5 Minutes: Reloaded
Posted: March 27th, 2013, 4:11 am
Ok, I'm back to the future worlds of the Earth Empire. There are too many stories left unfinished at the end of the 5 Min RPG. There was the beginning of a second RPG, but it died before anything was answered. I'm going to try to rewrite the second story. I'm afraid I'm not going to follow the RPG very well though. Hang on and we'll see where imagination can send our intrepid pilots. The Empire is a big place.
5 Minutes: Reloaded ch-1
It had been three months since the battle at Mar Sara. Arisa had spent a week aiding the bomb disposal squad on Mar Sara, finding and disarming the nuclear bombs planted in the colonies cities. General Parker had conscripted her after he heard that she disarmed the bomb on board the Krikav. By the time she got off the planet and to the general’s flagship, the Lincoln, the rest of the Krikav’s pilots had been sent back to earth. When she returned to the EDF main base on earth, she found she and the other pilots had been put on indefinite leave pending investigation of the incident at Mar Sara. When the 427 group first returned, they were hailed as hero’s for saving the colony of Mar Sara and finding the real instigators of the incident at Tarsonis. But it didn’t take long for the conspiracy theorists to cast doubt on the group. Now there were questions of the EDF orchestrating the incident to cover their guilt for the massacre at Tarsonis. Arisa tried to contact Chad, but had been turned away at every attempt. It was as if he had vanished. At one point she was told he had been reassigned and they didn’t have any information where. After that, she got nothing more. Arisa returned home, but things had not gone well. There was something she wanted, and she was used to getting what she wanted.
Arisa stood in front of the big oak desk, directly across from her father. She had been in this same place in his large ornate office many times in the last few weeks. Her purpose had been the same each time. Arisa was sure her father had used his connections to have Chad sent away. She frowned and clenched her fists. “I don’t care what you think of him, I want you to tell me where he is.”
“No, “Ian answered, not even bothering to look up from the display on his desk. “I won’t have you associating with that sewer rat.”
Arisa turned red with anger, “don’t you dare call him that! Chad’s a lieutenant, a pilot.”
“He’s a criminal!” her father broke in, looking up and raising his voice. “I’ve seen his record, he’s a thief, probably a murderer.”
Arisa scowled at her father, “maybe he is, but then, the only difference between you and Chad is, he did what he had to do to survive.”
Ian jumped up so fast his chair crashed over backward. “How dare you compare me to that scum!” He shouted. “I’ll have you………”
“What? Grounded?” Arisa shouted.
The door to the office burst open and a man in an EDF military police uniform entered, followed by the Higgins butler. “I’m sorry sir,” the butler told Ian, “the officer would not wait.”
Ian looked at the soldier, still flushed with anger. “What the hell do you think you’re doing, breaking in, unannounced, like that?”
The MP glanced at Ian, then turned to Arisa, ignoring his outburst. “Lieutenant Higgins, I’ve brought your orders,” he informed Arisa. You are to report to Tycho base beta.”
“Give me those papers,” Ian ordered him. “I’ll take care of them, it’s about time to end this foolishness.”
Arisa snatched the envelope with the papers from the MP. “No you won’t!” She barked. “You don’t run my life.” She turned and started for the door, then turned back, “Not now, not ever!” She assured him. The MP looked back at her fuming father, then followed Arisa out the door.
Arisa sighed as she left the room. “Could you wait a few minutes?” Arisa asked the MP. “I’ll get my things and go with you. I want to get out of here before father can do something to keep me here.”
The MP looked down at the small pilot and smiled. “I don’t think he can do that lieutenant. My orders are to make sure you get on a shuttle for the Tycho base.”
Arisa looked up at the officer. He was an older man, one with years of experience. She felt a bit better, even her father wouldn’t try defying a man like this one. She headed for her room, wondering why they would send an MP just to make sure a pilot followed orders. Maybe they found another one of those old nukes. At least she was getting away from home.
Ian was fuming, he started to reach for his phone when the door behind his desk opened, he turned to face his wife. She was still a beautiful woman, and you could see where Arisa got her good looks. She was a taller and more mature version of her daughter. She wore her blond hair longer, it’s golden curls cascading over her shoulders. She had the same cherry red lips and crystal blue eyes as Arisa.
“You’re driving her away, Ian” she told her husband. “Refusing to allow her to contact her friend will only fuel her defiance.”
Ian scowled, “I will not have her wasting her life chasing after lower class scum like that boy. I have plans for her, and she’s just going to have to get used to that.”
“Plans?” She asked. “Plans to marry her off to someone you chose, in order to add to your wealth?”
“That’s a woman’s place, to further her family’s business.” Ian barked. “She just won’t accept that. Arisa is just going to have to learn to do as she’s told”
Arisa’s mother shook her head, “you’ll never control her, Ian, she’s too much like you, too independent. You’ve ruined any chance you did have of getting her to agree to any of your plans. You might as well resign yourself to the fact that she is going to decide which man is the best for her. If she chooses Chad, there isn’t much you can do about it.”
“She will do what I tell her. Arisa is going to learn her place.” Ian picked up his phone, “I’m going to put an end to this. I’ll make sure she never sees that sewer rat bastard again.”
5 Minutes: Reloaded ch-1
It had been three months since the battle at Mar Sara. Arisa had spent a week aiding the bomb disposal squad on Mar Sara, finding and disarming the nuclear bombs planted in the colonies cities. General Parker had conscripted her after he heard that she disarmed the bomb on board the Krikav. By the time she got off the planet and to the general’s flagship, the Lincoln, the rest of the Krikav’s pilots had been sent back to earth. When she returned to the EDF main base on earth, she found she and the other pilots had been put on indefinite leave pending investigation of the incident at Mar Sara. When the 427 group first returned, they were hailed as hero’s for saving the colony of Mar Sara and finding the real instigators of the incident at Tarsonis. But it didn’t take long for the conspiracy theorists to cast doubt on the group. Now there were questions of the EDF orchestrating the incident to cover their guilt for the massacre at Tarsonis. Arisa tried to contact Chad, but had been turned away at every attempt. It was as if he had vanished. At one point she was told he had been reassigned and they didn’t have any information where. After that, she got nothing more. Arisa returned home, but things had not gone well. There was something she wanted, and she was used to getting what she wanted.
Arisa stood in front of the big oak desk, directly across from her father. She had been in this same place in his large ornate office many times in the last few weeks. Her purpose had been the same each time. Arisa was sure her father had used his connections to have Chad sent away. She frowned and clenched her fists. “I don’t care what you think of him, I want you to tell me where he is.”
“No, “Ian answered, not even bothering to look up from the display on his desk. “I won’t have you associating with that sewer rat.”
Arisa turned red with anger, “don’t you dare call him that! Chad’s a lieutenant, a pilot.”
“He’s a criminal!” her father broke in, looking up and raising his voice. “I’ve seen his record, he’s a thief, probably a murderer.”
Arisa scowled at her father, “maybe he is, but then, the only difference between you and Chad is, he did what he had to do to survive.”
Ian jumped up so fast his chair crashed over backward. “How dare you compare me to that scum!” He shouted. “I’ll have you………”
“What? Grounded?” Arisa shouted.
The door to the office burst open and a man in an EDF military police uniform entered, followed by the Higgins butler. “I’m sorry sir,” the butler told Ian, “the officer would not wait.”
Ian looked at the soldier, still flushed with anger. “What the hell do you think you’re doing, breaking in, unannounced, like that?”
The MP glanced at Ian, then turned to Arisa, ignoring his outburst. “Lieutenant Higgins, I’ve brought your orders,” he informed Arisa. You are to report to Tycho base beta.”
“Give me those papers,” Ian ordered him. “I’ll take care of them, it’s about time to end this foolishness.”
Arisa snatched the envelope with the papers from the MP. “No you won’t!” She barked. “You don’t run my life.” She turned and started for the door, then turned back, “Not now, not ever!” She assured him. The MP looked back at her fuming father, then followed Arisa out the door.
Arisa sighed as she left the room. “Could you wait a few minutes?” Arisa asked the MP. “I’ll get my things and go with you. I want to get out of here before father can do something to keep me here.”
The MP looked down at the small pilot and smiled. “I don’t think he can do that lieutenant. My orders are to make sure you get on a shuttle for the Tycho base.”
Arisa looked up at the officer. He was an older man, one with years of experience. She felt a bit better, even her father wouldn’t try defying a man like this one. She headed for her room, wondering why they would send an MP just to make sure a pilot followed orders. Maybe they found another one of those old nukes. At least she was getting away from home.
Ian was fuming, he started to reach for his phone when the door behind his desk opened, he turned to face his wife. She was still a beautiful woman, and you could see where Arisa got her good looks. She was a taller and more mature version of her daughter. She wore her blond hair longer, it’s golden curls cascading over her shoulders. She had the same cherry red lips and crystal blue eyes as Arisa.
“You’re driving her away, Ian” she told her husband. “Refusing to allow her to contact her friend will only fuel her defiance.”
Ian scowled, “I will not have her wasting her life chasing after lower class scum like that boy. I have plans for her, and she’s just going to have to get used to that.”
“Plans?” She asked. “Plans to marry her off to someone you chose, in order to add to your wealth?”
“That’s a woman’s place, to further her family’s business.” Ian barked. “She just won’t accept that. Arisa is just going to have to learn to do as she’s told”
Arisa’s mother shook her head, “you’ll never control her, Ian, she’s too much like you, too independent. You’ve ruined any chance you did have of getting her to agree to any of your plans. You might as well resign yourself to the fact that she is going to decide which man is the best for her. If she chooses Chad, there isn’t much you can do about it.”
“She will do what I tell her. Arisa is going to learn her place.” Ian picked up his phone, “I’m going to put an end to this. I’ll make sure she never sees that sewer rat bastard again.”