| CAIN WIKIA
| FIGHTER WIKIA
| KINDA THE PLOT WIKIA
BRIEF SUMMARY:
In some x-amount of years into the future, humanity has colonized Mars to further their expansion into the galaxy. Unfortunately, they angered an unknown species of alien later dubbed the Colterons. The Colterons attacked Mars, claiming that the land held religious significance to them and that humanity was trespassing on sacred ground. They blew an orbital space station out of the sky, and humanity erected barriers around Earth and Mars to try to protect the planets. Thus, the navigator and fighter team fleets were formed to fight the Colterons.
Cain comes from one of the outposts on Mars, New Volga. His parents worked in the local factories, and his holder sister married and left home. He inherited his sister's rifle and used to win tournaments shooting it in local galleries. It was small money, but it was something.
Later, Cain was more or less pressed into joining the Alliance as a fighter after having been in the New Volga correctional facility. His file listed possession of an illegal firearm, trespassing, resisting arrest, and underage drinking among his crimes. With little options beyond prison or the Alliance, Cain accepted his role as a fighter in the Alliance program.
That's not all Cain was meant to do, though. While the exact wording of his commands are unknown, it is clear that Cain was tasked with somehow forging a bond with his navigator
( the implication is through seduction ). After failing twice, Cain is close to being booted from the Alliance program when he meets Abel. The pair hook up fairly quickly, and start to slowly develop a dependency on each other. At first, Abel seems like a pushover willing to take Cain's shit, but the pair learn from each other. Abel softens Cain's edges, and Cain presses Abel to be stronger, even against himself at times.
When Abel volunteers them to go into Colteron space to destroy a shipyard the enemy is building, the two board another Alliance vessel heading that way. Abel experiments with adding a new engine to the
Reliant, a task given to him by the Alliance. When B-Team, sent out to further scanners into Colteron space, ends up attacked by enemy ships,
Reliant and two other ships are deployed to defend the team and wipe out the enemy before they can return to their base. After nearly failing, Abel pushes the
Reliant to attack the final Colteron in what looks to be a suicide run. After the explosion that should have killed Abel and Cain both, the ship manages to return unscathed.
Unknown to both boys
( though Abel is learning ), the new engine installed in the
Reliant is of Colteron technology. It responds to strong emotions, such as the desire to protect
( in this case, Abel's desire to protect Cain ). Hence why Cain was tasked with becoming close to Abel.
After the battle, the pair drink and smoke together as a way of unwinding from all their stress. Cain reveals his name to be Alexei, leaving him vulnerable in a way that makes him uncomfortable. He ends up avoiding Abel, despite Abel sharing his own name with him, only to go running for the missing Abel when the Alliance calls all teams to strike.
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