Chapter 8
"The Visitor From Outside"
Zessy: Happy 18th birthday, Andrew
Zarn: Yeah, happy birthday, son
Zessy: *sigh* The nest is so empty with most of your family and our children going out on their own
Zarn: It was bound to happen, Zessy, especially after i became an elder
Zessy: But you're not even that old, though!
Zarn: true enough, Zessy
Hercane: Good morning, big sister.
Zessy: Good morning, little brother
*but all the bat species start to hear a very loud pulse energy engine sounds from the sky*
Zessy: What in the world is that sound?
Zarn: i don't know
*they fly outside the abandoned mansion*
*to see a giant spaceship beginning to land at the center of the abandoned airport three miles away*
Zarn: What on Torrka is that?
Zessy: Don't know, I've never seen it before!
*it lands and makes a loud hissing sound*
*LOUD HORN SOUND*
*more steam getting released*
*Zarn and Zessy fly quickly to the top of the ruined airport tower*
Zarn: i don't recognize this tech doesn't look like beings of old were capable of.
*they see the gate comes down*
*with two biapetals in suits come from the ship with devices*
Author Note: This is just for the benefit of readers, not for the bats
???: Is it habitable?
???: 100% No radiation detected
???: It seems the legend was true that this planet's species destroyed itself
???: indeed, let's look around, make sure their plant life
???: Very well, we should do so before we let everyone out.
*they begin scanning with their tools*
???: look at trees and plant life, and overgrown plant life
???: indeed it is
*they get on a hover bike, look around to see what they have to work with*]
*all the bats hide in fear*
???: Do you detect any life on this planet?
???: According to our tech scanners from our command ship, there are five bat species and a large wolf population, a large population of elk, and a lot of insects everywhere.
???: There's certainly a lot of left behind infrastructure we can work with
???: Hey, look at the steel factory site, that's good!
???: According to our scanner, it's overrun by wolves.
???: Don't worry, we will relocate them elsewhere once everyone is settled here
???: Alright, let's head back to the ship and begin project colonize here
*they turn their hover bikes around and go back to the ship*
Zarn: i can't even understand them!
Zessy: i know i can't either! They seem to have quite advanced tech
???: Soldier, did you hear someone speak in Galactic Basic?
???: I did officer
???: Impossible, there should be no one here besides us
???: let me broadcast in Galactic Basic to talk to whoever is out there, just in case
*press a button on his guanlet*
???: Hello to anyone out there, I am Commander Keith Storm of the Crirk Union. We come in peace.
*They see two very small bats approach them, which are Zarn and Zessy*
Keith: Wait, very small bats speak in galactic basic?
Zarn: Yes, I guess we do. We can talk due to the mutation caused by the beings of old destruction.
Zarn: We have many traits like the beings of old
Keith: i suppose that makes sense, we have seen weirder when we colonize
Keith: So..name?
Zarn: My name is Zarn, and this is my mate Zessy
Keith: Hmm, interesting
*they scan them*
Keith: Whoa, they're not kidding, they're like humans, anthros, but very tiny
Zarn: So, what i may ask is why you have come here to this planet we call home?
Keith: To colonize this planet, it's rich in elven and dwarven metals we need for the union
Zarn: Will you harm any of my kind or displace us?
Keith: Of course not, we wouldn't do that to another sapient species even if it's tiny...that steel factory site makes ten clicks from here is going to need to be dealt with though.
Zarn: What are you planning to kill our friends?
Keith: No, we're going to relocate them elsewhere. We need that factory site
Author Icetex: Just so you know, unlike the bats, the wolves can't speak to other species besides the bats
Keith: Although their population numbers might need to be fixed eventually
Zarn: fixed how?
Keith: It's a method invented by humans to selectively spray and neuter them to control their numbers.
Zarn: What does that mean?
Keith: It's for the best, Zarn. You don't know those details
Keith: So...Zarn, how big are these bat colonies?
Zarn: i never really counted...
Overwatch Soldier: according to the ship's scanner, there are 10,000 of them, each of them has five different bat species
Keith: i see. Well, you're kind, you're going to have to get used to us being here
Zarn: As long as you don't hurt any of my kind, I think we should be fine
Keith: It's against the crick union rules to harm another sapient species
Keith: We actually want to help your species have better shelters and better places to stay from the weather here
Zarn: Sounds good, I'll hold you to your words, Keith.
*they shake hands and wing*
*Chapter 8 Ends*
