The Steem Awakens… Too Soon [Steem Wars]

I was supposed to get a broid to help around the cave. Didn’t think it would come with a message from some weird-looking dude who claims to be a doctor. Now the broid is intent on stealing a ship to return to its “doctor” Master. I’ve had quite enough of stalking... sorry, looking out for this lad of my last failed apprentice. Always looking to the stars. What’s wrong with the red deserts of Tutu’een?

Grabbing my pink tutu, I follow this inquisitive and stubbornly annoying hunk of junk to a starship on the outskirts of the desert. So far from home. I wish the Steem Lite were still with me. After all, who controls the Steem, controls the galaxy far far away. Sigh.

“No 80085, you can’t steal this. What kind of a name is ‘Eon Hawk’ for a starship in any case? I am Ani-won Kirsten, your new master.”

80085 beeps and boops my nose. Like Steem I can understand what it’s saying. And I’ve always liked the 80085 models, but not this carbon variant. Too fake. The silicon variants aren’t so bad, however. More natural to the touch.

^{When I just escaped to Tutu’een after evading the Siff Lord-turned-Emperor Palpate’Me}

If only my old master were still with me. Physically, that is. His Steem-ghost, on the other hand, never leaves me alone. Strange, he hasn’t haunted me since last night. Oh, well. About time he gets over what happened to him. It wasn’t my fault he let a goth wannabe Siff Lord kill him. Besides, I avenged him. No appreciation.

“Now what?” I turn to 80085 when the eons-old ship sort of wiggles its way out of the atmosphere. The broid beeps, comes closer, then boops again. “Stop that!” I smack its finger away, scraping my nose in the process.

“We’ll stop at that moon and get co-ordinates cleared up. I’m not going anywhere until you show me our destination.” I lean closer to the visor. A battered ball of a ship comes into view. “That’s no moon.” Sitting back, I fold my arms over my chest. My tutu’s frills tickle my forearms. “More like an asteroid.”

^{This is me now. Those look like a wand and sword, but really, they’re just walking canes.}

The co-ordinates pop up on the 32-bit screen. Fancy tech. ‘Dagga,bra System’ is marked as our destination. Finally, some good news. The Steem is strong on one of the moons there. But what’s this? Some other ship is in the way. ‘The Darth’? Oh, great. Just my luck. Unless this is what the Steem has in mind for my destiny?

“80085, set course to intercept that ship. I feel the Steem within it.” Shuffling out my tutu, I head to the boarding lock of the Eon Hawk and prepare to meet my destiny.

This is my character introduction for the Steem Wars project that will conquer the Steem galaxy. I am Ani-won Kirsten, old Git-out Knight of the Repubic. I have heard the call from Dr. Muxx who actually called twice before but I missed them. They were picked up by my answer-machine-dohicky here and here.