Team Alphanumeric

Team Alphanumeric
Getting Home is Half the Fun
by SSj04 Mewtwo

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Reviewer Responses

MaxJ1800: Yep, four people and a monkey in one relatively small starship makes for cabin fever at the least. Hmmm, hadn't thought about turning the bots good...,that would put the ring at a disadvantage.

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"I'm so sorry again for not telling you." Tim quietly says to Becky. "I know I was being an overprotective idiot." he gets down in front of her and looks up at her with sorrowful eyes. Caelum peeks and rolls his eyes.
'whipped dog,' he thinks.
"You did it because of what Tobey did to me. You didn't want to compound my problems by telling me that the Consortium wanted to put me on trial. You are afraid to lose me aren't you?"
"Deathly afraid," Tim confirms.
"Ok, but you're going to have to make it up to me."
"What do I have to do?"
"Bathe me for a weak. You don't have to have the candles though." Becky says smiling.
"It'll be my pleasure, my lady." Tim replies and Becky giggles. Then a beeping could be heard at Huggy's console.
"Uh oh, we've got another squad of Consortium ships coming at us." Caelum states.
"Better drop out of ftl flight mode, Huggy." Tim states and the monkey does so. Caelum raises the shields and arms the weapons.
"More security ships?" Caelum asks.
"No, battle cruisers." Emma states realizing that they might not be able to escape this time.
"So, they brought out the big guns...,suits me just fine." Caelum growls.
"I don't think this ship's underpowered weapons can punch a hole in the weakness of those ships' shields." Emma states gravely.
"Lovely, you'd think at least they would put more teeth on a ship that was carrying such precious cargo like their royals!" Caelum rants. Huggy rants back at him.
"Yes, we know that this was more of a transport ship than a battle ship." Becky replies.
"We're being haled." Emma states a little shocked that they were bothering to hale them. "Tim, keep them talking. Our stealth sensors have picked a fleet of friendlies heading this way."
"Who?" Tim asks.
"They are masking their transponder...,but only our home worlds have that capacity to do that." Emma states.
"On screen," Tim says and the face of the commander of the task force appears on the screen.
"You all are under arrest for crimes against the Consortium. Lower your shields and prepared to be taken into custody."
"Your own judicial system is twisting the letter of the law in order to get what the leaders of your Consortium wants. We're leaving Consortium space, whether you like it or not. Let's just see how long the rest of the galaxy will tolerate the largest bureaucracy in this part of the universe after seeing how many rules it's willing to break just to bring justice to a war that it had nothing to do with in the first place." Tim says. then, the consoles on both ships alert both parties that that fleet was coming out of ftl mode.
"Consortium ships, you will leave that Lexicon ship alone. It is under the protection of this fleet. Now, if you wish to continue your current path, then you will be committing an act of war against Decimal. Oh wait, that's a Lexicon royal ship. Fire on it and you'll also be declaring war on Lexicon as well. The last war we were in ended in a stale mate, and we fought over much of nothing according to you. Now, just what would happen if Lexicon and Decimal were actually fighting for something bigger than intellectual supremacy of the galaxy? Fire on that ship and see what happens." Caelum smirks at the position that the captain of the Consortium was put in.
"Well now, looks like they're challenging the second best fleet captain in the Decimal military." Caelum says still smirking.
"Who...?" Tim begins but Emma stops him.
"That would be Sheridan. Never let Caelum and Sheridan spend more than a minute together, or they start acting like infantile boys." Emma answers. Becky chuckles and Caelum scowls.
"How dare you invade Consortium space!" the Consortium captain shouts.
"You seem to think that the entire galaxy is apart of your alliance. You might be the largest group of planets in the galaxy, but that doesn't mean you can push everyone around just because of your size. Now back off, or you shall be the first one to face these next generation of Decimalian ships." Caelum turns to Emma who nods her head.
"They meet the specs for the next generation of ships that were being developed just before we left." Emma reports.
"I can have several fleets here in a matter of minutes captain, so I suggest you take your Decimalian fleet out of Consortium space." the Consortium captain retorts.
"Why don't you check your sensors again, captain. You'll find a nice little surprise." Sheridan retorts. The consoles on the Consortium ship and on the ship that the five were on lets out another warning.
"This is captain Telstan, Consortium task force stand down and let our princess and her companions go."
"What? I thought my planet's fleet was devastated back during the siege of Earth." Becky states.
"How could Lexicon have constructed so many ships in such a short am mount of time."
"That's the miracle of re-fitting, captain. It doesn't' take as much time to re-fit a ship unlike building a new one from scratch. Care to re-evaluate your position, captain?" Telstan offers. The Consortium captain was completely flustered. If he continued on his current path, two fleets of ships that were mortal enemies would pound his smaller task force into dust. He makes a decision to pull his ships back. Huggy re-activates the ftl drive and the ship flies past the withdrawing Consortium task force.

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"Ah, good old planet Earth." Caelum states.
"Thought I'd never hear you say that." Tim comments.
"I'm starting to like this little blue ball. What are you going to do with those?" Caelum asks pointing to the gravity chains.
"These, my dear X weapon, are for Krog. Let's see him try and fight 20 or more times Earth's gravity."
"Oh, I thought you were planning on some bdsm fun with your woman." Caelum teases.
"Is that all you think about, sex with Emma?" Tim asks.
"Hey, it's good sex." Caelum retorts. The ship dives back into the atmosphere and heads for its former landing spot. Team Alphanumeric didn't know, however, that they reputations were at risk.