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        CRYSTAL MANIA
              4

     Space Pirates From The
           Planet Of
       The Pygmie People

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When we last left Bub he was
being Knighted by Princess 
Marie Alicia Zebdar.  With the
Royal Crystal Sword she dubbed
him Sir Bub.  The ceremony was
held in the Sacred Hall before
the Great Crystal.  As the 
Sword fell upon Bub's shoulder
the crystal awoke for the 
first time in ten thousand 
years, "The princess Dubs thee
Sir Bub." It said in a gentle
voice that filled the minds of
all at the palace for the 
knighting "I am honored you
have woken" The Princess said
kneeling.  Looking around Bub
noticed he was the only one 
standing so he kneeled too.
"Rise Bub" the crystal said.
"I knew that was gonna happen"
Bub thought to himself.  
"Bub the princess has chosen
you to protect our world"
The crystal began.  
"I know," Bub said "pretty
cool huh?"  "Um, yes quite
Cool" said the crystal.
"But Coolness is quite beside
point, I must judge weather or
not you are worthy." "Bummer"
Bub said.  "Yes, um, quite
bummerific, but again Bub it
is beside the point.  You have
taken 10 fractured lands and 
healed them back into the 
planet they once were, you 
have vanquished 3 evils, and
have shown the uptmost respect
and care for our world.  Thus
there can be no doubt in my
mind that you are worthy, I
confirm this Knighthood and 
grant the power of channeling"
The Crystal annonced. 
"excellent" Bub said
The room filled with light 
shed from the crystal, nearly
blinding everyone.  The light
focused on Bub and he was 
filled by it, then he 
passed out.  "All Hail Sir
Bub Starr! Knight of Zebdar!"
the crowd roared.

Bub made history that day.
he was the first knight on
Zebdar in 10,000 years.

Now it's been 3 months and 
relativley quiet all over.

Until This Morning.  As 
dawn broke the air was filled
with a giant explosion as a
wall of the crystal Palace was
torn off by Laser fire. 
Thousands of tiny green aliens
dressed like pirates beamed
down from a massive Galleon
made of steel overhead.  In
seconds the castle treasury 
was completely looted and the
cretures were beaming up.  Bub
awoke to find the princess 
blasting the ship with all the
power of the Great crystal.
"Whats Going on???" Bub yelled
over the sounds of lasers.
"Space Pirates!" she yelled.
"looks like Pygmie people"
"Pygmie people?" Bub asked
"I thought they were friendly"
"Me too" the princess said.
"But now they they're darn 
inhospitible, and they've got
some force feild that not even
the crystal can penetrate"
"I can get into the beam and
go aboard they're ship" Bub
suggested.  "Are you nuts!"
Marie Alicia screamed "theres
six GaZillion of them!" "I
gotta try" Bub explained 
"heelllllooooo anyone home
up there, it's suicide! you
can't channel if your not in
contact with zebdar! Don't
let being a knight go to your
head!  We can send up a few
crafts after them." The 
Princes pleaded "Don't worry
Princess, nothing goes to MY
head" Bub assured her "you
can say that again" she 
answered "Besides if the 
omnipotent great crystal can't
get through their force feild
a Zebdar passenger space liner
sure couldn't" Then Cedrick 
the Sage ran in. "Bub you must
beam aboard the ship!" he said
"see" Bub said to the Princess
"I have seen a great evil that
may come from this!  You must
stop their Captain at all 
costs.  I have left my body
and astraly traveled aboard 
the ship to get this" he 
handed Bub a printed out book
"It's a copy of the captain's
log, it may be helpful, I've
decoded it and put it in
English for you"
"Thanks Cedrick" Bub said
He glanced through the 
book noticing plans to
build a galactic imploder
that would make captain 
Jean Luc Pygmie the greatest
force in the universe.  Having
read the info he put the book
aside, 
and he looked at the princess,
she had an expression he'd
never seen before, it was 
like terror and sadness, like
she'd lost a best friend.
"don't go, you don't have to."
She pleaded "I do" he said
"I'll be back before you all
even miss me. Later" he said
then he ran to the treasury
and channeled a beam of energy
into the transporter.
With that he was pulled up
into the cargo hold of the
Gore Falcon.

The princess watched from her
window as the ship kicked into
warp speed and vanished.

So now here we are at the game,
have fun!
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