An Endless Voyage continues
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Excalibur, Mess Hall, Lee and Jackson command staff present as well
Once everyone had finished eating, Maya stood and proceeded to the front of the room near the galley. she pressed a button on her communicator to link with the ship's internal comms, and then began: "Well done, all a' ya. That was a rough one, but y'all did yer jobs perfectly. Ah wish Ah could say it gits easier from here, but ah caint promise that. AH wish AH could say we got 'em licked, but truth be told, ah reckon 's gonna git a lot harder fore it gits better, but ah couldn' be prouder a' each an' ever' one a' ya. S' lets relax, enjoy this small victory, an' git back t' work. "
After that she went back to her seat as the cooks brought out seconds for everyone, and began passing out trays.
THere was a lot of grunting and shouting approvingly throughout the room. Excalibur people chanting alegiance to Maya, while the earthship crews spoke of how thats what the dickheads get for messin with Dixieland. and a few even hummed 'to arms in dixie' as well.
Mike was seated next to Erika whom he'd been spending a lot of time with lately whenever his duties as captain of the Jackson allowed it. Being the introvert she was, Erika wasn't exactly the most cheerfully enthusiastic person in the room, but she was certainly just as pleased as everyone things were going so well. She was certainly no Maya when it came to looks, but since Mike had taken an interest in her, she did take extra time caring for her appearance.
see babe, I told ya we'd get em." Mike said
"Yeah...I never doubted Maya." Erika said "its just...these Xians...There doesnt seem to be any end to them."
"Yeah." Mike said. "But we gotta keep fightin...not just for Dixie...but for everyone's sake."
he paused then"I got a surprise for you babe. You know that stuff Doc Natalie invented...well...I got the shot...for you, my sweet."
"y'you want...i mean I thought you just wanted anal..." Erika said. "I /am/in heat but...well strictly speaking I need Maya's permission."
"Do it." Maya said. "Love knows no bounds on this ship,an' s' long 's Ah sit in that chair it never will."
"Thank you." Erika said.
"I love you Erika." Mike siad. "I want you to have my pups...I realixe as Maya's bondsman you cant come home to Dixie when this is all over...but I'll see you as much as I can. I still have the Jackson afterall."
"I love you too Mike." Erika said. "You showed me true happiness for the first time in my life. Lets go back to my cabin sweetie."
"Anything for you." Mike said. and with that they left.
"hes in fer a treat." Maya told everyone at the senior staff table. "Erika aint 's shapely 's me 'er Ashley, but she fucks lahk a bear."
Seeing Aisa make a 'yeah right' face, Maya quickly added "well not quite...but close enuff."
"Ouch." Molly said.
"Hardly princess." Maya said. Aisa's rough, but 's fun.,"
She goosed Molly hard in front of everyone making the little badger squeal and then chirr delightedly as Maya's thick furry finger buried itself up her tight little badger butthole to the hilt.
After a bit of idle conversation Maya withdrew her finger, and Tom grabbed her arm and licked her finger sucking it hard before Maya could do so herself. then they all made smalltalk till the meal was over, and Maya headed to the gym to spar with Tom.
They had just gotten started when Kayla's voice intterupted them on internal comms.
"Red alert Admiral Maya to the bridge."
Maya hurried off immediately, replying on her communicator as she went.
"Whats 'is about commander." she said taking her seat.
"Gravitic anomalies." Kayla reported.
"Dozens of them ma'am." Molly said. "It would take roughly 215.3 years to go around them, pushing the engines beyond safe limits."
""s we punch it through." Maya said, "use the hyperspace window 's a safety bubble."
"No." Kayla said. "The anomalies are too thick. THe gravitic shear would rip the engines form the hull."
"But it would take years at sub=light to cross it." Molly said.
"Not if I reconfigure the shield matrix." Callie said. "Its a longshot...but maybe...got it...now repolarize the hull....ok we're good as can be. "
"Transmitting to the earthships." the acting comm officer said. "they have it."
"Contact in three seconds." Molly anoounced.
At first it seemed to be working. the ships entered the anomalie field without any trouble aside from minor turbulence, but then about halfway through, things went bad. the lights flickered and the ship shook like crazy, feeling like it was coming apart around them.
meanwhile the turbulence actually helped Mike.
"What do you think that is." he said trying to hit the right angle again.
"no idea." Erika said. "but probably nothing." she humped back hard "Up and in sweetie." she instructed.
The ship lurched hard just as Mike tried again and the force caused him to hit the angle right and hilt himself in erika's fortune-cookie.
.bridge.
Kayla fought to keep control of the ship, struggling to keep them on course, but in the end it was futile. The shaking finally began to smooth out, but only because the engines spun down, flooding out with insufficient power to maintain rpms. Engineering reported a flame-out on all three main engines moments later. THe power loss had dropped them to sub-light, but the lights were out, and emergency lighting had only now kicked in.
A check of the comm informed Maya the earthships were a little better off being less advanced, but mostly were in the same condition.
Life support and emergency lighting were on a separate backup system, and that system was fine, for the moment, but aside from that power was extremely limited.
"Bridge t' engineerin, any chance a' restart?" Maya asked
"Not till we fix the problem." Tina replied. "we got enough reserve t' spin 'em up once maybe twice, so we got to be sure it will start."
"Understood." Maya said. "What 'bout emergency generators?"
"online but nowhere near enough power "Tina replied. "I can give you maneuvering jets, but thats about it."
"What about hull platin', shields 'er weapons?" Maya asked
"Hull plating...possibly, shields not a chance." Tina replied. "Autocannons maybe. nothing more."
"Understood." Maya said. "How 'bout basic power?"
"Limited." Tina said. "food Refrigeration, limited lighting and comms power...but you'll have to use hot water very conservatively. The life support has its own backup system so no worries there, for now at least."
"Understood." Maya said. "get it fixed quick 's ya kin manage."
...
A half hour later, Maya had reports from the other ships detailing what was and wasn't working, and they had managed to stabilize their course enough to meet up with Excalibur.
THe next few hours were spent distributing supplies so that all three ships had at least basic functionality. Maya had also ordered a fighter squadron to perform a combat patrol to give early warning of any enemy vessels, and therein came the problem. Sarah detected what could be a ship, at the extreme limit of sensor range, possibly Xian but too far away to be sure. At present it didnt seem to have detected them, but that could change.
Power being in short supply, meant also sharing showers. not merely using the same shower room, but the same shower stall, which was where Maya and her pups were now headed.
Normally the girls would shower with Maya while the boys would shower with Tom, but the power situation changed that.
Thankfully at least the water would be good and hot, and by transferring power away from unoccupied decks, the lighting was at full intensity as well. Maya helped the pups get naked, then she placed her sidearm and communicator in the 'keep dry' basket outside the stall, and then stripped off her clothes as well. She directed her pups into the shower stall, and then stepped in after them.
At that moment Mike blew his load hard in Erika's fortune cookie just as she climaxed for the fourth time.
When they finally came down off the euphoric high, Mike noticed the lights were dim and asked "What do you think that is?"
"Could be any number of things." Erika said. "But we still have life support, so it can wait."
"Agreed." Mike said. "But what about my ship?"
"If there were anything major wrong with the Jackson, Maya would have contacted you." Erika said. "lets just enjoy the moment."
"okay." Mike said. "Now that you /have/ to be pregnant, what can I expect?"
"Canid marriage customs are complex if thats what you mean." Erika said. "Maya can conduct the wedding..but we need special collars...and it /will/ hurt."
"Thats exactly what I want." Mike said. "Be mine...always and forever."
"Always and forever." Erika replied.
"I want to do this as soon as possible." Mike said. "What can I expect?"
"Estrus is sacred to us." Erika said. "We are pagans, we worship many deitys, and the goddess of love and fertility will be invoked during the wedding. Maya will conduct the ceremony, which will begin with our being displayed for the crew, with her announcing that we are together, then praying and chanting for a bit, and partying, and finally the binding ceremony itself. Maya will speak some stuf, then we say our vows, and then she will say more, then nick our palms and bind us together in ancient canid tradition...with a cloth soaked in Honey...either her own, if she's in heat, or someone close to her if she isn't."
"SOunds wonderful." Mike said. "anything for you babe."
"What of your world?" Erika said. "Your career?"
"True, many humans are still closed minded, but legally they can do nothing." Mike said. "Dixie is a free country, where love knows no bounds according to the law. President Landry herself regularly has anal sex with her wolfdog, for that matter."
"But your command?" Erika said.
"It will be fine." Mike said.
meanwhile
As Maya and the pups stepped into the shower stall, Michael and Tom Junior both had their red rockets poking out of their sheaths, seeing Maya naked like that.
"Gods you boys are so weird." April teased. "caint keep it in your sheath can you?"
"Mommy smells so nice..." Michael said
"Yeah." Tom Junior agreed.
"Perverts." Chloe teased. "You think mommy's sexy."
"Haha yeah" April said. "You must want to pee in her butt. Make her have puppies."
"Shut up sis." May said. "Ah wouldn' mahnd eatin' maw's fortune cookie 'er butthole mahself y'know."
"After yer firs' heat, ah mahght take ya up on that, May." Maya replied. "You boys go on an' sniff, get yer curiosity satisfied, an' lets jus focus on gettin clean."
........
"Our engineer reports the same as yours, Excalibur." Dana told Kayla on comms. "Our main engines just sort of flooded out, with insufficient power to maintain rpms necessary for ignition." she paused. "Our reserves are good for now...but captain Mike should be apprised of out situation."
"Unfortunately Mike is preocupied at the moment." Kayla said. "I will tell him as soon as possible...but as for getting him over to you, well we dont have enough power for transporters, so the only option would be for him to borrow a fighter."
"Understood Excalibur." Dana said. "Its not that important yet, but if the ship you detected is indeed Xian..."
"Then we would send him over immediately." Kayla said. "How are your weapons."
"Same as yours." Dana said. "Well we did manage to charge the main cannon before we lost power...but that only gives us one shot...and then its autocannons only same as you."
"Understood." Kayla said. "Excalibur out."
the comm ended.
...........
When the combat patrol returned to Excalibur to refuel, Melody and the rest of the second group took off. Sarah wanted to be out there with them, but since the technicians wanted to do mantinence checks on her fighter, she relented, and followed Tom and the rest of the first squadron's pilots out of the fighter bay.
"Typical." Kara said. "You need to relax a little, Gunner."
"Yeah." Dawn agreed. "Flying is fun but you have to get some relief too." she paused then "you are in heat, afterall."
"Maybe she needs a good cum-enema." Tom suggested.
Sarah blushed deeply at that. "y-you would do...that?" she managed to ask.
"Of course." Tom replied. "You are a little on the small side but you are attractive...and Doc Natalie says it will fit."
"Yeah but....i'm...a honeysniffer...I like girls..." Sarah replied. "and that hole...eww...that is just gross."
"You let Maya play with it." Tom said. "I seen the videos."
"THats different." Sarah said.
"You need this, Gunner." Kara said. "He cant use your fortune cookie because the last thing we need is Excalibur's second-best pilot sidelined for pregnancy."
"Second best?" Sarah scoffed. "And who do you think is better?"
"Admiral Maya." Kara replied. "Or do you need to be reminded of the last simulator duel."
"Fine." Sarah relented. "But go easy on the lube. Let my anal glands do most of the work....I have no desire to make a mess from too much lube, and I certainly do not need an enema."
"Agreed." Tom said. "Bend over."
"Not here." Sarah said. "Lets go to my cabin."
"Lead the way." Tom said.
...................................
The boys were more than happy to sniff Maya, their rockets growing fully erect, with fully formed knots and dripping immature cum as a result. Then Maya did May's glands for her, and while it was a huge boner-kill for Michael who threw up watching it, it was just the opposite for Tom Junior. He moved in close so he could see and smell everything as his sister got her butt glands expressed. May was more than a little embarassed, but she was also glad her brother didnt think it was gross.
.......
Hank was busy watching his pups, while his wife was in engineering with the rest of the 'eggheads' trying to fix the problems with the ship. Normally she worked the transporters, but given there was insufficient power to use them, she suggested her skills would be of more use in Engineering, and Maya agreed.
............
"It just doesnt make sense." Tina said. "The engines are getting plenty of fuel, and the fuel is plenty volatile....but it just wont burn inside the engines."
"Its not the igniter module." Holly said. "I tested them and they all function properly."
"Maybe its the intake." Karen sugested. "The anomalies could have caused microflactures in the n1 compressor turbines which would bleed off compression...possibly enough to keep the engines from starting."
"Makes sense." Tina said. "And with the pressure loss, instead of clean burning deuterium oxide the fuel forms globules of raw deuterium instead of a finely atomised mist."
"Precisely." Karen said. "The fuel can not atomize properly, so the engines flood out."
"Ok lets get started." Tina said. "Karen take engine one, I'll take number three, Holly get number two."
"Agreed." they all said.
It would take time to determine if the n1 compressors were indeed the problem, and even more to repair them if they were, but at least it was a start.