The Life of Kevin the Spaceman

Little is known about Kevin the spaceman. The only thing that can definitively be said about Kevin is that he’s a spaceman and that his name is Kevin, although some doubt that this is his real name.

Before he appeared in a space brawl in a backwater mining colony in the Sextans C galaxy, there is no record of Kevin. He only told the law enforcers that his name was Kevin, and that’s what he’s been known as ever since.

Kevin didn’t stay long in the mining colony for long after the brawling incident. Within days of the event, he was on a cruise ship out. He was seen disembarking on a holiday planet known for its dangerous adventures. Most of the visitors to the planet are mostly rich young adults wanting a little more excitement in their lives. Their taste for danger is usually sated after a weekend on this planet.

And so it seemed with Kevin. He was seen within days of arriving embarking a cruise ship heading towards the Reinmuth 80 galaxy. No one can actually account for his few days on the planet. He was seen heading towards the wild rapids where the Delmaicks, firing breathing fish, are known to nest. Since no one else was foolhardy enough to mess with the Delmaicks, no one actually knows if Kevin faced them or not. He just returned at the departing terminal days later, his clothes muddied and a little ripped.

For the entire trip to the Reinmith 80 galaxy Kevin just stayed inside his room and had the staff bring him his meals twice a day. He disembarked from the ship at the first port in the Reinmuth 80 galaxy.

In the busy space port he became an enforcer. The dangerous work of the enforcers seemed to really appeal to Kevin’s sense of adventure. He particularly enjoyed being a pilot, and it wasn’t long before he was captain of his own ship, in charge of hunting down pirates, smugglers and other law breakers.

It wasn’t long before Kevin’s success brought him to the attention his superiors, and he was offered a much easier, better paying job in the office. Kevin reluctantly accepted the promotion and almost instantly regretted his decision. He pleaded to be allowed to go back to captaining his ship. When he wasn’t allowed to, Kevin left the enforcer ranks.

He purchased himself an old wreck of a ship and hired out a mechanic's garage. While he worked on his ship Kevin remained hidden away in his garage, only emerging to eat at a nearby diner or to purchase more materials for his ship.

Then one day Kevin emerged from his garage much earlier than usual. He appeared more cheerful than usual to everyone, even going as far as having lunch at the tavern instead of the diner and shouting everyone present to many drinks as the day progressed.

After a few hours Kevin quietly slipped off. Residents watched as he returned to his garage. Shortly afterwards his ship was seen lifting off from the planet, and Kevin wasn’t seen in that space port ever again.

Kevin hopped from planet to planet in the Reinmuth 80 galaxy. It very quickly became clear to anyone who crossed paths with him, that Kevin was very adept at learning new languages and excelled when dealing with new and different cultures. It wasn’t long before Kevin was being sort out by merchant captains and even enforcers to help translate the native languages for them.

After releasing a couple of books about some of his more famous adventures that usually involved enforcers and even a kidnapped prince, Kevin took a holiday in the middle of the Black Eye Galaxy. It was there he planned his most dangerous and daring adventure yet; exploration of the Milky Way Galaxy at the edge of the known universe.

It took Kevin longer than he would’ve liked to organise this voyage. But eventually everything was prepared and he had turned down dozens of offers of people joining him on this trip. Kevin hated to spend long trips in confined space ships with others. He preferred to do his exploring in his own company.

Many people turned up to watch Kevin depart for what many expected was the last time. No one expected to see Kevin return to their part of the universe ever again. Although Kevin had refused to let anyone else accompany him on the trip, he did agree to have a camera recording and stream everything. This allowed people tune in and see what was happening and how Kevin was coping whenever they wanted.

An electrical interference near the Sunflower galaxy put an end to this live streaming. A couple of search parties were sent out. But since nothing was found of Kevin or his spaceship many assumed that he had died. He was mourned and then forgotten, remembered by a select few who’d had the pleasure of working with him at some point.

But that wasn’t the end of Kevin. The electrical interference not only destroyed most of the ship’s electrical wiring, but it also made fall unconscious where he fell. It was only by lucky chance that the systems controlling oxygen weren’t destroyed, otherwise Kevin would’ve died.

When Kevin came to, he was dismayed to find that he had no control of his ship, and appeared to be in an uncivilised part of the universe. He had no choice but to sit around as his ship slowly drifted through space and hope that he’d soon reach a planet with life on it.