Ulysses Spacecraft Novels & Stories

After all the passengers buckle up, he told Rex to activate the Ultralight speed system. "Ultralight speed system is applied, confirm to activate the system..", the little holographic shine in front of each seat, it scanning our iris now to confirm that only the three of us can activate it. "Ultralight speed is activated, pull the ship above the orbit and it'll automatically activate the engine.", Nox grip the steering of the ship and fly the ship into above the orbit of our planet, Pluton. "Ultralight speed jet activating in, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1..", suddenly everything is just a blur as time slowed itself when we traveled in fabric of the universe.

"You’re the Lunar Alpha now. You could probably break every bone in my body." I rolled her eyes. "I wouldn’t break all your bones. Just a few." We both laughed, the tension of leadership momentarily forgotten. It was a reminder that even in war, even with responsibility weighing heavy on her, there was still room for friendship. And maybe… a glimpse of the life she could have had. Our llighthearted moment was cut short when Lyanna approached with urgency in her step. "Elara, Kael is looking for you. There’s news from the scouts."

Elara threw the manual switch. The ISS shuddered violently—not with the smooth, rolling acceleration of a planned burn, but with the sudden, metallic roar of a massive engine firing after three years of dormancy. The ancient Pirs thrusters, designed for docking and station-keeping, were giving their all. Elara was pressed hard against her restraints. The battle began. On Jun's screen, the telemetry feed lit up like a Christmas tree in a lightning storm. INTRUSION DETECTED: UNUSUAL VELOCITY VECTOR

After discovering all that governmental secret, I just ran a system diagnosis and eventually I found what was wrong with the Ship. The system recorded a short power surge that lasted for 2 seconds. It was when the incoming crew from the mission called Beta p 1678, which was about exploring Jupiter’s icy moon Europa, were in the decontamination Chamber. After that a few weeks later, the systems malfunctioned. I scanned for the similarities between all failures and I found out that it was Hydraulic systems only affected. Linking that to when it started, I realized that there must be something from outer space messing with only hydraulic systems of the ISS ship.

​The departure from the solar system was not the violent, fire-trailing launch of ancient rockets. It was a Phasing. Under the guidance of the Lycian Nautilus ships, the Unified Fleet—led by the emerald Weaver and the obsidian Respiration—did not move through space so much as they slid between the folds of it.