Hero Factory: To Serve and to Protect

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Hero Factory: To Serve and to Protect
Media
Type Activity Book Year(s) released 2010

Hero Factory: To Serve and to Protect, also known as Hero Factory: In Service of the Galaxy, is a 32-page Hero Factory activity book by Greg Farshtey. It was translated into Polish language, and released by the AMEET publishing company on 2010 along with Hero Factory: Galaxy's Most Wanted. It takes place during the 2010 story arc. The book contains various activities and information on the Hero Factory corporation and the six Heroes of Alpha 1 Team.

Content

The book has a story that is split into two, The Measure of Heroes, also called Measure of Heroism, and Mission: Asteroid. The Measure of Heroes is said to take place between the events of Episode 3: The Enemy Within and Episode 4: Von Nebula. Mission: Asteroid is a first-perspective from William Furno, and said to take place before the events of Episode 1: Trials of Furno. The book also has a comic called Stormer Investigates. The books describes the Hero Factory and presents characters who got involved in the 2010 story arc. It also has quizzes, puzzles and a test called What Kind of Hero Are You? The book also has pages that can be flicked to make the pictures move.

The Measure of Heroes

The Hero Ship broke through the blue planet's upper atmosphere. Far below, cities shining with the silver of thousands of towers seemed to float on the surface of the omnipresent ocean. Breez would probably say they look like stars in the sky. Stormer had no time for such sentiments. He was the commander of Alpha Squad and focused on the task at hand. He and Furno were returning from a routine convoy mission when the Hero Factory assigned them a new task. Mysterious, large radiation spikes have been recorded in the largest city on Aqua Gamma IV. The authorities requested help as quickly as possible, and Stormer and Furno were the closest.

"Do we know anything about this planet?" Furno asked.

"You were supposed to look at the data on the planets in this sector," Stormer replied, irritated. "Our work requires not only strength and speed. Knowledge is also useful."

Furno, guessing that there was no other answer, entered the name of the planet into the computer. In addition to having rich mineral deposits, Aqua Gamma IV was an important center for scientific research. In its time, this planet was not very different from other worlds. However, one day, a climate catastrophe caused the sea level to rise by several meters. Inventive inhabitants raised their cities above the water level with giant platforms supported by thousands of metal poles.

Stormer planted the vehicle on the outskirts of the largest city. Furno took out his handheld scanner and went outside to check the radiation levels in the area. He was very concerned about the device's readings - he had already encountered this type of radiation before.

"Meltown," he muttered. "Stormer, we have a problem."

"Impossible," Stormer said in surprise. "We left him on a prison asteroid in an on-screen cell. He couldn't escape from there."

"Who's there then?" Furno asked, pointing with his finger at a menacing-looking robot that was attacking one of the towering buildings in the city center with his vehicle from the air.

"Back to the ship!" Stormer ordered. "Let's get him!"

They started running, but a huge shock that suddenly shook the city knocked them off their feet halfway. A moment later, the city shook again, only harder. Stormer jumped up and ran towards the docks. Furno did the same.

The situation was worse than they expected. Below, on a disk floating just above the water, Corroder sat, repeatedly shooting corrosive acid at one of the stakes supporting the city. The stake was almost half eaten away by the acid. The bandit suddenly looked up, saw the Heroes, and smiled broadly.

"Hello", he said. "We were expecting someone from your company. I'm here to entertain you. What do you think? Just a few more shots and everything should start falling apart."

"Take the ship," Stormer said to Furno. "You will stop Meltdown... just be careful! I'll take care of Corroder."

"In a minute. I owe him something for the last meeting..." Furno began.

"Get out of here!" Stormer interrupted. "It's an order."

Furno obediently turned on his heel and disappeared. A moment later, the roar of the engines assured Stormer that the recruit had flown away.

"One on one, Corroder! Stormer shouted. "You know what the result will be. You better give up right now."

"What's the fun in that?" Corroder laughed, aiming his blaster at Stormer. "I'm ready to destroy you."

Stormer barely managed to dodge Corroder's concentrated acid blast. However, the metal wall of the building behind him melted in a few seconds. Corroder once checkmated a squad of several experienced Heroes. This duel won't be easy...

Furno needed a plan quickly. Meltdown had a weapon that fired radioactive nastiness. Under normal circumstances, a Hero sent to fight him would be wearing special radiation protection armor. But now there was no time to return to the Hero Factory for equipment. Furno had to face Meltdown with what he had.

He must be trying to break into the research center, he guessed. That's reason enough not to let him do it.

Flying low over the streets, Furno prepared to attack. He saw crowds below, panicked by the tremors caused by Corroder's sabotage. When he got close enough to Meltdown, he pressed the button that released the magnetic holder. A large U-shaped magnet attached to a flexible steel cable shot out from the ship's belly, attached itself to Meltdown's back, and then pulled upwards to tear him away from his vehicle.

"You're welcome aboard," Furno said, "but first I'll throw you into the ocean." You'll need a bath.

Even if Meltdown was worried, hanging above the city attached to a large magnet from the Hero's ship, he didn't show it. Instead, he raised the blaster and fired. As soon as the radioactive substance hit the ship's hull, all the gauges in Furno's cockpit went crazy.

"He fried my controls" Furno was terrified. "I'll be a goner soon!"

To be written

Mission: Asteroid

REPORT NO.: WF-0035

FOR: Mr. Makuro

FROM: William Furno

MISSION CODE: AA007

MISSION OBJECTIVE: stop the asteroid attack

STATUS: completed

Yesterday at 04:00 Natalie Breez, Mark Surge and I flew out on an independent mission by order of Hero Factory headquarters. Objective: to stop a huge asteroid that, having broken away from the Makuhero Belt, was heading straight for Makuhero City, or more precisely, the Hero Factory.

Equipped with explosive throwers, we set an intercept course. Once at our target, we lowered the vehicle to fire charges from three sides and blow the asteroid to pieces. Breez then reported that she didn't think we were dealing with an ordinary asteroid. The scanner's reading confirmed her suspicions. The asteroid threatening the Hero Factory was actually a living rock.

Surge insisted that we destroy the entity before it harmed innocents. Breez objected, stating that we had no right to destroy a living being and that we had to find another solution. As the unit commander, I had to make the final decision.

I considered my options. The lives of millions of inhabitants of a city threatened by an asteroid impact depended on us. But a hero has a duty to protect every form of life - and this asteroid was definitely one too. So could we deviate from the path of our principles just because it was advantageous for us at that moment?

The words "get out of the way" brought a sudden revelation. I know it's frowned upon to rely on gut feeling, Mr. Makuro, but something didn't feel right here. Why was the asteroid on a straight course towards Makuhero City if there was no force forcing it to do so?

I did a second scan, this time looking for the drive source. The reading showed the presence of a remotely operated micromotor attached to the asteroid. Someone planned an attack on the city, secretly directing the flight of this creature.

I ordered Surge to destroy the engine's electronics with an electrical discharge weapon, doing no harm to the creature if possible. He succeeded, but the planet's gravity was already pulling the asteroid closer.

So we returned to the vehicle. I decided to ram it into the creature. The impact at the right angle knocked it off course and it landed in the ocean, but our vehicle was heavily damaged. I immediately called for a rescue ship for us and a medical team to help the creature.

ADDITION: A creature adapted to life in the vacuum of space did not drown in the ocean. Technicians are currently working on a way to transport the creature to its natural habitat. My unit is tracking the location from which the control signal was sent to detect the perpetrator of the attack. End of report.

Stormer Investigates

To be written

Characters

• Hero Factory
  • Akiyama Makuro (as "Mr. Makuro") (M)
  • Alpha 1 Team
    • Preston Stormer
    • Jimi Stringer
    • Dunkan Bulk
    • William Furno
    • Natalie Breez
    • Mark Surge
• Von Nebula's Gang
  • Corroder
  • Meltdown

External links

• Hero Factory: To Serve and to Protect (archived)
• English translation in BioSector01