Riding the Trail - Chapter Two

The Next Day...

Cat enters the Drive Room at around 10AM, Dancing his cat-style Dance. "Aaaooowwww! Good morning buds! I'm looking good today! Yeeaaahhh!" He sits down in his chair. "Hey cat, can you check your Radar. I can't seem to find the shuttles." says Lister. "Hey! I don't check nothing this early in the Morning!" he responds. "Just check it! I can't seem to find 'them'." says Lister. Cat checks the Radar and finds nothing. "Sorry bud, there's nothing on there. I can't even smell them! Maybe i'm smelling in the wrong direction!" "We must of outrunned them. Good, we can stop worrying. You still up for watching the movie tonight?" asks Lister. "Yeah, sure thing. Now, i'm gonna go have a nap and try to dream a good outfit!" Cat says before leaving. Lister follows and heads towards the Media Archive to find a good movie to watch that evening.

About Twenty Minutes later, the Ship shakes rather violently, and sirens go off. "Smeg!" he says before running off towards the Drive Room. He gets there a few minutes later, at the same time as the rest of the Crew. They promply sit down in their seats and check the readings. "Damage Report says there is barely any damage, barring a broken Seal on the door in Landing Bay 29." states Rimmer. "There are five new Shuttles in Landing Bay 29! They must of rammed their way through the Doors! There'll be debris everywhere!" says Kryten. "While it's tempting to clean the mess, we must work out what exactly happened down there." he concludes. "Someone punch up visual!" says Lister. Security footage of Landing Bay 29 appears on-screen. There is five ships parked around the deck. Two of them are Starbugs, Two of them are Blue Midgets, and One of them was a Shuttle they never saw before. It was Yellow, and in the shape of a Football, slightly bigger than Starbug and with wings on either side. On the side was printed 'ALPHAEGG 1' The Starbugs and Blue Midgets looked like they had an upgrade too, or atleast a good polish. Some people exited the shuttles and walked around the Bay. Some were recognised as crew members of the 'Full' Dwarf, though some were not crew members, according to the Info-Scanners. "Who are they? And where the hell d'they get that yellow ship?" asks Lister. "I'm not too sure, but according to the InfoScanner, it fits Space Corp requirements, and it's apparently dated to the early 22nd Century!" states Kryten. "So, half A century after the attack of the faulty Drive Plates, then." says Rimmer. "It would appear so. They look like they can cause no immediate harm, suggest that we move to the Loading Bay and ask questions." says Kryten. "Alright, but take along some Bazookoids as back-up. You never know what these Space Nutters are like." says Lister.

The crew travel down to Landing Bay 29 to find out what happened. They enter the room