Prelude

Still young, by the standards of his race, Jakstar was almost 60 years old. But if you compared his age to that of a human he would only be in his teens. But Jakstar had already suffered more in life that many ever will in a life time.

But Jakstar also had a gift for machines, he was very bright and could make almost anything work no matter how old or dilapidated it was.

Jakstar also had a unique ability reduce his body's size, or parts there of, to almost any size as small as about 6 inches. He kept this secret from all those around.

When Jakstar was still a small child he was sold into slavery. While he was a slave he was sold to many different masters. Some were cruel, some weren't. But cruelty was the norm. His second to last master had bought him because of his exceptional agility and reflexes. He was trained to fight and kill in the Outworlds Pit Fights. He was the longest Living warrior to ever survive the Pits.

Jakstar's next, and last, master was the owner of a small but well known shipyard that was renown for building you just about any ship you could ask for no questions asked. It was here that Jakstar got his real education. It was also here that his gift for building came out.

Jakstar was a born sponge. He absorbed everything he could learn. The more Jakstar learned the easier it came to him.

His final master quickly realized how smart Jakstar was and soon gave him free reign to build and experiment. After all he knew that anything Jakstar made still belonged to him. And besides Jakstar was only allowed to do the tinkering on his own time, what little he had, the rest of the time he still had to work the yards and build the regular ships.

It was after he was granted those freedoms that Jakstar decided he should make his escape. So in his spare time he started building a ship and filling it with all the best tech he could think to put in it. He also installed some concept parts and engines that he had fabricated himself to further his goals. The engine he built would in theory make his ship the fastest ship ever built. The new engine also ran on a new and experimental type of power source that would not need to ever be refueled. His new engine, he hoped, would be able to break that unbreakable barrier of twice the speed of light.

Jakstar's body had been slow to develop, as is his races norm. But Jakstar had just gained his last growth spurt about a year before and he was now quite manly. Although he never showed his hight of 6 foot 5 inches. He knew the masters would not like him being so large so he kept himself down to a reasonable 5 foot 4 inches. Jakstar was also gifted with a baby face. If he shrunk down his size it was possible for him to pass as a 10 to 13 year old human. His only noticeable feature to tell his race was the pointy ears. He also had the typical platinum blonde hair and emerald green eyes. But due to his slavery and constant exposure to the many harsh suns of the worlds he had lived on he was actually quite nicely tanned.