Fiction:Infestation

A small Virdis starship cruised through space. It was a dull brown color, with no weaponry and no access to long space travel. But it was a scout ship, and this journey would not be a long one. Sitting in the bridge of the ship, an Ape named Captain Jaroque knew this. For his warrior race, he was unusually intelligent and thus, was selected to be the leader of the crew for this mission. Taking a look at his crew, Jaroque knew he had strength on his side. THe majority was made up of five Warzoleski, a race that had foolishly tried to overthrow the Delpha Coalition of Planets, the powerful empire Jaroque was a member of. They were reduced to slaves, and used now as cannon fodder in battle. Jaroque personally didn't care about this, he just needed them to be skilled at fighting. His final crew member was a Gnosh named Nis. Nis had volenteered for this mission, apparently having been bored out of his mind and needing a little adventure to keep him from dying from boredom.

"Alright, people, listen up!" Jaroque barked, standing on two legs, something not natural for his race, but it was good to establish leadership by being bigger then your crew. The Warzoleski turned immediatly, fearing execution if they did not obey every order. Nis turned his red frog-like head a bit more slowly, cleaning off his Hell Rifle and looking a bit bored. "Yesterday, our Emperor recieved a subspace message from the mining cruiser Fried Planets. The message was garbled but the worlds 'Help us' and 'Monsters,' got through. This could be a simple pirate raid or a loss of power or something far worse, but whatever thing is attacking our ships, they will learn what it means to insult the DCP!" Jaroque raised his fist, the Warzoleski giving roars and also raising their fists. "We approach the ship in five minutes. Make any last minute preperations and lets rescue the crew." Jaroque dropped back on all fours and walked to the the locker, get out a Vibro Suit and quickly slipping into it.

Jaroque suddenly noticed Nis was not wearing any form of body armor. "Nis!" Jaroque yelled. "Get on your helmet and armor!"

Nis yawned and said, "I'm a Gnosh. We don't really wear that stupid armor your do. It restricts movement and slows you down. Helmets blind you to spots you can only see with your eyes."