A Stellar Sentinel is Born

Kaylon’tar’s Journal

All readings were normal, energy output of Soal within expected ranges. The last weeks monitoring was mostly uneventful. Not needing to eat or sleep was a boon to my research. No need to return to the ship, just days at the research module searching for something that might give insight into a resolution to our dwindling star. Searching for hope for our civilization.
 
Ominous alarms only gave a few seconds warning. Being that close to Soal was not without risks. A soalar flare surged directly from the star towards the research module, the shields failing in another couple seconds, tearing apart the research module bathing me in fire and light.
 
Minutes later I returned to consciousness, wracked in pain throughout my entire body, but how? After several more minutes, the pain subsided enough to focus and think coherently. My suit was still intact, the face screen wasn’t even broken, but it was excruciating to move. I was able to look around enough to see the remains of the research module and my ship some distance away. Neither would be of much use in their condition and it was much too far for the suit to get me back home or even to one of the closer soalar orbiting mining stations.
 
The pain continued to lessen, and I was able to take an inventory of the functional suit systems.
 
Sensory systems: The face screen wasn’t broken, night vision appeared operational, as well as light suppressors, but none of the other visual enhancements appeared to be working.
 
Life support: Fully functional, and no apparent leaks.
 
Transport systems: This is where the very unusual began. I triggered the ignition to start moving forward, still not sure where I was going to go. Instead of the thrusters on my back giving a noticeable push, I began moving forward, a slight glow coming from the suit. The more I focused on it, the faster I moved, the brighter the glow. This speed was also much faster than the suit was normally capable of achieving, but I needed to find out the limit. Focusing again, my surroundings became a blur and within the blink of an eye I was past the orbit of Oqthcali. Getting back home no longer appeared to be a problem.
 
I was looking forward to returning home and taking off this suit. Normally I don’t mind the suit, staying focused on my work but the pain was still noticeable, and I needed to have it investigated.
 
I landed at the infirmary to the stares of those making their way about the city, not used to seeing armored forms within the city. As I was waiting to be attended to, I attempted to take off the suit. The normal mechanical release mechanisms no longer functional. They did not appear damaged but would not operate.
 
At this time, the attendant came to start his assessment of my injuries. We were not able to remove the suit, and through extensive testing and observations, they were able to determine that there was no longer a separate suit, that whatever occurred caused a merging of suit to my body. The components of the suit had taken on some organic properties, while what was underneath had taken on inorganic properties. I no longer had a sense of touch, and as I cannot raise the shield on my face/helmet, I have no sense of taste or smell. The attendant does not know if I could get those senses back given time, as this is not something he has seen before, but is quite excited to journal this.
 
There is more to all of this than just the merging of myself and the suit. The travel speed is not a capability the suit had. I am also much stronger than I was before. While the suit assisted my strength before, it was not on the same scale that it is now. I can also produce light, much like the light that I was hit with, which can blind those around me, but I don’t seem to be impacted. I can also create visual mirages.
 
I feel that Soal has given me additional gifts. I need to use them to do whatever I can to save the people of our worlds, perhaps even save our star.