《Solar Frontier》


 Prologue - A New Game

    No one knows exactly how Pegasus Corporation came to exist, they appeared 50 Years after all major game companies disappeared. Blizzerd, Actovision, Westdoor, BioSpare, Bongie, Tigerhead Studios, black Island Studios and so many more, gone overnight without a whisper. The world was in an uproar, Otaku''s from all over the world were in utter despair as there would never be a new game or so people thought. Forums around the world were flooded with posts, theories and rumours of what might have happened. People later called this event ''The Gaming Fire Sale''.


    Many people tried to start up their own companies, however after the first game was released they mysteriously disappeared. They appeared to have been devoured by a monster many people believe someone didn''t want games to be brought out. Many people were scared off by the mysterious existence and the many people starting their own gaming companies slowly started to dwindle in number.


    Time travels by as people start to look to the real world for ideas, for entertainment, taking small steps outside of their dark rooms, the world began to move around them. However not all were willing to accept change and opted to end it, may those poor souls rest in peace. Through all the tragedy, the sun began to dawn on a new world, video games became a thing of the past and the best became classics on display in museums around the world.


    50 years past until an announcement shook the world, Bob Cretin a representative of an unknown corporation, later known as Pegasus corporation held a press conference explaining the events of the past fifty years that began at the event known as ''The Gaming Fire Sale'' or GFS for short.


    "Approximately on the 12 of July 2018, all major software and gaming companies held a summit. This summit was to decide the direction of gaming that had grown stagnant over the years, with the same old boring FPS, MMO, RPG, Third Person Shooter, indie, RTS and all the other types of games genres. Through a general consensus, it was agreed that the production of video games would be suspended indefinitely. Later a new genius developer explained his new revolutionary idea to the board executives of the present companies. The idea was revolutionary that no single company had the funds to put the plan into action, therefore an idea was put forward to combine all companies into a single corporation named Pegasus. This was the night that Blizzerd, Actovision, Westdoor, BioSpare, Bongie, Tigerhead Studios, black Island Studios and all other companies became the Pegasus Corporation. The board executives were hesitant at first however all agreed because the advantages outweighed the disadvantages. The minimum estimated time it would take to complete was 50 years and all board executives agreed to absolute secrecy. This was exactly what the world needed, therefore in the last 50 years all our efforts have been placed on creating a single super A.I designated Project Isis".


    The media was in a frenzy over the news, the whole world had to have known that something was being created but Pegasus Corporation lock down on information was near perfect, of course information leaked out, legends and rumours began to form and later spread out to forums all over the world. People were wondering why no Beta Tester were ever given the opportunity to test the game, until the spokesman continued.


    "Project Isis was developed for a whole new era of gaming. Think of it as Virtual Reality, one can feel, taste, see, hear and smell as it is your own body" the spokesman explained. "Now we bring to you the lead developer of Project Isis to explain the more intricate details of our operation," said Bob Cretin as he gestured to the screen behind him.


    "Good evening ladies and gentleman, before I continue are there any question?" Asked a dark figure on the screen. It was not like his body was blackened out, he was just sitting hunched in a dark room filled with shadows. He sounded like an elderly man as he spoke to the room filled with hundreds of reporters.


    One reporter Stood up "where exactly is this A.I housed. You would need a large facility at least to run the program and if a building like that was suddenly built, we would have heard about it!" questioned a reporter.


    "Hmmm the A.I is housed and always has been housed on Mars." Murmurs can be heard from the reports but the dark figure just continues. "The A.I is housed on Mars in a Facility the size of a small Continent under the surface, to keep it away from prying eyes. The reason for having the facility on Mars is as the reporter pointed out, the world would have noticed if a multibillion dollar facility was being constructed on Earth." the shadowed figure paused. "Also the power requirement for Project Isis alone is the same as the entire planets power production combined, we just didn''t have enough power to justify housing the A.I on Earth." Finished the Shadowed figure.


    "It has been said that the development of Project Isis has been in progress for the last fifty years. How exactly was the A.I built on Mars when the technology just wasn''t advanced enough fifty years ago?" Questioned another reporter.


    "Yes Project Isis has been in development for the last fifty years, however the A.I component has only taken ten years to produce. The other forty years was for rapid advancement in technology to make Project Isis." The dark figure stands an walks to the only window in the room as the camera follows him. "The new impulse engines in space shuttles were to allow a team of engineers to get to Mars. The development of wave emitters was to allow the transfer of solar energy obtained on Mercury to be sent directly to the facility." Said the old scientist as he stared in the sun through tinted windows.


    "Was the energy obtained for Mercury enough to power this facility of yours." asked a camera man.


    "No it wasn''t!!" bluntly answered the scientist. "However I cannot go into any more details of how the additional power was obtained because the technology is light years to advance for people to understand."


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    "What is the purpose of Project Isis, what is the end point of your Project?" Asked a busty reporter.


    "Project Isis was developed to create the world''s first total emersion video game. In other words a Virtual Reality Massively Multiplayer Online Role Playing Game (VRMMORPG). Project Isis has created a whole new universe for people to explore. The only goal is total utter domination, become the emperor of the Solar Frontier. Nothing is off limits, use any means necessary to achieve you dream."


    Silence filled the hall where the press conference was taking place, every reporter dared not blink as if they would miss the rest of their lives. No pen moved, no sound of a camera shutter going off, as the reporters lie motionless in their seats. Even reporters new that it was not as difficult to travel in space thanks to rapid advancements in impulse engines in the late 20''s and early 30''s.  As no one asked any questions, Bob Cretin Returned.


    "Lastly to explain how to gain access to Solar Frontier, here is the CEO of Pegasus Corporation Jack Donald''s." said Bob Cretin as he stepped of the podium and gave a round of applause. All the reporters remained motionless, as they all thought to themselves ''WHO''!!


    "Good evening ladies and gentlemen, I am Jack Donald''s the current CEO of Pegasus Corporation. First of a little explanation about the position of CEO of Pegasus, since Pegasus was founded from many different gaming developers and software companies the position was of CEO was fought for by the various different companies until months when the former CEO of Blizzard won the position. Thus the position has always been given to the most deserving within the company". Jack Donald''s pause and took a sip of water before continuing. "To access Solar Frontier is actually pretty simple, a capsule is all that is needed."


    "Excuse me" interrupted a reporter as he stood up. "What exactly is this capsule that you are referring to?"


    "Yes I''m getting to that," then a blueprint of the capsule appeared on the screen behind Jack. "As you can see it is a capsule" as he gestured to the display. "These capsule''s will be custom made for the individual that orders it. To be custom made measurements from the customer will be taken to ensure that this piece of technology will only work for the one who has paid for it."


    "How will this capsule allow access to Solar Frontier?" asked the busty reporter.


    "Yes, after the purchase a team of professional engineers will be dispatched to collect the completed machine and will install it in your preferred location. After the installation is complete you will have to calibrate the machine. This process involved being saturated by a solution, in which billion of self-replicating nano machines will permeate the body and attach themselves to every internal body component you can think of. Be warned this step must be completed in your baby suit and cannot be cancelled once it has begun.


    "Excuse me, can you repeat that again?" interrupted a reporter.


    "Certainly these Nano Knights as we call them will attach to every internal body components of the human body."


    "For what purpose?" interrupted another reporter.


    "These machines will allow access to Solar Frontier when seated in the capsule. While in Solar Frontier the nano machine will synthesis the mineral, nutrients and energy need to sustain the body, in other words they make it so you never go hungry paying our game. The Nano Knights will also massage the muscles making them stronger and keep the heart beating, keep oxygen circulating through the body."


    "Is that even possible?" Shouts a reporter in disbelief.


    "Yes it is!" Blatantly replies the CEO. "These nano machine are completely harmless and will lie dormant out of the capsule. The capsule is actually used as a means to place the Nano Knights in the human body and activate them when playing Solar Frontier".


    "Ladies and Gentleman, on behalf of all at us at Pegasus would like to thank you for attending our press conference." Said the CEO of Pegasus as he stepped off the podium and walk off the stage to a round of applause from the reporters.


    **


    In a dark room on Mars sat alone man, this room was more like a prison cell that an actually room. It had a single dresser, a bed, a table and a single chair. This man stared out the only window in the room looking out in the sun, he had not moved since he finished the live stream to the conference on Earth and explained about project Isis. This man was at the end of his life in his early 80''s. This was the man behind it all, the one who pushed forward to achieve his dream. As he stood at his life''s zenith, he knew he did not have long maybe a year or 2. He could hear footsteps coming ever closer to the door, as they stopped there was a knock at the door.


    "Mister Cliff it''s time" said the mysterious soul on the other side of the door.


    "Is it" responded Cliff dejectedly.


    Cliff stood up, straightened his lab coat, grabbed his walking stick and slowly made his way to the door. For better or for worse, he knew he would never have to return to this dreary room. As he opened the door light exposed his figure he was a slim unkempt man, his face has a five o''clock shadow as the called it and thin white hair brushed to the back of his neck. His cloths were about the only thing that was kept tidy, as it looked brand new.


    "It''s finally time isn''t Mister Cliff, 50 long years you have waited for this day." Said a middle age man as cliff exited the room.


    "Yes I have!" Replied Cliff. "It is finally time for man to take one small step, but my question is will they falter or will the soar?" "No worries, Project Isis is always adapting, therefore if man falters, she will push them of a cliff". ''It will take centuries for this game to be completed, can any do it?''


    Only time will tell!

 Chapter 1 - Beginners

    "Jonathon, it''s time to train." Says an overbearing old man.


    "Don''t want to, you old man." Snapped back the 4 year old boy as he darts out the door.


    "He is too much like his mother, god rest her soul." The old man recounted to the rest of his pupils as they begin their warm ups. ''It has been four years since that fateful week, the week where I lost both my daughter Katherine and my son in law James'' the old man regrettably thought to himself. There is never a day that goes by where he doesn''t think of them. "That was truly the darkest week in this old man''s life." The look of regret in the old man''s eyes told the entire story, one that not many like to remember.


    The old man chooses to let the boy do as he wishes, for now at least. "Let''s begin!" He shouts to the men. The whole scene looks like it''s taken from a gang manga, everyone has at least one scar on their body and have the mental aptitude of hungry beasts on a collar. At his words, all the men form up to begin a new day of training. There were 20 men packed into the small hall in the families main residence. From the look on their faces you could see that they all took the training very seriously. All techniques shown during the session were performed perfectly, almost as if they were dancing with one another. They performed just like the wind; freely, and rugged. Yet it flowed calmly, just like an ocean as they sparred. Everyone in the room was considered his family, even though they had no blood relations.


    Jonathon didn''t live in a large house, though not many people would agree with him. He had his own library, filled to the brim with every genre of literature you can think of. Jonathon just loved to read books. They were a medium used to escape reality. He could image having a mother and father that loved him, which he did often, very often.


    From the gates there was 1/2 a mile to 800 metres of garden before you reached the main door. The garden was well kept; with its leaves green and glowing, the ponds clear as day. The garden was the pride and joy of Alfred, the old man of the house. It had hundreds of different flowers, blooming as if every day was the beginning of spring, neatly arranged giving the whole house, better yet mansion, a warm feeling.


    The two storey mansion had a rustic feel from the early 19th century, two pillars holding an arch over the door, a foot path through the garden leading to the entrance. Inside the mansion was spotless, with its own chandelier hanging gloriously above the entrance. Knight amour in the halls and weapons on the walls. Red carpet lead up the stairs as it parted to the left and right, following the stairs to the second floor.


    In the garden sits a young boy, no older than four, he stares with his deep blue eyes into the sky. The sky almost seemed to blend into his eyes, just like his fathers. "Jonathon get here NOW!" Boomed a voice from the main hall. The training seemed to have ended and his grandfather seemed angry. Jonathon timidly entered the hall to see his grandfather sitting in the middle of the hall. To Jonathon his grandfather looked like he a wolf, about to devour him, or so he thought.


    "Sit down." Alfred commanded to his grandson. Jonathon sits down in front of his grandfather. His grandfather was a seasoned man, he knows the way of the world and he had the scars to prove it. Alfred was an aging man in his late 70''s but still acted like a spring chicken, training every day to keep his fitness up and eating healthy. Doing these allowed him to maintain a body with muscles that looked of steel. "Why won''t you join training with us in the morning Jonathon?" asked Alfred.


    "Because you never tell me about what happened to my parents." Replied the young boy with puppy dog eyes, almost begging his grandfather for answers. The boy had deep blue eyes with jet black hair, he was small for his age and unusually thin like his mother.


    Alfred placed his right hand on top of the young boys head. "Alright, if you''re this insistent I will tell you about how your parents lived to the days of their death." Alfred looks off into the distant before he begins to tell Jonathon about his parents. "First I''ll tell you about your father."


    "My father." The boy says excitedly.


    "Your father" began Alfred, "he was a good man that grew up in the worst environment. James''s parents were drug addicts that used him as their own pack mule. He was a bright kid who deserved so much more but was given so little. He was the youngest of 4 children, they had to fight for their very lives from the day they were born, smuggling drugs to their parents, for scraps of food, dodging debt collectors, prostitute dealers and drug dealers alike." Alfred paused, the young boys eyes glistening with curiosity. "This continued for many years, your father and his older siblings were in a severely malnourished state. Do you understand?" Asked Alfred to his grandson.


    "No, too many big words." Replied Jonathon.


    "HAHAHAH! I guess so, simply put they had only eaten single piece of bread a day." explained Alfred. "Can you imagine only getting a single piece of bread a day?" Alfred hinted to his grandson, all that came was a simple nod. "Ok then, by this time my daughter your mother and I, had moved to town."


    "What happened next?" Excitedly asked the boy.


    "Well, I started to destroy those drugs, until there was none left in the city." Said Alfred as he stared into the boys eyes. "Your father''s parents didn''t give up even after that, and keep digging their feet further and further into the ground. Until BOOOOOM!" Yelled Alfred as Jonathon''s skeleton leaped out of his body.


    "How did digging a hole cause an explosion?" Jonathon asked timidly.


    "HAH." Was all Jonathon got before his grandfather continued. "In the explosion your father was the only survivor, he was alone in the world, he went to an orphanage where he lived until he was fit to work. Many years passed and your father¡­."


    "Saved our lives." Interrupted the three stooges of the family. They were three of the brawniest men you would ever see, arms and legs the size of tree trunks, shaved heads and tattoos of rising dragons on their arms. They had more brawn than brain that was for sure.


    "Yes he saved my men and brought them home," Summarised Alfred.


    "He saved you!" Said Jonathon with a stars in his eyes.


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    "Yep." Idiot 2


    "Certainly." Idiot 3


    "That was they day James met Katherine, your mother, and was also the day I found out our activities were making a difference in the city. He told us about his parents and what had happened saying how much he respected me for my work, even if it was not exactly legal. Here I was trying to award James for saving my men, instead I end up being respected, who would have thought. From that day James would come by and visit very often and eventually won over my daughter and became my son in law." Alfred was looking to the ceiling, through the sky, and into the heavens as he said those words.


    "Life was happy in those times and we were over the moon when we found out my little angel was going to have you. Boy you should have seen your father, he was so nervous and overjoyed that he was going to have a son. However one night when he was on his way home, a man murdered him for the paper in his wallet, your father always walk to and from work because it was reasonably close by, that was the type of man your father was."


    "2 days later your mother passed away after bringing you into the world. Your mother had always been weak like her mother before her. To me she was an angel that brightened the world around us, her smile could change the world if she was given the chance." Finished Alfred with a tear in his old eyes, it was the first time that Jonathon had ever seen the old man shed a tear. "Jonathon, always remember your parents are always, ALWAYS watching over us." Said Alfred as he removed a locket from his neck and opened it as he handed it to Jonathon. On one side was a picture of his mother and father and the other side was left blank.


    "Grandfather" says Jonathon with a rainfall of tears leaving his eyes.


    "Jonathon always keep that locket with you, the other side is for the person closes to your heart, whoever she may be." Alfred said as he hugs his grandson.


    The next morning a small 4 year old boy can be seen training with the brawniest men that roam the planet. Jonathon could almost feel his parents smiling down on him from heaven.


    **


    Time passes, it has been 14 years since Jonathon''s Grandfather told him what had happened to his parents. He is now a young man of 18 years. He''s waiting outside his house because he grandfather enlisted him into the Peacekeepers military group.


    The Peacekeepers are a privately owned military group not attached to any government. They are known as the most high trained, well equipped and professional soldiers for hirer. They pride themselves on being equipped with the most technological advanced weapons and equipment. They have a reputation of being more reliable than any government forces.


    "Damn, Damn, Damn why me, grandad says this will be for the best, maybe it will be. But why must he bus come so early in the morning, the sun hasn''t even broken past the mountains yet." Complained Jonathon. Winter was the season but no snow fell, however it was cold very cold. Every breath could be seen as vapour leaving the mouth, Jonathon was wearing a beanie and scarf covering his face. His body was wrapped in warm cloths to combat the cold.


    Jonathon wasn''t a big man, even training everyday with his grandfather put almost no muscle tone on his body. However Jonathon was not weak in any way. On the contrary he was strong, so very strong as he had complete control over his strength and could use his opponents strength against them.


    "My books, oh how I''ll miss my books. Wait for me I''ll return someday." Jonathon says as he waited in front of the mansions gates. Jonathon was a popular kid at school, he had many friends but he never found someone he truly loved, there were girls but they never interested him. A lot of his friends were excitedly talking about the new game that was going to be released Solar Frontier. Jonathon never cared, of course he and his friends had study game history in school for course credits but he never really wanted to play a game. He had his books after all.


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    "So long." He complained again but no one was around to hear it, His friends weren''t close enough to get up at 4 am to see him off. Soon after he could see two headlights in the distance, racing to his location. "The bus" he thought to himself as it came ever closer. "This is no bus" he thought to himself, because what rolled to a stop had barred windows, reinforced steel plating covering the body of the vehicle, two mounted machineguns that were operational. So much for being the most technologically advance army in the world.


    The door opened "all aboard" shouted the driver. The driver was smoking a cigar and was missing an eye, the rest of the body he had seen a lot in his life.


    "Muscle and scars, it''s always muscle and scars" he thought to himself as he boarded the bus. On the bus there were only three other poor souls, it was a small town after all. The first was a skinny man, with glasses and no muscles his face seemed to scream for somebody to save him, he looked scared shitless. The second was a beefcake, a beefcake he was as fat as a cow and didn''t look to bright, he had no muscle and looked like he was thrown out of his house and enlisted in the Peacekeepers out of desperation. The food stains on his cloths said that much at least, his face looked like it had given up hope. There was not much to say for the third as he wore a hooded jumper and looked asleep at the back of the bus.


    "Take a seat, any seat" said the bus drive as he closed the door and began to pull out onto the road.


    Jonathon took a seat at the back of the bus and tried to talk to the last person on the bus. At first he was hesitant but after a while he began to talk.


    The first thing that startled Jonathon was that she was a girl. "You''re a girl?" He says.


    "What is that supposed to mean." she said with anger in her voice.


    "Sorry, sorry meant no offence by that just a little surprised but I have to admit I did think it was unfair if there was a boy as pretty as you going you would have stolen every girl there." Says Jonathon as he blushed. To Jonathon there was something different about this girl but he couldn''t get his finger on it. They talk for the rest of the trip and he found her pretty interesting.


    **


    "Congratulation recruits on having survived basic training." says the instructor. It was 6 of the most grueling months that any man or women have had to endure. Everything for basic hand to hand combat, weapons practice, vehicle training, and stealth combat, explosive works was covered in those short 6 months.


    At the end of it all recruits have created a strong bond with one another creating a platoon of 30 men. Of course the 3 people on the bus with Jonathon, Luke, Leaf and Christy had survived the training with Jonathon. Luke had actually developed muscles and used his smarts to be the Platoon Sergeant, which consisted of 30 individuals. Leaf had lost most of his fat and looked leaner and meaner carrying that heavy machine around like it was a toy. Jonathon and Christy were both Corporal''s and had become quite intimate over the past months.


    "Platoon on me" yelled Luke. He had become very commanding like a leader should be. "Okay our orders are as follows, we are to assists the local forces in defending the area, that¡¯s all." "The duration is close to year so everyone stay frosty and stay alive."


    "That¡¯s not a lot of information to go on is it?" replies Christy, in a nonchalant way.


    "Yes but it''s all we need" replies the simple headed Leaf. Jonathon just remains silent and checks his equipment one last time before he boards the aircraft with the other 3 platoons heading to the same destination.


    "Jonathon''s got the right idea, every check your equipment one last time because we will be dropping into a red zone." ordered Luke. There are 3 coloured zones to describe the amount of resistance in the area. Green usually meant a friendly zone, yellow meant neutral zones and red was hostile territory.


    After an hour it was finally the groups turn to board the plane. Before Jonathon could get on the plane he was suddenly stopped by Christy and was given a kiss on the lips and the words "I love you," before departing.


    **


    A year in to the excursion into enemy territory, a convoy guarded by the Peace Keeper was attacked. The insurgents attacked from all sides Jonathon and his Platoon tried to fight back but there was just total chaos. Explosions and bullets firing everywhere, soldiers dying and screaming in pain, it was carnage one should never have to witness. In the initial attack the peacekeepers took heavy causalities but were able to rally and started to hit the insurgents hard.


    "Jonathon take cover quickly" yelled Christy from behind a car. However as Jonathon sprinted the jeep he saw an RPG on the roof about to fire at the jeep. He bought his rifle up and aimed it at the RPG on the roof firing three rounds, he hit the man in the chest, arm and leg to late however as he fired the RPG. When he arrived at the jeep it was nothing but smoke and wreckage.


    "Christy, Christy where are you" he shouted


    "Over here" she said softly just enough for him to hear, she had a metal rod 4 metres in length through her stomach. She was coughing up blood as she lay on the floor before Jonathon.


    "Christy you''re going to be ok, alright" said Jonathon as he tries to stop the bleeding with his hands.


    "I love you" were the last words to leave her mouth as she tried to raise her hand to Jonathon''s cheek. As her hand touched his cheek it fell lifeless to the ground.


    "Christy" Jonathon yells at the top of his lungs as he picks up his and her rifle and begins to fire blindly in to the building, not caring for who he hit. After he ran out of ammo, he noticed two tanks rolling to the convoy from behind. Jonathon was the only person to have noticed them, however instead of telling the anti-tank teams he sprinted to the tanks amongst the hail of bullets and explosions. He was able to plant two anti-tank charges on the hull.


    BOOM! "Take that you fuckers" he yells as he is thrown back into a car from the shock wave of the explosions. Jonathon stands in pain and notices that a ''rail'' hum vee is still operational but the gunner is dead. He jumps in to the rail gun and begins to fire into the insurgents.


    4 hours past and silence fell on the battlefield, the insurgents had retreated after taking substantial causalities. There is no movement in the Peacekeeper convoy except for one man crawling his way to a radio. "Base come in this is delta-1 over."


    "This is base we read you, Delta-1 come in." said the man on the other side of the radio.


    "Convey attack by insurgents, suffered critical causalities requesting immediate support." reports Jonathon


    "Roger that Delta-1, we are dispatching all forces, ETA 10 minutes hold tight." the man on the radio said as he pushed a red button by his station. An alert beacon was activated and all force scrambled to the vehicles and rushed to their comrades. No man left behind was their credo.


    Jonathon lay there looking at the wreckage as he lost consciousness.


    Jonathon was awoken by the sounds of helicopters flying overhead. The Peacekeeper reinforcements arrived in the hundreds and secured the area. They began to search for survivors. "Sir we have one" said one soldier as he picked up the dog tags. "Corporal Jonathon Richards sir."


    "Ok, soldier bring a medic and transport him to base, he looks pretty banged up" said the commander as he looks around at the wreckage. "My god what happened here, sergeant see what we can salvage" ordered the commander.


    "Sir, over here" said one of the soldiers.


    "What have we got?" asked the commander as he rushed over to the soldier.


    "An operational video camera, sir."


    "Take it back to base for analysis" ordered the commander.


    "Yes Sir."


    **


    "Today on the 6 o''clock news we bring to you, exclusive footage of a skirmish between Peacekeeper forces and insurgents just outside of New Deli. We must warn you this footage contains blood and gore and viewer discretion is advised." Says the reporter as his hands tremble from having seen the footage earlier.


    The footage played shows a single man amongst the sounds of rifles firing, grenade and RPG explosions sprinting towards two tanks flanking the Peacekeepers. The man places charges and destroys the tanks being blown by the shock wave 50 meters in to an operational Hum Vee, where he quickly removes the dead gunner and begins to open fire in the insurgents. After the hum vee was hit by an RPG. He crawls out covered in blood an proceeds to an exposed titan exoskeleton as he proceeds to empty he barrel alone into the retreating insurgents. It is seen that in the final moments he takes three bullets to the abdomen, even after sustaining all those injuries he was able to radio for evacuation.


    The video easily becomes the most viewed phenomenon on the internet. Reporters from around the world are currently searching for the boy to get an exclusive interview of the hero in the battle on the outskirts of New Deli.


    **


    In an undisclosed Peacekeeper hospital "Goodness he''s awake, quickly call a doctor" said a nurse. As one quickly left the room and soon returned with a smart looking middle age man with a clean lab coat, tidy face with glasses and a small beard.


    "How are you feeling Jonathon Richards?" Asked the doctor.


    "I don''t know, I can''t feel anything" Replied Jonathon.


    "Well it might take a while for feeling to return, after all you have been asleep for over 6 months" said the doctor.


    "6 months??" Asked Jonathon surprised.


    "Yes, you sustained considerable injuries it''s a miracle you''re even alive" replied the doctor.


    "Were there another other survivor??" Asked Jonathon.


    "No there wasn''t, you were the only survivor." Replied the doctor as he picked up the charts and looked through them. "Having survived this incident you may have developed Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, PTSD for short. So we would like you to play a game to relieve your stress and begin to bring you back to civilization for a few years."


    "A game?" Asked Jonathon.

 Chapter 2 - Start of his Journey

    "A game?" Asks Jonathon.


    "Yes it''s the first of its kind, it has been out for about two years now. It has a large fan base of all ages, from the young who want to have fun, to the more serious gamer''s after the prize at the end and even the elderly spending their retirement. The game has been herald the greatest invention of the century." Explained the doctor. The doctor had a very excited look on his face as he explained the game.


    ''Seems the doctor plays the game'' Jonathon thought to himself. "What do you hope to achieve by having me play this game?" Questioned Jonathon to the doctor.


    "Well, as I said you have sustained substantial injuries to most of your body, even with our current technology it was not enough to make a full recovery. You have been in a coma for 6 months in which your muscles have degraded, you will have a long and grueling recovery. Our hope is to shorten your recover by having you play Solar Frontier, in the game you can move your own body and you can do whatever you want." Replies the doctor.


    "I understand your reasoning doctor and I will take it under advisement for the time being. Until I am fit to enter the game what is our course of action?" Asked Jonathon to the doctor once again.


    "For now we will monitor your condition and see for any improvements to your condition. I predict in a week you will be able to enter the game. In the mean get plenty of rest, the nurses will keep an eye on you and bring you anything you may need. The Peacekeepers high command have arrange a visit with you in 3 days, so be prepared." Said the doctor.


    "Yes doctor and thank you for saving me." Jonathon said to the doctor as he walked out the door and the nurses entered with his medication.


    A week later Jonathon was preparing to enter the capsule. The meeting with the Peacekeeper''s was short, they commended him for what he did in the battle and they were sorry for his losses in the battle. They were giving him the Peace Badge the highest honour a Peacekeeper can get and an honourable discharge from active service and they wished him a speedy recover before departing.


    "Ok doctor how are things?" Asked Jonathon.


    "Things are looking great." Replied the doctor. "Ok we are ready for you to begin the initializing procedure for Solar Frontier."


    "Alright wish me luck doctor" said Jonathon as he laughed to the doctor and entered the capsule. The capsule was perfect for his size, he examined the capsule and found what appeared to be a display. Jonathon initialized the capsule where a liquid was secreted in to the capsule.


    Jonathon remained perfectly still for this part, the liquid was crystal clear like the still ocean. Moments later a message appeared in the capsule.


    <table><tbody><td colspan=''4''>The initializing procedure has been completed please exit the capsule. The draining process will now be completed. In a few moments to you may begin you journey In Solar Frontier.</td></tbody></table>


    Jonathon was ready to begin his rehabilitation in another universe called Solar Frontier. It had been a long and boring week just lying in bed with nothing to do. Now he could stretch his body so to speak and maybe he will be able to find what was lost in battle. One thing he was surprised about was that footage of the battle had survived the battle and he was now a star. Although he was not happy in the least, he wanted neither fame nor fortune.


    Jonathon preferred to stay in the shadows. He liked to stay out of the spot light a true night crawler, every king must have a shadow. If Jonathon found someone he can follow, he will become their shadow and aid them in their goals, their conquests. Until they stood tall as the emperor of all.


    "Alright looks like it''s time to begin" said the doctor.


    "So it is" replies Jonathon.


    As Jonathon enters the capsule the Nano Knights begin to become operational. At first Jonathon begins to become sleepy all of a sudden and blacks out. When he regains consciousness "is this purgatory or am I dead?" He asks himself. Purgatory is a state known as the world between life and death, it is neither heaven nor hell. In this state people just exists there is nothing else they can do. However soon after he hears a voice. He soon realises this is the beginning of the game.


    <table><tbody><td colspan=''4''>Solar Frontier has detected a new user. Do you wish to begin character creation?</td></tbody></table>


    "Yes" he replies as he wanders where the voice comes from. Will it even respond to a command or have I broken the machine already. These thoughts enter his mind until he heard the voice again.


    <table><tbody><td colspan=''4''>Please state the name of your avatar. It is highly recommended that you use a nick name for your avatar.</td></tbody></table>


    Jonathon chose to use a name that his mates in the Peacekeepers gave him, Hades. He was given the name Hades because he could bring down a whole insurgent camp, never being detected and send all men present to hell. Therefore he was given the name Hades, in Greek mythology Hades was the ruler of the underworld, he traveled in shadows unknown to the world.


    <table><tbody><td colspan=''4''>Ok Hades, please select your race. Solar Frontier has hundreds of races but you may only chose the 6 available. These are Human, Dwarf, Elf, Orcs, Pixies and Leprechaun.</td></tbody></table>


    "That¡¯s not many choices" says Jonathon. Little did he know the difficulty of the game and it has taken two years, eight years in game time to unlock both the Pixies and Leprechaun races to increase the count from four to six races. However Jonathon was here for rehabilitation so he chose Human, why chose a different species when he needs to get use to his body.


    <table><tbody><td colspan=''4''>You can choose to alter your appearance or you can remain the way you are.</td></tbody></table>


    What appeared in front of Jonathon was his appearance, about the time he entered the capsule. His hair had turned white after the battle, the doctor explained that from the severe pain and shock from loss. The pigment in his hair had turned irreversibly white. He had blood red eyes, it was explained that the blood vessels in his eyes had complete ruptured. When he was brought to an army medic he look like he was possessed by a demon. The eyes had turned completely blood red, there was no distinction between pupil, retina and iris.


    The doctor was able to repair the ruptured vessels, however his eyes never returned to their natural colour and remained red. The doctor had no explanation as to why his eyes remained red, his theory was having been saturated with blood for a number of weeks his eyes retained the colour. The blood red eyes gave his face an eerily look, along with his pale skin he looked like a vampire.


    His body had no fat, his muscles looked like they overlapped inward instead of outwards. He was a lot stronger than he looks. He had the scars from the battlefield covering a lot of his body ranging from bullet scars to scars from shrapnel. "I choose to remain the way I am" He answered to the A.I.


    <table><tbody><td colspan=''4''>Very well. You can choose you starting location.</td></tbody></table>


    "Random will be best as I don''t know the name of any locations as of yet" he answered.


    <table><tbody><td colspan=''4''>Welcome to Solar Frontier Hades. You will be taken to a training location, there you will be provided with free beginner outfit as well as weapons. You will remain at the location until you die, you will gain no experience and skill masteries will not advance past beginner lvl 1 (99%). Your class and stats will be decided in game. The best of luck to you Hades.</td></tbody></table>


    "Thank you very much" Jonathon replies to the A.I before being blinded by a bright light. Next he found himself in a war room similar to his days in the Peacekeepers. The room look like a command centre with a holographic display in the centre. In the middle of the display was a fortress that was being attacked by an endless stream of spiders.


    He saw three tables the first had amour on it. The amour was torn and bloody it look like it wasn''t in any position to protect the body, it look like it could fall apart from being picked up. On the second table held many different types of guns from heavy machine guns, assault rifles, SMG and even things he did not recognize. The third table held knives and pistols of all different shapes and sizes.


    "Hmmm, I can''t believe this is virtual reality, it seems so real from the sounds of bullets and explosions going on outside. I can feel, smell and ear and see like in the real world." Hades says to himself as he open and closes his hands and moves about to see if his body works properly.


    "Now what to do" Hades says to the air. "Well lets suit up and grab some weapons, but the amour is unacceptable." Hades says as he picks up the torso amour. A small window appears in form of him.


    <table><tbody><td colspan=''4''>Light upper Body Amour</td><tr><td width="25%">Amour</td><td width="25%">2</td><td width="25%">Durability</td><td width="25%">5/40</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Quality</td><td colspan=''2''>Poor</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Light upper body amour has seen better days. It is tattered and torn from many years of neglect. A stick would be better protection than this amour.</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Requirements</td><td colspan=''2''>None</td></tr></tbody></table>


    The window disappointed Hades even more. The other amour and weapons are probably the same. "If this game is the same as real life then maybe I can patch these amours up using others on the table." Hades says to himself.


    Hades picks up a knife which is blunt as hell and a couple of the light upper torso amour and begins cut the up as needed and began to patch up the amour provided by the base. Hades had found sowing needles and thread in a closet in the room. With the sowing needles and thread he also found rags and sandpaper to clean guns and a wet stone to sharpen the blades. The completed products were as follows:


    <table><tbody><td colspan=''4''>Light upper Body Amour</td><tr><td width="25%">Amour</td><td width="25%">15</td><td width="25%">Durability</td><td width="25%">20/20</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Quality</td><td colspan=''2''>common</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Light upper body amour that has been patched up an unskilled soldier. He was able to bring it a usable condition with his hard work and dedication.</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Requirements</td><td colspan=''2''>None</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><td colspan=''4''>Light Lower Body Amour</td><tr><td width="25%">Amour</td><td width="25%">15</td><td width="25%">Durability</td><td width="25%">20/20</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Quality</td><td colspan=''2''>common</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Light lower body amour that has been patched up an unskilled soldier. He was able to bring it a usable condition with his hard work and dedication.</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Requirements</td><td colspan=''2''>None</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><td colspan=''4''>Light Gloves</td><tr><td width="25%">Amour</td><td width="25%">5</td><td width="25%">Durability</td><td width="25%">10/10</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Quality</td><td colspan=''2''>common</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Light gloves that has been patched up an unskilled soldier. He was able to bring it a usable condition with his hard work and dedication.</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Requirements</td><td colspan=''2''>None</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Hades was quite happy with his work so far. "Looks great if I do so say myself, but it''s amazing that the system register the patchwork and combined the seams together to make it look like one set not many patched together." Hades says to himself. Hades placed the amour over his starter cloths which consists of a white shirt, brown pants and a backpack. He was a little disappointed to see the decrease in durability but he could live with it.


    Now it was on to weapons, Hades had already decided what weapons he was going to use. He chose to use a sub-machine gun for the main hand and a pistol as a side arm and a knife. This was the exact same line up he had in the battle of New Deli. The only difference was that he didn''t have all the high tech attachments as he did in real life.


    What Hades found was a table full of different weapons, which he slowly searched through for a gun that will fit his purpose. "Ok now what do I use, I think a pistol and a sub-machine gun will be best to stay light and free." Hades said as he searched through the weapons.


    <table><tbody><td colspan=''4''>MP5</td><tr><td width="25%">Damage</td><td width="25%">5 - 10</td><td width="25%">Durability</td><td width="25%">50/50</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Quality</td><td colspan=''2''>Common</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>A common and widely used submachine gun. Suitable for all situations, reliable for long use. The magazine uses rechargeable energy good for 500 shots.</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Requirements</td><td colspan=''2''>None</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><td colspan=''4''>Beretta 92</td><tr><td width="25%">Damage</td><td width="25%">5 -10</td><td width="25%">Durability</td><td width="25%">20/20</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Quality</td><td colspan=''2''>Common</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>A commonly used semi-automatic pistol.</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Requirements</td><td colspan=''2''>None</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><td colspan=''4''>Combat Knife</td><tr><td width="25%">Damage</td><td width="25%">2 - 3</td><td width="25%">Durability</td><td width="25%">15/15</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Quality</td><td colspan=''2''>Common</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>A common combat knife used by soldiers</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Requirements</td><td colspan=''2''>None</td></tr></tbody></table>


    These were the weapons Hades had decided on. After polishing and sharpening them with equipment he found in a utility room, Hades took on last look around. Beside the amour and weapons on the table there was not much else to work with.


    "Better see what the rest of the place looks like" Hades thought before the door to the war room burst open.


    "What are you still doing here?" Questioned the man who burst through the door. This man had an air about that made Hades jump, like being in the presence of a commanding officers as you were lazing around. He was a man with a large build, muscle and scars like any veteran in an army. He wore shades that covered his eyes, a cap and a cigar caring the largest gun in the base.


    "Who are you?" Asks Hades as he looked up at the man.


    "I am the commanding officers of this base, now get your arse to the breech and kill some motherfucking spiders." replies the commander. "Move it, move it I don''t have all day soldier" bellowed the commander to Hades as he ran out of the room.


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    **


    At the collapsed wall there were many gigantic spiders some larger than 7 meters tall attacking all of the other arrivals to the base. Many of the new arrivals wore the tattered amour and used the rusted weapons but most were killed before they could kill a single spider.


    As Hades arrived he could see many different species of spiders. It was unlike anything he had ever seen before. The wall had collapsed and the spiders were pouring in like an endless stream. There were no lights past the wall only red eyes that penetrated the darkness.


    Two spiders about 4 meters large spotted Hades and began to creep his way. "What are you fuckers looking at" Hades yells to them as he grips his MP5 about to fire at the spiders. "Shit" he yells as the spiders had already reached him. At the last moment before he was going to fire his body froze, the scene back at New Deli played in his mind over and over again. It had left a trauma in his subconscious, making him unable to fire his weapons.


    Hades rolls away from one of the spider¡¯s fangs, slashing at its neck out of habit killing the spider instantly. He pulls his Berretta out and fires six rounds into the other spider killing it also. "It seems in the thick of it all I have no time to think therefore I won''t remember that day." Hades deduces from his actions.


    Following that cause of action he sprinted to the darkness, like it beckoned to him. The look on the other arrivals was priceless as they see a white haired man sprint to certain death. However something changed 15 minutes later.


    "Huh, where are the rest of the spiders?" says the commander as he see countless spider corpses and corpses of new arrivals, only the staff of the base were still standing. "Sergeant get that spotlight working" ordered the commander.


    When the spotlight was working all the soldiers of the base stared at the scene in utter silence. In the middle of spider corpses stood alone figure, to the soldier his eerie red eyes gave the presence of death as he slowly walked back to the base.


    Hades had become a bloody mess after sprinting into the spider infested darkness. "That felt good but all those popup boxes were annoying, I don''t even know what was on them." Hades says as he walks past the hole in the wall. "Commander is there a library in this base?" Asked Hades as he saluted the commander. He was hoping to read about his world and maybe about the spider attacks.


    "Down the hall to the left, last door" was all the commander could answer, he was still in shock as to what he had seen.


    Hades used this time to check the boxes that appeared during the battle. He also wiped as much of the spider blood of him as he walked to the library. His amour was all tattered after fought all those spiders.


    <table><tbody><td colspan=''4''>You have learned new skills</td></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><td width="25%">Skill Name:</td><td width="25%">Skill Rank:</td><td width="25%">Skill Level:</td><td width="25%">Experience:</td><tr><td width="25%">Frenzy</td><td width="25%">Beginner</td><td width="25%">1</td><td width="25%">4%</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Due to past experiences you have lost the will to fight. Yet you are presented situation where it is inevitable. You induces an uncontrolled frenzy till either you kill all in front of you or you die.</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Effects:


    <ul>


    <li>You are unable to discern friend from foe, 90% chance to kill people in your party</li></ul>


    <ul>


    <li>You emanate intense blood thirst inducing fear and terror in your enemies, 10% chance to fear and a 1% chance to force enemies to retreat.</li></ul>


    </td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>As level increases you can gain control to a level where you can induce the state whenever you feel and control it.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><td colspan=''2''>New Stat:</td><td colspan=''2''>Bloodlust</td><tr><td colspan=''4''>You have shown such intense thirst for blood that creatures will see you as death. You can frighten and stun creature depending on bloodlust stat level. You cannot distribute level bonuses to this stat as it will increase based on avatar actions.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><td width="25%">Skill Name:</td><td width="25%">Skill Rank:</td><td width="25%">Skill Level:</td><td width="25%">Experience:</td><tr><td width="25%">Sub-machine Gun Mastery</td><td width="25%">Beginner</td><td width="25%">1</td><td width="25%">12%</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Due to constant use of a sub-machine gun you now have a better understanding of its operation and uses</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Effects:


    <ul>


    <li>10% damage increase, 3% weapon speed, 1% increase in accuracy</li></ul>


    </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><td width="25%">Skill Name:</td><td width="25%">Skill Rank:</td><td width="25%">Skill Level:</td><td width="25%">Experience:</td><tr><td width="25%">Pistol Mastery</td><td width="25%">Beginner</td><td width="25%">1</td><td width="25%">12%</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Due to constant use of a pistol you now have a better understanding of its operation and uses</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Effects:


    <ul>


    <li>10% damage increase, 3% weapon speed, 1% increase in accuracy</li></ul>


    </td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><td width="25%">Skill Name:</td><td width="25%">Skill Rank:</td><td width="25%">Skill Level:</td><td width="25%">Experience:</td><tr><td width="25%">Knife Mastery</td><td width="25%">Beginner</td><td width="25%">1</td><td width="25%">12%</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Due to constant use of with a knife you now have a better understanding of its operation and uses</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Effects:


    <ul>


    <li>10% damage increase, 3% weapon speed</li></ul>


    </td></tr></tbody></table>


    "Wow, this is nice, the game creates skill base on actions that¡¯s amazing, it really is" Hades says to himself. Hades is currently walking through the dreary grew corridors of the base to the library. The library was as Hades expected bare. The library only had a few books. It would only take him about 8 hours to read at most.


    As Hades placed down his third book he received a surprise.


    <table><tbody><td colspan=''4''>Through diligent studying you have gained +1 intelligence</td></tbody></table>


    "Hmmmm, how do I even see the status window" Hades spoke to himself as a window appeared.


    <table><tbody><td colspan=''4''>Status Window</td><tr><td colspan=''2''>Name</td><td colspan=''2''>Hades</td></tr><tr><td width="25%">Race</td><td width="25%">Human</td><td width="25%">Class</td><td width="25%">N/A</td></tr><tr><td width="25%">Title</td><td width="25%">None</td><td width="25%">Job</td><td width="25%">None</td></tr><tr><td width="25%">Health</td><td width="25%">115</td><td width="25%">Shield</td><td width="25%">100</td></tr><tr><td width="25%">Strength</td><td width="25%">15</td><td width="25%">Agility</td><td width="25%">15</td></tr><tr><td width="25%">Vitality</td><td width="25%">15</td><td width="25%">Stamina</td><td width="25%">65</td></tr><tr><td width="25%">Intelligence</td><td width="25%">11</td><td width="25%">Wisdom</td><td width="25%">10</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Bloodlust</td><td colspan=''2''>4</td></tr></tbody></table>


    "Ok so its voice activated, that nice to know" concluded Hades as he reached for another book and began to read.


    After three hours and 32 more books later he gained another skill and a couple of stats in wisdom and intelligence. Hades has always been a speed reader and could finishes many books very quickly.


    <table><tbody><td width="25%">Skill Name:</td><td width="25%">Skill Rank:</td><td width="25%">Skill Level:</td><td width="25%">Experience:</td><tr><td width="25%">Speed Reading</td><td width="25%">Beginner</td><td width="25%">1</td><td width="25%">20%</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Having accustomed yourself to reading you can now read at a faster speed.</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Effects:


    <ul>


    <li>reading speed increased by 2%</li></ul>


    </td></tr></tbody></table>


    Five hours after reading Hades finds a dust covered book in the draws of one of the tables. It was an old diary about 5-10 years old, the pages were torn and fading on the edges. The words were fading from the pages, it look like no one had touched it in years. The book was a diary of one of the workers in the library before the spider attacks.


    When he finished reading he discovered that the spider attacks might not have been a coincidence. The day before the first attack an eerie red glow covered the sky for a few minutes and then vanished without a trace. From that day on the spiders had become extremely aggressive, constantly attacking the base.


    "It has been six months since the spiders began to attack the base, it was decided that a squad of five men will be sent out to find out the cause and if need be put a stop to it. The five men were the best the base had to offer and had been preparing for many days. As they said their last goodbyes the hope of the base and its inhabitants have been placed on their shoulders. Their mission was to find the source of what made the spider aggressive in the first place. They were never heard from again." played a hologram from the table Hades was sitting at, it began as he finished the book.


    <table><tbody><td colspan=''4''>New Quest Received</td><tr><td colspan=''4''>No Man Left Behind</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>The spider attacks are believed to have been orchestrated by unknown individuals. The soldiers that were sent to find the cause never returned and other soldiers have never had an opportunity to search for them. Now that five years have passed and many have forgotten about them. It is asked that you find a trace of these men and bring back word of their situation.</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Difficulty</td><td colspan=''2''>C</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Rewards</td><td colspan=''2''>??</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Failure</td><td colspan=''2''>Death</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Hades was surprised by this window, he never knew how to get quests and now here he was with one. The description of this quest hit home, soldiers missing in the line of duty. Having been living by the credo no man left behind, Hades immediately leaped from his chair and sprinted to the commander of the base to get any information he can.


    "Commander I am leaving the base for a while" Hades told the commander as he rushed to wall and had a look over the end. Hades saw nothing but a black abyss with red beady eyes in the distance. The eyes didn¡¯t get any closer, they were stalking the base.


    "For what purpose could you possibly have for going out their" retorted the commander.


    "Others might have forgotten, but we have men out there. The chance of them being alive are almost non-existent, but I have lived by a principal, No Man Left Behind all my life. If there out there I''ll bring them home, even if it means my death. It is what I expect my comrades to do if I''m missing out there." Explained Hades.


    "You little shit, you don''t think it doesn''t affect us. Our own men are out there and you¡¯re blaming us for not going out to get them. Every day we have wanted to abandon this base and go look for those soldiers, but we are soldiers we must follow orders." replied the commander as he stared into oblivion.


    "I meant no disrespect. I understand the troubles of soldiers, the morals of soldiers. I am saying I will go in your place. I have no obligation to stay here." Stated Hades as he was starting to feel hungry he had no idea that he could get hungry in the game and decided to check the bag he got.


    In the bag was 10 pieces of stale bread and a canteen of water. Hades decided to eat some bread, it was like chewing on a rock and it was bland tasteless. However it was enough to fill his satiety bar. He took out some water to wash the bread down before he departed from the base.


    "Hey wait" shouted a mysterious voice. The voice came from behind Hades and he heard several other footsteps come along with her. It was a group of four people who seem to have come from the direction of the command room. This women was a beauty in her own right. She had long blond hair and her facial feature complimented her entire body.


    She must have overheard their conversation because she looked intrigued that he wanted to leave the base. She knew he was a player because his amour was in the same condition as there¡¯s. She decided to introduce herself to the man that must have arrived just before them.


    The others in her group gave him the evil eye, like he was some kind of monster. They continued to the wall and were surprised at what they saw. They saw an abyss, with red eyes staring at them then they notice the eyes began to move.


    "My name is Kate, it''s nice to meet you" Kate introduces herself as she waits for his reply.


    "Hey don''t ignore me" yelled the female as his reply never comes.


    "Yes" was all she got Hades to say.


    "Don''t you think as players we should stick together to learn about the game all we can?" Asked the women.


    "Why I was just leaving" stated Hades


    "The spiders will launch another attack" inputted the commander. "They attack periodically at the arrival of a new batch of soldiers.


    From the information Hades understood that the spiders will launch attacks at specified times when new players arrive. Hades had deduced he must have arrived just before the attack commenced. He must have pushed them back or there might have been a time limit where they would retreat after a certain amount of time had passed.


    "Here they come commander" Yelled on the soldiers on the wall.


    "Well before we begin, add me as a friend¡­" asked Kate


    "¡­Hades" answered Hades. Hades saw a window that said friends request accepted. At this he also became friends with Tom, Harry and Samantha. The others in her group, they seem to know each other in real life.


    After becoming friends with Kate and her group, Hades began to walk to the breach in the wall with Kate. He closed his eyes and concentrated as he brought his MP5 up and aim at the corner of the spider attack. He opened fire and began to sprint into the darkness and he vanished like a ghost.


    "There he goes again" says the commander.


    **


    Well chapter 2 is finished. Thanks for reading. I would appreciate any comments on the story so far, if anything doesn''t make sense let me know and i will change it.


    Thank you again, Nate12168

 Chapter 3 - The Necromancer

    Hello everybody, boy that took a while to type. With work and everything i had only a couple of hours a day to work on the story.


    Sorry for the delay, Please enjoy.


    **


    "There he goes again commander" The soldiers said as Hades began to weave his way through the spiders.


    "What do you mean by again?" Kate asked as she fired blindly into the darkness. "Hades arrived just before us? Right." She asked the commander.


    "No he has been here for a few hours, since the last attack. He sprinted out there in full throttle not stopping for anything. He look liked he was possessed by a spirit that called him to the dark." The commander said as he aim his canon and fired into the distance.


    "He survived out there on his own while being surrounded by hundreds of spiders?" Questioned Kate sceptically to the commander of the base.


    "Yes he did but now isn''t the time for this. Just shut up and kill some motherfucking spiders." Yelled the commander to Kate as she had stop firing at the spiders.


    Kate and the rest of her group, soldiers included began to fire everything they had at the spiders. No end was in sight and the group was running low on ammunition. When they finally ran out of bullets the spiders breached the hole in the wall and over ran the group. The group died and began their journey in their chosen city. However that¡¯s a story for another time.


    **


    As Hades leaped out of the breach he ran across the wall of the base. The base was about 800 meters long and continued in a straight line until it reached a clearing. The clearing was filled with spiders of all sizes, there was no way to sneak through to the other side. On the other side was the safety of the forest, well he thought it might be safe.


    Hades needed a way through, his amour was already tattered and torn making him look like a beggar. The durability was probably five at the most, any more damage and it would break. It was the same for the weapons they were badly damaged and needed replacing.


    "Should I use frenzy to kill all the spiders?" Hades asked himself. "No that would be a bad idea for several reason. If I make too much noise I could potentially attract more spiders. I have no way to stop frenzy and would kill and kill until I was dead." Hades thought to himself.


    Hades was in a predicament of how to advance. On one hand he could try his luck and go guns blazing or he could try another approach. After an hour or so of thinking he decided to try a distraction and sneak his way past. Now he had to think about what would catch the spider''s attention long enough for him to sneak past.


    Hades tried to throw a rock away from him, he caught the attention of 2 maybe 3 spiders at most, this was not enough nowhere near enough to pass undetected. Close by he noticed a lake but it was not the lake that caught his attention but what was in the lake.


    In the lake was several large reptilian creature, they looked like crocodiles but walked on to legs. They were more intelligent than your average water dweller. Hades thought he could use these lizard men to make a distraction, if he could get the attention of both the reptilian men and spiders he could use the noise to attract the other spiders.


    "Ok now here''s dinner, come and get me" Hades yells to the Reptilians. The reptilians look up at the strange man and begin to chase him as he vanishes in to the darkness.


    Hades throws a rock to get a few spiders attention and steeped against the wall. All he could do was stand as still and silent as he could. He stared at the reptilians as their aggro went from Hades to the oncoming spiders.


    The sounds of battle attracted even more reptilians and spiders. The reptilians had sharp teeth and claws which they used to scratch and tear at the spiders. The spiders had poison and overwhelming numbers to their advantage against the reptilians.


    "Now''s my chance" Hades says as he slowly sneaks through the spiders. When he got the attention of a spider he would use his hand and break the neck and suffocate the beast to death. Since this was the starting area the spiders had relatively low health and were easy to kill.


    Hades was lucky that there were status effect that piled damage on a beast. On a stronger beast these would not work and Hades would have been in a real bind. But thinking these things was pointless as he had now reached the forest. The forest was pitch black, the roots of the trees were above the soil making visibility of the forest non-existent. The height of the trees was astonishing, looking up it was impossible to see the top of the trees.


    The forest was dead silent almost void of life. No birds in the trees, no animals in the shrubs. Hades was lucky to find a population of reptilians in a river to use as a diversion. Hades hesitated to enter the forest. Not knowing what to expect is a scary thing.


    Having entered the forest, Hades was perched on a branch wondering what to do next. Hades was on his quest to find out what happened to the soldiers sent out of the base. What he knew was that the soldiers were sent to find the disturbance that caused the spiders to become aggressive.


    Hades didn''t know there location, if they were alive or not. If they were alive he needed to know there situation, how many were wounded, why no one ever went back to the base and so on. If they were dead Hades would bring back their dog tags if they had them. For now he had to find them.


    For that Hades decided to follow the spiders as they pulled back and find the nest, which was his only guess to the location of the soldiers. Hades jumped down from the branch and began to travel through the edge of the forest following the trail of spiders that were travelling to the base. After a few hours of walking the ground changed from dirt to webs.


    Hades had some close calls at the border of the forest were some spiders would look in his direction. Every time he felt his heart stop and skip a beat before the spiders continued on. After 8 hours of travel he decided to take a rest as his satiety was flashing red at 10% left. Hades took out his back pack, he had 6 loaves of bread left and 3/4 canteen of water. Hades ate a single piece of bread because these was no game to hunt in the forest and took sips out of the water. Hades had to ration out his food for as long as he could.


    Hades continued along the border of the forest for five days. During this time Hades had some extremely close calls where a spider would walk all the way to the tree Hades was hiding behind. After 15 of these close calls Hades gained a new skill.


    <table><tbody><td width="25%">Skill Name:</td><td width="25%">Skill Rank:</td><td width="25%">Skill Level:</td><td width="25%">Experience:</td><tr><td width="25%">Stealth (Passive)</td><td width="25%">Beginner</td><td width="25%">1</td><td width="25%">24%</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Having avoided many situation where you should have been discovered you have truly learned what it means to remove your presence.</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Effects:<ul>


    <li>Lowers presence by 10%.</li></ul>


    <ul>


    <li>Makes one lighter on feet movement speed increased by 2%.</li></ul>


    </td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Skill is classified as rare. It is active as long as the person wills it to be active. Will deactivate if willed, discovered or attacked.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    During this time Hades food only lasted three days. He almost had tears in his eyes as he ate the last piece of bread and as the last drop of water evaporated before it hit his tongue for Hades it was game over or so he thought. Hades had survived the two days after he ran out of food by eating nuts and berries. The berries were mostly poisonous and unappetizing. With the nuts Hades usually got a mouth full of dirt and twigs but he did what he had to do. After two days of this Hades gained a new stat and skill.


    <table><tbody><td colspan=''2''>New Stat:</td><td colspan=''2''>Sustenance</td><tr><td colspan=''4''>You are likely to use less stamina when performing an action. Stat distribution is impossible, stat will rise depending on actions the user makes.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><td width="25%">Skill Name:</td><td width="25%">Skill Rank:</td><td width="25%">Skill Level:</td><td width="25%">Experience:</td><tr><td width="25%">Iron Stomach (Passive)</td><td width="25%">Beginner</td><td width="25%">1</td><td width="25%">34%</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Having had to eat the least nutritious and hard to stomach food, your stomach composition has mutated to pull the need nutrients from most things often deemed unsuitable.</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Effects:<ul>


    <li>Able to draw more nutrients from food 5% increase to satiety increase from foods.</li></ul>


    <ul>


    <li>Increase of 2% poison resistance.</li></ul>


    <ul>


    <li>10% increase in time taken for satiety to lower</li></ul>


    </td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>Iron stomach is constantly active. As level increase you may be able to go days without food.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    As Hades continued walking, on the sixth day there was finally a change of scenery. The scene before Hades was bizarre to say the least. The scene was of a plain overshadowed by the mountains during a sunrise. The plain almost looked like it had been divided down the middle, on one side was full of lush greenery with flowers and small animals scurrying around and the other side was withered and bare. You could say they were two sides of the same coin, one was dead the other alive.


    On either side of the clearing different groups of spiders were gathering, it was the strangest sight to behold. As Hades knelt down to stay out of view he noticed on the lush side were various types of tarantulas and other forest spiders gathering. On the withered side was a gathering of what looked like to be undead spiders with skeleton knight mounted on top.


    On the lush side hades noticed 4 people out of place they wore military out fits and were armed situated at the back of the spiders. As the sun cleared the mountains both sides began to charge at each other. Almost like a gigantic game of chess. Both sides were evenly matched with continuous reinforcements from the back arriving.


    After a couple hours of surveying the situation, Hades made his way down from the forest of webs to lush side of the plain. Hades had a hunch that the soldiers he was looking for were right in front of him. He stealthy made his way to their camp not wanting to draw attention to himself.


    Having moved stealthy from his position, he moves around the battlefield to the soldiers at the back. Hades was concentrating on moving forward while not noticing he was also being tracked.


    "Crunch" Hades heard a sound behind him. He immediately stopped fainted going left, spun around to the right noticing a rifle at his back, he uses his palm to knock it to the left of his body as three rounds left the chamber. Hades uses his left hand to grip the barrel of the gun while his right hand disconnects the shooter hand from the grip of the gun.


    She releases the gun and Hades throws it to the floor as the girl takes two steps back drawing her knife and pistol from their holsters. Hades discard his SMG as it would get in his way and draws his pistol and knife also. They both stare at each other for a few minutes before both charging at each other. They both side step two rounds fired from the barrel of the pistols, Hades steps a second too late and his pistol is hit and destroyed.


    Hades approaches the women fast, bring his left hand up; with his palm facing up and the outside of the wrist is brought to the hand with the pistol of the women and pushes it away. He immediately brings his wrist around the hand gripping it firmly as the handle of the knife in his right hand is brought to the wrist of the shooter were the impact forces the shooter to release the gun. This all occurred within 5 seconds.


    The attacker uses her knife to get Hades to take a step back which he does, however he throws a punch. Due to lack of energy the attacker was able to avoid the punch and in the same second was able to break Hades knee by kicking down before throwing an upper cut to knock Hades out cold.


    **


    Back in the hospital the nurses and doctors were watching Jonathon''s game time while monitoring his vitals. Due to Jonathon''s unique capsule, they were able to see everything from his perspective. They were intrigued with the way Jonathon played Solar Frontier.


    Since the games release it has become an icon. A new way of life so to speak. Media coverage of the game was extensive after it took off. They had documented the starting areas as useless just a killing ground for new people to demonstrate how hard the game was going to be. The amour and weapons offered were not even worth it people believed as no one had even thought to patch and clean the weapons as an actual soldier would do.


    They media followed many of the great players, so far some players controlled cities but the 3 largest guilds control the 3 continents on one planet and are currently at war with each other over dominance of the planet. There have been no large scale battles as they wish to gather support of neighbouring planets. At best it could be described as a cold war. The highest guilds had player levels about 150-200 while the inner groups were about level 250. The highest level in the game so far went to Lucifer at a staggering 277, he belonged to the Hart guild one of the top 3 in the game.


    After 2 years of Solar Frontier being released about 1% of the universe had been explored and 2 races had been unlocked. The doctor was impressed with Jonathon''s approach to Solar Frontier, normal people hesitate to charge head on into the enemy for fear of pain and death. The death penalty was being locked in a hospital for four days, in the hospital it was impossible to leave the room so people usually log out for a day. The price to leave the hospital was one level and proficiencies.


    The doctor also played the game when he had a chance but was on the low spectrum of players as he had almost no time to play. He was jealous of Jonathon''s luck in the game, getting a quest in the training area where he died in the first 5 minutes of playing.


    "Doctor all looks good, heart rate is steady, blood pressure is normal and we read a 0.01% increase in muscle tone within the body. The Nano Knights are functioning normally and capsule parameters are normal." recited a nurse after checking Jonathon''s capsule, his heart rate spiked after he was knocked out.


    "Good continue to monitor and let me know of changes to his condition, I''ll be in my office." Stated the doctor as he left for his office.


    **


    Hades awoke to find himself chained in a small cell. It seemed to be manmade in a cave, the floor was covered in straw and the ceiling was only about 2 meters tall. He could hardly stand without hitting his head. The cave was damp and covered in cob webs, Hades believed it be the spiders lair but which groups.


    The narrative has been taken without permission. Report any sightings.


    Hades notices the door open, the women who beat him walks in. She carries a plate of food with her.


    "Eat" she commands as she hands him the food.


    She leaves as Hades begins to eat the food. He was like a starved wolf, the food was gone on a matter of seconds. Hades noticing a second soldier, this time a man standing by the door.


    "My name is Maurice and you are?" Asks the soldier by the door.


    "Hades" he replies.


    "What purpose do you have sneaking around the battlefield to our flank?" Questions Maurice.


    "Well, I was searching for 5 missing soldiers from the base a few days west of here and now I sitting in a small cell wondering what''s for dinner, I am starved." Answered Hades.


    "Missing solider is it." Says Maurice as he walks to the cage with key in hand.


    "Come with me to the dining hall, they should have something to eat." Said Maurice as he opens the cage door and releases Hades from the shackles. They both walk to the dining hall, grab a plate of food and grab a chair.


    "So why were you searching for those missing soldier, Hades?" Questions Maurice.


    "Well I got a quest from an old book, in that tattered library. I was to determine the condition of the troops and relay it back to the base. The hard part was finding the soldiers, I have no means of determining if they are alive or not. But I now have a fairly good chance of finding them alive, you see I saw four soldier in the middle of the spider fight. I believe those are the soldiers I''m looking for. Correct me if I''m wrong." replies Hades to Maurice as he eats some more food.


    "Well you are certainly right, for the past five years we have been here fighting with the forest spiders to reclaim their home." Explains Maurice.


    "Ahhh, why did you let him out of the cell Maurice?" Snaps the girl who knocked him unconscious.


    "Calm down Sarah, he''s from the base. It seems he was sent to find out our fate." Maurice says nonchalantly to Sarah.


    "Well where to begin after we left the base our first destination was the source of the unusual weather and atmosphere patterns. We walked for days and finally reached this valley, the truth is always harsher than Fantasy. On that day we saw what had caused all the problems, a necromancer. He was creating undead from the spiders and also using enrage on other, where they become uncontrollable. We joined with the tarantula''s to fight the undead but our forces were too small to deal with the enraged ones. The necromancer makes the spiders enraged and sends them to the base where the killed ones get turned into undead uncover of darkness.


    The undead ones are then used to attack us and we are slowly losing the fight. We need the help of the base, attack from both sides and push them all the way back and kill that fucking necromancer. Is the best plan but we have never been able to get a message to the base will you do it for us?¡± Asks Maurice.


    <table><tbody><td colspan=''4''>Quest Updated</td><tr><td colspan=''4''>No Man Left Behind</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>You have found the soldiers alive and well, but due to certain circumstances they have been unable to contact the base. You have been asked by the leader of the group Maurice to get word to the base and put forward his idea of using a pincer attack. The cause is believed to be a necromancer due to this reinforcements will be called from allied worlds.</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Difficulty</td><td colspan=''2''>D</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Rewards:</td><td colspan=''2''>Event quest for levels above 300</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Failure:</td><td colspan=''2''>Death</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Having the quest updated was a good sign. Now he will have to make his way back to the base which will take days. However if he could use some of the spiders Hades believed he could bring reinforcements from the base to begin to push the undead back to the hole from whence they came.


    "Do you think it will be possible to borrow fifty tarantulas for the journey back to the base? My thinking is that having fast moving spiders will allow me to deliver the news to the base faster and return with fifty soldiers to reinforce our position here." Asked Hades as he finished reading the quest update.


    "I don''t know Hades we have no control over the spiders, you see they have a hierarchy of their own. You will have to speak to the Arachne Queen." Replied Maurice as the other began to feel a chill run down their spine.


    "The Arachne Queen?" Questioned Hades.


    "Yes, the tarantula''s you see fighting are actually the soldiers of the Arachne. The Arachne can only be described as a humanoid type of spider. They resemble humans more than spiders but can spin silk from their hand and they have better stamina and strength than us." Explained Maurice. "They are an extremely reclusive race and hate trespassers. The only reason they tolerate us is because they hate the undead more than humans." Continued Maurice.


    "Will it be possible for me to meet her Maurice?" Hades Asks as the door burst open.


    "Seems like you don''t need my permission." Laughs Maurice as he takes a sip of water.


    As the door burst opened, there stood five individual, they were not human more like a mixing of human and spider, the Arachne. The five individuals almost made a pyramid as they entered the room. The one at the front had an air about her, she was difficult to approach was the best way to describe the feeling.


    The other four seemed to be guards they were holding weapons and seemed to be on guard. They would not even let a fly get close to their Queen.


    Hades left his chair and decided to approach the Arachne Queen and her guards. As he approached the group the four guards had a shocked expression on their face. They had never seen a man approach them without a hint of fear, having looked into his eyes they saw he was no ordinary man. Although they knew he was weaker than them they still were a little shocked at the scene.


    As Hades got closer the guards surrounded him, they drew their swords creating a box around Hades neck and forcing him to his knees.


    "Greetings Queen of the Arachne, I am Hades. I would like to request 50 of your soldier tarantulas to join me in my journey back to the base." Hades requested using a respectful voice.


    The guards had steam blowing out of their ears, boy they were furious. But they settled down as the Queen took a step forward and looked down at Hades. Hades eyes never flinched he stared into the deep black eyes of the Queen. ¡°I can''t just give you fifty my soldiers." Answered the Queen to Hades request.


    "Prove to me that I won''t send them to their deaths, tomorrow lead our troops against the undead after the battle I will decide whether you are worthy to lead my soldiers." The Queen commands Hades.


    <table><tbody><td colspan=''4''>Quest received</td><tr><td colspan=''4''>Spider Commander</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>To prove whether the Queen of the Arachne should listen to your request. She has asked you to lead the battle against the undead. Based on your performance she will decide how many spiders she will give you.</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Difficulty</td><td colspan=''2''>D</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Rewards</td><td colspan=''2''>Tarantula Warriors, ??</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Failure</td><td colspan=''2''>Death. Loss of spider forces</td></tr></tbody></table>


    The quest system in Solar Frontier was a little different than people had predicted. A player may also get a job with in this job they get commissioned to do that job, this is not recorded as a quest. They may only have one commission at a time. Quest slots counted two and were separate from job commissions, these usually related to class and other things. Quests ranged from G difficulty to A difficulty, these usually involved a few planets at A difficulty. There were unique and rare galactic quests and the legendary and impossible universal quests.


    "If you''re going to lead the spiders in battle you¡¯re going to need a new pistol as yours was destroyed" Maurice said after the Queen had left the room.


    <table><tbody><td colspan=''4''>Item Received</td></tbody></table>


    <table><tbody><td colspan=''4''>Ruger</td><tr><td width="25%">Damage</td><td width="25%">17-20</td><td width="25%">Durability</td><td width="25%">56/75</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Quality</td><td colspan=''2''>Common</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>A slightly used pistol, that is of good design. It is light weight and comfortable to use is good for 700 rounds before needing to be recharged for 48 hours</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Requirements:</td><td colspan=''2''>Pistol Mastery</td></tr></tbody></table>


    "Take this as well" Maurice said to Hades.


    <table><tbody><td colspan=''4''>Low Class Bio Suit</td><tr><td width="25%">Amour</td><td width="25%">20</td><td width="25%">Durability</td><td width="25%">74/100</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Quality</td><td colspan=''2''>Common</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>This is a Bio Suit that will reinforce the body increasing base stats:<ul>


    <li>+10 Strength</li></ul>


    <ul>


    <li>+10 Vitality</li></ul>


    <ul>


    <li>+10 Agility</li></ul>


    <ul>


    <li>+50 Stamina</li></ul>


    </td></tr><tr><td colspan=''2''>Requirements</td><td colspan=''2''>None</td></tr></tbody></table>


    Hades was given a new pistol and a Low Class Bio Suit. The bio suit is an accessory that increases strength and agility and other states. They are rare to get a hold of, close to 50 gold for the suit is the average price. The pistol was of good quality, it was light weight and had good balance.


    **


    The next day, dawn broke and the spider forces moved into position and waited for the undead to arrive. Hades battle plan was simple, he divided the group into two separate entities. The front was to wear down the undead if they could and the second would push to the forest. Every few hours the spiders would rotate and by the end of the day the undead had been pushed all the way to the forest.


    Having won the battle the spiders began to patrol the area as the Queen Arachne approached. "You have done a great job in the battle. We will give 50 Tarantulas and 5 Arachne elite guard for your journey back to the base." Said the Queen before she left.


    "Thank you Queen, I will bring the back unharmed with reinforcements." Promised Hades as he left for the base.


    <table><tbody><td colspan=''4''>Quest completed</td><tr><td colspan=''4''>Spider commander</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>You were able to lead the spiders to victory with minimal loses and they have secured the area making it hard to penetrate.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    "Also take this with you. It could come in handy later on."


    Hades had received a mysterious bag but decided to open it later as he had no time. He decided to leave immediately for the best chance of success.


    The journey with the spider was a short one. As he approached the base he could see that a battle had already broken out. The soldiers about 23 this time were firing in to the darkness trying to kill as many spiders as they could. There was no end to the threat and they inched ever closer to that same breach.


    Hades and the elite guard of the Arachne watched the battle from a hill close by with the tarantula hidden behind them. The elite guard could use a little magic. Magic in Solar Frontier was not as easy to learn. Most magic was race related rather than ability or training.


    The Arachne racial ability was a guiding light showing the path for their ally''s.


    "Guiding Light." Shouted the Arachne as Hades once again lost himself to his bloodlust.


    The Tarantulas followed behind Hades as he engaged the spiders outside the base. There was always a chance Hades would go into frenzy but he used every ounce of will power to stay focused. Once he made a promise he was going to keep it.


    "What is that?" Shouted one of the player as they watched lights descend into the battle like falling stars.


    What they had seen was beyond belief, tarantulas from over the hill lead by a single man.


    "It''s Hades" commented the commander. However during this time the base let down their defence and the spiders had gotten in.


    By the end of the battle most of the new players were dead but all the spiders attacking the base were dead. The tarantulas guarded the base as Hades Joined the commander in the briefing room. Hades explained the situation of the soldier and the necromancer.


    "I see" says the commander.


    <table><tbody><td colspan=''4''>Quest completed</td><tr><td colspan=''4''>No Man Left Behind</td></tr><tr><td colspan=''4''>You have brought word of the fate of the soldiers sent out of the base. You have also brought a reinforcements for the base and a plan to destroy the necromancer.</td></tr></tbody></table>


    "Event Quest ''Free planet Junk 4'' has been triggered"


    <table><tbody><td colspan=''4''>Your reputation with the soldiers of the Republic of Aiur have become friendly. Although small you have earned the respect of the base on planet Junk 4.</td></tbody></table>


    "Your transfer scripts are to the home world of the Republic of Aiur. Take this with you, it is a letter of recommendation to the training centres there. The trainer is an old friend of mine, he should wave all charges for training. I suggest you go there to learn a little more, especially control of your bloodlust." the commander recommends to Hades.


    "You have down a lot for us, for that we are really thankful" says the commander as he pulls his pistol and puts a bullet through Hades brain killing him instantly.


    But it is time for you to leave the commander thinks to himself. ¡°Radio office send word to High Command, we have a Necromancer.¡±


    ¡°Yes sir.¡± Replies the radio officer.


    ¡°Come in command, this is outpost on Planet Junk 4.¡± The radio officer says. ¡°We have a Necromancer. I repeat a Necromancer.¡±


    ¡°Roger that outpost.¡± Says the radio officer at High Command.


    The radio officer at High Command flicks a switch and says in to the microphone ¡°All forces to battle stations, a Necromancy has been spotted, this is not a drill.¡±


    Last time a Necromancer had been spotted, it destroyed 500 worlds before it was stopped.