Ages of the Federation is a new total conversion mod for Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion. This mod takes place in the Enterprise and Original series eras, focusing on the conflict between the early Federation and Klingon Empire. A resurgent Romulan Star Empire, angry and still licking its wounds after their defeat to Earth and her allies waits in the shadows, ready to take advantage of any of misstep by either the warring powers. The Xindi, new to the galactic stage are also eager to forge their own path.
USS Young, being careful to stay beyond the event horizon, approaches to observe a star being swallowed by a wandering black hole.
Can you swallow up the Discovery while your at it? *hides*
*you're
I see someone does not see the humor in this being the first response as opposed to something concerning Discovery.
Actually I just got here :P
Others were not so kind ;)
Can't please everyone eh
No medical officer in Starfleet can cure /that/ STD.
grow up
Hehehehe.
Visual and Audio Record from USS Young:
"Sir, I'm picking up a signal... that can't be right," the bewildered Lt. Stevens said from her communications station on the bridge of the USS Young.
"What is it Comms?" replied Captain Mills as he turned his command chair address her.
"It looks, sounds, whatever, like there's a signal coming from the singularity."
"So? Stellar phenomena give off all sorts of radio waves and other EM signals. What's so weird about that?"
"It's intelligible, sir. Like a message being sent from the black hole."
Mills turns he chair back towards the front of the ship and addresses Lt. Foster at his helm position in the front of the Bridge, "Helm, bring us in a little closer.
"Can you clean that signal up at all and tell what's being sent?" he says over his shoulder to Stevens.
"Working on it, sir," she tells him with her left hand to her earpiece in order to try and hear the signal clearly. Her other hand feverishly working the controls at her station.
"Take your time, no rush. Not like we're drifting closer to the most destructive force known in the universe," Mills replies sarcastically.
"And who's idea was that, captain?" Stevens replies, eliciting a glare from the captain, "I thought so, now let me work."
Time passes slowly on the Bridge as Stevens works, but even so it doesn't take long for her to decipher the signal.
"I'm not sure... this is weird. Really, really, weird," Stevens says looking at her console in disbelief.
"Pipe it through, Stevens. Let's have a listen."
She complies and the bridge speakers fill with static, a garbled voice speaking a language the crew doesn't understand, and what can only be screams in the background. The whole of the bridge crew is visibly shaken by what they hear, but it seems to have affect Stevens the most. The sounds play over and over again until there is a sudden deafening silence. The crew looks about confused and concerned while Captain Mills' attention is fixed on Lt. Stevens.
"Aside from the obvious, what's wrong Liz?" the captain asks her with genuine concern.
Her gaze looks distant with her hands perfectly still, "I... I think it's Latin, Jacob. I think... I think it says: 'Liberate tuta me ex inferis," she turns to look Captain Jacob Mills in the eye, "Save yourself from Hell."
"We're leaving! Helm hard about! Drop a warning buoy and get us out of here maximum warp!"
The bridge buzzes once again with activity as the crew rushes to comply with orders. The view on the screen shifts as the USS Young turns away from the black hole and the star it is consuming. The bridge shakes as the warning buoy is launched from the engineering hull and the warp engines thrum with power, but the view on the screen doesn't change. They cannot go to warp.
"What's going on Helm?" the captain asks.
"I don't know, sir. She's running at maximum!"
The view on the screen changes as the ship turns back towards the phenomena. The lights on the bridge dim before going out completely. Replaced by the bright orange-yellow glow of a star dying; being killed in it's prime but an ever hungry abyss. A voice calls into the bridge from the speakers. Utterly calm and utterly terrifying, it states.
"You can't leave. She won't let you."
-Record ends-
The USS Young was lost with all hands...
Records sealed by order of Starfleet Intelligence and the phenomena in question deemed off limits.
Someone's been watching a little too much Andromeda...
Event Horizon actually
I've knew it!
I actually quite like that movie.
DAT AFT!