Welcome to the Galaxy

Helion was traveling in his spaceship. His father had just bought him the latest top on the line slipstream cruiser. He was traveling through the slum of the universe. The cesspit known as the Milky Way. In his cruiser it would be a thankfully short trip. Helion was born lucky. He was handsome, brilliant and good looking. On top on that he was born into one of the wealthiest families in three quadrants. Everything always seemed to go his way. He had recently had a breakthrough on a research project.  He had created a time traveling device. It actual functioned and he was able to go back in time. He was only able to watch events unfold in history. It was his science project and was more successful than others had been in the past.  As Helion passed Earth he encountered turbulence. Normally this sort of thing happened and he thought little of it. When the ship dropped out of slip space moments later, he knew something must have happened. He checked his instrument panel. The auto repair bots had been sent out to fix a hull breach. These things happen with new ships from time to time. He sent the damage log to his insurance company. There was nothing left to do but wait for the bots to finish.  He decided to check on his time travel device. It was a sensitive tool. If it was jostled by the turbulence he would need to calibrate it before the science expo. He was looking it over when the alarm starter blaring. His oxygen tank had ruptured and the hall breach expanded. He was losing cabin pressure. He tossed his time travel deceive into the passenger seat. There was less than a minute to get his emergency helmet on and locked into place. It would only give him a hour of breathable air. It wasn’t long but it could be enough for help to arrive. Helion wondered if this might be a case of sabotage. There had been too many failures to be simple coincidence. The father of his chief rival owned the company that sold this car to his father. It was possible his car had been rigged to breakdown to prevent his arrival at the science expo. He had beaten him out to attend the fair and represent their planet. Helion got the helmet on and locked into place. Then sent an updated distress signal. He sent a quick video message to his father too. He explained his issues and his suspicions of foul play. Such things were common practice among the older generations. They were not normally practiced against anyone while they were still in school. Helion noticed his emergency suit air supply was lower than it should be after he finished sending the message. He had fifteen minutes of air left. If someone had decided to kill him and take his invention, they gave him to much time to destroy it. Help would not arrive in time. He had one option left. The cyrofreeze solution his father always made him carry. It was dangerous in its own way. It would kill you and revival attempts weren’t always successful. Helion decided to destroy his time travel device. His blaster would do the job well enough. Then he could use the cryofreeze and wait to be recovered. He could remake the device from his computer at home in a couple seconds. If he didn’t revive his father could make it on his computer. Either way he needed to protect his research. Helion pulled his blaster. He took aim at the machine and pulled the trigger. The oxygen tank rupture. It  had bled into the cockpit and ignited. The inside of the spaceship turned into a fireball and blew the ship apart.