Star Raiders: The Adventures of Saber Raine

Saurian attack fighters

have broken through the front lines.

- We are in route to target...

- Evasive maneuvers!

Initiate attack vector

at coordinates Six J Alpha 12.

Affirmed.

They're coming in too fast! I can't...

Saurian target acquired. Squadron X, move in!

Directly ahead, vector 1-1-3-8.

Direct hit! Defensive aura holding.

- It's on a collision course!

- Break formation!

Target reacquired.

- Senjo formation five.

- Senjo five.

Position locked. Nova, engage ion bridge.

Engaged.

Okay, boys and girls...

...let's remind this Saurian viper how

the Terran empire deals with invaders.

Fire!

Target locked!

We broke through the defensive aura.

Secondary engines severely damaged.

It's adrift. Stabilizers down.

Let's finish this.

Target primary atomic engine.

What?

Terran Squadron commander, stand down.

That ship is protected.

Unidentified vessel, do not interfere,

we are under orders.

I've just given you new orders.

And who are you to issue

orders to Squadron X?

Captain Saber Raine,

Terran special operations.

Captain Raine?

I must inform you, you are interfering with

extermination orders from the rear admiral.

And I'm telling you, Commander,

that order is wrong.

I will bring that ship and its captain in.

You will stand down!

Its engines are coming back on line!

It's breaking away, sir.

Sorry, sir, no can do.

Squadron X, Senjo formation two.

Senjo formation two.

Bad move.

I'm under fire! Evasive maneuvers!

Commander, your shields have been disrupted.

Stand down!

You just fired on your own forces.

That is an act of treason!

Circe, open a channel.

The channel's open, sir.

Captain, this is a direct order. Disengage!

I can't obey that order, sir.

This is your last chance, Saber.

That's a negative, sir!

Then you leave me no choice.

Commander Squadron X...

...Terminate with extreme prejudice!

Affirmative. Squadron X, take him out!

Always gotta be the hard way.

The system's core

has reached maximum capacity.

- They can't get through his shields.

- Engine core levels at full power.

Plasma torpedo.

- Plasma torpedo away.

- Coordinates alpha six four seven.

Initiate attack vector.

- He's headed straight at us!

- I can see that, thank you, Orion.

- Open fire! All batteries!

- Focus firepower toward the engine.

All hands brace for impact.

We're venting tri-plasma,

dispatch repair crews.

- He's launched a fusion mine!

- Evacuate the ship!

All hands abandon ship!

I repeat, all hands abandon ship!

Damn you, Saber.

Sensors.

No heat signature at all.

Must be cold blooded.

Control, what is this thing?

Scanning, sir.

Unknown, sir, there is

no match in the database.

Switch to motion sensors.

- Captain Raine.

- Saber, and don't salute me.

I'm Commander Voss, I lead this operation.

This is Ryll, my arms master,

and reconnaissance specialist Fade.

We should get out of here.

- What were those things?

- And why didn't they emit life signs?

Mutates, and they didn't emit life signs

because they aren't alive.

They're corpses animated

by some kind of larvae...

...that feeds off the bodies of the dead.

Part of the reason no one

comes to this planet.

It's a consequence of what

happened here centuries ago.

About that, there's no

data available, no records.

Just a quarantine ordering all vessels

to stay clear of this sector.

And this planet isn't on any known chart.

It's a good thing you got

the coordinates I sent you.

I'll tell you what I know.

This world...

...was once called Goros Prime.

- Never heard of it.

- I have.

A planet of legend,

ruled by a ruthless overlord.

Stories I was told

it was merciless and sinister...

...but ruthless will work.

When they rediscovered

this planet, they quarantined it.

But some have ignored the quarantine.

They come here to conduct their...

business beyond prying eyes.

- People like you.

- People way worse than me.

Renegades, smugglers.

Your enormous bounty got me here.

But your transmission...

...neglected to give me the specifics

on what we're after exactly.

We could not transmit that information

for fear it would be intercepted.

I don't think anyone's listening.

Members of the Aresian

royal family were taken.

The prince and princess.

The king's only heirs.

They also took a single piece

of treasure from the king's vault.

Whoever abducted them, managed

to leave the planet undetected.

Tell me about the treasure.

A single jewel, a relic acquired centuries

ago on a xenoarcheological dig...

...on the planet Phobos.

Valuable?

Insignificant, an information storage device.

He's more concerned with the treasure

than with the lives of our people.

I'm surprised your planet

only dispatched the three of you.

We alone were responsible

for their protection.

Our code of honor dictates

that we must find those responsible.

And kill them.

Discretely.

If the king dies before we

return with his children...

...we will be honor bound

to join him in the afterlife.

I have a...

...friend.

If it's happening on Goros,

he'll know about it.

I trust you are comfortable.

My comfort is irrelevant.

Where is my brother?

He has been enjoying my hospitality.

You will tell me what I want to know...

...and with that knowledge

I will conquer the universe.

I'll tell you a secret.

We may be royalty, but we are still warriors.

Our father will not stop searching for us.

But he won't find you, no one will.

- Who are you?

- I am Sinjin!

But you, along with all living creatures...

...need only call me Master!

Warriors?

Pathetic!

- You got a problem?

- I don't trust you.

- You don't know me.

- Really?

Control, information on an individual

known as Saber Raine.

Saber Raine, origin...

...Earth 2762.

Decorated officer in the Cyber-Corps.

Given command of his own unit in 2784.

- That doesn't sound so bad.

- 2790.

Records indicate his entire team was lost

during the Saurian invasion on Mars.

Saber Raine was the sole survivor.

Subject was sent into deep cover

to gain intelligence on the Saurians.

Weeks into his mission

subject disappeared, believed dead.

But you didn't perish, did you?

Resurfaced in 2792...

...just as a massive Terran force

was assaulting the Saurian homeworld.

Subject sided with the enemy.

Labeled a traitor.

Thank you, Control.

Ryll, this is accomplishing nothing.

He's a mercenary.

Unworthy.

I don't need you to tell me about my past.

I lived it.

We're here now. You need my help,

and I need to know you got my back.

Or are your personal feelings more important

than those lives you swore to protect?

Your weapons, they fire projectiles

propelled by exploding gas.

Bullets, T-2 explosives. Saved your ass!

Primitive and inferior!

Can we stop trying to compare

the size of our guns...

...and go find your people.

It's just over that ridge.

Keep your red eye open,

we're in annelid territory.

- What's an annelid?

- You don't want to know!

After you.

Hold it right there.

Bad move.

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