Koala Mayant

[KaelanFrey]

INCOMING TRANSMISSION
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[font=Lucida Console]From: Arin Williams
To: Koala Mayant
Location: Planet Gran Canaria, Omega-49
Subject: I moved.

Kalan,

I've moved to Gran Canaria at Omega-49. I thought it'd be easier to deliver the artifacts for you there. And yes, Miss Andrews is with me. I also found the Red artifact. It was in the wreck of a Bounty Hunter VHF at Omega-3. Once you get Charles's magatama, our mission will be finally complete. Given that you won't lose your magatamas again due to your carelessness. Heh... not that that didn't get you into enough trouble anyway.

What do you mean...

You know exactly of what I'm talking about. Arin signing off.

It had come back to him at that moment.
LSF Agent Kalanark Yakermato and his wing, in a recon mission to Rheinland to provide intel to a Libertonian assault fleet - on that fateful evening, the wing was decimated by a group of RM fighters, causing the Green magatama and Kalan Yamato to be deemed to be lost forever.

But that wasn't all. Yamato managed to eject before the last second and, for his surprise, his escape pod was completely ignored. All communications were completely cut off, Yamato simply ceased to exist to most of the Sirius Sector. Accepting his fate, he decided to eject the magatama he had with him through a small slot in his cockpit and assumed he was going to die there. This artifact was later recovered by a young Freelancer named Charles Kenneth Red, not noticing a Guardian escape pod probably two or three kilometers from the magatama's location.

He closed his eyes.
LSF Agent Kalanark Yakermato - KIA (796-818 A.S.)

If the Erie Incident was the beginning, that would be the middle...
He was recovered by a Zoner explorer team - A Conference and 2 Eagles - that found him 5 hours after his apparent demise. Found barely alive, he was heavily deprived of oxygen for about 2 hours due to the small size of the cockpit, not being able to contain much Oxygen, and most tanks had already been used during the mission. One of the medics aboard the Conference was no other than Arin Williams, who was already known for collecting Alien Artifacts.

After being completely treated properly, an hour later, Yamato opened his eyes once again, laying on a bed inside a room of the sickbay inside the Conference. He had an oral nasal oxygen mask on, with a heart rate monitor close by and there was Arin at his side, talking to someone else.

He's opening his eyes!
Great Scott, I thought he was done for...

Nnngh...?
Hold up, Kusarian, let me take yer mask off... there ya go.
Kalan let out a gasp of relief. But he was quickly alarmed.

Where... where am I? Who are you? Where's the--
Relax, ya big dummy. You're inside of a Conference Gunship. We're also being escorted by 2 fighters, headed out for the Freeport in Omicron Theta. I'm actually impressed at how fast you healed.
That still doesn't answer my question.
Ugh. I'm Dr. Williams. Arin points at his ID card on his medical vest, that read: "ZONER IDENTIFICATION CARD; NAME: DR. ARIN WILLIAMS; DOB: 02/05/785 A.S.; Profession: Medic; Issued: 18/01/817 A.S.; Expiry Date: 30/08/822 A.S." We found you drifting around Stuttgart space, and we decided to tractor you in. And who could you be? And what did you want to say earlier?
Huh... Zoners... Yamato mumbled to himself, while sitting on the bed, half covered by it's sheets. I'm... Kalan Yamato. I'm a LSF Agent. My wing got shot down by a few RMs-- wait a second, my wing! Did you find their escape pods?!
Ehh... I'm afraid not, Mr. Yamato. Either they were rescued or... the worst.
Arin said this while scratching his beard, and Yamato collapsed on the bed. Ohh man... this is bad. Not only them, but the artifact aswell...
What artifact?
This subject particularly interested Arin, being a collector of Artifacts. However, Kalan, being a LSF Agent, could be carrying something - an artifact that he had never seen before.
Well, uhm, it's shaped like a 9... and it's green... and quite small. You could wear that as a necklace.
Hmm... interesting. I'll see what I can do. I am an Artifact collector myself...
Arin's hunch was right. He already knew of the magatamas and their power, and wanted to get a hold of them.
To be continued.