Story Arc: Black and White have arrived
Episode 1: Find the Beacon
Chapter 1: 2,500,000 light years
Plot: Two Starships, the latest masterpieces of two alien kingdoms from another dimension, decided to take a brief intergalactic race. When their engines overheated, the two Starships stopped near Eden Prime and received a distress call.
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POV Narrator
Outside the Milky Way Galaxy (of Dimension ME-JS-03) at a distance of 2,500,000 light-years, near the outer edge of the Andromeda Galaxy, two wormholes have opened.
The Wormhole on the right is purple and black in color and shaped like a perfect circle, with a small rainbow-colored section visible in its center.
This portal was created using techno-magic, fueled by the power of a Planeswalker Spark and a Dark Matter Reactor.
The Wormhole on the left is a white and red spiral-shaped hole, constantly emitting a crimson energy invisible to the naked eye.
This opening in dimensional space was achieved through a combination of biotechnology, Omega-level psychic power, an Ecto-energy reactor, and the subtle influence of a Planeswalker Spark.
From each Wormhole came a Starship, each of them was created using completely different technological and philosophical paths, but they have two things in common, they are extremely advanced and they belong to a Planeswalker.
From the portal created using Techno-magic emerged a massive Starship, specifically a Destroyer from the Voidwalker Commorragh, which is a sort of semi-independent colony of the USKY (United Space Kingdom of Ysatnaf and its colonies).
The destroyer's name is YNSF Stardus.
Its specifications are:
Length 7,000 meters (7 kilometers), width 3,000 meters (3 kilometers), height 3,000 meters (3 kilometers), mass 150 million tonnes, crew 15,000.
The basic shape of this Starship resembles a huge obsidian rectangle, covered in neon purple circuit-like lines.
The Stardust's upper body resembles a castle, a massive armored structure, with three smaller towers on the left and right sides. At the rear of the Starship is the command tower.
This Destroyer inspires strength, power and endurance, with a paradoxical aesthetic, at once ancient and futuristic.
From the portal conceived by psychic power and biotechnology appeared an elegant Starship, a Frigate bearing the golden flag of Tianchao, an interplanetary enclave of 8 planets, within the territory of the USKY.
The frigate's name is TSC Supernova.
Its specifications are: Length 3,000 meters, width 1,400 meters, height: 1,200 meters, mass 50 million tonnes, crew 4,500.
The shape of the frigate is elegant, with various sinuous curves.
The hull of the Frigate is pure white, decorated with bright golden lines that resemble spirals or lianas.
Oval crystals the size of a palm or a car are embedded in the hull in a perfectly symmetrical way.
At the rear of the frigate there is obviously the engine, but it is made to resemble the cocoon of an open flower.
All this while making the Starship Supernova look more like a work of art and less like a war machine.
Some might say that this frigate is a combination of a warship, a Fabergé Egg, and a flower.
A black Destroyer that looks like it was built to survive a long galactic war and a white Frigate built for parade.
These two Starships are on opposite poles in almost every way, but have roughly equal combat power.
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Inside the Frigate TSC Supernova.
Tianzi, Adeline Wu Jones, aka Diva, is in the Supernova's large command room, a space as warm as a Los Angeles beach and decorated like a luxurious theater or art gallery.
Adeline lies on a golden Hindu-style couch, positioned in the center of the room above a small stage and under a spotlight of sunlight.
The Diva is a 175 centimeters tall woman, endowed with a top model physique, slender legs, ample breasts, a narrow waist and a perfectly curvy butt.
Its three dimensions are: B98, W60, H98
Tianzi is undoubtedly a beautiful woman, who despite being over 500 years old, looks only twenty years old.
Her hair is crimson red in color, kept short, copying the hairstyle of her ancestor, Artoria Pendragon.
Her skin is pale pink in color, but turns dark red when tanned.
Adeline's right eye is a ruby red, with a certain shimmering effect.
The long-lost left eye is replaced by an artificial eye made from a precious gem, specifically topaz.
Adeline has three inhuman characteristics, the result of being only 3/8 human and a lifetime of exposure to radiation of mystical origin.
Number one, horns, on top of his head are two long, thin, slightly curved horns, ruby red in color
Number two, wings, around the waist are two red-pink bat wings.
Number three, a long, thin, pale pink tail, sticks out from Adeline's lower back.
Adeline wears a skintight spacesuit, colored primarily white, with gold as a secondary color and thin crimson armor.
Finally, at the top of Adeline's tail is a sort of golden metallic accusatory in the shape of a heart.
Overall, Adeline slightly resembles Artoria Pendragon (Lancer Alter), but with some succubus features and a Muv-Luv-style outfit.
Around the sofa where Adeline is resting, there are two ladies-in-waiting, dressed in immaculate white dresses, who are fanning her with highly decorated paper fans.
In front of the seat of honor is a psychic projection showing an intergalactic map and a path between the two galaxies.
"My Psyker Navigators give me an advantage; they can see beyond the limitations of simple technological equipment." Adeline said, confident that she had a serious advantage when it came to mapping and navigating space.
There are empty chairs at the various stations used to operate the Supernova Frigate, but that's not a problem.
Behind every single chair growing from the floor like a plant is a green gem in the shape of a diamond.
Through these gems appear what can be described as a Crew of Spectres whose sole purpose is to keep the Starship afloat.
"Brother, this time I will win, my tireless wraiths and hundreds of cloned Beta-Class Psyker brains will be superior to your complicated machines." Adeline said, her expression full of confidence.
The Diva has invested considerable resources into the creation of the Supernova Frigate, using only the best of Biotechnology, Psy-Technology, and Spirtech.
People can say a lot of things about Tianzi, that she is crazy, a deviant, a narcissist and has a strong complex towards her twin brother.
But it cannot be said that she is not a brilliant woman, an unparalleled expert when it comes to manipulating biology, ectoplasm and psychic energy.
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At the same time, inside the destroyer YNSF Stardus.
Bruce Bel Bahamut Belmont, aka Traveler, is an individual who has collected several titles to his name such as Darkus Archon, Rogue Trader Militant, Duke Bahamut etc.
At the moment, Bruce is in some kind of laboratory, surrounded by numerous technologically advanced equipment.
The temperature inside the laboratory is as cold as an industrial meat freezer, the place is illuminated by strips of neon lights positioned on the sides of the walls and on the ceiling.
Bruce sits in a hoverchair or hover-throne, surrounded by numerous holographic screens.
The Darkus Archon stands 175 centimeters tall, with a lean, lean build—some might call it bony.
Her face is characterized by soft, delicate features, thin eyelashes, and facial features reminiscent of Artoria Pendragon or Morgan Le Fay, some of her ancestors through her maternal grandmother.
Thanks to these two characteristics, it is easy to mistake him for a girl, and his androgynous and pleasant voice doesn't help.
Her skin color is light purple/white, smooth and free of blemishes.
Her hair is a light lilac, almost white, and very long, left loose for now, but a fringe covers her left eye as always.
The right eye is visible and has a fluorescent purple color with the pupil of a raptor.
Its ears are long and pointed, like those of an elf.
The Darkus Archon has physical features reminiscent of a dragon or demon: two large, curved amethyst-colored horns atop its head, a long tail covered in amethyst-colored scales, and bat-like wings folded for soaring.
The Lord of the Starship Stardust, he wears a tight lavender jumpsuit, with black armor pieces on various parts of his body.
Half of the screen content depicts the Starship's current functions and status, while the other half shows various technological projects in a wide range of fields.
"Adeline, if you weren't my twin sister and hadn't promised your late wife I'd take care of you, I would have left you to mourn in the Tianchao Capital." Bruce murmurs in a voice typical of an older brother who has to take care of his younger sister, even if he'd rather be doing something else.
"But I'm a man of my word. That's why I have to play your strange games and keep you by my side since you became a widow." Bruce mutters, obliged by his own code of conduct and blood ties to participate in the competition.
"Ignoring the reasons why I'm here, I should give it a try. If I let her win, she'll use telepathy to play tricks on me." Bruce said, touching the right side of his forehead, as if anticipating where it would hurt.
With a wave of the hand, the half of the screen showing plans is replaced by a complex map with a detailed travel plan.
"At least I can get some interesting data to improve the Starship Stardust's capabilities. This destroyer is a prototype that just rolled out of the shipyard a few months ago, so every new challenge we face is a step forward," Bruce said, trying to see the bright side of this competition.
"AKIZA, how long until the race starts?" Bruce asks aloud as he closes the holographic screens.
At the Darkus Archon's right flank, a three-dimensional, human-sized hologram of the latest and most advanced Artificial Intelligence created by the Commorragh of the Voidwalkers appeared.
The name of the Starship Stardust's Main Artificial Intelligence is AKIZA (Advanced Knowledge Intelligence Zealot Assistant).
AKIZA's Avatar resembles a teenage human girl of average height, with fair skin, brown eyes, and dark burgundy hair.
Her hair is mostly chin-length, with the addition of elbow-length bangs that frame both sides of her face.
Roll the front bangs with a curler-like device on top of the head, which helps contain their power, while a strand hangs down on the sides.
Her wardrobe appears to have Victorian influences and typically consists of a high-collared, plunging red corset with short, light green puffed sleeves, worn under a sleeveless magenta trench coat that flares out in the back, becoming shorter and pleated in the front, and elbow-length black fingerless gloves with gold bracelets on top; underneath, she wears high-heeled red pumps and thigh-high black stockings attached to a skirt with suspenders.
"Master, the race will start in 300 seconds." AKIZA declares, speaking reverently.
"For the first hour, I'll stay in the Conning Tower and keep an eye on things. After that, I'll leave you to fly the Stardust as you see fit," Bruce said, eager to see how the AI girl could handle a Starship on her own.
In the short time the Stardust Destroyer was operational, AKIZA herself did an impeccable job, despite her inexperience, but she never single-handedly led the entire Stardust.
"Master, I will bring victory to Commorragh or burn down my servers trying." AKIZA declares, bringing her fist to her heart, a Voidwalker salute.
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After 270 seconds, the White Frigate and the Black Destroyer began their space race, sprinting forward.
The distance between the Milky Way Galaxy and the Andromeda Galaxy is 2,500,000 light-years.
Such a distance is impossible to travel in a human lifetime; only someone of a long-lived race, such as an asari or a krogan, could live long enough to complete a one-way journey.
Recently, the Andromeda Initiative, a multi-species civilian project created to send scientists, engineers, explorers, and colonists on a one-way journey to settle the Andromeda Galaxy, was founded in Citadel space.
The only solution found by Citadel space scientists for intergalactic travel is the construction of Starships, equipped with cryostasis chambers in which their crew can sleep during the 600-year journey.
Simply put, according to the cutting-edge science and technology of scientists from multiple alien races, a distance of 2,500,000 light years can be traversed in 600 years.
According to a well-known Salarian, who happens to be a skilled naval engineer: "Intergalactic travel in less than 600 years is pure science fiction. You simply can't go any faster than that."
The beliefs of an entire scientific community are about to be proven wrong, many of them wrong.
Six hundred years for the best Mass Effect-based ships, six days for the latest generation Commorragh and Tianchao Starships.
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144 hours later, in the Milky Way Galaxy, in the Exodus Cluster, in the Utopia Star System, two Wormholes have opened, announcing the arrival of the Starship Stardust and the Starship Supernova.
Sensors on both Starships revealed the presence of five colonized planets: Arcadia, Eden Prime, Zion, Nirvana, Xanadu.
The two Starships coming from outside this Galaxy remained motionless and invisible to the scanners of the surrounding planets.
The Tianzi and the Darkus Archon are talking to each other.
The woman in white is complaining about how they ended up tied and is asking for another challenge to decide the winner.
The man in black is splitting his attention between the whims of the woman in white, the five newly discovered colonial planets, and the overheating engines of his destroyer.
The conversation between the twins would have continued for quite some time, but the second planet in the star system, Eden Prime, sent out a distress signal.
The computers on both Starships intercepted the transmission, displaying this content to the twins:
[Human soldiers are under attack. A soldier (Ashley Williams) approaches the screen.
The camera shows her shooting at an unseen enemy, followed by images of a hand-like vessel
The female soldier says, "We're under attack! We're taking heavy casualties. I repeat: heavy casualties! We can't... argh! Evacuation! They came out of nowhere. We need..."
The officer is wounded by an invisible enemy. Other soldiers stare in astonishment at a ship. The camera shows an image of it, followed by a gray screen.]
The broadcast ended, leaving the twins to reflect on what they saw.
An alien with the mental capabilities of a human would need tens of minutes or an hour to decide what to do.
But these aliens from far away have brains like supercomputers, and it takes just a few seconds to make a decision.
Tianzi smiles as if she's found the perfect gift and turns to her twin brother.
"Whoever kills the most invaders and saves the most humans wins!" Adeline suggests, knowing her other half won't turn down the chance to be a hero.
"AKIZA is preparing a stealth shuttle. I want a Class Three Battle Armor, the 2X2 cybernetic implants, the Red Hood gunslinger armament, two lightsabers, a Nodachi-type Power Blade, and the Dark Lance rifle." Bruce declares, choosing his weapons for this battle.
Adeline decided to take a leaf out of her brother's book.
"My beautiful handmaidens, bring me the prettiest light-class spacesuit, warm colors, and with my special heels. A belt with red shields.
I want my general first aid kit and the medical sarcophagus Brucy gave me." Adeline said, choosing what to wear for when she gets to the surface of Eden Prime.
"For armament, a Fusion Pistol paired with my crimson-bladed rapier. I want a small, bird-type Wraithguard. My actions must be recorded for my beloved audience." The Diva said, having her own methods and criteria for making her preparations.
"And if, by any chance, my new audience isn't satisfied with my usual performance, add a Witchblade to my toolkit, with it, everyone will fall before me," Adeline said, deciding to take a small secret weapon with her.
Eden Prime and the Normandy crew are about to make an unforgettable first contact.
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