The world of Corel was loosing its struggle to live, endangering the lives of millions that have called the planet their home. When it was learned that the planet would die in a matter of years, the population did whatever they could to ensure their survival. They started the Pioneer Project, a program that involved the sending of unmanned probes out into the universe to locate a planet capable of sustaining the lives of the populace. As the probes were sent out, construction began on a series of interstellar transport ships. These ships, the Pioneers, were designed to ensure that the population made it to the designated planet, and then could be disassembled to create the lodgings and essentials needed for the civilians to live on the planet. It was a plan of desperation

Not very long after Pioneer 1 was completed, one of the probes had located a planet suitable for colonization approximately seven years away from Coral. The planet, now named Ragol, was the only one that was close to Coral, as other such planets were either inhospitable or turned up much farther away than Ragol did. Once the news was spread, Pioneer 1 was loaded with its crew before being launched. The crew of this first ship consisted mostly of combat officers and scientists, with very few civilians aboard. Among the people onboard were the chief officers of WORKS, Heathcliff Flowen, and Rico Tyrell (who is later and better known as Red Ring Rico). As they left for the planet, Pioneer 2's construction was beginning. It would be seven years later when Pioneer 1 finally arrived on Ragol and sent a communication back to Coral that they had arrived. After years of waiting, the remainder of the populace boarded Pioneer 2 and left the planet for good, leaving behind the planet that had been home to them for generations.

After seven years of space travel, Pioneer 2 finally arrived at Ragol with the main wave of refugees and opened a communication link with the now transformed Pioneer 1. Pioneer 1, known as the Central Dome now, opened communications with Pioneer 2 only moments before a mysterious explosion rocked the planet. An investigation was started with unmanned probes on the ship, which were sent down to the surface to find out what had happened on the surface. The probes didn't survive after arriving on the surface, but they sent back enough information to let the people of Pioneer 2 know that all aboard Pioneer 1 had disappeared. Thousands of men, women, and children were gone, and many aboard Pioneer 2 were distressed. Many of them had relatives that had left on Pioneer 1, and now they were emotional wrecks with the fact that they would never be able to see them again. Several were more interested in going down to the surface to claim land. Few of them returned, having learned the hard way that the surface wasn't as safe as Pioneer 1 had led them to believe.

The dilemma was set. Pioneer 2 doesn't have enough resources or power to trek back to Coral, having only enough supplies to last them roughly nine years when they left. There are no other planets capable of sustaining life within light-years of their position, and they would run out of food provisions long before they could reach a new planet. It was now or never, Pioneer 2 had no choice left but to colonize the planet and pick up where Pioneer 1 left off. The only other problem was weapons and military. Pioneer 1 carried the vast majority of the most intelligent military minds and a large chunk of Coral's army and militia, including WORKS 32nd primary forces.

Principle Tyrell personally called for an investigation as to what had happened on the planet. They couldn't send their soldiers down; they had barely enough to handle the few unruly outbursts that occurred on Pioneer 2. He called upon the HUNTERS, specialized mercenary warriors that had been common placed back on Coral. They would be called to do odd jobs for the government and a variety of clients, and it could be nearly any job imaginable. The ship was home to a large number of these HUNTERS, nearly half the humanoid population were HUNTERS along with a large majority of Casts, androids capable of individual action or serving under a master. Among those HUNTERS, only about 10 were the best of the best at the time. Others were just getting started or were somewhere between the elite and the newbie's.

Tyrell called upon the best Hunter he knew, Thalius, to lead the investigation as to what happened. He wasn't alone. He had three others with him for the mission, one of which he had trained for the past two years in combat. They went down to Ragol and managed to fight their way through, revealing more and more about what had happened on the planet. They learned that Rico had survived and started her own investigation shortly after the explosion, leaving data capsules behind for any that wanted to learn the secrets of the planet to follow. They learned that something was kept from the rest of Pioneer 1 after it landed. They had uncovered something below the planet, something that was supposed to be sealed away by another race. Having failed at destroying it, they had only successfully sealed it away and launched it deep into space, hoping it would be gone forever. Having been released, it had caused the explosion on the surface and wiped the populace of Pioneer 1 from the face of the continent. When Rico confronted it, she ended up as the host to the being known as Dark Falz. By time Thalius and his group arrived, they confronted and battled the entity. By time the dust settled, one of their group was down, an old model Ra cast that had been in service for nearly fifteen years severely damaged by the entity to the point in which its systems failed and ceased to function. Falz itself was defeated, but they ended up killing Rico in the process. The surviving trio became legends among the living legends already aboard the ship, but none knew the true fate of Red Ring Rico and the hand the Hunters had in her death. None but Tyrell and the trio of HUNTERS themselves knew the truth.

Several months pass before startling information is uncovered by Jean Carlos Montague, the lead scientist and greatest genius that lives on Pioneer 2. The mines had been home to three AI systems that Pioneer 1 had created itself. The first AI of mention was known as Carl; the only AI recovered and utilized by the lab in Pioneer 2 itself after its successful extraction by Ellie Person and the huntress that assisted her, whose original intent was to find the fate of her pen-pal. It would be later learned that the pen pale was Cal itself. The second AI was Vol-Opt. It ran out of control and now attacks anything that enters its domain, creating a never ending horde of robots below the surface of Ragol and constantly repairing its body after every defeat it suffers. A third AI existed down there as well, Olga, but its whereabouts are unknown. Records indicated that the Mines had a connection with Olga for a while after the explosion occurred above, but the link was terminated. Information from Rico's data capsules also claimed that nearly 12 of the materials from Pioneer 1 weren't present in the building of Central Dome, making it that much smaller than initially intended. Nearly a year after Pioneer 2 arrived; a while after Montague went into hiding on Ragol itself to avoid WORKS, would the fate of these things become known to the government.

Gal Da Val Island was discovered, as was a message sent by Heathcliff Flowen on the planet. Information said that Flowen was labeled as dead nearly a year prior to the explosion, meaning someone was trying to get attention or the records were false. Because of the situation, they sent only two HUNTERS there to find out what is going on and to figure out the fate of Heathcliff Flowen…

PHANTASY STAR: THE LOST EPISODE

DARKNESS FALLZ

When I first heard of Heathcliff Flowen, I had hoped to become as strong and powerful as he was. When I heard that he had died on the planet before we arrived, I cried believing I wouldn't get the chance to see him. I had fought alongside his friend, helping to achieve his dream of killing 10,000 creatures, only to hear his last words being that he had hoped to see that man one last time before he passed on. He never got that chance, and I'm thankful he never got to see what had really become of his friend…

Gal Da Val Island

Lower Seabed Facility, Disposal Block A23

11 months, 9 days after arrival

A long tunnel stretches down from the lowest portion of the Seabed Facility, a mere warp pad away to a location approximately one mile away from the island. Lights blinked off of the dark blue walls. These very walls aren't natural; they were created by something more technological than what the primitive creatures living on the planet are capable of. It stretched down into the depths of the planet, so far down that one can't see the bottom with the darkness in the way. However, one could see some flashes of light and a loud howl of rage and pain from the bottom.

Both hunters jumped out of the way as Olga Flow caused a cave in at the bottom of the disposal block, narrowly dodging the rocks that fell from above. The creature called Olga Flow was easily 56 feet tall, standing like a human being in all its mutated glory. Its skin was purple and pulsing every few seconds, its appearance seemingly similar to those of the blasts that mags are capable of releasing. Its arms were weapons only. The right hand was formed into a large sword nearly twenty five feet long, while the left appeared to be a large mutated crossbow. Twin creatures floated into battle with him, but both were currently unconscious from the photon barrage they had endured from the pair he now was determined to crush. With another roar, he did a soul swap on one of the hunters before starting his stomping around the battle area.

A blond haired girl ducked to the side to avoid his foot before jumping at him, her blade drawn and swinging right into his ankle. Her green eyes were dull in the dim light as she kept an eye on what her opponent was doing. She is wearing a blue battle jacket and a matching pair of shorts, her shield hand covered by a blue glove with a data pad on her forearm. Blue boots adorned her feet, matching with her blue clothes and the blue emblem of Bluful on her choker. She is relatively thin, with a slightly larger than average bust straining her jacket and the white shirt underneath. She stands at about 5'7" tall with the boots on, and she was a bit beaten up. Her jacket and shorts are torn in some areas from the constant fighting she had endured that day. A kitten like mag hovered over her left shoulder as she ducked again, only to get hit by the foot with her shield blocking most of the blow. The shield was visible, unlike most of the data-pad activated shields, blue and purple in color with DB scratched onto its front. Her DB saber was held tightly in her right hand as she got back up, revealing an armored plate with DB inscribed on it as well. "That had to be the hundredth time I've sliced into him," she shouted, her long ears twitching in irritation.

"No need to tell me twice," the hunter yelled back. He appeared to be quite old, his hair already graying. He is wearing the armor of Pioneer 1 combat personnel and was equipped with a large, yellow bladed Calibur in his hands. "You have ANY idea how much I'm hating this." He pulled out a Varista pistol and started firing, flinching in pain as the soul link was still active, causing the man to hurt himself at the same time with the girl. Savitri bleeped in irritation at how its master was being harmed in such a way. As for his appearance, he wasn't much better off than the Newman huntress he was fighting with.

"You think I don't know?" the girl shot back, drawing her own Bravace pistol and firing into Olga Flow. "He did that to me once already. Being in a guy's form is disgusting, no matter whose body it used to be!"

"You're the lucky one!" he yelled back as he fired at his legs again. "This is the third time he's done this to me!" He looked at his mag, noticing the signs. "Hey, is your Mag ready for a blast?"

"Just one more…" She replied as she jumped away with the guy as Olga Flow caused the ceiling to fall again. "I'm afraid SATO has never used more than three Photon blasts in one day. This'll be his eight one."

"Got it! Hope this works!" Both of them charged in towards Olga Flow, ducking to the side to avoid his foot falls. It was at this point in time that the soul link finally wore off, and the man started to glow brightly as his form changed. His clothes changed to look like a pair similar to what the girl was wearing. His body began to change as well, growing shorter in stature as his chest started to swell out. "About time!" the hunter yelled, the voice changing from that of a middle aged man to that of a late teen girl. The hair grew longer as it took on a dark red tint, the grey eyes shifting to a deep emerald green as a young Newman girl finally returned to normal. She smirked as her ears elongated back to their normal length. "Now it's payback time! PILLA!" she shouted, spreading her hands out as time slowed down around her. The mag released the photon blast, the form of a dark sorcerer of sorts appearing above her. It spread its own arms out, creating twin arches on each arm like a sort of antenna as energy pooled above its head. A moment later, a beam of energy was shot up right through Olga Flow, dispersing at its chest and raining down around it. Once time was returned to normal, the creature screamed in rage and pain as it felt the damage done by the mag.

"My turn!" the other girl shouted. "GOLLA!" Again time slowed down. Again was a photon blast released from the mag, although this particular mag was getting exhausted and deployed a different entity. A large, moose like creature appeared above the blond haired huntress, electricity surging between its antlers before it launched its attack. Olga Flow screeched in pain as its body was zapped by the blast, blood flowing from its many wounds on its ankles and chest. It gave one final cry before it finally fell down onto the ground on its knees, then keel over as it landed on its side. A large cloud of dust was kicked up into the air as the creature slammed hard into the ground along with a spray of the little water already on the ground.

The two girls were still standing once the dust settled, and both looked like they were in need of visiting the hospital wing for once. The blond haired girl has a cut on her forehead from when she was knocked onto the ground by a Delbiter, as well as several bleeding cuts and dark bruises on her body. The red head wasn't in much better shape, her battle jacket being more torn up than the other girl. Her shirt was split open underneath the jacket, revealing the Divinity Armor set she was wearing underneath. Unfortunately for her, it was nearly sliced through completely from another creature she had battled earlier.

Both of them looked at the body of Olga Flow, then at each other. "W-we won…" the blond said, sealing her weapons in their appropriate weapon capsules. "We got them, Palin. It's over…"

The red head smiled. "Yup," she replied, breathing deeply to catch her breath. "That thing was tough… too tough for me…"

"Come on… don't sell yourself short…" the blond said. "Sure… you only have been a Hunter for barely six months… but you pulled through." She smirked as she rubbed her sore side. "I only managed to attain my level of skill from a legend. Trained several years before we got here, then accompanied him on one hell of a mission once we got here…" She stretched herself out, grimacing in pain from her wounds. "Haven't been this badly hurt since ten months ago…" Both of their ears flicked upwards as they both heard a small mechanical object approach them, the both of them looking up. The object was cylindrical in appearance, with several hexagon shaped panels extending from its sides.

"Are you two alright?" a voice asked from the device as one of the panels showed the face of a brown haired and eyed Newman girl, concern shown in her voice and looks.

"We're fine, mostly," the blond said. "We just need to visit the hospital wing before we're thought and hand in our report. Thanks for caring, Ellie."

The girl on screen sighed. "That's a relief," she said, giving the pair a smile. "That had to be one though fight for the both of you to handle…"

"It was," the girl replied. "Nearly as tough as Dark Falz was."

Palin looked at the girl questionably, gripping her own wounds. "I don't think you ever mentioned someone by that name, Jeni," she said. "Who was it?"

"A monster that my master and two others fought nearly ten months ago," she replied, looking for the transporter out of there. "Two Ra casts accompanied us, but one of them was destroyed in battle…" She frowned. "Ellie, where's the transporter?"

"Huh?" Ellie asked, for she was listening to Jeni explain about Dark Falz and trying to figure out why that story sounded familiar. She blinked in surprise as she checked her consoles. "This doesn't make sense… the transporter is down there, but it isn't active right now." She frowned as she frantically worked the controls. "This shouldn't be right. The transporter should be working right…" Her eyes widened in shock at the readings she was getting on her monitors, then she looked at the pair through the view screen. Her eyes showed a mixture of pure shock and fear. "LOOK OUT!"

Palin had seen Ellie's look of shock before she looked at the screen, and had turned around to see what was wrong. She was just as startled to see that Olga Flow was still alive behind them, having managed to crawl its way over to them and lift its sword. Jeni hadn't noticed until the warning was issued, but it was too late by then. The creature had let its blade fall before the girl could turn around to defend herself. A loud scream of pain was heard as the weapon tore through the back of the girl's jacket, shredding through armor and flesh alike as it cut into her back and sliced into some bones. Blood shot out of the Newman's back in a spray of red, her body tensed from the wound as she fell face forward. She threw her arms in front of her to prevent herself from slamming into the ground face first, but her arms quivered in the attempt. She was fighting since they entered the seabed facility, and she was practically exhausted from her battles up till now.

Palin growled once she ducked to the side, having been thinking that the monster was going to strike her. Rage in her eyes, she unsheathed her Calibur and charged. "DIE!" she yelled as she leapt as far as she could, her weapon slamming down on the creature's head. It screeched in pain as the blade cut through its skull, blood spraying her weapon as it struggling started to cease. After a moment of keeping the weapon wedged into its head, the creature stopped moving. Convinced it was dead this time, Palin lifted her weapon out of its head and swung it several times. She frowned when she saw that the blood wasn't coming off of the weapon, reluctantly sealing it back in its weapon capsule. She saw the transporter activate finally on the far end of the room as Olga Flow began to seemingly decompose.

She wasted no time. She moved quickly to her comrade, checking to make sure she was alright. Jeni had passed out from the loss of blood coupled with her combat fatigue. She was facedown in the ground, her blood pooling on her back as it started to stain her jacket and drip down the sides of her body. Her eyes were closed and she is breathing heavily. Palin saw the severity of the wound. She was disgusted, swearing she saw several bones cut clean through within the wounded girl. "Ellie! Get a medical team over to the transporter room! Jeni's hurt very badly, she's unconscious!" Ellie confirmed this and called the hospital staff over to the room on the double. Palin grabbed the girl and hoisted her onto her back, Sato flying behind them. She moved slower than normal, having to bear double her own weight with the other Newman on her back. She reached the transporter within two minutes and stepped into it, making sure the both of them were entirely within the energy rings. She looked back, seeing the trail of Jeni's blood following them to the transporter, which was now starting to accumulate some blood as well. "Hang on, Jeni," Palin murmured as she looked at the top of the machine. "LAB!" she shouted. In a flash of light, they were gone, leaving the corpse of Olga Flow to rot hundreds of feet below the surface.

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HUNTER Profiles:

Jennie Knight: (often called Jeni or Jen for short)

Class: Hunter Species: Newman (newarl) Gender: female Section ID: Bluful

Age: 18 Eyes: green Hair: blond

History: A young girl that lost both her parents before Pioneer 2 could launch. Her mother was a newman, having died at the age of 26 years old. Her father mysteriously died when she was only 10, a few months before Pioneer 2 launched and only 6 months before her birthday. She was only 15 when she decided to become a hunter, and ended up becoming the apprentice to legendary hunter Thalius. Her combat skill is quite impressive in most combat situations, preferring swordplay at this particular time in her career. She is sometimes seen carrying a gun, but saves it for when she must hit something far away without her tech. She also happens to be a weapon collector, namely any powerful or useful weapons and gear she finds on Ragol rather than what she can buy at the shops.

Weapons: DB SABER +44- Replica of a saber once used by the military. An extremely common replica. This weapon was her weapon of choice early in her career, a gift from Thalius. Although it really isn't much in comparison to some other blades, she has used it effectively and prefers it over the other weapons she has.

BRAVACE +30- Legendary pistol reserved for high-ranking officers aboard Pioneer 1. Adds lightning damage. Of all her weapons, she is often seen with this one as her backup weapon. It is the farthest shooting gun she has and is very accurate, although she doesn't use lightning rounds too much. She finds it less effective than her Zonde skill. She pulled this thing out of the ruins of a Gilchik combat robot.

Armor: DB ARMOR, DB SHIELD- The shield is from a shield trade with her ally, the armor was a gift from the same ally. Both have DB etched into them, and are rather potent when she draws her DB SABER. It is said that the combination of those three items increases one's strength, toughness, and evasion.

Status: badly wounded

Palin Higeki: (often called Palin)

Class: Hunter Species: Newman (newarl) Gender: Female Section ID: Viridia

Age: 18 Eyes: green Hair: blood red

History: Not much is known about this hunter, aside from her basic information. She is relatively new, but is rather effective for one just starting. Her skills need some sharpening, but that is something only time can help.

Weapons: Calibur- An exceptional large sword. Has amazing power. She picked up this weapon during her brief training period prior to her most recent assignment. She wields it well, but it cuts into her evasion. Is best used against a crowd.

Varista- A legendary, high performance pistol. Its special attack causes paralysis. Like Jeni, she uses it when she needs to hit something far away. Unlike Jeni, it normally isn't to spare the use of her tech, it's because her tech ability is rather poor at the time. It is a gift from a friend.

Armor: Divinity Armor, Divinity Barrier- Rather high level battle armor and gear, occasionally found in the shops, as hers were. Nothing special about them, for they are mass produced gear made by the finest craftsmen.

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