Captain Johner & the Aliens #1

In the story "null," Captain Johner faces a tense first contact when an alien saucer-headed ship attacks his Earth vessel, forcing a desperate standoff. With both ships damaged and the fate of their worlds hanging in the balance, Johner proposes a bold exchange: half his crew to the alien planet, half the alien crew to Earth, in an attempt to forge a fragile peace. The outcome of this risky truce remains uncertain, but the gesture marks a pivotal moment in interstellar relations.

In "Space Derelict," Captain Johner leads his crew to investigate a derelict Earth ship drifting in the void, its hull scarred by time and meteors. With shields raised and nerves tight, Johner boards alone, only to be knocked unconscious—then Rodg and the alien Og follow, risking the unknown to find the attacker. What they uncover is a lone survivor, broken by isolation, and a moment that tests the fragile bond between human and alien alike.

In "A Matter of Judgement," Captain Johner guides Commander Zarz through the ship’s systems as tensions rise between the human crew and their alien counterparts. When an unknown vessel launches missiles, the ship’s shields hold—but the hypatomic motors leak radiation, leaving humans helpless while the aliens take control, steering them to safety in an asteroid belt. As the crew recovers, one of the skeptics quietly admits they’ve learned a hard lesson about judging what they don’t understand.

In "Suspense in Space," Captain Johner and Commander Zarz race against time when an Earth-bound ship intercepts a distress call: an experimental missile armed with an atomic warhead is set to obliterate the Space Research Lab in three hours. With Ston monitoring the countdown, the two must navigate a high-stakes mission across the void to disarm the threat before it's too late.

When Captain Johner’s ship is damaged by meteors and forced to land on an asteroid, the crew encounters strange, flying crystal aliens. With tensions rising and the translator warning of danger, Commander Zarz chooses to defend with mind-force instead of weapons, shielding the ship as the crystals hover in silent, uncertain observation. As repairs are made and the ship prepares to leave, a quiet, shimmering question lingers in the air—“Fffriendsssss?”

In "A Case of Nerves," a tense moment aboard an alien-bound ship tests the limits of human endurance when the sub-space drive malfunctions, trapping Ric in a disorienting realm of swirling colors and vibrations. With Mac and Bul counting on him, Ric’s hypersensitive nerves become the only key to navigating the chaos and shutting down the failing system—before the ship is lost.