The Chiss looks out to the horizon on Foerost, smiling to himself as he fixes up his uniform. He thought of himself as lucky, to be able to escape his past and be assigned to a Core planet. Nothing interesting ever happens on a Core planet, it is a lax and easy assignment.
“KROSS! STOP DAYDREAMING AND REPORT TO DRILLS IMMEDIATELY!” Shouts a very angry voice.
Kross’soz’listom snaps to attention and gives a quick salute to the drill sergeant before dashing off. He wasn’t going to lose this post if he could help it.
“Another day, another drill, and more credits. Perfect.”
Night falls…
“Kross! Wake up! You need to see this!”
The Chiss rubs his eyes, trying to muster the strength to climb out of bed. This better be good. Kross extracts himself from his warm sheets and wanders over to the window where the rest of the squad is looking out. The sky is brightly lit with fires and explosions from space.
“That’s from the shipyards!”
“Accident maybe?”
As Kross opens his mouth to speak, a star shoots out of the sky towards their location, then another smaller star branches out and flies straight towards them.
“TAKE COVER!!!”
Kross stands here, dumbfounded before he is tackled down to the floor.
Darkness and utter silence.