This is my first attempt at this sort of thing... Lightning deserves credit for me trying... I hope you like it.


The Old Man looks solemn today... I can't blame him... It's been a full Cycle since He and our Brothers used the Trans-Dimensional- Vortex(TDV) to escape the dying Universes that had been our Home for Millenia.. to land in this strange and Hostile Universe... unarmed and unaware of the dangers present.
Strange...so many times he has told me.."This has been the hardest Cycle of my Life..convincing people who only want Peace and Tranquility... that it isn't possible in this Universe."
It shows on his haggard face..his hair white as snow... wrinkles from worry on his face..so deep they almost hide the counless scars from a lifetime of Combat.
I cautiously attempt to engage him in conversation.
"You look tired Admiral"
An eternity passes before he responds
"You have no idea old friend."
His voice sounds weak with a vague crackle to it
I have only heard that crackle once in all the cycles I have served with him. So long ago... when he returned from the first test of the TDV.
MIA for over 1000 cycles..presumed dead... he suddeny returned to his Capital... MysticCity.. only to discover a few of his most trusted and beloved Officers had overthrown the Empress Cephenrene... banished her from the Empire... claiming he had contacted them and given the orders himself.
The Empress and some of the most Loyal members of the Empire waged a most vicious war with the Traitors that only ended when he returned..and retook his Throne. The Empress refused to return.
A short time later She passed away.. but not before forgiving him for leaving her alone for such an eternity..
Everyone that knows him swears she took his heart with her.
He reverted back to the cold and brutal Warrior he was before he met Her... ruling with an Iron Fist..surrounding himself with only the most skilled and effective Officers... waging Brutal and Total War against any he considered to be petty Tyrants or "Weasels" as he calls anyone he considers devoid of Honor.
After his overwhelming Victory over one of the largest and most vile Alliances in that Universe... He abdicated his Throne...changed his name and used his TDV to move to another universe to retire in peace... He soon located and joined a most advanced.. peaceful (as much as possible).. and respected Alliance and became a recluse . I of course went with him.
He used his retirement to conduct research towards a more effective TDV... aiming to be able to transport large Fleets to other universes and return as he saw fit.
It was this research that saved us.

Obsession.... He called it research... I know better... Draconis could care less about the ability to travel between multiple universes and return any longer.... I know he suspected if he could master the intricacies of multi-dimensional travel..
he could also figure out how to master Time and Space.
All he lived for was the Obsession... go back to the point where he rushed himself... stop that first test.
Then all would be as it was........
In our new home... he quickly gained a reputation as an intelligent..honorable man.
Well learned in science and mathematics.. theoretical and practical.
A brilliant Strategist and tactician... a natural leader... blunt and straightforward... he said what he meant and meant what he said.
Regardless of any personal feelings... all who knew him.. trusted him... many didn't like him... even his closest friends found it hard to. But his loyalty was his greatest asset. He could ask anything of anyone and it would be granted.
If he asked... it must be most important.
All he asked for was Knowledge... all the knowledge of thousands of civilizations..tens of thousands of worlds.
It was given freely.
Turning his own HomeWorld into one giant Research Lab... with the most advanced micro-system accelerators.. Teleportation facilities... computer systems.. robotics.. nanite..cybernetic factories..
He compiled the sum of all the universes knowledge of Warp fields..black holes..particle physics.. graviton energy...anything and everything fed his Obsession.... and it payed off in a way.. not the way he Obsessed on..but it did pay off.
He perfected the Trans-Dimensional-Vortex... now it was possible to travel between universes..and return safely.
He shared this knowledge with his Allies.. and soon all were doing it.
Sharing all they learned with him.
The day his Obsession died changed everything for everyone....everywhere.