The Imperial Space

The Red Queen was rather surprised, because if she didn't do it now when the Nanomachines were still in the process of awakening, then she wouldn't have enough power to sever the connection. 

For such a thing, she wasn't advanced enough.

As they were continuing their journey to the territory of the Eternal Imperium of Asurya, Arcturus started slowly opening his eyes, as he attempted to sit on the bed. 

Contrary to what he expected, he didn't feel tired or any pain at all; one could say that he was in the most pristine and best condition that he had ever been in.

He was feeling excellent, strong and full of vitality.

This was the work of the Nanomachines within his body. 

"How long was I out?"

He asked as he looked through the windows, noticing that they were in different Star System, considering the fact that they were right now in Binary Star System.

"Master was unconscious for 49 Hours, 12 minutes and 22 seconds altogether. I have been monitoring master's body after he injected himself with the Synergy and Neural Extranet Terminal Gene Implants were created by the Nanomachines."

Instantly the red holographic projection of a little girl appeared in front of him, as she started explaining what had happened during the time he was out. 

While he was disturbed that the Red Queen decided to hijack the control of the Nanomachines within his body, but at the same time, it wasn't that bad, because if not her, then he would still have the connection to the Eternal Imperium of Asurya.

As it was another way for the regime to gain the ultimate control of its citizens.

Altogether, they had, right now, contraband for approximately 70,000 Universal Credits and two bounties to be claimed in the overall worth of 55,000 Universal Credits, making it 125,000 Universal Credits.

This was already a decent amount; it was nowhere near to buying an advanced spaceship from a space nation as advanced as Imperium of Asurya, but it would be enough to buy some equipment and, most importantly...

Droids. 

While teleporting technology was good, it also consumed a lot of power from the engines because the energy output for successful teleportation was big, and teleporting large amounts of cargo was even worse.

So, for that, Arcturus needed Droids, which would be controlled by Alice to do all the menial jobs; for now, the basic Working Droids and Mining Droids would do the job.

With the remaining Universal Credits, he should be able to buy also some additional equipment and food. The last thing was one of the more problematic matters because, within the spaceship, there was nothing to eat or drink. 

Fortunately, due to my strengthened physique, he could be without any food or water for a prolonged time; any longer than ten days would be bad. This metabolism of people with superhuman physiques was fast and Arcturus needed a lot of food and water to remain in the best shape.

"We are now one hour from the Rylos Star System, which is the nearest Imperial Outpost of the Eternal Imperium, including the Trading Hub with nearby civilizations and space-faring nations."

Now, as he heard that, he needed to get clothed as he then looked into the mirror, mildly surprised by the changes in his appearance. His skin got a bit paler, his hair looked like literal shining gold and his eyes turned from original electric blue to shining purple.

At the same time, his teeth were getting a bit sharp edges and he noticed that his entire physique got more muscular and compact at the same time. 

After wearing his clothes, he started assimilating the information that could be, with the certain help of Alice, loaded directly into his brain. However, the process was rather painful and gave him powerful headaches. 

Still, he at least managed to obtain the basic information about the new reality he was in and the major players. At least based on what the two pirate bands had in their data banks, which, for some sort of common sense, was actually enough.

In one hour, they arrived at the Rylon Star System, and the moment they arrived, they received the transmission in the Galactic Common.

"Ship of unknown origins, this is Command of the Starfort Lycurgos of the Eternal Imperium of Asurya; identify yourself or be destroyed."

The moment they received the transmission, Arcturus understood everything because one of the first things that got uploaded into his brain was the entire Galactic Common, for starters, and after that, the Asuryani Language.

"This is Obscurus, an unaffiliated ship. We wish for docking and registration."

Aside from that, Alice even sent them a video recording with an official request for registration for Arcturus, as he was of the Asuryani Species without Citizenship. Such thing albeit very rare, tended to happen for the Asuryani that were born outside of the Imperial Space.

Mostly for the researchers, colonists, or people that were specifically sent to missions outside of the Imperial Space for a prolonged period of time.

"We are processing the request Obscurus. Dock into the Northern Quadrant, where the Officer of the Imperial Administration will await you for the registration."

The entire Starfort Lycurgos was a humongous space fortress that looked rather like a city than a fortress due to its enormous size. The diameter of the thing was certainly more than thirty kilometers for sure. 

These humongous, massive, mobile space fortresses were capable of all methods of traveling in space.

They had inbuilt Sublight Engines, Hyperdrive Engines, and even had special devices capable of Wormhole Travel, which was probably the most advanced method of traveling the space as it was instantaneous travel.

Arcturus knew that this was Aegis-Class Spacefort, one of the best in the Imperial Military.

These things were vital for the Imperial Navy as forward Fleet bases and they were also essential in the Imperial Strategy in defending their border Star Systems.

While the Imperium had a policy of fortifying every single world to ridiculous extremes, they were also making use of the Space Fortresses in case there was no suitable planet that could be turned into the Fortress World.