Captain's Log: Day 1.

I am Captain Dirk Daily. I have been sent on a top-secret mission by the UN. I must retrieve five golden McGuffin Orbs, named for their discoverer,
Prof. Matthew McGuffin. They apparently hold some great power, but the details have been withheld from me. I have been sent to a remote star system,
which is uninhabited apart from a few space pirates. I must take care to avoid these brutes, as they will surely attack me on sight for my precious cargo.
My ship has been fitted with a gun, but I doubt I'll be able to best them in combat with their far superior numbers.

After retrieving the orb from this system, I must enter a nearby black hole which will transport me to another such system, containing another orb.
When I have collected five of these orbs, I shall enter one final black hole to escape any pirates which may be tailing me, and return home.

My mission is one fraught with peril. I shall be lucky to return alive.

The post-compo version is incomplete and I will probably work on it further when I feel like it.


Oh, and how does it tie to the theme? "Parsec" is short for "Paralax Arcsecond". You can read about that here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsec