housed the five staff members that made up the science team on-board the mega-ship. When the guard failed to leave the room I gave him an order to do so as the information I was to relay was privileged. The guard hurried from the room and the door closed behind him with a wisp. I walked the room looking at each of the pods until I came to the one that contained Boota. I pressed several buttons on the base of the pod following instructions that I had received from the Barhoo on level-five. Small mechanisms clicked and motors whirred as the stasis pod began to bring Boota back from his suspended state. Several minutes passed before a rush of air signaled that the clear door of the stasis pod had unsealed. The door slowly rose up and slid behind the top end of the pod. Another minute passed before Boota opened his eyes and became aware of the pod's opening. When he sat upright in the pod I stepped in and put my hand around his throat. He immediately gasped and tugged at my firm grip with his weak arms. He then returned a look of shock when I spoke to him in his native tongue. I told him that I was in control of the ship and that we were heading back towards Earth. I told him that he was going to tell me where my BGS suit was or I would immediately end his life. In Boota's mind he reasoned that everything I had said must have been true. I was standing before him on a secure level with my hand around his throat. He eagerly gave up the information I sought. When I had completed my inquisition I returned Boota to his stasis pod and reprogrammed it to put him back in his suspended state for the remainder of the voyage. As the pod once again began to whir and click I gave a finger wave to Boota as his terrified eyes slowly began to close. With renewed confidence and spirit I then strode down the hall in the direction of the room that supposedly housed my BGS. I would once again be in a position to fight. My first thoughts were of reaching and destroying the reactor core. As I briskly walked down the hall another guard made himself present. He demanded to know what my business was on level-one. I again began to tell a tale of what Boota had ordered. The guard stood in front of me with his hand on his holstered weapon and it was soon apparent that he was not buying my story. I gave out an exasperated sigh in an attempt to throw him off his game before I balled my fist and punched at his face. I was again shocked at how feeble the Kurtz were. Before the guard could raise his weapon, my fist traveled three inches into his facial structure crushing his brain and ending his life. I pulled my fist back in astonishment as the dead alien fell to the floor. I pulled his body into the nearest room and exchanged armbands with him. I reasoned that I would have access to any door on the ship. I picked up his weapon and set the energy level to its highest setting before exiting into the hallway. I had killed one of their crew... there would be no turning back. I sprinted down the hall to the door of the lab that supposedly contained my BGS suit. I uttered the command into the armband to open the door, but nothing happened. I then looked back towards the room where I had exchanged armbands with the dead guard... seconds later I was in a full sprint towards it. As I approached the door two guards rounded the curvature of the hall with one looking in my direction. I raised my weapon and a green bolt of energy flew down the hall tearing into the guard before he could react. As the other guard ducked into a room I knew that my escape had become common knowledge aboard the mega-ship. Seconds later red lights began to flash up and down the hallways as I ran. I turned the corner heading for an inner hall and then stepped up to an elevator. Again the door did not open when I uttered the command. I was trapped in the hallways of level-one and my captors had me greatly outnumbered. I turned and ran back in the direction of the guard who had ducked