New story teaser currently dubbed "SPFT" *Some coarse language and violence*

Cluster Group: Neru Ahn Kal. Galaxy: Heimrada. Galactic Sector/Group: Arcanos. Planet: Telasant. Date/Time: Hyun Calendar. July 20^th, 4015. 12:15 P.M. The plant of Telasant. A Backwater planet to most in the Arcanos sector but home to a thriving community of nearly all works of life in the Heimrada Nebulae. Very similar to that of a prehistoric Terra in a sense, though twice the size along with the weather being generally hot and humid ninety percent of the time with a higher tropical climate than most helping fuel the massive sizes of the flora and fauna of Telasant. The weather ranges from a cool ninety eight degrees to the hottest on record being over one hundred thirty degrees. Measures must definitely be taken into account to survive on this hostile planet but for those that call it home, they have learned to work with this and have carved out their niches on the outskirts of the cities and even inside the capital of Telasant, Rhyel. A massive, sprawling cityscape that covers well over one hundred miles of land. Rhyel controls the outlying cities and outskirt towns on the fringes of civilization with a fairly just hand at times. When it comes to the matters of Galactic Law though, they are beyond powerless and answer to the Council of Colonized Planets, just like ever other planet in the Heimrada Nebulae. They are the ones that make the rules when it comes to anything that is outside of your gravitational pull but they have been known to alter these laws during certain times, like the Verunai War in 3515. All planets under the CCP banner were immediately mobilized to fight the Verunai that hailed from another Cluster of unknown origin but that was a long time ago. The CCP haven't changed their rules in five hundred years and things have been quiet for far too long.

On the fringes of the gravitational pull outside the planet Telasant, a ship exits out of its jump through hyperspace with a quick thrum. A vessel that looks to be no ordinary one to the naked eye. Its size was close to that of a cruiser but upon another inspection, the output of weapons and possible firepower that this ship contained looked like more of a dreadnought that a regular flagship. No banners or markings flew on this ship and the colors of the ship constantly changed, almost as if the ships armor had a type of light or color refractor added to it to blend into anything around its surroundings. Soon the ship begins to inch closer to the planet Telasant, remaining in its chameleon like camouflage for an unknown reason.

The strange craft cruises closer to Telasant while managing to stay out of the gravitational pull of the planet. The silence of space is shattered as one of the rear engines on the ship had for some unknown reason exploded in an unprovoked fashion. In less than three seconds, another explosion could be seen coming from the middle of the ship. Nothing appears to have been very damaged from the outside of the ship from the first set of explosions but it was not the same story on the inside of the vessel.

In one of the more luxurious suites aboard the ship, better known as the Captains Quarters, during the second set of explosions that had now been triggered aboard the ship, a man in what appears to be his early forties is thrown from his bunk due to the shock and force from the explosions. The man is thrown hard enough that he hits his head on the side of the wall and a loud ringing fills his head. After a few moments of trying to figure out just exactly what is going on to him, the ringing is slowly replaced with the sound of one of the emergency alarms that is sounding not only through his cabin but through the rest of the ship. A holo monitor comes up on one of the dashboard panels to the side of the room with a scrambled image of one of the technicians aboard the ship, desperately trying to reach the man who was thrown like a rag doll around his cabin. "Cap..ain!? Ca...t..n!? Captain are y...there?!" The captain pulls himself together as he puts his hand over his face and groans for a moment, slowly wiping the blood away from a cut above his right eye. He stands up and walks over to the holo monitor and presses a few buttons and he begins to speak in a very gruff tone. "Mr Briggs, I have just been thrown out of my bunk during a very wonderful dream about two very beautiful Arelian women, my head is split open and ringing along with the alarm systems. Now what in the nine infernal hells is happening on my ship!?" "Captain, we haven't had a one hundred percent confirmation on what exactly happened but we do know that everything was running smoothly after we came out of hyperspace. Soon after there was an explosion in the left engine bay and then another one that came from the middle of the ship. Unfortunately we're stalled out in here and there is no way we will make our rendezvous at the Orval Station. There are fires in the engine bay and some of the other compartments have taken heavy damage internally."
Another heavy shock wave and sounds of another explosion could now be heard and felt not only in the captains quarters but to other people in the surrounding areas along with Mr. Briggs fumbling slightly, trying to keep his footing so he doesn't fall again. The face on the captain is now riddled with anger and frustration as he growls for a second under his breath for a moment. "Talk to me Briggs! What is going on!?" "I'm trying sir, just give me a second" Mr. Briggs says as he rapidly taps his fingers across his holo monitor trying to asses what had just happened. "We don't exactly have all day mister-" Another explosion rocks the ship as more sirens begin to wail along with holo warnings coming up on multiple screens while other parts of the ship seem to be flickering in and out of life while other parts of the ship seem to be shutting down. The captain, with a concerned look takes a view around him and then plasters his face to the holo monitor. "Talk to me Briggs, what is going on?" "Captain! A part of the main hull has been breached and is being sealed off as we speak. Fires are being reported in the upper north and lower south hangars and the science bay!" "Science bay!? Briggs! Is the Halcyon and X-9 secure!?" Mr. Briggs begins to check many different screens that continually appear on his end of the monitor flashing different colors with different symbols on them. "Captain, the Halcyon is safe and secure for now, it hasn't been touched yet as far as I can tell. I can't get a reading on X-9 right now, I need to run more secure scans on the ship but it's getting a little dicey right now sir!" "Mr. Briggs you get me a reading on X-9 in the next forty five seconds or I will personally throw you into the air lock and jettison your scrawny ass into the abyss do you understand me? Do not under any circumstances let X-9 leave this ship. Use necessary force if you must! Do I make myself-"

The captain halts his monologue as he recognizes the unmistakable thrum of a military issued Mag-Revolver being powered up right behind him at a very close range. Hearing the thrum sent a surge of wonders through his mind like a flash as he began to sift through all of the people that he had either imprisoned, wronged willingly or unknowingly until a voice spoke over the low hum of the revolver. "Well well well. Now doesn't this look like a fine ass predicament that you've caught yourself in now, isn't it captain? Ship blown half way ta helln' back and now you can't find your precious cargo. Sounds to me like someone is about to get demoted down to scrubbin toilets with his toothbrush again." The captain no longer guessed at who was behind him as a smirk came across his face with a "Hmph" as he recognized the owner of the voice behind him. "Ha ha, ya know I was wondering when you were going to show your ugly mug around here again. You had us fooled pretty good apparently. Here we all thought that you had been in sick bay for the past week recovering from Thyrian Fever and low and behold, you manage to slip away from the medic bay unnoticed, get into the weapons lockers that are under strict lock and key, pilfer one of my personal weapons and start some shit again. You never cease to amaze me you know that." "You're damn right Bradigus. Too bad that my job isn't to parley with you at the moment. Brad, we could've been great friends ya know, that is ,had we not already been enemies. Just had to do it didn't you?" "I wanted a better life than pilfering my daily bread. Put that ten years behind me. I see you kept that hidden from me you liar. So you've gone and sabotaged my ship and now you're going to try and steal everything that you can? You haven't changed." "Oh the job is just for two things. Halcyon and X-9." Bradigus laughs for a moment as he turns around to see the full view his assailant. "Good luck trying to move either Halcyon or X-9 without this ship. Once our distress beacon has been picked up from the surface they'll put out an alert to headquarters. They'll come for both of them and they'll bring nightmares the likes you've never seen to make sure no one gets their greedy mitts on their property. So if they go missing or end up on this back ass water planet, they'll hunt them and you down. So what are you going to do? Just like old times. You never thought everything through. It was always me who had to do the dirty work and call the shots! You've got noth-" A loud blast rang out in the quarters under the tones of the alarms blaring as the kinetic ammo from the Mag-Revolver pierced through the skull of Captain Bradigus. The revolver thrummed slowly as the unknown assailant powered his new weapon down and holstered it quickly, then went to plundering through the pockets of the captain. The assailant then looked around Bradigus' neck and saw a strange looking pendant. Upon closer inspection, unknown runes were inscribed on the pendant along with a common script that read "Halcyon" to the side. The pendant was ripped from its place as the assailant marveled at it for a moment. "Alright sugar, let's see what you can handle" the assailant said as they quickly made their way to the hangar containing Halcyon, all the while alarms ringing out through the ship as it began its descent towards the planet Telasant.