Contact Alpha – A story of sci fi fantasy

ted States. The famous resident of all Americas president since the 1800s, its still here after all those years, getting retrofitted every 20 years or so all the way til now. Pretty much all of the worlds historical sites remain intact, except for the Great Wall of China and the Statue of Liberty which were destroyed during world war 3 near the end of the 21st century. But they were quickly rebuild. They even built several more world wonders since then bringing the total amount of wonders up to 11 on just Earth alone.

I keep on walking while looking outside the glass panels, trying to savor the scenery. As I know I will not be seeing this planet again anytime soon.

Though the humans have policies regarding absolutely no contacts with intelligent alien species that have yet to reach space age technology, if we do meet them of course. I know without a doubt that my family would want to seize control of the new alien planet along with its alien inhabitants whatever it takes. And I will be the one theyll send in to control it. Its too valuable of a target to just skip out. And I know many other nations would also want to expand their influence over this planet as well.

”You have arrived at your destination, sir. ”

A voice was heard in my head, intercepting my train of thoughts, as if something is talking directly to my brain. Well that is the voice of my AI assistance ALAN. I made him myself several years ago and have been keeping his existence a secret since then. He has been a great help in assisting me with a multitude of tasks and duties. And I am still overworked despite his assistance!

Using my mind I communicate with him, ”Yes, thank you. Prepare the necessary archives and present it to my lens, also get ready to record the upcoming meeting with the old man. ”

”Yes, sir. ” Alan replied in a soft robotic tone.

Sensing my presence, the metal door slides to both side while creating a hydraulic hissing noise. I step into the door and it closes automatically behind me.

The room is dimly lit. Lights are turned down to accommodate its function, which is a meeting room modified to be compatible with VR activities. The low intensity lighting makes you focus more into the VR images apparently, at least that is what they say. I on the other hand feel nothing else but uneasiness within this eerie darkness. The light comes from the light spots on the floor near the edges where the floor and the wall meets. On the far side of the room, hangs a large screen displaying the logo of the United Stars.

I walk further into the room. It is completely silent apart from the sounds of my boots hitting the hard and smooth metal floor. The room is a round shaped room, with two tables situated in its center. Each table is shaped in the shape of a half circle, each also has approximately ten seats. The two crescent shaped tables form a loose circle in the room, leaving two gaps about two meters apart at each tables end. In the middle there is a hexagon shape imprinted on the floor, with the emblem of the United Stars on it.

I take a seat on one of the chairs and fold my hand, waiting patiently. An outline of a small square lights up on the wall in front of me and opens up like a sliding double door. Inside is a small well lit vent like corridor containing a white object with a black square on its front. It exits the small square hole on the wall and fly towards me.

”Robusta Espresso, make it double, medium sugar. ”

”Order received, please wait a moment, ” a robotic response was heard coming from the flying thing. It is of course an beverage drone. Pretty much the only feature I like about this building, is that they have these guys installed in almost every room, save for storage rooms and restrooms.

Sounds of boiling and dripping water can be heard from within the drone. Then a paper cup is putted down on the table in front of me.

”Thank you, that would be all. ” I thanked the drone and it flies back into where it came from.

The scent of robust coffee immediately invade my nose. Ah the oh so sweet scent of instant Espresso coffee. Finally after a long day I can enjoy you at last.

I pick up the cup and put my nose near it, then I inhale a bit to savor the iconic smell of cheap mediocre quality coffee.

I close my eyes and put my lip onto the cup, preparing my mouth to welcome the still steaming hot streams of this favorite beverage of mine.

”Good evening, enjoying the drink? ” a voice suddenly interrupts me, along with an image of my father sitting across the room being projected into my optical lens.

”Father, good evening. ” I answer in a slightly irritated tone, begrudgingly putting my coffee cup down without being able to taste even a little bit of it.

”I assume you have already known the details regarding this quick meeting yes? ” He asked, eyes looking down as if he is reading through some sort of documents and both hands holding something invisible on the table. But he is holding nothing from my perspective, thats because the system only shows him and not the objects around him.

”Yes, I got the briefings when I was on transport. ” I replied, still irritated by the fact that I didn get to enjoy my coffee break.

”Repeat it then. ”

”Right, so to summarize I will be visiting the science team on the observation orbital platform and talk to them, then I will be spending my time there to study the alien races, their world and their societies, learning as much as I can within a month, then return and… ” I paused.

”And? ”

”And prepare for colonization. ” I continued, hesitantly.

”Good, you will know what to do then. Our sponsors and benefactors over at the council have already arranged everything. You will be the final piece on the board to complete everything. ”

”So everyone is in on this? ”

”Not really, but most of the important people are with us. Just leave everything on this side to me, your job is out there, not here. ”

”Also I have already arranged transports to the station. You will also be escorted there by a Delta 6 task force. ” He ended his sentences with a peculiar name.

This raises many exclamation marks in side my head. Delta Six? Curious. This is a simple mission, just visiting a place and go back. Im not going into a war zone. In fact the Sarir-B system is tens of light years away from the current hot zones. I don even need escort for this.

”Why? It is not necessary. ” I replied to him. Questioning him about the necessity of including such a highly valued special force into this mission.

”It is, trust me. It is. ” He then switches his gaze from the table to me after finishing his statement. His eyes stare directly into mine. ”As usual, I expect high result from this, this special planet hold important strategic values. The Republic of Corsia needs a foothold on it. ” His tone gets even more serious, as if he is commanding me, as if failure is not an option.

”Of course. I will not fail you. ” I replied, trading cold gazes with his eyes.

”Then that shall conclude this meeting. ” His voice become less serious. His eyes now diverted back onto whatever he has on the table in his office. A moment later, his signal disconnected with my system and his image fades from my lens.

I sigh, picking up my coffee cup again. It is still warm, but whatever enthusiasm left to enjoy from this wonderful beverage has all but vanished after such a meeting.

”Should have told it to add less sugar. ” I sip the drink and let the black liquid floods my mouth. I can even enjoy this drink now thanks to him ruining my mood.

I continue to sip my coffee in silence, surrounded by dimly lit light from the floor and a large screen on the wall bearing the symbol of the United Stars. Quiet hum fills the room, coming from the various systems hidden behind wall panels.

”Who is responsible for the drinks in this facility anyway? ”

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”My masters mood? You want to know how to read his mood, your highness? It is very simple. Do you know the humans black drink called coffee? It is his favorite beverage. There is a sweetener substance called sugar, it is duang in your kingdoms language. His positive emotion is proportional to the amount of duang he puts into his coffee. Basically the sweeter his drink is, the happier his mood is. But may I ask why you need to know this information? ”

– A.I unit A-LAN –