A new day had begun in the city of Tera Con Alpha, the current capital of the known galaxy. The title of capital had formerly belonged to Tera Con Prime, but since its destruction during the Great Galactic Blackout 30 years ago, a new capital city had to be chosen to recover the peace, stability, and safety initially lost. When a viable place to move the capital could not be found, Tera Con Alpha was created, built on the surface of the planet Yarno, which was known for being a reputable haven for refugees. Numbers of people from all over the galaxy moved there to settle into this new place they could call home, hoping that they could permanently return to the sense of normalcy that had persisted until its former loss 30 years before.
Normalcy indeed reigned supreme in the streets of the metropolis contained within its cradled walls, its chrome buildings towering next to and over one another, though all were dwarfed by the elongated set of crystalline spires that stood in the center, which together formed one shining skyscraper. Being of a lighter and shinier color and texture, that building definitely stood out among all the rest which were greyer, so apart from that, there wasn't anything else special…until one of those grey buildings exploded from its windows.
"Fire in high-rise building," came a voice over an intercom in a hangar bay, "Area E-351, Tera Con Alpha Town Square – dispatch request for Crimson Light. Dispatch request for Crimson Light."
In one corner of the hangar, a bulky Tryvuulian was interrupted in the middle of cleaning his machine gun arm. [-FOX-]
In another corner, a green-skinned humanoid alien lounged on a couch lifted up his shades at the sound of the intercom, exposing his six eyes. [-TRIBORE-]
Across from him was a black human woman sitting on another couch with a cup of coffee in hand. [-QUINN-]
Further away, a stubby cylindrical robot with yellow arms and a red lightbulb on its head was in the middle of calibrating mechanisms next to a big red spacecraft while a little round green alien floated nearby watching it all. [-HUE-] [-MOONCAKE-]
A round yellow robot floated in another part of the hangar. [-KVN-]
A blond Caucasian human man and an orange-furred Ventrexian just as tall as him were in the middle of a Thimbles game when both their heads turned at the sound of the intercom and alarm that accompanied it. [-GARY-] [-LITTLE CATO-]
Everyone immediately scrambled to prepare themselves, snapping open and shutting their lockers to get geared up. When they were done that, they gathered around near the red spaceship. "Everyone ready?" Gary said to everyone after they huddled together.
"Ready!" was everyone's reply. On the blond man's signal, everyone put their fists together and pulled them back in a collected fist bump.
"Alright! Crimson Light's a-go, baby!" Gary yelled out enthusiastically as everyone dashed up the entry ramp into the red ship. Once on board, everyone took their places on the bridge. Gary manned the main pilot's chair while Quinn and Little Cato sat on the other two chairs on either side of him. Fox and Tribore were on standby in the airlock. KVN hung out in the janitor's closet. HUE was stationed at a nearby terminal at the corner of the bridge typing away while Mooncake watched.
"Gary, the ship is ready to launch at any time." HUE said.
"Then let's go!" Gary remarked without hesitation, a daring smile on his face as he looked ahead at the outside. He then looked up to the ceiling. "AVA, start the engines!"
"Commencing engine startup. Just don't step on it too hard, captain." [-AVA-]
The ship's engines fired up and the vessel rose off the hangar floor, hovering for a moment before gradually moving out through the gate and then distinguishably zooming higher into the city skyline, making a beeline for the E-351 site.