Chapter 5
Vegeta watched the viewscreen as his ship as it drew closer to the Earth's former moon.
Hn…. Grey ball of rock. If you didn't know better, it would look like a big, gray asteroid. Sure as hell doesn't look like the central planetoid of an empire.
Vegeta checked the surface scans his sensors were picking up. Hmmmm… multiple surface impacts. Plenty of craters…. 0% orbital spin – so no day/night cycle. Since no light equals no plant life, then the ruins I am looking for should be on the light side. No apparent ruins on the surface tho…. Hmmm… Sub-surface scans show a large quantity of air pockets concentrated at coordinates 103.968N 25.376E. scanning for stable landing surface…. Looks like the most stable spot is in that hollow…. Scans like a paved surface….
The ship settled lightly on the located area of stability. Vegeta suited up for EVA – while there were traces of atmosphere on the Lunar surface, there wasn't enough to support life, so Vegeta was going to have to remember to remove the carbon build-up from the CO2 separators every few days. (Brief explanation – The body absorbs oxygen and converts it to carbon dioxide. So, theoretically, a system could be created that takes the CO2, splits off the Carbon, recycles the Oxygen, and absorbs the energy created by the breaking of the molecular bonds to heat and power the suit. Essentially a self-contained environment. I have no real idea if this would actually be possible, but it is an interesting idea, soooo….. *grin * )
Stepping out onto the surface, he looked around. Hn… big flat cratered area. Great. Hmmm… how thick is the dust in this area? Vegeta knelt down and scraped the dust away from the surface. Smooth….. seems to be transparent….. structure is… crystalline? Odd… most races don't pave roads in crystal… Maybe the ship can analyze this stuff. Powering up, Vegeta aimed a small blast at the cleared off area. To his surprise, the substance absorbed the energy, not even marking the surface. What the hell?! Vegeta shoots a heavier blast – same effect. After several minutes of this, he looses his temper.
"FINE! You want to play? You picked the wrong Prince to mess with!"
Jumping to SSJ3, Vegeta levitates over the cleared area.
"FINAL FLASH!"
The blast vaporized the surface dust, and upon hitting the crystalline surface, was absorbed. Seeing this, Vegeta added more power to it.
"YOU WILL BREAK!! DAMMIT!! BREAK!!!"
Pouring power into the attack, Vegeta actually starts to tire. Still no effect.
"GRRRR!!!! Fine then! Screw you! I wasn't that interested in finding out what you're made of anyway!" Vegeta flies back into the airlock, deciding to call it a day.
Around and under the ship, the crystal surface starts to glow…..
