April 15, 2005
Still on the I.S.S. Liberty, I found out a few things while continuing to search their databanks. Where the Liberty was destroyed, was the edge of Empire Space. It seems that this ship was patroling the edge when it was attacked and disabled. I mentioned all of this earlier. Don't need to repeat myself.
The food on the ship was still good. The galley and mess hall still had oxygen, as well as sick bay, decks 5-15 (15 Decks), engineering, and the shuttlepod bays. I could try to fix up the ship and use it to possibly find a way home. There were a few problems with my idea, though. One, weapons are completely inoperative, and two shields are almost drained. Not to mention the ship only had enough di-lithium to last me for about 2 months. Didn't matter anyways, warp drive could only go to Warp 2, thanks to the attack. I could go faster than that.
Still exploring the ship, I looked through the quarters and found some interesting stuff. Uniforms, pictures of loved ones, antiques, and I think one room had a televison of some sort. Nothing really interesting here.
Sitting in the mess hall, the ship was fired upon. Before I knew it, four humans (I assumed) were in space suits wielding phasers. They asked me to come with them. Not knowing what else to do, I went with them to their ship, the I.S.S. Cortes.
On the ship, they treated me well. I was stationed in a guest quarter, food and drink was brought to me, I even got to watch television, which I didn't even know was on a ship. For about 4 hours I stayed in my guest room until we reached Terra.
From the royal spaceport they directed me to the Emperor's Palace. I have to say, the humans in this dimension outdid themselves. Silver moulding, gold trimming of the walls, crystal electric chandeliers. It was astounding. Along the main hall there were pictures of the past emperors. Strangely enough, some looked oddly familar, but I couldn't place the name of them. They had served in the government before, but I couldn't remember which one.
When I arrived at the throne room, the Emperor spoke to me. "Hello, I am the Emperor of Terra. Who are you?" I replied: "I am Smart Tech Dragon 15." "Hmm..., who made you?" Asked the Emperor. He could obviouly tell that I was part cybernetic. Not wanting to reveal where I was from I said this: "You made me, Emperor. Remeber? The robotics lab on planet Mars? You captured me on Earth, and gave me all of this cool technology." I was nervous. I didn't know if he would buy it. "Oh yes, I remember." What a sucker! He fell for it. "Okay then Smart Tech, I'll be seeing you. Have a good day."
This was so easy. I almost made it out when, *Zap*! I was hit by an ion ray. "Did you really think that I would be fooled by your pathetic attempts at trickery?" The Emperor continued. "I know you're from another dimension. Join me, Smart Tech. If you help me, I'll send you back home. You can trust me." Already knowing that I couldn't trust him, I replied: "No way! I'd rather be discentegrated!" At that point, I launched a Plasma Cannon blast at the ceiling and flew out. I heard him say: "Guards! Make sure he does not fly off the planet! Hunt him down! Fry his circuits!" I was finally able to hide on a small island 700 miles away from the palace.
I had a real jam now. The Terra Defense Shield was up, meaning that only Terran Ships could get through. Not to mention that I had the Emperor's guards hunting me down. Just that moment on the island, I spotted a Terran ship. I had another idea, and I knew how to make it work.
