Central Uesureya, Yamatai
Fall YE 38
It was a slow journey home, but the battle-mutilated YSS Eucharis had finally made it to planet Yamatai for another round of repairs, descending during the night towards the same old repair hangar they used during the springtime during the hanami festival. The gunship's red and green running lights glowed in the foggy night air as Eucharis hovered over the old military manufacturing starport of Central Uesureya, using a spotlight to illuminate the landing site. After carely gliding over the railroad tracks and into the hangar, she extended her landing feet and came to a rest on the cracked concrete floor with a thump that rattled the old brass ammunition cases filling the rusty drainage ditches on either side.
YSS Eucharis - Bridge
Shosho Ketsurui Hanako ran her hands through her aquamarine hair and stealthily put her shoes back on, stretching out in her captain's chair. Finally she picked up the intercom phone and dialed the shipwide announcement channel. "Attention crew. We have successfully arrived home on planet Yamatai. The time is approximately 9pm local time. All crew members except technicians and logistics crew are permitted to go on liberty. Red and oranges will be permitted on a case by case basis. This repair cycle could take a while, perhaps until the new year, so we have an opportunity to get out and do some things we cannot do on the ship. Also, Mango wants me to let you know that there is beef pot roast and biscuits in the wardroom. That is all."
"Go ahead and take all propulsion systems offline, Natsumi, and put the ship into standby mode."
Fall YE 38
It was a slow journey home, but the battle-mutilated YSS Eucharis had finally made it to planet Yamatai for another round of repairs, descending during the night towards the same old repair hangar they used during the springtime during the hanami festival. The gunship's red and green running lights glowed in the foggy night air as Eucharis hovered over the old military manufacturing starport of Central Uesureya, using a spotlight to illuminate the landing site. After carely gliding over the railroad tracks and into the hangar, she extended her landing feet and came to a rest on the cracked concrete floor with a thump that rattled the old brass ammunition cases filling the rusty drainage ditches on either side.
The concrete floor was cracked and the scaffolding around the edges was covered in peeling paints in variously shaded layers, or streaks of rust that matched the ones coming down from the roof. The drainage ditches around the edges of the hangar were full of old nuts and bolts, brass ammunition cases and belt links, and random weeds eking out an existence from the sunlight that shined in through clouded, weathered window panes of nano-glass above. A variety of cranes, container movers, and various vehicles were lined up long one wall of the enormous hangar while the other was taken up by one to two story offices, their windows filled with damaged blinds and antique furniture and computer consoles from the early YE 20s.
Outside the hangar was a railroad track for moving ship parts and a large landing area surrounded by other hangars. Already a number of flatcars with Plumeria-class replacement parts were waiting on the rail nearby. A road led towards the city skyline populated by skyscrapers in older styles.
Outside the hangar was a railroad track for moving ship parts and a large landing area surrounded by other hangars. Already a number of flatcars with Plumeria-class replacement parts were waiting on the rail nearby. A road led towards the city skyline populated by skyscrapers in older styles.
YSS Eucharis - Bridge
Shosho Ketsurui Hanako ran her hands through her aquamarine hair and stealthily put her shoes back on, stretching out in her captain's chair. Finally she picked up the intercom phone and dialed the shipwide announcement channel. "Attention crew. We have successfully arrived home on planet Yamatai. The time is approximately 9pm local time. All crew members except technicians and logistics crew are permitted to go on liberty. Red and oranges will be permitted on a case by case basis. This repair cycle could take a while, perhaps until the new year, so we have an opportunity to get out and do some things we cannot do on the ship. Also, Mango wants me to let you know that there is beef pot roast and biscuits in the wardroom. That is all."
"Go ahead and take all propulsion systems offline, Natsumi, and put the ship into standby mode."