Year 2074, April 23, 0500 SST(Solar Standard Time)
"This is boulder buster five-oh-seven, we are on approach to the target area, preparing mining operations," declared the communications specialist of the mining vessel they were escorting.
They being the UGHS (United Government of Humanity's Ship) Hollow Fist, or Carrier-0008. The carrier had on board 10 interceptors, 3 escort medium fighters, and 4 nuclear torpedo bombers. In all she had a crew of over 1850 people. Being that Humanity had just taken to the stars, the carriers of the fleet were nowhere near full capacity, or crew for that matter. Fully loaded they estimated 6000 crew would be needed to operate one, and with a capacity of 500 fighters/bombers, that number was well justified.
Back to what they were doing in the middle of nowhere escorting a Boulder Buster, known to some simply as a 'Mining barge', they were here to make sure that the hijacked Carrier-0013 did not show up to steal the Element Zero deposit they were in the process of mining.
After realizing he had zoned out for a while, the communications technician quickly replied to the Boulder Buster's status update.
"Uh, copy that BB five-oh-seven, we are clear on scanners, good to proceed," he replied apologetically.
And so they poked and prodded the moon, Charon, until they finally broke the surface at a suitable location. Once they had done this, they proceeded to drill towards the Element Zero deposit.
But as the drill struck the 'deposit', not all was as it seemed…