In a galaxy far, far away was the planet Stardonia.
On the planet Stardonia, all the Stardonians resembled human beings, but they were different. They all had a light green skin complexion with blue, brown, or black eyes. The eyes of a Stardonian were twice the size as compared to human eyes. They also had fluorescent orange, pink, lime green, purple, or red hair. All the elders of Stardonia had a full head of shiny silver hair.
On Stardonia lived young Scoota, who was in his early adulthood. Scoota was small in height, as were all the Stardonians. He had a light green complexion, blue eyes, and a fluorescent blue crew cut hairstyle.
At his home, Scoota wore a light purple jumpsuit while finishing packing a suitcase.
A knock on his front door.
He opened it, and his girlfriend, Litta, stood outside. She was the same age and had long flowing fluorescent orange hair with black eyes. They kissed. She stepped inside, and he closed the door.
"Are you sure you want to go out of our universe again?" Litta asked.
"You bet, Litta. I want to test out my new ride, and I also need more practice with space navigation," he replied. "In hundred-star years, I'll never understand why you bought that old spaceship. It has all that ancient technology that my great, great grandfather once flew," she said, shaking her head.
"I removed some of that old antiquated equipment and upgraded the ship. She’s now a sweet ride," Scoota replied with a sparkle in his eyes. “A sweet ride!”
"Whatever, Scoota," Litta replied, rolling her eyes. "Please be careful and watch your speed around Neileon. You know the Neileon space cops love handing out speeding tickets," Litta said in a motherly tone.
"I know, they're nothing but a bunch of citation terrorists," he replied.
"Now, I want you to call me so I know you're safe out there."
"I will," he replied. "Why don't you come along with me?"
"I told you I couldn't get off work. I don't have all that vacation time like what the Stardonia Space Force gives you. I'll take a few days off when you get back," she replied.
Scoota looked disappointed. "Okay," he said. He kissed her on the lips.
He walked over to his couch, and he picked up his glass fishbowl helmet and gloves to complete his Space Force jumpsuit.
He left his home with Litta and closed his door.
Seven days had passed.
A spaceship zoomed in from outer space, racing toward Saturn at lightning speed.
The spaceship zoomed over the rings of Saturn and raced toward Jupiter.
Hours later, that spaceship zoomed past Jupiter.
A closer examination of the spaceship revealed it wasn't an alien spacecraft. It was an old American spacecraft. It was the Lunar Module's ascent stage from the Apollo 17 mission.
It departed the Moon's orbit on December 14th, 1972. It was the last mission to the Moon, and the ascent stage was designed to impact the Moon. But instead, it flew off into outer space.
The modified Lunar Module had a strange engine.
It emitted a purplish flame from its odd-shaped nozzle. It wasn't an engine from planet Earth.
It was an engine from another planet. It was from a planet millions of miles away from Earth. It was from the planet Stardonia.
A label was affixed to the rear of the Lunar Module above that strange engine. It read "Scrappy's Used Spaceships – Planet Stardonia." The Lunar Module was in the same condition as when it jettisoned from the Crew Service Module in the Moon’s orbit back in 1972.
Inside the Apollo 17 Lunar Module sat Scoota at the console. He bought this Lunar Module from Scrappy and enhanced it as he told Litta. His vacation was to take it out for a spin around the galaxies since he had thirty days off.
The inside looked the same as when it left the Moon in 1972.
It had modifications like improved computers, music generator, navigational system, and Outer Space Positioning System (OSPS).
This was standard equipment for all spaceships in Scoota's neck of the universe. Plus, he added a fancy seat installed with heaters.
The music generator was cranking. Scoota listened to a techno song from the popular band "The Dim Stars" from Stardonia.
The Lunar Module raced toward Mars.
The Lunar Module got closer to Mars. Scoota pressed a button on the OSPS.
"You are one hundred and twenty-five million miles from your destination," a female voice said from the OSPS.
Scoota removed his hologram camera and snapped a picture of Mars from the windows.
He pressed the "Playback" button, and a 3-D hologram of Mars appeared.
He hit the "Save" button and placed his camera back in his flight suit pocket.
He kicked back and placed his boots up on the console. He cranked up the volume of the Dim Stars song and relaxed. His boots swayed in rhythm with the music.
The Lunar Module raced past Mars and headed toward Earth.
It wasn't too long before the Lunar Module raced to the Moon.
"You are two hundred thirty-eight thousand, eight hundred and fifty-seven miles from your destination," the female voice said from the OSPS.
Scoota sat straight up, reached into his suit pocket, and removed a small device. He opened it up and pressed a button. A 3-D hologram image of Litta is emitted from the device called a Space Pad with a half-eaten orange icon.
"Hi baby," Scoota said to Litta's hologram.
"Hey, honey. Where are you now?" she asked.
Scoota looked out the window and watched while he zoomed past the Moon. "I'm getting close to the planet Earth," he said.
"When are you coming back home?" she asked.
"I'm going to make a quick trip around the Earth. I picked up on signals yesterday that they're launching their new Magellan five rocket. I want to see it," he replied.
"You've been gone for almost two weeks now. I miss you," Litta said. Her eyes widened. "Wait, did you say Earth?" she asked.
"Yes, Earth."
"Please don't go there. If they catch you, they'll dissect you," she pleaded and looked fearful for his life.
"I'll be okay. Those Earthlings won't even know I'm watching them," he replied with a look of confidence.
"Please hurry home. That species scares me," she said with a worried tone.
"I'll head home tomorrow," Scoota said. He reached up and pressed the Space Pad button on the console. Litta's hologram disappeared.
At the rear of the Lunar Module, the flame from the engine got smaller. The module slowed down, being closer to the planet Earth.
Scoota kicked back.
He pressed the Space Button button.
The Space Pad hologram of Litta reappeared.
"I forgot, when you get home, I thought we could take a cruise on the Royal Galaxy Space Cruise Ship to Beonlian. I want to relax on their beaches for a few days," she said.
"For sure," he replied.
An undetected piece of space junk raced past his windows
"Good. I'll go ahead and make our reservations," she said.
"Don't get the expensive cabins. Remember, I'm still a Junior Grade Space Knight and receive a small paycheck.”
"I won't," she said.
Scoota looked up at the windows. He noticed his Lunar Module heading straight at a massive piece of space junk. An old satellite. He panicked and dropped his Space Pad, and it turned off. Litta's hologram disappeared.
He jumped up and grabbed the control stick. He swerved the Lunar Module to the left. A loud bang. The Module shook, smacking into the satellite.
Scoota didn't realize the satellite attached to his Lunar Module.
Scoota ’s eyes widened. He swerved the Lunar Module to the right. He came upon another piece of space junk. An old rocket part. The last piece of junk that stuck to his spacecraft smacked into the old rocket part. The two pieces of space junk are attached as one unit.
Scoota’s Lunar Module flew with the attached pieces of space junk.
The Lunar Module smacked into another piece of space junk. Another old satellite and it attached to the module.
Inside the Lunar Module, Scoota was panicking, trying to get his craft under control. He had difficulty since the pieces of attached space junk affected the maneuvering capability.
Out in space above Earth, the Lunar Module ran into a vast debris field of space junk. It smacked into many pieces, and they all stuck to a module.
Scoota's craft smacked into many pieces of space junk during its orbit. Space junk is attached to other space junk with the old Lunar Module out in front. His Lunar Module began growing into a small asteroid of attached space junk.