"Captain, we have two cruisers on the north side, shields 40%. Sending weapon energy to thrusters and shields."
Captain Anethis (work on name) was born in the Keldeen homeland, a replica planet of Earth, which was eradicated in the Fleet Federation War of 2874. Anethis is a tough man, in mind and body, and a master of ship battle logistics. His ship, The Calamity, which the Captain and his crew built while losing one man in the process, is the only ship Anethis will fly. The Calamity is equipped with the latest Keldeen technology, including the Dyson Hydro Shield. The Calamity is headed to the Gamma quadrant, to meet the space pirate group, Kion. Anethis was given an anonymous tip-off of there whereabouts. Anethis believes that Galaxian know something about the new force, which has only, at the moment, destroyed a few P.U.M.P stations. People fear that they are planning something catastrophic.
"Alex, set a course for Sector G713, we need to outrun these cruisers, we can't risk losing our shields. Leave a trail, we can't let them follow us."
"Sir, there only cruisers, I'm sure we can take th..."
"NO! WE CAN'T RISK LOSING OUR SHIELDS! SET A COURSE FOR SECTOR G713 NOW!"
Alex trembled; he knew how the Captain could get.
"Yes, sir!"
Alex, or Alexander James Vaughan to use his full name, was brought up by the female goddesses of Punar 7. He doesn’t know much about his childhood or his parents, all he does know is that his father was the founder of the Hamester Peace Corps, which is now under Administration due to a lack of funding. His main reason for joining Captain Anethis is to find out more about his childhood and his parents. His dreams torment him, he longs for his mother as with any child, but Alex lusts for his mother although he has never seen her, whenever he thinks about her, his heart pummels against his chest as would a young boys’ heart would while looking at some sleazy picture on the internet. He doesn’t know why he has these feelings; his goal is too stop them. Nightly his father torments him, he can hear screams of a young woman, calling for his help. Alex tries to run towards the screams, searching in the darkness.
“Alex, please help! Come Alex please come before he…NO! Please not again, please I beg you!”
A gunshot and it’s all over, Alex wakes in a pool of his own sweat, his heart smashing against his chest, before he bursts into tears. He wants to, he needs to know why he constantly dreams of this, he wants to know why he gets tortured every night with the same dream, he hopes Captain Anethis will help him.
There are 2 other members of The Calamity, Neil SJ Phillips who is the ships co-ordinator and ship supervisor, and Nicole Edmonton, the doctor of the ship and also the Captain’s own personnel mistress. Neil and Nicole were separated at birth. They met by utter coincidence as they both went up against James Klinain in the battle for black justice on their home planet, which is now known as planet Negro. They both decided to join Captain Anethis because they wanted to be part of something together, and when Captain Anethis was recruiting they both jumped in, as this was their perfect opportunity to be with each other.
As The Calamity flew through hyperspace, Captain Anethis thought of his father. Since a child Anethis was brought up with the sounds of war. He lived the whole of his infant life on his father’s ship, since his father died he has wanted to follow in is footsteps, even in his father’s death he wants to find a way to impress him. Finding information on the new force is his first step to do this.
“Captain, we are approaching Sector G713.”
“What’s the ships status?”
“There is slight damage to the hull from the cruisers but nothing to worry about. Otherwise ship running at optimal efficiency, although supplies are running short sir. Ill try and find a merchant ring…ah yes there we go, shall I take the ship there sir?”
“Is there no supply planet nearby? They always try and rip you off in these places.
“I’m afraid not sir, we’re docking in now”
“Welcome to merchant ring G713 please follow me to the merchant bay. We accept all coinage apart from the English pound, as that is now banned in this area. Enjoy your stay.”
Merchant rings consist of 3 main sections. On the first floor is the main merchant area, where you can buy fuel, weaponry, and ship upgrades, anything you would need for your ship, although everything is outrageously overpriced. The second floor is the entertainment deck. This floor is filled with restaurants, hotels, leisure areas, and also the new, well thought of Love Seats. As Sirens have become thought of no more than prostitutes in the galaxy, they struggle to find any proper work. So merchant rings have started employing them to give them a chance to earn good money, although this work is no more than prostitution, it gives employees and customers a chance to have mental pleasure as Sirens can convey sexual thoughts through their mind. The third floor is the Bio Deck; this area gives people a chance to see the beauty of their own planet within the void that is space. The Bio Deck is no more than a mind projection unit that reads each of the customers’ thoughts of their home planet, and projects this image onto the retina.
As the captain walked into the main entrance, a Skuzzer whizzed passed his feet, brushing the floor as it went. Skuzzers are robotic mechanics whose sole purpose is to clean and repair. The Captain couldn’t believe what he saw; there were so many different species of different insignia he had to rub his eyes.
“Captain, have you ever seen so many…”
“No I haven’t, its extraordinary isn’t it.”
“Captain may I warn you that Galaxian are waiting for us, we are here for supplies so lets get on with it, and Alex you can meet those Sirens another time”
“…”
A little green bulky thing walked up to the Captain and his crew
“Excuse…excuse me sir.” His voice sounded as if he was being choked.
“Sirs, woulds…woulds yous pleases comes this ways? Leaves yours crews heres, I needs to speaks withs yous.”
Before the captain could say anything to offend the little man Neil gave the captain a “don’t say anything look”. “Me and my crew never leave each other, either leave now or let my crew accompany me.”
“Sir, you can trust him he’s Kian. We will go and get the supplies, we will meet you back at the ship”
“OK Nicole, ill be back at ship in a few hours, I think ill have a look around before we leave as well.”
“Sir, Galaxian are…”
Spit flew from the Captain’s mouth. “I DON’T GIVE A FLYING WATSIT ABOUT GALAXIAN, I’LL BE BACK IN A FEW HOURS! NOW GO!”
The Captain stormed off with the green creature, muttering to himself as he went. Their faces covered in spit, Nicole, Neil and Alex went in search of supplies, and they knew not to argue with the Captain.
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“So, Mr. Cyclops…why was it you wanted to speak to me? Alone at that”
“Well…what was it?”
“Captain Anethis, Anethis will be just fine.” The Room Mr. Cyclops had taken him to was draped in black curtains. The floor was black, the table which Mr. Cyclops was sitting at was made with a black oak. The only source of light was coming from the lamp on the table. A Dison lamp illuminator 250 the Captain noted.