"Buzz Lightyear. Mission Log: Stardate 4071. It has been 1 standard week since our arrival in this alternate reality in which we met my counterpart with a thriving Starfleet with an established intergalactic trading network of numerous worlds to visit. My team seems to get along well with my alternate team, they call themselves: 'Team Lightyear'."

"Mira is awesome! And she can phase through walls like a ghost!" Izzy's voice is heard as if she quickly leaned in close to comment then walked away.

"Indeed." Buzz continued. You could hear the smile at her antics. "Mira Nova, a princess from the planet Tangea. She's a rookie at Starfleet and shows exemplary skills. She's *chuckles* awesome. Then there is XR and Booster."

Distant cackling is heard. "Me and XR are gonna be great friends." Came the obvious glee from Darby.

Silence.

"Why does that sound ominous?" Buzz commented.

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During the week the LGM's finished repairing the trans-dimensional satellite, it was transported into Starfleet space a comfortable distance from base in case Zurg (either) gets any ideas.

Commander Nebula and Alt- Team Lightyear agreed to return with them to establish relations and to verify their story to Commander Nebula.

Upon landing in the usual airstrip and insisting on their guest status, they were met with cheers from a very successful first mission.

And then, on their way to meet the Commander, they passed by Alisha's statue. The Alt group stopped as they noticed the OG group paid their respects.

"Is that her? Commander Hawthorn?" Commander Nebula spoke softly.

"Yeah, that's my grandma." Izzy smiled.

"My partner." Buzz spoke softly. "My best friend."

A moment of silence passed as they memorized her face. Now Nebula was very confident in his earlier research. Relieved he found the correct person.

Soon, they made their way to the meeting with Commander Burnside (who was in good spirits from the extremely successful mission.)

Happily greeting a fellow commander, they took their seats in the briefing room.

It was a very long brief as the two commanders tried to get a feel of the others' situation.

And then Nebula brought in his research on Commander Hawthorn of his reality.

Apparently, Alisha was the FOUNDER of Starfleet over 300 years ago. Starting as a normal pilot for the Space Force and encountered their T'kani Prime, later renamed Capital Planet, on one of her earlier missions. There Alisha met the LGM's and partnered with them early. This established Starfleet. With their help, they made the early Starfleet Command Center in orbit. It's around here where things get interesting.

There were in fact records of Buzz Lightyear back then. An unknown child holding a toy of a generic Space Ranger in a news article when the Rangers were only just getting famous. And also, the first sighting of THEIR Zurg. Zurg was a 'young man?' at the time and blew up the unknown planet in one of his earliest schemes by himself without Nana Zurg as a babysitter. Even as a kid, Nebula found a very old recording of Buzz using the toy to sabotage the weapon long enough for Commander Alicia to get him into an escape pod ("See you soon, partner!" was spoken on the grainy news clip from a civilian equivalent to a cell phone). Through a very strange sequence of events, kid Buzz was put into cryo in the damaged pod for a few centuries until he was later found by Nana Lightyear and adopted him. Due to the damaged pod, Buzz lost most of his memories and assumed he was actually related to her. He saw a commercial for Space Rangers (possibly in recognition of Alicia or the Rangers he helped) and the rest was history.

Near the end, Nebula asked to speak to Burnside alone. (He wanted to make his displeasure known at how Burnside treated Buzz in his hour of grief and the following events).

But both teams waiting outside was oblivious to this. Both processing this new intel.

"It looks like we're both men outside of time." Buzz smiled at the other.

"Indeed. I mean… I never knew my parents. And now I know why. And I guess that explains Zurg. I ruined his first evil plot, and he has had it out for me ever since." Alt-Buzz chuckled humorlessly. "Looks like we both have a friend in common."

"The more I hear about my grandma, the more awesome she sounds!" Izzy squealed in excitement. "I mean, she FOUNDED your Starfleet!"

"Indeed." Nebula returned. "It looks like none of us would be here without her." He gripped her shoulder in thanks. "But Izzy. Don't forget. You are not her. We're not expecting you to be her clone. You are your own person. Now, I may not have learned what your counterpart has been up to, but you're not her either. You are you." Now clasping both shoulders to look her in the eyes. "With being on Buzz's team, I know you will accomplish great things. And I look forward to hearing about them. And they will be your tales. Yours. For now, like them (Gesturing to Mira, Booster and XR) you're a rookie. Just starting your career. You have your whole career ahead of you. Live it! Alisha lived it to the fullest from what I hear. I expect the same for you. Live. Can you do that?"

Wiping away her tears, she smiled brightly at him. "Yes, sir!"

Nodding, Nebula stood and addressed the two teams. "Good. I'll contact you all on Lightyears' next mission. Commander Burnside could yay or nay it. But they should help you with the galaxy here in the long term."

"Yes, sir." They saluted him and he walked away.

~/~

[Karn Biostation]

[Three months since last check-in.]

Cackling could be heard on the audio. "This is too funny! This is Darby Steel, mission log! Buzz (more cackling) the other Buzz, just crashed the ship on the planet Karn! As we were strapped in, he kept claiming 'No biggie' as the native creatures kept tearing the ship apart upon arrival! That XR has a wicked sense of humor as he offered to write it on his tombstone!"

"And then this lady came out and sassed the other Buzz like he was nothin'!" More laughing. "Also, I heard Izzy criticize our Buzz's taste in women and the others' flirting methods. Ha! So, here we are at the bio station. Almost feels like home at the outpost with all the vines and giant animals. Booster tried to hide a pet, only to immediately toss it outside when he learned it ate brains. Made use of the Stealth Mode in our suits getting here. Apparently, the other guys don't have that feature. This should be fun."

~/~

After a terrifying drive via Alt-Buzz (Darby loved the adrenaline rush while Sox clinged to her neck in fear): Darby, Sox, Booster and XR stayed out to work on repairs (Mo and Izzy lacked the experience.) They'll be relieved in 2 hours.

It became obvious how distracted Booster got in his quest for a 'pet'. So, Darby asked Sox to put a tracker on him just in case in the ride over. Alt-Buzz approved of her quick thinking and allowed Sox to do the same for the rest of them as a contingency on this planet.

Good thing too, for Sox detected strange movement from Booster. As in swimming away from them. Groaning, she got XR's attention, and he waved her off to get their wayward teammate.

With Sox snug in her helmet, the cat guided her to Booster.

About to be kidnapped.

Thinking fast, Darby activated Stealth Mode and grabbed Booster's arm as he was sucked out of his own suit "Darby?!" He asked desperately.

"Shh!" While keeping a hand on him so he knew where she was, Darby quickly hid behind him as the timer ran out.

And then they were off!

Quickly, they found themselves landing on another ship and landing in a cage of lasers.

Groaning, Darby found herself facing another Human that Booster recognized.

She just stared him down as he refused to let her out. Casually, without looking away from the unnerved conman, she opened her helmet and let Sox out. The cat ran to the edge, hooked up its tail to the cage and shut down the bars.

"Wha-? You can't do that!?" The conman ran for it.

Sox simply shot him with a dart as the other ran for it. Darby caught him quickly and cuffed them both.

Unfortunately the ship was still on autopilot and the idiot got away as Booster tried to get control of the ship.

~/~

When the rest of the group arrived back at the Comm station, they noticed what was wrong with communications. Both Buzz's tried to shoot it before Dr Furbanna tried to stop them.

Izzy and Mo shared a glance as Dr. Furbanna tried to get Alt-Buzz to not hurt 'Jessica'. Whom she's been caring for as she burst out of her hosts' chest! (Mo went green, about to be sick.)

"She's the most beautiful Gut-sucking Egg Devil I have ever seen!" Dr Furbanna gushed. She hugged Mira as she noticed Jessica eating her mate. Her baby girl is all grown up!

Izzy and Buzz took a step away from the crazy lady. Mo lost the battle and threw-up next to a bush.

Now in the station, they tried to boost the signal.

Who knew Planet Z had a catchy catch phrase? Buzz glared at the look on Izzy's face. The Buzz/Evil Emperor Zurg joke will never go away it seems.

And then XR Commed in about Booster and Darby.

Now back at the ship, XR pointed to Boosters' suit. As Mira asked about if something ate him, both Izzy and Dr Furbanna corrected her, saying there would be plenty of gory evidence if they did.

She is definitely not a people person!

Thankfully, it wasn't long until Mo received an incoming message. "Mo, here! Darby is that you?"

That got the group's attention.

"Yeah, Booster and Sox are with me. We wound up on this Swak guys' ship ("Swak! That good for nothing-" Alt-Buzz clenched his fist in anger and Izzy and Mo are loving how dramatic he is.) for illegal poaching. Booster ended up confused by the guys' clients as another creature and is currently being hunted in his tighty-whities! Booster's holding up pretty well, though. Sox is trying to sabotage these guys while I try to make sure Booster doesn't die-"

"Don't die!" Mo declared determined.

"-Not a word Mo!" They spoke at the same time. "Not dying is something you do every day!" She spoke exasperated.

Buzz and Izzy started snickering as Alt-Buzz, XR and Mira raised a brow.

~/~

Making their way through space, the group discovered a stowaway. A Karnian Slime Beast.

Surprising the locals: Mo, Izzy and Buzz were quick to subdue it and capture it.

"What?" Mo shrugged. "We have giant flying insects and massive sentient vines on our home world. It wasn't that hard to catch it in comparison."

The trio earned major brownie points with Dr Furbanna as they set it in a cage in the ship brig to return later.

Upon return, they heard arguing about backup systems for communications.

~/~

Meanwhile, with Darby, Sox, and Booster.

Darby found herself chasing the poachers. They clearly didn't take her seriously and thought she was a senile fangirl with her uniform being different from the other rangers. Hmph! She'd show them. She may be old, but she ain't senile! She has plenty of tricks up her sleeve!

Catching the spear in midair, she attached a grenade to it and set it back in the other direction. The screaming from the explosion had her grinning. But the other guy is persistent. Looking at the charge for the Stealth Mode, she smirked and waited.

Absolutely catching that guy off guard, she captured him with the cuffs she had on hand. And found a net to use on the little guy. "This is just like prison!" She laughed at their misery of defeat.

Booster was very scared over her glee in this fight, but also grateful she was here.

Needless to say, when the others arrived, Booster was very relieved.

~/~

"Buzz, please tell me she's not actually your type? I'd be very concerned if she was." Izzy deadpanned.

"Uh! No nonono! Uh, no." He coughed embarrassed to be talking about his non-existent lovelife. "She's uh…"

"Intense." Mo chipped in.

"Crazy." Darby grinned.

"Emphasis on crazy." Izzy finished as the group eyed the doc warily as she cooed over yet another deadly creature in the distance.