And a brief note, this story takes place 5 years after Pikmin 2.
Disclaimer: I don't own Pikmin. But I do own Artemis, Holly, and Kararos

Pikmin 3: Wrath of the Shadows, Chapter 1: Enter, new troubles.

Hocotate Freight, Inc. Invoice Shipment #: 456459874 Item: 50 lb. of experimental weaponry Where to Ship: Military HQ, Mobius-5 Poko Value: 40000 Ship: SS Buyback Captain: Louie Status: Unknown.

Hocotate Freights - boardroom

"MISSING!" Olimar's jaw dropped. "Yes, missing. You may be wondering why I've called only you four here today. You are my most trusted friends, and if anyone finds out, it could cause an intergalactic incident." President Shayco bowed his head in silence.

The third of the five in the room spoke. "You trusted Louie with this kind of a shipment, uncle Shayco?" This came from a brown-haired young woman named Holly Sarael, Shayco's beloved niece. She was 18 and about 5'6". She wore a violet shirt that exposed part of her midriff, she also had a pair of red knee-length shorts. Her shoes were a pair of purple sneakers. Her hair came down to the bottom of her neck. And as for her eyes, they were like a pair of sapphires, glowing blue.

"Sadly, yes.." Shayco sighed and continued. "The last log from his ship came from over Earth." A new voice joined the conversation. "That's what they renamed the Pikmin planet, right?" He was an intern at the company, Artemis Chilari. He had short, messy red hair that sometimes obscured his emerald-green eyes. The 17-year-old was a bit taller then Holly at 5'9". He was wearing a lapis-lazuli tunic, and a pair of ivory-colored jeans. He had a pair of black sneakers on. But his most unique item was an opal that he wore around his neck. "Was he gunned down?"

The last person finally spoke. "What are we up against?" Enter Kararos Bryant, mercenary, and an old friend of Olimar's. At 35, he was the tallest one in the room, at 6 feet tall. His messy blue hair did the best it could to hide a scar above his left eye. He was dressed in a black shirt with a white jacket over it. He also had a turquoise pair of pants on. Below those was a pair of rough boots, obviously made for hiking. He had a sword sheathed on his belt, and by the looks of his brown eyes, he was ready to unsheath it at a moment's notice.

Here's what we have so far.

The ship went down near the Valley of Repose, start there.
I've bought us 90 days, after that, the military will come in to Earth and tear it up, looking for the shipment.
We'll bring the Dolphin and the Serenity with you.

You need to:
Find Louie Find out what happened to the shipment.
Retrieve the shipment, or if you don't, find 40000 pokos to pay the military back for it.

"On your way to the planet, Olimar will introduce you to the planet's ecosystem. Oh and take these." Shayco gave each one of them a strange device. It looked like a red box. "Keep these with you at all times on the planet. It will create Hocotatgen, a gas that will neutralize the oxygen's deadly effect on our species.
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Next chapter: Training Day.