Imperial Heir
Copyright© 2025 by Ogreface
Chapter 1: Departure
Science Fiction Sex Story: Chapter 1: Departure - A story in the Pleiades Empire Universe. This story takes place around a thousand years after humans managed to reach the Pleiades cluster. It is the second book in a trilogy. The story of you young man's path from being disowned to finding his true place in society.
Caution: This Science Fiction Sex Story contains strong sexual content, including mt/ft mt/Fa Cousins
The navy shuttle that collected them from the ducal palace was a typical shuttle from the outside but differed from the marine shuttle on the inside. The seating in the marine shuttles were not meant for VIPs or children, while the navy shuttle was configured to carry cargo and VIPs. Jason was trained using marine shuttles with their four rows of sideways seating which could lift an entire platoon and their equipment into orbit and deploy them into space in seconds. The front half of the navy shuttle had comfortable seats facing forward with the rear half being cargo space.
During the loading process and afterwards, the navy crew treated Gwen as the main go-to person, which made sense since she was in her navy uniform. Jason suddenly realize he had placed both his medallions in his new briefcase along with his two tablets and the second wand. His own wand was where it belonged, in a secret pocket along the right thigh of his jeans.
Jason was surprised to see Carmen carrying a long wooden box. The wood was dark and glossy and looked very nice. She seemed rather possessive over it, to the point where she ended up staring down the navy petty officer who was trying to take it from her.
“What’s in the box, lieutenant?” The petty officer asked as he gave up and let Carmen have the box.
“The earl’s saber,” she said. Jason have met the petty officer before, while he was an acting marine sergeant on the Electra. The petty officer had just nodded towards Jason in recognition when he first stepped into the shuttle.
“Earl?” the petty officer asked as he came to attention while glancing around.
“Yes, Jason Taurus, head of House Taurus,” Carmen said as she nodded towards Jason. The petty officer’s eyes nearly popped out of his skull when he looked Jason in the eyes. Jason just smiled and shrugged.
“Let the petty officer do his job, Carmen.” Jason said. “The sword will be fine.” After that incident the rest of the shuttle crew were much better behaved towards everybody. Even the shuttle pilot came to ask Jason if he was ready for take off. Jason and the pilot also recognized each other so Jason told him to do what needed to be done.
With the Electra docked at the space station, the shuttle also docked to the station to unload the passengers. To Jason’s surprise they were met at the shuttle docking bay by Lisa Gomes and her whole platoon. The platoon managed to present arms in free-fall conditions as Jason exited the shuttle. Then Lisa came up to him and grabbed him for a hug.
“I wanted to do that to you earlier, but I couldn’t since I was your commanding officer.” she said as she leg go of him. “Now that I got that out of my system, now I can treat you the way I should treat the son of the emperor.” With the whole platoon hanging from straps in the access tunnel outside the shuttle, the other three ADCs had a quick reunion with their previous squads.
“You are not an officer so I can also do this” Cpl. Rina Lewis said shyly. She has been waiting until he was not talking to anybody else before she snagged him for a hug.
Jason’s new household looked on in amazement as the platoon greeted Jason and his ADCs but once the squad leaders restored order, the marines towed the household ladies down the shaft towards the docking port where the Electra was waiting for them.
Delano was totally out of his element about everything while Gwen was just mildly confused about the treatment Jason was getting. She was brand new to the Electra and obviously knew nobody on the cruiser. After she and Lisa gave each other a careful look-over, and after Jason introduced them to each other, Lisa took pity on the new ensign so the two got along well.
At the entrance port of the Electra, Jason and his group got met by the captain of the Electra, Captain Ericson, the executive officer Lt Commander Garrister, Commander Winterton of the Third Battalion, the battalion executive Major Saulson, as well as Major Samuel of Alpha-Company, Jason’s old boss. They all saluted Jason and welcomed him back on board, making a big deal out of it. Gwen was even more confused as she witnessed the open friendliness of the navy personnel towards Jason. As the rest of his household got towed down the central shaft and down the third hub into what was known as marine officer’s country, Captain Ericson invited Jason to the bridge to witness the Electra undocking.
“We got all your personnel in the VIP pod in hub three.” the captain said. “Ensign Revere, you had better stick to your boss, we don’t want to let civilians of noble birth wander around our ship unattended, even if this one happens to know the Electra very well.” He gave Sam and Ron a quick once-over and then ignored them when they also stuck close to Jason.
“Captain, I might be a member of the nobility but I will go out of my way to make sure you can do your job without interference.” Jason said as he and the rest of the officers entered the bridge hub.
“I appreciate that but when the Merope pulled out, I had a personal message from the emperor himself, telling me he was entrusting me with ‘not only the head of House Taurus, but the entire House Taurus’. Then he reminded me really friendly-like that the head of House Taurus was also his son.” The captain said. “I got the message loud and clear. We had better look after you.”
“I appreciate your point of view but like I said, I will not make life difficult for you or the Electra, so, no demands from House Taurus.” Jason said as they settled around a conference table at the back of the bridge. “We eat what you give us, sleep where you put us, and go where you take us.” Another officer had come in and whispered to the captain. The captain nodded and dismissed the lieutenant.
“Two hours early.” the captain commented. “Even while being docked to Grendel Space Station, the Electra is on active duty, with our primary duty to patrol this sector. Transporting House Taurus to Secundus is officially seen as a secondary task so I had no problem waiting a few days or even a week. The reason for rushing our departure is because we received an urgent message for some imperial support. I made the decision to give you twenty-four hours to get your household on board, and you did it with two hours to spare. Let’s cast off.”
Jason realized the invitation was out of courtesy to his new rank but was not providing him with any advantage he has not had in the past as acting marine sergeant. As he and Gwen Revere settled in on the back of the bridge on the padded couches specifically for high-ranking guests, with Ron and Sam joining them, he noticed the duty marines arriving and strapping themselves like he used to do a few weeks earlier.
Once the Electra was clear of the station and started moving away using only her anti-gravity generators, the captain suggested that Jason spend the acceleration time in his pod. Jason agreed and left with his group. The VIP accommodation down hub three turned out to consist of two adjacent pods.
The first pod was where Jason and the other males were staying. The pod was the same size as all the other pods but the interior was different. It was rigged out like a comfortable lounge with an office built into one corner. There was a large view screen against the one wall with two couches facing the screen. It seemed that all of Jason’s females were squished in next to each other on those two couches as they watched the screen which was fed by a external camera that was aimed at the receding space station.
Clarissa was sitting behind the desk with Lady Sylvia perched on the edge of the desk. Both of them stood as Jason helped Gwen down through the pod entrance. The others were so engrossed on watching the screen that they didn’t even notice Jason as he helped Gwen who had trouble getting up and down shafts and climbing nets with only one usable arm.
“My lord,” Clarissa said as she came towards him. “This is your desk, and this pod is where you stay. We are all in the next pod. The pod on the other side is the dining pod which we share with the ship’s officers.”
“Am I staying here on my own?” Jason asked. Just then one of the cabin doors opened and Dalton came out. Through the open cabin hatch Jason could see Delano busy unpacking his bag onto a bunk bed.
“Based on the bunks in here and next door I thought it would make more sense to have you and the other men stay here.” Clarissa said as she suddenly looked a bit shy. “The next pod had four large cabins, each with a combination of bunk beds and regular navy cots. I have all the females in there.”
“Makes sense.” Jason said. Just then the announcement came over the intercom system that the ship will start accelerating in 15 minutes and that all marines and non-navy personnel should remain in their pods, and until further notice stay clear of the rotating joints of the pods.
On the view screen Jason noticed that the Electra has moved far enough from the space station that the planet was now the dominating feature on the screen. The view was rather spectacular. Most of the girls were gasping softly as their eyes stayed glued to the screen. Jason wondered how long it would be before that view of the planet as seen from space became common.
“Where do I sleep?” Jason asked.
“This cabin would be yours, my lord,” Clarissa said as she opened the one hatch and walked in ahead of Jason. Megan decided to join him as she slipped under Jason’s arm. Inside the cabin was a double bed, a smallish closet and a separate head behind a curtain.
“You are lucky,” Megan announced as she bounced on her back on the bed. “We have to share the bathroom, which is just as small as yours but we are a bunch of girls together. You are not even sharing with the other men.”
“Some of your younger concubines are rather forward, especially the pre-concubines.” Clarissa commented as she gave Megan a glaring look. Megan just blew Clarissa a raspberry.
“That is very easy to fix.” Jason said as he suddenly lunged out and pinned Megan to the bed as he rolled her onto her stomach while keeping her down. She struggled and complained, but Jason could tell she was also feeling playful so he started tickling her, which resulted in her breaking down in a wiggling mass of squealing giggling girl. The sound quickly had five more of the younger girls joining them. Maggie’s two daughters found themselves being pushed down next to Megan by one of the other females. Jason calmly started tickling them as well, which resulted in a quadrupling of the sound level.
“I nearly peed my pants!” Megan complained as she wiggled free and backed away from Jason. “It would have been your fault if I wet your bed.” Jason just pointed at the curtain that screened off the toilet, basin, and shower stall before he lifted the two other girls in his arms and carried them out of the cabin, with them still giggling.
After a while they could feel the pod swiveling as the ring slowed. That meant their world felt a bit weird as acceleration took over from centrifugal force as the force that kept them on the floor. Most of the girls, and women, seemed a bit off-color and feeling awkward since very few of them has ever been off the planet. Some of the more forward females, Roxy, Chloe, and Lotus, decided to make themselves at home on Jason’s bed while he settled on the couch with Megan on his lap and with Carmen and Andrea on either side of him.
Andrea was a rather pretty girl even if she was not as beautiful as Clarissa or Megan. With her being the granddaughter of a senior baron on Grendel she had all the makings of being a snobbish A-lister but so far, she seemed to be fairly regular. She was outgoing and had no problems chatting to Jason or the adult ladies. She seem to treat most of the adults as equals, except for Clarissa and Sylvia, whom she treated as senior to her. Jason was a bit unsure how to react to Andrea since she was quite flirty towards him even if they have never done anything other than dance together. He has not even kissed her. At that moment she calmly snagged his arm and wrapped her arms around it as she leaned against him.
Once the ship stopped acceleration the announcement came that they were free to move around but guests were advised to stay clear of the central shaft, which was without gravity. Minutes later Lisa Gomes arrived.
“My lord, would it be permissible for me to invite you and your ADCs for coffee in the mess next door?” she asked. Jason untangled himself from Megan and Andrea and followed Lisa, with the ADCs following. Gwen and Delano were a bit unsure since Lisa’s invitation seemed specifically aimed at the group of friends, but then Lisa waved at them to join as well.
“How about we ignore the buffalo in the room and just act like the junior officers we all are.” Jason suggested when everybody kept calling him ‘my lord’. “I’m still the same Jason Cosgrove I was three months ago. All of us would still have been lieutenants if the emperor didn’t decide to come upend our world for us. I’m getting a bit tired of everybody treating me as if I’m somebody special.”
“Jason Cosgrove?” Gwen asked. “I read somewhat that it is actually the emperor’s name.”
“My mother named me after the young marine captain who got her pregnant.” Jason said with a shrug. “ I decided to use that name to sneak into the Grendel Marine Corps. Now it is also my name.”
“They didn’t check your ID when you joined the Grendel marines?” Gwen asked.
“Too many people getting born on distant farms, and they never bother to register the births.” Carmen replied. “This is Grendel, still kind of a frontier planet.”
“A man’s word is sacred to himself here.” Dalton added. “You are who you say you are and risk losing all credibility when you are caught lying. In your case you actually told the truth when you used the emperor’s name.”
“Jason, you might as well face it,” Carmen said as she gave him a big grin. “You have been special when you joined us as a brand-new marine recruit. You have been an exceptional leader and somebody special when we came aboard the Electra as acting sergeants.”
“I have to agree,” Lisa said. “I was so far out of my depth when I got appointed as platoon commander. You would not believe how much I ended up relying on you, all four of you. It took me only about two days to realize you were the real force behind all four of you. I will call you Jason when it is just us, or when we are alone, but you are and always will be way out of our league.”
“Too much praise for my comfort” Jason muttered.
“There is one other person who would love to be here.”Lisa said “You have a huge admirer in Corporal Lewis. I’m convinced she would resign from the marines the moment you offer her a position in your household. She had a huge crush on you.”
“Oh, we knew that from the beginning,” Shelly said.
“You did warn me not to get her in an awkward position.” Jason commented to Carmen. “I thought that was taken care of but now we are on the same ship again.”
“I said to not let her corner you in a dark closet somewhere.” Carmen said with a grin. “How do you feel about her?” She asked more seriously.
“She’s cute and looks like she could be fun,” Jason responded. “I like her, actually I like her enough to maybe have tried to get much closer to her if circumstances were different.”
“You already have one commoner concubine,” Shelly said. “Nothing stops you from grabbing her as well.”
“Hey!” Carmen said as she glared at her cousin and turned red in the face at the same time.
“Don’t ‘hey’ me!” Shelly said back at Carmen. “Everybody knows how you feel about him. Feel free to hunt him down as well.” Jason felt rather embarrassed when everybody looked at him except for Carmen who was looking down.
“Let’s chance the topic,” Jason said.
“I was wondering,” Lisa said. “How are you guys feeling about suddenly being Jason’s ADCs? That put all five of you on the fast track to staff officer appointments.”
“No matter how much I like Jason and working with him, I keep feeling that I’m missing out,” Dalton said. “Being the aide-de-camp of a senior nobleman is great but it is not the same as being a line officer and the chance of getting into combat.”
“I have never really thought about it in that way,” Delano said. “I’m Jason’s ADC because my dad decided it was a safe position for his spare son but I would also prefer to get into the thick of things.”
“It’s easy for you guys,” Lisa said. “I like being a line officer but I can see it getting old quickly. Climbing out of the hole multiple times a day is fine if you are young and fit, like all of us, but eventually everybody would like a more senior position where you don’t have to act like a monkey all the time.”
“You are talking about a desk job,” Dalton pulled a face. “Ugh! At least it’s only for ten years, unless you get promoted to company commander or even battalion commander.”
“Or get a comfortable training position.” Delano said.
“Getting promotions are easy for you guys,” Lisa said. “Even with my connections I will never get past platoon commander. Lewis is in the same position. She might get to sergeant but there is too much resistance to placing females in line positions.”
“How do you know you will not get promoted?” Shelly asked.