The Siege of Sirius_A Splintered Galaxy Space Fantasy Novel by Eddie R. Hicks

Author:Eddie R. Hicks [Hicks, Eddie R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-12-11T22:00:00+00:00

ESRS Carl Sagan, Sickbay

SA-139 orbit, Sirius A system

May 21, 2050, 15:34 SST (Sol Standard Time)

Williams entered sickbay, his body thankful for the artificial gravity created by the rotating habitat ring. Inside, he saw Tolukei alive and awake resting on a medical bed alongside the wounded helmsman, still recovering from his injuries from their first encounter with the hostile aliens. Further up were medical beds where the robed people they rescued from the ship were recovering thanks to the aid of Dr. Kostelecky.

Williams stood next to Tolukei’s bed and looked down at him as Kostelecky neared them. “How’s he doing doc—tor.”

“He was seconds away from death,” Kostelecky said, showing him Tolukei’s brain scans via a computer screen next to his bed. “Turns out there was a strong wave of psionic energy that was overloading the psionic chip implanted in his brain. In any case, he’ll be on his feet in another hour or so, though he might want to give his brain a good rest before using any of his powers.”

Williams looked at Kostelecky. “Where was it coming from?”

“The Lyonria fortress, Commander,” EVE replied instead. EVE’s holographic likeness appeared directly behind Williams startling him in the process.

“EVE! Give me a heads-up when you’re going to do that!”

Kostelecky snickered. “EVE’s data has surprisingly been helpful considering none of my patients here are human.”

“Thought you knew a thing or two about xenobiology?” Williams asked Kostelecky.

“I do, but when does Radiance let me treat one of their own back at Earth? Tolukei is my first non-human patient.” Kostelecky pointed her thumb back at the injured robed personnel. “Then we got these folks here, don’t even get me started on them.”

Kostelecky led Williams toward them while EVE’s flickering hologram followed behind with her hands behind her back. Many of the wounded robed people were resting comfortably on the medical beds. A few sat on the edge of their beds and spoke to each other, probably counting their blessings.

“I take it Tolukei wasn’t what you wanted to show me?” Williams said, observing a resting robed man.

“You catch on fast, Commander.” Kostelecky handed Williams her data pad. It displayed the results of her scans and analysis of the people they rescued. “Not sure how to put this, but these folks have traces of three different genomes. Linl, human, and a third I’ve never seen before.”

“So, we’re dealing with human crossbreeds?”

“Not quite, think of them, and humans, as dogs and wolves. Dogs only exist because a group of ancient wolves started keeping humans company after discovering they could get free food from them rather than having to hunt for it. Throw in thousands of years of human influence such as breeding, and domestication, and you have what we know as dogs today. These people are a similar deal.”

Williams began to wince at the news then faced EVE’s hologram. “This can’t be right . . . EVE?”

“Dr. Kostelecky is correct, Commander,” EVE said. “I have performed bioscan analyses myself, and have concluded that the Poniga are a result of several thousand years of crossbreeding between three species, one of them being human.

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