Transcendence

Posted on Sunday July 13th, 2025 @ 12:55pm by Civilian Nigi Latar

663 words; about a 3 minute read

Mission: Chapter 1: Into the Unknown
Location: USS TITAN - Transport vessel two of two
Timeline: 241207.06
Tags: explosion of New Hope, deaths, GA Attack

"What do mean your going over to the New Hope? Now is not the time to transfer ships, Laara." Nigi said looking furious at her daughter. She couldn't blame her, her boyfriend was over there and if she was the same age as her, she would be over there as well.

"You can't control my life! I have lived in the shadows for too long. Look, I appreciate you getting us here and what it took to protect me, but I am not your little girl. I am a grown woman now." Laara said pulling away from her moms arms and backing up to the transporter pad that was transferring crew back and forth. The ship shook as it took another hit to the shields.

"Laara, please!" Nigi said begging, "Please reconsider! He can come here."

"You know he can't, he's got to stay there and help the others." Laara said, still backing away from her mother. As soon as she hit the pad, it began to hum to life, "I love you, mom. I always will." She then nodded toward the Transport Chief and in a whirl she was taken by the beam and sent straight over to the New Hope.

Meanwhile, outside the vessel, the battle raged on as the Normandy and fighters tried to take most of the fire and attempted to protect the gate from direct fire. No one knew how well it was protected, nor did anyone want to find out. The New Hope seemed to be the newest target from the Galactic Alliance, who were attempting to prevent their escape.

Nigi frowned as tears began to form in her eyes. She began to make her way toward the nearest window to get a good look outside the ship. Her hands suddenly pressed toward the wall as she looked on at things beyond her control. Things were not getting any better out there. She could see the gate hum to life as a swirling blue vortex filled the void that was once filling the center within the rings.

The Alliance was now focusing all its fire from its two foreign designed ships on the New hope.

Nigi began to cry out, "Send them back here right now!" She could feel her heart sink as she franticly ran over toward the transporter chief, "Get them back, bring back my daughter!"

Before the chief could even respond, one of the ships had managed to get a shot off at Titan and in the midst of transporting over the next batch, the shield frequency had been compromised. It was a direct hit to the hull and the ship shook violently, and the transporter chief lurched sideways, hitting his head on the corner of a console, incapacitating him.

Nigi grabbed the nearest console and rode out the shake. When she opened her eyes, she noticed the chief was down. "No! No, no ,no, no!" she began to panic as she took the console he was just at by the hand and looked over the screen, "How do I change this to Orion!? Someone please! I can't read it." she said, looking at the foreign screen in anger.

Everyone in the room looked equally confused, as the majority of them had fallen to the floor or against the walls. She knew that, by the looks of everyone in the room, that she, like them, were foreigners on board this Romulan transport.

Without word, without warning, the New Hope sustained a hull breach near her warp core. The breach cascaded down the hull of the ship, tearing her into a fraction of she once was. The resulting decompression and subsequent explosion propelled the Titan very rapidly though the gateway. The extreme g force, sent everyone flying against the nearest wall, holding them there as the ship traversed the great event horizon. As the vessel reached the other side, the Titan lost power and everyone that was not previously strapped in was now floating inside.

 

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