Well I doubt you really wanna read this creative process junk behind the story but in case You do well here goes. I guess this all goes back to the summer of '02 at the time I was on vacation in Texas with my cousins stuck with a GBA stocked with three games; Advance Wars, Golden Sun, and Castelvania Circle of the Moon. Having soon beaten GS and CotM I was stuck with the fun but irritating Advance Wars. So I started thinking of back home with my PSX and Computer, mainly my ROMs and mainly EB it had been awhile since I had played and I was feeling the need to actually beat the game. After going online and checking in at Starmen.net I thought about EB0 and soon started thinking of a link between them. Soon I had a basic concept, but it took the SM.net Mailbag for the week of October 12 2002 to make me actually reveal these to the world, and thus by the suggestion of Guy in Summers and OmniPenguin I started thinking of a fan fiction and so this was born. For the basic jest of the story check out the post with the title "Novel Ahoy" here http://www.starmen.net/mailbag/narchive/narchive15.php now I think instead of going on about why I haven't attempted to post this till a few months later I'll just start the story. Thanks for reading and send all comments to me RRootbeerkid @aol.com and again thank you
~Rootbeer Kid
"Gravity preparing to shutdown in 3...2...1" After the high class AI computer running the Starship Kraken stated this the four passengers soon found themselves lifting off the floor no matter their weight.
"Don't tell me we're that low on energy crystals already" Said the Crewmember named Polaris. The captain of the crew Polaris was a tall Starman who was always making sure his metallic skin was clean and shiny.
"Pol' we've been lost for about 3 years now." This came from the slightly shorter and stockier Cyrus. Cyrus was the brawn of the crew placed amongst this peacekeeping crew to stop any biotic creature with harmful intent from harming any other crewmembers.
"Cyrus I think Pol' there knows that..." This came from the beautiful (by species standards) Staria, Staria was Polaris's Fiancée who had come along as a stowaway but had in a few tight spots earned here keep on the ship.
"Yeah Brave and wise Polaris wouldn't forget that, right." The Cynical and quite cranky voice of Kazia second in command of the ship
"Look I'm sorry but how was I to know that those spines could pierce the hull of the ship" Polaris raised his hands in exasperation.
"Luckily we pulled it out before it activated the self destruction sequence and we're just stuck floating in space." Kazia said before bumping into the ceiling.
"Don't worry our distress call should reach someone..." Staria was cut short on her optimism
"Continuos signal shut down due to low energy resources."
By now after seven days you can imagine the already serious power conservation aboard the Kraken has gotten worse. At this point all lights aside from that in the easy access food storage unit more commonly known as a fridge have been shut off, and that was left alone for the fact that it is off unless the door is opened which is rare, since being lost in space for so long they have begun to ration their food severely. Thus they have spent the last two days floating around asleep with the lights turned off waking up only when they bump against something. So has been the last week of their lives. However things seem to be looking up for our crew as they slowly approach a medium sized life possessing planet. A planet with a few millennia of trouble to come. A few millennia of destruction struggle and confusion. But for now it's mostly peaceful the only conflict comes from small border struggles between barely civilized tribes. This is the kind of planet the crew is looking for. A planet in need of civilizing and advancement.
"Approaching habittated planet, please awaken and input course of action." The AI computer on the Kraken suddenly blurted out awakening the sleeping crewmembers.
"Huh?" Polaris half awake rebounded off the nearest wall and turning on a small light over the control panel looked at what the computer was talking about. That's when he saw the planet that would make his destiny something more then a legend amongst planets of alien influence but that of a hero. That's when he saw Earth.
"Wake up." Polaris said rebounding off the control panel and purposely bumping into his fiancée and fellow crewmembers.
"What is it Pol?" Staria and Cyrus both asked in a half awake stupor
"Are we completely dead?" this came from Kazia
"No, this is good news we found a planet with a good amount of energy we can harvest. It also seems to have a good amount of Fuel alternatives."
"What about food and water?" Kazia said with a mix of hope and cynicism in his voice
"There are signs of water, and as for food, it won't be what were used to but there seems to be toxin free foods on the surface."
"Ok obviously the Celestial Mother if not are fellow Starmen have heard our cries for help," though Cyrus was no optimist it was odd to see him look a little skeptical and when he did it meant to watch your back. "But when dealing with higher orders of the immortal type there's often a catch, so wassup?"
"Far as I can figure Cyrus it seems there's a sapient race in need of the services of our people's mission out in this far off boondocks sector of space."
"So we've been sent to help this overlooked race by the Celestial Mother." Kazia looked once again skeptical but then shrugged. "Whatever long as we get to keep on living"
"Right but now for the real reason I woke you up, should we use the last of the fuel to make the trip quick or should we be patient?"
At first the rest of the crew seemed to be looking about at each other but they already knew their decision. "ROCKETS AT FULL POWER!!!!!!!!!!"
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
In case you don't understand that scream our four heroes' have made it to earth in a flaming ball or to be more precise, they crashed. It was mainly by the decision to use their fuel to get there as soon as possible meaning they had no fuel to use in landing procedure and thus without fuel to make sure they stayed even while landing the nose-dived. Not a pretty sight or at least not from up close, but the ancient Scarabians who had a village a few hundred miles away thought it a falling star. But that's aside from the point the point is that are hero's are here and stranded for a few years.
"Everyone ok?" Polaris pulled his no longer shiny body from the wreckage
"Dented but alive." Came the painful moan of Kazia
"I just hope these scorch marks come out defiantly not a good fashion statement." A fashion tip from the lovely Staria
*Buzz-Whir* *WHirllY BUZZYBUZZ* *BEEEEEEEEEEEEP* a rather unhealthy sign amongst these proud metalloid beings from poor Cyrus
"I'd say Cyrus doesn't sound to good." Kazia Said in a newly adopted humorous rather then grim sarcasm
"Well the internal nanite interface should be able to handle it, sadly he'll be out for 14 digit (Days for those unfamiliar with Starmen time keeping) to self repair." Staria said whit genuine worry
"We got time," Kazia said pointing at the ship "That'll take at least two full local solar cycles to self repair so we got plenty of time."
"Do you forget, he's our bodyguard. What happens if we're attacked in that time?" Polaris sounded rightly worried he and Kazia had only the most basic of of combat training and otherwise we're proficient in PSI and in their current state their psionic energy levels we're quite low.
"Like there's anyone in this desert for quite a few hundred miles at a walking pace we'll likely not reach civilization till Cyrus is repaired." Kazia said in a matter of fact tone.
"Fine we'll do it your way Kazia let's get going."
So off they went in the hopes no trouble would arise in the time it would take for Cyrus to repair himself. The Deserts of Scaraba we're hot that day, and for those accustomed to a climate controlled sixty degree Fahrenheit space ship the hot one-hundred plus degree desert was a cruel torturous change. Some we're sure the metal hide would melt in the sun of this unfamiliar world. But luckily our hero's hide's did not melt, but they did not make much distance before the heat took their conscience and they we're sleeping a delusional sleep in the sand and sun.
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"AHI AHI!!!!!" the small dark skinned Scarabian boy Screamed out upon finding the strange metal corpses in the sand.
"Iasania kiala?" his mother came running after the small boy an even smaller girl in tow "MOSA, eia mosa."
"Moglak, ow wa Moglak?" the boy stared at his shocked mother
"Namisa Emosa, grink na Namisa Emosa." and so the boy and girl ran to find their father and elder brothers to help bring the metal corpses to the demi lord or priest of Namisa.
What is to become of the Crew of the Starship Kraken?
Who is the priest of Namisa?
Without Cyrus will they be able to survive any but a warm greeting in their condition?
Why has the Celestial Mother sent our fair metal friends to this planet?
Will whatever goal the Celestial mother has set for them will they meet her demands?
All this will be revealed eventually but to learn a few of these answers stay tuned for Chapter two
"Namisa Emosa"
Till next time may the celestial mother bless you with good fortune and bless us all with a new Chapter in the mother Saga.