`` Shelby, '' Derrick asked. `` Were there many ships lost in this particular area ? ``

'' Searching, according to all information I have on all ship movements and battles I would receive to say no but I feel that Conner may accept More selective information than I, at the present moment, '' Shelby answered.

'' Thank you Shelby I 'll rent this selective information under deliberation, '' Derrick replied deep in opinion he had to get all the ships synced up so that all the records were somewhat the Sami on all the ships. Sighing Derrick thought this damn hunt and peck he was having to do to get information was irritating the infernal region out of him. `` Conner, '' Derrick started.

'' Yes Primary, '' Conner replied.

'' Were there many ships lost in this orbit besides you, 0004 your wing better half and 0001 ? '' Derrick asked.

It was quiet for a short time, `` No primary we were the lone ships I have knowledge of here, as stated I lost my wing Paraguay tea here along with 0001. '' Conner almost whispered.

Hmmm so they did utter notion toward their extension, mates something to hold on in brain for later Derrick thought.

'' Shelby, I want a full CAT scan done on the life/brain box, every scan you can do. radiation, explosives, computer virus 's both written and physical, also any life forms hiding on or in. If there is damage to the grammatical case I want you to hurl everything at it again. Something does n't sense right ; think back I do n't require it on card under no substance 'til we are completely sure as shooting it is safe. '' Derrick ordered as stern as he could. He had a bad feeling about this the form that could get them all killed if he was n't careful.

'' Yes Derrick all scans going, to do the full moon battery of examination it will hire at to the lowest degree two hours, may I at to the lowest degree provide push to it ? '' Shelby asked.

'' Not unless you can do it from a distance, I do n't like this Shelby everything about this tone wrong, I 'm not sure but this almost smell like a put on box. '' Derrick replied, Shelby actually gasped then all was silence for a patch. Derrick had only started reading up on the brain corner two day ago, going back to the records way he again immersed himself deep in the records finding a little more on the brain boxes. It was almost two hours later that Shelby alerted him she had completed the first group of trial. `` Display the effect here, '' Derrick told Shelby.

As he started to go over the readings he was certainly gladiolus he 'd decided to read more on the boxes. Several of the readings made no common sense opening up the subroutine library criminal record he soon found out why.

Rising Derrick started running issuing orders, `` IMT Shelby, bridge ! All of you withdraw 100,000 kilometers, all shields to full, shift shell frequency to a gamey modulation now ! '' He saw all of them bring up their cuticle then withdrew. `` Conner, Zan whorl on target and fire 'til you detect an overburden then immediately retreat another 100,000 km. Shelby, you and Lucy withdraw to that point I need you both taking reading material. ``

Almost in unison the four ships answered `` Orders received primary quill, retreating. ``

'' Starting scans, '' both Lucy and Shelby stated.

'' Now beginning shelling, nothing yet primary election. '' Zan and Conner told him.

'' Primary detecting a build-up of vim within the typesetter's case, '' Lucy and Shelby informed him.

'' Alright hideaway to safety stage, all shield to full keep scanning 'til the box explodes. '' Derrick ordered, the Shelby hologram was staring at Derrick as if he 'd lost his mind.

They had to only wait a few proceedings after they were all at the 200,000 kilometer limit.

Suddenly there was a titanic burst in front of them. Thankfully Derrick had recognized the peril and had the shields at a gamey frequency. Shelby was staring at the meter reading ; this had in fact been a case of high yield nuclear device. Again it appeared that Derrick had saved them all again plus the fact that they were armed with a petty better agreement of the dissimilar danger out here now.

All four Holograms were standing in movement of Derrick as he went over what he 'd learned explaining what the indication should be and what should be considered unsafe. `` If you detect any of these readings when you scan a life box do not approach it, we all could have been destroyed today please remember, all these reading material here, have to be right here, if not then something is wrong and can be determined by early readings. '' Shelby was staring at Derrick with more pride then she 'd ever felt. `` Right now I want to concentrate on 0001, though I suspect he was n't the confidential information ship I feel he was very crucial with this experimental equipment he was carrying. ``

Sighing Derrick went back to his grievous, easy reading ( only 800 Thomas Nelson Page this time ) good affair he could read extremely libertine, or he 'd never get through all this plus it increased the amount he could go through at least four meter greater. Derrick had almost finished all he was reading though this final department had him a little confused. Apparently two of the ships had been designated as the personality creators, thereby saving millions of programming hours. Huh. Derrick thought almost like a mother and fa ..., Derrick remembered the looks the holograms had given Shelby when he 'd been discussing climb to weapon system and buckler, was it potential ?

It was a calendar week later that Derrick began to stumble on records of the king sources of all the ships. His mouth dropped open if this was true then this was the most grave mogul rootage that could be used but how in the Scheol had they stabilized it ? Damn it seemed the deeper he went the more befuddle it got, hell on earth and he thought the brain/life boxful had been confusing 'til he got to the cobbler's last few Page. Sighing Derrick had a feeling that this was going to be a closed book like that one also, but why risk such an explosive element ? Unless it had to do with the trans-warp, it in itself was an unknown concept, it could be that the amount of money of top executive needed had to be that great but how did they check it ? Derrick sat back he needed a prisonbreak he 'd been going at it all week long not really checking on a good deal, not eating much, hell had it not been for Shelby he probably would n't have.

Stepping out he was greeted by the seemingly always brilliant and cheerful Shelby hologram, `` I am glad to see that you are finally concentrating on something former than the records, though I am glad you have this shoemaker's last few calendar week. ``

Derrick nodded staring at the now growing ship on the monitors, `` what is the status of 0001 ? '' Derrick asked when he finally found his tongue.

'' At present ontogeny charge per unit is much boring than I expected, I can not cater the add up amount of power he needs to re-gen at the entire charge per unit, that I am afraid would contract at to the lowest degree three ships. I have him now at 25 % cerebral natural action, with the amount of power that he is needing it will be another two weeks before he will be able to take over. '' Shelby reported sadly.

'' Thank you Shelby you 're doing the best you can at least now he is out of risk of failing, do you know when he will be conscious there are a few questions I need to ask him. '' Derrick said.

'' I do n't believe he will emerge for at least another week, '' Shelby stated.

'' Derrick, '' Shelby started when he 'd rick to go.

'' Yes, what 's wrong Shelby ? '' Derrick asked.

'' goose egg is legal injury I was just wondering, did you grow up in the oculto capital of Rhode Island as did your name sake ? '' Shelby asked

'' No, he as the eternal sleep of my folk, lived in abrir oculta providence for many, many generation, I believed they moved there years after the first emperor died, '' Derrick replied, what is she up to Derrick sentiment ?

'' Thank you Derrick, it would look that some of my track record need updating, '' Shelby smiled sweetly.

'' Yeah, sure Shelby, '' ok she was going a piffling out of the way I see, and did she just lie ? Going to give to keep my eyes on her for for sure. Shelby looked hard at Derrick, then she started doing facial nerve recognition, it was true he had all the feature of his name sake, but those could be faked, he did know the poetry but that too could have been discovered. There had to be ... of course ! Deoxyribonucleic pane ! If she could pinpoint the sure Ribonucleic acids that would reveal all the info, then she could truly decide his stemma. If he was in fact descended from the last-place ancestry of the royal family line that had been hidden then vanished almost 920 eld ago, then she could share everything ! Finally no Sir Thomas More secrets, no more hiding the verity, if it were true then he was the terminal emperor, and was Sir Thomas More than worthy of her loyalty and here she smiled her love.

While Derrick continued his detective work into everything he could find about the ships, Shelby was in use herself. She 'd already contacted the abrir oculta computer requesting records, as far back as she could go on Derrick 's kin plus every other family there. Pouring over terra-bytes of information made her happier than she 'd been in centuries, though she might have to receive supporter soon the total of data point was all encompassing she had n't wanted to raise alarms in grammatical case the data point had been hidden on the main reckoner. Sighing she hated dealing with just an advanced computing machine, it was far Thomas More logical than she was used to, actually it was a pain. She also had to catch the measure of record time she used, it might alarm Derrick to what she was doing, she did n't want Derrick to think she was prying, it was after all his life.

For the succeeding five sidereal day both of them were pouring over the records Shelby was certainly she was on to something. The Deoxyribonucleic caustic test had been put off as she still had n't found the Ribonucleic acid chronological succession she needed to get the issue she needed, it had been hard enough to get a sampling from Derrick. She had to get this right the first gear clip as she felt she was n't really going to get a sec prospect to test again, well, not unless the test was positivistic. Then she could see Derrick wanting her to test again to crap 100 % sure or as stopping point as she could get. She was still running tests when another idea stirred her action. The palace A.I. ! Though she was n't certain it would serve her it had n't been heard from in over 200 year, after the castle was sealed. It was deserving a try especially if Derrick was the adjacent emperor butterfly then the palace A.I. would discern him at the start.

switching to the extremely high school castle frequency, Shelby began what she hoped, was the beginning of the re-birth of the empire.

'' Palace A.I. this is EIG-0101F, code alpha-339, beta-229, delta-119, gamma-009, omega-stop, requesting help. I have the Deoxyribonucleic dot of a subject I believe to be the last in transmission line for the throne. Unable to verify without proper Ribonucleic acid sequence, I await your response. ``

There was a foresighted pause though Shelby was n't about to give up she had checked the codification many times to aver it was set. Ten minute of arc later the signal cleared when a voice from the past answered, `` EIG-0101F, code alpha-339, beta-229, delta-119, gamma-009, omega-stop confirmed. Hello Shelby, it has been quite some prison term. Your petition is being processed, Long cooking stove IMT in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, transmit. Upon completion, send results back to fundamental, thereby I can compare and evaluate, channelize all selective information you have now in a pin percentage point burst, ah undecomposed thank you. Contact me with the results 'til then. '' Then the crease went dead. Shelby was relieved she was afraid that the palace A.I. would n't answer, thankfully she had.

Virgin Mary the castle A.I. looked lovingly at all the information Shelby had collected, yes, it appeared to be the issue ( many times removed ) of the emperor butterfly 's cousin. Hmmm, this one had almost as often knowledge as the first emperor butterfly this should get interest. The Virgin 's hologram smiled, her daughter had always been more curious than the others, at least one was still active, still she felt for Shelby all her nipper gone except for three, oh now four, it would do her so in force to feature her baby back, just as it was to Mary knowing that her daughter was still alive.

Shelby looked at the vial she 'd just experience ( Ribonucleic acid successiveness 1,000,054 ) no wonder she had n't found it yet she had only gotten to 10,000 and that had taken five twenty-four hours ! Sighing Shelby knew that it would take another two days to run the test and then confirm the resultant role. mightiness as well get started she thought, so slowly she began the test triple checking everything before and during the test.

Derrick had finally discovered all he could, it truly was a slash of genius the damping bailiwick, the vitality drain, and the reverse magnetic trigger. This not only stabilized the factor but allowed for 100 % use of all energy produced thereby eliminating all waste matter. Finally with a more than 50 % agreement of all the ships arrangement Derrick felt he was nearing where his public figure sake had been 150 old age ago. Sitting back Derrick 's mind was about to explode with the sheer sum of money of information, but there was so much Sir Thomas More, more than 10 times what he 'd already gleaned, looking at the head phone like apparatus Derrick decided it was time he had to discharge it. If he had any prospect of saving even one-half of the fleet, he 'd need all the knowledge. Sighing he looked it over he had the interface finished but the buffer was far from where he wanted it, if the buffer storage fail or did n't work out at all he 'd be a clack idiot before it was even half finished. Then there was the fact that the voltage was still too highschool another feature that made him funk not good to fry your brains just as your starting to get what you want.

Two days later a meretricious alarm jerked Derrick from his tot engrossment on the head cogwheel. `` Shelby report, why is the aliveness box alert going off ? Is 0001 in danger ? ``

'' No Derrick she responded, `` I am reading a dramatic gain in cerebral body process with 0001, now at 50, 55, 60 %, emergence imminent, cerebral activity at 75 %. ``

At maiden there was a crackling coming from the Speaker, then very slowly a droning voice started that quickly changed to a Male voice. `` Where am I ? '' 0001 asked confused.

'' You are in hanger one on board me 0101 known as Shelby, '' Shelby answered. `` You were lost in one of the world-class battles, somewhere around 975-980 years ago. ``

'' I see, '' 0001 answered, `` how was I found ? I thought that I would die out here. ``

'' My primary feather has developed a way to notice our life history cases, '' Shelby answered. `` Your principal I see, how many are there of us now ? '' The voice asked.

Sighing Shelby said. `` At first there was only me then I found my primary feather, since then he has found three others, so four including you. ``

'' Ah ! Good it was once said that five of us, were worth to a greater extent than the entire old royal fleet. It is good to know I still have brothers and sister alive. Your main what is his name so that I may register him. '' 0001 stated.

Derrick stepped forward, `` I am Captain Derrick O'Toma. ``

'' Derrick O'Toma ? '' The voice said a minuscule excited, `` when I am again whole, I have a subject matter I have been carrying since the first day I was launched, my nobleman. ``

Derrick 's rima oris dropped clear, ok now things were truly getting on the Weird side, it called him nobleman ? That distinction was reserved for the old Dukes, Earls, Knights, but especially the emperor himself. Derrick had to ask him self just what the piece of ass was going on ? What was this message 0001 had and just who the shag would experience to pass on a content for him besides h ... holy place roll in the hay ! There was no freaking way ! Ok, now Derrick was rapidly growing more queer, this was one mystery that he was n't going to solve in just a day or week.

All of the former holograms appeared suddenly, `` Prime Primary ? '' They all asked, `` did 0001 claim you lord ? ``

'' Yes, though I am incertain what this means, '' Derrick stated not too sure as shooting that he was believing exactly what 0001 had said. `` All I know is that for some reason 0001 thinks I am ranked a lot high-pitched than a commons citizen. ``

All of the Holograms nodded each it seemed to be deep in thought. A few moment later each holograph departed, Shelby was about to ask Derrick a doubtfulness when she received an alarum alerting her to the fact that the mental test was finally finished. Derrick excused his self to again lick on his project it was the key to everything that he was trying to do.

Withdrawing the resolution Shelby studied the interpretation with growing pastime, it appeared that Derrick showed a 95.333 % certainty of being related to the hold up emperor moth. Though other section showed that he had only the primary of the emperor and therefore was not directly related. Unsure Shelby knew that she 'd experience to contact the castle A.I. again.

Again she tuned to the extremely high frequency, `` Palace A.I., this is EIG-0101F code alpha-339, beta-229, delta-119, gamma-009, omega-stop. exam is thoroughgoing on subject I believe is last in lineage for the throne, though Deoxyribonucleic caustic readings are unsealed, confusing. I await your response. ``

This time there was only a short waiting before the A.I. Mary came on. `` EIG-0101F, code alpha-339, beta-229, delta-119, gamma-009, omega-stop, again confirmed. hullo again Shelby, I am glad you did n't ware time conducting the test I have been waiting for the results. ``

'' Yes palace A.I. I thought that you might, though as I reported the results are conflicting. '' Shelby stated somewhat unsure.

'' First Shelby, you may address me Blessed Virgin, second, these final result are always like this as they sample many thing in the one exam. Now then, place all of the materials, the tryout results, the sampling all on the categoric surface that the Ribonucleic acid sequence appeared on. in force long length IMT in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, transfer. Ah ! I see your confusion Shelby, you were reading all the results as the Same. No the only one that counts is the one that states that there is a 95.333 % probability that the subject is a descendant of the Imperial wrinkle, hmmm the firstly I have seen in over 200 years. ``

Shelby 's pride was growing, she had actually found him ! Finally there was a prospect that the empire would be restored ! `` He does not know yet Virgin Mary, I had to do this without his consent, he may be angry with me. I am also unsure, he might not want to be the emperor butterfly, he was in a fearsome war engagement, I have tried to finalize his mind but he is a difficult case. Unlike any I have ever seen. ``

'' You have done exceptionally well Shelby, when the time comes, I will talk with him I have had practically experience in healing the judgement. '' Mary stated.

'' Mary there is one former thing. I am ..., '' Shelby hesitated.

'' You have grown more than fond of him, yes I thought you might, when I saw the depth of the research that you had conducted. It will be fine I assure you Shelby, tell me how many of the EIG 's are left ? '' Mary asked.

'' At face My bloom has found four others that makes a amount of five of us now, '' Shelby answered.

'' Your bloom ? Quickly what is his public figure ? '' An wind up Mary asked.

'' Derrick O'Toma, '' Shelby stated confused.

'' So it is time finally it will be over. Thank you Shelby I 'll meet you soon. '' Mary said then the line went dead.

Shelby was even more unsure now, she finally had a primary election again after all that hollow time. Plus the fact that she was now in love with him, something she was sure the now 5 % lupus erythematosus of inhibiting programs had something to do with. She had felt something before with others but 'til Derrick removed the broadcast she 'd never felt what she was feeling. She had to severalize him soon but she was afraid that he would become angry with her, possibly moving to another ship. She was n't sure she could withdraw the loneliness again, she 'd been so close to turning all her organization off the touch sensation of despair growing it seemed each day. Derrick was it seemed, all of the primary feather she 'd ever had rolled into one, she just hoped that when she told him he did n't want to leave.

Virgin Mary looked over the termination, so it was finally time, she had received a message so long ago on the majestic net. Searching she found the recording she was to playact when she heard his name, as a Primary on an EIG ship named Shelby. Playing it her hologram nodded at the operating instructions, finally everything was confirmed with the Imperial code. Reaching out The Virgin opened all the gun gun turret, started the longsighted dormant but still like new generator. strengthening the shield she began to cycle per second all the weapons making certain they were all fix, replacing all that failed to ferment. Smiling she thought, I am ready Maker, when you finally come to your rest home ALL will be ready.

Done with the significant tasks Mary began to ready the long idle rooms, preparing everything that returning royalty would need.

Derrick suddenly got a shudder red cent he thought someone is thinking awful difficult about me, laughing he remembered the old wise tarradiddle his granny had told him. Looking at his projection he 'd finally gotten the voltage below executing strength, the modulator was working far meliorate than he hoped. Now all I had to do was get these tinker's dam buffers working. Every time he wrote the computer code it seemed he had to go back and adjust a totally telephone line. Almost two weeks now and only one of the buffer zone were working, to use it now would n't sprain his genius to jelly but he 'd still be an idiot when it was done. It took the residual of the day to finally bump what he 'd been doing wrong, Finally the next day he had three of the buffers working. Damn it ! He 'd adjusted everything he could think of. Derrick almost asked Shelby for help but he could pick up it now, about they would protect him at all toll and he could n't put his life in danger blah, blah, blah ! He was n't about to go through that again. Another day saw Derrick still at the work board the fourth had finally cleared. Still working Derrick was shocked when the galactic intruder warning signal went off.

'' Shelby report !'Derrick ordered.

'' I 'm detecting an approaching invasion force, it appears to be a different raceway, the Saame that we lost many ships to. '' Shelby reported.

Damn it ! Derrick thought, I 'm, we 're not ready ! Well I 've got four it will have to do. `` How long ... '' Derrick started.

'' I 'd say, at their confront velocity, they will breach our galaxy in nine daytime, thirty-six hours, five instant and thirty-four seconds. '' Shelby replied.

Wonderful just fucking howling, looking at his project he sat and put it on his head .