Bravo and his friends sat around a table waiting patiently when the door hissed open and Kid and his father walked in. The older man smiled at the boys as he and his son took a seat.
“Did you rest well?” He asked, “I hope you found your quarters adequate”
“ I slept like a baby.” Otto said, causing Nónanae to grin.
“We’re fine with our room, Thanks for letting us use it.” Bravo answered.
“You’re quite welcome, it's the least I could do after you helped my son.”
“Well, he also helped us out as well.” Data replied.
“Yes, he regaled me of the events last night” Nónanae said as he leaned slightly forward in his seat and clasped his hands together in front of him, “Now, as for this meeting, there are a few things to Discuss. One, I want to know more about your home world, and Two, we can discuss who we are, and whether or not you want a place with us.”
“What would you like to know?” Buck asked,
“My son said that you told him your world has no unified government or space travel, is that correct?”
Data nodded, “We have countries but no world government, and nothing like what you guys have in terms of space travel.”
“Interesting.” Nónanae was puzzled, Then he looked at Kid who shrugged his shoulders.
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“What’s up?” Buck asked, his eyes narrowing.
“We were just thinking, your planet is actually in a remote section of the known universe. The only civilization out in that area is the Partorems, and it isn’t well mapped.”
“The only reason why I stumbled upon it was because I made several blind jumps to escape an Imperial ambush, and they pursued me out that far.” Kid added.
“So this Empire you're fighting doesn’t even know it exists?” Delta inquired.
Nónanae shook his head, “Most likely not, or even the way to get to it.”
“We were thinking about moving our base out there.” Kid stated
“Having a bunch of ships flying around our planet would probably upset things very much.” Otto replied.
“It would at least cause a panic.” Data added.
“Well it wouldn’t need to be your system exactly” Nónanae clarified almost absent mindedly before shaking his head, “But it’s just an idea.”
“I wanted to ask you what you would have us do?” Buck blurted out, “What our jobs would be if we choose to join you”
Nónanae smiled, “That would be up to you to decide, and whether or not you want us to leave you somewhere or travel with us.”
“You're saying you would drop us off somewhere else?” Bravo asked
“Yes, we could release you on a planet of your choosing, even give you a very modest amount of supplies to start you off, but I wouldn’t recommend that for someone from a more,” He paused, “primitive society.”
“And we don’t have to fight if we don’t want to?” Buck inquired.
Nónanae shook his head, “While we need capable fighters, I’m not going to force that on you, besides some of you are too young to fight.”
The boys sat in silent contemplation for a few moments, but were stopped when Nónanae cleared his throat, “I don’t require an answer right away, you can take some time to decide.”
Bravo looked at each of his friends getting a nod in return from most and a shrug from Buck, he turned and opened his mouth to say something but was caught off when a loud pitched wailing noise filled the room.
Nónanae and Kid leaped out of their chairs just as the door slid open and a man came running in, followed by Hergist.
“S..Sir!” The man gasped “Imperial ships have entered the system, their launching fighters and shuttles.”
Nónanae spat something in an unknown language, “They’ve found us already.” He then turned to Hergist, “Get my son and these boys out of here.”
“Sir,” Hergist replied and ushered them out.
Nónanae, and the other man sprinted out of the room and down the hall. “Order our pilots to their fighters, tell them to escort the shuttles, and only engage the enemy if they try to attack them, and sound the evacuation alarms.”