Adventures of an Ancient Space Battleship

The pair turned a corner. It had been a good hour or so since they had landed. Kiru spent the time looking around and taking in the surroundings. They were in the ruins of what had once been a prosperous mining town. Beneath their feet was a vast network of tunnels extending many kilometers into the crust. Here on the surface, however, the land was overrun with alien plants, and she found it was just a tad too warm. Making her quite glad she wasn’t wearing clothes. Kiru could just imagine how she would be baking in clothing. Thankfully there was a nice breeze to help keep her cool.

Megumi had been silent since they left, so she was a bit surprised when the winged woman suddenly spoke up. “We are almost to the trespassers camp.”

“Would you like me to cloak and scout ahead?”

“No need, I have eyes in orbit, and they aren’t equipped with anything that can hurt us.”

“Any idea if they are infected with that Bovi shit you told me about?”

“There is a high chance of that, but we will find out for sure when we meet them.”

Kiru nodded and the pair picked up the pace a bit. Although Kiru took care not to trip on the overgrowth and paid attention to the rubble hidden beneath them. After a couple more minutes of walking, the path opened up and they entered an area where the buildings had crumbled to dust, leaving a clearing in this section. On the far end of which was a large camp with metal structures, and a fence around the perimeter.

The ground around the camp had been cleared and she saw numerous bulb shaped plants growing in neat ordered rows. In one area she saw what looked like the start of a more normal farm. Kiru frowned, “Um, are those bulbs what I think they are?”

“Solunes, yes. Chances that the alien ground team were infected just went up.”

“Can you cure them?”

“There is the obvious complication regarding their immune systems but yes I can. Rebuilding their immune systems being the most time-intensive part of the process. I don’t have any directives however to cure them, if anything, the standing protocol is to do nothing. Of course those protocols were written in an age in which it was common knowledge that Solunes are carriers for the Bovi parasitic virus.”

“Does that mean you are going to reconsider that?”

“I’ll be talking with them first and deciding what is appropriate, but leaving them in place may be beneficial to us. The infected would happily work to cultivate the Solune plant and we can certainly use the medicines that can be made with it. Most of my supply was in long-term storage or synthesized via expensive synthetic methods. It’s not exactly sustainable.”

Kiru frowned, “I guess.”

“Don’t make a choice yet, we still need to talk to them.”

She nodded and looked out at the camp. It was built right next to a hill, and she could see what looked to be a mine shaft entrance built into the side of the natural formation. On one end of the camp she could also see what looked like the start of a spaceport. There was even a tower, freshly erected from prefab materials. It was likely a prefab built elsewhere, packed in pieces and assembled into the field for easy quick infrastructure.

The fence she had noted earlier was of a similar nature, built by a roll of sturdy wire secured to metal posts. Quick and easy to set up and clearly not meant to do anything more than deter pests. Leading her to wonder why they even put it up in the first place, it looked nice and helped complete the look, but did it actually serve a purpose? A question she pushed aside since it didn’t seem that pressing to answer.

They reached the gate without any opposition and were met by a mostly naked woman. The woman was short with horns on her head, large naked breasts, and hoofed feet. The first thing she noticed was the girl’s boobs, however, which looked swollen and inflamed. The nipples gapped a little. A fluid dripping slowly from the opening, her belly was marred by a few spots of peeling skin. Her face looked mostly okay, though, but one of her eyes looked irritated and cloudy.

“Um, welcome to our camp, we weren’t expecting visitors for another day so forgive the lack of welcome.”

Kiru blinked, “Um do you feel okay?”

The girl giggled, “My boobs are a little raw but in a good way.” then she turned to Megumi, “But I am curious as to what brought you two here.”

“I’m Megumi, this is Kiru. I wanted to talk with you since I am reactivating the shipyard in orbit and I’ll be in the area for a while.”

“I’m Ruthia,” she paused, “Although I don’t think the gate is the best place to talk. Come I’ll show you two to the hub. We can talk there.”

“The Hub?” asked Kiru as Ruthia turned to lead them into the camp.

“It’s a nice central place for the researchers and staff to meet, share a drink or meal and socialize. Not really much to look at, but what is around here?”

“I wouldn’t know, haven’t been here before.”

Talk died down for a bit, as they walked. Kiru spent the time looking around, noting how most of the girls were short like Ruthia. In fact it seemed Ruthia was actually on the tall side for this species from the look of it. She also didn’t see that many men, most of the people were female. Often walking around in just a skirt, which seemed to be the local fashion.

“So um, how big is this camp and where are all the boys? I’ve only seen like two?”

“We originally set up for a camp of fifty, but there was an accident awhile back. Some of the men went down to explore the tunnels, but there was a cave-in. Lost the entire expedition party, since then we have taken steps to make the underground safer.”

Megumi nodded, “Ah! That is why you said you weren’t expecting visitors for another day. You meant that replacements were arriving?”

Ruthia nodded, “Sure are, enough to replace the losses and expand the camp. There is a lot to study down here.”

Megumi gave her a look, “I’m sure you fudged some numbers on that report. Looking for more hosts I presume? Also out of curiosity was that cave-in really an accident or was it planned?”

Kiru missed a step, “Planned?”

Ruthia giggled, “Oh? I guess that means you two know.” then she turned a little more serious, “And yes it was planned, we orchestrated it on purpose. Removing the least useful hosts, and yeah we fudged a few numbers. No big deal, when the new hosts arrive we will be in a better position than before.”

Kiru gave Megumi a look, “That’s horrible.”

Ruthia countered, “It was necessary. If you haven’t noticed, the Solunes are in need. So long without proper caretakers has led to the wilds overtaking the fields. Many of our mother plants are in danger. These new Titari hosts will help us greatly in correcting that issue.”

Kiru wasn’t sure about that, but Megumi didn’t seem too worried. A moment later they reached the hub, and Ruthia led them inside. Where they found a number of girls walking around in just skirts, but a few were just naked. Fluids leaking from their swollen, reddened pussies.

A moment after they entered a side door opened and a young man stepped out, wearing only a shirt. His large swollen dick standing proudly erect, the tip having turned a dark purple, the rest of the thing was a dark shade of red. His left sack looked pitiful next to his much larger right, which was also discolored. After a second she realized the reason his left one looked so flat was because it was empty. She could even see the mark where a blade had cut into the flesh, but that must have been a while ago since it was partially healed. Seeing that her mind flashed to the past, as the memories her sister Erika had brought back to her surfaced. Recalling scenes where during checkups, men had their penises horribly abused, how she had even done some of the damage herself while under the influence of Iniri control. Were these Bovi doing the same?”

As if she was reading her mind, Megumi commented, “That was likely the result of the infection’s more dangerous phase.”

Ruthia gave the two a look, her face blank, “Um, what are your two on about?”

Megumi replied, “Kiru was staring at his wounded dick.”

“Oh? Yeah sadly it was damaged, such good genes, but half his sack started dying and the silly doctors decided to ‘save’ his dick by cutting out the affected tissue. That was really unneeded, but what is done is done.”

“Um his dick doesn’t look that good though,”

“Well it is half dead and it’s permanently erect. Jertik has been erect the entire month.”

Kiru blinked, “Why don’t you sound worried, that’s bad. It’s not good to be...”

“It’s fine.”

“Wait, do you mean you are leaving his dick untreated?”

Ruthia frowned, “Why would we treat it? It’s working, as long as it does its job properly it’s good.”

Kiru gave the man a look of horror as he walked over to the counter and started talking with the lady there. Only for Megumi to interject, “I know it sounds terrible, but his dick is in better shape than it looks. The parasites infesting it are keeping it from deteriorating and maintaining function. Give it time and it will heal.”

Ruthia nodded, “Yep treatment would be a waste of resources. Just like cutting out half his reproductive ability was a waste.”

Kiru gave the room another look around, as she sighed. These infected people had strange thoughts.

Megumi spoke up, “Why don’t we sit down and talk?”

Ruthia gestured at a table, and the trio sat down. Almost immediately a lady joined them asking, “May I get you three anything?”

Ruthia ordered a juice, while Megumi said no. Kiru gave the woman a look, noting she too had some marks from the Bovi, then taking a breath said, “Um, water.”

Their drinks arrived in moments and the woman left them alone to talk. Megumi opened immediately, “About the ship you are expecting, you mentioned hosts but before I allow that ship to land I need to know more.”

“Certainly, we need more hands to cultivate the Solunes. That ship won’t be enough but it will be a start. We figured we might be able to convince a couple more landings, but not more than that. So we took our time screening the candidates available with the framing of a long-term expedition. That way they were more likely to bring their family units with them. We hope for them to reproduce and form a proper colony. We’ve already been working to prepare and smooth out the recruitment process so that there would be fewer injuries. Cases like Jertik are regrettable, and with luck avoidable this time around.”

Kiru inquired, “Family units? As in children?”

“Well naturally, and it’s not like there aren’t children here already. A couple of family units came with the first group, we have some lovely kids here now. I think they are out playing in the gardens.”

“There are kids here?”

“Yep, three cute little girls and a lovely boy. He’s a bit lonely at times, but he is strong and healthy. We are sure he will be a happy member of the community when he grows up.”

The door opened and a younger woman stepped in followed by a man, his dick in full view. For a moment she looked at it, swollen, and erect but it seemed healthier than Jertik’s. Her gaze then jumped to the woman, realizing that her belly wasn’t just swollen she was pregnant.

Ruthia commented, “And of course there is also young Tama who is expecting her first child in a month’s time. I think it would be rather lonely without others in its age group don’t you think?”

“I guess.”

Megumi turned the conversation away, “I see so you need more hands for the Solunes. I’m not entirely against allowing that, but that is provided you make things worth my time.

“Oh? You have something you want?”

“I’d like a supply of Solune gel,” said Megumi.

“Is that so? Then I guess we are in a position to negotiate. What can you offer us, besides allowing our new hosts to land?”

Kiru wasn’t sure about this, but listened as the two started negotiating. Eventually, she started interjecting, trying to impose rules as she didn’t feel it would be a good idea to let the Bovi parasites to spread unchecked. Surprisingly the parasites didn’t fight her on those and even suggested placing warning buoys in orbit to alert ships trying to land of their presence.