Chapter 2: Meet the Team
Okay, Rodney thought, let's see what all the secretive fuss is all about, since I absolutely have to be here.
He heard some commotion the control room, Rodney stepped in.
Inside the control room, humans and non-humans alike huddled behind many screens.
"This isn't right." An old human said. "First, they would contact us If they had travel problems, and Second, they obviously should have been here by now."
"Just don't hold your breath if they really have been delayed, attacked, or captured by Space Pirates." Commented a Genian, a mysterious white skinned humanoid race known for their mysteriousness. When he spoke it was accompanied by electrical buzzing. The language of the Genians were these bizzare electrical sounds. The buzzing was like a sort of accent.
"BUT I DON'T WANT THAT!" The old man sounded immature yelling like that.
"Dad, just calm it down..." Rodney Aran said to the old man.
Human turned around quickly, "Rodney? Oh I just...I'm sorrry about that..."
He usually isn't that angry. Rodney thought, What did we lose out there?
Rodney laughed anyway, "It's okay, It's great that your that energetic at 79."
"Yea." He wasn't the kind of man left hanging.
"Anyway, I shouldn't be suprised your here. Your on time,...and wearing your power suit..." He noticed Rodney was wearing his blue power suit already.
"Yeah, well I decieded to save some cargo room." Rodney joked.
"Anywho, this is the crew here at the bottle ship." He turned around to face his co-workers. "I would like to introduce my son, Rodney Aran. Rodney, this is the team."
All of the crew was facing Rodney and his father now. The first to step out of the cloister of workers was the Genian.
"I am Liygas, of the planet Genia." He explained. "But let me first explain that the Galactic Federation has yet to properlly pernounce our words correctly. My name would be pronounced (odd electrical noise) our planet, (electrical noise that sounded like Genia) and our people or species as (noise that souded like 'Valksneerg' or something) This is my boss, Paul Aran." He gestured towards Rodney's father. "He's also a very good scientist."
The Genian stepped back and a Vhozon came forward.
A Vhozon? Rodney was a bit stunned by that. Vhozons were a proud and a somewhat reclusive race of intelligents that came from the planet Vho, a planet situated on the last galactic arm of the Milky Way Galaxy. Many of their planet's nations and societies had strange forms and ideas for justice and ideology. Perhaps not all of them were the same.
"I am a scientist on the Bottle ship." He told Rodney. "Scxthos" a name that sounded odd to Rodney Aran, "is the name in which I was given originaly on the first day of my known existance."
He didn't really sound too brainy to Rodney, just a little...well...alien. Even the way he talked.
"And my generational current occupation is as a scientist/engineer." He stepped back.
The next intelligent was a human.
Finally. Rodney thought.
The human was male, had a smaller beard, curlier brown-ish black hair, and looked normal "I am Sericlos Limas, and I am a general worker around this station." He said and shyly walked backward.
He's Greek. Rodney quickly observed. And a little timid, I think. Funny looking.
"And of course, just us five are not the only ones here." Paul Aran explained. "There are greasemen and wrenchers all around this station, and there would be Chozo here, if it wasn't for the holdup."
"They are most likely not going to get here within this standard cycle. I think that we should all go to the Residential Quarters." Suggested Liygas.
"Yeah, dad I think he's right. You and me need to sleep. I have something great to tell you tomorow." Rodney said.
Paul Aran led the way out of the control bridge.
