had been chasing Juanita for more than a year before they came on this trip. They would get together for a month or two, but then her other itch needed scratching, and they would split up for a while.
Gary was now wondering why his dumb brain couldn't accept that, while Juanita loved him, she had other needs that he just couldn't fulfil. He had since learnt that it hadn't meant she loved him less.
After Lee's interference, Juanita had carted him and Penny off to her room and sat them down for a frank talk. The session that followed would be embedded in Gary's brain forever.
He had never had sex with two women before, and he soon found he was randy as a boar in a pen with two sows in heat. When the girls started kissing each other, he found it very sexy. They had made him sit on the bed and watch them.
Then they started peeling the clothes off each other, and the kisses moved to other parts of their bodies. Gary watched Juanita suck and lick Penny's lovely puppies. Then Penny did it to Juanita. Watching the girls, tongue and suck on each other's breasts had Gary very excited as he wanted to lick some titties too.
When Juanita dropped to her knees, stuck her face into Penny's crotch and started licking and sucking, Gary had been super-hard. Gary watched Juanita slide her tongue in and out of Penny, and then she sucked her hard.
Penny certainly seemed to like what Juanita was doing because she was thrusting her hips into Juanita's face. Juanita then put her hand up between Penny's legs. Gary watched as her hand started off slowly and then moved faster and faster.
Juanita's fingers pushed in and pulled out of Penny with wet, slurpy noises, as she continued sucking on Penny. Penny was humping into Juanita's face and holding her head while making noises that only excited Gary more.
Gary had to drop his shorts. He was soon working little Gary, in time to Juanita's thrusts into Penny. As sexy as it was watching the girls, he wished he was where Juanita's hand was.
To his surprise, Juanita stopped before either of the girls came. She kissed her way back up Penny, to finish on her lips. "I want to watch you fuck Gary," she told Penny.
She then led Penny over to Gary and got her to help her strip the rest of his clothes off. Gary was more than willing to help the girls with this task. Juanita then laid a big wet kiss on him, and he got a taste of Penny second-hand.
Juanita then kissed her way down him, and he groaned when her lips wrapped themselves around little Gary. She gave the best oral that Gary had ever had the pleasure of experiencing, and he was more than willing to spread his legs for her.
Penny leant in and gently kissed him. He let her explore but didn't touch her. As Penny deepened the kiss, Juanita sucked hard, and Gary was soon groaning into Penny's mouth.
Penny released his lips and giggled, "She's pretty good, isn't she?"
"Oh yeah," Gary had to agree and then groaned again.
Penny gently grabbed his head and dragged it down to her tit. Gary latched on and was more than happy, to suck on that luscious globe. He lightly ran his fingers over the other breast and felt Penny push it into his hand, giving him permission to explore.
Gary squeezed the thick, long nipple as he happily sucked on the other and humped into Juanita's hot sucking mouth at the same time. Gary felt he was getting close to coming when Juanita slid off him.
He released Penny's tit and looked down at Juanita, wondering why she had stopped. "On the bed stud, I want to ride your face," she told him.
Gary flicked his eyes at Penny. She kissed him again and ran her fingers up his length and squeezed gently. "I get to ride you," she told him with a big grin.
Gary couldn't scoot back on the bed fast enough. When Juanita climbed on his face and Penny on his hips, he was surprised he lasted as long as he did. Penny was lovely and tight.
Gary had to groan into Juanita's crotch then sucked her hard as he thrust up into Penny. Gary soon learnt that the little lady liked to ride hard and fast and she gripped like a vice.
Gary was sure that Juanita deliberately kept distracting him just so he didn't come too soon. She had climbed on, so she faced Penny, and he could hear the sucking and licking going on as the younger girl rode him.
He grabbed Juanita's hips hard and thrust his tongue into her, as Penny came down on him and gripped and rolled her hips on him again and again. He happily groaned and gasped with them.
When Penny eventually came on him, he had sucked Juanita so hard she came on his face with a yell. With relief and a long moan of pleasure, he happily let go too.
He was one delighted man, knowing he could please both of the girls.
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The fact that he had satisfied them both regularly since only made him happier.
He liked to make sure his partner enjoyed their time with him. He had found being gentle with Penny and often just letting her drive the action, had its rewards.
She might have been gun-shy before, but she seemed comfortable with him now. She would even initiate sex with him now when it was just the two of them. Penny even gave Juanita a run as to who gave the best oral.
He still couldn't decide which girl did the best job, because both of them had little trouble getting him to come. He had also found that either of them screwing him, was no hardship. Penny would even come up to him now and just kiss and fondle him, for no reason.
She'd grin at him and then wander off with a smile. She always left the little guy waving at her to come back. Juanita was just as bad, but then again, she'd had that effect on Gary for a long time.
Penny was a far different woman than the one Gary had first met. Back then, she would jump and cringe if one of the guys came up to her suddenly from a blind side. He had noticed she was more comfortable with the other guys since she had started sleeping with him and Juanita.
The other night, Penny had even hugged Specialist Abe Piccolo and kissed him on the cheek when Abe told Gary that he was a lucky son-of-a-bitch.
She had even told Abe, "You're just jealous."
When Abe had smacked her on the bum and said, "Too right, I am." Penny had laughed.
She had then come and curled up in Gary's lap like a little kitten and hugged him to her. Gary could feel her contentment and love for him, and he was glad she didn't fear him anymore.
Gary could only agree with Abe; he was one lucky son-of-a-bitch.
If the girls needed to scratch an itch for each other, Gary was more than happy to keep satisfying the other craving that they both seemed to have for him. He hadn't thought that a polygamous relationship would suit him but then what did he know?
The girls treated him as if he was equally important to them as they were to each other. Gary was sure that if he hadn't come on this assignment and met Lee, he would never have gotten over his problem with Juanita being bisexual and wouldn't be the happy man he now was.
Just being with his girls felt so right.
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Chapter 2
~~ April - Week 14 ~~
As Juanita was one of the primary bakers, she elected to stay on her 22:00 hours to 06:00 hours shift.
Penny was now on the night shift, but she and the other grunts and people training with Lee that worked the night shift started at 22:00 hours to 06:00 hours. So, she and Juanita were more than happy to work the same shift.
Gary was still day shift, but he and Sean worked office hours from 08:30 to 17:30 hours. He also found a little broken sleep didn't bother him much as he had always been able to drop into sleep quickly, and a power nap in the afternoon was all he needed to recharge.
Gary couldn't think of a better way to be woken than Juanita and Penny crawling all over him when they came in to wake him up for training. He was then happy to put both girls to bed after their training sessions.
He and Sean started work later these days by mutual agreement.
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Tony Paora was now on the night shift crew in Hydroponics.
His lovers, Kyle Vella and Debora Smith had rearranged their work hours around him to maximise the time they could spend together. All three still came to do their training with Lee in the morning.
As Lee had predicted, Kyle and Debora happily helped Tony get to sleep after the training session. Lee was also happy that Debora had blossomed now she finally felt secure in her relationships.
Debby had even told Lee she was getting more work done now that Kyle wasn't trying to race her off every five minutes, thanks to Tony taking over some of the "duties" of keeping Kyle happy sexually. He really was an insatiable bastard, but she did love him.
Lee had a feeling that Tony's calm, supportive personality had a lot to do with the more highly-strung members of the triad being so relaxed these days. Tony was a balm for both Kyle and Debora.
Lee could feel just how happy Kyle was with Tony now in his life, as much as he still obviously loved Debora.
Others had also commented to Lee on just how in love the members of the two triads were.
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While the ship had been dead in space, Kyle had purged the computer system.
He had looked for any obsolete code that he couldn't identify a use for. He had then put in new safety protocols after he checked them with Lee.
One edict was that no new engines wouldn't start unless the jump procedure matched the direction of travel, and the correct drives were operating. It is amazing what a couple of If-Else statements can do.
Kyle had found that Ben Layard's bypass routine had inadvertently turned the engines on rather than off because he didn't know how the program was set up. The rogue code that Ben initiated sure hadn't helped as it had conflicting commands in it.
Kyle was appalled when he found other even more dangerous and obsolete code still in the systems program. It was at this point he realised it was a beta program that hadn't been stripped, not the final release.
It still had hundreds of lines of code that did nothing at the moment. However, the programmer hadn't hashed the old code out. Most of the excess code just had a 'Force' on it that could be easily released. Anyone not realising this could have easily done a 'Remove all Forces' command and reactivated the obsolete code.
The programmer also hadn't 'Skipped' the experimental code. This meant that the system had to keep reading every line on every scan cycle. Kyle had thought for some time that the system's reaction time was way slower than he felt it should be.
It had taken him several days to remove the obsolete code from a backed-up copy, and once Lee had a look through it, they installed his clean copy. Part of the reason they had been slower getting up to speed was because he and Lee were testing the new code.
As much as it would be a pain for him and the helm crew, he had included new protocols for entering a new jump procedure. It couldn't be activated without at least an acknowledgement from the Captain or the Navigator on duty.
He encrypted the new code with his special algorithms. It was now difficult to override, and any attempt to do so would set off an alarm without the correct passcodes.
This system could now only be overridden or edited by him or Lee.
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Kyle was also able to trace the entry of the codes that changed the jump procedure.
Ben hadn't used his own computer; he had used one of the general use machines in the rec-room. The camera logs had shown he was the only person in the room at the time and using a terminal.
The owner of the login was in the kitchen at the time, according to the kitchen logs. However, Ben wouldn't tell Sean and Captain Clark how he got hold of Frank Cart's password.
When they asked Frank, he, of course, said that he had not given it to Ben. In fact, he seemed rather pissed at Ben for using his login and promptly told them he would change his passcode.
Ben would only tell Philip, Nick and Sean when they asked him why he did it, that he didn't want to go to Tychy. When asked, he also said that he had no idea where Rodger was.
Frank and Essco also kept quiet about where they guessed Rodger was. Neither was game to go near the container that the still was located in. The men decided that Rodger's body would be found once the crew opted to set up the Domes.
During most of the time that Philip, Nick and Sean questioned him, Ben just sat quietly, looking very sad and then just shook his head as an answer or he said, "Sorry."
It soon became apparent that his sniffles and dripping tears were genuine as he cried softly during the whole interview. Ben's red-rimmed, brown eyes showed a deep, haunted sadness once you got his attention, else he just stared off into space as he sobbed.
He was a broken man, and even Ulani Goldsmith who was the resident Shrink said he would need time to recover if he ever did. She didn't doubt that this remorse was genuine.
The problem for the Captain and Sean was what to do with him. They decided it had to be a group decision and took it to the Committee that was made up of the leaders of each section of the crew.
The Committee decided Ben would wear a half-orange and black jumpsuit. He would not be able to access any secured areas alone. For the cargo areas below Level 4, he had to have supervision as long as he was on the ship.
Ben's computer access would be limited to comply with his job description. When he got back to Earth, he would have to face charges of reckless endangerment and manslaughter. He agreed to all of this and even offered to sleep in the brig if they wished.
Ben was handed over to Lee, and she assigned him to the day shift cleaning duties and the maintenance of the cleaning robots. Lee then had him clean his stateroom and shift his possession to a spare bunkroom on Level 3.
Ben was told that his stateroom was to be given to Dr Victor Potter and his fiancée Briana Nagga. His next job was to strip Professor William Essco's old room, decontaminate and repaint it. It had been reassigned to Vet Dave Rose and Sandra Wills.
Ben didn't argue with Lee and went off to do as she had directed him.
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Ben was a wreck.
He had never caused anyone's death before. He was horrified when he learnt that Mark Hamilton had been David Smite's lover and best friend. David had been his assistant for three months, and he hadn't even known the man was gay.
While Ben didn't think men should make love to other men, he did appreciate that he had hurt David deeply. Ben also felt responsible for all of the other people who were injured, especially his friends.
Professor Hue Hague and Dr Tammy Bell were still in sickbay. Ben had visited them often while the ship was being repaired if only to see if they needed anything. Nothing was too hard for him to do for his friends.
His own near-death, if things had gone differently, and the amount of damage to the ship also played on his mind. Ben even avoided Essco with downcast eyes whenever the man was near him. Ben even went out of his way to avoid Essco.
When not working or visiting sickbay, Ben stayed in his room, or he could be found praying in the little Chapel that was used by the deeply religious. It was located off the main Rec-room, and not that many people used it.
Otherwise, he did whatever he was told to do, by whoever asked, as long as it didn't conflict with what Lee had told him to do. He would even go out of his way to help others. Ben did not attempt to solicit sympathy, as he didn't believe he deserved it.
He didn't even eat in the diner or the crib room anymore. He collected his meals and went back to his room or ate on the job. Ben did turn up promptly for the crew meetings at 08:00 hours. Once he had his list of jobs, he hurried off to do them. Lee never had to ask him twice to do anything.
Ben faithfully recorded every job he did, in detail, just like everyone else on Lee's crew did.
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Hue came out of his coma on the third day.
However, he didn't know why he was on the ship. He had lost the last three months of his life. His busted ribs still caused him a lot of pain and made his breathing difficult. Hue's concussion and internal bruising would also take time to heal.
Tammy was still very sick. They had her in an oxygen tent to help her breathe. The fact that she had low body weight didn't help her fight off the chest infection she developed. She had both doctors very worried about her condition.
At least Ben seemed to perk her and Hue up when he came and read to them. He would read anything they asked him to, play any game they chose and get them anything they wanted.
It was the only time you heard Ben's voice.
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Chapter 3
~~ April - Week 14 ~~
Lee had a new idea.
Lee had come up with an idea for a modification to the compensators. She had the compensators record and hold, the last point of reference, so when the navigator hit the jump button, the gravity remained constant to this reference, while the ship jumped.
The system would check itself on entering the new zone and alter itself as required as their speed didn't change during the jump. The alterations would be caused by any loss or gain of different gravitational fields at the destination.
As they didn't tend to jump in close to other large bodies, Lee believed that this system should work fine, and it was easy enough for them to put in safety code to stop this happening.
The jump programmer would have to take any significant alterations into consideration. If they believed, they could be off by more than two percent they could choose to simply initiate the old program for entry as a safety.
Lee discussed the changes with Sung, Kyle, Alison Burt and Hamilton Roux the other two navigators and the Captain. They simply agreed.
If she said, it would work, that was good enough for them.
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The eve of the next jump had arrived.
Everyone prepared and strapped down their areas and themselves just in case. But their danger barometer, Lee, wasn't worried. So, everyone was hopeful this jump would be okay.
They jumped at midday, and the jump went as smooth as a silk hanky pulled through a ring. Quite a few people even had to ask if it had actually happened as the ship's gravity only fluttered for a few seconds as they came out of the wormhole. If you had sneezed, you missed it.
There was a massive sigh of relief all over the ship. With a big grin, Kyle kicked in the program to slow the ship. They were getting ready to go into orbit above Futura. It would take approximately three days for the ship to be in geostationary orbit above the equator.
They would pick a spot to hover over when they got a bit closer and decided where they wanted the ship if and when, they got to launch one of the shuttles. They still had some manoeuvring to do to get into the correct orbit.
Kyle released two new probes. They had been programmed to maintain a low planetary, sun-synchronous orbit. They would both start at a different pole and chase each other around the planet as they crossed the equator at the same reference point in space but forty-five minutes behind each other.
This orbit kept the angle of sunlight on the planet's surface as consistent as possible. So, the scientists got great scans of the planet and could over time map the weather patterns, and study climate change.
The previous probe he had sent should be on a semi-synchronous (two rotations a day) orbit by the time they got there. The scientists would manoeuvre it to a better position once they knew more. The probes were very reactive and could stay in orbit for about a hundred years, even if moved every day, thanks to their miniature Rih Cores.
Many of the people on board headed to the observatories to look at the planet they had been waiting so long to see. While many weren't happy about the circumstances that got them here, they were all interested in what they would, in fact, find on this planet.
So far, they believed there might well be or had been sentient life on this planet. The telescopes picked out a massive storm over the southern continent. According to Sandra, the weather might be a bit different from what they experienced back home.
All the people in the observatory saw was a planet that looked a lot like home. The continents' shapes were different, but it had blue seas, green coasts, orange and yellow deserts, white and grey clouds and icecaps.
It was beautiful, frightening and awesome, all rolled into one.
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The scientists busily searched the data coming in from the probes around Futura.
They needed to learn all they could because they had been spending most of their time learning about Tychy. It kept everyone busy, and there was a lot of excited talk about what they had seen and found so far.
A few days later, as they approached the orbit vector, Sean and Lee found Philip and his wife Ulani with Nicko and his wife Kelli, Kyle and Eze in the dining room. Philip was flipping between the images that they already had from the probes.
Philip had two of the big monitors split into four screens, so he had eight different pictures showing at a time. He was studying them intently when Sean and Lee joined the group.
"What's up, Philip?" Sean asked.
"Tell me what you see?" he replied.
Lee and Sean studied the images as they appeared on the monitors. Lee looked at Sean, and he returned the look.
"This planet is occupied," replied Sean looking at the group.
While excited, the group also had an underlying fear. This could turn out very good or very bad for Earth. So many unknowns, so many possibilities.
"Sean, do you believe Ben was acting alone?" Ulani asked him.
Without hesitation, Sean said, "No."
"We have something to tell you, please take a seat," Nicko said. "Philip and I have already spoken to the Captain, so he knows what we are going to discuss."
Sean and Lee joined the group. He sat so he could see the rest of the room. He had a feeling they didn't want other people to be privy to this conversation. Sean noticed several people in the dining room were watching the group with interest.
"Should we take this elsewhere?" Sean asked the group.
The group looked at him. "Where?" Nicko asked.
"I think we should grab a couple of those fold-up chairs and a bottle of milk. Then go back to our place for coffee," suggested Lee.
Everyone nodded. Ulani and Kelli grabbed some snacks while Lee got the milk. Kyle, Nicko and Sean grabbed a couple of chairs each, and they all headed down to Lee's room.
The boys set up the room, pushing the sofa to the wall to make room for the extra chairs and leaving the end of the bed free to be sat upon too. Meanwhile, the girls got the snacks and coffee organised.
Sean joked that they just needed the barbie and the esky of beer.
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Ulani and Kelli hadn't visited Lee's place before.
They were amazed by the set-up and a little envious of the space Lee and Sean had. In small talk, Lee told them that Miss Piggy was pregnant, and she doubted that the pig would be happy in a breeding pen.
However, Dave had told Lee that he would set up some jump boards and a bigger bed in the next room so the piglets would stay put until weaned. This would let Miss Piggy move around as she wanted to.
Remembering the pig, Ulani and Kelli decided that they each liked their own bedrooms just fine. Everyone soon had a snack and a coffee and somewhere to sit and be comfortable. Philip transferred the pictures to the big screen that Lee and Sean had, so they could discuss what they saw.
Philip narrated the following:
"The four pictures here show some of the areas where we had detected high radiation. See this one," he pointed out an area. It showed what resembled the remains of flattened dwellings.
"We believe these remains are of a city that was in the outer blast area of a nuclear explosion. Probably, something akin to the type of A-bombs dropped on Hiroshima about one hundred and fifty years ago our time, only these were a lot bigger."
"Hiroshima had a ground zero blast area of nearly a kilometre. Some of the blast areas here are closer to three klicks. We believe they may have used an element we don't know of in the composition of their bombs to still have a hot zone that we should avoid."
"From the radiation decay of isotopes that we have identified, we think they dropped theirs at least two hundred and fifty years ago. The information we have pulled from the probes indicates that unlike us, these people didn't stop at two."
"We have been able to identify at least thirty sites where we believe the larger bombs were detonated. At present, if the bombs were smaller and had lower yields, we can't pick out the radiation signatures against the normal background radiation."
"Sixteen of these sites are in the northern hemisphere, and the other fourteen are in the southern hemisphere. Some of the sites in the southern hemisphere indicate more than one or possibly much larger devices had been used."
"Most of the locations are towards the temperate regions' polar ends or about the forty-five to fifty-five-degree latitudes. This indicates this planet was once a lot warmer than it is now. The consensus is that it was a lot like Tychy is, possibly even hotter at the equator."
"We believe that most of the population had lived in the bombed zones at the time. The carbon radiation decay readings indicate that most if not all of these bombs were set off probably within hours or just days of each other."
"The result was that most of the larger population areas were destroyed and they created a minor nuclear winter. We estimate the population dropped from over a billion people to four to five million."
"The firestorms they created, as well as several super-volcanoes erupting over the next fifty or so years, probably caused by their folly, didn't help them either."
"The mesosphere is thicker than Earth's and has higher carbon and ash readings than we expected. Even so, the information we are getting from Kyle's latest probes suggests that the troposphere is breathable."
"It's no worse than Earth's air was sixty-odd years ago before we finally started to clean up our own backyard. Sandra thinks that this planet is probably still about five to ten degrees cooler on average than our Earth currently is."
"While that doesn't sound like much, it is significant. Particularly when you take the slightly larger axial rotation and the seasons into consideration. In the regions that were once the most populated, they would now have much longer and colder winters and very short summers."
"The ice flows would constantly be melting and reforming, making these regions harder to live in than Canada or the other Northern countries on Earth. After the bombs were dropped, we think most of the old cities were abandoned, and people shifted to the new tropical zones that were once too hot to live in."
"The increased rain in these zones and lower temperatures would have caused a boom in the growth of flora once they had sunshine again. Initially, the two moons probably didn't help the locals."
"The coastal areas would get very high tides when both moons were in alignment and conflicting tides when they weren't. Their distances and sizes are their saving grace as far as lower gravitational effects than our Moon, most of the time."
"Sandra has already indicated that they get some big storms on this planet." Philip flicked up pictures showing massive cloud formations currently in the southern hemisphere.
Philip had a swallow of his coffee and then popped up a map for his audience to scrutinise.
[See: https://keltria.fandom.com/wiki/ for the maps of the twin planets of Delta.]
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Chapter 4
~~ April - Week 14 ~~
Eze and the other cartographers had built the map from the information they had ascertained from the probes.
Philip then said, "I'll give you only a brief synopsis. As you can see, the planet has landmasses radiating out from both poles. The northern polar continent looks like runny icing that has slipped to one side, and it barely covers the top of the icecap."
"As you can see, it has two landmasses branching from it. The dominant section has the spear of land that extends down on the west coast to just over the equator. A few of the shorter drips spread mostly to the east."
"About ninety degrees to the east is a smaller landmass about a third of the size of the mainland. The ice cap segregates the two landmasses quite effectively."
"Also, in the north are two smaller continents on the other side of the planet. They also have their northernmost ends under the vast polar ice cap. Neither of them extended to within fifteen degrees to the equator."
"From what we can tell, they are very lightly populated with mostly scattered and well-hidden farming and fishing villages. It is the dominant northern landmass that was the most populated in the past."
"It has several modest-sized cities dotted down the west coast of the spear of land from about the fortieth degree to just over the equator at the horn. This landmass was also extensively bombed in the north and on both coasts."
"On the east coast, we think we have a cluster of three small cities with several villages up near the forty-degree latitude. We have detected small communities in the coastal regions in the lower latitudes."
"In the southern hemisphere, the polar ice cap covers a vast region of that landmass. Three prominent regions extend out from under the cap. The two smallest sections seem to be sparsely populated."
"The dominant section that has a spear of land that almost reaches the equator. It is also near the northern spear. At the end of the spear is a section of land about the size of two British Isles butted together at their widest points."
"A narrow land bridge joins this area back to the mainland. Towards the equatorial end is a large sprawling city that we believe to be the biggest city on the planet."
"At the other end of the land bridge, is a much smaller city but it is prominent because it connects these other sites on the west and the east coasts. This landmass has the most areas of radiation in the southern hemisphere."
"On the east side of the largest southern continent is this stand-alone continent. It reminds me of a Red Delicious apple. It has approximately a fifth of its landmass in the northern hemisphere."
"This continent has also been bombed in its southernmost region but not as heavily. It has three prominent cities all within twelve degrees of the equator."
"The western city is in the south, and the east coast has cities on both sides of the equator. It's interesting to note that all of the cities are near or in the mountain ranges and the regions are all forested."
"The last big continent also crosses the equator," Philip stated.
"It looks like a giant beanbag," Kyle said jokingly.
Everyone agreed and then Philip continued his narration, "It appears to be mostly uninhabited as far as technology goes. You may notice that the beanbag still has some large desert-like regions across its centre and some smaller isolated dry spots."
"We have yet to locate any evidence of settlements larger than small towns. The most visible towns are located on the west coast in those mountain ranges."
"There are a few lower on the east coast in similar locations and several tiny settlements scattered across the interior mostly in the mountainous regions and grasslands but towards the northern end."
"An interesting feature of this continent is that it doesn't appear to have been bombed. I would have thought that it would have much higher populations. Mayhaps the nuclear winter hit these people that bit harder, or they had a disease that decimated their population."
"We believe these people are humanoid going by the buildings we have been able to pick out. They also seem to have developed with similar levels of accomplishments to us until the bombings. The sophistication of the bombs alone suggests this. Kelli thinks the people were planted here."
Phillip grinned at the shocked looks on the faces of his audience. "Going by the level of industrialisation that we have been able to detect in the three most settled areas, Kelli believes that these people were set back several centuries by the actions of their ancestors. They are only just starting to recover."
"Our problem is that if we wish to establish contact, which settlement should we go to? We do not want to upset the locals. We don't want our presence to cause hostilities between the north and south to reoccur."
"There is also the issue of if we should make contact at all?" Philip concluded his narrative and looked back at the group.
Sean, Lee and Kyle were fascinated with what they now knew about this planet. Kyle asked, "Can we survive on this planet?"
Kelli spoke up next. "According to Sandra, atmospherically, yes we can. As to biologically, we still have no idea. The initial spectroscope-analyser scans indicate the seas are saltier than ours are, but they are still well within our acceptable range."
"It's probably due to the extensive ice caps. We could swim in them and be none the worse for wear. We believe that there are lots of large freshwater lakes and rivers due to all the rain this planet gets."
"We are quite sure that it is H2O that falls from the sky and not acid. So, theoretically, we can drink the water, but it still needs to be sampled more closely to make sure."
"Once we are in orbit, we can send down some spectroscope-sampling drones. Then we can get soil, air, water and some vegetation samples. However, I recommend that we probably should make some short trips as well."
She chuckled at the gleams and grins in the room. "With the current probes, we can do a general scan for basic elements on the surface and simple biological structures like cellulose, which we believe the plant life has."
"However, the current probes are still too far away to do the more accurate and detailed scans we need. As for microbiological scans, we need actual samples. It won't just be a sightseeing trip, people."
Her comment didn't reduce the grins by one iota.
Kelli then said, "We will also have to rely on Essco and his assistant Mark Gutten because Tammy and Hue are still out of action. This is one of the main reasons we got them on this ship."
"Debora and Professor Ram Dindi may be able to help Magda as a second group. I really think the samples should be split between the two groups. It will also give us two points of view. Plus, I really don't want to rely totally on Essco."
Unfortunately, the entire group agreed with her on this issue.
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Sean gave Philip a searching look.
He had the impression the man was in his court and believed that Essco was up to his eyebrows in the plot to get them to Futura. They just didn't know why he wanted to come here.
Lee looked at the two men, "Something that I have found strange is that I would have thought they would have sent a smaller Explorer first before sending a full battalion, like the powers to be decided to do. I would have also thought they would go to Alpha Centauri first."
"But they have," said Nicko. "Several private companies have also sent an explorer to Wolf 359 and one to Epsilon Eridani."
"Really!" said Lee. "Hum, now that I think about it, they weren't fascinating, were they? Not to the average person back home anyway. Probably why I almost forgot about it. Plus, I haven't spent a lot of time on Earth in the last few years."
Kyle looked at Lee. Like him, she forgot nothing for long. He knew she followed where explorer ships were and where they were going. She had always kept tabs on them in case a new berth became available for when their current job was complete.
The others all looked at her as well. Kyle had to think of what he knew, as Lee was fishing.
"Fuckin' hell, Lee!" Kyle exclaimed suddenly. "Explorer GJ10."
Lee looked at him with a cheeky smile and flicked her eyebrows at him.
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Chapter 5
~~ April - Week 14 ~~
Kyle shook his head at Lee.
The rest of the group looked mystified. When Lee didn't explain, Kyle did.
"The second ship we signed up for together was Explorer GJ10. However, it was pretty hush-hush. We had to sign all sorts of papers saying we weren't to talk about the mission. We didn't know exactly where we were going."
"Unfortunately, Lee took a dislike to Captain Ubobo. So, we took a temporary job on a private Yacht until another contract Lee liked was due. GJ10 was supposed to be back in a year, but it didn't come back before we left did it, Lee?"
Lee shook her head, "Not the starship anyway."
"What did come back, Lee?" asked Sean having an idea where this was going.
"Well, about the time Kyle suggested the construction job, I heard a rumour on Luna that a small data collection pod came back about six months after GJ10 left. Interestingly, it was only about two months after that, they started talking about this starship being built."
"And, surprise, surprise, it would be going to Delta Pavonis. I was always curious as to why GB & JK Corp. put up so much money and rushed into the build. We still had much closer systems to explore, and we had small Explorer Ships that could do this job," answered Lee.
Lee raised her eyebrows at the group and said, "I think we should show the crew the settlements and watch Essco's reaction. I would be interested to hear which one he suggests we contact."
Sean and Kyle both laughed and shook their heads at her. Sean said, "The Red Lady strikes again."
Lee grinned at him.
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Ulani looked at the trio.
Philip had told her that they would solve the problem. She had worked quite a bit with Sean over the last couples of months. She had noticed that he often came back with solutions to problems after talking to either Lee or Kyle or both.
It seemed that between the three of them, they would often see problems from a unique perspective. Sean had told her, and Philip that Kyle and Lee had a way of connecting seemingly unrelated dots to draw a picture.
If they both came to the same conclusion, then he always went their way. It now looked as though they had connected the dots again.
"Philip," said Ulani. "I was just thinking of some of the conversations we have had with William. If he had some idea of what to expect, it explains a lot of the throwaway comments he has made over the last year."
Philip and the other scientists all nodded in agreement.
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Kyle had been typing on his pad.
Kyle chuckled softly and then aimed his pad at the monitor. Everyone watched as the monitor segmented into four again. Each segment displayed a picture for about five seconds and then flashed another set until about eighty photos had been shown. Then they looped back to the beginning.
The photos showed strange buildings that seemed too low for humans in some cases. They saw pictures of trees and other plants, some recognisable and some unknown. They saw the most amazing animals the group had ever seen and surprisingly familiar looking ones as well. The few shots of people were also eye-openers.
"Oh, yes!" said Kelli excitedly. "See, see, that was an Agaricus bisporus or the common old button mushroom to you lot. I knew these people didn't originate here." She sat forward to watch the rest of the slides avidly.
"Kyle, that was Glenda," Lee said in surprise at seeing the woman in one picture. She was wearing a standard exploration suit with the GB & JK Corp. logo above her right breast, and she was holding a bunch of flowers that looked very much like daisies.
"It looks like you were right Lee. These pictures are from Professor William Essco's private files," Kyle told them. "There are some other reports in the folder as well. He chose a crappy encryption program. Would you all like a copy?" he asked innocently.
"Holy shit!" exclaimed Eze as his eyes were also glued to the monitor.
"That bastard," spat Nicko who was equally entranced.
"Is that legal accessing his files?" asked Ulani despite also being stunned by the pictures.
Kyle looked at Sean, "I believe any private files can be opened when the investigating officer suspects foul play?"
Sean looked at Kyle, "I believe one is supposed to get a Judge or the highest-ranking officer to agree."
Lee hit her, minder, "Captain Clark, Lee here."
"Yes, Lee," answered Nick.
"Captain some evidence has come to light concerning an individual who is suspected of being involved in the sabotage of this ship. Sean would like Kyle to access his private files to search for collaborative evidence?" she asked, leaving her com open.
"You there, Sean and Kyle?" asked Nick.
Both Sean and Kyle answered, "Yes, sir."
"Did you find the evidence before or after you opened his files?"
Sean answered, "Before, Captain."
"Philip here Captain, they have six other witnesses to back them up," Philip added for good measure.
'Legalities be damned,' he thought. 'We could have died if not for Lee and Kyle.' He was as unhappy as the Captain was in this regard.
"Where are you people?" the Captain asked.
"Sean's and my room, L4-12, Captain," said Lee. She had a feeling that he was in the diner, looking for them.
"I'll be there in two minutes, Captain out."
The Captain was there in precisely two minutes, and Lee let him in. The Captain looked around the room.
"Nice pad, no wonder you guys moved in here," he said. Lee smiled at him.
The Captain then walked towards the group. He flicked his eyes at the monitor, and he stopped in his tracks. A look of amazement came over his face. No one said anything, as he watched the pictures scroll through at least once.
"What the hell is going on?" he asked the room in general. Nick knew the pictures didn't come from their probes.
Sean moved over on the bed and had the Captain sit beside him. Philip, Kyle and Sean filled him in on what they had found, while Lee made him coffee and offered fresh brews to everyone else. Kelli happily got up to help her.
The poor Captain felt totally out of his depth. "So, what do you want me to do?" he asked.
Philip said, "I think we should follow Lee's suggestion to start with and keep an eye on Professor Essco. I suppose these pictures make, 'First Contact' a moot point if the other crew survived."
Kyle put in, "I'm going to send a command to the probes to search for the compounds Ozlium and Rihlite. Let's see if it can find that ship or possibly a transporter. Those compounds are not in the probes' programming because those chemical combinations as far as we know are only found on Earth."
"Yes, good idea, Kyle," Philip put in nodding. "Yes, I think for now we should continue to find evidence and see what we find out before we do anything more." The group agreed that they needed to know more.
The Captain looked at Lee as she sat back down beside Sean. "So where is Rodger?"
Lee shrugged, "With the still, I suppose. I suspect it is well hidden on level eight or even on level nine. Sorry, Captain, I didn't know he was with the still at the time. They must have disabled the heat sensors so Sung couldn't locate them."
The Captain looked at her with a serious expression. "Don't beat yourself up, Lee. This ship would have been in a hell of a lot more trouble if you hadn't done what you did."
"Rodger knew the consequences, and he knew we were going to jump. His decision. You are no more to blame than Sung is."
As far as the Captain was concerned, Rodger deserved everything he got. He didn't like rapists in general and especially not on his ship. Lee had told him about why Rodger had really been in the sickbay after the incident with Syd. So, he had no compassion for the arsehole.
"By the way, this is the best bloody coffee I have had in three months," said Nick before taking another sip.
"Another convert," crowed Kyle, everyone laughed.
They had all started drinking Lee's version of coffee. Some liked it sweeter and some not so sweet, but essentially, it was the same brew. The group then happily discussed the pictures and reports Kyle had found and what they meant.
It was a fascinating and enlightening conversation that followed.
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Chapter 6
~~April - Week 14~~
Captain Allan Ubobo walked out of the large dwelling he called home.
He was tall, being 195cm (6' 5"), a lean muscular man with washboard abs and long, runner's legs. He had deep, dark, penetrating eyes and short, tight curly black hair with no grey.
The broad nose and slightly backward sloping forehead were from his aboriginal heritage, and he carried these features well as they blended with his Caucasian heritage. Many would consider him a handsome man in the prime of his life at thirty-five-years-old.
Among the people of the region that he was living in, he was considered a little giant. Apparently, there had once been a race that was over 3m tall, but they didn't exist on this continent. Allan had to have the new building built onto the side of the palace due to his height.
These days, he was a reasonably content man. He did have one major worry: he knew his old Bosses would eventually send another ship. He was surprised they hadn't come already.
When his crew had settled on Antalia, as the Keltrian people called this continent, it had taken several weeks for him to adapt to the slightly higher gravity. He now ran ten to fifteen kilometres every day to keep fit.
He drank sparingly of the local versions of alcohol and didn't smoke the happy weed or any other variety that were available in the markets. He was a disciplined man and didn't accept opposition to his plans or desires without damn good evidence or a compelling reason.
He would consider that one of his few vices was sex. Sex was his drug of choice, and he preferred slim but well-formed women. He also had a thing for redheads, but pink would do in a pinch.
He considered it a shame that the delectable redhead, Lee, had pulled out of the mission. He had been so looking forward to spending some quality time with her on the trip. She had a tight arse, a nice rack and at least some height.
He still remembered that strange look she had given him when he had hinted that they would become very good friends on the trip. The next thing he knew, she and that Italian looking guy, Kyle, who she hung around with, were gone.
He had to make do with Glenda for the four months they had spent on the ship. The other members of his crew were not happy that he didn't share, Ferris in particular. Allan had learnt that Ferris and Glenda had been an item before the exploration set out and he had claimed her.
Since they had been here in the city of Arden, the couple had ended up back together and had even had two kids. This didn't bother Allan, as Glenda had simply been a convenience while on-board the ship and an occasional fling since they had ended up living in Arden.
Allan now had his pick of the delectable Genteli, and for the most part, they accommodated his needs. While the Genteli women were a little shorter than his taste, many were, however, very beautiful, and most of them seemed to enjoy his large wanger.
He had married Darla de Rain, the Queen of this region's daughter, not long after they settled in. He had been amused when she had simply said that he was the man from her dreams and hers. He now enjoyed the status of the future Queen's Consort.
The Genteli were a long-lived, matriarchal race that Allan had initially called the Fey in his reports. They lived an average of 140 to 160 years. The Genteli didn't tend to show their age until very late in life. Nor did they mature as early as Earthlings did.
They tended to require four to ten years after their first child before they could produce a second child and often only had three or four in total in their lifetime. This was because they frequently had trouble with delivery and carried a child for a Utopian year before birth.
The Genteli were less numerous than the other races, but they were the longest living, the ruling class, the government and the largest owners of slaves and land on the continent of Antalia.
Allan was aware that the Genteli race had the same status as their northern cousins on the Davinian continent, their eastern cousins on Queland and their western cousins on Jahnville.
Allan did not intend to go back to Earth. He enjoyed his new status and his new life and planned to keep both. I didn't hurt that Princess Darla had given him a daughter fifteen Utopian months before, to ensure his line of succession on this planet.
His own people on Earth put more status in sons. However, Allan was smart enough to realise that here, his daughter was gold. He was also quite besotted with his daughter, Eve. She would become a gorgeous woman when she grew up, and it didn't hurt that these people had no taboos on incest.
He would effectively be the King, and he would stay the King. One thing that did annoy him was that Darla was not able to have another child for at least another two years and possibly even longer.
And, he wasn't going to live as long as she would.
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The Genteli were close mouth about the war.
Allen hadn't learnt much more than the basics about it. From what he understood, it had started over the very crystals that he knew his old Bosses would come here for.
The fact that he now had control of their mining here on Antalia would ensure his position was safe. The people from Earth couldn't do anything here, without his permission. They did, after all, have to abide by the 'Already occupied', protocols.
While Allan had a harem of Genteli women that he frequently used, he truly believed that he did love his wife and especially their daughter. One of the other women, Maru de Ray, had recently given him a son to add to his growing brood.
He had called his son, Brian, and now the boy lived in the palace with him, Darla and Eve. As Maru was a descendant of a long line of wizards, Allan wondered if his son would show promise. The people here believed in magic and that it could be wielded.
In his old culture, the family and the tribe were everything, and these people had become his tribe and his family. The very moment he had set his eyes on Darla, he had been in lust.
She had told him that Wizard Wii had told her that her love would come from very far away and he would help keep her people safe. Allan chose not to argue with her logic.
Darla was 158cm (5' 2") tall with lush reddish-pink hair and a very nice rack for her slim build. She had the most beautiful face Allan had ever seen with big purple eyes and the pale pinkish skin, which was common among her people.
However, of late, his eyes had been straying to Darla's much younger sister Nina. She was now twenty-five and ready for bedding. His plans included Nina as the mother of his next child. Darla was in her fifties and her sister Nina had been an unexpected arrival.
The Queen was over a hundred when she'd had her last daughter. The Queen's health had been delicate ever since, and to all intents and purposes, Princess Darla ruled, as she was next in line.
Thinking of Nina and sex, had Allan reacting, and he found himself walking to her part of the palace.
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Allan found Nina resting on a divan in the back solarium.
He could smell that she was in heat and his desire ramped up. She was as beautiful as her sister, with similar coloured hair and a trim figure that had recently developed all the right curves in the right places.
Allen surmised that Nina would probably end up with even bigger breasts than her sister. She reminded him of a sweet sixteen just ripe for the plucking and plucking he tended to do.
Nina was inclined to be vain and selfish, but that didn't worry Allan. As long as he could do her and have her produce another child for him, a daughter preferably, he would be happy.
"Nina, my sweet, why are you out here all alone?" he asked, kissing her on the forehead and running his hand down a long strand of her hair. He deliberately brushed a nipple that was visible through the almost transparent white silk covering, she was almost wearing.
The smell this close was intoxicating. Allan could tell no other male had touched her. She must have only come into heat in the last couple of days. Once he'd had her, no other male would touch her until she was either pregnant or finished her cycle in four to six days.
Nina shivered at Allan's touch. The big man really turned her on. She had been lusting after him for the last two years since her first cycle started. But Darla said she had to wait until after her twenty-fifth birthday, and so she had.
She had woken up hot and horny and had come out to the garden to cool down. Now that the object of her desire was here, she decided she wasn't going to wait any longer. Nina moved gracefully to her feet and turned to Allan.
'Goodness, he is so tall he towers over me,' she thought as she looked up to find his eyes. Smiling at him, she reached for his hand and walked him back to her room. She shut the doors and locked them before she turned and walked into Allan's arms.
Allan bent down to kiss her. He found that she was even shorter than Darla was and had to bend down a long way. Nina opened her mouth to receive his kiss. Allen's full lips devoured her smaller mouth and made the heat in her sex burst into flame.
Allan ran his hand down her side to her arse, squeezing it gently. His hand then came back up her side and across to cup a firm breast, he gently squeezed it.
'Oh yes, this little cherry was ripe for the picking,' he thought. He loved the way the Genteli had no qualms about coming right out and telling you that they wanted you.
The only time Allan had ever enraged a Genteli male, most of whom he considered effeminate, was when he had sniffed after the man's woman when she was in season. He had learnt to stay away from the married or claimed ladies when they were in season unless he wanted to fight for her and claim her as a wife.
Allan had decided that it was not worth the grief. There were plenty of willing women to pick from. He could pretty much have any of the women, whenever he wanted. They found him a novelty, and he had no qualms using this fact to get his own way.
Nina slid her hand down Allen's front. She slid her small fingers up and down his shaft, amazed at how big he was. To Nina, this man was huge.
A little fearfully, now that she had actually touched his bulge, she asked, "Goodness, will you be able to get that in me, without hurting me?"
Nina stilled her hand with uncertainty. She was, after all, an inexperienced girl. As a princess, she had been sheltered more than most.
Allan smiled, "My little flower, as long as I have you adequately warmed up, I think we will manage. There may be a little pain the first time, but it will only be a joy after that. Are you sure you wish me to be your first?"
Allan ran his hand down her front over her stomach and then rubbed her between her legs. While it pained him to ask, he knew he had to. Even a King couldn't rape his subjects, not if he wished to remain a King.
Personally, a bit of force often made the encounter more fun. However, the Genteli ascribed to the notion that 'No' was 'No'. Being accused of raping his sister-in-law would not be a good situation to be in, even for him.
"Do you wish to be my first?" Nina asked with a gasp as he slid his fingers over the soft garment and started rubbing her more firmly through the now wet material. She had nothing on beneath the gown.
The Genteli didn't tend to wear undergarments, and they liked revealing clothing. They also had no body hair other than eyebrows, lashes and the hair on their head.
"I wish to be your first and only lover, but I know that will not be so, as I will not live as long as you, sweet Nina," Allan told her. Wishing he would be able to live as long as the Genteli.
He squeezed her breast and rolled the nipple between his fingers. With his other hand, he slid his finger into the juices that now saturated her gown.
Nina grabbed his forearms and flexed her hips into his finger as he dug deeper into her. She decided she had waited for this for a long time and it was too late to back out now. Besides, if Darla could handle him, she was sure she could.
Allan was sick of the gown in his way, so he lifted it up and over her head. He then guided her over to the bed and had her lie in the middle of it. It was a hell of a lot easier making love to a short woman on her back than while standing. He then stripped himself.
Allan had taken to wearing the loose drawstring silk pants and tight silk shirts the males wore. The Genteli men didn't bother with underwear either, so neither did he.
However, he didn't shave anywhere else other than his face to fit in.
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Chapter 7
~~ April - Week 14 ~~
Allan climbed onto the bed with Nina.
He started kissing her as he dipped his finger in and out of her. She was soon kissing him back and lifting her hips into his hand. He pushed his finger into her harder. He ignored her wince as he continued his assault.
Nina was getting very wet now, but she was still very tight. Even Allan was wondering if he would be able to get there, she was so damn tight. 'Gotta love virgins,' he thought.
Allan started kissing and licking Nina. She was really getting into it the action; her hips now rocked on his hand, and she was moaning as he worked her over. He kissed his way down her body until he could suck on her as he increased the speed of his fingers into her.
Allan kept working her until Nina was bucking harder and making little oohing noises. He felt her stiffen on his fingers, and she groaned out loud. Nina flexed her hips up and down as she came, moaning loudly. Then she went limp and still.
Allan quickly mounted her. Nina stiffened like a board, as she squealed in pain and locked him with her legs, stopping him from moving. "Oh my, oh my, that stings," she cried with tears in her eyes.
"The worst is over my little flower. It will only be good after this," Allan told her. He kissed her again deeply to distract her from the pain.
Allan had learnt as a young man the art of taking a girl's virginity. He'd had a lot of practice at it. He suspected no one would believe him if he told them his old Gran had taught him how to make a girl's first time special.
He doubted few girls at his old high school over the age of fifteen, remained virgins while he was there. Only the ugly and the grossly fat ones were safe. Allan could handle a little flab, but he couldn't handle ugly or worse, fugly girls.
Nina slowly relaxed when he didn't move. He started deepening the kisses while he squeezed her tits and nipples again. He couldn't suck on them very well in this position. It was hard enough just trying to kiss her. It took Allan some time to get to the point that he was moving smoothly.
He then started speeding up his thrusts and boring into her as deep as he could go. The smell of her hormones and the blood of her virginity had him very turned on. He was enjoying the intensely tight young woman. Nina was one hot little minx. He had a feeling he was going to enjoy teaching her how to please him.
Nina, having got over the initial shock, started lifting her hips as her sister told her to as he slid forward. It seemed to make it easier to take him in. She started trying to clench her muscles as he withdrew, as she had been told. He moaned when she did, so she tried harder.
For some time, Allan just rode her at a constant pace. Nina started to think that there had to be more as she was getting tired from lifting her hips. Slowly Alan increased his speed and then flexed his hips. This sent shivers through her body and even some pain.
It didn't take him much longer to really ram into her. Nina felt the strange feeling again as he increased the pace some more. The force of his thrusts was pushing her smaller body up the bed. Nina found her hips instinctively rising to meet his as the shocks hit her.
She felt the unbearable ache in her sex intensify. Her muscles clenched super hard. She screamed out her release and then went limp as Allan kept pounding into her. Allan had enjoyed her release, but he still needed a bit more, and he kept going.
As she came back around, she clenched him weakly a couple of times and moaned as if in pain. She roused enough to try to pull her legs closed to stop him. Allan finally felt it was time to come. He grunted each time he did.
Finally sated, he looked at the woman below him. Her face was covered in sweat and looked pained. Her legs were rigid, trying to push him away. Not too bad for a first time, Allan decided. He hoped that she would get better with practice.
She needed to learn how to control her muscles better and to encourage him rather than expecting him to do all the work. He intended to come back soon, so he decided a little honey should help.
"Are you all right, my Little Flower? I was so excited to be in your sweetness that I got carried away."
Her moans of pain as he came, finally registered. "I hope I didn't hurt you too much, my sweetness. It will get better for you," Allan told her as he caressed her cheek. He then laid gentle kisses on her lips and face.
Nina sighed as she was glad that he was finished, "Oh, my goodness is it always like that?"
Allan smiled, "No Little Flower, it gets better."
Well, Allan hoped like fuck it did anyway. He hated fucking a limp woman who didn't touch him and try to keep him interested. She had a bit to learn about how to make a man happy. He hoped she wasn't a slow learner.
He rolled off her.
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Allan then thought about what else he had to do that day.
He had already dismissing Nina from his mind. As much as he didn't mind taking a virgin now and then, she was a means to an end, not the end game itself. He got up and dressed.
Remembering where he was, he bent over her, "I have to go Little Flower." He kissed her gently several times, patted her mound to leave a good impression and headed out the door, his mind already busy with other chores.
Nina not realising his dissatisfaction was happy she had satisfied him and clenched her legs together. She rolled over on the bed and fell asleep exhausted.
She was unaware that Allan had already achieved two of his goals as far as she was concerned.
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Allan thoughts had turned to how he ended up on this planet.
It had taken the ship eighteen days to get up to speed for the first warp-jump. Allan had spent a lot of that time amusing himself with Glenda. She had been a lot more fun than Nina.
They had been on board five days before he took her the first time. She had been walking down the hall towards him. He had opened his cabin door and stepped in. As Glenda went to go past, he grabbed her arm and dragged her into the room.
He palmed the door closed and pushed her against it. He locked her body against it with his and started kissing her and feeling up her massive tits. She struggled to get free, which had only excited him more as she rubbed against him. He was bloody horny. She tried to bite his lip, and he smacked her thigh.
"Sweetheart, this is going to happen whether you want it to or not. You are the only female on board, and I am not fucking going without for twelve months. So, you are it. We could do this the easy way or the hard way, your choice. As I will fuck you as often as I wish and when I wish," he had growled at her.
Glenda had teared up. "But I'm with Ferris, he will never forgive me, even if I was willing," she said.
"Woman, that is not my problem. You will make yourself available to me whenever I want. Do you understand?" He squeezed one of her huge tits harder. He didn't need to add to the threat. She stopped fighting him, realising there was no one to stop him, not even Ferris.
Allan stood back, "Strip for me." He watched her intently as she removed her jumpsuit. She stood in the middle of the room in her panties and bra as he walked around her, examining her.
He lifted a tit and let it drop. 'Not bad but they would definitely sag once she has a few kids,' he thought. "Bend over," he told the humiliated woman totally enjoying himself as she bent over.
"Take off the bra," he instructed as he watched as her tits hung down. He wasn't that hot for pale brunettes with tightly curled haired, but any port in a storm. She was at least 173cm (5' 9") tall, and he did prefer his women to be taller than the average.
Glenda did have a decent rack even if a little loose for his taste. He didn't mind big tits as long as they didn't hang like used bags. Allan ran his hand over her arse lightly. Pushing the panties out of his way, he slipped his fingers between her legs from behind.
Glenda was damp but not sopping. Allan was sure that state would change. He rubbed his fingers in small circles. She flinched as a finger slid into her. 'Hmm,' he decided. 'She has some promise.'
Allen removed his hand and stripped off his own boots and suit while he was behind her. "Take them off and kneel on the edge of the bed," he instructed Glenda. Rear entry was a little less personal for a reluctant partner.
Once she was settled, he rubbed his hands over her arse again. It was tight and firm as she kept herself in shape. He slid his hands over her thighs and probed gently between them, so he was rubbing her again.
Allan spent some time exploring her body with his mouth and fingers. He was being careful not to hurt her, as he didn't wish to fight her every time, he took her in the weeks to come.
"You are a very sexy woman Glenda. I hope you come to enjoy our times together. Do you feel how excited I am to be able to touch your sexy body?" he asked her and rubbed against her.