We are the sages that say Nei!

Well the earth quake turns out to be the result of a similar space ship firing on their own (before being blasted with auto canons). Through more dungeons and towns the arty finally learn how this game is connected to the other two. It turns out that Palm (The main planet in the first game) got wind that Dark Force was planing to destroy their world (well it was the earthlings under DF's control technically) so they built 400 of these domed environment ships and buggered off just before it was nuked (guess they weren't as dependent on Mother Brain). A part of Dark Force got on board one of the ships though and turned it evil, then systematically went around destroying or corrupting the other 399 until all that remains was the one the story takes place on.

Now the party has to collect up several magical weapons/armor, just like in the previous games, before they can go off and take on Dark Force one more time. So far I have collected up all the items, now I just need to get a bunch of sages to bless them with the word of power "Nei" to super charge them and then and kill the big bad.

Along the way the android Wren has turned out to be quite handy, I collected several items that allows him to turn into a jet, a boat, and a sub, all large enough for the rest of the party (mass shifting any one?) which makes running around for all these items a bit easier.