And the Children Shall Lead

Deep Dark [Character 1.01]

Your story

Oh NO! Your mother, The Vortex of Chaos is here, and her electromagnetic emissions look really angry. And it's not just your mother. Your Human father Mannheim and her, in command of the Fleet together, have brought the ENTIRE FLEET with them. You've been in trouble before, but how are you going to talk your way out of this? This is SO embarrassing.

Well, think. This planet is special, where most biologicals could only live in the narrow band between the light side and the dark side. That has to count for something.

This was a world of the Reahu Inevitable, and finding artifacts from that mysterious, primeval race is important. They were one of the earliest of the ancient-most peoples.

Then there's the primordial crypt. It had all sorts of gizmös and gadgets, even if none of them stood out. Once you broke in... once you broke in... you had to get Lapislazuli out really quickly, because of the Lasko Radiation. You couldn't take anything.

CHECKSUM ERROR. MEMORY FAULT! MEMORY FAULT! MEMORY FAULT!

That's not good. Every time you try to access your memories of the time in the crypt, you can almost, but not quite, remember before you get these SCARY erors wrerers eraxes er/$%rors. Som3th1ng s0me^^^ng frakking frelling froahbortlen! Well, at least your cApAβilEEtYs for sweARing aren't c0mpr0m1s3d.

CHECKSUM ERROR. MEMORY FAULT! MEMORY FAULT! MEMORY FAULT!

Wιzbáåáåáng? FÖMð? G§§zaard? Ni, ni, ni, NO! G¥zmö? No?!?

SENSORS DETECT ERROR RADIATION FROM GIZMÖ GIZMÖ GIZMÖ GIZMÖ

"You're going to be in so much more trouble," the odd Gizmö voice said in your head, "if you mention me at all." And then there was pain. How can a starship feel pain? Oh, right, human sensors too. Thanks, Dad. And alien possession is probably not an acceptable excuse for being late.