It was the year 3706, and The Independent Systems of Liberty, The Shadowbeings, and The Empire of Zek'nok were at war to gain the systems of Reliton, Sherfel, Quatzism, Ferfiel, and Arkeo. These systems were set to be rich in purple mithril, a gem that provided great power, and purple mithril provides GREAT power. With the purple mithril, a single gem could power a thousand starships for 50 years. However, purple mithril was rare, and hard to mine, so unless a government was protecting your mining site, you would be vulnerable to a raid or capture. However, privately hired mercenaries got involved, and offered their services. One of the most prominent mercenary teams was the Enforcers.
Chapter 1
Marcus walked out into the sunlight. It was a bright day on Arkeo, and the team had not encountered any bandit problems. The purple mithril mining rate was going smoothly, and no government patrols were in the area. Crash! A thick column of smoke rose from an empty field. Marcus radioed the others. "Syrene, and Seph, check out the crash. I'll head over there with Kren." Marcus hopped on his hover-bike, and rode off to the settlement. Kren got on the bike, and they headed to the ship.
When they arrived, Seph and Syrene were investigating the ship.
"Well, well. A capitol freighter and two escorts," said Seph. It was a blue painted ship with a red eagle insignia on it. "Capitol-class ships are expensive, but if one was heading this way..."
Two men crawled out from the rubble and fired some shots at the four. Marcus took out his beam rifle and finished them both off. When they cleared away the rubble, they found 6 cargo units, and 6 crew members, and 8 soldiers. They left the dead there, and burned the ship. However, they took the cargo back to the base.
At the base, the chief miner looked at a strange crystalline object, the color of pure black. His response was unexpected. "The myths are true then. It really exists."
"What exists?" asked Marcus.
"Something that was thought to be legend. It is... Dark Mithril."
Chapter 2
Other POV------
A darkus class warship flew over Arkeo. It had been radioing transmissions with another warship, that was patrolling another sector.
"This sooooo boring," said one of the ship pilots.
"Yeah I know, nothing ever happens around here. No Shadowbeings or Zen'ok warships are going here. The rumored super-weapon is keeping them away,"
Just then, coincidently, as if a bad writer had run out of ideas and decided to make something interesting happen, three beams of light shot through the ship and it blew up.
Markus POV------
A huge explosion, shockwave, and sound all occurred Northeast, 50 miles away, followed by another one, far away. Then, hundreds of ships materialized in the sky. They were dark and adorned with spikes. They started spreading out and landed in an area 300 miles away. It was Thakaet crater.
"If the ships took off again, they would head this way," Thought Markus.
Seph, Syrene and Kren all radioed Markus.
"We---ships---explosion-----Shadowbeings----Mithril-----weapons----hurry." The transmissions kept interfering, and Markus knew why. The transmissions were being jammed.
Chapter 3
After 5 weeks, 6 Miners and Syrene, Seph, Kren, and Marcus had managed to stay alive, hiding in the mining settlement. Using thermal mapping, they saw the main force was located in the crater, and they were slowly advancing outward. Other mining settlements seemed to have been destroyed.
Then the day came. Two squads of 12 soldiers had advanced toward the settlement, but expected no resistance. They didn't know about the Mercenaries inside.
As the first squad came, it was obvious they were unprepared. They were wearing viper armor and carried FR28a guns.
Meanwhile, the Enforcers had FR43c's and cutters. They jumped out and started firing. Marcus downed the first two with his gun. Syrene and Seph took out 3 each. Kren took two passers and fell the final 4 troops.
However, the second squad knew what they faced and proceeded with caution.
They kept a steady rate of fire and kept moving and dodging. A few shots hit Seph.
"Aaah!" He exclaimed. Marcus looked at his tactical pad. "Seph has 67% armor power left!" Said Marcus.
The Enforcers only had fortune armor, because shipping costs to the Ridge Planets were high.
Marcus took out a VOX-07 and started launching. The attack only damaged the squad, but caused enough distraction for the others to finish them off. Just as they shot down the last trooper, they saw what he was holding.
A radio.
Marcus looked up. Kren said, "Can we freak out now?" Marcus was about to ask why when he saw the giant shadow, and the object to which the shadow belonged. It was a fully functional Invader-Class warship. Headed right for them.
Chapter 4
The warship had a huge looming shadow overhead. It slowly began to stop, then came to a sudden halt. It dropped onto the ground and it's troop landing stage slip out from it's side. It was a long and wide walkway that led to the ground. Kren was intercepting their radio transmissions and listening.
"The Rebel fortress SHOULD be nearby, but we can't find their old access point."
"My scanners picking up a tunnel."
"Five life forms are ahead!"
"Rebels, they must be! Send in the Tank Squad!"
As soon as those final words left the mans mouth, they dropped the radio. Tank armored soldiers would hold out for a long time, and there's no way the Enforcers could fight back and win.
Suddenly, a man wearing long black robes with gold edges and designs, came up behind them. With surprising agility, he knocked Marcus, Kren, Seph, and Syrene aside, and came up to the group of 30 Tank troops, and used a Windblade to dispatch 9 of them. He pulled out a M2456S, and shot down seven more. The remaining 14 got shot down by Syrene and Seph, or got cut down by the stranger.
The stranger was busy inspecting his hand injuries, when Marcus approached him. "Who are you, and where did you come from?" Asked Marcus.
The Stranger's response was cut forth by a firing of laser cannons and the stranger motioned to follow him. They got on a sleek black ship, long with six wings, that unfolded as they took off. The wings spun in a clockwise direction around the ship, and the ship released black light. It was a seemingly impossible feat, but there was black light. The light formed a tunnel, and shot them off into orbit.
The stranger finally spoke. "If you're still wondering, my name is Alan, True Prince of the Shadowbeings."