Foxtrot of Iron

By Nathaniel Schrader

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Once upon a time there was a Lombax named Gonvücka Jenurica Líranato, Pirate Lord of the year 1585, the other nine Pirate Lords slaughtered by his hand and thus ending the era of the Backstabbing Ten, bringing forth the age of the Red Skies. He harassed the Lombax government as ruler of the stars, destroying everything that got in his way and everything that he didn't like, even if it was a defenseless settlement. The man's cruelty was paired with Locku, the guardian of the Líranato clan, an ancient demon that exhibited the traits of a vampire. He was the head of the Slide Steppers, the organization of assassins that worked inside the pirates.

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Come upon the year 1612, Gonvücka was robbed of his heart, third lover attempting to kill him. In disdain for life, he piloted his capital ship, the Sacruta Execute, into the surface of Fastoon, into the very center of the current capital city of the Lombaxes, Apachire. Thousands were lost as the giant ship wrecked the capital, drowning in the fires of Dread Red's last act of misery. Upon his death… a contract was finally broken. A powerful surge flowed throughout the surviving assassin, Locku. With no blood to protect, his Master lost and gone, with no child to take his place, Locku was free.

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Arriving at 1750, over one hundred years later, Locku pulled his finances together and founds Lombax Shadow Works in alliance with the Center for Advanced Lombax Research, signed on by the government as a weapons and science initiative for researching the more obscure projects of life. Come 1800, Locku's immortal nature was revealed. His sly disposition and advances in science for the Lombaxes earned him a position as an Elder.

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The year 1983 came with a Cragmite, the very one born after the Great War, raised by Lombaxes, his destiny revealed to him during a trip to his place of birth, the Kreeli Comet. He came with plans to betray the Lombaxes after they had ridded the Universe of his race, to gain access to the Lombaxe's technology and then obliterate them with it in an act of revenge and tyranny. The vote to agree to allow access to their technology fell upon the shoulders of a man named Alister Azimuth, the Elder-Councilman of the Center for Advanced Lombax Research. Locku had already declined the partnership, and refused to allow it at all. He slaughtered the Cragmite Prince, allowed to kill freely, with no one to stop him from altering the results of crucial negotiations. From here, the history of the Lombaxe's changed, the species rid of the Cragmite. Peace prospered, and come 1987, two little Lombax boys were born. A mortal and an elemental of lightning, one of nature and one of science. Ravoun Ursevi and Ether Xaily.

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Fifteen years later, upon the year 2002, Ether was a five bolt magistrate of the Lombax Praetorian Guard. His military career was the pride of Lombax Shadow Works, their funding ten times greater than the Center for Advanced Lombax Research's because of the success of creating the lightning child. He was an efficient man, working closely with Locku, his creator. Upon a regular schedule, Ether was sent to Veldin on a mission to check on the LSW laboratory on the planet. A little robot crash-landed that day, XJ-0461, a robot on a mission to stop an evil cooperate man named Drek. Obliged to justice and preserving peace, as were his duties, he joined up with the robot, nicknaming him "Xai." Ether and Xai traveled around for further information, coming upon a man, Qwark, who agreed to help them find Drek. Only a few hours passed before Qwark betrayed them, trying to kill them by trapping the two within an arena with a Blargian Snagglebeast. Ether quickly dispatched the beast, then quickly dispatched Qwark. The coordinates found for Drek's location, the two set off and arrested the man, delivering him to the Lombax Capital for imprisonment, interrogation, and, finally, execution. Ether and Xai were heroes, celebrated by Veldin and the Galactic President.

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Come 2003, Angela Cross, head advisor of the very fund deficient CALR, opted at twenty years old to buy out Megacorp, the ruling corporation in the Bogon Galaxy. They did so as a last ditch attempt to gain a standing, their funding grow short from the government with LSW taking most of it. The buyout succeeded, Angela becoming the new CEO and renaming the company "Cross Inc."

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The year slowly progressed, Cross Inc. gaining a steady income to support CALR as 2004 arrived. Upon a day of celebration for Ether's victory over Drek, a man attacked the capital of Apachire, a man named Dr. Nefarious, a being with nothing but scathing loathing in his heart for Ether, the hero that had defeated Qwark. The Dr. demanded his head, his chance at taking care of Qwark himself ruined. Ether launched an all out war against Nefarious, bringing the fight to his command center on Planet Mylon. The battle lasted for only three days, Nefarious' forces exhausted with Ether running the front lines of the battle. The Lightning Lombax and Xai, Ether's second in command of the Lombax Armada, rained devastation upon Nefarious' creations and war machines, destroying everything for miles. Nefarious escaped with little, evading the Lombax and robot entirely. Peace was once again restored, but Ether, in rage of the villain's escape, ordered a galaxy side deadlock of control. The Lombax Armada situated itself on planets all over the Solana Galaxy, and even Polaris, as Ether took control of the military and political presence. His victory astounding, he ran as leader of the Lombaxes, and instantly won. He became Emperor Ether of the Lombaxes, his faithful Locku by his side, supporting him all the way. A new contract had been made. That year, somewhere in Solana, as the Lombax Empire settled itself within the capital cities, a spark of rebellion ignited in someone's heart. Thus came the start of the doubters against the Lombaxes, the multi-species group known as Oblivion, Others Believing Love Is Vital In Our Niche.

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Come 2005… comes the start of our story.