[ IP ] So It Begins ...

Klaxons blared throughout the hallways of the ship, awakening its crew. 
 
 “ Wormhole activation detected in Sector CZ-5 Alpha ”, a female voice repeated monotonically. 
 
 The leader of the Altuians stumbled sleepily into the command room, enabling the display with a hand gesture. 
 
 The display quietly snapped its zoom lens onto the external camera and focused on a small white-and-black metallic ship leaving a con-trail from the surface of the nearby ringed planet. Two smaller ships were flying nearby, offering support in case of a tragedy. 
 
 “ What do we do commander? This sector is listed on the Wildlife Preserve- ” 
 
 “ Do NOTHING. ” The wizened commander said, watching the ship slowly traverse across space. 
 
 “ Come on.. come on.. ” He edged them on. Sparks of white plasma jettisoned from the sides of the small ship's external reactor core quietly into the vacuum. The area in front of the ship began to bend, when suddenly a burst of light sent clouds of nebula and chunks of asteroids pouring into every possible direction. 
 
 “ Attention! Wormhole stabilized! Gravitation Z-Sec at negative 3.14- warp detected! ” the AI continued. 
 
 “ COMMANDER? ” The weapons expert stood, bleary eyed, gazing at the amphibian in the midst of the room. 
 
 He gazed deeply at the leading ship, attempting to divine the interior by its design. 
 
 “ Scan the ship immediately, tell me what they have on-board. ” The commander said. 
 
 The engineering expert quickly ran the analysis and brought the data up alongside the visuals of the warping ship. 
 
 “ It.. it looks like a transport of some sort. It is full of organic material. There's a large amount of hydrogen-carbons, protein deposits, nitrogen, and oxygen. The jitter places them at several thousand possibly large, multicellular organisms. ” 
 
 The commander slumped back into his chair with a smile, and pulled open a can of nutritional hot algae, drinking it. 
 
 “ So it begins... ” 

