Pandorum Effect Incorporated Services / PEIS

We come from captivity, held to server as meager labor in the vast cog that is New Eden. Seeking our freedom from the opressors that seek only to conqure every centient being they find. Xero and Impl0ded seek a for of escape to start over and try for a life away from this endless hell currently consuming every pore on them.

As time progressed and Impl0ded was able to learn how to fly a small cargo ship, Xero took the oppurtunity to learn more about the universe and the secrets it holds. Leading the painful life in secret while hoping for the chance to find a way to grasp the freedom they seek, even if in the end it can only be regarded as impossible.

Months and years roll by before one fateful day a micro dot appears on a scan in a distant system that flashes on the screen in bright red “Unknown Entity”. Hope grips Xero’s throat like the cold hands of the beings forcing him to stare at the screen, yet this was not the terrifying embrace that causes him to wish for a swift and painless end but more of a spark that ignites the fire that fills his body and drives him and Impl0ded to seek a better life.

After sending the coordinates to his long time and well trusted friend he erases the data and makes a break from the air lock where Impl0ded will be waiting shortly to make an hasty run for the edge of the solar system they are being held in. Even knowing that with Impl0deds clearance to get out of the station, they would have but a short window to get across the gap of space to try and make a jump to the next system.

Impl0ded requesting landing to pick up space debris from system operations where Xero is currently making his way to the closest air lock, and using fake information that he was able to get from a former merchant that met a most painful death when his decompression system vented all the oxygen in his ship. He knew he would meet a fate far worse if he was caught doing this. Fourtue was shining on them as the communication returned with a harsh voice saying “Access has been granted for airlock 3. You have 10 minutes or you will be fired upon.” Relieved that the information was still working he quickly headed for airlock 2 hoping that Xero knew where to be.

Looking causiously around and out the airlock window he could see a cargo ship approching airlock 2 across the ship yard. Hoping that this was not his friend but knowing in his heart that it was. Xero grabbed the nearest space suit and crawlled into the airlock hoping that the instant decompression did not turn him into a red stain on the side of the cargo ship directly across from airlock 3. With a quick snap of the door opening and then closing he knew that there was little hope of getting into a posttsion that did not kill him on impact unless Impl0ded opened the cargo bay doors, yet with no method of saying this he could only hope that his friend saw the black suit against the star filled background.

Noticing a oxygen decompression from the other side of the ship yard, Impl0ded looks over to see if it was only trash or an attack squad coming to free him of this life and send him to the next. Yet nothing seemed to be moving out there, until a small glare reflected off of the shiny space suit that was headed for him. Thinking to himself “this could only be one person, the only person I know crazy enough to even try this.” he quickly decoupled from the airlock and opened the cargo bay doors hoping that the violent release of gases would be enough to slow the approach of the person headed for him.

Now only meters from the ship, Xero starts to question his choice to be forcefully projected at this ship. Closing his eyes and thinking of the good times he had and the bad times he will miss, a force pushes against his suit and noticeably slows him as he gently drifts into the now closing cargo hold of Impl0ded’s ship. Feeling the ship turn hard and break away from the magnetic collar that was holding it to the station he stands up and hopes there is a way to get a message to Impl0ded before they get there.

Before erasing all data related to the singularity that was located a static transmission was received “We are under attack from an unknown enemy. They are using technology that we have never seen before that is wiping us out. Please send help, we nee…..”. Knowing there is no weapons and only a small shield to protect from space debris, there is no chance they will make it to the annomily that was reported.

With the ship pushing as hard as it can to cross enough of the void to make a jump to the coordinates programmed in from Xero, Impl0ded hopes that this will not be like the last time he followed him into a hunch. As it did lead them into the current situation that they are in. However with no way to send a message to Xero without stopping the ship and getting out he just moves forward into the depths of space.