Apollo's Armies

Apollo's Armies is the second episode of season one of Sethakeya.

## Main premise

While trying to escape a warship, the Sethakeya is stranded on a desert moon.

## Plot

A day after the events of Great Beyond, the crew begins to adjust to being stranded due to the limitations of the Sethakeya's warp system. Eckert works on logging everything he can about the Jife Galaxy and Nxxil into the Sethakeya's log. While this is happening, Ank sets up her new room as Kyan watches her. Kyan leaves while Ank begins to "test out" her new wardrobe - heading for the bridge to begin the Sethakeya's second warp.

This warp brings it into the Apollo Galaxy - a galaxy in the Wild Regions. Jah begins a survey of local space revealing a gas giant (Qurg) with several terraformed moons. This is interrupted by a massive warship decloaking right in front of the Sethakeya. The ship opens comms with the Sethakeya - revealing that it is captained by inhuman blobby aliens. Ank walks in while wearing one of her new outfits and begins angrily conversing with the captain of the vessel in an alien tongue. Eventually, the ship closes comms allowing Ank to reveal that the captain is a member of the Order of Fy - an extremely violent sect of the Senushan race that has a blood feud with Ank dating back centuries.

The Order of Fy warship then fires on the Sethakeya. The Sethakeya flees for the closest moon of the gas giant - the desert moon Qurg II. As soon as the Sethakeya lands on Qurg II, the engines die. Kyan is shocked by this. Eckert's scan of the moon reveals that it is a hellish desert world with a sulfurous atmosphere. Kyan initially considers sending out robot probes. Ank instead says that she will go out in a HostEv suit and look for whatever crippled the Sethakeya. Ensign Remmed accompanies Ank. Once outside, Ank very quickly finds that Qurg II's surface is littered with crystals that give her a headache and cause random jolts of electricity to shoot from her body. She very quickly comes to the conclusion that the crystals are messing with the engines. Ank then spots something flitting in the air in the distance. Catching up to it, Ank finds that it is an absolutely massive insect (being several times bigger than Ank) made of metal. The creature - despite its extremely sharp wings - is docile. Ank names it the Steelwing. Remmed then spots that the Order of Fy warship has landed on the moon and that the captain - a general named Vor - is walking outside of the ship without any form of protective suit. Remmed then hears Ank crying out in pain - looking over to see her clutching at her head before she faints.

Ank is brought back into the Sethakeya by Remmed and brought to the ship's MedDroid - who has been dubbed Exity. Exity finds that the crystals have caused a small amount of damage to Ank's brain. Remmed is unaffected. To get all of the crystals off, Ank strips off the HostEv suit and then heads for her room so she can take a shower in private. While in the shower, Ank realizes that the Qurgian crystals are oppositely charged versions of crystals that "one of" her people use to charge their electric powers. Ank finishes her shower and then rushes onto the bridge after throwing a bra on. Kyan is watching the surface of Qurg II - showing that several Order of Fy soldiers are led by General Vor are approaching the Sethakeya. Ank leaves the bridge for her room and begins work on a device to "fix" the crystals. Several minutes later, Ank steps out with the finished device. Kyan then notices that Ank is only wearing a bra and tosses her some clothes.

While wearing a different HostEv suit, Ank steps out of the Sethakeya with her new device. The Order of Fy soldiers notice her and begin to fire on Ank. Ank then activates the device. Ank begins scooping up the "fixed" crystals for further study as she runs back into the Sethakeya. Kyan fires up the engines and leaves Qurg II - stranding the Order of Fy ship.

In the aftermath, Kyan reveals to Eckert that she set up a camera in Ank's room to see if she contacts anyone else. Eckert turns the camera on - showing Ank setting up several of her newly acquired crystals. Kyan realizes that setting up a camera in the room of someone like Ank is a bad idea as Ank begins to test out her new find.

## Characters

* Captain Kyan Namada
* Ankarstian
* First Officer A'tal Eckert
* Ensign Jah!Kev\_Vosk
* Ensign Alla Remmed
* Captain Vor of the Order of Fy
* Exity

## References

* The Apollo Galaxy is a galaxy within the Wild Regions.