"Hey kid, get back here!" Yelled the man as he chased me down the back alleys of the imperial city, he was a Rotoro soldier, a mercenary, stationed at port Lionel, they had chased me all the way here. I am John Parker, my parents were taken into custody by the Dalmerean security force when I was 8, I've been on the run since then, trying to get work, trying to stay hidden. I was about 11 when the police first found me, locked me up tight, but after a riot, I slipped away.
The soldier was gaining on me, and then things got worse, I ran towards an ally I thought I knew, then realized that I was at a dead end, a black end cut me off. Then the soldiers caught up with me, "put your hands above your head." I did the opposite and just went limp, then something good happened, a hand flew out of nowhere, and came in contact with the leaders face, the man fell to the ground, bleeding, the other soldiers scattered.
The man appeared now, in a sleek black suit with gray plating on it, he stood over the guard on the ground, he then turned to me, "let's go, the chief's waiting." Together, we climbed the wall and boarded the now visible ship, it was once a United Dalmerean Nation Stealth ship, now, it had been painted black and blue and was the lead ship of the shadow armada, I hopped into the co-pilot's seat, initiated the takeoff check, and pulled out of the city.
Once we were in the space above, we opened a hailing frequency to our flagship, the Panther. "Panther this is Shadow Wing 1B, requesting docking permission." After a few brief moments, they responded, "stand by for scanning." Just a few minutes later, they spoke once again, "Ok, you're clear for docking in Beta bay." We soared into the hangar, the cockpit raised and I jumped out, the docking bay was filled with the clanging of machinery, and the yelling of docking crews.
We stepped into the command center, it was filled with people I'd never met before, but they all seemed focused on a battle map, on the holographic sphere, there was a large pyramid shaped temple, except it was covered in ivy. I decided to ask, "what is that?" Everyone in the command center turned towards me, The leader spoke, "ah, John, it's good to see you, this, is a temple of the ancient gods, inside, is a mage of the highest order, a divine warrior, capable of calling upon the power of the gods, we need someone small enough to sneak through the catacombs, and crawl into the central chamber, invisible, to kill him." I spoke up, "I guess I fit the role perfect, but I can't turn invisible yet." The general turned, "We'll supply the suit son." I looked up at him, "ok then, I guess it's settled."
The engineering bay was a vast chamber, filled with the hum of machinery, inside, there were countless projects being worked on, i say a plasma rifle, and an Ion-Bio bomb. We walked over to a desk with a name tag reading, Rory swann, head engineer, there was a man behind the desk, with a white T-shirt, with overalls on top, "So, i hear you need cloaking tech huh?, well we got it." He led me over to a table with a large suit on it, the suit was grey and had blue neon lines streaming down.
When I put on the suit, I immediately gained a feeling, for the first time in my life, that I was just right for something. The suit was lightweight, felt like air, and was completely thermally regulated, the engineer handed me a pair of goggles, which i put on, and noticed that the world seemed sharper, like adjusting after you wake up. Then the engineer turned to me, "we're gonna send you in a banshee, so that you can go in undetected." I responded, "sure!"
When I arrived in the banshee bay, there were 6 ships, but one of them was painted with gold, and had zergling horns attached to the front, I boarded one of the other ships, and initiated a takeoff check. When the ship left the bay, I got the hang of the ship, more or less, when the ship took off, there was a rush in the cockpit, I felt my heart skip a beat as i was rocketed forth, like on a rollercoaster.
The journey was long, and lonely, but after about 9 hours of watching stars fly by me, I arrived near the planet, The ships warning system activated, "warning, multiple Dalmerean ships are in proximity of the craft, please commence evasive maneuvers." I looked on the scanner, their weapons were charging up, before I could do anything a bolt of plasma hit the ship, with sparks flying everywhere, i tried to get a hold of the ship, but my attempts were fruitless, I could only watch as the ship plummeted to the ground.