the story behind Slum-City

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Somewhere over the rainbow
Way up high
And the dreams that you dreamed of
Once in a lullaby ii ii iii
(Israel Kamakawiwo Ole' - Somewhere Over The Rainbow)

The story of slum-city

Chapter one - The find

It was a moment of almost magical proportions that day almost sixteen years ago.
For days the Mary Jane , uncle Pete's liner was trying to navigate through the treacherous Smoky Hill Nebula.
After the projects fleet entered Kansas many project pilots heard rumors of it.
Locals warned them that many ships had been mysteriously sucked into its core , never to be heard of again.

It was not strange many crewmembers of Pete's flagship protested heavily after what happened next.
Pete decided if the rumors were true , there must be tons of loot waiting to be recovered out of there.
So he made his plan.

The entire fleet was ordered to wait behind the small Colby moon , while the Mary Jane set course into the unknown.
Being the most armored ship at his disposal , the vessel also wielded a immensely powerful engine,
not uncommon for Pilgrim liners of its type.

Uncle Pete was holding baby Simon (later to be known under the call-sign Star Smudge) firm in his arms,
while standing strong as a statue in the bridge , yelling his orders "increase thrust! , bring me a cupcake!!".
It was unclear if baby Simon was crying because of Pete's smelly armpits , or because it sensed the overwhelming power the nebula harvested.

Slowly but surely the thick smoglike substance embraced the Mary Jane in its grasp.
The ship started to shake and vibrate as in a violent turbulence.
''Uncle uncle!'' young big Joe was shouting
''We are taking damage! We got a leak in our beer supply , Its flooding the lower deck!!"

Uncle Pete yelled "NOOOO not the beer!" and in his confusion dropped baby Simon head first on the floor.
"Activate the lower deck pumps!" Pete yelled with tears in his eyes , "we'll have to jettison it!".
And so the pumps started to run , spraying a vast amount of top quality beer into the Vacuum of space.

Because of the liners strong gravity core , it formed a bubble around the entire ship ,
as a side effect the shaking turbulence came to a halt , and Pete picked up the baby
that rolled several meters away from him in the commotion.

Pete said "what the heck am i doing here holding a baby anyway!?" Otis , his comm officer answered
"We don't know uncle , maybe you should but him a trolley"
"Shut up!'' the good uncle yelled , and he turned his view back on the bridge front window.

"Uncle!" a crewmember yelled ''we are detecting some heavy mass up ahead!
It seems to be drifting!''
''any lifeforms detected?'' uncle asked.
''No uncle , no life forms''

Little John Read (later known by his given callsign The Bastard) walked up and pointed out of the window.
"Whats that uncle Pete?" he asked.
A vague gigantic shadow was emerging in front of the liner.
"I don't know my boy!" uncle answered "But get back to your corner! you know i don't want you around here you little bastard that you are!"

Then Pete and his crew could finally see what it was.
They could clearly see it was a heavily damaged barge , holes were slammed in its hull by astroids ,
and scanners showed one of its two engines being totally destroyed.

"Alright my boys!" Pete shouted waving his hands and baby in the air , ''Twenty of you gear up get your spacesuits! ,
We got ourselves a barge to tow out of this mess!"

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