The newly renamed "Terra" came out of hyperspace and made its way into orbit of the planet it was named after, being sure to hide itself from the local's scanning equipment and long-range visual detection. The locals were not yet Kardashev-1 and, while they had been to space and even had a small orbital station for research and many satellites of multiple types, they had not yet left their star system of developed any form of FTL, and so fell under the United Protectorate's mandate to protect without interference. Anthropologists had gathered enough data on the locals and planet that the UP was willing to test a few of them to see if they could defend their own world. This was especially important now that they had more than just cultural interference to worry about. As the crew would find out once recruited, a violent and ancient race had been awakened, and the UP and its allies would need as many ships and crew as they could get to stop them from dominating the galaxy once more.
Terra used her sensors to locate the captain and activated the nearby speakers. "Captain." she said, "we have just entered orbit of the planet, and I have synthesized multiple copies of my avatar to attempt to recruit the locals we identified as potential candidates. They all appear to have untapped potential in useful areas, and shouldn't be too attached to remaining on the planet."
Near the docking bay a dozen androids boarded a dozen shuttles, all identical, and a few minutes later left for a dozen locations on the planet below. The ship was designed to run on a small crew, despite its size, with robots handling most of the manual labor and the AI providing Sapient guidance when needed.
Many humans were identified by the United Protectorate's Anthropologists on Earth, humans which have enormous potential but no serious ties to Earth which would prevent them from leaving it for months or years. Terra, the ship's AI flew one of its avatar bodies in a shuttle to a remote location where she would meet them and attempt to recruit them. She told the humans about her mission to find recruits to help protect Earth and many other worlds from an invading race, and prove that she was more than she appeared to be by revealing that the woman they interacted with was an Android and that it possessed a particle beam pistol which was beyond this planet's technology. They would have 24 hours, one local day, to say goodbye and get their affairs in order before going to their "new job", as many told their friends and family, in space, which they wouldn't mention.
They were all promised that once aboard they would receive a medical implant to track their health and allow the ship to treat any medical issues they had, and would be trained in science and technology far beyond that of Earth. They would also be offered implants which could let them learn psionics and implants which could let them mentally access the ship's computer and control other networked technology, though those implants are not mandatory like the medical implant.
Once all crew had proven in VR trainers that they had at least some basic skills in a technical area, ship to ship combat, and interpersonal combat, they would set out for Setrin, a UP colony and military academy around 200 lightyears from Earth.
Terra used her sensors to locate the captain and activated the nearby speakers. "Captain." she said, "we have just entered orbit of the planet, and I have synthesized multiple copies of my avatar to attempt to recruit the locals we identified as potential candidates. They all appear to have untapped potential in useful areas, and shouldn't be too attached to remaining on the planet."
Near the docking bay a dozen androids boarded a dozen shuttles, all identical, and a few minutes later left for a dozen locations on the planet below. The ship was designed to run on a small crew, despite its size, with robots handling most of the manual labor and the AI providing Sapient guidance when needed.
Many humans were identified by the United Protectorate's Anthropologists on Earth, humans which have enormous potential but no serious ties to Earth which would prevent them from leaving it for months or years. Terra, the ship's AI flew one of its avatar bodies in a shuttle to a remote location where she would meet them and attempt to recruit them. She told the humans about her mission to find recruits to help protect Earth and many other worlds from an invading race, and prove that she was more than she appeared to be by revealing that the woman they interacted with was an Android and that it possessed a particle beam pistol which was beyond this planet's technology. They would have 24 hours, one local day, to say goodbye and get their affairs in order before going to their "new job", as many told their friends and family, in space, which they wouldn't mention.
They were all promised that once aboard they would receive a medical implant to track their health and allow the ship to treat any medical issues they had, and would be trained in science and technology far beyond that of Earth. They would also be offered implants which could let them learn psionics and implants which could let them mentally access the ship's computer and control other networked technology, though those implants are not mandatory like the medical implant.
Once all crew had proven in VR trainers that they had at least some basic skills in a technical area, ship to ship combat, and interpersonal combat, they would set out for Setrin, a UP colony and military academy around 200 lightyears from Earth.
