Space was quiet. In this galaxy a raging war between the Earth's humans and the evil race known as "The Foe" stride everywhere. Many planets and systems have been doomed by this race. Lately the human army has struggled with protecting key planets from this army and their "Supreme Commanders". But every race, army, or anything else, had its hero's who answer the "The Call". In an odd but successful way that team of hero's is known as the Stealth Squadron. Recently they liberated a planet inhabited by creatures that were captured in orbs and used as fighters or pets. Now they circle around another planet, unaware of the problems they are about to know.
Flying around the orbit of the planet reveals a large mothership. With four large dark-blue wings, armed with powerful Omega-Beam cannons with a homing gatling-gun in the center of the wings. Powerful red flames where bursting out of the rear of the ship, its engine. The mothership had a long neck which underneath where a pair of twin Omega-Ultimatum cannons, the best weapon in human and Lylat combat ever created. In between the cannon and the neck was a steel door, the entrance and exit for the fighters, the main usage for the mercenaries. Inside was the team's mechanic who was leaning on a steel chair playing with a yo-yo. He had a long streak of boredom on his face.
"Soooo bored…" he said sighing to himself. The yo-yo broke off, but the mechanic didn't even bother. He let out another bored sigh. Outside was a long hallway that was a dorms or rooms to each of the pilots. Sadly a few were empty. After passing through a pair of sliding doors was a large room with a massive glass window. A pair of couches, chairs, a bookshelf and a decent sized TV with a white and dusty console sticking out from the bottom. The remaining pilots were sitting bored to their skulls trying to get comfortable.
Allan Thomson, the leader of the Stealth Squadron was anxiously waiting for a message or mission from their main and peppy commander, General Ruther. The brown haired pilot began falling asleep with two of his creatures from the last planet they liberated.
One was an orange mouse-like creature with a tail that had a thunderbolt on the tip, the same as his ears. He had biddy black eyes and an oval nose. He was playing with portable game console with a pair of white and blue fighters shooting each other in a 3D 16-bit proportion. His fighter tailed the other and fired rapidly sending the other to the ground. The orange mouse dropped his game console and sighed in relief.
"I win again Erick. You can't touch me in Star Coyote" he said to a blonde haired pilot staring at his portable console in disbelief. He stared at him dumbstruck.
"How can I lose to a Raichu?! You have no thumbs!" he complained. Allan coughed up a laugh.
Erick Baron was the team's navigator and computer and weapons specialist. His piloting is still above average, but he's best at analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of his enemy's, no matter what they are.
Sitting next to Allan was another creature with a dog-like face with black, blue and cream fur. He had a spike out of his chest and the top of his arms. He had pointy black ears and four black bangs from the back of his head. He was playing with an acoustic guitar humming a tune that was easily caught on to. Another pilot turned and faced the creature.
"Hey Lucario, think you can play something Latin?" he asked the creature. Lucario nodded and changed his tune to a Latin resemblance. The pilot clicked his fingers and nodded to the tune of the acoustic guitar. "Thanks man." The pilot said his Mexican accent.
Jose Felipe Garcia was a pilot of the human army before becoming a mercenary. A long time friend of Allan and a skilled pilot. He's a tad headstrong, stubborn, but a great pilot and foot soldier of both gun and sword, go figure. Next to him was a black skinned pilot who was listening to a CD while moving his head in a strange fashion. Allan could here the music from the other side and poked him. The pilot ignored him and smiled with a slight chuckle. He turned down the volume and continued to enjoy his music.
The pilot was J.J. Ford. The second best pilot, but also the most annoying one hence his high tone and his ability to be targeted first. He's brave and a good friend and indispensable as a teammate.
Next to J.J. was the teams mentor and former ace pilot Daniel Cunningham. Daniel was with Allan's grandfather and others as the original Stealth Squadron. Sadly Allan's grandfather was killed by on a simple flight around the Lylat system. To this date Daniel watches over Allan like his grandson to continue the Stealth Squadron legacy. He was fixing a robot's leg that was loose. Finally he pulled out his screwdriver and the robot stood up, showing his red rectangular eye that blinked.
"I'll-get-back-to-work" the robot said walking slowly towards a sliding door.
The robot was ROB NUS128, or Roburto, clone of the updated ROB NUS64. His main function was to control the ship and the bridge from problems and fight enemies. He could also be used as a polygraph, navigation coordinator, and even play poker on Fridays. Daniel followed the robot to make sure his leg was working properly. The rest of the team followed along with Raichu and Lucario.
They walked through a long hallway, or the neck of the ship. Finally the group entered at a door which opened. Inside was a room with multiple control panels, seats that lean back and forth, and an area for Roburto to stand and control the ship. Allan who came out first stood on the rail and waited for everyone to pass by. After Daniel sat down in the middle chair he turned and faced the metallic robot.
"Roburto, do we have any messages in our inbox?" he asked the robot. Roburto blinked his red light and stopped.
"There-are-zero-messages" he replied back in his monotone. Allan looked down in disappointed. Roburto blinked and created a "ping" sound from his speaker.
"However…I'm-concerned-about-this-planet" he said pointing at the small window which revealed a black and purple planet with a purple haze surrounding it. Only small parts of the planet was covered in light with green and blue coloring in view. The planet was broken into a set of five to seven large continents.
"Roburto, what is this planet?" he asked the robot. The robot blinked and pushed a series of holographic buttons. A large machine in front of Daniel's control panel opened up while the lights dimmed. The machine opened a large holographic version of the planet. Roburto lifted one of his hands that continue to move up and down.
"This-is-the-Dragon-Realms. No-colonization-or-exploration-has-been-issued-to-this-planet" he replied. J.J. looked at the planet and noticed the broken parts.
"Hey, why is this planet broken up? And what the heck is a realm?" he asked with an eyebrow raised. The robot bleeped again.
"Each-broken-continent-is-a-realm. A-realm-is-an-area-that-is-connectied-to-other-portals-or-gates-to-other-known-areas. Information-is-not-knowledgeable-enough-to-understand-this-thoery." the robot replied putting down his hand. Daniel faced the robot concerned.
"Roburto, scan the energy levels of the…"
"Affirmative. Energy-levels-detected. Energy-levels-are-abnormal" he interrupted. Daniel nodded stroking his chin.
"Think the Foe did this?" Erick asked his teammates. Again Roburto interjected.
"Realms-protected-by-a-force-field. Penetration-is-impossible. Only-a-cargo-ship-has-been-detected-from-the-last-week." Before they could say anything else the holographic planet was sucked back into the machine. A second later, a head of a man in his early-sixties appeared.
"General Ruther here! How's it going Stealth Squadron?" he asked the team. Allan sighed and faced the general.
"Boring General. Except for this planet or realms or whatever you call it." The General's head leaned back and then faced Allan.
"Hmmm. I guess this is good timing." J.J. who wasn't paying attention looked up, dumbstruck.
"Huh?" he said leaning forward on his chair. The general rolled his eyes and sighed.
"Anyways I have done research about this planet. It seems that someone has placed a mass supply of dark energy. Making it weak and vulnerable."
"It has a force field that's unstoppable though" Erick said standing up at general. The veteran shook his head.
"There are two ways the shield could be taken out. By shutting it down around its orbit, and the other way is to weaken the planets magic energy, or its power source." He answered. Daniel nodded his head understanding the planets circumstances.
"So John, were does this go from here?" he asked the general. The head twirled and nodded.
"I'm offering a handsome reward if you could find a way to stop this planets misery. Although there are restrictions. One…no PMK's. Do we have a…" Suddenly the hovering general turned off.
"Link-error-DE0008" Roburto said flipping a switch and turning on the lights. J.J. clapped his hands and then rubbed them in an excited manner.
"I guess we'll just save the planet the hard way!" he said leaving the room. Jose who was quiet got up and walked towards the door.
"Hey I'm coming to. Hold the elevator!" he yelled as he ran after the ecstatic J.J. Allan sighed happily this time and ran out the sliding door with Raichu on his back. Erick and Daniel stared at Lucario who shrugged.
"Raichu needs more practice anyways." He said, playing a jazz tune on his guitar. Erick nodded while Daniel alerted Kent, the mechanic about the mission. He heard a loud "Yahoo" on the other end which almost took his hearing away.
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The docking bay was different. The fighters would land anywhere as they pleased, along with the Tundra, a one-manned tank. The three pilots ran through the sliding door and ran on the four empty fighters already hovering. Each fighter was designed for many purposes.
Allan hopped into his ProwlerWing, a black and blue Arwing that had a much longer nose but a shorter underside. The weapons where a powerful twin hyper lasers of an indigo color. The only thing human made where the gravity-diffusers. The A-T stabilizers and RBT engines made this fighter quick and nimble and can out-maneuver any fighter. Inside, Allan placed Raichu behind him which could fit a second passenger, but barely.
"It smells nice in here." The orange mouse said. Allan turned around and faced him.
"Like it? I added new cushioning." He said putting on his sunglasses and his headset. J.J. already closed his cockpit window and ignited the engines of his black and silver StealthWing, an Arwing like Allan's, but it was faster, and had just the green twin lasers instead.
Jose tripped into his JetWing, a silver fighter with only single laser capability, but the fastest of the three or four ships. Unfortunately it was the only one that couldn't take a beating.
"Everyone ready? I got Ruther online again, he'll tell you how to lower the force-field" Said Daniel over an intercom. Allan continued to push his holographic buttons. Two other ships appeared with their conditions and model type.
"Communications line, okay. Everyone ready?" he asked over the headset.
"Everything's cool over here Allan!" Jose responded back.
"Don't ask, since you know the answer already." J.J. replied back.
"Kent, open the hatch!"
On cue, the steel door opened slowly, while Kent placed an oxygen mask on his face. The door came to a halt which created a loud screech sound.
The trio of ships ignited a massive red flame from behind almost hitting Kent. He jumped out of the way and waited near the exit.
"We'll be staying here team. We'll let you know when we find other information" Daniel called on the intercom.
"Everyone, we're heading into an asteroid field, so keep your guards up." Jose let out a burst of air.
"Pfffft. I fought on tougher asteroid belts." He replied back.
"Showoff" J.J. said in his cocky attitude. Finally they charged out with flames everywhere. Kent panicked and pulled out a fire extinguisher.
"HOT! HOT! HOT!" he yelled putting out the flames.
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"Hey Allan. I'm sending you a message from General Ruther." Erick said over the headset. Immediately he heard the general's voice.
"Allan, there's some type of ring you must fly into to temporary shut down the shield." He said. Allan made a confused look and shrugged. As they made their way to the asteroid felt he saw a ring far off to the other side.
"Flight through one Force Ring to lower the force field." The General said in his groggy voice. Allan charged ahead of J.J. and Jose.
"I'll lower the force field. You guys watch for any Foe ships." He said on the headset.
Allan swooped under a chain of rocks and began blasting them to make room for J.J. and Jose. Suddenly a trio of red and black fighters appears behind a set of rocks.
"Crap! The Foe are behind this!" he said to himself. J.J. appeared out of nowhere and chased after one of the fighters. Allan rapidly shot down the other two. Again more fighters popped from the rocks and began firing rapidly.
"Do a barrel roll Allan!" Daniel said on his headset. Allan twirled the ProwlerWing violently and avoided the ships lasers. J.J. appeared again and fired a Nova Bomb at the six fighters. All six exploded from the large red sphere of fire.
"If I wasn't so peaceful, I kick some series hide!" J.J. replied after clearing a way for Allan.
"J.J. calm down, I see the ring now" Jose said trying to make sure J.J. doesn't over due it. The ring was a large pink and silver color. Allan immediately charged at the middle with made the ring spin at a high velocity. A visible clear sphere of the realms disappeared.
"We're entering Dragon Realm airspace. My map indicates we should enter near this area…Coastal Remains." He reported from the headset. Jose and J.J.'s Arwings hovered behind him.
"Adjust A-T stabilizer output." The ships began slowing down as the Realm gravitational pull began sucking them down.