Almost a year had passed since the overthrow of Emperor Nefarious. After a long fight, Rivet's galaxy was finally free, and the resistance was quick to pick up the pieces and build a new government. Nefarious City had been renamed Hope City and the remaining resistance soldiers had become members of the New Galactic Rangers, whose goal was to keep the peace in various ways throughout the entire galaxy.
Rivet and Kit, now members of the Rangers, were on patrolling duty, scouting a system in space for pirates or leftover Nefarious' goons. As they were doing their duty, they received a video call from Kyla Phyronix, the former leader of the resistance, who was now president of the new galactic government. She was a Cazar, a feline-like race, with brown fur with a bit of white on the side of her face, which showed her age.
"Hey, Rivet." she said, "How's your patrol going?"
"It's going good." said Rivet, "No sign of any trouble."
"That's good. If patrols were exciting, we'd be doing a poor job at keeping stability."
"How are things with you, Madam President?" Kit asked.
"Huh, it's been almost a year and I still can't believe people call me that instead of just Kyla, or any of my aliases."
"I will admit, Cougar was a weird codename to call you." Rivet said.
Kyla laughed. "Yeah, it was. But to answer your question, Kit, it's been rough. I had a meeting with ambassadors discussing how we can benefit their planets, made a couple of speeches here and there, and now I have to sign off on some bills coming in."
"That does sound overwhelming." Kit said.
"It can be, but this is what I was expecting. It's one thing to overthrow a tyrannical government, it's another to replace it with something that can be beneficial to the people."
"I can't think of anyone better for the job, Ma'am." Rivet said.
"And I can't think of anyone better deserving of your title, 'Commander' Rivet."
"Oh geez," Rivet sighed, "It's so weird. It feels like yesterday I was just a resistance operative. Now everyone calls me a hero who saved the galaxy."
"Well, you were the one who took out Nefarious."
"I didn't do it alone, Ma'am. I had the help of Kit, Ratchet, and Clank."
"Ah yes, Ratchet and Clank. A shame they had to go back to their dimension before I could thank them personally. Have you heard from them recently?"
"Not yet. They're still trying to find out which dimension the Lombaxes went to. Once they find it, they'll contact us."
"I'll be sure to pass along your thanks when they do." Kit said.
"I appreciate that, Kit." Kyla said before addressing Rivet, "You know, when I first heard that you insisted on partnering with a robot I was surprised, to say the least. I thought you hated them."
"I did, but she saved my life more than once." Rivet said as she smiled at Kit, "It made me realize that not all of them are bad. I figured that the least I could do was make her my partner."
"I'm impressed, Rivet. You've grown alo-" before she could finish, someone offscreen interrupted her. After talking to the offscreen individual, she brought her attention back to Rivet and Kit. "I have to go. It's urgent. I bet it's another planetary ownership dispute I gotta solve. You two take care." She then turned off the feed, leaving the heroes to continue their patrol.
After a few minutes of silence, Kit spoke. "Thank you again for allowing me to join you, Rivet."
"Of course, I couldn't just leave you alone at home while I go out and do Ranger stuff. Besides, having you with me makes me feel more comfortable doing all this."
"I will not let you down, Rivet!" Just then, the terminal of their ship beeped loudly, showing a message on their screen.
"It's a distress signal." Rivet said as she read it. "From…Sargasso!" She immediately pressed the answer button, which showed a live video feed of the Chief Engineer Mort. Rivet and Kit could hear explosions and gunfire in the background.
"Rivet, is that you!?" Mort said, "Oh thank goodness! We need help!"
"What's going on!?" said Rivet.
"We're under attack! Some giant spaceship is shooting tether lasers into the planet! Then there're these goons comin' in and kidnapping us, and this lady on the screens talking about how our planet's been selected for somethin'!"
"We're on our way, stay safe!" Rivet said before turning off the feed and getting ready to go into hyperspace.
"This doesn't sound like a simple pirate raid. Do you think it could be remnants of Nefarious' soldiers?" Kit asked.
"Whoever's doing this, they're going to regret messing with my home." The ship then launched into hyperspace. Its destination: Sargasso.