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Chapter 3- The find

As Dux was walking to his New ship, The hanging glory, he thought of who might be in that cryotube. For all he knew it could be Art redclaw. But if his guess was correct, he would be seeing an old friend in a short while.
He walked down to the hidden hold with his 3 security guards just in case it was Art. The Hold was wide open, meaning it had been searched. Dux walked in and there was the Cryotube, mounted against the wall. He walked over. Then he gasped. There was Runt, Suspended in time, between life and death. He called his medical staff down to the hold.
"Guys, I need you down here now, I'm going to revive the person inside the tube." Dux called over the Comms.
The medical staff was down in a hurry. Runt was getting the routine dose of wake injection. Then Runt started to breathe again. Dux let out his breath, he didn't know he had been holding it.
Runt got out of the Cryotube. "Long time since I last saw you. If I recall, I sacrificed my old ship for you."
"Its been a long time since ive seen you to runt" dux said
" What has happened since i was frozen?" runt asked. Dux told Runt of how his had engine problems was going to explode, How he jumped to Trellum on a suicide mission, and how they ended up in the future.
"I knew about the destruction of Trellum, did you hear that Kendan isn't dead and ERA changed there name. Their main ship is called the Phantom."
" What? That cant be possible! I awoke on that ship!" Dux protested.
"In an undisclosed location, right," said Runt, "You know Art runs them now, with computers keeping him alive. He goes by the name Jacob. He captured my ship and put me in this tube."
"We need to get off this ship now!" Dux yelled. He called over the ship comms, "Get back into the miner now, and lets get over to BS galactica, and get KT."
The entire ship became a buzz of excitement. Then a shudder hit the ship.
Runt yelled, "Computer, any traps on board? Damage report also."
"No traps anywhere on board, this ship is safe. No Damage delt from the ship Phantom. Recommend using tail generator, and jumping."
"Thanks, Undock please and return fire."
"Hold up Dux, we are still recovering Kendan. Give us 50 seconds and we'll be on board and then you can launch."
"Ok," Dux replied
He waited, and they got on. "Computer Undock, Now!" Runt Yelled.
With a shudder the ship deported and started to return fire." what kind of weapons do you have on this ship" Dux asked runt. "It has a phaser and a few beams" runt replied.
"Nice" dux said.
"We have to leave," runt shouted "if we stay any longer we'll be killed!"
The ship jumped forward and they were out of the system.
Computer, where did the crew put Kendan tarr?" asked Runt.
Inside the cargo bay"Good, lets revive him Dux" Runt told Dux.
"Ok," Dux said, then he addressed to his medical staff, "follow us to the Cargo bay so we can revive Kendan Tarr. We need him so we can fight ERA."
"Ok, Captain Dux," said his crew.
They waited while the procedure occurred. Then Kendan walked out of the cargo bay.
" Where am I?" asked Kendan tarr.
"your on board the hanging glory" runt told the confused man.
"What year is it" Kendan tarr asked them.
"It's the year, 10000CE." replied Dux.
"Are you all that's left of the Cetus Republic? What happened to Blanke and Newbeginings?"
"I didn't think to think of them," Said Dux" Runt, do you have any idea what happened to them?
"No" Runt told Dux.
"Well it looks like were gotta start looking for them, any idea where they were last seen?" Dux asked them.
"No idea, might want to check around Cetus than spread outward" Kendan said.
"Good idea"
"But, we just came from Cetus, ERA is bound to have ship on the look out there." Runt said. "But that is the best place to start, I'll take the Stealth fighter squad and go on recon.
"Oh that reminds me, we need to get you a ship Kendan." Dux told him" If anything stayed the same from when we were frozen; it would be that Lutra has a nice Frigate for sale."
"I already have a ship, It's in the Cetus Space docks, I think I'll take another Squad of Fighters in to reclaim My ship. If anything you need a new ship, So you can buy something better than a light miner, because this is Runts Command ship, It will be the base of our campaign, to overthrow ERA. By the way, what should we name our faction?" asked Kendan.
" Licentia proeliator, it means freedom fighters" Dux told him, than he added" maybe i should get a ship that was based on a ship I had when SIR was still in power.