an endless voyage continued ch 12
On the bridge of the mining ship, the captain and his crew looked on as the massive heavy dreadnought maneuvered into position to dock with their largest and most structurally reinforced airlock. They noted the insignia of a canine vulva in heat painted on the hull, and made idle conversation about it. Some crewmen voiced their concerns about towing their heavy ship, but the chief engineer assured them that based on their scans Excalibur had more than enough engine power to produce the necessary thrust, and could easily generate a large enough hyperspace window to do so.
"We have to repay the favor somehow captain." the sensors officer said. "She's a kuvasz like me, and we kuvaszok take care of our own."
"I plan to give them all the data we have gathered on the Expanse in our time here." the captain said.
"Not enough." the sensors officer said. "We should offer our help, ask to join her fleet. We could provide them with a supply line sir."
"Commander, they will be heading into battle with the very enemy we have worked hard to avoid." the captain said. "To join them would place this ship in danger."
"No more than we are already in." the sensors officer said. "This Expanse is full of Xians...we are sure to run into them in our continued attempts to get home...I dont know about you, but I'd much rather have a heavy dreadnought and two battlecruisers on our side when we run into the Xians, sir."
"Good point." the captain conceded. "I promised to get us home though...and Maya is headed deeper into the Expanse."
"Respectfully sir joining with Maya is our best chance of getting home." the sensors officer said.
"Very well." the captain relented. I'm on my way to meet with Maya now, I will offer our services." He left his comm officer i command, and had his first officer and security officer accompany him to the transporter.
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Maya met them in the transporter room. she had Callie and Kayla with her. "Welcome aboard Excalibur." Maya said. "If'n y'all'll follow me, we got a lot t' discuss."
The crewmen of the mining ship nodded, and Maya led them to the conference room. Callie locked the door behind them, and everyone sat down for the meeting.
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On the bridge, the helmsman throttled up slowly, accelerating the heavy mining ship gradually to minimize stress on the docking clamps.
The two hulking ships linked together came about, accelerating on a course 180 degrees opposite their previous heading, but they would maintain sub-light speed until Maya gave the order to jump to hyperspace. The reason was obvious, the length and shape of the mining vessel meant that the hyperdrive would have to be recalibrated to account for it, which Tina was currently doing, and secondly because easing the ships into hyperspace would be something the acting helmsman preferred to leave for Kayla to do when the meeting was concluded. Sure Excalibur had more than enough engine power, but the tricky part was to not overstress the structural integrity of the mining vessel in the process.
Meanwhile in Sick bay, Doc Natalie kept Tom busy with intuitive work helping him learn valuable medical knowledge. When he had finished with May, his next task had been to see to the injuries of two crewmen involved in a sparring accident, and following that he had been tasked with palpatating alice for a routine reproductive exam, after which Doc Natalie did the same double-checking his work, followed by giving Hank and Karen's pups a routine checkup. This time he worked with Natalie to complete the task rather than her doublechecking his work. After that she had him assist her with several other routine checkups on crewmen of various races, and then gave him the less than pleasant task he had to do presently. Another of his daughters, April, was positioned as May had been, with her feet up in stirrups, but unlike May, April was not fond of having anyone observe her bodily functions, and it was clear she was not yet of age as her canine vulva was still the small immature shape of a pup's. April wasnt here for disimpaction though. That would have been ironic given how badly she teases May for her butt troubles, but that wasn't the case. She was here because she had accidentally swallowed a rather large gemstone when it had fallen off her collar and into her food, and Natalie wanted Tom to open her butt with a speculum and fish it out. It would also give him a chance to look inside her butt and see what a normal kuvasz rectum looked like inside compared to one with Megacolon, as he had looked up May's butt after disimpacting her earlier. April was one of the more human-looking pups. She had a double layer of wavy white hair, and her ears and tail had a typical kuvasz double-coat, but the rest of her body was furless. Aside from her ears her face looked human also. Her skin was light complected. Her vulva and anus were purely canine however, and were as richly dark pigmented as her mother's. The lack of fur anywhere but her ears and tail made it hard to see, but she did have a 'bitch stripe' although in her case it was in the form of darker colored flesh yet still lighter than her vulva and tailhole. Ironically it was her fancying herself a princess that had caused her to be in this position in the first place. Fortunately despite her outward appearance, April smelled purely canine, and for that, Tom was thankful.
"daddy I need to poop really bad." April complained. A fart escaped her canine anus despite her best attempts to clench tight. "I know princess, its ok, just relax>" Tom replied, as he lubed a large anal speculum. Closed it was about 3/4" diameter, but would open to about 5" or so when fully expanded. In spite of its size it was small compared to one used for adult kuvaszok. He set the speculum in a tray and proceeded to thoroughly lube April's canine anus in spite of her efforts to keep her tailhole clenched tight. "Daddy thats disgusting." April protested. "You got poop on your fingers." "Thats okay princess, you're gonna poop and fart lots when I open your butthole anyway just relax." Tom replied. April protested, but Tom slid the speculum up her butt anyway. The cool slick metal made April yip in surprise. It felt weird but not really unpleasant. Nonetheless she desparately tried to expel the intruder. Tom opened the speculum slowly, and smelly air rushed out as he gave april time to get used to the sensation as her tailhole was slowly forced open until it was as wide as it would go. April gagged and complained as intestinal muscle contractions forced waste and flatulence slowly out through the speculum where the waste dropped into the bucket below. The firm but malleable feces filling most of the speculum's diameter made it hard to see, but there was a small gap of about 1'2" or so around the top edge, and Tom used a medical light to look past it, trying to see the gemstone. the light eventually glinted off something deep inside which had to be what he was looking for, so Tom cleared the speculum with a waste scoop, and then passed a 1" hose through the speculum and deep into April's colon until it was behind the gemstone, then he opened the valve and a rush of warm water filled the pup's large intestine and began to wash her waste out through the open speculum. Tom kept the flow going until he heard the gemstone fall into the bucket, then he shut off the water, removed the hose, and reached to pick up the gemstone. He left the speculum in place as he worked to clean off the gemstone with paper towels, allowing all the waste and water to drain from April's butt as he worked. When he finished he offered the gemstone to April, but she didnt want it. "Thats disgusting daddy." she said. "Give it to May or something." Finally Tom removed the speculum, changed his gloves, and went to help Natalie with the next round of checkups.
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Following the meeting, Maya invited the mining ship's captain to the bridge to witness the jump to hyperspace, then she left Agnes in charge of the bridge, since she had previous experience in command, and assembled an away team to take the captain up on his offer and tour the mining vessel.
"Alraght." Maya said. "Karen, Callie, Melody, meet me an the others in the transporter room. we'll go soon's Tom's released from med class, an' April gits out a' sick bay."
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Half an hour later the away team was assembled on the transporter pad, and after Karen gave Holly a lecture about ensuring the biofilters are properly calibrated, Maya gave the order, and an instant later they found themselves aboard the mining ship.
The ship was quite impressive, all things considered. It had weathered the years well, but more importantly, as the captain pointed out, they had become a generational ship. families teaching their children to operate the ship and its machinery. Karen noted the ship was a bit lacking in the sanitation department, but then again that was no real surprise considering they'd been lost in the Expanse so long.
Putting his medical training to use, Tom discretely took scans of the crewmen they passed, but aside from some minor ailments not unlike the common cold on earth, he didnt notice anything out of the ordinary.
The captain took his time explaining how the various machinery worked, then added: "As you can see Admiral, once we replenish our fuel supply, we will be able to provide you with fuel and raw materials needed to complete your mission...."
"Our mission." Maya corrected. "Yer mission t' return home 's gonna happen, Ah'll git ya home...but firs we gotta deal with the dickheads." "Hopefully the charts our stellar cartography department sent over will help with that." the captain said. "Ah'm sure they will." Maya said. "Y' got a fahne ship here captain. we're glad t' have ya. Ah'll see what medical supplies Natalie kin spare t' help."
Thank you Admiral." the captain said.
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eventually the time came to return to Excalibur, but as they began to step onto the transporter platform, Tom checked his medical scanner again and noticed something he'd missed. an unidentifyable pathogen in the air...and they'd all been exposed. He informed Maya quickly, and she contacted Holly, instructing her to set the biofilters for decontamination protocol.
Holly replied it was done, and then she proceeded to activate the transporter. Unfortunately, Holly wasn't as skilled at operating the transporters as Karen, and she had inadvertantly set the biofilters too aggressive. The pathogen was neutralized in transit sure, but so was everyone's clothing. Maya thought little of it, and May tried to make light of the situation, but many others were less than amused.
April, Melody, and many of the others kept their tails tucked tight and tried to cover themselves with their hands. unfortunately though they could cup their hands over their canine vulvas, they couldn't cover /all/ their teats.
Even Karen looked a little embarassed, but not to the extent the others were. More than anything she was a bit amused, nonetheless she dressed Holly down for the mistake. Melody demanded Holly bring them some clothes immediately, and many of the others echoed her sentiment. May tried to make light of the situation, "See anything y'lahk" she said, an open question to the room.
"Hurry up and get us some towels or something." April insisted.
"Delay that." Maya said. "Its tahme y'all learn t' git comfertable showin off yer bodies. Y'got nothin t' hide."
"Admiral please..." Melody begged. "This is embarassing!"