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  Front Matter

  Title Page

  Publisher Information

  Dedication

  Authors Note

  Note to Reader

  Names in Novel and Their Meanings

  Drinks and Beverages

  Amalthea One Layout

  Amalthean Team Members

  Enemies

  Amalthean Quests

  Amalthean Quests One

  Beginnings

  Questa

  Exhaustion

  Tom Under Trial

  Arrival of the Countess

  Pilot From The Storm

  Searching for the Greymaren Victims

  Searching for the Greymaren Victims

  Strike of the Yarrick Raider

  The Arrival of Vargons Daughter

  Crash Landing on Maldigri

  The Tristarcan Power Crystal

  Forced Trip to Arkanoss

  Generals End and a Newly Elected Chief

  The Return of Vargon and Her Outlaws

  Blunder Over the Empress

  Trouble on Trinott

  Back Matter

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  AMALTHEAN QUESTS ONE

  Jeri Dion

  First published in 2016 by

  ARTHUR H. STOCKWELL LTD

  Torrs Park, Ilfracombe, Devon, EX34 8BA

  www.ahstockwell.co.uk

  Digital edition converted and distributed by

  Andrews UK Limited

  www.andrewsuk.com

  © Copyright 2016 Jeri Dion

  The right of Jeri Dion to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1998.

  All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means without the prior written permission of the publisher, nor be otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser. Any person who does so may be liable to criminal prosecution and civil claims for damages.

  All characters appearing in this work are fictitious. Any resemblance to real persons, living or dead, is purely coincidental.

  Thanks to everyone who encouraged me to go on and create this novel.

  Past and present you know who you are.

  Jeri Dion

  Authors Note

  I would like to point out, that the characters in this Science Fiction adventure novel bear no relation name included to anyone living or dead and is purely the coincidental imagination of the creator.

  Jeri Dion

  Note to Reader

  1 Milon = 3 miles in distance.

  Milon is pronounced mile-on

  Names in Novel and Their Meanings

  Hourons pronounced Hour-on = 70 minons.

  Minons pronounced Min-on 70 Cencrons = 1 Minon.

  Cencrons pronounced Cen-crons means second.

  Dayon pronounced Day-on means a day = 25 hourons long

  Weekon pronounced Week-on means a week = 8 days long.

  Tomorron pronounced Tomorr-on means next day

  Mornet pronounced Mor-net means morning

  Level steps – steps between Levels/decks

  Drinks and Beverages

  Plicetar – Water.

  Coffeen – Coffee.

  Vardox – Vodka with an alcohol strong content. Just as refreshing and enjoyable at bars and by criminals and Pirates.

  Stavern – Champagne like drink can be intoxicating.

  Glassene – Glass (this has varied uses in a number of ways one is for holding drinks.

  Amalthea One Layout

  FRONT DECKS

  LEVEL ONE

  Organisation Deck

  Meeting Centre

  Resources Centre

  Slazer Emergency Cabinet

  Cruiser Emergency Hatch (10 Crew Life Pods stored here)

  LEVEL TWO

  LIFE DECK

  Life Ability Centre

  Medical Ability Room

  Laser Healing Unit

  Isolation

  Docking Bay Doors

  Medical Supplies Stores

  Vacant treatment Room

  LEVEL THREE

  Science & Agricultural Section

  Lab Gardens and Specimen Unit

  Experimental Science Room

  Saplings bringing on room (for seeds and plants)

  Computer Study Centre

  LEVEL FOUR

  Travelsport Centre (changes to Transpot when Amalthea crashes on Maldigri)

  Quarters for the Team Members on this level

  LEVEL FIVE

  Combat & Training Practice Centre

  Armed Combat Practice Centre

  Robot and Technical Section

  Gym and Sauna Rooms

  Shower rooms

  Recreational Rooms

  Vacant Rooms (2)

  REAR DECKS

  LEVEL ONE

  Escape Pods are kept at the rear of Amalthea One for easy access, so that this enables the team to head quickly from Organisation Deck to their designated Life Pod. (Design layout of Pods was by Marc Dayatso)

  LEVEL TWO

  Leisure Centre

  Drinks and Refreshments can be obtained here, this is where the Amalthea Team meet at first light, for the first meal of the dayon to decide what the dayon would entail.

  Slazer Supply Stores

  Stores for Blue Midges spare Components.

  Male WC and Sanitary Room

  Vacant Room

  LEVEL THREE

  Flight Hanger Bay

  Flight Maintenance Unit

  Suiting Up Room

  Cleansing Room (here the team cleanse after a messy Quest)

  Decontamination Centre

  Confinement Rooms (used for Criminals being escorted to Questa for trial or for crew that break the rules in duty).

  LEVEL FOUR

  ENGINEERING DECK

  Engine Room

  Electronics Centre (serving the whole cruiser)

  Engine Access Shaft (for maintenance)

  Main Weaponry Centre (incorporating repair centre and shut down for both engines and the cruisers weaponry in emergency situations).

  Ladies WC and Sanitary Room

  LEVEL FIVE

  Interrogation Centre

  Freight Hold (for supplies to be shipped to Questa)

  Main Food Supply stores (here is where the cruisers food is kept for future placing in the Leisure Centre Micro server).

  THIS IS THE DECK LAYOUT FOR THE AMALTHEA ONE.

  Amalthean Team Members

  Tayce Traun

  COLONEL TO THE TEAM

  (becomes Stavard)

  Daughter to Lydia

  Tom Stavard

  LIEUTENANT COLONEL

  (Husband to Tayce, Brother to Treketa)

  Marc Dayatso

  COMPUTER ANALYSING TECHNICAL OFFICER

  (True Rank Commander)

  Treketa Stavard

  NURSE

  (Sister to Tom)

  Lance Largon

  QUEST RESEARCH & INFORMATION OFFICER

  (Son of Jonathan Largon)

  Duncan Leyres

  NAVIGATIONALIST & CO-RELEASE PILOT

  MIDGE

  CRUISERS GUIDANCE AND MAIN OPERATION COMPUTER

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  TOMS DRONE & ESCORT

  (from his ship)

  DONALDO TYSONNE

  MEDICAL OFFICER

  DEAN ADDAMS

  CAPTAIN OF DELTALINE 4

  QUESTA BASE PERSONNEL

  GENERAL JONATHAN LARGON

  GENERAL IN CHARGE OF QUESTA

  HEAD OF THE COUNCIL

  (Father to Lance)

  LYDIA TRAUN

  ASSISTANT TO JONATHAN LARGON AND COUNCILLOR

  (Mother to Tayce)

  JAN BARNFORD

  SECURITY PATROL OFFICER

  INVESTIGATION DIVISION

  ADAM BURNFORD

  RESCUE MISSION PILOT

  (from the Research Colony, where he was an Officer)

  CRAIG GLENN

  SECURITY MISSIONS OFFICER

  DR PACLAN SELLECSON

  CHIEF DOCTOR & MEDICAL SURGEON

  THE INTERGALACTIC MEDICAL COLONY

  (Tayces Doctor)

  AIDAN LORD

  GENERALS ASSISTANT

  LYDIAS FIRST OFFICER

  QUESTA

  EMPRESS TRICARA

  EX INHABITANT OF TRISTARCUS

  HOLDER OF THE BLUE TELEPATHIAN CRYSTAL

  COUNCIL MEMBER AT QUESTA

  (Friend of Tayce and her Mother)

  CORDEC PARGLEN

  CHIEF DESIGNER & ENGINEER

  (of the Pollomoss Weapon)

  ADAM CARFORD

  GENERALS FIRST ASSISTANT

  QUESTA

  Enemies

  COUNTESS VARGON

  Enemy to all she destroyed

  SALLEN VARGON

  Countesses Evil Daughter

  LORD DION

  Notorious Leader of the Boglayon Tribe

  KARCMAN

  Sallen’s guard from KARCLAX

  NORGAN

  EVIL POWER SORCERER

  THE ARKARANS

  A GALACTIC RACE

  VARGONS OUTLAWS

  CRIMINAL RACE

  (Joined the Countess and her daughter Sallen to fight against Tayce)

  ROBANEA

  CONMAN & CRIMINAL

  PAYDARGON & SEVEN ASSISTING CRIMINALS

  Amalthean Quests

  Planetary Information

  QUESTA

  Headquarters Base

  Serving Earthon 2 and Spatial Travellers.

  Constructed by Man Power and Machine.

  Population 2,205 Men, Women and Children.

  Diameter of Base 400,000km.

  MICACER

  Research,Search and Rescue Colony.

  3000 milons across in diameter.

  It has an Earthon 2 type breathable atmosphere.

  It caters for every aspect of Research.

  It also caters for all search and Rescue Operations.

  Population + Personnel

  Roughly 360.

  INTERGALACTIC MEDICAL COLONY

  Caters for all Intergalactic Medical Emergencies.

  Diameter of Colony.

  Seven Square milons.

  Personnel 860.

  Constructed by Man Power and Machine.

  INTERGALACTIC CRIMINAL COURT COLONY

  Most Intergalactic Criminal Court Cases are held here.

  Constructed by Man Power and Machine.

  Diameter of Colony five milons.

  Law and Court Personnel 400.

  Supported atmosphere environment.

  VARGONS LAIR

  Home to the Evil Countess.

  Diameter 1 milon

  Once a dead Asteroid

  GREYMAREN SPACE STATION

  Originated Earthon 2 Questa Linked.

  Purpose – Space Exploration.

  Constructed by Man Power and Machine.

  Crew Personnel 460.

  Diameter four milons.

  The station has a supported atmosphere environment.

  MALDIGRI

  A paradise world environment.

  Weather conditions-Tropical .

  Diameter 4000 milons across.

  Atmosphere-Breathable.

  Uninhabited

  TRISTARCUS

  Home to Empress Tricara.

  Planetary diameter 4,900 milons across.

  Population 8,000.

  There is a city built on its surface.

  Atmosphere-breathable.

  GENUSLAN 2

  The Countesses new hideout.

  Atmosphere, breathable and tropical with hazardous conditions

  Diameter roughly 1.519 across the surface.

  Population-Countess Vargon, Sallen Vargon and 1 Vargon Warrior Army.

  TRINOT

  Colony/World

  Constructed by Man Power and Machine.

  Population-5680 Personnel

  Operating in the field of Hospitality .

  It is roughly the same size in Diameter as Neptune.

  Beginnings

  Space could be a lonely and hostile place at the best of times. But especially if you were a lone female twenty-four yearons old and your only companion was the cruisers guidance and main operations computer, that was there to just protect you in any oncoming life threatening situation.

  At the age of nineteen it had all started for Tayce Traun. Drastically, one night her home world, ‘TRAUN’ was plunged into a war that had been building for sometime. The peaceful existence of the 17,000 men, women and children of all ages, who lived their every dayon lives unaware they were going to be drawn into such a situation, began. It was a war of possession to the death. Life as a privileged Commodores daughter, was over. Suddenly she faced turmoil and shear dread.

  Two yearons of unexpected galactic war passed and most of Traun had been destroyed. By this time Tayce had reached the age of twenty-one. Her parents had called for a private audience in their living quarters below ground. They informed her, they were secretly having an intergalactic cruiser constructed for her safe escape of their surroundings as Traun looked like it was near it’s end. She would be classed as the sole survivor of Traun should she be the only one to escape the final moments of their world. Tayce was devastated at the news and felt like breaking down, but she knew she had to pretend to be brave, it had been instilled in her in her growing yearons to do so. Over the coming monthons it was vastly becoming obvious, that everyone of the home world was going to die in the agonising unsuspecting continuous bombardment, from the evil side in the war. Some had perished already. Two monthons after the cruiser called AMALTHEA ONE was completed, by coincidence the possessors in question trying to get their hands on the paradise beautiful world it once was, the evil Vargon Warriors, made their final devastating ambush of weapon fire at Traun. Buildings, parks, homes and many other special places to the Traunian inhabitants that were left after the previous attacks, took hit after hit and were destroyed in the mass of firepower.

  The Vargon Warriors struck their final blow in the dead of night, sending the whole planet into total and utter chaos. People died in their bunks, some being burnt alive unable to escape the sudden attack. Tayce had less than an houron to make it to the Amalthea One, so that she could safely leave what was left of her home. She was dragged away under guard from her Mother and Father’s mansion. The last she saw of her parents was in the falling debris of what was once the most beautifully designed structure on Traun. Marc Dayatso, Tayces Father’s personal aide and Commander, had the final job of making sure Tayce made it safely to the cruiser. He was a tall strong looking man and could more than hold on to Tayce in ducking and diving their way through the turmoil of the falling debris, fires and dying inh
abitants, around them. Upon arrival at the cruisers entrance Tayce tearfully begged Marc to go with her, as they had always been like a brother and sister to each other. But Marc ignored her pleas and pushed her aboard, he had his orders. She turned rushing back to give him a strong farewell hug, thanking him for everything, then ordered him to head for the nearest escape craft. Marc nodded in agreement, but he had obligations to the Commodore, Tayces Father, and once she was safe that was where he was heading back to. Marc raised his wrist communication device and ordered Midge, the cruisers main operations and guidance computer, once Tayce was inside the docking bay doors. To seal the cruiser and leave. Midge could be heard in his childlike male voice above the explosive din and humanoid cries, acknowledging. Marc stepped back and turned to walk away. He paused for a moment to turn and see the Amalthea One lift up off the surface of the bunker floor and head out into deep space. Once clear of the bunker the cruiser went into protection mode and took off into the deep depths of the Universe like a Slazer shot from a gun. Once Amalthea One was clear of what was left of Traun, Midge allowed Tayce to see what was left of the home world, that was once a place to call home. Tayce fought back the tears of anger and hurt at seeing the burning mass, that was once her birthplace, declaring that one dayon she would seek out the Vargon Warriors and the evil Countess and destroy them in a cruel agonizing death, the same way her people died.

  In the dayons that passed after Traun was left behind Tayce grew familiar with her new surroundings. Amalthea One. Midge showed her what he was capable of, and the fact that she was on board an exploration cruiser. Also what their surroundings were capable of, the speed of Hyper thrust turbo. This was the equivalent of Mach 3. It was powered by nuclear fission quick reaction engines (four in all), she was a match for anyone or anything that strayed into her path. Amalthea One was not only all speed and protection she was more and one of a kind, she was graceful in flight and shaped like the letter ‘A’ from point to tip, bow to stern. Her capacity was a crew of ten, plus three on board guests if need be. Main operations of the cruiser and many of the weaponry and guidance functions, were care of Midge being main operations and guidance computer. He had been designed by Marc Dayatso with a childlike male voice, with Tayces total welfare in mind. His childlike voice enabled him to communicate with Tayce on a humanoid level. He had also been given a very high IQ enabling him to take on the many on board functions and decisions, without the command of his new mistress, if she was unable to perform what was needed to protect the cruiser at short notice.