Prologue

19th of May, Year 2109

Andromeda Galaxy

1300 hour

Sector 118

"LEVIATHAN, this is Surveyor No.36 reporting a fly-by on Sector 118. Advise 118 not to intercept my vessel, over."

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"No.36, this is LEVIATHAN. We have alerted them and 119 of your fly-by so expect no interceptors coming your way, over."

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"Copy that, LEVIATHAN. Survey of the new Warp Point is almost done. EST.. 5 minutes. At this point, I have started sending the necessary data for any obstructions of the new Point, celestial substances or the like. Will contact again soon for any changes, over and out."

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My name is Kleister Vosk L. Ponciano, a Senior Surveyor of the 22nd Combat Surveyor Corps of the SOLEAR SAF-10 "LEVIATHAN". And what you have just seen above was me updating my fleet's Flagship with my activity.

Now that my hourly call with the Flagship has ended, it's time to check on my ship for any problems.

I asked my A.I. buddy Biz for a status report, "Biz, give me a complete report on the ship's current status for this hour."

—Opening File.word.maintenace.report..

—..File opened. Displaying document on Hologram..

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..now.

Hm, as usual. Nothing went wrong this hour as well. Must be my lucky day haha..

..or at least, that's what I thought.

One of the ship's thrusters immediately exploded and rocked the ship violently, making me feel dizzy. Alarms are going off one after another and the speed of the ship is increasing at an alarming rate.

Of course, I must do something. So I smashed the glass of the emergency shut down lever just a few meters away from me, grabbed it and pushed it down as hard as I could but it's barely budging.

"Come on, come on! I'm not ready to die, yet!"

I used my other hand to push it down even more..

..and it went down all the way! The ship immediately shut its system down, along with my A.I. buddy Biz.

But the ship's speed isn't decreasing at any moment. Plus, huge debris of asteroids can be seen just two kilometers away from the ship.

Losing hope to survive this ordeal, I buckled up, closed my eyes, and laughed it off.

"Hahaha.. guess that means no more Christmas Parties for me then. Oh well.."

...Yet another problem shows up.

A blinding beam of light suddenly appeared. I tried to open my eyes a wee bit but because of the brightness, both of my eyes hurt. I have been bedazzled by it.

And here's where things get.. weird for me.

For some unknown reason, I can hear electric sounds similar to an EMP launcher when loaded. After attempting to open my eyes, the blinding lights quickly vanish and are immediately followed by a.. purple cloud with purple lightning?

Dumbfounded at what I'm seeing, I did nothing. Absolutely nothing. I stare like it's the first time I'm seeing it. Childish, I know.

Without warning, the purple thingy started to do a circular movement at the middle and the ship immediately went directly to the said purple thing.

Scared, I placed my hands and arms on the arm rest of the chair I'm sitting, "Not taking any chances. That thing is bad news!" I said to myself as I stare at that thing sucking my ship towards it.

After the ship got sucked on a certain distance, the suction immediately went mad, causing me to collapse due to the sudden movement (which I'm weak of, btw) caused by the suction force of that.. thing.

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"Ah, pure darkness. I am quite sure I'm dead. But first, let me just-" I pinched my arm so hard in dream and it hurts.

Wait, it hurts..?

My eyelids are kinda itchy. And as soon as I opened my eyes wide, I felt a bit disappointed..

..that I survived. Luckily, with minor injuries.

As I stare above the ship that no longer has it's top hull, I was astonished at what I'm seeing: Clouds! I'm seeing clouds just like in Earth!

But the humidity.. it's different than that of Earth's. It's also cold and these spiral-looking leaves (?) are riding along the wind, which is so beautiful to watch.

Perhaps.. I'm on a planet with the same characteristics as Earth?

Surveying the lands of this strange planet is a must! Well..

..after a quick shut-eye. I'm tired, "I deserve some rest. So let me.." I immediately blacked out, really.

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"Stay and be the lookout of thy object, Dextun. Backup is what we need."

"..Fine, I'll stay. But come back with strong reinforcements, Commander."

End of Prologue

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