The Empire was established nearly 1000 years ago, by the long reigning family of benevolent Shoyru. The royal family was always honest and just - for their primary goal was to keep peace over their network of galaxies. So rare, it was, to find such great rulers and Kisua felt it to be the utmost honor to serve them. For they had treated her father well in his passing days...

After all, it was her destiny to be a space patroller. And she knew that it was time for her to join the ranks

Kisua awkwardly adjusted her space suit. It was tight in all the strangest places and her breath fogged up the glass of her helmet. Ugh, I wish I didn't have to wear this darn suit! Despite her grumbling, Kisua was more than ready to get started. She looked around her and saw Neopets of all shapes and sizes. She noted with amusement that there was an overabundance of Grundos. Typical, she thought, with a roll of her eyes. One by one, they filed into the space pod

As the engines rumbled to life, Kisua closed her eyes. She wasn't nervous. No. She was just... excited. She had been in the Program for nearly two years now and this was going to her first real trip into space. She was part of Class 5 out of a total of ten classes. Although 99 other Neopets had signed up with her, after just two years, the number had dwindled down to 32. If the training at HQ was tough, she could hardly imagine how difficult the space training would be. She strapped herself in tightly, peering over the shoulder of the Ogrin in front of her. She was ready.

***

They were here! After three hours of jittering about in space, they were finally at the space station. Not everyone had fared very well on the trip, but Kisua was raring to go. As soon as the doors were lowered, she bolted out into the loading bay. She was met with floor to ceiling windows, and past those windows.... was space. Pitch black with faint glittering stars in the distance. She couldn't believe she was here!

She and her class mates filed into a small storage room and waited for the instructor to begin speaking. "Welcome to Virtupets Space Station. Here, you will begin Phase 2 of your training. First and foremost, we will be distributing your Scout Units. These Units are going to be your companions throughout your deployments and they are absolutely essential to your research!"