Mirror Nat replied. "Well, I suppose I should let you get your crew in here to make themselves home, so I'll return to my own ship and check up on those other guys."
Mirror Nat turned to Nat and Sarah. "You guys aren't gonna be leaving any time soon, sadly. None of you are, just yet. I still need you all for the original plan, which is still set to go, just... modified."
Nat sighed. "What's the crazy plan now?"
Mirror Nat chuckled. "You're me, believe it or not. Admiral on the I.S.S. Firestorm, until you just so happen to be chosen to personally investigate the I.S.S. Lexington's destruction, discovering data suggesting the other Sarah and Krystal were working for the rebels (i.e. us) and soon finding them for yourselves, having barely escaped. Then you deliver them and the data to Anna Walker, you all replace her with our Sarah and such, Nat returns to the Firestorm, and then the two of you will use your respective new positions to coordinate your fleets to attack Leeta when the two of you unveil information suggesting that Leeta is gonna try to take the throne of the empire."
Nat shrugged. "What else?"
Mirror Nat continued. "While you guys are all busy with Leeta, our alliance will be making their way over to your universe and taking over your Andromeda Galaxy, kicking out your Admiral Nat and taking away all his power while we're at it. Oh, and don't be surprised if the Terran emperor has a... new guest when that all comes down. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if he ends up soon being discovered as having been working with your Starfleet (apparently), and having an all out uprising of his own to deal with, lead by yours truly, yourselves."
Sarah sighed. "That's great. You mind telling us who we'll be dealing with?"
Mirror Nat turned to Sarah. "Remember the simulation from earlier? Same for you. Oh, but Nat?" He turned to Nat. "You have the pleasure of commanding over some of your old friends, Sek, 11 of 14, and 8 of 14. Our versions of them, of course. They're kinda nasty, but let's just say, 11..." he chuckled to himself. "Well, I'll stop now. You know, don't you?"
Nat's jaw dropped. "No. I'd rather not."
Sarah shook her head. "I'm done now. Let me know when to expect another surprise simulation..."
"I just want to know why most of these plans so far usually revolve around me playing the part of a prisoner?" Krystal replied. "That simulation? Ended up a prisoner. Now you're wanting us to infiltrate a ship, using me as a prisoner to do it."
Mirror Nat snapped his fingers. "Damn, there goes that plan. How about we steal the weapons? No, wait, there would be too many ships to steal them all... oh, I know! We make it look like Leeta had me killed off as part of her plan to take control of the empire! Since Anna seems to love me, if she finds that data suggesting Leeta was trying to take over the empire, she'd go ballistic and probably go right to the emperor, thus turning the entire fleet on Leeta like we planned, while no one else is even looking for us in the meanwhile!"
He scratched his chin. "Although it might be best to keep our temporal shields online when it's all going down..."
"So what happens to us then?" Nat asked.
Mirror Nat replied. "I'll need you guys, in your ships, commanding forces in the 3 locations we have set for our Dyson Spheres to transition to your universe, so your guys don't start shooting at them and start a war that would certainly end in your destruction..."
Mirror Nat shook his head. "Oh hell no. We can't go to the Andromeda Galaxy in our universe, and can't jump to your Andromeda Galaxy directly from where we have them now in our universe either. We're gonna have to transition universes, recharge the omega power, then jump to Andromeda!"
Nat looked over at Krystal, a little worried, then turned to mirror Nat. "...have the systems in those spheres been properly aligned?"
Mirror Nat shrugged. "Eh, close enough."
Nat facepalmed. "You're gonna have to align those spheres properly, because if there's a risk of an omega explosion, you can be sure our Starfleet will be in there with an armada of ships."
Mirror Nat glared. "Try it, and you'll regret it. Trust me, we've run simulations, it should be fine."
Sarah facepalmed. "When, exactly, did you run these simulations? We just got the data an hour ago!"
Mirror Nat turned to Sarah. "Very true, but thanks to temporal manipulation, we've had it for weeks, perhaps months. Trust me, if time is a question, we've got it covered."
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"Had no intention to," she said.
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Sarah sighed. "So what now?"
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"I honestly don't know..." she admitted.
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"Thought crossed my mind," she said.
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Nat sighed. "What's the crazy plan now?"
Mirror Nat chuckled. "You're me, believe it or not. Admiral on the I.S.S. Firestorm, until you just so happen to be chosen to personally investigate the I.S.S. Lexington's destruction, discovering data suggesting the other Sarah and Krystal were working for the rebels (i.e. us) and soon finding them for yourselves, having barely escaped. Then you deliver them and the data to Anna Walker, you all replace her with our Sarah and such, Nat returns to the Firestorm, and then the two of you will use your respective new positions to coordinate your fleets to attack Leeta when the two of you unveil information suggesting that Leeta is gonna try to take the throne of the empire."
Nat shrugged. "What else?"
Mirror Nat continued. "While you guys are all busy with Leeta, our alliance will be making their way over to your universe and taking over your Andromeda Galaxy, kicking out your Admiral Nat and taking away all his power while we're at it. Oh, and don't be surprised if the Terran emperor has a... new guest when that all comes down. I honestly wouldn't be surprised if he ends up soon being discovered as having been working with your Starfleet (apparently), and having an all out uprising of his own to deal with, lead by yours truly, yourselves."
Sarah sighed. "That's great. You mind telling us who we'll be dealing with?"
Mirror Nat turned to Sarah. "Remember the simulation from earlier? Same for you. Oh, but Nat?" He turned to Nat. "You have the pleasure of commanding over some of your old friends, Sek, 11 of 14, and 8 of 14. Our versions of them, of course. They're kinda nasty, but let's just say, 11..." he chuckled to himself. "Well, I'll stop now. You know, don't you?"
Nat's jaw dropped. "No. I'd rather not."
Sarah shook her head. "I'm done now. Let me know when to expect another surprise simulation..."
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"I'm starting to see a pattern here..." she said.
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Mirror Nat shrugged. "Doubt it. Then again..."
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Nat and Sarah deadpanned to eachother, then to Krystal, then back to mirror Nat. Nat said, "really?"
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He scratched his chin. "Although it might be best to keep our temporal shields online when it's all going down..."
"So what happens to us then?" Nat asked.
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"Wouldn't it be easier to just jump them straight to Andromeda?" she asked.
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Nat looked over at Krystal, a little worried, then turned to mirror Nat. "...have the systems in those spheres been properly aligned?"
Mirror Nat shrugged. "Eh, close enough."
Nat facepalmed. "You're gonna have to align those spheres properly, because if there's a risk of an omega explosion, you can be sure our Starfleet will be in there with an armada of ships."
Mirror Nat glared. "Try it, and you'll regret it. Trust me, we've run simulations, it should be fine."
Sarah facepalmed. "When, exactly, did you run these simulations? We just got the data an hour ago!"
Mirror Nat turned to Sarah. "Very true, but thanks to temporal manipulation, we've had it for weeks, perhaps months. Trust me, if time is a question, we've got it covered."
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