Visitors from beyond
40th Galactic Year. The Visitors.
Visitors.
Episode 1: Meteor Festival – 1
Beep, beep, the alarms blared deafeningly. The monitors around them refused to show the outside world. The only sounds were the persistent alarm and the shouts of the two pilots.
“Shut up, I get it! Just be a little quieter!”
A series of quick taps followed, the sound of the operations manager terminal receiving instructions. The voice belonged to Eft, the veteran main pilot of this spacecraft, now on her tenth voyage.
“Eft, there are three more coming from the left side. After that, eight ahead, and then five more.”
“What? That’s too many! Why so many?!”
“The first of the three is coming now!”
“Ugh, this…”
In the dimly lit cockpit, two figures moved agitatedly. The co-pilot Lite’s tone was calm, but his anger was palpable. This unexpected situation had him the most frustrated.
“Eft! You’re too slow! The next one is coming!”
“Shut up! It’s your slow instructions that’s the problem!”
As Eft and Lite exchanged words, the intense G-forces rocked the ship, threatening to crush the two crew members sitting in the back.
Eft rapidly tapped the terminal, her body swaying side to side with the ship’s movements. Even with the stabilizers functioning, the ship’s complex maneuvers and acceleration-deceleration were beyond its control.
“Love! Captain! It’s getting really rough!”
Eft’s desperate cry echoed through the ship as it suddenly accelerated upwards. The crushing G-force pressed down on the floor of the cockpit. A small, pained sound escaped the two crew members in the back.
“Lite! How many more are there?”
“According to the readings, there are still 4,000 to 5,000 left.”
“That’s impossible! Impossible!”
At that moment, someone stood up amidst the intense G-forces.
“Lite, Eft! We’re going to have to ignore the manual and power through this! Get Mother’s permission to initiate phase space deployment! As soon as it’s ready, deploy it 500 meters in front of the ship!”
It was Love, the ship’s captain – a woman with fiery red hair.
“Wait, Captain! If we do that while the ship is moving like this, the time waves from the engines and the spatial distortion from the phase space deployment…”
Eft is a petite, delicate-looking girl, but her fierce gaze and orange-tinted blonde hair are distinctive features. While skillfully manipulating the control stick, she frequently raises her voice to dominate the cockpit. An experienced veteran pilot, she occasionally takes unpredictable actions that confuse the rest of the crew. However, even in dire situations, she maintains her composure and possesses the technical expertise to safely pilot the ship.