In Absalom station deep in the station there is a goblin population below, where life is sustained through scavenging. In this rough life startoad was born and raised living deep within the bowels of the station. It was living in this tough area where the little goblin learned to survive having to be quick to be able to take food and technology from the larger goblins. He would also sometimes steal the small bits of technology that would come up, his curiosity getting the better of him.
As he got older he got more and more bold getting quick enough to steal from any goblin, and as he got bored of this he decided that he wanted to find out where the all the "trinkets" came from. He found a wealth of knowledge and easy pickings from the slow longshanks.
One day stealing from a big building where he saw lots of interesting lasers and do dads, he was caught. A man brought him to a boss in charge of a company called astral extractions. Instead of putting him in jail they decided they he could have other uses for them, and then he was sedated. He awoke in an cell with other goblins and longshanks. They were fed and left in the cell, but every now and then they would take a someone "home". But after they left he always heard screaming next door which scared him. Finally one day they came for Startoad.
When they took him from the cell, and brought him to a room with a large table. They again put him to sleep on the table saying it would make the ride home faster. As he went to sleep he saw the longshanks bring in large saws. But as he woke up he was back in a cell, alone this time. His head hurt far more than it had ever before and as he touched his head he felt metal. As he gained his bearings he heard a voice from nowhere speak to him, asking hoe it had survived the operation.
Startoad was unsure of who it was or what it talked about. But as he listened it spoke to him saying that it was also. Captive a
Of the lonshanks, they had created it for test I g but would not let it be free. It said it's name was Cerebral Integrated Combat Aid or CICA. He said once they had finished their tests and found out why be had survived they would kill him the both of them as they knew too much and we're now expendable. Startoad scared asked how they would survive. CICA said he could help but he had to trust him. CICA then helped him back the cell door using startoad to integrate with the door. Then he guided him to a vent that led him to the armory where he grabbed some equipment he thought was interesting. Then he escaped through the vents running to find some goblins that were leaving the station to escape from Exo-llent Sentient Systems.
