Planet Azhara
Alpha sector
Star date 2433
Orbit

"What is that?" Aryon fiddled with display, attempting to increase the resolution of the small, boxy grey object floating in geo synchronous orbit above the planet. He brushed a lock of dusty brown hair from his eyes and leaned closer to the monitor.
"Looks like some kind of station to me, though-" suddenly the screen flickered and went out in a hail of sparks. Aryon cursed.
"In the name of..."
He leaned back in the cockpits creaky old command chair, cursing under his breath as he waited for the faulty monitor to boot back up. He turned his head slightly to peer out the cockpit. He could see the station, though it was just a small glimmer from here. He stared at it, trying to discern but a glimmer of detail from the tiny grey speck. There was another shower of sparks from behind him.
"-EVE monitor offline. Please *bzzt* contact Extra Vehicular Electronics support services. Thank you for-" the monitor died suddenly in yet another flash of light and stinking smoke. Aryon cursed profusely and dragged himself from the chair to fix the deceased monitor.

Surface

The small creature wobbled unsteadily through the caves darkness, it's two small lower appendages working rapidly as it's trio of large dark eyes swept the darkness. Catching the small flash of reflected water the creature chittered in delight, already expecting the lush palate of microorganisms it would find there. The creature tottered its small, smooth body over to the edge of the water. It chittered happily again and prepared to submerge when something unusual caught its eye. Down the dark tunnel and around the corner a light had appeared. The glow steadily increased until the small creature was forced to squint. It groaned uncomfortably and lowered itself slowly into the water leaving its third eye, the light sensitive one, above to watch curiously. The first being to round the corner was tall, with two long legs and arms, one of which held the a short, thick stick that emitted light from one end. The area where it's face should have been was smooth and tinted blue, like water. It also seemed to be covered in a sort armored plates, like the ones the predators lower in the caves had. The creature subconsciously submerged itself lower. The armored being stepped into the cavern, sweeping the walls with the accursed light. It was followed by a second being who was built similarly to the first, if a bit taller.
It appeared to be made of a grey, metallic armor and it's two eyes glowed a deep red. The creature could hear a dull whirring with its every step. The grey being stepped in and turned towards the creature, who at that time decided to promptly depart and ducked underwater with a small splash, it's lower half separating into a mass on tentacles as it jetted off into the dark to feed.

"What was that?" Gregor asked, shining his flashlight onto the pool, which still quivered slightly with ripples.
"-Factual. Just an Amphibian. Curious. Further study of these caves could be beneficial to our Xeno catalog.-" Gregor rolled his eyes and scanned the ceiling with the flashlight.
"We're not here to study Invictus, we just need to gather enough fuel to get a Aryons ship away from this poisonous, monster infested icebox." IN-victus didn't show any sign of response other than quietly transmitting a few lines of code to himself. Gregor grunted and continued to shine the light over the caverns pitted walls, finally stopping over a section that was a bit darker than the others.
"There you are you little bugger. Invictus, mind handing me the matter manipulator?" The glitch did so, hefting the bulky machine and handing it to the armored human. He grabbed it with two hands and pointed it at the section of wall.
"I swear the damn thing gets heavier every time"
"-Factual. That isn't possible.-"
"Shut up." Gregor adjusted the settings slightly and pulled the trigger. The device shook violently and let out a dull roar. Suddenly a beam of blue light spat from its front and struck the wall, grinding away at the deposit. Gregor braced himself as he tried to keep the erratically shaking device on target. Finally, the blue beam sucked back into the device and it's motion and sound cut off abruptly. Gregor took a step back, letting the device fall to arms length. His ragged panting came through his helmet speaker as a staticky dull roar.
"-Curious. How much?-" Gregor hefted the device once again to peer at the display. He groaned.
"A pound and a half."
"-Doubtful. That won't power a space ship.-"
"Really? Gee I couldn't figure that out mysel-" IN-victus held up a metallic hand, cutting him off suddenly. Gregor was about to retort when he realized why. Deeper In the cave a snuffling, scratching sound could be heard faintly, though it was drawing closer. IN-victus slowly unlimbered a large sword and shield from his back, the steel singing a single note as it was drawn. Gregor drew his pistol, aiming it down the corridor with one hand and holding the flashlight with the other. Whatever was coming was coming fast, and it wasn't alone.