Author's Note: Hello, fanfiction community! For those of you who don't know, Space Quest was a series of comedic and satirical adventure games made by Sierra On-Line in the 80's and 90's. As such, I don't own any of the characters in this story.

These stories are going to be a retelling of each of the games, but with a few creative liberties thrown in (don't worry, I won't go overboard).

Please review, and I'll be sure to post more chapters!

Space Quest 1: The Story

Chapter 1: The Sarien Encounter

You are startled awake by the blaring of an alarm. As you clear the sleepy haze from your mind, your memory rushes back:

You are Roger Wilco, janitor sub-extraordinaire on board the starship Arcada. The ship was on its way back to your home planet, Xenon, after the Arcada's science team had successfully completed the Star Generator.

The Star Generator could ignite empty, useless planets into new stars. This breakthrough would be vital to Xenon and its surrounding star system, Earnon, as its current sun was on the verge of dying.

And you, Roger Wilco, would be forever remembered as the guy who had the privilege of mopping the floors outside the room where the Star Generator was created.

Right now, however, an incredibly rude and annoying alarm has just woken you from one of your famous on-shift naps in the janitor's closet. Stepping out into the hallway, you hear the frightened voice of a technician shouting over the intercom that the Arcada has been boarded by unknown intruders. The transmission ends abruptly.

Resisting the urge to climb back into the closet and sleep through this dilemma, you instead decide to look for a better place to hide. You'll have to file a complaint to StarCon about this later.

Suddenly, you hear the computer's overly cheery voice crackle from the intercom system:

"Self-destruct sequence is engaged. Fifteen minutes until detonation."

Your razor-sharp mind tells you that this new development makes your previous plans a bit more difficult, so you decide to look for a way off the Arcada. After travelling through a few hallways and an elevator, you think you hear footsteps approaching you! As you bravely hide behind a doorway, you catch a glimpse of a strange creature.

The creature is largely humanoid in build, wearing a somewhat bulky, red suit and helmet. Behind the helmet's eye-holes you see only darkness. You also notice that the creature, whom you now presume to be one of the intruders, is holding a rather large laser rifle. After scanning the room for a few moments, the creature turns around and leaves the room.

After waiting for a moment, you use your cheetah-like agility to race towards a door at the end of the hallway. Upon passing through it, you enter what appears to be the ship's data archives. As you glance around, a door at the other end of the room slides open as an old man stumbles in. He seems to be one of the Arcada's scientists. He also appears to be in serious need of some Abdo-Seal brand abdomen filler! After only a few steps, he slumps to the floor. Struggling painfully, he raises up on one elbow and gasps:

"The Star Generator is under attack! You'd better get off this ship if you value your life, Wilco!"

He then glances over at the Arcada Data Archive and utters the words "astral body". He then settles to the floor, lifeless.

Sitting down at the archive's terminal, you type in a search for "astral body". The computer pauses for a moment, and then "Title found...Retrieving" appears on the cracked monitor. A data cartridge is quickly carried over to you by a small droid. After carefully placing the cartridge in your patented Bottomless Pockets, you exit the room.

After navigating your way through the Arcada's almost maze-like hallways, you find your way into the shuttle bay control room. Proceeding into the airlock, you don a space suit hanging in a closet nearby. While transferring your belongings into the suit, you feel something else in one of the pockets. Pulling it out, you find that it is a small metallic gadget with the words "Universal Translator: Prototype 2" engraved into the front.

As you look up from the gadget, you glance through the airlock window into the shuttle bay, and notice that the bay doors are still closed! You must have forgotten to open them from the control room!

You hustle back into the control room, and quickly head for the bay door controls. As you press the button marked "Open", you hear a horn sound repeatedly as you watch the bay doors slide apart through the observation window. Not wanting to stick around any longer, you turn around and make it about halfway to the airlock before before you hear a hissing noise from the other side of the room.

Looking for the source of the sound, you see the doors slide open on the opposite wall from the airlock. You freeze in mid-step as two aliens quickly walk into the room, and immediately level their rifles toward your head.

(End of chapter 1)

Author's Note: Thanks for reading, guys! You've been a great pantload! This is just the start of what I hope will be an exciting series of stories! Please rate fairly, and I will be sure to post future chapters (but not actual future chapters, I'm saving those for Space Quest IV). Until then, keep your mops ready!