(Recommended listening: Autumn Thunder 75 Seasons Suite, time 0:00-2:20. Some of you may recognize this theme from the JFG Promo Video on VHS with that annoying announcer guy that Nintendo mailed out to every kid in America. Just sayin'.)

"This is like a dream come true!" Juno exclaimed as he, Lupus and Vela entered their starship. The crisp, clean interior seemed brand new, and practically was, since it hadn't been used since being commissioned.

"Did you see the look on the Flight Officer's face when you said we were going off-world?" Vela pointed out. "His eyes opened so wide, they almost fell out of his head!"

Lupus ran past them into the ship, heading straight for the living quarters. A small munitions chest between two twin sized beds was emblazoned with the name "LUPUS" across the front. Without hesitation, Lupus began unpacking his weapons into safety containers and storage units within the chest.

"I think Lupus is more eager than either of us to get out of here," Juno leaped onto the twin bed with red covers, while Vela plopped down on the blue bed. Lupus quickly completed his packing, and howled at the twins on their beds.

"Just… give me a minute," Juno buried his face in his pillow. "I want to savor this moment…"

With a low growl, Lupus bit Juno's hand. "All right! I get it! Moment is over!" Juno pushed himself up and threw his legs over left side of his bed, facing his own munitions chest, where he methodically began placing his weapons in storage.

"Juno?" Vela asked quietly.

"Yeah?" Juno answered, only half listening, focused on the task at hand. He was surprised at how many of his weapons still had ammo packs loaded into them, even after not being used in so long. Their munitions charge was probably long gone, though. Good thing he'd brought extras…

"Juno!"

The elder twin paused. Vela knew he hadn't been paying full attention, and had called him on it. He breathed in deep and let out a sigh, then half turned so he could see Vela. "What's up?"

"How about we keep our weapons with us for the flight? Just this one time?"

"Vela… you know we can't do that. It's part of our pre-flight checkoff." Juno continued stowing his guns. "If we didn't do it, they wouldn't let us off the launchpad."

"Then lie about the checkoff."

"We do these things for a reason. What if one of these guns went off during our launch-to-warp sequence? We'd be done-zo."

"Remember what happened the last time I asked and you said no?"

"Yeah…" Juno became pensive. "…all our friends died."

Vela closed her eyes to hide the fact that she was rolling them. She hopped from her bed over to Juno's and sat next to him. "You know that's not what I meant."

"I know," Juno admitted. He himself wondered why he'd even brought the subject up. "Sorry. But rules are rules. I'll pull rank if I have to… Commander."

"Aye, aye Cap'n," Vela acquiesced. "But if something happens to my Tri-Rockets this time, it's coming out of your wallet."

Lupus barked his agreement.

"Tower, Gemini: Pre-flight checkoff complete, Jet Force Gemini is ready for take-off." Vela's voice came in over the loudspeaker in the Air Traffic Tower.

"Pre-flight checkoff complete, Jet Force Gemini is ready for take-off, Gemini, Tower, aye." The Flight Officer responded while he rechecked their flight path and ship vitals.

"Gemini, Tower: this is Lieutenant Werther, you are go for launch at platform one, I repeat, you are go for launch."

"Go for launch, Tower, Gemini, aye. Gemini out." Vela completed her repeat-back before powering up the starship's main thrusters.

The three Gemini members were on the bridge, Juno and Vela both strapped in their shock harnesses in preparation for the jump to warp. Lupus, on the other hand, got a high from experiencing the effects of warp jumps, and sat in front of the main console, staring excitedly out the front window.

"Oh, so you'll bend the rules for him, huh?" Vela accused.

"Why should I keep him from enjoying himself?" Juno replied.

"Ugh… men." Vela mumbled under her breath.

"What was that?"

"Nothing. Warp drive is functional, green lights across the board." The starship rose from platform one, quickly climbing into the air. After three hundred feet, the ship's nose rose to face upward, making the twins lie flat on their backs and Lupus lie on the front panel of the main console. "If he throws up, you're cleaning it."

"Yes, mother," Juno replied.

With that, the starship jumped to warp speed, carrying the team halfway across the galaxy.

Author's Note: In case no one knows the premise for the original JFG game, The twelve Jet Force teams were on standby in the Tribal's solar system, waiting on permission from Earth to intervene in the Drone Army's hostile takeover. However, due to "politics", an answer was not readily given, and the Jet Force teams were ambushed and eliminated. The Gemini team only barely escaped after sustaining heavy damage to their ship, and were in orbit above Goldwood when the Spawnship caught up to them. They decided together not to wait, and took matters into their own hands. Thus, a great Sci-Fi game was born.