#the wrong galaxy

CAPTAIN ELIYA ALARICIA: Lieutenant Garlen.

LIEUTENANT TIRAE GARLEN: I’m right ‘ere, Cap’n. Is somethin’ wrong?

ALARICIA: …yes. We’re not in the Anderom Galaxy.

GARLEN: What d’ ye mean we ain’t in the Anderom Galazy? I watched Ilizon  punch in the coordinates, an’ they was in Anderom, sure ‘nuff.

ALARICIA: I’ve looked over the coordinates, and they are indeed in the  Anderom Galaxy. The fault lies within our ship’s computer. Would you like to  accompany me to the tech-deck, Lieutenant?

GARLEN: If I ain’t needed anywhere else, Cap’n.

ALARICIA: I’m sure the others can manage for a few minutes on their own.

TECHNICAL DIRECTOR OCTAVIOR UR: I cannae explain it, Eliya. The  computer reads the coordinates, but sends us another way. I cannae ‘elp but  wonder if KOT wants us tae go tae where’er she’s takin’ us.

GARLEN: Dr. Ur, ye do know that a computer cannae want anything, right? KOT  ain’t fully sentient like us folks.

ALARICIA: Tirae, hear the good doctor out. They understand the KOT system  more than we do.

UR: Thankye, Eliya. I’ve worked wi’ KOT longer th’n anyone, an’ I trust ‘er wi’  my life, an’ with the lives o’ ye all. Ye do know where we’re headed, don’t ye,  Cap’n?

ALARICIA: The third planet from the star Sol.

UR: Aye, but d’ ye remember what planet that is? The third planet from Sol is  called Terra.

GARLEN: What th’ devil does the fact that the planet’s called Terra ‘ave t’ do  with anyth—

ALARICIA: Terra was the birthplace of the first Sapiens, the home planet of  Homo sapiens sapiens.

UR: Aye. I dinnae ken what’s there now, but if KOT’s sendin’ us there, she ‘as a  reason, and ye can bet it’s a damn good one.

GARLEN: Good Deus! No one’s been t’ that hunk o’ rock in ten thousand years!  Who knows what’ll be there?

ALARICIA: When the Sapiens left, the planet was dead, but after so long,  primary succession may have occurred, and the planet may have life again.

UR: I’ll have my cadets send a probe tae the surface as soon as we’re close  enough.

ALARICIA: Thank you, Dr. Ur.

GARLEN: We’re keepin’ the course t’ Terra, Cap’n?

ALARICIA: Yes. I’ve worked with Octavior before, and I trust them with my life.  We’re going to Terra. Alert the rest of the crew.

GARLEN: Aye-aye, Cap’n.

                                              END OF EPISODE 001.

EPISODE NOTES:

Dramatis personae:

Eliya Alaricia | human (Calidarian) | she/her |Captain of the Regel Explorer TOS-42

Tirae Garlen | omenian | she/her | Lieutenant on the Regel Explorer TOS-42

Dr. Octavior Ur | eldarian | they/them | Technical Director of the Regel Explorer TOS-42

Terminology

KOT – Krypton-operated Techinar, the computer system installed on all TOS.

TOS – Traveller-occupied Starship

Species notes:

Homo sapiens sapiens (True Terran Sapiens)     The decedents of the original travelers from Terra. On each human settled  planet, the species adapted, and so there are different strains of “human”.

Homo sapiens calidarus (Calidarian humans)     The humans of the planetary system comprised of Calidar, Umbiran,  Ruthiem, and Umbiran’s moon Polui. They are taller than all other humans,  and have more elegant limbs and appendages. Captian Alaricia was born  on Calidar, and is a Homo sapiens calidarus.

Minaces corvus polypus (Omenians)     The average member of this race has a build similar to that of humans and  is around the same height as the average human. They have muted black  skin and drab ashen-colored hair.  They have long, pointed ears, facial  features that put you in mind of a raven, and gold, octopus-like eyes. They  wear simple clothing, and hail from the planet Omen.