Romama Platoon

The Romama Platoon was the original team of Keronians sent to investigate Pekopon millions of years ago. The team was comprised of Romama Shosa, Rokiki Tai, Mahihi Chui, Fujuju Soucho, Chunini Gunso, Lupapa Goucho, and Kodada Nitohei (the pilot).

History
The mission was originally supposed to go to Rokiki, but the higher-ups thought it better that Romama lead the mission, as he'd become a bit of a celebrity on Keron due to his attaining a high ranking at a very young age. This enraged Rokiki, even more so when he found out that Romama had cheated, and that the military still would not remove Romama from the leader position. Keron had just had a huge war, and they were looking for a morale boost for the people, which they knew would be felt with Romama. Rokiki was only brought back onto the team after the begging of his friend, Mahihi.

It was obvious that the team was put together more for show than for a serious expedition, and they went out ill-equipped. The pilot, Kodada, had also cheated on her pilots' testing, and was not prepared for the long journey.

Due to space travel then, which took years instead of days or weeks, the platoon was placed in hibernation/emergency escape pods. Kodada overshot the landing before placing herself in hers, and they crash landed. The pods were damaged, and they remained on the planet, crashed and hidden away, until about the year 1908 AD, at which time Kodada's finally opened. Dazed and terrified, she attempted another flight, only to crash again, this time in Russia. She was able to hurry back to her pod before the impact of the crash.

The escape pods went out this time, all over the world--Kodada landing in Germany, Fujuju landing in the Seine, Chunini in present-day South Korea, Lupapa in Brazil, and Mahihi in Hawaii. The only one not activated was Rokiki's, which was jammed and unable to open until about the year 2009 AD. Romama's opened not far from the crash, where he met Nikolai Kezanstav. The rest of the pods opened during different times over the past 100 years.