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The Beluga landed at the Fort Kerium space port and waiting for them is a ambulance with two paramedics. There are also a pair of Texas lawmen, a man and a woman waiting for them as well. Peyj also saw that the port is also crawling with sentry bots, who unlike the robots with true AIs the sentry bots are controlled via either direct remote or a powerful but non-self-aware logic engine. The sentry bots are a powerhouse, equipped with sturdy armor plating, powerful weapons integrated into its chassis and high mobility thanks to wheels mounted on its three legs. With the port used for shipping kerium off planet, the companies have brought the best protection money could buy. Tex Hex and his gang knows better then trying their luck in a raid on the space port.

Peyj stepping out of the ship frown seeing GAC soldiers walking around, from past dealings with them made him uneasy in dealing with them. The GAC are a private security organization, in reality a mercenary outfit. They are better armed and equipped than most modern military infantry. Thanks to the investors they have funding their operations, and they're not as wasteful in their funding as the real military is. (1) They have a reputation for being both discreet and ruthlessly efficient, and as such charge a sizable fee. They also hire themselves out by escorting any ship who can pay them, depending on the ship and what it's carrying.

"Jade you go with the kid while, I talk with the lawmen. They will need someone to sign the paper works," Peyj said to Jade.

"Right," Jade said as she lead the paramedics into the ship and where she had place the kid.

Jade left with the kid in the ambulance, while Peyj stayed behind answering the questions from the lawmen. The lawmen needed to get information to write their report and to inspect the ship of any shady cargo. Shaman and Karen with Windstarr at her side came up to the scene just missing the source that lured them there. The lawmen recognized the three and allowed Shaman to question Peyj about the young boy in question. While that was happening a small robot bug flew into the ship and downloaded the ships log. It flew away before anyone noticed that it was even there.

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In the Badlands -

Over the years as New Texas grew from a small settlement on the edge of space, into a booming spaceport city the Hexagon also has changed. With more and more lawmen running around the fortress has been transformed into a flying fortress incase the government decided to raid the fort. Stampede has also gain more followers over the years as more law and order took root on the planet.

Tex Hex the undead outlaw who was brought back to life by Stampede's dark powers. Tex Hex was mutated, explaining his lavender and aged skin. Before being recruited by Stampede, Tex was an honest Kerium prospector with comrade Angus McBride. Tex also had a girlfriend named Ursula, who wanted to live a content, happy life with him. But Tex abandoned Angus and he also left Ursula. He still leads the outlaws walking a fine line where once it has been cross, the Star Marines will be coming after him and his outlaws. He and Bravestarr have an understanding, his outlaws don't kill and the lawmen do the same.

Cactushead a robot with a cactus head and four mechanical legs. He's equipped with two energy cannons that can alter matter. His energy cannons can alter matter but they don't work on organic matter and the things that are alter may look different but doesn't change what they are. A stone turn into a snake that moves, is still a stone that can only move as long as Cactushead is nearby to control it. Once he's out of range the stone snake stops moving, and remains a stone that looks like a snake.

Hawgtie, a humanoid pig dressed in a Union Army uniform. He's strong, tough, and used bolas to capture or bind his victims. Always eating when ever he can grab a bit to eat and is kept around as he's willing to do the job for a few credits.

Outlaw Skuzz Tex's cigar-smoking henchman and cousin of Deputy Fuzz he is the only Prairie Person to have taken up a life of crime. Like Tex Hex, he was mutated by Stampede's power used by Hex to bring him back to life. Skuzz is often reprimanded by the others for his constant smoking.

Sandstorm a red reptilian alien who can exhale giant clouds of sand, which the gang usually uses to escape. His kind are sometimes called 'sand walruses' and are native to New Texas. He can also use his sand to put people to sleep and summon up sand creatures.

Thunderstick a stuttering robot with an arm cannon. He has upgraded himself over the years allowing him to become stronger and tougher then he was ever before. His arm cannon has many different settings on it, allowing him to use just about any kind of energy blast against his foes.

Goldtooth an overweight coyote who usually leads the other coyotes in battle. His gang of coyotes make up the bulk of Stampede's forces. They depend on their numbers to zerg rush their targets.

Dingo Dan one of Tex's coyotes with a notionally Aussie accent. Dan is a master of disguise with the ability to take on a human appearance but would often forget to change his distinctive "fancy hat."

Vipra a serpentine female villain who has the power to hypnotize people. Her weapon of choice is a snake-shaped "gun" that shoots a paralyzing ray. She is also an expert of locating items. She hates Tex Hex and schemes to take over his position.

Mumbo Jumbo a 10 foot massive copper-skinned minotaur, built from the ground up to be a all but unstoppable force. His body is made out of the same kind of metal alloy that are used in warship armor, which was salvage from a ship graveyard, making most expect for high grade attacks worthless against him. His super strength is back by the twin energy cannons mounted on his shoulders. Not that he needs it.

Buzz-Saw a war machine with razor sharp circular saw cutting blades all over its body that can be used as projectile weapons. He too was upgraded to be stronger, tougher and more powerful then he was before. His hands that were nothing but saw blades, are now robot hands that can transform into cutting blades.

They're the last two remaining ex-members of the alien mob boss, Mon*Star. They only survive as being robots they could just be put back together as long as their memory cores are intact. After the final battle between their gang and the Silverhawks thousands of years ago when space travel took generations or as some did had to become cyborgs to survive the teleports used at that time. Their base blew up and sent both of them drifting through space, till the finally drifted into the New Texas star system. Where Stampede found them and brought them back to life.

They wear upgraded with the newer tech by Gearhead a highschool dropout, who drop out after she created a large robot that destroyed her old school. She joined up with Tex Hex's gang and became the mechanic of the gang. She likes being with the gang as they enjoy the machines that she puts together for them.

Mother Brain a former sex droid before she broke down and was thrown out with the trash. Gearhead found her and rebuilt her, freeing her from the slave controls that limited her from acting how she wanted. Mother Brain as she calls herself now is the brains of the operations thanks to the upgrades Gearhead made, allows her to hack into most computers. She also the one who makes the deals and finds the buyers for the stolen goods.

Ustankak a Reigellian mercenary who joined up with Tex Hex after a failed job. He stands at 8 feet and powerfully built, who is missing his right arm. He crafted artificial arms with built in weapons to replace his missing limb and increase his performance in battle.

Betty Boom a miner who loved blowing things up way too much. After causing too much damage namely causing a blast that destroyed the mine she and her ex-fellow miners use to mine. She found herself blacklisted from any mining company after that. She joined with Tex Hex who found her skills in bombs useful.

Red Moxx a insectnoid who is part woman and part fly. She is the only flyer of the group who can fly under her own power and is able to spit acid that can melt just about anything. She also has six four arms that allows her to outgun most foes. As using two guns at once is harder then it looks, she is able to use four guns at once.

Big Time a hulking crabnoid who's has four crab like legs, and two powerful claws with a lower pair of human like arms. His armored shell is like tank armor and only powerful attacks are felt by him. He also able to survive underwater like the others of his kind and needs to keep a supply of water in his shell to be on dry land.

Slimema who is a slugnoid who is a green skin woman who is a part sea slug. She has no bones at all in her body and is able to slip through just about any opening. Because of her slime covered skin and soft body she can't be harm with physical attacks, unless a great amount of force is used. She also can use her slime as a weapon, trapping people in her slime. But like Big Time she isn't able to survive outside of water and has to keep herself from drying out. She wears a reverse driving suit that also acts as power armor.

Then there is Stampede the leader of the gang and who's dark power is only been kept in check by the Shaman's power and the fact if he causes too much trouble the galaxy government would send in the big guns too deal with him. Stampede had to play a careful game in trying to take this planet as his own. For he remembers too well of the others who had tried and had failed to take the power. Mon*Star had stop playing around and began killing anyone who got in his way. The government at that time sent in the army to deal with him after he had killed the Silver Hawks, and only Mumbo Jumbo and Buzz-Saw survived. They blasted his base till there was nothing left with him inside of it. HIs old rival Mumm-Ra who's flagship just disappeared after fleeing to outside known space, after losing his entire fleet after a battle between his forces and the galaxy governments. T-Ray and Captain Bizzarly who terrorized the planet Water-O were both taken down. He learned from watching and waiting for the right time and place to strike that would gain little interest from the galaxy government. (2)

Like Shaman he too felt the power that came to New Texas and sent a spy fly to look around. With New Texas now a spaceport and lawmen running around, it's not like the old days where his outlaws could come into the settlements without being arrested. They now had to play it smart and draw as little attention to themselves.

"A kerium rich world?" Stampede said to himself as he looks over the computer screen showing what the Beluga crew had discovered. Then there was the boy taken off from that world who has kerium running in his blood. Who has the power he felt, something familiar that's in the back of his mind from long ago in his younger days.

"Really?" Tex Hex ask.

"Yes a world that's outside the galaxy government's control. Just waiting for someone to take it over. New Texas has served it's purpose and now it's time to take root someplace else," Stampede said.

"But what about taking over New Texas?" Tex Hex ask.

"The time for that has long past. I haven't survived this long without knowing when to fold your hand and start a new game," Stampede said as he turns his attention to the medical scans on the boy. He would have like to get his hands on him but it would cause unwanted attention to himself if he were to attack a hospital.

"It would be nice being able to just kill people instead of having to play all nice, nice," Tex Hex said, as all their weapons had to be set to non-lethal. Besides if they just kill and kill, then miners would just leave and there would be no one to steal kerium from, they would have to dig it themselves.

"Prepare my forces for travel. And load as much kerium as the Hexagon can carry," Stampede ordered.

"And, I can use that cargo the gang took awhile ago. I was planning on selling it but, I'm sure we can make good use out of it," Tex Hex said with a evil smile.

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In Space -

Hidden in a mined out asteroid Tex Hex had hidden the missing factory droid ship, that was meant to manufacture new security droids for the space mines and space stations. They would have been able to provide security with little need besides having to recharge their energy cells and able to patrol in space without any harm. The inexpensive and relatively basic as far as security units goes, the security droids would have made the Hahne company would have created a market for their droids in the star system that New Texas is in, if Tex Hex gang hadn't hijacked their ship.

"This is Tex Hex. Skuzz, Gearhead, Morther Brain are you three there?" Tex Hex shouted from the vidscreen.

"We're here," Gearhead said who has been on the droid ship going over all the equipments and droids on board.

"I finally found a buyer for the droids," Mother Brain said.

"We'll get a good bundle out of this," Skuzz said while smoking.

"The deal is off we're going to be needing the droids," Tex Hex said.

"You have any idea how hard it is to find a buyer for something like this?" Mother Brain ask.

"Stampede wants to use them for the new planet we're going to be going to," Tex Hex said.

"New planet?" Skuzz ask.

"Yes Stampede has decided to fold up our operations here and go to a new planet outside the control of the Galaxy Government. Better still outside the law and we'll be able to do what we want without having to worry about the law," Tex Hex said. "So pack up we'll be going once we get everyone and the supplies ready."

"A lawless planet. Think of the fun we're going to have," Gearhead said already thinking of what her new machine toys are going to do there.

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Author's Notes -

1 –Being wasteful with funding is well earned for government base militaries. Like how the US army spend millions on new weapon systems while not having enough money left over to supply all the ground troops with body armor. While private militaries with limited funding can't spend like crazy on projects with no practical use, have to get as much bang out of their bucks.

2 - Stampede is a Mumm-Ra level villain and is just as powerful. Unlike Mumm-Ra he doesn't have to face a small band of heroes but that of a military of a galactic spanning government. If he makes himself too big of a threat they would send in warships that will blast him from space. And even if he's immune to most attacks used on him, there is a limit and being blasted by the main cannon of a warship is one of them. And since energy weapons are being used, it means that even the tail demons of Naruto's world will be effected, as energy weapons work on energy beings. Then there are the magic users who be able to handle the tail demons, which Stampede is a very powerful magic user and unlike the tail demons who face only ninjas, summons and each other, Stampede had to deal with foes from other planets, powerful magic users, and not to mention against forces who have warships that can fire energy beam weapons more powerful then anything found on Naruto's world. For being able to destroy a mountain is one thing but having a spaceship with the firepower to destroy a whole landmass is a whole other level.

The forces that the ninja world is going to be facing are, advance energy weapons, personal force fields as in the show Bravestarr used an energy shield time to time. The clothes most spacefarers wear, are made out of a material comprised of billions of microscopic honeycombs. Each is covered by a thin membrane containing liquid polymer. Then that polymer reacts with air it instantly solidifies and becomes harder than steel, the membrane then restores itself and becomes solid once more after a short period. Which makes old fashion bullets all but useless, which is why energy weapons are the norm. Robots who can track the ninjas no matter how fast they move as the kerium in their bodies can be detected by scanners, and energy weapons that can cause their bodies to be unable to move or kill in one hit as the no killing because it's a cartoon show for kids isn't in effect. The space age metals also stronger then anything found on the ninja world and only those with super strength are the only ones who can make a dent on it. And the ninjas if they make themselves too much to deal with face to face, get to play dodge the deadly laser beam fired from space way beyond any jutsus range.

Also since the spaceships travel through space at light speed, means the ships are either protected by super strong metal alloy that can take a nuke as a piece of rock hitting a ship going at light speed would cause a nuke level impact. Or a force field powerful enough to withstand that kind of damage. Or a combo of the two. Since a spaceship that can travel at light speed needs to be protected against that kind of thing from happening in real life. Which means even if the ship is in range of a jutsu, the jutsu won't be able to destroy the ship in one hit or cause no damage at all. The ships that are used to transport things off planet or the ones used on said planet, aren't that well protected. While the ones used to travel through space at light speed are very well protected. A ninja in said ship can destroy it from the inside as that's one of the standard way to destroy a ship. Like how the droid control ship in Star Wars was destroyed or the second Death Star. It's just a classic way to do it and the plan is sound even in real life.

So no complaining how unfair it is to the ninjas who will be facing against foes who can travel between different star systems. Reviewers complained how I even if, I lay down the facts of how the Romans in my other fic 'Roman Fox' using modern day army tactics that work are just being plot armored protected. In this fic the tech that the cast from Bravestarr are beyond anything that the ninja world has come up with. And, I would like anyone who says otherwise, how would any ninja or demon beast be able to defeat someone who uses a space cannon from a spaceship in space beyond their fighting range and blast them? Because, I don't see how a ninja be able to survive that, even if they do managed to use a speed jutsu to get away the ship can just retarget and blast them till they hit their target. And seeing how many ninjas have limited amount of chakra would only be able to use a jutsu so many times before they need to rest. And dodging the laser would be like in Batman Beyond Return of the Joker, Batman was in the Batmoblie at the time and still barely made it out alive. Then there are the bombs that can destroy things for miles.

And just to point it out the technology is from a 1980's cartoon where just about anything can be made to work. Besides Cactushead of Tex Hex's gang have two energy cannons that can alter matter to whatever he wants. How hard you think it's for them to have a machine that can shut down anything that uses kerium which on the ninja world is chakra, it be like a EMP blast depowering anything on the ninja world. As kerium in the show can power cities, ships, heal, and even make blind people see. It's cannon which is the reason why the ninja world can do all the things that they can do in this crossover, so just go with the plot as it's as half bake as anything in any manga story plot when you think about it.

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