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[b]RZE Scouting party, just exiting Hyper Velocity.[/b]

The first Frigate arrived within the newly found system shortly to be joined by the others, Zargan's and Sas-Zak alike were busy at work at their stations, the head of the scouting party, Captain Parucke (Pa-ruck) walked onto the bridge, he was a fairly tall male Zargan wearing his armor, except the helmet was deactivated. He had a smile on as the metal window shielding was opened up to reveal a green star far off in the distance.
"Isn't she a beauty.... a green star.... like the gems from the caves of Zargonia..." Parucke said aloud to his crew members as he walked to the middle of the bridge, where a circle shaped table with a grid on top on it was positioned. Just then another ship came out of Hyper Velocity, a few seconds later and another cam out of Hyper Velocity, quickly followed by two more, then shortly followed by one more. But that's when something happened, something they weren't expecting, as Parucke's ship hovered in place in front of the other ships, waiting for the remaining four ships to exit Hyper Velocity, there scanners picked up something. a Sas-Zak pilot was at her station when she picked up what could only be described as a "ping", she looked to the captain with a urgent expression

[I]"Captain Parucke"[/I] she thought to the Captain, he looked to the Sas-Zak pilot, even though they were many pilots, both Sas-Zak and Zargan alike, he knew exactly who they were when they called him even in thought Sas-Zak don't sound the same. The captain walked towards the pilot with a curious look

"yes Shiloke? (She-low-ki)" the Captain said as he placed his right hand on the top of her seat

[I]"you might want to hear this..."[/I] she thought to the captain, he looked to the other crew members

"everyone, listen up..." the captain said to everyone through their coms, on the other ships as well, Shiloke then put what she was receiving on the coms to everyship, everyone went silent and they waited, then a [url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brEROnzYULo&feature=player_embedded]Ping[/url] echoed into their coms. Everyone remained calm, and silent, that's when the other four ships dropped out of Hyper Velocity, then they heard another ping.

[I]"Captain, what do you make of this..."[/I] Shiloke asked in thought to the captain, to which he was still for a few seconds

"I think were not alone in this system..." Parucke said in a pondering tone

[I]"what should we do..."[/I] Shiloke asked him with a somewhat concerned look

"....." the captain let go of her seat and walked up to the grid table
"if we happen to find out where it is coming from, we'll try to find what is making it, and if we happen to find out what making it, we'll deal with it then, but for now, we have a system to map out and scout" Parucke said to Shiloke, and everyone else who was still listening on the coms.
"You know the drill, everyone in formation" the captain instructed, then the ships moved into place, the lead ship was dead center in the middle of the other nine that were in a circle formation around it
"latch power transfer cables and fire up the grid generators" he ordered, from the other ships cables were shot out from them, and locking onto the captains ship, transferring their power to help charge up the grid generator. A pilot two seats down from Shiloke punched in the codes and flipped the switches, inside the ship the grid generator powered up, this happened inside the other ships as well, but the power was being funneled into the captains ship for maximum effect.

"grid generators at full charge Captain" said a Zargan pilot said as he looked back to Parucke

"good..., activate the pulse scanners on my command........... Now" the captain said to the pilot, the other ships did so as well, a deep charging sound emanated from the Captains ship as it powered up, the others made a sound almost similar to it but not as deep, then, a massive faster then light energy wave erupted from the Captains ship in an expanding sphere shap at the same time as it did for the others but not as powerful, this energy was harmless, but loud. The Captain walked up to the grid table as a holographic projection of their ships took form dead center over the table, the ships size rapidly shrank as the grid grew with the pulse wave. When the scan of the grid had finally stopped growing they knew it was finished, the system had seven planets to explore, there holographic projection was displayed over the grid table with a small blip showing there current location, they were just at the edge of this new solar system. But now the fun part began, they would have to go to the planets to see if they were habitable or not. They had a good idea where to start, the star's habitable zone, they estimated the heat of the star by it's color, there should be four planets in this habitable zone.
"seven planets and ten ships...." Parucke said to himself
"have two ships stay behind with us, well monitor the system for abnormalities and warn them if necessary, the rest of you, split up and scout the planets, be carful, we don't know what is out there..." he said into the coms of his fellow ship captains, shortly after seven ships locked onto their targeted planets and activated their HVD's, they jumped into Hyper Velocity for a quick trip to the planets. with that Parucke went to his captain chair and sat down on it, looking out the front window with a slightly smile

"are we intercepting anymore of those "pings" Shiloke?" Parucke asked

[I]"no captain, what ever it was, it's gone silent..."[/I] she responded as she looked back to him

"... keep and ear out for it Shiloke, if you get something, let me know" the captain said as he kept his eye's on the holographic solar system in front of him, tracking the other scouting ships as they traveled trough Hyper velocity. the first two planets were void of atmosphere, their were no signs of life on ether of their surfaces, but they were high in metals, and would be mined for resources.

[b]Fifth planet from the star[/b]

 The first scouting ship exited Hyper Velocity just outside the planets exosphere, it was a cold planet just two times smaller then Zargonia, from orbit the only thing one could see was white and some dull spots of blue, perhaps they were lakes that weren't frozen over. Aboard the Frigate the captain looked out the window and shuddered slightly
"it looks this planet might have liquid water...." she said to her crew

"our scans are picking up oxygen in the atmosphere, we should be able to breath on it's surface" a male Zargan pilot said to the captain

"exploration team suit up, we're going to land...." the Captain said as she activated her helmet, which covered her head, the eye parts lighting up orange as the environmental control turned on. The Frigate flew down to the planet as a safe speed, and approached one of the supposed frozen lakes, but it wasn't frozen it was warm, there was plant life around this lake, it was a natural heat deposit. Steady streams of steam trailed into the sky, it was the first sight the exploration team seen when they got off the Frigate, a team of ten soldiers all in armor to protect them from the cold. The team made their way to the lake, the water was crystal clear, the air around this area was warm, the cold winds seemed to avoid the warm zone. The soldiers looked around, then one noticed something in the lake, aquatic life, they looked like crustaceans about five feet long, three and a half feet wide, they had a oval like dome shaped body, they were two feet tall, they had three short legs behind two long legs on each side of them, near the head their was two arms, a small pair that looked like it was for eating, and the big ones with sharp looking pincers that they guess was for defense, or fighting/ hunting, on the front on the side of it's head were to large compound blue eye's, then on the front of it's head were four smaller blue compound eye's. One not to far away came out of the warm water and onto the dry land, it made it's way to one of the plants and used its large pincers to cut it down, it then dragged the plant into the water backwards and began eating it
"well, I'd say this place is worth checking out" the captain said as she turned to face her team
"place a beacon near the ship, we're going inside to get out of this cold" she said as she made her way to the Frigate, the lift was lowered down and she walked into the ship the soldiers followed and the last one took out a spear like object and stabbed it into the ground, he then pressed a button on it and it started transferring it's location to Captain Parucke, giving the planet a green light
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"three down, four to go" Paruck said as he sat in his seat

[b]Fourth planet from the star[/b]

Another Frigate exits Hyper Velocity near the planet roughly less then half of the size of Zargonia, it looks like it's a terran planet, it's suface has an equal amount of land to it's oceans and lakes, clouds cover the sky's. Aboard the Frigate in the captain chair sat a Sas-Zak wearing armor that was made specifically for him, he sat up in his seat, his two small arms holding onto the arms of the chair while one of the large arms held onto a data pad and the second large arm pressing buttons on the data pad. He looked up from the data pad to see the planet, his eye's widened slightly, he then looked to one of his Sas-Zak pilots
"Pilot, what are the scans reading?" he asked the pilot in his native tongue through clicks, hisses, low screeches and chirps.

"It has plenty of oxygen to breath, lots of plant life, were picking up small thermal readings far inland near lakes, rivers and near coastal regions, it's would appear to be a pretty stable planet captain" the pilot replied

"well then-" the captain said as he got off his chair as walked up to the front window
"-lets go have a look" the captain said to the Sas-Zak pilot, he then looked to the others
[I]"pilots set a course to one of the larger lakes with the most thermal readings"[/I] he instructed to them

"right away captain" the pilots responded, the ship's engines powered up as they made their way to the planets surface. It was night on the side of the planet they landed on, but the forest the ship landed in was glowing like the night sky, the plants and trees had bio-luminance, and large crystal like rocks glowed multiple colors, it was a beautiful sight to see. a team of ten soldiers exited the ship, including the captain, they were armed for their own protection and also wearing armor. the team made their way to the lake, little did they know that they were being followed. The team was following a path that, most likely made by animals that lived here, the foot prints were no bigger than a foot long, one of the Sas-Zak with the team guessed they were made by a four legged creature. As the team closed on the lake, some rustling in a patch of bushes some distance behind them made them stop and look towards it, one of the Zargans with them looked to the captain

"ever get the feeling we're being followed..." the Zargan said just before a growl of some kind could be heard

[I]"no... I get the feeling we're being hunted..."[/I] the captain thought as he tightened his grip on his Battle Rifle, just then another growl could be heard as something poked it's head out of the brush, it's skin was slick and as dark as the night, but then certain areas on it's body began to glow.

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if you cant see the image, here's a link: [url=http://www.deviantart.com/art/Moorwen-252574910]Beast[/url] [/hider] 

The beast stood just over eight feet tall and ten feet long, and it was glaring at the captain, it then let out a roar as it jumped out of the brush and charged towards them, it's four strong legs propelled it forward at a great speed, heading towards the captain, the Sas-Zak soldiers took to the air and readied their weapons, while the Zargans held their ground and took aim, but they waited. The beast closed in but came to a stop in front of the unmoving Zargan's, they weren't scared of this creature that they looked down upon it, they faced much larger beasts on Zargonia that were much more dangerous then this. The animal glared into the eye's of the Zargans with a low growl as it glowed red, the glowing then stopped as it backed away, it then turned around and ran into the brush, the Sas-Zak landed and the Zargan's lowered their weapons, slightly confused
"...what just happened?.... why didn't it attack?...." one of the Zargans asked as he looked to the captain, who remained still the whole time

[I]"it was a bluff, it was testing us, were we to run or panic, it would have most likely attacked thinking we were prey, but you having kept calm and holding you ground must have convinced it that we weren't it's prey, that and the fact that we out numbered it and your bigger than it probably stopped it from attacking"[/I] the captain thought to them as he turned towards the lake
[I]"now lets get to that lake, we need to see if the water is safe to be ingested"[/I] the captain thought as he continued walking. When the team got to the lake, their eye's widened at the sight, underwater plant life lit the water up like a light show, small aquatic creatures swam close to the shore through the water with glowing designs on their body's. The captain walked up to the water and kneeled down to it, he pulled out a scanner and put it near the water, the scanner made a bleeping sound for a few seconds then a green light turned on with a higher pitched bleep sound.
[I]"waters safe, looks like this planet is a keeper, a little more scouting and we should be golden"[/I] the captain thought as he scooped up a handful of water with his right big arm and drank it, it had a very weak sweet taste to it, the scan read that the water had small naturally forming sugar crystals in it, it must have been the plant life in the water.
[I]"lets head back to the ship, and place a beacon"[/I] the captain said as he got to his feet and held his battle rifle. the team headed back to the ship with little difficulty, they placed a beacon near the ship and activated before heading inside, closing the door on the way in.
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"another one down, good" Parucke said as he checked it in his data pad as he looked it over
"hmm.... this seems like a good one, the wildlife might be bothersome but they wont be to much of a problem" Parucke said as he handed off the data pad to his second in command.

[b]Third planet from the star[/b]

This planet is thick with forests that rival skyscrapers and swaps that go of for miles, dark jungles with deep undergrowth line the planets equator, the forests are above and below the jungle area, followed by the swamps that lead into oceans at both poles of the planet, there's no sign of ice at the poles, it's roughly more then half the size of Zargonia. a scouting ship touches down between the swamp lands and the forests, a team of 10 soldiers set out on foot to head to the swamp area to text the water to see if it was able to be ingested, the heat was incredible, in was nothing like the deserts of Zargonia, but it was comfy to the team. life was easy to spot on this planets, insects of all shapes and sizes buzzed and crawled around, and more or less ignored the soldiers as they went about doing whatever it was they were doing, the largest thing they seen was a sight to behold, a red armored beast with dozens of legs and multiple compound eye's with a red exoskeleton and two long antenna near the front of it's head.

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It was at least seven hundred feet from head to tail, it got close to the team really close, the team had their weapons at the ready as it got closer. only to find out it was trying to get a certain bush near them, after it tore the bush from the ground it went on it's way
"this place sure it busy..." one of the Zargans said as he lowered his weapon

[I]"well, at least everything isn't trying to kill and or eat us"[/I] a Sas-Zak thought as the team made it to the water, their captain, kneeled down to the water and began the scan, after a few seconds he was given the green light, and he read the scan, he then scooped up a palm full of the water and took a drink, then scrunched up his snout as he swallowed, he then gave a disgusted grunt as he spit out the remains of the water in his mouth

"the water's drinkable, but I wouldn't bother drinking this swamp water, it has a nasty taste to it" the Zargan said as he got to his feet
"the ocean water must be cleaner, no doubt it's better" he suggested as the team turned around to head back to the ship, when they got there, they placed a bekon and went inside the ship.
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"Shiloke, picking up anything?" captain Parucke asked, the three Frigates floated together near the edge of the solar system

[I]"no captain, I'll make sure to let you know when something comes up"[/I] Shiloke replied as she went back to monitoring the scanners
[I]"wait, we just got another confirmation beacon from the third planet from the star"[/I] she thought as she looked to the captain

"good news, just two more" Parucke said with a smile as he looked at a data pad that was handed to him

[b]Second planet from the star[/b]

this planet was small, very small, it was just over half the size of the fortress world that orbited Zargonia, it was a desert planet, with little to no sighs of water or life. the scouting ship had landed near some rock formations that had caves leading into them, they went onto one of the caves and found a large underground water reservoir, there was small amounts of plant life and tiny insect creatures, along with small reptilian creatures as well, the water was tested and it was drinkable, thus the exploration team gave the planet the green light, it was really hot on the planets surface, but the Zargans were okay with it, and the Sas-Zak didn't mind, they went back to the ship and placed a beacon

the first planet closest to the star was explored, it was nothing more then stifling hot temperatures, lakes of lava and acid clouds of sulfur covered the planet, it was a great place to take resources from, but very dangerous, it would be mined of it's metals.
 with the planets all explored, Captain Parucke sat in his chair, watching out the front window, now that the planets were dealt with, they had to focus on that "ping" they picked up, the scouting ships would stay on the planets they found, or take off and stay in orbit until further orders were given