[ WP ] An alien race encounters the most terrifying predator imaginable . A lone , unarmed human .

`` One minute to impact'', the computerized Starship Assistant warned. 
 
 The Ovmar had all but destroyed my ship and killed the entire crew - all 451 of them. Their devious hack had sabotaged my ship to deploy all of the escape pods and detonate three of the projectiles before we locked them out in the battle. As the remainder of my crew fled to the Huntress, the only remaining shuttle in the shuttlebay, the Ovmar hack had booby-trapped the shuttlebay door to detonate the Huntress' payload and took out everyone. 
 
 Although we prevailed in battle, I was the only survivor in its aftermath, my ship plummeting in a freefall to the only habitable planet nearby. 
 
 `` Ten seconds to impact.'' 
 
 I passed out in complete shock. 
 
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 `` What do you think it is, Pugh?'' Jep asked his younger sister. 
 
 Despite being three years younger, Pugh was a formidable scout in the military, just one rank below her brother. Pugh looked with bewilderment at this enormous bio mass that spanned into the horizon. 
 
 `` I'm not sure, Jep. It must be a billion yurks tall, and it moves five thousand times faster than a pissed off plog. I have no idea what it is, thought it seems to be some sort of biological vessel. We'll know something as soon as our satellite passes over in three hours. It's harboring trillions of simpletons.'' 
 
 Jep did n't hesitate. `` I'm reporting this to central command... we have to stop this thing before it reaches the outposts, or gods forbid, the oceans! We'll need the entire battalion!'' Jep said as he pulled out his farsound. 
 
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 When I woke, I was sure I was dead. I could n't move anything. Turns out being a captain of a starship and going down with the ship was n't as glamorous in real life as it was in the stories. I could move my head - slightly. 
 
 We did n't have much of a chance to scout the planet before choosing it as our landing zone. I could breathe, thankfully. The entire bridge was complete exposed to the elements. I could see a slight orange haze in the sky, but very little else. 
 
 I felt a slight pain on my nose. Pain... was very welcoming. I could at least feel. I tried to move my arm, but nothing happened. 
 
 `` Damn it, why could n't the impact have taken me?'' 
 
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 `` Ready! Fire! Fire NOW! ``, Jep commanded his battalion with a tone of desparation. 
 
 The elite army - tens of thousands of sphere-shaped Ramzen - all trained their weapons on the designated spot and complete depleted their munitions. 
 
 `` It's having no effect, General! The bio vessel is still very active, spewing countless simpletons with each propulsion of air! The simpletons will overrun us if the vessel does n't destroy us first!'' 
 
 Jep furrowed his brow at the news, but then quickly responded. 
 
 `` We will have to use the mass annihilator. It's our only hope. If the vessel reaches the oceans, all is lost.'' 
 
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 That damned pain on my nose got a little worse. I instinctively tried to swat, but my arm still did n't obey. Slowly, though, I started to get feeling throughout the rest of my body. 
 
 I could feel some strength return. First, one finger twitched, and then my whole hand was able to clench. I gathered the strength to prop myself up. Then it hit me - the incredible thirst. I must have been out for a day. I was completely dehydrated. And just as the thirst hit me, an uncontrollable sneeze took me by surprise. The dust from the crash site was covering everything. 
 
 I climbed through the debris and finally made my way to solid ground. All supplies on the ship were complete lost. I had to live off the land, but thankfully I could see a small puddle of water just ten feet away. 
 
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 Jep stared in disbelief as half of his battalion was completely destroyed by biomass vessel's seemingly aimless movements. 
 
 `` Pugh... speak to me! ``, he pleaded at his lifeless sister, but Jep knew it was hopeless. 
 
 The biomass vessel had moved so fast, so suddenly. The force of the wind blew thousands of Ramzens away while some sort of electrical charge emanating from the biomass vessel overloaded thousands of other Ramzens' suits. Millions of simpletons had floated down and started to attack the survivors. 
 
 `` Sir, the biomass vessel - it is veering towards the oceans! We must use the annihilator now! ``, a desperate private reported. 
 
 `` Fire! Damnit, fire!'' Jep commanded. 
 
 The private launched his race's ultimate weapon - the mass annihilator - at the biomass vessel. His whole race depended on this. 
 
 Jep held his breath for what seemed like an eternity. 
 
 `` No effect! The attack had no effect!''. Jep stared blankly at the biomass vessel as the rest of his battalion was overwhelmed by simpletons. 
 
 Jep's final sight before succumbing to the simpletons was the entire ocean being sucked up into the biomass vessel. 
 
 

