Squadron Supreme; Star Man
9/3/1945, Camp Erskine, Teton Wilderness
Joseph had been working with some of the tech they were working with when The Prism went off, “Warning! Nova Force Entity Approaching!” Krimonn had told the hero, making him confused, “What the hell is The Nova Force?” he thought now, “The Nova Force is a cosmic power developed by the planet Xandar, it is imbued into their Military Force to maintain order.” The Prism told him.
Hearing that, he started to fly upwards now, heading towards the sky and as he moved, Doctor Spectrum approached the source, the Prism seeming to point him the right way and he was surprised by the gold and blue vessel that was before him up so high, as he looked at it, Spectrum grabbed at his throat on instinct, but there was no loss of oxygen, in fact he seemed fine right now.
Looking around in shock, the man decided to focus on the ship, just as he saw that there was something… something strange, coming out from the vessel, it was in a blue and gold uniform that appeared to have a single glowing circle on the torso with a red T on the brow now rising their fist up and aiming, the feline like face snarling towards him, confusing Joseph as he pressed the side of his helmet.
From that action, the helmet started to retract to become a sort of circlet to reveal amore tiger like face, “I am Millenian 11248–29907, Kaanah Shiir,” he said now, confusing the man, “I am here on a report of a Flora Colossus, please comply with the investigation at this time.” The Alien had said towards him and hearing that, the man was even more confused on what was going on right now.
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The members of The Squadron watched as the being who looked like a walking tiger, “So then, Mr. Shiir–” “Millenian Kaanah.” The man said to them, checking on the gold metal covering his arms, “I earned my rank, and we’re not on a first name basis.” he told them, making Zarda glare at him but they conceded, “What The Hell even is a Nova Corps?” The General had asked him.
Hearing that, the alien had sighed before pressing a button on his left wrist, making a small saucer like machine with a lense detach from his back and float, “The Nova Corps are a peace keeping force.” he said, showing images of his people, some looking human, others looking like they were completely foreign to the with varying insignia and seeming to fly with a golden energy.
“I was sent here because a Flora Colossus was reported leaving the planet, I’m just here to make sure that they’re not florforming the planet.” he said, making the group confused, “Floraforming?” Robbie had asked, making Kaanah produce an image of Five Planets, “The Flora Colossi existed originally on Five planets they called Branchworlds.” he said, zooming into one to show the natives.
“Most of the time, they’re isolationist, thinking that ‘meat’ is nothing more than servants and machinery is beneath them.” The Millenian continued, “But every once in a while, they start to spread out and… pollinate.” he told them, making the group a bit more curious by that as he showed that a few of them had arrived on a planet, spreading pollen that seemed to cause trees like them to begin growing.
“The planet becomes theirs now with the remaining mammals becoming Maintenance Mammals, though sometimes they only take members of the species like they did on my planet.” he told them, making the images show that there was members of his species being stolen and then of The aliens that were like him fighting, “So they’re conquerors?” Joseph asked, making Sk’ym’x shake his head.
“No, more like… Europeans when they first colonized the Americas, they don’t see what they’re doing as wrong until it’s too late.” he said with The Nova Corps member nodding, “The Skrull’s correct, I’m just here to make sure that everything hasn’t been infected by accident.” he explained to the group now and hearing that, they had been a bit worried, “And how do you–?” the general started when there was a ping.
“Okay, let’s see how bad the damage is.” he said to them, checking the scans now it seemed, “Alright… only one Flora Colossi on the planet and it looks like it’s hibernating, so that’s not a problem… wait.” he said, looking confused, and then worried, and then surprised by the sight, “This is a Celestial Experiment.” he said in shock at the images before him.
That confused them even more, “The Kree experimentation wasn’t too big a surprise, The Prism and Utopian were a giveaway, but there’s also signs of Skrulls, Asgardians, Klyntar…” the man said to them, making the group all the more confused by the names that had been given now, “This place is a smelting pot of species!” he shouted towards the group.
That was making the group worried at that before he did a deeper scan, “What in The Dark Grass is these Teku–Maza lookalikes?” he asked of them, making the group even more confused by that when the feline showed the image of blue skinned beings that appeared almost like Namor, “Those are Atlanteans.” Joseph told the man which made Nova Corps curious before nodding.
They had as he typed that down, “Okay… it appears that I just need to investigate the launch zone.” he told them, starting to fly away, “Wait!” Joseph shouted, creating a bubble around him and making the Tiger pause in annoyance, “What?” he demanded, “We can’t just trust you, we’ll have to come and make sure that everything’s what you’re saying.” Zarda explained to him.
Hearing that, Kaanah Shiir had given a look, disliking the statement, but the being complied, each of them had been a bit relieved by the statement as he looked, “Fine, let’s get moving.” he told them, making the group look towards each other before Joseph had created a bubble around them, “Let’s go and see what this Flora Colossus left behind.” he explained as they went on the move.
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9/3/1945, The Flower Temple, Monster isle
The group had landed on the area now and as Kaanah had looked around, Jospeh spoke, “So, what are you anyways?” he asked, making The Millenian look towards him now, “I’m a Fellex.” he explained, “One of the few species alive that has the fangs to go to war against The Flora Colossi.” he told them all, making each a bit confused as he continued to scan, “Is that what happened to your arms?”
He paused at that, looking at them as if he was told a big was on one of his limbs, “This is the result of me escaping the role of a Maintenance Mammal.” he told them, “Now where was the vessel launched?” he asked of them, making Robbie go and point towards the most forested area now, “Here.” he said as he went to lean down, checking the pattern and then towards the flora around.
“It looks like this was a cargo vessel, most likely they had dropped off someone.” he told them, digging his claw in and as he did so, there was a chance in expression now, “Let’s see… looks like a– Flark, Monarch–Class.” he said with annoyance now as he got up, stretching, “Can’t do anything.” he said to them, confusing the group, “What do you mean ‘can’t do anything’?” Zarda asked.
“It means that they’ve got diplomatic immunity.” He explained, “I can’t do anything to hurt or deport them since they technically haven’t done anything yet.” he said to them, making the group confused, “I thought that you said that they were dangerous?” Spectrum told him, “And like I said, they’re like your American Colonizers.” Skymax said to them, “They’re not invading, just reproducing.” Shiir explained with a nod.
“Do you feel bad when you raise your bovine for cattle? That you destroy habitats to make room for your own?” he explained, making the four humans think on that, “And that’s why they haven’t been labeled an enemy of The Nova Corps.” he told them now which made the group confused by that and how… how ridiculous that was right now when he looked up and stretched, “You’ve got about fifteen years before it pops.”
That had made them confused on how he had an answer like that when they had heard a noise, one of the creatures that had been a part of The Island had come out, a large and bulbous creature that swiped at him, making The Millenian try to fly back when he was knocked back hard now and into a tree, seeing that, Robbie rushed over while Joseph created a barrier.
Zarda drew her sword now and as she had leapt forward, the creature had roared towards them, it had a large and bald head with a three fingered claw towards them, smacking her while Kaanah Shiir had groaned in pain, Robbie going to check on him and as he did, the speedster saw the metal on his arms seeming to retract and extend over and over before it retracted all the way.
The man saw how his arms had been burned with patches over his limbs looking g like they were barely recovering from third degree burns now with nothing but his left claw exposed now, groaning, he seemed in pain as the man saw he only had a glove over his left claw now which made him curious as he stood up now to blast him hard now with a snarl, like a beam of golden sunlight now.
That reminded them now as they watched before the beast backed away, looking hurt while he snarled towards them in fury, blasting another and another towards the creature, “You’re lucky I’m not allowed to hunt on other planets anymore!” he snarled towards the creature, making it back away now with some caution before the beast roared, so he had done the same towards it.
“Kaanah Shiir! Calm down–!” Zarda had shouted towards him when there was a rumbling that confused them when they saw that there was a crack opening beneath them now, making the duo start to move, to get away from the crack when vines had started to come out, grabbing at them, “I hope you choke on me!” Kaanah shouted as they both were dragged underneath now.
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9/3/1945, Subterranea Caverns, Monster Isle
The two of them had been awake and cautious now, Kaanah using his right hand to create a glow to look around, trying to work with his left claw now when Zarda had groaned awake, the two of them looking around at everything before Zarda saw his left claw, more importantly, his wounds, “How did you earn those scars?” she asked of him, making the Fellex sigh as he went to stab some lights into the wall.
“My sister and I were stupid little kittens.” he explained to her, “She wanted to see Larat’s Lilies bloom, and I could never say no to my favorite of my litter.” he continued, making the woman wonder what they were as The Millenian started to walk, “While we were looking at them, something grew from the patch, a Flora Colossus.” he said with some anger at the memory now.
“We didn’t know what they were, we thought they were from the undergrowth… but then they took us, they stole us from our home and brought us to one of their branchworlds, gave us to one Flora Colossus, Gleef.” he said to Zarda as they continued to walk now, cautious of whatever had taken them, “He treated us fair, compared to the others, him and his friends Tweeg and Groot.”
He seemed to be at least a little amicable towards them as he frowned, “But then one day, this Flora Colossus by The name of Kranch came in and confiscated me, apparently Gleef was supposed to be training us to be… security? Grunts? He convinced Kranch to only take one, so I offered myself.” he said to her as Zarda looked at the arms and his hand which was still covered.
“Is that how your arms got like this?” she asked him, making The man nod, “Yes, my escape almost killed me, but The Nova Corps found me, healed me… I owe my life to them.” he said and hearing that, Zarda had a thought, “What about your sister?” she asked, making him sigh, “One day, I’ll bring her home, but until then, I just have to hope Kranch won’t hurt her.” he said.
Zarda nodded, “At least she has Gleef and his friends.” Zarda told him, making Kaanah Shiir take a breath, “Friend, Groot is exiled.” he told Zarda and hearing that, they heard a large growling now, making the duo look now with some caution before they saw that there was a large green scaled creature that had been moaning in anger, going to attack at them, so Zarda had grabbed him by the arm and moved him.
The creature had swiped at them, but they were able to move a bit out of the way when she saw that he was in pain, holding his hand in pure pain now as he looked towards the creature, “Worldmind! What the Flark is that?!” he shouted, “I don’t know what a Worldmind is, but we need to move!” Zarda said, lifting him up by the torso now as they started to run away now.
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The group started to walk around now, looking around everywhere and as they did so, they began to hear the noise of a creature that was down there, running forward now, they stated to approach now with some fury and caution as they saw Zarda was pushing the creature back with her shield while Kaanah Shiir used his powers to fire towards the creature right now.
They saw that and were rushing forward to protect him now, they rushed forward with Robbie picking up the alien before rushing away while Sk’ym’x had transformed into a replica of the creature, roaring towards it and as he did so, Joseph created a field, pushing the creature back into the wallow and as it did so, Skymax pushed him further back until they had been able to get the creature away from them.
Seeing that it was gone, they started to move now, checking on The NovaCorps Soldier and Zarda, “Are you alright, Zarda?” Joseph asked and hearing that, the Utopian looked to The aliens, “Please make sure that Kaanah is fine.” she had requested, making the Squadron look to each other before they had complied, each of them looking to help him out right about now.
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9/3/1945, The Flower Temple, Monster isle
Glad that the group were all safe right about now, they looked and seen that Kaanah Shiir’s arms were covered in the metal, “Is everything here like that, is everything like that as dangerous here?” he asked, making them all look towards each other, “We had just survived a war that started Six Years ago.” Joseph said, “We’re still recovering from The devastation that was caused.”
That made the Nova Corps member look towards them with some surprise and then a bit of caution, “This place is more dangerous than I thought.” he muttered as they walked now, “I think I’m gonna have to do something, hopefully something smart.” he said towards each of them, making The Squadron Supreme a bit cautious right about now as they began to walk back to home now.
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9/3/1945, Fort Erskine, Teton Wilderness
They had watched as the man in question was looking at his arms as the Bio–Sheaths had been fully recovered now, “Alright then, we’re good there.” he said with a grin, “I’m sorry, but what are you planning?” The General asked, making Kaanah Shiir take a breath before he typed away at his wrist, “I’m leaving a comm.” he said to them, looking up and appearing to put in coordinates.
“If your people are dealing with an extraterrestrial threat, this will send a message to The XOO Directorate of Intelligence, tell them Kaanah Shiir had left it and whatever the problem is.” he said to them, making Joseph look, “So like the police?” he asked as something started to crash through the hole, a sort of pillar with a bubble on the top, having a four pointed red star with two smaller points on the upper corners on it.
“If they’re your people’s peace keepers, than yes.” Kaanah Shiir said to them, “I might not be able to get here every now and then, but if my report of the planet doesn’t convince them to take any threat seriously, then we’ve failed.” he told them with a smile as Sk’ym’x spoke, “Will The Nova Corps attempt to claim The Planet Earth?” he asked, making them all look at him with some confusion.
“What do you mean?” Robbie asked, making the Corpsman sigh, “Something from the old days that we’re not going to return to.” he promised, that made the group look towards each other before he began to float upwards, “May your stars burn bright.” he said to them with a salute, lifting his left arm now with his middle three fingers stretched out which they had copied.
That made the man smile towards them before he began head upwards, “Test it before I leave your star system!” he shouted towards the group now and hearing that, the group had looked at the item that he gave them before The General went over to press on the button that made up the star, looking at it with some caution right about now before they saw that a holo appeared showing a helmet with the same symbol.
“Thank you for contacting The Nova Corps, the here is the nearest Corpsman in your area.” The voice said, making them see how there was a star on a screen, showing that Kaanah Shir was moving away now, Sk’ym’x had touched the star and showed the image of The Millenian, “Glad to see you all, hopefully I won’t see any of you in a while.” He told them.
Making the group smile they had went to shut off the comm now, “So then, aliens are real.” The General said, making SKymax raise an eyebrow, motioning for himself before sighing, “Things could have been worse.” he muttered towards them, making the group confused by what he meant by that as he and the others had all started to think and then plan on what next they were going to do.
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9/4/1945, Shelton Residence, Washington DC
Zarda had walked into her home with Howard and sat down, leaning back with a deep breath right now before she saw that Howard was there, “I saw an alien yesterday.” she told him, making Howard who was walking in pause, looking at her with some surprise and some confusion right now, “Like a little green man?” he asked, making Zarda shake her head.
“More like a police officer amongst the stars, a tiger man with golden arms.” Zarda told him, making Howard sit down, curious and intrigued, “Really? Like what?” he asked of her, making the woman smile, “His name was Kaanah Shiir,” she told him, “He called himself a Millenian of The Nova Corps, and what he told us about The planet was incredible.” Zarda said towards him.
“Oh? Like what?” he asked, making the woman smile, liking how he never grew tired of her stories, “Well, first of all, Sk’ym’x had told us about how he had a vision of the birth of his gods.” she started and hearing that, the man leaned back and watched with some interest right now as they had watched and seen that there was a more animated telling that he wished he was a part of right now.
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9/4/1945, Fort Erskine, Teton Wilderness
Skymax had morphed into a raven–like humanoid, hiswings acting like a blanket over himself as he looked over the sky right about now, the scenes that he watched now made the Super–Skrull take a breath now, he had missed the skies, he missed the exploration, if he had asked, making The Nova Corps Officer would have taken him home? Back to The Super–Skrull Project.
Taking a breath, he decided that it wasn’t time yet, after all, there was so much here that he could learn about, there were samples here that made the man think that these could advance the Super–Skrull project right now with some interest right about now when there was something that made him turn, looking as the Doctor Spectrum went and landed down besides him now, “Hey, Skymax.” he said.
That made him smile, taking a beer that he offered now and as they both looked towards the skies, “Hey, you wanna go and fly with me later?” he asked, making the Skrull think before nodding, “Why not?” he asked, shifting and changing becoming more like a reptilian flyer now, “Last one back is a Blue–Skin.” he said, going and flying now, the two of them smiling as they raced each other now.