The ship emerges in a system that is nowhere on their star charts. couslee realizes the dilemma they are in, and orders an immediate scan of the planets in the system.
"What does the sensor reading show?" He asks the android as he turns his attention to the data screen. He reads that there is but one possible habitable planet in this system. Knowing this lucky break is their only hope of survival, he orders the ship to enter into a stationary orbit around the red planet nearest the habitable world. "Continue scanning the third planet." He orders the android.
Sensors showed that there is a multitude of life forms on this planet, but none of any discernible intelligence. At least we will not have to worry about dying in space he thinks to himself.
Again over the com, the Viraxian refugees here he order "All persons report to your assigned seating in the colony craft, and prepare for separation." He turns to the android and orders it to launch the craft once everyone was on board, and then land on the red planet and continue to send transmission into deep space, with the hope of being able to notify the home world they did not all perish. He turns and heads for his capsule on the colony ship.
With all Viraxians secured in the honeycomb style capsules, it approaches the third planet. The previous planetary scans had revealed a rain forest on one of the southern continents, and was the target landing site.
After descent, the colonists began setting up an argricultural system and living quarters. The stair stepped housing pryaminds gave them the most living area, and allowed a hunting vantage point from all levels.
In keeping with their culture, they created large animal drawing on the surface of the planet. large enough to be seen from space. This also would allow the "Hero" android to spot their final landing location.
Things looked hopefull for their survival.
Tragedy Strikes
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Their luck had appeared to run out, thought couslee. Scouts had found there were tribes of bipedal creatures, considerably larger than the Virax. If these things found out about them, well there was no way to predict would would happen. Even worse, was the fact when one of the scouts returned, it had been infected with a hostile microbe. This microbe was not harmfull to the Virax, but was deadly to the Vireo, their host .
"We only have one chance for survival." couslee says to the senators whom he had called for a breifing. "We have to try and form Ascension with these tribal creatures. Therefore I ask you take those under your governorship, and we will head out in six different directions. Find tribes of these creatures, and try and form symbiosis with them."
As the main colony disperses into six large flocks, they head out to secure their survival.
First Contact
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As the flock with couslee approached the outskirts of a tribe. He says to the others "I will go first." He swoops down on the creature, and releases his hold on the Vireo. Being a spirital symbiont, it was able to enter the creature with any damage being done to it. So far so good he thinks to himself.
He is only able to form a partial ascension. It was enough that he could understand the thoughts of these, but had little control over it's actions. He had managed to take control of it, but he knew it would not last. He much warn the others. Stumbling back to the flock, he tells them what he has found out.
"We can survive in these creature, but it will not be easy. They are inherently violent. They seem to have this thing they call a soul, but it is... soured." couslee continues "This "soul" will have the majority of control over these creature, and we must try and stop it from putting the host's body in danger. Perhaps over time, we will be able to form a complete Ascension with the host, but there is know way of knowing if, or how long this could take. They call themselves "Humans"".
And so begins the battle between the symbiont and the host, the spirit and the soul, and good against evil.
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