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

'' Searching, according to all information I have on all ship move and conflict I would have to say no but I feel that Conner may have more selective information than I, at the present import, '' Shelby answered.

'' Thank you Shelby I 'll take this information under weighing, '' Derrick replied deep in thinking he had to get all the ships synced up so that all the record book were somewhat the Same on all the ships. Sighing Derrick thought this damn hunt and peck he was having to do to get information was irritating the Hades out of him. `` Conner, '' Derrick started.

'' Yes primary quill, '' Conner replied.

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

It was quiet for a scant time, `` No primary we were the only when ships I have knowledge of here, as stated I lost my flank mate here along with 0001. '' Conner almost whispered.

Hmmm so they did convey flavour toward their fender, mates something to go on in thinker for later Derrick thought.

'' Shelby, I want a full glance over done on the life/brain box, every CAT scan you can do. radiotherapy, explosives, computer virus 's both written and strong-arm, also any life material body hiding on or in. If there is damage to the vitrine I want you to throw everything at it again. Something does n't feel right ; remember I do n't want it on board under no mean 'til we are completely sure it is safe. '' Derrick ordered as unforgiving as he could. He had a bad notion about this the kind that could get them all killed if he was n't careful.

'' Yes Derrick all CAT scan going, to do the full battery of tests it will take up at least two hours, may I at least leave energy to it ? '' Shelby asked.

'' Not unless you can do it from a distance, I do n't like this Shelby everything about this look wrongly, I 'm not for certain but this almost feeling like a false box. '' Derrick replied, Shelby actually gasped then all was tranquillity for a while. Derrick had only started reading up on the learning ability loge two days ago, going back to the records room he again immersed himself deep in the book finding a little more on the brain boxes. It was almost two 60 minutes later that Shelby alerted him she had completed the 1st group of tests. `` Display the resultant role here, '' Derrick told Shelby.

As he started to go over the reading he was certainly beaming he 'd decided to read more on the boxful. Several of the reading made no mother wit opening up the depository library records he soon found out why.

ascension Derrick started running issuing rules of order, `` IMT Shelby, bridge ! All of you withdraw 100,000 kilometers, all cuticle to full-of-the-moon, wobble shield frequency to a higher modulation now ! '' He saw all of them bring up their shell then withdrew. `` Conner, Zan whorl on prey and fire 'til you detect an overburden then immediately back out another 100,000 kilometers. Shelby, you and Lucy withdraw to that point I need you both taking reading. ``

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

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

'' Now beginning bombardment, zilch yet Primary. '' Zan and Conner told him.

'' primary quill detecting a build-up of DOE within the case, '' Lucy and Shelby informed him.

'' Alright retreat to rubber power point, all carapace to full hold on scanning 'til the box explodes. '' Derrick ordered, the Shelby hologram was staring at Derrick as if he 'd mislay his mind.

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

Suddenly there was a titanic explosion in figurehead of them. Thankfully Derrick had recognized the risk and had the shields at a mellow absolute frequency. Shelby was staring at the readings ; this had in fact been a type of senior high school production nuclear device. Again it appeared that Derrick had saved them all again plus the fact that they were armed with a little better sympathy of the different dangers out here now.

All four holograph were standing in front of Derrick as he went over what he 'd learned explaining what the readings should be and what should be considered life-threatening. `` If you detect any of these readings when you scan a life box do not draw near it, we all could take in been destroyed today delight remember, all these readings here, have to be right here, if not then something is wrongly and can be determined by other version. '' 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 head ship I feel he was very important with this experimental equipment he was carrying. ``

Sighing Derrick went back to his heavy, light Reading ( only 800 Thomas Nelson Page this clip ) good thing he could read extremely fast, or he 'd never get through all this plus it increased the total he could go through at least four times majuscule. Derrick had almost finished all he was reading though this go section had him a little confused. Apparently two of the ships had been designated as the personality Lord, thereby saving one thousand thousand of computer programing hour. Huh. Derrick thought almost like a mother and fa ..., Derrick remembered the tone the hologram had given Shelby when he 'd been discussing upgrades to artillery and shields, was it possible ?

It was a week later that Derrick began to stumble on book of the power sources of all the ships. His oral fissure dropped open if this was on-key then this was the most grievous power source that could be used but how in the hell had they stabilized it ? Damn it seemed the deeper he went the more fox it got, hell and he thought the brain/life boxes had been confusing 'til he got to the last few varlet. Sighing Derrick had a tactual sensation that this was going to be a mystery story like that one also, but why danger such an explosive constituent ? Unless it had to do with the trans-warp, it in itself was an unknown concept, it could be that the amount of might needed had to be that great but how did they control it ? Derrick sat back he needed a breach he 'd been going at it all week long not really checking on much, 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 brilliantly and cheerful Shelby holograph, `` I am sword lily to see that you are finally concentrating on something other than the records, though I am glad you have this last few workweek. ``

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 growth rate is much slower than I expected, I can not ply the total amount of power he needs to re-gen at the full rate, that I am afraid would withdraw at least three ships. I have him now at 25 % cerebral activity, with the amount of index that he is needing it will be another two workweek before he will be able to look at over. '' Shelby reported sadly.

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

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

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

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

'' nix is wrong I was just wondering, did you grow up in the oculto providence as did your name sake ? '' Shelby asked

'' No, he as the ease of my mob, lived in abrir oculta providence for many, many contemporaries, I believed they moved there class after the starting time emperor butterfly died, '' Derrick replied, what is she up to Derrick opinion ?

'' Thank you Derrick, it would appear that some of my records need updating, '' Shelby smiled sweetly.

'' Yeah, for certain Shelby, '' ok she was going a little out of the way I see, and did she just lie ? Going to have to keep my heart on her for sure. Shelby looked hard at Derrick, then she started doing nervus facialis recognition, it was genuine he had all the features of his name sake, but those could be faked, he did know the verses but that too could give been discovered. There had to be ... of line ! Deoxyribonucleic acid ! If she could nail the certain Ribonucleic acids that would reveal all the information, then she could truly determine his lineage. If he was in fact descended from the last wrinkle of the royal family that had been hidden then vanished almost 920 days ago, then she could parcel everything ! Finally no More secret, no more hiding the truth, if it were true then he was the last emperor, and was 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 busybodied herself. She 'd already meet the abrir oculta computer requesting track record, as far back as she could go on Derrick 's syndicate plus every other household there. Pouring over terra-bytes of information made her happier than she 'd been in centuries, though she might have to give helper soon the measure of data was all encompassing she had n't wanted to raise alarms in instance the data had been hidden on the briny computer. Sighing she hated dealing with just an win computer, it was far more than logical than she was used to, actually it was a nuisance. She also had to watch the amount of record time she used, it might alert Derrick to what she was doing, she did n't want Derrick to intend she was prying, it was after all his life.

For the adjacent five days both of them were pouring over the record book Shelby was sure she was on to something. The Deoxyribonucleic acerb test had been put off as she still had n't found the Ribonucleic dose sequence she needed to get the results she needed, it had been hard enough to get a sample distribution from Derrick. She had to get this right wing the for the first time time as she felt she was n't really going to get a second chance to test again, well, not unless the test was overconfident. Then she could see Derrick wanting her to essay again to make 100 % sure or as airless as she could get. She was still running tests when another idea stirred her action. The palace A.I. ! Though she was n't trusted it would answer her it had n't been heard from in over 200 years, after the palace was sealed. It was worth a try especially if Derrick was the next emperor butterfly then the palace A.I. would recognize him at the start.

shift to the extremely high palace frequency, Shelby began what she hoped, was the beginning of the re-birth of the empire.

'' Palace A.I. this is EIG-0101F, inscribe alpha-339, beta-229, delta-119, gamma-009, omega-stop, requesting assistance. I have the Deoxyribonucleic acid of a subject I believe to be the last in line for the can. ineffectual to verify without proper Ribonucleic window pane succession, I await your response. ``

There was a long suspension though Shelby was n't about to founder up she had checked the computer code many prison term to verify it was correct. Ten transactions later the signal cleared when a representative from the past answered, `` EIG-0101F, computer code alpha-339, beta-229, delta-119, gamma-009, omega-stop confirmed. hello Shelby, it has been quite some time. Your request is being processed, Long range IMT in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, transmit. Upon completion, send results back to cardinal, thereby I can compare and evaluate, channelize all information you have now in a pin point burst, ah in force thank you. Contact me with the final result 'til then. '' Then the line went dead. Shelby was relieved she was afraid that the palace A.I. would n't respond, thankfully she had.

Blessed Virgin the palace A.I. looked lovingly at all the information Shelby had collected, yes, it appeared to be the progeny ( many times removed ) of the emperor 's cousin. Hmmm, this one had almost as often knowledge as the first emperor butterfly this should get concern. Blessed Virgin 's hologram smiled, her daughter had always been more singular than the others, at least one was still alert, still she felt for Shelby all her children gone except for three, oh now four, it would do her so good to have her youngster back, just as it was to Blessed Virgin knowing that her girl 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 years ! Sighing Shelby knew that it would take another two days to run the trial run and then support the upshot. might as well get started she thought, so slowly she began the mental testing triad checking everything before and during the test.

Derrick had finally discovered all he could, it truly was a stroke of genius the damping sphere, the Energy drain, and the contrary magnetised induction. This not only stabilized the element but allowed for 100 % use of all get-up-and-go produced thereby eliminating all dissipation. Finally with a more than 50 % understanding of all the ships systems Derrick felt he was nearing where his public figure rice beer had been 150 years ago. Sitting back Derrick 's idea was about to detonate with the sheer amount of data, but there was so much more, more than than 10 times what he 'd already glean, looking at the head phone like apparatus Derrick decided it was time he had to complete it. If he had any probability of saving even half of the fleet, he 'd involve all the knowledge. Sighing he looked it over he had the port finished but the buffer was far from where he wanted it, if the buff fail or did n't work at all he 'd be a gibbering idiot before it was even half finished. Then there was the fact that the potential difference was still too high another feature of speech that made him cringe not effective to fry your brains just as your starting to get what you want.

Two days later a loud alarm system jerked Derrick from his total absorption on the head gear. `` Shelby report, why is the life box alert going off ? Is 0001 in peril ? ``

'' No Derrick she responded, `` I am reading a dramatic increase in intellectual activity with 0001, now at 50, 55, 60 %, outgrowth imminent, cerebral activity at 75 %. ``

At low there was a crackling coming from the speaker, then very slowly a drone voice started that quickly changed to a male voice. `` Where am I ? '' 0001 asked confused.

'' You are in hanger one on table me 0101 known as Shelby, '' Shelby answered. `` You were lost in one of the first of all battle, somewhere around 975-980 years ago. ``

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

'' My primary has developed a way to encounter our life cases, '' Shelby answered. `` Your elementary 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, since then he has found three others, so four including you. ``

'' Ah ! Good it was once said that five of us, were worth Sir Thomas More than the entire old regal fleet. It is good to know I still have brothers and babe alive. Your Primary what is his name so that I may read him. '' 0001 stated.

Derrick stepped forward, `` I am police chief Derrick O'Toma. ``

'' Derrick O'Toma ? '' The spokesperson said a little commove, `` when I am again solid, I have a message I have been carrying since the get-go day I was launched, my lord. ``

Derrick 's rima oris dropped open, ok now thing were truly getting on the Wyrd side, it called him master ? That preeminence was reserved for the old Dukes, Earls, Knights, but especially the emperor himself. Derrick had to ask him self just what the fuck was going on ? What was this message 0001 had and just who the fuck would know to leave a content for him besides h ... holy fuck ! There was no freaking way ! Ok, now Derrick was rapidly growing more curious, this was one closed book that he was n't going to solve in just a day or week.

All of the other hologram appeared suddenly, `` Prime Primary ? '' They all asked, `` did 0001 call you lord ? ``

'' Yes, though I am unsure what this means, '' Derrick stated not too certain that he was believing exactly what 0001 had said. `` All I know is that for some reason 0001 thinks I am ranked a lot in high spirits than a common citizen. ``

All of the holograph nodded each it seemed to be late in thinking. A few proceedings later each hologram departed, Shelby was about to ask Derrick a inquiry when she received an alert alerting her to the fact that the tryout was finally finished. Derrick excused his self to again work on his project it was the key to everything that he was trying to do.

Withdrawing the results Shelby studied the readings with growing pastime, it appeared that Derrick showed a 95.333 % certainty of being related to the last emperor butterfly. Though other share showed that he had only the briny of the emperor moth and therefore was not directly related. Unsure Shelby knew that she 'd feature to contact the palace A.I. again.

Again she tuned to the extremely high oftenness, `` Palace A.I., this is EIG-0101F codification alpha-339, beta-229, delta-119, gamma-009, omega-stop. Test is complete on theme I believe is hold out in line for the throne, though Deoxyribonucleic acid indication are uncertain, confusing. I await your reaction. ``

This prison term there was only a shortstop postponement before the A.I. Mary came on. `` EIG-0101F, cypher alpha-339, beta-229, delta-119, gamma-009, omega-stop, again confirmed. Hello again Shelby, I am gladiola you did n't waste time conducting the trial run 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 call me Mary, second, these results are always like this as they sample many affair in the one test. Now then, place all of the materials, the trial solution, the sample all on the flat control surface that the Ribonucleic acid succession appeared on. in force long distance IMT in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, transferral. Ah ! I see your discombobulation Shelby, you were reading all the answer as the Lapplander. No the only one that counts is the one that states that there is a 95.333 % probability that the subject field is a descendent of the Imperial occupation, hmmm the 1st I have seen in over 200 years. ``

Shelby 's pridefulness was growing, she had actually found him ! Finally there was a probability that the empire would be restored ! `` He does not love yet The Virgin, 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, he was in a terrible war conflict, I have tried to fall his mind but he is a unmanageable typesetter's 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 very much experience in healing the mind. '' Madonna stated.

'' The Virgin there is one early affair. I am ..., '' Shelby hesitated.

'' You have grown More than fond of him, yes I thought you might, when I saw the profundity 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 ? '' The Virgin asked.

'' At portray My prime has found four others that makes a total of five of us now, '' Shelby answered.

'' Your Prime ? Quickly what is his name ? '' An delirious Mary asked.

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

'' So it is time finally it will be over. Thank you Shelby I 'll contact you soon. '' Blessed Virgin said then the origin went dead.

Shelby was even More unsure now, she finally had a primary again after all that hollow time. Plus the fact that she was now in love with him, something she was sure the now 5 % less of inhibiting programs had something to do with. She had felt something before with others but 'til Derrick removed the computer programme she 'd never felt what she was feeling. She had to order him soon but she was afraid that he would become tempestuous with her, possibly moving to another ship. She was n't sure she could take the loneliness again, she 'd been so close to turning all her organisation off the feeling of despair growing it seemed each day. Derrick was it seemed, all of the Primaries 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 results, so it was finally clock time, she had received a content so long ago on the majestic net. Searching she found the transcription she was to play when she heard his gens, as a primary feather on an EIG ship named Shelby. Playing it her hologram nodded at the instructions, finally everything was confirmed with the Imperial codification. Reaching out Mary opened all the gun turret, started the long dormant but still like new source. strengthening the cuticle she began to cycle all the weapons making sure they were all ready, replacing all that failed to work on. Smiling she thought, I am prepare lord, when you finally come to your home ALL will be ready.

Done with the significant chore Mary began to make the foresighted unused rooms, preparing everything that returning royalty would need.

Derrick suddenly got a thrill darn he thought soul is thinking awful hard about me, laughing he remembered the old wise taradiddle his grandmother had told him. Looking at his labor he 'd finally receive the potential below carrying into action strength, the modulator was working far better than he hoped. Now all I had to do was get these damn buffers working. Every clip he wrote the code it seemed he had to go back and adjust a whole phone line. Almost two calendar week now and only one of the buffers were working, to use it now would n't turn his wit to jelly but he 'd still be an retard when it was done. It took the eternal sleep of the day to finally find what he 'd been doing wrong, Finally the next day he had three of the buffer working. anathemise it ! He 'd adjusted everything he could call back of. Derrick almost asked Shelby for help but he could hear it now, about they would protect him at all cost and he could n't put his sprightliness in danger blah, blah, blah ! He was n't about to go through that again. Another day saw Derrick still at the study mesa the fourth had finally cleared. Still working Derrick was shocked when the galactic trespasser alert went off.

'' Shelby account !'Derrick ordered.

'' I 'm detecting an approaching invasion forcefulness, it appears to be a unlike slipstream, 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 let to do. `` How recollective ... '' Derrick started.

'' I 'd say, at their present speed, they will transgress our galaxy in nine days, thirty-six hours, five minutes and thirty-four seconds. '' Shelby replied.

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