The Ship has landed
"Gentlemen, please put your seats in the upright position and put away all loose objects. We are in radar range of Vwinzu 9." Firebird grinned, steering towards the Andorian colony Vwinzu 9. "We'll have visual in a few moments . . . oh!"
"What?" Mystic moved to see out the front window. "Dang . . . what happened here?"
"Whatever it is, it's still happening!" Bloodmoon shouted as Firebird quickly maneuvered the ship to dodge laser fire. "Any weapons on this heap?!"
"Leo, activate weapons! I'm going to try talking to them, you boys strap yourselves in.- This is the ship Zodiac, stop firing or we will be forced to retaliate!" She repeated it twice. "Well, they can't say they didn't hear me." She fired back on the two ships that were attacking. She managed to score a critical hit on one, but the other disappeared into deep space. She promptly cursed.
"Okay, when Firebird curses, we know there's trouble. What's wrong?"
"Our wing got it, and now we have some engine failure." She muttered under her breath. "Leo, hail the Vwinzu 9 frequency, please, tell them we have to land, and are not hostile."
"You know, we're supposed to hunt aliens, right?"
"You're just thinking about this now?"
"And yet there are aliens starring in soap operas and dating humans. It's safe to say that we don't have to follow that purpose anymore."
"But what are we supposed to do?"
"I vote exploring the universe. Pick up odd jobs, that sort of deal." Mystic grinned. "Just four friends with their trusty space ship and AI sidekick!"
"I think I should be insulted." Leo spoke up. The landing was better, and Firebird relaxed a second before getting out.
"Leo, notify us with any problems." She made sure the ship was hidden as the guys got out. Moving to a charred building, they found the inhabitants of the colony. Humans, Andorians, and a couple different aliens as well.
"Are you the ones that chased off the crown ships?" An aged andorian looked at them.
"I suppose so, sir . . . those were Crown Empire ships?"
"Raiders. They have a nasty habit of abducting aliens . . . seem to have trouble catching humans though." A man with thick blonde hair, beard and mustache, spoke up.
"Where are you all from?"
"Nowhere. We just travel around, communications and receivers were down on the ship for a while, so we've been out of the loop for awhile." Hunter spoke up. "We do odd jobs, here and there . . . nothing too special."
"What brings you to Vwinzu?" A kirwin blinked it's large eyes. Next to it, a Bastui also fixed them with a curious look.
"We're looking for a home base, something we can keep returning to, and know we have a somewhere to go to." Hunter shrugged. "This colony seemed as good as any . . ."
"Well, if you can help get this place back together, there's no reason you can't stay." The blonde man shrugged. "I'm the Sheriff of sorts, names Wolfe."
"Names Nova. Nova Stearns." Mystic smiled. " 'Mystic' to my friends."
"Hunter Stearns, this idiot's my brother."
"James Bludd. The lady here we found in a burned out building on an abandoned outpost. She doesn't remember her name, but we've been calling her Birdie."
"Oh, you poor dear." Firebird briefly glared at Bloodmoon. While her idea was to pass off as an innocent, injured person, she was growing tired of the pity. She didn't even care if she got her memory back or not. But she swallowed her pride and let the matronly old woman come up.
"She's got some of it back, knowing how to do things, but a chunk of her past is pretty much gone, along with her name." Bloodmoon struggled not to grin. Firebird had thought up their cover, with some help of Mystic's talk of Tri D shows he watched. She just didn't take into consideration her own temper and need for independence when she thought it up. Her annoyance 'fed' him plenty.
As the team slowly intergrated into the 'normal' life on Vwinzu 9, Past concerns melted away. Bloodmoon found a way to annoy people and tick them off without starting fights (Firebird threatened to melt the amp for his electric guitar), Mystic practiced magic, and became a favorite playmate for the children on the colony with his tricks. Hunter and Wolfe became friends, Hunter joining him as a Deputy, and Firebird became the shuttle pilot for supplies and other needs.
They almost forgot they weren't human.
I kinda have this divided into two parts in my head . . . this half being all about the supertroopers, and the next half introducing the Galaxy ranger characters we all know and love to them. There will be crossovers with Red Witch's Galaxy Rangers universe, mostly thinking of events and a few characters. (Such as the story 'the Letter' which I referenced in ch 6.) I will acknowledge it in a footnote.