Stories of Zeleca: Mian's Adventure (Part 1)
Prologue: Mythology of Zeleca (the Redwall planet)
The planet of Zeleca is like Earth in many respects. The only differences between the two planets are history, technology, continental arrangement, and inhabitants. After the War of the Varl, a war that marked the passing of Zeleca from its medieval period into its technological period, the kingdoms and their archaic kings were replaced by city- states that now hold dominion over surrounding lands. The technology of Zeleca is far more advanced than Earth's technology. Whereas Earth has nuclear power and iron, Zeleca uses crystalline fusion and mythril. The lands of Zeleca are arranged into 5 super-continents, the largest continent, where most of the population lives, is Kedalia. Finally, the inhabitants are not human. Instead of apes existing and evolving into sentient beings, rodents and other small creatures claimed evolution and became evolutionary equivalents of humans today. Other secrets of Zeleca, will only be revealed by the stories of this mystical place.
Chapter 1
A lone mouse was in space repairing an orbiting space station as concerned members of almost every other race looked out from the transparent mythril windows of the station. He was in a strange suit that had large wings on the back of it. The suit moved about him like an organic form. He opened his communications device and spoke into it.
"Salamandastron Command Center, I've found the problem." the mouse said expertly.
The deep resonating voice of a badger answered him over the communications device. "Go ahead Mian, what is wrong?"
Mian pushed the transmit button with some difficulty and spoke to the badger, "I got a bad thruster on gravity simulator one. We can't get gravity back until it's fixed."
"We'll send out a shuttle to fix it, you'd best get inside. You are needed back down here." A reply was voiced quickly to Mian.
"So they're finally going to take me off of space duty and put me onto something more useful?" Mian asked.
"All I've been told is how much you're needed. Get back inside." the badger asserted.
The mouse entered the station as repairs were made. The engines shuddered and creaked as gravity was restored. Mian fell to the floor on his back. "Owww!" Mian yelled. "Ya could have given me a warnin' down there!"
The voice of the badger came across the speaker again. "You know the robots don't alert us when they're about to finish, Mian. They just give a finished signal."
"Well you could upgrade 'em if ya wanted to." Mian rubbed his back a bit.
"Yes, take the bullet back down here. You're needed at Redwall City immediately.
The abbess didn't give a reason. I am transferring tracking of the bullet to them. Salamandastron space control center over and out!" the commander of Salamandastron, who had been speaking with him the whole time, closed as his signal went off.
Mian climbed into a dive-suit and boosted himself lightly into a bullet shaped mythril pod with a single thruster in the back. The door of the pod closed and the heat barrier activated. A computer voice began a countdown.
"3... 2... 1... Dive!" the computer voice droned.
The mouse flew out of the space station on his long journey back to the city-state of Redwallia. His pod increased in speed as the outer shell stripped off. The thruster broke off just as he entered the breathable atmosphere.
"Heat shields deactivated, you are in free fall Mian. We expect you to land at the mouth of the river moss." a female hare announced across the communications device. As he reached 10,000 feet, the bullet shielding broke away. The wings on the dive-suit opened quickly and curved themselves around over his head to act as a parachute.
"This should be good." Mian chuckled as he detached a long flat object from the back of the suit and strapped it to his feet.
The communications device beeped and the frantic voice of the hare came over it. "Your trajectory does not put you at the river! Mian, don't tell me you took the board
with you!"
The object Mian had detached was a type of hoverboard that was used in recreational skydiving. Certain modifications had been made to allow it to withstand a fall from orbit. The trajectory became more diagonal as he glided down using the board to stabilize himself.
"Don't lose your head darlin'. I know what I'm doin!!" Mian almost laughed back over the device as his descent rapidly slowed. He took manual control of the board because its computer was not designed for such stunts. The mouse battled to get upright as he neared the ground.
All eyes in the control station were now fixed on the screen as Mian moved closer and closer to the shore. Scared gasps and mutterings of "He'll never make it." passed throughout the room.
"Coming in for landing, HQ" the mouse calmly indicated as he came in at a slant. He skidded across the water coming to a stop just where control predicted, the mouth of the river Moss.
Another hare quizzically looked at him through the window of the transport that was waiting for him as the wings of his suit retracted and he took the board off of his feet.
"That was a nice run!" Mian sighed as he climbed into the bus-like interior of the transport and sat down.
Prologue: Mythology of Zeleca (the Redwall planet)
The planet of Zeleca is like Earth in many respects. The only differences between the two planets are history, technology, continental arrangement, and inhabitants. After the War of the Varl, a war that marked the passing of Zeleca from its medieval period into its technological period, the kingdoms and their archaic kings were replaced by city- states that now hold dominion over surrounding lands. The technology of Zeleca is far more advanced than Earth's technology. Whereas Earth has nuclear power and iron, Zeleca uses crystalline fusion and mythril. The lands of Zeleca are arranged into 5 super-continents, the largest continent, where most of the population lives, is Kedalia. Finally, the inhabitants are not human. Instead of apes existing and evolving into sentient beings, rodents and other small creatures claimed evolution and became evolutionary equivalents of humans today. Other secrets of Zeleca, will only be revealed by the stories of this mystical place.
Chapter 1
A lone mouse was in space repairing an orbiting space station as concerned members of almost every other race looked out from the transparent mythril windows of the station. He was in a strange suit that had large wings on the back of it. The suit moved about him like an organic form. He opened his communications device and spoke into it.
"Salamandastron Command Center, I've found the problem." the mouse said expertly.
The deep resonating voice of a badger answered him over the communications device. "Go ahead Mian, what is wrong?"
Mian pushed the transmit button with some difficulty and spoke to the badger, "I got a bad thruster on gravity simulator one. We can't get gravity back until it's fixed."
"We'll send out a shuttle to fix it, you'd best get inside. You are needed back down here." A reply was voiced quickly to Mian.
"So they're finally going to take me off of space duty and put me onto something more useful?" Mian asked.
"All I've been told is how much you're needed. Get back inside." the badger asserted.
The mouse entered the station as repairs were made. The engines shuddered and creaked as gravity was restored. Mian fell to the floor on his back. "Owww!" Mian yelled. "Ya could have given me a warnin' down there!"
The voice of the badger came across the speaker again. "You know the robots don't alert us when they're about to finish, Mian. They just give a finished signal."
"Well you could upgrade 'em if ya wanted to." Mian rubbed his back a bit.
"Yes, take the bullet back down here. You're needed at Redwall City immediately.
The abbess didn't give a reason. I am transferring tracking of the bullet to them. Salamandastron space control center over and out!" the commander of Salamandastron, who had been speaking with him the whole time, closed as his signal went off.
Mian climbed into a dive-suit and boosted himself lightly into a bullet shaped mythril pod with a single thruster in the back. The door of the pod closed and the heat barrier activated. A computer voice began a countdown.
"3... 2... 1... Dive!" the computer voice droned.
The mouse flew out of the space station on his long journey back to the city-state of Redwallia. His pod increased in speed as the outer shell stripped off. The thruster broke off just as he entered the breathable atmosphere.
"Heat shields deactivated, you are in free fall Mian. We expect you to land at the mouth of the river moss." a female hare announced across the communications device. As he reached 10,000 feet, the bullet shielding broke away. The wings on the dive-suit opened quickly and curved themselves around over his head to act as a parachute.
"This should be good." Mian chuckled as he detached a long flat object from the back of the suit and strapped it to his feet.
The communications device beeped and the frantic voice of the hare came over it. "Your trajectory does not put you at the river! Mian, don't tell me you took the board
with you!"
The object Mian had detached was a type of hoverboard that was used in recreational skydiving. Certain modifications had been made to allow it to withstand a fall from orbit. The trajectory became more diagonal as he glided down using the board to stabilize himself.
"Don't lose your head darlin'. I know what I'm doin!!" Mian almost laughed back over the device as his descent rapidly slowed. He took manual control of the board because its computer was not designed for such stunts. The mouse battled to get upright as he neared the ground.
All eyes in the control station were now fixed on the screen as Mian moved closer and closer to the shore. Scared gasps and mutterings of "He'll never make it." passed throughout the room.
"Coming in for landing, HQ" the mouse calmly indicated as he came in at a slant. He skidded across the water coming to a stop just where control predicted, the mouth of the river Moss.
Another hare quizzically looked at him through the window of the transport that was waiting for him as the wings of his suit retracted and he took the board off of his feet.
"That was a nice run!" Mian sighed as he climbed into the bus-like interior of the transport and sat down.