Civilization

The Space Pirates..

*Beep* *Beep* *Beep* *Beep* "Damn you, I was in such an interesting part of the history of our great king." Kluzor exclaimed keeping the book aside whose binding has been torn in many places indicating two things that it's an old book which has been read many times. "What's the matter now you old clanker why are you making this irritating noise?" with Kluzor the space pirate as him and his crew mates call themselves started to press various button to determine what is the source of the noise. After pressing many buttons which might seem random to an untrained eye he suddenly stopped and was in a state which can only be described as transfixed if only someone was there to explain his state. Kluzor the pirate ship's navigator it seems had stumbled upon a solar system which has a planet that is smacked in between the perfect zone for water to be in three state. This is the discovery of the century, and he could not believe his luck to be the one awake and not in deep space sleep to have missed this opportunity. The opportunity to become perhaps the richest man in all the colony, just like all pirates Kluzor also seeks riches and not knowledge. So it was now up to him to decide if he wants to wake his crew mates and let them know about the finding or just let them sleep while he contacts the SEFHP, so the credit goes to him alone. As he ponders on what to do his fog of thought suddenly cleared when he heard his captain's voice, it seemed she has woken up and was on her way to the bridge.

In his euphoric state of becoming one of the richest man for this monumental finding, Kluzor forgot to follow protocol. When the ship's proximity radar picks up any anomaly it’s the officer in charge’s duty to assess the reading and act accordingly. If there is an imminent threat to the ship and the crew, the protocol is to wake the captain first from deep sleep because as we all know a pirate’s life is full of peril. Realizing what he has done Kluzor now begins the sequence to end the protocol. It was too late though Amelia was already on the bridge and without speaking a word to her navigator she started to evaluate the situation herself. As she read through the initial finding of the report and realized what they stumbled upon she was both overwhelmed and furious at the same time. She turned towards Kluzor and asked, “Tell me navigator, how did we end up in this system’s heliosphere? We are several light-years off of our rendezvous coordinates. Aren’t we supposed to be in the binary star system?” In midst of all this Kluzor forgot about their rendezvous point to sell off the stolen merchandise. “I am sorry Cap, I don’t know how this happened. I plotted the course even before our heist as per your order. The system might have been more damaged than previously diagnosed as I am confident my calculations were correct” Kluzor said while pushing buttons trying to find out what went wrong. “I am sure your calculations were correct there is no doubt about that, what I asked is how did we end up in this system?” asked the captain knowing very well that Kluzor is one of the best and very well-known among pirates for plotting some of the most impossible courses through uncharted space. As Kluzor was busy finding out exactly what went wrong, Amelia decided to look around the system they were in. She was amazed at the readings about the solar system. “Klu, have you seen these readings? This system is astonishing to say the least. So many planets surrounding one star and then there is the third one from the star. That could be a planet like our ancestor used to live in before the great cataclysm. Look at these reading Klu, its air is rich in oxygen, and it has its own atmosphere." After saying this she gasped and looked at Kluzor who was busy typing and reading the errors from the diagnostic he run. Hearing his captain wheeze Kluzor looked at her and saw the most surprised look he has seen in his captain’s face in all the 10 years he has served under her. Fearing something bad Kluzor asked, “What happened is there anyone else out there? I had been getting some unusual reading from that planet since we arrived.’ “Klu, I think the planet is inhabited by some sort of life form, intelligent life form!” exclaimed the captain.