Man, have I got a story for you! I'm Kurt, junior reconnaissance officer and pilot on the Phoebe Sophia. I think I'm from the same planet as you reading this but not at the same time. If I had to guess my time there was about 50 or 60 years before you. I was in a terrible accident that left me paralyzed from the waist down. No one knew what to do with me. I found myself institutionalized in a place I would probably be disappeared sooner or later. I had to find a way out before that happened. Fortunately, there was one dude, Bobby, who helped me out during a spur of the moment escape attempt. It worked thanks to a chance encounter with some mysterious and powerful space fairing nomads, two kids younger than me and a well armed giant. They offered protection for Bobby and I when we needed it most. We agreed to a one-way trip. Soon we found ourselves aboard an intergalactic, sentient spaceship called the Phoebe Sophia. Everything had a mysterious dream life quality to it for the first few months. I just knew I was going to wake up back at Red Crest Manor, the place I was institutionalized. I never did. Instead, I found the family I never had before. There were no white or black people here, only people and a lot of thinking machines. Humans from other planets and galaxies, who knew? Oh yeah, there's also an alien race hellbent on our total destruction! Bobby and I may have jumped from the old frying pan right into the fire, only time would tell.The only thing we knew for sure, we were in for a hell of a ride!
My new friends found some new friends who were able to get me walking again. But that's just a small part of the story. We had more places to go and more people to rescue. The crew grew. We did everything together, taking risks, exploring, struggling for our lives and becoming a stronger family. Space travel is a hell of a way to come of age. I learned girls could kiss each other and I started to fall in love with Wolynn, a half human, half alien mix. She, like me, had no family before. We still had a long way to go.
It was cool saving entire civilizations without firing a shot but all adventures come to an end. Most of the old crew chose to retire while a new generation chose to continue on with Phoebe. It did not take long for time to find a new adventure for us. Phoebe received an urgent distress call from her sister ship stranded in a far-off super-void. But that’s for later. I invite you to check out my full story here.
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