Hevordah Imperium - Story thread - Updated 6-13-03!

[Ragnarok]

Ok, this is my first attempt at a story, ever. I just thought I'd give it a shot. I enjoy writing it's trying to figure out how to take the story that's the hard part. This will be a slow moving story, as it is hard for me to find the time to write, so don't expect it to keep up with the other threads. But all comments are welcome, good or bad. As long as I get some feedback. Please excuse the grammer and so forth, that has never been my A subject. I hope you all enjoy the story.

The story may seem to be unfinished at the end of some sections. But it will pick up where left off in the next installment.

Edit: I'm going to eventually transform it into a webpage type deal and have some images and so forth of different events. This is on down the road though, once the story has developed some.

[ June 13, 2003, 20:00: Message edited by: Ragnarok ]

[Ragnarok]

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Introduction, Part 1. 2283.3.

Qullum was walking along one day on his way to work. He suddenly stops, his normally white eyes with a hint of yellow turn to a pure bright white, he falls to his hands and knees, and then he starts to scream. He can�t stop screaming. He does everything in his power to try and stop that awful screeching in his head. He then falls to his side. He lays there for a good 10 to 15 minutes before it suddenly stops, and his eyes return to normal. He gets up, as if nothing ever happened to him. He continues his trip to work, not knowing that a single thing that just happened to him.

On his way home from work Qullum once again suddenly stops, again, falls to his hands and knees, and starts to scream in pain. He can�t stop it. Cannot stop the�noise. There is absolutely nothing in his power he can do to stop it. Another 10 to 15 minutes pass, then, just as suddenly as it started, it stops. He gets up, completely oblivious as to what just happened to him, he continues on his journey home.

Qullum was sitting at home with his wife, Shearma, and his son, Qullum Jr., watching the evening news. �Welcome to tonight�s broadcast of HevoraNews, I�m Zor�ka Mi�cle. The news piece of the hour is that the 5-year civil war between the Hevordah and the Hevordag is finally showing signs of coming to a close. It is unknown as to how this happened, though. The Hevordag were holding off the Hevordah people and actually pushing them back. But then, suddenly, the Hevordag just stopped fighting. It has been said, however, that if something happened to their Overlord, even if for a brief moment, that the Hevordag would crumble. So we can only assume that something has happened t�wha�this just in� it�s now been brought to the attention from one of our reporters on location in Ho�og, where all the action is happening as we speak, that they have seen the Overlord of the Hevordag faction stepping outside his palace and just drop to his hands and knees, and then start screaming. He sat there for at least 15 minutes screaming at the top of his lungs, apparently he could control it.�

Then suddenly, Qullum too starts to scream. His wife panics, her skin goes from a normally purplish tent to a purple and green mix � this indicating fear, and worry. For the third time in one day he falls to his hands and knees and screams. No matter how hard he tries, he just cannot stop it. Not knowing what to do, Shearma grabs her communicator and calls the Emergency Room. They immediately teleport her husband to Emergency Unit 3 where they begin working on him.
�Nurse, what�s his life signs?�
�Everything seems to be in check, his BP is slightly high, and his heart rate is high, but those signs are to be expected since he is after all screaming his lungs off.�
�Hmmm, Ok� get the Cortical Stimulator; we�ll see if this will at least stop his screaming for now. Then we can run some more tests.�
Just as the nurse was handing the Doctor the Stimulator, Qullum suddenly stops screaming and awakens. Bewildered by the fact that he is in the Emergency Room he begins to ask questions.
�What the hell am I doing here? I was in my living room watching the evening news with my wife and son, and next thing I know I�m sitting here.�
The Doctor thinks to himself, �What the hell?!�
�Sir, I�m afraid I don�t have those answers for you. I�m still trying to figure out what the hell just happened here. Your wife called and said you were screaming your lungs off so we had you teleported here. I was just about to administer the Cortical Stimulator, when suddenly you stopped screaming and woke up.�
�What do you mean I was screaming? I already told you, I was sitting in my living room with my wife and son, next thing I know I�m here. I feel fine, and with all due respect, I think I�d know if I was screaming or not.�
�Well think what you want, but we have it all on the surveillance cameras if you want us to prove it to you.�
�No, that won�t be necessary. I suppose if my wife says that I was screaming that�s enough for me.�
�Ok, now if you don�t mind we�re going to run a few more test to try and figure out what exactly happened here.�
�Alright, do whatever is necessary.�

Somewhere else in the galaxy.
�Ok Massster, it has been done. Their Pssychic powerss are coming to the ssurface. It iss only a matter of time before thiss, Qullum, figuress out what iss the causse to all his problemss.�
A tall dark sleek man steps out of the shadows, to a point where only his face his showing, he then says, �Very well. Then we sshall ssee if the ancient textss are correct in ssaying that the Hevordah are the chossen oness to rule the galaxy.�

[ October 10, 2002, 05:08: Message edited by: Ragnarok ]

[Suicide Junkie]

I enjoy writing it's trying to figure out how to take the story that's the hard part.

Many stories are based on an actual game of SE4. The game handles a lot of the plot, and keeps track of where ships and empires are

The story is looking good, but it could probably use a little background info. I am seeing humans in the story, rather than Hevordah.

[sachmo]

GREAT start! I will be following this story closely!

[Ragnarok]

Many stories are based on an actual game of SE4. The game handles a lot of the plot, and keeps track of where ships and empires are

I figured that would be the case. But the part of trying to add more detail is what I meant. I'm sure some late nights and I shouldn't have any problems coming up with anything.

it could probably use a little background info. I am seeing humans in the story, rather than Hevordah

What kind of background info do you speak of? Like more of where they came from and such? I will try to add some more as the story unfolds.
The are human in a way. The only difference is that they are much taller, and live much longer. Also they breath Hydrogen, and they have "Powers" which will unfold in the next couple installments. But I didn't want to use a human race, but I didn't want to try and use a completly alien race either since I am a newbie at writing stories. Doing it this way simplifies it for me to a certain extent. However, I will also try to add a little bit more alieness into the story.

GREAT start! I will be following this story closely!

Thanks Sachmo, I will try to make the rest of the story just as interesting as the first part. Reading your story thread sort of inspired me to attempt my own story. If I can make this story half as good as the one you wrote then I will be extreamly pleased with the outcome.

[ October 04, 2002, 20:07: Message edited by: Ragnarok ]

[Ragnarok]

Note: Introduction part 2 is here. Once again, feedback is welcome. I wrote most of this one this morning. I just finished up a little bit tonight. I'm working on Part 3 now. Long introduction I know. Do ya'll think I should change the names to be more 'alien'? I'm thinking about it.
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Introduction, Part 2.
2 days later.

The Doctor walked into Unit 3 where Qullum was admitted. His wife and son happened to be there at the time.
�Hey Jr. would you mind excusing me and your folks for a little while, we have to discuss a few big people things.�
Little Jr. starts to whine as he is asked to leave. �Ohhh, do I gotta? I want to stay here and talk too.�
�It is probably best if you don�t son, you can go play in the play room with the other kids while Mommy and Daddy talk to the Doctor, ok?�
�Gee, fine! But I never get to be in the room when you guys talk.� As Jr. stands up to leave he gives his mom a hug and kiss but gives his dad an evil look as if to mock him for not letting him stay in the room.
The Doctor proceeded to look at Qullum�s chart; then he took a seat knowing that this could end up being a long conversation.
�Qullum, after all the tests that we ran over the past 48 hours, we cannot find the source to your screaming spells. In fact, in my 80 years of medicine, I�ve never seen anything like this before. And I�ve been all over the world practicing. I even served the Hevordag when they first rose against Hevordah. In the 2 days that you have been here, you have had 6 spells of your screaming. There is no medical and/or scientific explanation for what is happening to you. You do, however, seem to be consistent with your spells, even though you do not have any control over them. Here are the stats.�
The Doctor reaches across the space that was between him and Qullum and Shearma, he handed them a H-Padd to look over. It contained information regarding the spells that Qullum had been having. This is what it had to say.
�--Number of spells thus far: 7 that we know of.
--Average time between spells: 8 hours.
--Average time spells Last: 12.3 minutes.
--Scientific findings as to the cause: None.
--Medical findings as to the cause: None.
--Shortest spell: 9 minutes.
--Longest spell: 17 minutes.
--Cause: Unknown.�
Qullum and his lovely wife of 45 years look at each other momentarily, as Shearma hands the H-Padd back to the Doctor she asks, �But how can there possibly be no scientific or medical explanation as to what is happening to my husband? There has to be some reason for this. Do you have any possible links to other cases like this, anywhere?�
�I have been in contact with professionals around the world trying to figure this mystery out. I even called my old colleague from the Hevordag Institute. He did mention one factor that I find puzzling. Last night the Civil War came to an end, and the Hevordag surrendered to the Hevordah. They are trying to figure out why it just came to an end as it did. The Hevordag were holding their own, in fact they were pushing the Hevordah out of their territory. But then suddenly their Overlord came out of his palace screaming.� A look of shock and wonderment overtake the faces of Qullum and his beautiful wife. They looked at each other wondering�No, it couldn�t be�� I had that colleague of mine do some research on this. He found that the Overlord went into his spell at the exact same time as you husband did, and they both came out of their respective spells at the exact same time. They took the Overlord to the Hevordag Institute and he has been having the same spells every 8 hours, each of them Lasting an average of 12 minutes or so.�
Once again, both shock and curiosity overcome Qullum and Shearma. Then Qullum breaks the silence.
�Doctor, Do you think, or are you trying to say that the Hevordag Overlord and I are somehow linked?�
�I don�t know Qullum, but I highly doubt that you are linked. It�s just simply not possible. Only in the telenovels is this possible. But right now it seems to be the only explanation.�
�But, how can this be possible?� Shearma asked.
�I cannot say for sure on that either Shearma. Currently my colleague is in the process of trying to figure that out as well as many other professionals in the science lab downstairs.�
Qullum tried to absorb all that has happened to him in the past 36 hours. He then asks the Doctor, �Hey, Doc, why is it that I don�t remember any of my spells?�
�Well, that is one thing we have been able to figure out. When you go through one of your spells, one section of your brain is �cut off� from the rest so to speak. This section of the brain controls your memory, once this part of your brain is �cut off� from the rest, it cannot remember anything that happened to you in that time period. However, we have not figured out why this part of your brain is �cut off� from the rest due to your spells. We are looking into it now.�
�I see,� says Qullum pondering what he is hearing. Will I suffer any trauma because of these spells, Doctor?�
�That is also unknown. It is a 50/50 chance that you could. I do not want to say for sure yet.�
As the Doctor finished his statement the nurse came and said that he had a transmission coming in from Soo�gah � his colleague from the Hevordag Institute.
�Excuse me, I have to take this.�
�Of course.�
The Doctor stood up, nodded at the couple, and then walked out the door. At that very moment Qullum goes into another spell. He starts screaming, he tries ever so hard to control it, but it is controlling him. He falls off the bed and onto the floor, screaming ever more.
�DOCTOR!� Shearma yells as she reaches for the nurse�s call button, �He�s going into another spell!� The Doctor and a couple nurses rush back into the room and start running the same old tests that they run on him every time he has a spell.
�He will be ok Shearma, we just have to wait it out.�
�I know this, but it still scares me to see my husband laying there helpless not being able to control thi�� Shearma shed a tear, as she was unable to speak anymore. She went to the waiting room to rest her eyes a little bit and wait for her husband to recover.
15 minutes later.
Shearma was just dozing off to sleep as she has not had hardly any sleep in the past 24 hours, when the nurse came in and said, �Shearma, Shearma��
Shearma being the heavy sleeper she is took a couple minutes to respond to the nurse�s calls.
�Huh, wha? Oh, I�m sorry�� Shearma said as she rubbed her tired eyes. �It�s just I haven�t had any sleep in the past 24 hours.�
�It�s ok, no need to explain, I�m a nurse, I�m used to no sleep, so I would probably be doing the same thing if I were in your shoes.�
At that Shearma smiled at the nurse, then the nurse informed her that her husband�s spell had stopped and that it is ok for her to go in and see him now.
�Ok, thanks for letting me know. I�ll be in there in a couple minutes.�
The nurse just smiled and walked away.
Shearma made her way back to Unit 3 where her husband was staying.
�Qullum, you had another spell. You feeling ok?�
�Yeah, of course, I�m fine as always. But� I actually remembered this spell. I know what happened to me during that time��

The saga continues...

[ November 20, 2002, 04:00: Message edited by: Ragnarok ]

[Ragnarok]

Bumperama.

I rewrote the first 2 parts. I changed the names to have a "alien" feel to them. I also added a little bit more detail to some areas. Not much but it's a bit better. There's going to be a couple more introduction sections as the story leading up to the game is what's going on. I don't know exactly how many installments there will be though. The next installment, however, I may start giving them the "Chapter" title, and giving the chapters names.

[Ragnarok]

Note: Here is the third installment. It is the final introduction part of the story. Next installment will be actual in-game story line. Again, comments and suggestions are welcome.

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Chapter 1, Discoveries.

�What? You remember?! Honey, that�s great�I think�� said Shearma as she heard the news.
�Yeah� great�� says Qullum as he looks out his 3rd floor window, �I remember screeching, horrible screeching. The pain�it was unimaginable. Just when I thought I could not take any more, it stopped. Just like that,� said Qullum as he snapped his fingers, �then, I heard what sounded like people talking. But I could not recognize the voices; they were from someone I didn�t know. In fact, they didn�t sound like they were Hevordian at all; they had a lisp to them. It was as if they were� not from this planet, or race, but from outer space. At first I could not understand them. But the longer I lay there I started to understand words. Not whole sentences but words, but just as I was about to figure out what they were saying, I woke up here. �

Shearma just squinted her eyebrows, or what was supposedly her eyebrows and looked at husband perplexingly. Once again her skin turned from a purplish color to a purple and green mix. But this time not out of fear has had occurred that dreadful day her husband had his first spell, but this time out of worry, worry for his well-being, and from what he had just said about these �aliens� it was beginning to seem like he was �going nuts�, as the young ones would say.

�Doctor, would you excuse my husband and I, I would like to speak to him alone for a couple minutes.�
�Sure thing Shearma, I�ll be down the hall if you need anything.�
Shearma smiled at the Doctor as he walked out. She waited for him to walk completely out then she went over and shut the door for some privacy. She turned around and smiled at her husband, but it wasn�t a smile of �I love you�, it was more like �What the Hell��

�Qullum, about these �aliens� that you speak of, what are you talking about? There are no such things as aliens you know that. That is just a bunch of stories that are told to entertain the young ones. It helps develop their imagination.�
�Yes, you are right, that was what I believe. Until I started having these spells, well, at least till I actually remembered what happened during them. This was not just a hallucination; it was not just a dream. It was real, very real. At one time in my life I told these stories, and I would laugh at the though of aliens out there. But now with this �vision� if you will, I believe there is life out there. And I believe we have to go out there and find it. This �vision�, it is our calling from the Goddess herself.�

Shearma had a look of disbelief at what her husband was saying when he was talking about life out there. But now this? What is this talk about a �Goddess�? What the hell is he thinking? Or�was he thinking at all? He had to be thinking, just not very straight obviously. These spells must have done something to his brain, that has caused him to start believe in aliens and a Goddess.

As Shearma continued to ponder over these things, her husband spoke up.
�Do you not get it? There is a Goddess out there watching over us, and the many other races out there. We are not alone. There is more then one planet in this universe. And it is our jobs to find those other planets and extend the Hevordah to many other solar systems.�
Shearma just shakes her head at how strange her husband is sounding.

�Honey, listen to yourself! You�re claiming the impossible! There are no other planets out there. Even if they were, where are they? Our planet is located in a nebula; planetary scans show no other planets in this nebula. Pictures taken from the most powerful telescopes on Kriekaal don�t show anything but a huge puff of gas out there.�
�And how would you know this?!�
Amy just laughed at this comment. �Honey, I work for the scientific lab & exploratory studying the nebula if you�ve forgotten.�
�Oh�right� I�uhh�forgot�� said Qullum. He then playfully looked at his wife but then immediately went back to a serious manner.

�But still Shearma, there is life out there! I know it! I heard the Goddess herself say so!�
�Then where do they live Qullum? Tell me that, where?� At this point Shearma was getting upset at her husband.
�I told you! They are on another planet in another solar system.� Said Qullum trying to argue his point. �When I had my Last spell I did manage to make out that the voices, whom I will call the Shar�Tol from here on out, mention something about �Warp Gates�, and they mentioned that these �Warp Gates� can lead you into a whole other solar system. From just a few light years away or many, many light years away.�
�Qullum� began Shearma, �this just isn�t possible. We have run scans after scans and studied the nebula, there is nothing out there but different gases.�

�You are right and wrong about that. To you there are only gases because you aren�t scanning on the right frequencies.� At that, Qullum grabs a H-Padd and inputs some information. �Here, take this to the exploratory tomorrow and scan on these frequencies and at these coordinates. There you will find the Warp Gates that the Shar�Tol were talking about.�
�Qullum, you know how I feel about this. And you know how everyone else is going to feel about this. They are all going to think you are crazy, here lately I almost think you are myself. But I will take this into the lab tomorrow just to prove to you that there are no �Warp Gates� out there. I�ll see you tomorrow, ok?�
�Sure thing,� said Qullum, �I will be here. Where do you expect me to go? They aren�t going to let me out of here till they find something wrong with me, which will not happen. Oh, and thanks, I appreciate what you are doing.�
At that Shearma just simply nodded and gently kissed her husband and left the room.

It had been a long day for Gorgas family. Many hours spent in one single room today discussing the spells. Then Qullum thinking that there is a Goddess, and other planets, and races. It was all nonsense to most of the hospital staff. Even for Shearma herself, she could not believe it. It just was not possible. They were in a nebula and they were the only race, on the only planet in the universe. Or where they�

The next Day�

The day after Qullum discovered that he was supposedly remembering what took place during his spells, Shearma took the H-Padd her husband had given her to take to the exploratory to scan on the frequencies and coordinates that were indicated. Shearma being the team leader of her division barked out commands to everyone. She then took a sip of Vordian Tea, which could only be found in the most remote parts of Kriekaal. Then she walked over to Cadet Jotag, who happened to be a long time friend of the Gorgas family, and made a special order.

�Jotag, delay your assignment for now. I got something a little more important for you and I to work on. I need you to set the long-range scanners to run a multi transiting frequency at 137.82-5.�
�Yes ma�am. But where would you like me to scan?�
�Jotag, drop the formality, you have been working with me long enough to know that you do not have to call me ma�am while on the job. Shearma will do just fine.�
Jotag just grinned evilly then piped up in a sarcastic way; �Yes ma�am��
Shearma just gave him a look of death if he had ever seen one. She then said, �Ok, enough witty remarks for now Jotag. Back to the matter at hand. Set the scanners to scan the coordinates of 192 mark 13.5-7. Prepare to initiate scanning. Do it Jotag.�
�Aye Shearma,� he said in a professional tone, �initiating scan. The scan should be done in about 25 minutes.�
�Thanks, now we wait��

20 minutes later�

�Scanning is complete Shearma, results coming in at scan-station 7.�
�Alright, lets see if my husband knows what he is talking about then.�
Shearma stood up from scan-station 1 where she normally works and walks over to station 7. She swiftly punches in a few codes to unlock the station and she starts pondering over the information being brought in by the scans.
�Well this all seems to be in order, nothing that we have not seen before; gases, a few space rocks, more gases.� Shearma continues to look over the information which seems to all be normal readings. Then she spots something not so ordinary.
�Jotag, come look at this, tell me what you see.�
Jotag left his station he was working at and walked over and lean over Shearma�s shoulder to view the information she was looking at.
�What the�what is that?�
�I do not know, I was wondering the same thing, it appears to be the usual gases� but they are more concentrated then usual; and they appear to be swirling in a way. It is as if there is a Vortex (tornado) in space at those coordinates. I wish I could get a more detailed scan, but technology at this point will not allow it. Ok, I want you to do every possible scan on all frequencies and resolutions and run a level 1 diagnostic. I want to have a general idea of what these are by the time I return.�
�May I ask where you are going?� said Jotag as Shearma picked up her jacket and walked into the lift.
�I am going to the hospital to speak to my husband. I will return shortly.� At that the lift doors shut and Shearma headed to the hospital.

Arriving at the hospital Shearma headed for her husband�s room.
��Another fire as broken out at the mining plant in Ku�lah killing 3 and injuring 22 others as an uprising of Hevordag terrorists have set a bomb in facility 25. That is the news update for the hour, I am Zor�ka Mi�cle signing off.�
Shearma arrived to find her husband playing with their son.
�Hey� said Shearma as she leaned over and gently kissed her husband. She then picked up her son and gave him a hug and a kiss, �And how are you big guy?�
As Qullum reached for the holo-control to shut off the view channel he began to speak, �I am doing just fine.�
Shearma rolled her eyes and in a frustrated voice she replied, �I was talking to Jr.�
�Mom! Guess what?! I beat dad at Galactic Chess!�
�Well that�s great honey, but let me in on a little secret, I can beat daddy at Galactic Chess.�
As Qullum looked at his wife in a annoyed manner, he couldn�t hold a straight face, he had to smile at the comment, he then said, �Hey, how did the scans turn out? Did you find anything?�
Shearma slowly looked down to her hands where she held a H-Padd with the most current information from the scans. Qullum look down to her hands as well and then he reached out and grabbed the H-Padd. He began to go over the information in a hurry to see what she found out.
�Ha! I told you there were warp-gates!�
�Now wait just a minute Qullum. Just because there are swirling concentrations of gases� at the coordinates you provided� argued Shearma, � does not mean a thing right now. For all we know this could be just a common phenomenon!�
��Common phenomenon� what are you kidding me? Since when have you seen enough concentrations of gases like this in one sector of space to call it �common�? You do not know that for sure! It is just as likely to be warp-gates that the goddess spoke of.�
�True, you got a point there. But lets not jump to conclusions just yet. We have a lot of detailed scanning we have to do before we can make a assumption either way.�
�But you yourself are thinking that these are not just �common phenomenon�. You think these have to be something of significance.�
�How do you know what I am thinking or what I am not?�
�Well for starters, I have been married to you for 45 years, that is enough time to grow and understand what a person is thinking. Plus while you were gone Last night I had another spell. But it wasn�t a normal spell. After this spell I seemed to be able to read peoples minds. I tested it out on a couple nurses and I can indeed read their mind. I was able to successfully tell what they were thinking 9 out of 10 times. But also this time I controlled the spell. I understood the voices, the conversations. They were�the conversations of everyone on Kriekaal. I- I am telepathic now Shearma. I don�t know how but I am.�
�This is�this is amazing. I never thought this would be possible, that it was only for the children in their stories. I cannot believe I�m saying this but�I am starting to believe everything you are saying. So far everything you have said has indeed come to be. The scans showed up mysterious phenomenon, you can read peoples minds now. This all is just�just overwhelming, but at the same time I can understand it all. But I cannot and will not believe those swirls of gases are �warp-gates� until I can get more detailed scans. But with our technology right now it doesn�t look like we can do that. We must get funding back into the researchers guild. We must begin to explore this system. Now I still do not believe there are other planets out there or other beings, but we still need to explore.�
�It is about time you see things my way. Ok, if you do not want to believe in other life that is fine, but in time you will see that there is life out there. In time you will believe.�
�Maybe I will. But for now what should we do?�
�Well Shearma, we first need to start up the research developments again. We need to convince the High Lord that there is a necessity to get into space, to explore this system and investigate those swirls of gases. I feel that each and every one of us have this unique power, we just have to search for it.�

Over the next 100 years the Gorgas family held numerous fundraisers to gather funds to provide the researching guild they opened. The High Lord laughed at their arguments and sent them away without ever a second thought. The Gorgas family did not allow this to get the best of them, but they more then ever tried to convince the public of the findings. They held rallies in public squares trying to gain members in the space program that they had named, �Gorgaspace, INC.�
Shearma and Qullum raised their son to be a great public speaker they thought him the ways of the goddess herself. The family uncovered and learned how to control their newfound powers. One day they would use these powers to help people; maybe not Hevordians, but possibly even other races in space. Yes, one day they would reach outer space; one day they would prove their High Lord wrong for turning them away. One day�they would explore the galaxy.

[Ragnarok]

Bump

No comments? No one read it? I guess that just shows I suck at writing!

[TerranC]

*blinks hard once or twice*

Eyes... Tired... So... many... Italics...

Good stories; keep em up.