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Goose had received orders to return home for a few days, there were reports of activity from the Queen of the Crown and that they had been searching for the location of the Stargate, which was rumoured to be a gateway to another universe. Goose was also slightly hungover so this was going to be an interesting mission.

Goose had been asked to head to Longshot to get help from Icarus and Winter since they were needed to help search for the Stargate as it was under water and it wasn’t long before Goose was on his way to meet up with the rest of his team at Walcab.

Goose could hear Niko tell Captain Foxx that they would be arriving at the planet’s coordinates over the intercom.

“Flying Southern Dolphin Team are ready Captain,” Goose said softly, smiling at Icarus and Winter who were gleefully playing around in their pod of water that had been specially installed on the ship.

“Are you sure you want the dolphins on this one?” Captain Foxx checked one more time, “it could be dangerous,”

“Danger’s my middle name!” Winter exclaimed proudly.

“You haven’t got a middle name!” came Doc’s retort.

“Prepare for drop,” Captain Foxx decided he didn’t need for this to turn into an argument.

( it was going to be a weird mission )

Goose made it back to his ship, “Goose are you okay?” Niko’s worried voice came through the intercom.

“I’m okay,” he assured her, “how’s Zackery?”

“He’ll be okay,” Doc replied, “but the phaser glove is locked,” Goose imaged that Doc would be using Tripwire and Haywire to free Zack from the glove.

They got away from the site with moments to spare as it exploded behind them, even though they weren’t able to use the Stargate at least it had meant that the Queen of the Crown couldn’t use it either. It also turned out that Zack had been able to pull the key out of the Stargate and keep it locked permanently. “Goose, we’ll meet you at the pick up point,” Captain Foxx instructed, now that he was more alert again. “We’re heading home,”

“Roger,” Goose acknowledged and began to make his way back.

[finally getting round to canon updates. Dialogue taken from episode 29 ’Stargate’. NFB due to distance but OOC welcome!]

Goose had spent Christmas at home, the team making sure that their Captain and his kids weren’t alone on Christmas where they had another year to feel the loss of Aliza and that they were no sooner to being able to get her back.

Even though he had offered to help cook, Captain Foxx and Doc had both been adamant that just because he hadn’t burned down the Community Centre didn’t mean they were going to tempt fate again. Goose and Niko had been assigned babysitting duty and Jessica and Little Zack and Niko had tried to teach Goose how to play various different board games since he had never played them before and basically Goose had managed to start a fire after all while playing monopoly … no one was sure how that had happened but needless to say Goose was now banned from playing all board games.

Niko seemed to like her present/s since he had gone rather overboard as he handed her over what felt like half the stock from the Photo Hut. He had waited til they had had a moment alone to do that since he had felt rather awkward about the idea of giving her presents but she had also gotten him something as well and had shyly produced a photo album that she had made of photos of the team and Waldo and Zozo, Icarus and Winter and even Commander Walsh had a photo in there. Goose wondered how Niko had managed to get that photo.

She also had given him a photo frame with a group photo of everyone.

So it seemed they both had had photography in mind when getting each other gifts.

“I … uh didn’t know what to get you,” she had admitted quietly, “I didn’t think you would have many personal photos … memories … I doubt it’s something you would have been taught, I don’t know about Fandom but from what I know about Supertroopers …” her voice trailed off, “I thought you could put the photo frame in your apartment, in Fandom” she said with a shy smile. She had remembered how bare his apartment was when she had visited for Parents Weekend so she knew it was in desperate need of refurbishing.

Goose flipped through the photo album, smiling softly at the photos - his team was the closest thing he had to a family and a place where he felt he belonged.

“It’s … it’s perfect,” he told her, “thank you,” he smiled back shyly at her.

A couple of days later the Rangers had gathered at Longshot to see the results of the new experimental glove for Captain Foxx that Doc and Q-Ball had been working on for the past several weeks with Goose’s input as well.

“Okay, flex it,” Doc instructed Captain Foxx, who was wearing the glove and it was attached to a monitor, Doc was observing the readings as he did so.

“What kind of toy are you kids playing with now?” Niko asked as she observed what was happening, she had been away on an archeological dig so she had missed out on most of the planning stages of the invention.

“A phaser glove,” Doc explained, “it projects a phasing field which allows Zackery to pass his arm through any solid matter for the duration of the charge,”

“Do it Doc,” Captain Foxx nodded and Doc obliged typing in a command sequence and a minute later the glove began to emit a blue glow and Zack tested out the glove, it seemed to be working as he phased through the wall.

“Flux overload!” Doc suddenly exclaimed.

“Phaser discharge!” Goose pointed to the wiring, noticing that it was going haywire.

“Cover your eyes!” Q-Ball exclaimed and a bright white light filled the room, everyone shielding their eyes from the glare.

“Zackery are you alright?” Niko asked, worried once the light had faded.

“Yes I’m fine,” he told her, taking off the smoldering remains of the glove and looking at the wall that now had a giant hole in it, “that’s one way to reach through,” he remarked dryly.

“Well back to the old drawing board,” Goose shrugged, grinning back at Q-Ball and Doc who merely groaned at his assessment of the situation.

[some dialogue taken from episode 29 ‘Stargate’. NFB but OOC welcome]

Goose’s apartment had mostly survived the cooking lesson, well a couple of the walls were a bit singed but compared to recent efforts that was relatively good progress for him.

The next day Doc had gone to Longshot to work with the recently found Queen’s Memory Bird, named Bubblehead and Zack and Goose had told him they’d meet up with him later.

They approached the Data Library and passed two staff removing a trolley from the room.

“Watch it,” Zack barked as they nearly bumped into them. They didn’t respond and hurried along.

“Everybody’s in a hurry today,” Goose remarked, staring after the staff as they walked into the library.

“Zack!” Goose pointed at Doc who was slumped over by the console.

“Doc are you alright?” Zack asked as they ran over to him.

Doc groaned and they ran over to check, “yeah I think so,” he said, rubbing his neck, “somebody zapped me,”

“What happened here?” Zack wanted to know.

“The memory bird,” Doc looked around the room, “it’s gone!” he turned back to the console and began typing, bringing up the information he was looking for, “a file has been accessed,” he informed them.

“Doc,” Goose said as he read the number of the file, “what’s in file 18?” he had a sinking feeling in his stomach.

“The Supertrooper Juice formula!” Doc exclaimed in horror.

“The formula has been loaded into the bird,” Zack stated.

“Bubblehead?” Doc glanced at Zack, “he has trouble remembering two plus two,” he pointed out.

“We can’t take any chances,” Goose declared, he knew what would happen if that formula got into the wrong hands.

“I’ll alert security,” Zack nodded.

“I’m on it,” Goose told him and pressed a button that would allow him to contact security.

( theyhadtogetthebirdback )

They were soon catching up to Kidd, “Doc tell them,” Niko was heard saying.

“What Moxie and Miller got was one of the early experimental formulas,” Doc told them.

“But even those early formulas were potent,” Zack pointed out.

“Bubblehead won’t be able to handle it,” Doc replied, “half his circuitry was filled with plumping information,”

“There has been a breach in security, nevertheless” Zack frowned.

“Cut the chatter,” Goose commanded, “warping out,” the ships dropped out of warp. “Kidd’s changing course,” he stated.

“Trouble,” Zack grunted, which was a bit of an understatement.

“Slaver transports,” Goose realised what they were.

“Pull out,” Zack ordered and Goose did as instructed, pulling back so they weren’t near those ships. They waited nearby to see what would happen.

“You think the queen will reward Kidd for bringing her bird home Goose?” Zack wondered.

“I don’t know about a reward,” Goose said, “but I’m sure he’ll get what he deserves,”

[dialogue taken from episode 28 ‘Birds of a Feather’. NFB but OOC welcome]

After Walsh’s speech and spending most of the day on clean up duty, the Series 5 team had been given the night off and Doc took this opportunity to have a cooking lesson with both Goose and Niko - since apparently Niko had also tried her hand at cooking while Goose was away and had met with similar disastrous results.

Captain Foxx was having nothing to do with this and was spending the evening with his kids, Goose suspected it was also so he’d have plausible deniability for when this inevitably went wrong.

“I still don’t know why we have to cook in here,” Goose grumbled as Doc got out what they needed in his kitchen, “you’re the chef, you have all that fancy equipment in your apartment,”

Doc gave him a look, “and that is why we’re cooking in here my Gooseman,” he remarked, “I am not letting you cook anywhere near my apartment, lest you blow it up, considering what you’ve told me about your recent cooking escapades I’m not taking the chance, I still remember what you did to Zack’s kitchen,”

“He needed a new oven anyway,’ Goose grumbled, “and the fire wasn’t that big,”

“On the plus side we’ve gotten better at making cookies with Jessica and Little Zack,” Niko beamed, “of course Zack will only let us use the kitchen if he’s there to supervise,”

“Which brings me to today’s cooking lesson, how to cook something without setting food on fire,” Doc remarked, “which is apparently something that needs to be covered considering how frequently things appear to catch fire when you’re anywhere near them Goose,” he gave him a look.

“It was only a little fire that last time!” Goose protested, “it didn’t cause that much damage,” that was because Ignis put the fire out before it could Goose.

“You were making beans,” Doc snapped, “there shouldn’t have been any fire at all and don’t even get me started on how you managed to get them on the ceiling as well,” he shook his head, “all this is doing is making me think I should send an expensive bottle of scotch to your teacher, something tells me he might need it,”

“I don’t see what the big deal is,” Goose remarked, “you put the food on the stove, you turn up the temperature and then you cook it,”

“At the specified temperature,” Doc corrected, “there’s no need to turn it up all the way, the same with the oven. It does cook … you just have to be patient, which I know is something that Supertroopers aren’t known for but when it comes to cooking … it’s an art form, it takes time,”

“I still don’t see why you can’t cook it faster with the heat turned all the way up,” Goose grumbled.

“It just doesn’t work that way, all that does is burn the food and set them on fire,” Doc sighed.

It was going to be a long evening.

[Just some randomness that came to mind. NFB but OOC is welcome]

“This Hyperdrive was powdered by a type of Star Stone that I haven’t seen,” Waldo remarked as the Rangers and Commander Walsh gathered in Q-Ball’s lab to hear his analysis after he had spent the last several hours making his findings.

“But Star Stones are incredibly rare,” Q-Ball protested as he examined the wreckage, “to have enough to power an armada, how do you explain that?”

“Niko,” Zack turned to her, “can your P-S-I powers help?”

“I’ll try,” Niko told him, she wandered over to the wreckage and picking up some with her hands, she tapped her badge to amplify her powers. After a few minutes she stopped, “you’re not going to believe this,” she told them. She revealed it was Captain Kidd, the bird pirate alien who had first attacked Captain Foxx and was responsible for selling his wife to the Queen of the Crown.

After that, Commander Walsh ordered BETA to go to full red alert status and there was a scramble to get the place locked down and secure. Niko and Goose were assigned to go to Captain Kidd’s home planet to get information from him.

“Nice place you got here Kidd,” Goose remarked once they had arrived at his home and had stated why they needed his information.

“I’m Luigi,” a nearby monkey chirped at them, eating apples and while Niko startled and stared it, Goose didn’t think twice about it, since it was hardly the strangest thing he had ever experienced after Fandom.

“Look Captain Kidd,” Niko pleaded , “are you going to help us?”

“If you don’t,” Goose warned, “the Queen wins everything, no human technology, no Kiwi food and no Andorian hyperdrives,”

Captain Kidd sat impassively as he listened, “Okay, okay,” he raised his hands in surrender, “have any of you seen Mrs. Kidd?” He looked around nervously. “Luigi?”

“She’s in the Galley skipper!!” He piped up.

“Then hearken to me my mateys while the Mrs. is in the Henhouse,” Captain Kidd nodded, “it’s like this,” he motioned to them to step forward and he started telling them what he knew.

( “theyweresoonabletoformaplan” )

The next day Walsh delivered an address to the Rangers assembled in the command room, the Series 5 team stood behind him

“The Crown has suffered the worst defeat in history,” he told them, “The Queen’s Armada is destroyed, The League of Planets will stand ready to deliver to preserve justice across this final frontier,” applause broke out among the assembled teams.

[part 2 of 2. Dialogue from episode 27 ‘Aramada’. NFB but OOC is welcome]

Since Goose was a teacher now he figured he should at least hold office hours in case any visitors his students had wanted to speak to him.

Of course he didn’t think the rest of his team would want to join him but he was sadly mistaken and he found himself in his office with the rest of the Series 5 Galaxy Ranger team.

He was going to be lucky if his office withstood this visit.

“You know you don’t have to do this,” he was saying, “it’s only for a few hours,”

“and miss the opportunity to see my Gooseman being a teacher,” Doc smirked, “I for one don’t mind,”

Goose sighed, it was going to be a long few hours.

[door and post both open!]

Goose had received an urgent update from Niko that Kirwin was under attack from the Queen of the Crown and that the defence shields were down, this had been followed by Captain Foxx ordering him to meet them en route so they could provide assistance til a fleet was prepared.

( “therewasnotimetolose” )

Goose stared after his rival, “looks like we’re going to have to settle this some other time,” he remarked before heading back to the village.

He saw the Gherkins lying on the ground, they weren’t moving, he ran over to Niko, “are they all right?”

“I don’t know,” she said worriedly, “they’ve lost a lot of their life force,”

The Gherkin leader stirred, “we Gherkins are a lot tougher than you might think,” he told them.

Even though they had won their victory, it was bittersweet as the Gherkins could no longer remain in their new home, “now that the Queen knows we’re here, we can no longer stay on Kirwin,” the Gherkin leader said sadly, “we need another sanctuary, I feel we must again become wanderers,”

[dialogue taken from The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers episode 26 ‘The Magnificent Kiwi’. NFB but OOC welcome!]

So Doc had been teaching Goose about the importance of social interactions and how to actually talk to people away from school or work and actually have fun and socialise. He had wanted a status update about how his first week was going and so that Friday afternoon Goose decided to give him a call via video link since this one didn’t require a formal report as, Doc pointed out, would have defeated the whole purpose of this experiment.

( cutforalinkdrop )

Doc shook his head, “this is one of those Fandom things you told us about, isn’t it?”

“No……….I don’t think so.” Goose remarked, “I haven’t noticed …………unusual or different.” he paused and then asked a question that he thought Doc might be able to explain, “hey …………Doc?” he asked, “what’s a …………..special brownie?”

Of all the things Doc was expecting, that wasn’t it and immediately started laughing, practically falling off the chair that he was sitting on …. It was going to be a while before he attempted to even answer that question.

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