Zakalwe
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Apesael sat quietly in the shuttle as it eased itself slowly through space towards the enormous form of the Destiny. It was hard to belive it was really that huge, it even dwarfed the Horizon that had been his home. It was a beautiful ship, to his eyes in any case, and Ephesus hand in it's work was clear. When he wasn't sticking killer legs and spikes onto things, he tended to creat beauty.
The shuttle was guided into one of the hulking landing bags by an extension of the ships Gravitic Drive, capable of propelling the huge mass of the Destiny, and of such subtle work as guiding a ship in to land.
"Your stop." The pilot shouted into the back. Apesael supposed he thought he was humerous. He picked up his bags from the rack they had been stored on,
"Thank you for the ride." Apesael believed in courtesty even when it wasn't deserved. You could hardly say that the pilot had gone out of his way. As he left the shuttle bay he walked over to one of the consoles and requested the location of his quarters.
"Your room has not been alocated yet, pending the arrival of M/C1 Tanjo Shen. It is advised that you "kill time" before he arrives."
"Thankyou computer." Apesael was not pleased with this news, he'd wanted to sleep. He pulled up a map of the ship on the console, then corrected himself, no map of any detail could encompass the whole of the ship. He quickly worked out which docking bay he was in, and cross referanced it with the lift/transportation system. Finding the closest entrance, he jogged towards it, his lopsided weight distrabution causing him to lean slightly to one side. Entering the lift capsule, which was conveniantly at this floor, he told it to take it to the city.
"Any particular area?"
"Can you recomend any?"
"I'll take you to the balcony. It's a platform high up in the side of the city's encompassing walls, and there's a magnificant view." With this the transport capsule began moving, although Apesael didn't feel a thing. The compensation system meaning that although the capsule was going faster than the speed of sound, the occupant was not subjected to any G's.
The transport soon arrived, and the metalic doors slid open silently. Apesael was instantly greated by an awe-inspiring sight: the city. It was magnificant, huge, yet elegant, sky-scrapers soared into the sky, further away he could see lines of semi-detached houses, with gardens obviously well cared for. There was a park just underneath him, dominated by a large lake, and surounded by sparse trees. The entire sight was overwhelming. The balcony itself was a fine construction of some form of reinforced glass, with a sightseeing console showing all of the major sites, and several deck-chairs.
"So around where will I be staying?"
The computer made use of the sightseeing console to create a holographic arrow pointing at a far away section, hard for Apesael to see.
"That area over there is where the crew, security forces and engineering detail will live. The colonists stay in this section."
Apesael nodded. He sat down in a deckchair and closed his eyes.
"Can you awaken me when First Officer Tanjo arrives?"
With that he drifted off into a half-sleep, completely unplagued by dreams.
The shuttle was guided into one of the hulking landing bags by an extension of the ships Gravitic Drive, capable of propelling the huge mass of the Destiny, and of such subtle work as guiding a ship in to land.
"Your stop." The pilot shouted into the back. Apesael supposed he thought he was humerous. He picked up his bags from the rack they had been stored on,
"Thank you for the ride." Apesael believed in courtesty even when it wasn't deserved. You could hardly say that the pilot had gone out of his way. As he left the shuttle bay he walked over to one of the consoles and requested the location of his quarters.
"Your room has not been alocated yet, pending the arrival of M/C1 Tanjo Shen. It is advised that you "kill time" before he arrives."
"Thankyou computer." Apesael was not pleased with this news, he'd wanted to sleep. He pulled up a map of the ship on the console, then corrected himself, no map of any detail could encompass the whole of the ship. He quickly worked out which docking bay he was in, and cross referanced it with the lift/transportation system. Finding the closest entrance, he jogged towards it, his lopsided weight distrabution causing him to lean slightly to one side. Entering the lift capsule, which was conveniantly at this floor, he told it to take it to the city.
"Any particular area?"
"Can you recomend any?"
"I'll take you to the balcony. It's a platform high up in the side of the city's encompassing walls, and there's a magnificant view." With this the transport capsule began moving, although Apesael didn't feel a thing. The compensation system meaning that although the capsule was going faster than the speed of sound, the occupant was not subjected to any G's.
The transport soon arrived, and the metalic doors slid open silently. Apesael was instantly greated by an awe-inspiring sight: the city. It was magnificant, huge, yet elegant, sky-scrapers soared into the sky, further away he could see lines of semi-detached houses, with gardens obviously well cared for. There was a park just underneath him, dominated by a large lake, and surounded by sparse trees. The entire sight was overwhelming. The balcony itself was a fine construction of some form of reinforced glass, with a sightseeing console showing all of the major sites, and several deck-chairs.
"So around where will I be staying?"
The computer made use of the sightseeing console to create a holographic arrow pointing at a far away section, hard for Apesael to see.
"That area over there is where the crew, security forces and engineering detail will live. The colonists stay in this section."
Apesael nodded. He sat down in a deckchair and closed his eyes.
"Can you awaken me when First Officer Tanjo arrives?"
With that he drifted off into a half-sleep, completely unplagued by dreams.