I'm not sure about that. The Ruccannan will probably stay out of our affairs for the most part, and they will most likely stay outside the slipbarrier, but if they see it as their dutey to intervene inside the Slipbarrier, they will do it. Also, the Ruccannan will also enter the Slipbarrier if they wish to meet with me or one of you guys. That is the best I can give you.
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As Rooster walked along the barren surface of the abandoned Raman planet, he finally decided to seek shelter. Making his way through a small rocky canyon, suddenly, Rooster sensed movement to his right. Turing that direction, phase rifle in hand, Rooster saw nothing. Continuing on, Rooster thought he heard or saw movement 11 more times. They suddenly, Rooster saw a few rocks roll down from the right side of the canyon walls. Turning that way, Rooster thought he saw someone behind a rock. Making his way up there, Rooster went to the place where he had seen the figure. Seeing nothing, Rooster turned around. But then...
Suddenly, Rooster felt a huge hand clamp down on his shoulder and spin him around. Rooster only saw a flash of blue before the 'thing' punched him in the face. Rooster blacked out.
When he awoke, Rooster found himself, injured and bleeding, lying at the bottom of the canyon. Rooster then saw a figure approximately 90 feet away, doing something. Seeing his phase rifle lying a few feet, away, Rooster mustered all his strength and reached for it. Grabbing it, Rooster turned around and fired at the creature. It ducked, easily missing the bolts. Then, it fired back with its own weapon. Rooster reckognized it as a Photon Pulse.
As several bolts of pure photon energy smacked into the ground beside him, Rooster got behind a large rock. He exchanged fire with the creature a few more times, then, nothing. Rooster peeked up, and saw nothing.
Then, suddenly, from behind him Rooster heard a voice yell "FREEZE!" Rooster froze, dropped his rifle, and slowly turned around. Rooster then looked into the unwavering cyan eyes of an 8 foot high Ruccannan, Photon blaster in hand. Seeing Rooster's face, the Ruccannan suddenly untensed.
"Rooster!" he exclaimed, getting a look of utter guilt. "I'm, i'm so sorry! I didn't know it was you! I thought it was an enemy! Please forgive me! I'm Rigzar, a Ruccannan mercenary, doing a bit of work for the Ruccannan, but mainly just living alone. I came to your galaxy 10 years ago, leaving the Ruccannan Empire. When I came to your system, my ship was destroyed, and I began my new life in your galaxy. I never revealed my identity, until now, now that my race has discovered this galaxy. I saw your crashed ship. I have an Arada parked about a mile ago. Want to come?"
Rooster agreed, and the two started walking towards Rizgar's ship. Once they reached the Arada, the Lone Darkness , they then got in and went to the Pultaq. After salvaging any top secret technology from it, the Lone Darkness headed back. Rooster decided to go to Earth first.
Once they cleared the atmosphere, Rizgar activated the hyperspace engine, but to Rooster's surprise, the Arada went into slipstream. It was then Rooster noticed how much the Lone Darkness had been upgraded.
"Plasma Siphon, slipstream drive, enhanced shield generator, UE Cloaking device, phase beamer, Photon pulse cannons, afterburners, swivel phase cannons, a neutron turret, and Anti-Ion shielding!" Rooster exclaims, looking at the specs for the Lone Darkness. "How did you get all this stuff? A lot of this technology civillians can't even buy!"
"I board disabled ships, buy from the black market, and do all kinds of other stuff to get all the things that are on my ship. As for HOW I was able to actually FIT all this stuff on, that's top secret."
Soon the Lone Darkness exited slipstream and entered the Sol system...
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