"kura what do you mean cyrus is idealistic and follows his heart"

the man decided emotions were fake and gay and decided to summon ancient gods to restart the universe and crown himself Supreme God of All, next question

"kura what do you mean giovanni craves attention"

he is a pathetic wet persian yowling in the bathtub, next question

"why is cyrus ~40ish"

the fact that pokemon company decided he was 27 is fake and gay, next question actually it's because that was an age only established in platinum, we jumped aboard our covered wagon on the trail to absoluecontrol oregon shortly after the release of DP, when we (correctly and rightfully) assumed Cyrus was around the same age as Giovanni, Archie, and Maxie. We have constructed an elaborate timeline to make the math work out, which is the Correct canon now we've decided

"kura this ship is problematic"

in more ways than youre probably imagining. next question.

"what is the starly migration board?"

wouldn't YOU like to know

"kura stockholm syndrom isn't real and--"

i dont care giovanni locked cyrus in a closet and then they were friends and then they were traumatized and then they werent friends and then giovanni hunted cyrus down and then they were in pokemon hell and then they were dating I DON'T. MAKE. THE RULES.

the PREMISE is that sometime POST-DPPt, Giovanni and Cyrus have gotten into a relationship, which means Rocket and Galactic are now ALLIED. For Gio and Cyrus, this is a Beneficial Thing.

For their admins, not so much.

Something you gotta understand is that in this universe @tieflingfangs and i built together, there are NO PROTAGONISTS. None. Zilch. They DO NOT EXIST. So who stops the evil teams? Well, it's basically a chain of them all catching wind of each other at some point and going to put a stop to that bullshit before it can interfere with their own plans. In the case of Rocket and Galactic, the former did not know the latter existed. Galactic was, as far as they knew, just the premiere energy company of Sinnoh. And seeing a power vacuum (and an opportunity to search for Cyrus, in Giovanni's case) Rocket moves in and establishes an outpost to begin operations up there.

Well.

Cyrus isn't happy Giovanni is there. He does not want Giovanni to know where he is, and he wants Rocket out. So he does what team Galactic do. He bombs the Rocket outpost. But he makes Saturn handle everything. So until the DPPt plot finishes unfolding, as far as the admins know, Saturn is the leader of Galactic.

The thing you have to know about my Petrel is that he is a zealot. In his head, Rocket comes first before pretty much anything else, and the boy can hold a grudge. So when Gio and Cyrus have kissed and made up, and Giovanni hires Galactic as contractors to come and improve the Rocket HQ, Petrel is 1000% prepared to hide Saturn's body in a trunk and help people look for him. The best part is Saturn is placed in Petrel's dorm to bunk while all this happening.

The problem is Saturn is a BULLY!!! And as the lead admin of Galactic, any time Petrel starts misbehaving he goes straight to Cyrus, who goes to Giovanni, who makes Petrel BEHAVE, and the worst part is SATURN LIKES TO GLOAT!!! HE RUBS IT IN!!!! THE CHEEKY LITTLE BASTARD!!!

So basically the ship starts with Petrel being as menacing as he can and Saturn quickly learning how to put him in his place and sit on him. Saturn is the bratty power bottom. Petrel is the service top. They are a whirlwind of chaos and mayhem and if they could learn to work together they could use the powers for evil, but alas, they are too busy bullying each other until petrel snaps and they have a sloppy makeout session

anyways the designated driver depends on the region, bc they both have their own cars but not a license for each other's region. petrel drives like a demon and saturn follows the Laws of the Road, and they both hate it.