Introduction Story

The following is the story of adventures in The Great Ring Galaxy. The story can show any new adventurer what to expect while roaming the vast expanse of space.

A Fateful Landing

Sarah strained to look at her reflection in the cracked mirror. Hoping to see something else, someone braver. Instead she just saw the same dirty hair, brown eyes, chapped limps and rangy clothing. This seamed to be the fate of most humans who left there home planet. A place she never saw as she was born far away not even planet side. Her parents left Earth a while back. "It wasn't safe." That's what she remembers her parents saying anyway. But nothing seams safe.

When Sarah was 7 her parents got caught up in a labour camp as they where struggling to get by. For most of her life the last 10 years she's worked tirelessly for the profit of some alien who cared little for others and even less for humans. However that was then and this is now. Now she looks in the mirror of a ship flying across the stars freed by a man named Bosch. Perhaps it was because he was also human and didn't like the way she was being treated. Or more likely it was because her owners stiff Bosch of his pay. Either case he took her from her cruel life and into another. She had no intention of living like she once had. She was going to be her own woman and somehow prove to this crew of pirates and the whole of space her worth. The ship bumped a little bit and shook Sarah from her gaze. She turned around and left her tiny quarters to join the rest of the crew on the flight deck.

A opaque panel seamed to effortlessly protect Sarah from the dead cold reach of space. From her view she saw the destination planet where the distress beacon was suppose to be coming from. The communications console lights up. An electronic voice comes through the speaker informing the ships crew of the decent path. Sarah looks at her new found peers. An odd group of desperadoes. She seamed to fit right in poor, desperate and not a care in the Ring for law. This was a crew who knew that credits are what talks not to mention it could also feed those who listen.

There was a lot of Credits being offered according to this distress beacon. She knew little else about the crew. She after all just joined them a few weeks ago. She and Bosch where the only humans. The pilot was a Volar, a species she never seen before. Dark green leafy hair and pale green skin spotted with light and dark shapes. Her name was Tamara. Sarah quickly realized that they wear as little clothing that is hygienically necessary and do not like being touched without permission. A very awkward first meet. But after a while Tamara and her have become friends. Tamara gets the captain's quarters because its the only one with a window and they would sit and watch the stars go by to pass the time. The captain Bosch didn't mind the small cramped quarters. He says it reminds him of his time in the Soviet Navy whatever that is or was.

The ship bumped again. This time it jerked the crew around causing many to fall over.

"Good Lord keep this ship steady!" Spouted Bosch with an angry Russian accent. The Volar seamed to ignore her captain as she concentrated on the many lights flashing red on her console. Sarah was no pilot and in fact had spent the better part of the last 10 years under ground but still she noticed that things did not appear to be going as planed. The opaque panel was now hot and it was impossible to see beyond a big red blur. The Pilot turns to the rest of the crew. "Hold on this is going to only get worse!".

Sarah was shacked awake by a crew member. "Here quickly the air here is not good for most species!" and he shoved a mask on Sarah's bloody face. She struggled to stay conscience and held onto a familiar voice. Bosch yelling somewhere off in the distance. "Of all the dammed places! All the places in the Ring it has to be this planet! This system!". "Its not all bad sir!" Another far off voice said. "We got our lives at least and they know where he landed". "Don't you get it you idiot! This planet is well known for its violet atmosphere and beasts!". "But sure what about the people that told use the decent path? They must know we crashed!? Right?". "That was an automated voice. Its likely that the people who sent that distress call are dead or at the very least unable to help." His voice become much more clear and Sarah's eyes opened again to see Bosch's bearded face directly in front of hers. He lifted her up after checking her mask. Turned and faced the rest of the crew. "Listen up! They say strange life forms appear, strange monsters appear on this planet. We where suppose to land in a safe zone in the middle of the colony. We gotta get there by foot and we gotta do it quick before these creatures appear. Lets move out!"