Starstruck

Chapter One: Discovery (Pilot Chapter)

He he he... I think I did it again! Hope you enjoy this new take on the Naruto-verse.

Alert, Alert, Alert.

Scanners indicate possible derelict ships, two in amount with possible remains of a fighter escort.

Window of opportunity to investigate before pass-by: Seven minute twenty three seconds.

What actions should be taken?

A pineapple hair teen looked up from his Info-Pad and at the message that had appeared on his screen. With a raised eyebrow he leaned in setting his Pad down. "The hell?" He whispered as he began to touch symbols on the touch screen. "There shouldn't be anything out here..."

Further scans indicate ships are Tyran in design.

One Cargo Class Cruiser and a single support Frigate.

The possible remains of fighter escort is confirmed along with debri from the Cruiser and Frigate.

The teen whistled and then hit another few symbols.

Estimated damage to both ships is critical.

No distress beacons have been activated.

The pineapple haired teen gave a lazy grin and then touched a button on his left. "Hey, your not going to belive this, but we've got two dead Tyran ships coming up. There's a Cargo Cruiser and a support Frigate." Within a few seconds the door of the bridge slid open and a group of teenage boys came rushing in.

"There is no way there could be a ship out there let alone two." Said the muffled voice of a teen with sunglasses in a lab coat and a mask covering up the lower half of his face.

"That's what I thought too but there they are, right in the middle of the next sector." Said the pineapple haired teen. "There's also the remains of a fighter escort."

At this a teen with blond hair and blue eyes leaned towards the screen with a grin. "Lets go for it, we've got nothing in the cargo hold and we just got new equipment, this is a great chance to rack up some credits. Hell we might be able to salvage a fighter or two."

"Naruto's right, this is a great chance." Said the teen next to the blond. He had scruffy brown hair and slitted eyes. "Think about it if we can get one of the bastards online... we could sell it and get rich or we could get the cruiser and sell this hunk of junk."

A large boy with red hair smiled looking at the screen "Come on Shika. Its a Frigate and a Cruiser... we don't get payout's like this! This might be our only chance to rack up some serious dough." It was then that a message flashed in front of them.

Alert,

Window of opportunity will close in the next twenty seconds.

"Come on Shikamaru, we're not the best Salvagers on this side of the galaxy for nothing.." Said Naruto as he licked his lips in anticipation. "Just think, with this we could land on a Aria for a few months and you could stare at the clouds for days on end."

Shikamaru sighed and then began to touch symbols. "Dropping out of Shunshin. Estimated time to arrival ... about ten minutes with normal speed. Hurry up and get ready."

Ten minutes later...

"Okay... First scans show the hull of the Cruiser is still intact on the first, third, and fourth levels. The Air is stale with a 40% decrease in Nitrogen, In other words, Don't take off your helmets." Said Shikamaru as he touched the screen. "Also there is residual plasma radiation on level 2, it's not deadly... or even needed to be concerned about, but the hand held scanners might get a little sketchy there." He finished from behind his terminal.

"Thanks Shika, make sure to tell us if anything changes." Naruto said. "Oh, also how are the Hov-cam's coming along? I'd rather not have another incident like the one in Vega-2." He said as he began to strapped on a neon orange spacesuit.

"Seriously, If Chouji hadn't pulled us back at the last moment that pylon refractor would have crushed us..." said the teen with the scruffy brown hair and slitted eyes as he came in with a light Grey spacesuit.

The large teen with red hair grinned hearing that. "If I remember right Kiba, you still owe me a BBQ Buffet." The teen with scruffy brown hair groaned at that and shook his head. Chouji laughed and slipped into his blue spacesuit.

"You guys are so troublesome... I'll have one finished after out next trip to the Hub." Said Shikamaru as he gave a lazy sigh. "Oh and Kiba, don't lose another scanner, I hate Reprogramming those things." Kiba growled at him in reply.

Naruto chuckled at that and then said "Save it for the cephalapoids Kiba..." Kiba shuddered and Chouji laughed putting on his helmet. Naruto then grabbed a bag with a strap and slung it over his shoulder before putting his helmet on.

Chouji grabbed a large black box in his left hand and a few long pole like objects.

Kiba put his own helmet on and then grabbed a bag and a box of tools. He then looked to Naruto and Chouji. "Ready?" Naruto nodded and he gave a nod to Shikamaru who pushed a symbol. The platform they where standing on began to descend downward, the hole being closed by a pair of bulkheads.

The group then descended until they arrived at an airlock. Kiba clicked a button and the room depressurized before the hatch opened.

Naruto stepped forward and then leaped off into the darkness of space. Kiba followed quickly after and the pair drifted on until they landed on the hull of the derelict ship. Kiba touched down and the gray-boots activated keeping him safely on the hull. Naruto landed a few feet away and gave Kiba a thumbs up. Waving to Chouji the large teen jumped and floated on to the hull. The group then began to look around for a way to enter the dead ship.

After a few moment Kiba turned to Naruto and waved his arms "Over Here!" Naruto after calling Chouji walked over to Kiba. Looking down at the maintenance airlock he turned to Kiba and said "Lets get the hatch open."

Kiba opened his box of tools and after a moment pulled out a small devise. "This should do the trick." He then placed it on the door terminal and pressed three buttons. After a few moments the hatch unlocked and opened a crack.

Chouji who had arrived a moment earlier set his box down and using one of the long pole like objects pried the door open.

Once halfway Kiba slipped in with his gear and Naruto followed soon after. The pair walked down the hallway and after a few moments arrived at another hatch. Chouji arrived a moment later and whistled "Tyran's sure know how to design there ships."

Naruto after looking around said "There is still air inside this level so make sure to keep a good grip on your gear." Chouji tightened his grip as a response.

Kiba nodded and then put the same device on the hatch terminal of this door. After hitting the three buttons the hatch opened and the pair was bombarded with gale force winds as the air from within was sucked out by the vacuum of space.

Once the rush of air ceased Naruto walked in and looked around. "Shika, we've entered the ship." Naruto said as he reached into his bag and pulled out a device. "Sending scanner information to you shortly." Naruto pressed a few buttons on the device and then began to wave it around slowly.

After a moment Shikamaru's voice replied over the Com-Link "Got it... scans show that this hunk of metal isn't going anywhere anytime soon. Bringing this sucker online would take months... with a full repair fleet. So that is out of the question..." Kiba and Naruto scowled at that.

"...but we can salvage a lot from it... the electronic components, cargo, weapon systems... there's a lot to work with. I'm going to get the rest of the crew geared up and have them ready to salvage the Frigate and the fighters while you explore and salvage the interior of the cruiser. Shika out."

Naruto looked towards Kiba and then said "Race you to the cargo hold?" Kiba grinned and nodded and they bolted down the corridor.

Chouji shook his head and walked after them.

As Shikamaru clicked off the Com-Link, the teen with the sunglasses walked up to him. "You know this doesn't make sense... right?"

Shikamaru nodded. "There shouldn't be any dead ships out here. These things don't have the momentum to travels faster then an planet mile a day so there is noway these things could have drifted here without being noticed. This whole quadrant is within the safe zone, and they couldn't have missed a freaking cruiser in the great clean up."

After a moment of thought Shikamaru turned his head to face the other teen. "Shino... go check the markings on the ship, run it through the database and see if there is anything we need to know about."

Shino nodded and said "It'll be done as soon as possible." With that he left and Shikamaru turned to call the others.

Well what do you think? Review and tell me. Oh and if you have any questions ask away and i will post my response on the ext chapter.