Day 0
Impact
Olimar's ship drifted across the beautiful sea of stars. He loved looking out and just staring all around him. The stars surrounded him, like he was a fish in a fish bowl. He even named his children after two astrological signs. He missed his family. He was on a routine shipping job for his company, delivering some food for Koppai. However, he was taking a shortcut through an uncharted area of space, to get home quicker. Olimar got homesick quickly.
"I'll be home soon enough," he encouraged himself.
He lived a paradoxical existence. Half of Olimar wanted to explore the universe, find distant treasures, and be a legend. The other half wanted nothing more than to be with his family, relax, and savor life. Because of the sheer mundaneness of his life, he had found the second dream more plausible.
Olimar looked at the planet below him. It was beautiful blue orb, seeming perfectly rounded. Olimar never took the brilliance of space for granted.
"Beep"
"What was that?" Olimar wondered to himself.
"Beep Beep"
For some reason the sounds persisted.
"Beep Beep Beep Beep"
Olimar found the origin of the mysterious sound. On the radar, a strange object headed closer and closer to him.
"I'll just steer out of th-"
*CRASH*
Olimar's ship was slammed by a meteor, and was spiraling out of control towards the now foreboding planet he was admiring seconds ago.
"I must push on, for my family," Olimar thought to himself, as he blacked out.