Fireball XL5 (spacecraft): Difference between revisions

In [[January]] [[2065]], ''Fireball XL5'' was ordered to investiate an automatic [[space]] [[mayday]] in [[Sector 4]] of [[Sector 25]]. They found the signal to have originated from [[Space freighter (The Batmen)|a seemingly adrift space freighter]] which was actually occupied by hostile [[Batman (species)|Batmen]]. ''Fireball'' pursued the freighter to [[Asteroid (The Batmen)|an asteroid]] in [[hyperspace]]. [[Steve Zodiac]], [[Venus (The Batmen)|Doctor Venus]] and [[Matthew Matic|Professor Matic]] were later captured by the Batmen, forcing Steve to temporarily surrender ''Fireball'' in order to save Venus's life. However, the situation was defused when Steve and [[Robert the Robot]] exposed the [[leader of the Batmen]] as a [[human]] impostor, though not before he had taken ''Fireball'' for a test-flight. [[Valeen]], who wished to return to his people's [[peace]]ful ways, returned ''Fireball'' to Steve and asked that he take his former leader back to [[Earth]], a proposition which Steve accepted. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[The Batmen (comic story)|The Batmen]]'') The [[news]] that ''Fireball'' had landed on an unknown asteroid in hyperspace made the [[front page]] of ''[[TV Century 21 (in-universe)|TV Century 21]]'' on [[30 January]], with [[Wilbur Zero|Commander Zero]] explaining that ''Fireball'' had made the discovery whilst hunting a [[space freighter]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Stingray Attacked! (short story)|Stingray Attacked!]]'') Steve's decision to surrender ''Fireball'' to the Batmen also graced the front page, on [[13 February]], accompanied by a [[photograph]] of the craft obtained via [[Neutrom Tele-Radar Satellite]]. ([[PROSE]]: ''[[Fireball Surrenders! (short story)|Fireball Surrenders!]]'')