12 Straight outta Terra

we just finished our older kids 5th birthday party.

The younger kids get their 3rd birthday bash next month

A few recording and movie stars got invited to bring their kids that mine got along with and enjoyed a 3 day vacation. For their spouses day 2 is the party.

day 2 was either join in or enjoy a date with your spouse without kids.

We even got a international amateur surfing competition lined up and a few competitors also have younger siblings that made friends with my own children. So yes the competitors got to have fun with and without their siblings also.

Now the kids are bigger and T's is still growing.

Our asteroid mining operations are taking off, of course we had the few hiccups but nothing too bad and no loss of life.

With the mining we even keep the debris and slag for refinement and construction purposes.

we do keep many precious metals for circuitry and wiring. Along with silicates for fiber optical cabling. Many different ores and metals not normally found on Terra or rare on Terra are more abundant in different areas of the solar system.

It will take Decades to centuries in order to reduce our 2 asteroid belts to scattered gravel.

In the meantime they will be used to make space stations and colonies around our system.

Our technology teams and subsidiaries still have a few bugs in artificial gravity for space ships and stations.

We do have magnetic and gravity boots for in space zero g construction.

we just need a small breakthrough for gravity plates for space stations.

We have developed a Ion drive for in system travel which will be installed with the first ship equipped with grav. plates.

by the time the drive is to be installed on something other than drones.

We're starting to make headway in the electro gravity unification theory in practical applications.

Next will be in the areas of sub atomic Particle theroms.

I Really want FTL drives.

we can get closer to light speed making and riding the edges of man made Black Holes but not quite able to break out of normal space.

Not to mention you can't see around the voids without drones and those drones can't go faster than you.

but we're getting there.

Oh look my drones have picked up another asteroid brimming with resources in the order of trillions of dollars.

With my space mining company now finding its 10th Supreme resource asteroid we can finalize the our grave plate R&D.

I have achieved my status as the world's richest man by my youngest kids 5th birthday.

my wives and I will have our first Inter Solar Cruise Ship with full simulated gravity operational next year.

We have shuttles and a full gravity space station almost completed.

with all of the Solar Energy and various new elements made and found in various areas of our own solar system we're actually now Energy independent.

and sharing and selling tech to the world.

Nations don't bother us anymore.

someone tried to attack us and we sent energized rods falling on their Capital and every military bases from space.

I didn't want to but you targeted my family sorry for the civilian losses.

now it's time to take my family out of here.

my Family moved to my training island several hundreds of miles away and the kids got a 2 year course in spacial mathematics and physics and navigation.

then our newest shuttle takes us to My Station where they actually get to see my newest ship.

My tech, even with sharing and selling some still puts me almost a full decade ahead of any country on Terra.

I have full gravity set slightly above Terras.

my Family has been training in it for the last 2 years land side.

My Family and even myself keep finding reasons to look out the windows at Terra and the stars.

My Family have received full implants able to link up with the ships systems with a thought.

Our Ship is Completely manned by Weres.

"Scout" Is this ships name and will eventually be retired as a home as soon as my FTL drive powered ship comes online.

I actually do have a small experimental ship using warp drive tech doing maneuvers and trials to determine any breakdown issues as well as health issues from sub space.

for now we're going exploring and checking on our mining company.

I have received several communications about possible ancient non natural structures found on various planets and asteroids in our system.

We spent months at a site determined to be an old abandoned exra terrestrial space station.

it took almost a year to learn its tech and revise our power plants and even weapons tech.

We've managed to start making a ship with new tech from the ancient station.

We've actually gotten maps and learned that their language is similar to ancient terrestrial languages.

glad they had non computer storage and archives.

We've found manufacturing techniques and technologies that are centuries beyond Terra.

It takes us another 3 years and another batch of kids to get caught up.

Now my space industry is making more the the entire planet Terra.

my newest ship Star Paw is christened.

with Full FTL Drive.

counting warp

Warp 1 is the speed of light.

warp 1.1 is double the speed of light.

warp 1.2 is double warp 1.1.

take a single cent and double it for every point of warp.

Warp 1.0 is 300kps

Warp 1.1 is 600kps

warp 1.2 is 1200kps

warp 1.3 is 2400kps

and so on.

After 3 years we received a visit.

a massive ship shaped like a bird showed up.

We actually received and recognized the language of the ships hail.

I am T'k Anala of Lycor and We're Representatives of the Shiar Federation.

We would like to greet you in peace.

Upon arrival they actually appear similar to us.

The party leader I'd decidedly Female.

but have a breathing mouth piece.

If you were to take every genome combined on Terra you could come close to these beings.

I am Thomas Captain and Commander of Star Paw.

We greet our cousins of Lycor.

T'k Anala: We may just actually be, however we'll get to that later.

Federation Sensors have noticed Recently new warp signatures were in this Area and have tasked with investigation of possible incursions into this Federation Protected system.

Incursions not actually We're native Species of this System actually.

We've had a massive technological explosion in my generation and have finally mastered FTL drives.

If I may ask, Just what is meant by Protected and why?

T'k Anala: Your System is actually a point where 3 different Empires Converge.

Well our planet certainly has it's stories of extraterrestrial visitors.

and mysterious unidentified flying objects sightings.

but the majority of this tech you see here is exclusively my designs.

Only after we Advanced to FTL did we find your own ancient bases remains which helpful to refine MY own tech.

T'k Anala: we'll continue our investigation and communicate back with you.

I Will gladly exchange records and historical data if that would be helpful.

I won't without reservations take your word without investigations of our own.

T'k Anala: impertinent much young one?

Not at all T'k Anala. While you have been gracious I have learned the hard way not to take everything at face value especially when it may involve my family and friends.

T'k Anala: Acceptable.

I do have a Question T,'k if I may?.

not regarding anything important.

T'k Anala: Continue please.

Your and your crews mouth pieces?

We come from a planetary system which requires us to take in certain heavy metals and elements your on board atmosphere doesn't contain to for our health reasons we have to periodically inhale these chemicals which would be unhealthy for your species.

thank you T'k Anala, I appreciate your indulging my curiosity and I have updated my ships medical logs to include this for future reference.

If you would wish to let's continue this in a more comfortable place?.

I have an observation lounge the at this time is looking towards your ship and I'm sure your sensors will be able to easily monitor you and us there.

While we're going over Federation laws and regulations for First Contact.

I and T'k both get informed of the imminent arrival of 2 more ships.

the Dak and The Norkal representatives arrivals.

The Dak look like reptiles and very tall. The Norkal are short with large eyes on egg shaped heads

I am Mishk of Dak.

I am Clemons on the Norkal.

I am Thomas of Terra

Misk: Don't lie Terra doesn't have this ships.

Me: Obviously your incorrect Mishk.

Your Standing aboard my ship made with my own Technology developed on Terra.

Since my planet is new to space flight and this is our First Contact with you I would say it is very rude to call someone out for falsehoods when obvious facts prove otherwise.

Clemons actually started laughing.

Mishk was almost ready to assault me.

T,k Anala just smiled slightly.

I Would ask Ambassador Mishk for a qualified Ambassador for our next meeting.

So far Ambassadors T'k and Clemons are Acceptable.

Clemons: None of us are actually Ambassadors Captain Thomas, were all Executive Officers of our respective ships. However for this first Contact we will have to do.

Me: if that's the case until and officiall Ambassadors are make their appearance I would request a simple history, etiquette and policies from each of you so we don't have any unnecessary issues. I will have something similar drawn up and presented shortly from myself.

Since I also am definitely not a trained Ambassador I will make sure one is available for our next encounter.

Everyone here has had ample chance and time to scan my ship and it's materials and can conclusively determine that everything has come from this system.

and I can readily provide you with my tech history for further support of my Terran heritage and ships construction.

Mishk: I do determine that you have also incorporated Banjul specifications technology incorporatedintoseveralsystems.

As you all know our asteroid belts are from 2 destroyed planets and we've found the remains of an ancient base.

which only helped us streamline and raise the efficiency of our own tech.

As well as learning that our ancient language has a base in your own universal language.

Clemons: Our Universal language is from the Banjul Which was an Empire that covered all 3 of ours many hundreds of thousands of your years ago.

Your ships may actually be within a few generations of ours with the technology you've gotten from the Banjul Empire remains.

T'k Anala: This in and if itself may become problematic Thomas.

When the Banjul Empire was at it's peak your ancestors probably hadn't discovered fire or bathing on a regular basis.

This Definitely has to be Classified.

Lots of groups looking for advantages would roll over this system looking for Banjul artifacts.

Mishk: Agreed.

Clemons: Agreed.

Mish: I call for an immediate blockade and quarantine of the Terra System.

T'k: unfortunately that would put a huge sign for every curious lowlife within 100 lightyears to come to take a look.

* The vehicle started spinning in the rain Then Something ripped the wall of the vehicle open and a clawed Hand sliced through my restraints like butter *