I hate this, Sam thought as he walked down the market. He doesn’t want to be your everyday low-wage ice cream spaceship worker, he wanted to visit the Galaxy, and be someone. But his future is so uncertain. Even his paycheck at the end of the year is uncertain. He slowly and carefully checked if the lushberries he was buying were fresh and some other ingredients for ice cream, like chocolate chips, which came from earth and is selling FAST on Merthia. He was squinting at a suspiciously soft berry when a dark shadow came over him and he looked up.

A sleek and silver spaceship, bigger than any he has ever seen, was landing, barely a meter above his head, he held in a shriek and ran for the ice cream spaceship before slammed the door, Sam peaked out to take a better look,the spaceship 2

was huge with intricate metal swirls on the helm, there was a word on a plaque on the side of the ship: Aurelia. There was smaller spaceships around the main one, seemingly following it everywhere. Everyone stopped to scrutinise the peculiar ship until an earspilting blast silenced the bustling markets. Then someone in the crowd screamed, a whole bucket of dead mosquitos was on him. Than another one, and another one, pretty soon everyone was running for cover, trying to escape their slimy disgusting fate.

Sam thought deeply, Merthia is a small planet, you don’t see ships this big everyday. It doesn’t fit here with the small amount of mechanical engineering around, not to mention the advanced technology obviously showcased by everything on the spaceship. A “whiirrrr” interupted his thoughts and a port door slid open.

A stern woman walked out, she wore polished silver armour with a fierce dragon painted on it. When she stepped out into star 273’s light, her cold purple eyes gleamed with malice. She shot a missile in the air, it exploded in a flurry of sound waves which made everyone look up. She walked down the street towards the door, He hiding place was about to be exposed, Sam held his breath as she stalked closer to his hiding place.