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The Future: Dawn of Exploration, 2074
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Sanctimoniously
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Date Posted:
11/9/07 7:31am
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RE: The Future: Dawn of Exploration, 2074
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**stumbles in**
Uhm. . .well. . .
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POLARIUS
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Date Posted:
11/12/07 6:52pm
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RE: The Future: Dawn of Exploration, 2074
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are we still going through with this thing gents?
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"So this is how liberty dies with thunderous applause"
"This is what comes of empire building
"anciet religions and hoaky weapons are no match for a good blaster at you side kid"
Fight on Mr Squiggly, fight on
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Sanctimoniously
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Date Posted:
11/13/07 12:27pm
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RE: The Future: Dawn of Exploration, 2074
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Yeah. I suddenly got trapped in an avalanche of work and only recently got a respite. I'll have my next post soon, hopefully. We're coming back online.
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POLARIUS
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Date Posted:
11/14/07 5:28pm
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RE: The Future: Dawn of Exploration, 2074
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ok man looking forward to starting this one back up
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"This is what comes of empire building
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Date Posted:
11/16/07 10:45pm
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RE: The Future: Dawn of Exploration, 2074
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24 September 2074, 14.20 standard time
In order to gain the speed needed to make the jump to "alternate space' (how original, Elric thought), the Dawn needed to make an orbit of the Earth. Even with its engines blaring, the massive vessel still made a slow fist of it as it picked its way through the upper reaches of Earth's gravitational pull. He watched the wide console closely. Its buttons and displays and readouts blinked in many different colours, tracking the every movements and fluctuations of the reactors.
"I'm seeing some weird fluctuations in the exhaust temperature of Cluster Three," Elric said, eyeing one readout with particular care. A line graph traced itself across the blue background, carving a sharp zigzag in the wake of the spinning digits.
Lieutenant Hargreave leaned in. "Might just be from pulling through the gravity. Keep an eye on it."
"Yes, sir."
The station was far behind now. Dawn picked up speed. The rumbling aft grew louder. His qualms about the temperature put aside, he now eyed another readout, one which kept track of the rate at which the light-drive capacitors were charging. It set off slowly at first, then the little bar began to speed across the scale, currently at fifty-one percent.
"Light-drive capacitors at fifty percent. Jump in forty-five seconds," a voice said over the ship COM.
There was a brief feeling of weightlessness, and the ship continued to gain speed. The temperature readout was getting more sharp spikes. He turned to Lieutenant Hargreave.
"Don't worry about it," he yelled. "Normal fluctuations."
The ship shuddered slightly. The charge reading read ninety-nine, then one hundred percent.
"Entering alternate space in. . .ten. . .nine. . ."
Lieutenant Hargreave grabbed an overhead handle. Elric gripped the edges of the console.
"Eight. . .seven. . .six. . .five. . .four. . .three. . .two. . .one. . ."
"Here we go. . ." he muttered.
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