Amare quickly set a course to planet Hazan, a nearby planet believed to hold life. The trip took mere minutes. He looked down on the tranquil surface of the planet. Lush blues and greens dominated the landscape, and he could swear he even saw plant life. He began his descent.

He practically jumped when the silence of space was suddenly replaced by the roar of thrusters and the whistle of wind rushing past. Once the noises died down, he noticed a *ping* sound. He looked to the radar, which found an Object of Interest southwest of his location. Following the radar, he was now right above the dot. He looked out the window, and gasped.
In front of him, there was a crashed spaceship, along with strange writing. He promptly brought the scanner online, and did a thorough analysis of the crash sight. The scanner noticed usable equipment aboard the wreck, and automatically brought them aboard. There was some kind of encrypted map, missiles, and something that reminded Amare of the Interplanetary drive in the ship, but, more advanced. Upon further analysis, the scanner determined that the mystery device could power interstellar flight! The ship converted both to work with its own hardware. Before Amare could enter coordinates to return home, the ship got a mind of its own. It sped off, faster than Amare had ever gone, towards the coordinates on the map.

The ship stopped at an unknown planet, far away from Hivatt, his home. After exploring the planet for a while, he discovered what looked like the ruins of a city. Once again, his first response was to scan it. The scan came up blank for the first time. The radar, however, noticed 3 objects heading towards the ship. The com opened.

"WARNING! GROX INTRUDERS DETECTED. ALL GROX INTRUDERS WILL BE TERMINATED."
Amare didn't know how to react. On one hand, he just discovered evidence of civilization on another planet! On the other hand, they didn't sound so friendly. Hoping the hostility was a misunderstanding, Amare replied over the com link:

"Grox?"
The voice, which he could now tell was electronic, persisted.

"ALL GROX INTRUDERS WILL BE TERMINATED."

"I am not 'Grox'! This is Captain Amare, of the Adhevian Empire.."
The voice interrupted him.

"WARNING! ALL GROX INTRUDERS WILL BE TERMINATED!"
Amare groaned. The situation looked really bad. He couldn't reason with the electronic ships. Continuing an argument would just put him in more trouble. He was in unfamilliar territory. The hostiles outnumbered him. And to make matters worse, his aggressors probably had superior technology.
The way he saw it, the only option was to run. He entered Hivatt's coordinates, and proceeded to evade the attacking ships as he gained altitute. However, he soon found out that the interstellar drive needed to recharge. He would have to hold his own against the drones. Then he remembered- the missiles that were beamed aboard with the interstellar drive. They should work here. He brought up the ship's combat interface and selected the missiles. The targeting computer locked on to the first ship, and fired.

A direct hit! The drone was badly damage, and had a trail of smoke following behind it. However, it didn't give up its pursuit. A second missile finished it off, leaving only two drones. A spark of hope ignited in Amare- "I have a fighting chance!" he thought, as he locked on to the second ship. The first missile hit dead on, but the second one missed, only to correct its course to follow the third fighter. The third fighter was hit right in the thrusters, and it quickly lost power and crashed. Amare locked on to the second fighter, and was about to fire, when he realized the missile launchers needed to recharge. He looked at the last drone in utter horror; without the missiles, he would be defenseless untill they could recharge. Amare switched to the laser, knowing that little damage is better than none. He dodged the drone's laser pulses as he countered with his own, each leaving minor marks where they hit. Looking at the Interstellar drive's charge, he realized it was at 95%- only a minute to go. Amare broke away from the drone, and decided to keep his distance before he could return home. To Amare, that one minute felt like hours, as he weaved between the drone's laser pulses. The instant the charge was at 100%, he entered the coordinates and was on his way home.