Astra Pt. 09

He let Astra take him away and Astra held onto the younger man, "He is happy to see you did not get damaged by a GS engine, or taken by a future bot into another past. Gave him hope for the future. That would have happened 3 years ago. He wanted me to tell you a couple of things in private. Another bot did some serious modifications to his genitalia in order to need so many women.

He wanted to let you know you could have those, except the 30% nerve reduction as that one sucked if you want it, keep it to 10% or below. He also wanted you to know that his stake in Treven Engines was signed over to you yesterday. You are Josephine's partner in the business he bought into it years ago when the family got smaller.

He just ensured it did not fail before you were ready. He has been impressed with your work on improving the fuel consumption by 20% and getting the other line to 6x speeds as well. Still well ahead of what occurred in his timeline as that did not occur until the 30^th century by bots. He is proud you are your own man."

He looked at Astra, "What did he recommend?"

She smiled and handed him the list and he found his wives and showed it to them. They all nodded at that. He went off with Astra who fixed him up to fuck like himself. Just not as long. Within a year he added a fourth wife and Astra sent him a candidate that was not related to him; as she knew him best. He laughed and met the woman who did hit it off with all of them.

Jack backed away from his 'other' life. It was several years later when the wives came to him after Katlyn's passing; only a few days prior. Velma and Pela had passed 20 years earlier with Olivia 7 years before that.

He looked at them, "I know what you are going to say. She left me a message saying the same thing. Respect her and the others. Find another wife or 2, you Big Ox."

The ladies laughed and hugged him as they knew he was at least thinking about it. His new Dreadnought class ship with a new battleship was finished. He introduced a new fighter and bomber line to go with them. He Built Camelot. A 24-pilon Colossus dreadnought base built with a caterpillar VII rig housed inside.

It was twice the size of the original Colossus and modeled after the original Excalibur design. He built the Excalibur Battleship after retiring the miner with that name. With its 12 engines and ski-based legs for connecting into the docking mechanism. They could expand to connect into any existing Dreadnought base if required. He had increased power cores for this unit and going forward to 1,000 terawatts and 1,200 terawatts units.

With new power couplings and advanced multi-layered heatsinks. It still employed the same number of engines, larger in size, but the wormhole drive was spread across 24 pylons extended out and retracted from above each engine in two directions each. He ensured these were retractable into the ring when not in use. They were made of stable metallic-hydrogen and not the alloy he had used in the past., yet they all had the black powder coating.

What he used on his shuttle in the seven years of hell without the coating. He had not heard from the Drakor since the day they left. He had not tried as he had not discovered any more of their technology. He checked every system they traveled too and every time they traveled to them.

He told his wives, "Time to go in search of wives. He got them loaded onto his new ship and Astra felt more at home than she had in years. This base could mine and had 400 fighters and 20,000 drones. Manned almost exclusively by his progeny of one level or another. He had 24-tier 9 telepaths and 24-tier 9 telekinetic practitioners on board.

Along with 2-tier 10 empaths. Jack was considered a tier-12 in both and a tier 8 Empath though these facts were a secret from all except his wives. His wives were counted in those numbers though they were all closing in on tier 10. All except Aiko who was one of the tier 10 empaths. She evaluated and trained Jack in this as well.

They finally had 800 Hybrids in service. Only 600 worked in the Home Guard fleets; the others were known presences in their respective colonies. Most in the Home Guard were still 'strictly' humans. His skills continued to grow and he did his best to hide it; most did not know he was higher than tier-10 in either discipline. Let alone there were levels above tier-10 in their skill system.

He did his best to hide his growing skills, until today. He looked over and set launch controls to his station. He had moved away from the planets because of the size of the wormhole being generated.

He focused on his destination. It was small, brief, but he had the location. He ramped it up and with the assistance of the others, almost 400 of them, sent the ship through. They were in the wreckage of hundreds of Drakor ships. Some were white with red stripes. He saw the planet. What was left was split in half. Like Hades had hit it. He was soon met by 4 Drakor Capital ships. He heard, * Dispenser of Justice. You are a long way from home. *

He looked around. Jack thought, * I have a feeling this was your home. *

He heard back, * Yes, once. You were not wrong in our blades represented a class system. You predicted this was likely. Everyone lost. *

He asked, * How long ago and how long was this war? *

Justice Incarnate spoke to him, * Multiple Millennia before your arrival back in time. This last battle lasted 2.4 of your hours. You and your race have been the fastest to ever graduate. We spend our time staying in balance. Helping other races to see that this disaster is not the way.

Not all Drakor have blades these days. We adopted the model you use; unbeknownst to you, long ago. We had incorporated it to save our people. We let the sword get ahead of the shield.

Our new world is far from here. I could feel you reaching out to me. I had felt your power grow. I knew it was time to show you the truth. We work to save others because we struggled to save ourselves. You have jumped out of your known Galaxy.

The first hybrid to ever come here. We owed you the truth after that testing the other Drakor put you through. They were from another timeline and they were impressed by your ability and drive. *

Jack thought, * My words hurt you and your people more deeply than I knew. It was a reminder of this. *

He heard, * Yes, but we were also proud of you for having the right answer for your people. Then you have continued to live that; even today. Return to your ladies. You have another wife or two to find. *

He thought * Humanity is still nowhere near ready for this level of technology. Nothing will be touched. *

Jack heard, * We know. *

The four ships disappeared as quickly as they had appeared. Grace and Sprits looked at him. Aiko spoke first, "Where in the hell is this?"

He looked out, "We are looking at the true future humanity has avoided thus far. Forgetting to keep the sword and shield in balance. Why the Drakor do what they do is in front of you. This was a war. This battle lasted less than 3 hours. The sword got ahead of the shield.

The swords were a class system once. What I said was not their future but there past. That we would do it differently. When in fact we have been doing it the way they have been since they did this to themselves.

I had not heard from Justice Incarnate since before going into the ship to be 'Judged.' We are the first hybrids to ever come here. This is there past and our secret within the Home Guard. Not to be shared with other race hybrids.

When they are ready; they will find their own way here. Astra put all data on this location, and information on these events into the protected archives; offline. To be only accessed by the Eternal council; 5 our 6 from the council in agreement to bring this forth as a learning tool.

Get us cleared of this debris field and we will jump to our intended destination. I brought us here. I reached out for Justice Incarnate and he showed me this location. Like I do with others in the Home Guard to learn their location."

He sat down as Sprits climbed into his lap. She hugged into him, "You now know why we must remain vigilant."

He nodded, "Yes, now we all know. We earned the right to know. This was the graduation."

There ship winking out as it left this system and this uncharted galaxy behind.