Uncharted Space: Under The Microscope
Two forward shield plates began to extend and a swarm of Sisters were launched towards the vessel, but the Temple was cautious not to begin a firefight so quickly. After New Condia, and learning that the races in the galaxy at this time were inclined to be quite formidable, The Gathering used another advantage instead: Races were hesitant to open fire on non-contacted species without provocation. During this lull, it was possible to analyze them, study them, and hopefully learn of weaknesses. One unfortunate downside of this theory was just that - It was only a theory. And all theories need to be tested.
The Sisters surrounded various points of the ships, and swept sensors across the hull, weapons and other external systems available, compiling data in a slow, methodical manner. One Construct buzzed the bridge, and the being seemed confused. It could sense the organisms were there, but not see them, or any external visual systems. While windows were structural weaknesses, and it was safe to assume some space faring civilizations thought along those lines and not built them. But there were no sensory modules for sight, non at all. The Sister looked towards them, and flung out it's four orbiting blades to it's sides, hissing and metallic reverbs detectable along the hull. Then it flew off, losing interest.
Meanwhile, the other Temple had ceased operations, and prepared it's own weapons, ready to fight if they came this way.
Mars: Off World
As they all disembarked from the wheeled transport (which fascinated Sage to no end, that some space born races still used wheels), the two aliens were confronted by what appeared to be armed guards, who all bowed in a interesting and baffling manner to the aliens. "Well, I guess they don't completely trust us then..." Sage was not a fan of organisms with weapons.
Once they entered the room, the Warden stood to one end, smiling at the guards as they watched her every movement carefully. It didn't help that sher was almost nine feet tall, and she had to hunch a little to not hit her head on the ceiling. She removed her hood, and showed deep blue double irised eyes, large round lenses that seemed to make her friendlier in an unsettling way. In place of a mouth, she had three horizontal slits, one under the other and decreasing in size. They widened and closed as she breathed, and she had no nostrils to speak of, her face completely flat. Most fascinating of all, were the long, thick tubes coming off the back of her head, attached to her skin and intertwining among themselves, snaking into a bundle that went into her robes. They glowed slightly, and emanated a dull warmth.
"Right, now to get to business." Sage suddenly darted to a terminal, and a guard, startled, brought his gun to bear. "Whoah, eeeeaaaaasssy, boy." was all sage remarked, unheard by the guard. After an order was barked to let him continue, Sage got to work, analysing their language syntax, beams of light hitting various parts of the main body of the computer. He seemed baffled, however. "What's this, they lock down these things, even in the middle of nowhere? There is no way I could decipher it anytime soon. Are they expecting an attack or something?"
"Sage, the main monitor..." Tiy pointed, and showed him the scenes of victory and celebration, and the saddened faces of the captives, their despair obvious in the videos. "Ah. SO that explains that. Maybe." Sage turned, and ballooned a little at the Warden. "It seems they took those war like practices to the stars, as well. A fascinating circumstance. ANd distressing, too."
As another human pointed at herself and presumably other planets, making the sounds that probably were their names and worlds of interest, Sage commented yet again. "Iscandarian, that's an interesting name... Well, all is not lost. They are fighting each other, which means that the Yss haven't made themselves into a huge threat yet. There's still time to retrieve your Armor, and stop all this nonsense. And as long as these creatures aren't using magic, this should be a simple sweep."
"Agreed. Now, a way off world may prove difficult. I will ask them now." Tiy pointed to herself, and then the space plane, making weird, gurgling sounds out of her mouth in an attempt at speech. It sounded like "speasce phlune", and she made a flying motion, showing urgency in her actions.