With caution, Antares looked each corner of the corridor if there's any intruder patrolling. Luckily, there isn't any in the right corridor. He walked down the left corridor, remembering where he put his armor. But first, he needs to eat and drink since he hasn't eaten in years. In one room to the right, he found two benches, five boxes containing freeze dried meals, a sink with a mirror at the top, and five cylinder shaped pods containing suits of armor that the Cosmic Soldiers wore. He grabbed a pouch of freeze dried gravy with chunks of turkey meat, a plastic spoon, a plastic cup for him to drink water, and a small pouch of freeze dried peas. He went over to the sink, and turned on the water to rehydrate the food in the pouches. While doing that, he looked at the mirror and he sees nothing changed in his reflection. Then he took off his jaw brace, and saw that he has a short chin strap beard.

"I wonder if I can shave or not?" He wondered to himself, brushing his fingers on his chin strap beard.

After that, he filled his cup with warm water before taking the pouches to the bench to eat and drink. The bench and the air was cold, but his body was numb upon waking up from hypersleep with frost covering him. He figured that after eating, he will put his armor on since he can't go around wearing only underwear and exoskeleton.

Meanwhile, at the cryopod chamber.

There were four aliens checking to make sure the Cosmic Soldiers were still asleep, because if one is awaken then they'll be taken prisoner or the aliens will do something bad to them. Unfortunately, one alien discovers that the pod (the one that Antares was asleep in there) is empty and there's even footprints in the dust.

"Hey guys! You might want to check this out" one alien called.

The other three saw what their partner sees, and began to contemplate whether to find the Cosmic soldier and kill him or take him prisoner. Finally, they decided to send one partner after Antares.

Back at the room.

After eating his and drinking his fill, Antares put his jaw brace back on. He stretched as he felt his joints are now loose due to regaining warmth from drinking warm water. Suddenly, he saw an alien walking by the door. It was the same one that came over to his pod. When the alien saw him, it immediately drew it's laser pistol at him.

"Don't move, or I'll blast your brains out!" It threatened.

Antares got up from the bench, with his hands up.

"Is something wrong?" He asked.

"Don't play dumb! This ship belongs to the Antioch pirates, and you will be our prisoner!" It said.

He wondered if the pirates are the intruders that the ships AI had warned him about, and the way he sees it, the alien is armed with a laser pistol that deals minor damage.

"Alright, fine. What are you going to do with me?" He asked in a sarcastic tone.

"That's for me to know, and the captain is going to figure out what to do with you!" It said.

Once the alien gotten close to him, he wastes no time disarming it and kicked it across its face to the point that it fell to the floor. Then he pinned it down, with his left fist (that has the part of the exoskeleton that enhances the strength) poised at the aliens face.

"Tell me, why are you and your buddies doing here in this ship?" He questioned while trying to sound calm.

"Please! We're just using this as a base because we were ordered to. The person that hired our crew dwelled within the planet of Cecrops!" It confessed, feeling scared that a human had disarmed it.

"Oh really? You've got two choices: one is where you leave me and my team alone so I can spare you. Or two is where I can punch you so hard that my fist well go through your head!" He threatened.

The alien was scared, since it immediately recognized what the part of the exoskeleton can do. One punch can leave dents in metal, and can crush skulls with ease regardless how hard.

"Alright! Alright! I'll leave you alone! Just spare me!" It begged.

"You chose the right choice" he said, getting off the alien.

The alien watched as Antares walked through each cylinder pod, finding which one has his armor. At the end of the row, he finally found his armor. The cylinder pod that contains the armor has a plaque that reads "Antares. Joined eight years after training. Rank: cadet". He placed his hand on a pedestal, and the glass lid slid open. Then he pulled his armor out.

"So, um... What are you going to do once you put on your armor?" Asked the alien.

"First, drive the space pirates out of this ship. Second, go to Cecrops to find that someone you just mentioned" he replied.

Then the alien watched as Antares took his armor apart, and started to put them on piece by piece:

First, he put on the navy blue colored jumpsuit made of some kind of plastic like metal (which exposes his hands and bare feet), before zipping it up.

Second, he put on each white colored leg armor with the white armored boots.

Third, he put on the white colored torso armor with the shoulder armor.

Fourth, he put on each red colored gauntlets with grey colored armor gloves.

Finally, he put on the helmet that has a red stripe and a visor that covers his eyes.

The guy in the middle of the cover is what Antares' armor looked like.

"Tell me, what is the status of my team?" He asked.

"So far, we haven't done anything. Heh, luckily that they're still alive minus the two. They're still sleeping" replied the alien.

"Hmph, I'm glad they're still alive. And you can join me if you want, but that's up to you" he suggested.

Before the alien can say anything, the lights on the ceiling starts to spark. Then the lights went out, but Antares figured that whatever the space pirates did caused the electricity to go out.

"Damn it! The lights are out!" He growled.