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Largecliffonrockyplanetday

Thereisalargecliffwithasmallcaveonthesideofitwhereittouchestheground.Theterrainis
roughanduneven.Theskyisadullgreyandfullofclouds.Thereisasuddenroarandamanrunsout
ofofthecave.

Abeastcrashesthroughthecaveasit'shumungousbodydoesn'tfit,breakingawayrocksothatitcan
fitthroughthegap.ThebeastischasingGilton.Thebeastislargeandred.Ithasmanyspikesonits
shoulderskneesandback.Ithas6legslikethatofagiantinsectand4chunkybutflatarms.Itsmouth
iswideopenasitscreamsaloudbutslightlyhighpitchedroar.Itsmouthopenedfromthetopand
bottomlikehumansbutitalsoopenedfromeachside.ItischasingGiltonoutofthecave.Giltonruns
overtheroughandruggedterrainwithwhatseemstobeapearlinhishands.Herunswiththebeastin
closepursuit.Heisrunningtowardshisship,TheCharger,andhegetstothedoor.Hefrantically
pressesabuttonbesidethedoortoopenitasthebeastgetscloser.Whenthedooropens,Giltonrushes
insideandfranticallytriestogetthedoortoclose.Thebeastmanagestogetoneofitshandsinthe
doorandstartssmashingitaroundtheentrance.Giltonpullsouthisswordandcutsthearmoff
allowingthedoortoclose.Thebeastletsoutahugeroarandthenbeginshittingattheship.Gilton
takesafewdeepbreathsandthenbeginstowalkdownalongcorridortothebridge.Thecorridoris
narrowbutwide.Thewallsaremetalbuttherearesomedoorswhicharealsometal.Theflooriswire
meshwithsomewiresunderneath.Theroofismainlyjustmetalwithsomelightsinit.

GILTON

He'swasabitangry.

GALION

Heisashe.Youshouldhaveknownthiswouldhappen.Itisbasicinstincttoprotectyouroffspring.

GILTON

What?

GALION

WhatyouhavethereCaptainisanegg.

GILTON

Youarejoking

GALION

Iamanartificialintelligencesystem,Idonotknowtheconceptof"joking".

GILTON

Ok,howdoyouknowit'sanegg?

GALION

Iamdetectinganorganiclifeforminside.Scanssuggestitisanembryo,10weeksintodevelopment.

GILTON
GodaboveIthoughtitwasapearl.

Giltonentersthebridge.Itisfairlylargewithsomecontrolsalongthemetalwalls.
Thereishologramprojectorinthemiddleofthebridgeinthemiddleofalargeround
table.Thistablehasmorecontrolsonit.Thereisasemisphereofglassatthefrontof
theshipwhichiswherethepilotsits.Heputstheeggonapedestal.

GALION

Scansalsosuggestitisanunknownspecies.

GILTON

Fantastic..LetscallitanAngariusbecauseangerand...nevermind,maptheplanetontothecentral
databaseandsetcoursetotheGuildHub,Ineedadrink.

GALION

RightawayCaptain.

Giltongoessitsinthepilot'schair.Thechairisbasic.Comfortableleatherlinesthe
backrestandseat.Thearmrestshavebuttonsonthemwhichcontrolvariousdifferent
thingsontheship.Theleftarmresthasaleaveronitwhichcontrolstheflashdrive.
Therightarmresthasbuttonsthatcontrolvariousdifferentthingsandahologram
projector.Ontherightsideofthechairthereisalargerleaverwhichisthehand
brake.

GALION

Courseset.

Giltonpushesdownthehandbrakeandactivatestheflashdrive.Thereisasmallflashoflightandthe
shipisgone.