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By Sean (Rockman Shadow)
The Time Trekkers are stranded on the planet of Woton II in the Starcraft universe. Their time travel technology along with other resources were exhausted creating an artificial wormhole and some of their own power was zapped in the progress. An alliance with the Terran forces has been made and the first meeting between the two new allies is being held.
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Sean: We have advanced technology especially in the field of robotics that should be quite useful along with a super computer that may be a bit damaged, but should still be fine. I think we could operate a base where all mechanical units would be piloted from a distance and not require any human soldiers put at risk so you won’t have to give us as many men. We will need humans though in order to get marines, medics, firebats, and anything that proves too hard to control remotely. We just need some resources to be given.
Commander: Interesting. We know a new spot of resources that we want to keep out of enemy control so we need a base there. We’ll give you the supplies and you set up base and get ready to attack our enemy.
Sean: Okay, so who are we up against? We need to use a different strategy depending on what forces we are facing.
Commander: The Zerg.
Sean: Okay, according to what you told me of this base you used to have the whole planet swarming with battlecruisers, siege tanks, goliaths, wraiths, and all the other powerful weapons. They managed to quickly destroy one of your most guarded research areas and from their attack several of your bases from the inside out forcing you to flee from several of the largest supplies of resources on the planet. Let me guess you tried controlling them and lost control.
Commander: Oh, like we would try doing something that stupid…. Okay, yes.
Sean: Don’t worry. We should be able to handle stuff easily if you give us what we need. I’ll give you a list of what we need and we’ll take it with us to where you want us to set up base.
Commander: Fine, but don’t let word slip out about our mistake.
Sean: I won’t.
Later the Time Trekkers finish setting up without too many problems. Most took shifts guarding in marine or firebat gear, while Sean was an SCV doing some necessary modifications and building. Few Zerg attacked and a few debated about if it would be worse, fighting Protoss, or other Terrans instead of the Zerg.
Compas(s) Man (in Firebat Gear): I’m telling you, the Zerg are the worse you could face. They build armies fast and overrun you easily.
Konro Man (in Firebat Gear): From what I hear the Protoss are pretty advanced and they have some hard-hitting units early on.
Kosumo Man (in Marine Gear): Yeah, but Terrans have plenty of things to help handle those. Terrans have a mix between mechanical weapons and organtic forces making it harder to prepare since you don’t know what to expect.
Rockman Shadow (in an SCV): Guys, stop fighting, lets just be glad it is only one of the three forces instead of a combination of them, otherwise they could fix all of their weak spots easily. I’ve installed the remains of Trenchancy and the Slave II to the Command Center. That thing is now a very fast flying mobile base with automated weaponry and is smart enough to control every machine in this area at the same time. I have gotten it so all machines produced can be controlled by Trenchancy. A human pilot might end up being a little more skilled when they go through years of training for one of these, but Trenchancy is way more efficient.
Clock Man (in Marine Gear): Years of training to pilot one of the mechs, yeah right. You’re fine working in that big tin can.
Aircon Man (in Marine Gear): Yeah, how come you don’t need special training.
Rockman Shadow (in an SCV): I know a lot about machines.
Compas(s) Man (in Firebat Gear): I thought you told me it was because we’re robots and you can link the controls to our CPUs so moving its arms is just like moving our own.
Clock Man (in Marine Gear): Ah, that is how he does it. This means there is no excuse for why I can’t have something like a battle cruiser completely under my control.
Rockman Shadow (in an SCV): You know, I prefer making this stuff seem harder than it is.
Compas(s) Man (in Firebat Gear): True, but come on. You wanted to keep the heavy artillery out of our hands.
Kosumo Man (in Marine Gear): Which may or may not have been a good idea…
Konro Man (in Firebat Gear): How many shots from a yamato cannon do you think it would take to destroy our modified command center?Rockman Shadow (in an SCV): Look, none of you are getting into a mech unless it is absolutely necessary. None of us are going away from this base actually unless needed.
Trenchancy (now hardwired into a Command Center): Zerg forces have overrun nearby areas and we are probably the next area to be overrun. Estimated 48 hours before Zerg forces finish for our allies and reach us.
Rockman Shadow (in an SCV):And now it is needed…
Konro Man (in Firebat Gear): Oh, yeah! I get my own battlecruiser now!
Rockman Shadow (in an SCV): One minute, one of us should stay behind just incase and they won’t be given the heavy artillery. We’ll draw straws to make sure who stays behind.
Compas(s) Man (in Firebat Gear): What?!
Rockman Shadow (in an SCV): [Whispering] Don’t worry, I’ll rig it so Konro loses, I don’t want to give him anything more powerful than what he has when he wants to open fire on our own buildings.
Five minutes later...
Rockman Shadow (in an SCV): Sorry, Compas(s). I could have sworn I had Trenchancy help me rig that.
Trenchancy (now hardwired into a Command Center): Sorry, systems still containing glitches.
Rockman Shadow (in an SCV): Whatever, I have some slightly upgraded mechs for us. They are not much stronger, basically they have the power of a hero unit which isn’t bad but isn’t so good that you can be reckless.
Compas(s) Man (in Firebat Gear): Whatever, just go meet the Zerg head on while I wait here without any of the cool machinery…
Rockman Shadow (in an SCV): Look, next time I’ll make sure to do something easily rigged without help from Trenchancy.
Compas(s) Man (in Firebat Gear): I was hoping more like you stay behind instead of me or at least give me a mech.
Rockman Shadow (in an SCV): I need them for the battle, I’ll have Trenchancy build a missile silo and you can take some ghost gear. When we’re done fighting, you can go and nuke their base.
Compas(s) Man (in Firebat Gear): I get nukes?! That is so much cooler than riding in one of the war machines. I’ll burn the zerg base to the ground or whats left of it after you obliterate their army!
Rockman Shadow (in an SCV): Okay, now that is taken care of, the rest of us can go to our machines and start attacking the zerg before they attack us.
Later…
Konro Man (in Battle Cruiser): Tremble beneath my mighty yamato gun fury!
Rockman Shadow (in Goliath): If you continue to shoot that at every zergling you see, you won’t be able to hit the more powerful enemies with it! Also you should be a bit more worried about the scourges.
Kosumo Man (in Wraith): Why should we? You can blast them out of the air before they reach us and explode.
Rockman Shadow (in Goliath): Well, I also apparently have to guard Dangan Man since he refuses to change out of siege mode even when everything gets too close.
Dangan Man (in Siege Tank): Hey, I’m managing to deal heavy damage before the zerg get too close. Maybe you should of given us more weapons.
Clock Man (in Vulture): Yeah, this vulture only had the regular amount of spider mines. You should of given me five thousand of them to use.
Aircon Man (in Valkyrie): Also this thing should have been given more firepower as well.
Rockman Shadow (in Goliath): I hate you guys so much right now.
Clock Man (in Vulture): I hate the rest of them too; I mean it is my job to be annoying not theirs!
Dangan Man (in Siege Tank): Is it just me or are they retreating?
Kosumo Man (in Wraith): That was too easy…
Rockman Shadow (in Goliath): I’m getting a transmission from Trenchancy… It was a trap! We left the base undefended and the majority of the Zerg went there from the other side!
Konro Man (in Battle Cruiser): Great idea einstein, sending the majority of us out and leaving the base undefended.
Rockman Shadow (in Goliath): Will you shut up?
Konro Man (in Battle Cruiser): Make me.
Rockman Shadow (in Goliath): Fine, I will.
Just then Rockman Shadow presses a button on his controls. The floor underneath Konro Man’s seat disappears and he falls down a chute. Then, Konro Man’s battle cruiser faces the other way and fires the robot master out of the yamato cannon towards the base.
Rockman Shadow (in Goliath): Give Compas(s) Man a hand when you get there!
Aircon Man (in Valkyrie): Could you do that to all of us?
Rockman Shadow (in Goliath): Yep, but you wouldn’t be shot as far most likely.
Aircon Man (in Valkyrie): Just so you know, we were kidding earlier.
Clock Man (in Vulture): I wonder how many pieces Konro Man will be in when we arrive. You know you will have to put him back together, right?
Rockman Shadow (in Goliath): Yeah, I know. Eject from your mechs when we get there. They are too badly damaged and our RM weaponry will probably be the most powerful thing we’ll have to use since we don’t have time to get any new machines or fix these ones.
Clock Man (in Vulture): Should we all go at a constant speed, or should I get there first by going full speed?
Rockman Shadow (in Goliath): Constant speed, we should stick together so we don’t get separated and surround with no hope of someone coming to the rescue.
Clock Man (in Vulture): Fine, I hope Konro and Compas(s) will survive until we get there.
Around three minutes later…
Clock Man: What happened here? Everything is burned down or burning down?
Rockman Shadow: Obviously we’re a bit late.
Dangan Man: I wonder where Konro and Compas(s) are…
Just then Konro Man’s body goes flying towards the group, and hits Kosumo Man in the stomach knocking him down. Konro Man’s body is badly damage and there is a hole in the middle of the forehead.
Kosumo Man: You had to ask.
Aircon Man: Is that Compas(s) Man approaching?
???: No, I’m much better.
Rockman Shadow: Who are you then?
Infested Taggerung: I am Infested Taggerung. I was Compas(s) Man before the Swarm infested me. I live for the swarm now. I have more power than you would ever know and I know where to hit you guys so it counts. You’ll find it possible to repair Konro Man’s body, but I think you’ll find the CPU so badly damaged you’ll have to find someone else to fill the spot.
Rockman Shadow: You’ll pay for that!
Aircon Man: Why, does it really matter? That is only a copy of someone’s personality fused into a robot. It is not like he actually killed someone.
Rockman Shadow: He still attacked us.
Clock Man: So, this only happened because you made Compas(s) Man stay behind because you failed to get Konro Man to stay behind so he wouldn’t be messing with powerful weaponry. Konro Man only got killed because you shot him out of a yamato gun to this location for bothering you.
Rockman Shadow: Wow, your really making me look like an idiot.
Infested Taggerung: What was really stupid was leaving Trenchancy so I could infect it and giving me a missile silo. I hope you enjoy a fiery death.
Kosumo Man: A nuke is heading this way!
Rockman Shadow: Don’t worry. I have a transport ready. Everyone just jump into the drop ship heading this way!
The drop ship flies by and picks up the Time Trekkers excluding Compas(s) before flying away and dumping them at a different Terran base.
Aircon Man: Well that worked out sort of well.
Clock Man: We lost two members.
Aircon Man: Rockman Shadow just walked off to see if he can find someone to replace Konro. Also it should be possible to turn Compas(s) Man back to normal.
Meanwhile…
Rockman Shadow: Where is someone capable and willing to fill the slot…(Just then, he runs into someone) Oops, sorry for banging into you like that.
Johnny: Not a problem.
Rockman Shadow: Wait, what are you doing here or how did you get here?
Johnny: Don’t ask. So how is the team going?
Rockman Shadow: Badly, would you be interested in the position of Konro Man.
Johnny: Eh, why not?
Rockman Shadow: Wait, your actually going to take it? I can hardly believe that; just let me give you the position. Konro-ify!
Konro Man: Never say that again.
Rockman Shadow: Aw, lets go tell others the good news. Now all we have to do is turn Compas(s) Man back to normal to have a full team.
Clock Man: Hey, Rockman Shadow! Good to see you got a new Konro, but Kosumo Man just quit.
Rockman Shadow: Or not.
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