The ship safely landed in a clearing inside a thick forest. The forest was quiet and it was serene then the sensor picked up an object approaching them from in front of them. Everyone was on their guard, Even though they were in stealth mode when they approached the planet and landed, anything could happened. Soon, they saw the object that was approaching them, it was a huge winged creature, and its size is comparable to the ship they are in. Everyone was shocked by the appearance of the creature.
“Prepare for combat, manned your station!” said Lucas. Immediately everyone snapped out of their fear.
“All weapons are online. The missile launcher is blocked by the ground. Top 120mm mounts are available. Waiting for command,” reported Max. On top of the ships were two dual-mounted 120mm cannons, capable of a high rate of fire. Stored within the ship's hull and when activated the mounts would come out and can be rotated 360 degrees. There was also a 120mm dual-mounted cannon below the ship, but it could not be used because the ground was blocking it.
“Stealth deactivated. The shield is at full capacity!” said Sarah.
“Track the winged creature in front of us.”
“Tracking the target,” said Lyra, assisting the crews.
“Target is within range of 120mm guns. All guns ready to fire.”
“Fire!” said Lucas.
A hail of artillery came out from the mounted guns. Before the creature could do anything, the shells tore its body aparat and it was decimated. The creature fell to the ground and the firing ceased.
“We dodged that one, Lyra sent out 2 drones to watch our surroundings. Ariana, let's go out and check on the carcass,” ordered Lucas. Everyone felt relieved when they saw the creature fall in an instant. Lucas and Ariana prepared to go out. They each brought their service rifle and pistol, they still wore their service uniform. Lyra told them that the air outside was breathable for them.
The door opened and a breath of fresh air rushed into their face. They walked outside the ship, and Sarah stood at the door.
“Be careful out there!” said Sarah.
“Don’t worry, we will just take a stroll,” said Lucas back to her. She waved at them and watched them disappear into the forest.
The forest was thick, Lucas brought a knife to cut the shrubbery and stems to open up a path. After a while, they arrived at the remains of the winged creatures.
“Umm, Falcon 1 this is Lucas,” said Lucas through his earpiece.
“Go ahead.” it was Bianca who was on the radio,
“We have arrived at the location. The remains as you can imagine are butchered by the shells. Do you want us to take samples?”
“Yes, please. It would be nice if we can add it to our database.”
“Copy”
Lucas and Ariana started gathering the carcass for a sample. While they were gathering, a growl was heard from one of the trees. Ariana heard it and she immediately turned her attention to the growl. Anticipating the worst, she readied her gun and aimed it in the direction of the growling.
“What happened Ariana?” asked Lucas
“I heard a growl from that direction,” answered Ariana. Lucas immediately readied his gun and aimed it in the same direction as Ariana. Suddenly, something jumped out from the bush and they opened fire. It was a wolf and the wolf died immediately after being shot and slumped in front of Ariana.
However, more wolves came from their hiding. Lucas and Ariana backed off from the slowly advancing wolves. All of them move slowly.
“Falcon 1, send help now, we are under attack,” said Lucas to his earpiece.
“Copy,” replied Bianca. Soon after that, some wolves jumped into them, and Lucas and Ariana opened fire. Some of the wolves died quickly, however, some were able to reach Lucas and forced him to take out his knife and fight with it. His right arm was bitten by a wolf while defending himself before he killed the wolf. He saw 2 wolves charging towards him but were shot immediately by Ariana and when he was about to pick up his rifle. A voice of multiple bullets hitting something was heard and the wolves were dropping like flies. He looked up at the sky and saw a recon drone mounted with 20mm Gatling guns.
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“Thank you,” said Lucas to his earpiece.
“You’re welcome, now come back here quickly, I will take a look at your wound,” said Bianca. She saw his wound through the recon drone.
“It is only a small wound, Bianca. It will probably heal by itself,” replied Lucas.
“Aghh, you are stubborn as always. Ariana, you told him that his wound needs to be treated,” said Bianca in frustration.
“Commodore, we should go back to treat your wound. We had enough samples to be brought back,” said Ariana in support of Bianca.
“Haahh, alright.”
They returned to the ship after gathering samples from the wolves. When they arrived on board the vessel, Bianca started to treat his wounds. It was only a small wound and the nanomachines inside Lucas had already begun to heal his wound. Every member of the Imperial Guard was injected with nanomachines that can aid in speeding up the healing of their wounds and even, in some cases, grow back their limbs. However, the healing process consumed the nanomachines and they needed to be injected by nanomachines when they are low on nanomachines to refill it.
“You should be careful, we had a limited supply of nanomachines,” said Bianca. She was bandaging the wounds on his arm. “If Princess Sophie saw you like this, I can’t imagine what kind of fuss she would make.”
“Well, We should limit our consumption of nanomachines and only use them for fatal wounds. Are you still mad at Sophie?”
“Haahhhh, she is one of a kind really. How come she mistook me as your girlfriend when we had the same hair colours which is a trait of our family? Does she think we are that kind of family?”
“Hahaha, she always jumps to conclusions too quickly,” said Lucas. He was reminded of her flustered face. “I wonder if we will be able to go back.”
“We should try our best to survive here and keep sending out distress signals. If we are lucky the Empire’s search party might pick it up. I will manage the nanomachines and will do as you said” said Bianca. She finished bandaging his arm.
Lucas patted her head and Bianca was surprised and she blushed. “Thank you, Bianca,” said Lucas with a smile.
“Can you not do that?” said Bianca shyly. Since they were children, they always played together. Even Though they were born in the same year, Bianca always saw Lucas as his older brother and Lucas saw her as her little sister. He always patted Bianca’s head, especially when she did something great or when he thanked her.
“Did my baby girl grow up?” said Lucas.
“I’m not a baby,” retorted Bianca. She punched him in frustration.
“Oh Ariana, do you need something?” said Lucas after he noticed Ariana peeking through the door. Surprised, Bianca stepped back and regained her composure then she started to put back the medical equipment. Lucas followed Ariana to the hallway and she was left alone.
“Hahh, what did he do to her? It seemed she had set her eyes on him for some reason,” said Bianca after he left the room.
10 days had passed and the crews of Falcon 1 were able to secure the area around the ship. They were outside enjoying the fresh air and the scenery.
“Should we go and find a civilization?” asked Max.
“We are in the middle of the forest, how are we going to get to the nearest town?” said Sarah
“Walking, duh,” said Max nonchalantly.
“The drone was able to discover a town south of her. Should we go there?” explained Ariana.
“If we wanted to know more about the civilization on this planet, I think we should go there,” said Bianca.
“Honestly, if we are going to be stuck in here for a long time. I think it would be best to mingle with civilization,” said Sarah.
“Hurrah to civilization!” said Max.
“What do you think, Commodore?” asked Ariana to Lucas.
Lucas went silent for a moment. “Yes, I think we should learn more about this planet. Let’s make preparations to go there by walking.”
“What walking? Are you for real?” said Sarah.
“Yes, what do you think we should do? If we go there with the ship, God knows what will happen. We will have the drones escort us.” explained Lucas.
“What about the ship?” asked Bianca.
“Well, we can put them in the orbit of the planet,” answered Max.
“Alright, let us prepare for our departure then,” said Lucas. He stood up and when he and the other just walked inside the ship. Lyra spoke to them.
“Commodore, if I am allowed to offer my opinion?” asked Lyra, broadcasting her voice to everyone.
“What is it, Lyra?”
“I wished to accompany you on your journey. On this ship, there is an android body that I can use.”
“A body?.”
“Yes, the body is stored inside the medical room. Please go there if you agree to allow me to upload my consciousness to that body.”
“What would happen to the ship?” asked Lucas, concerned about the ship.
“As long as the ship’s core and mainframe are still intact, I still have a connection to the ship and am able to control it,” explained Lyra.
“Well, I guess that’s fine. Lyra, I ordered you to use the body.”
“Yes, Commodore.”
Everyone immediately went into the medical room and when they opened the door, they saw a figure.