Launch of the Harbinger
Captain Corvus Wakovski strides into the bridge of the Harbinger.
"Report."
"Almost ready to lift off sir!" A crewmen shouts
"Good."
"What's the status of the reactors?"
"Reactors are spinning sir, we will have full power in less than a minute." Called a man from another station.
"Alright."
The captain walks over to a holographic display, currently showing a map of the ship.
The bridge is organized chaos, with crewmen running around preparing the ship for launch.
"We have full power."
"Right men, this is a shakedown cruise, if any problems occur please note them in the log."
"Comms, put ATC on the line."
"Aye sir."
"Overlord, this is Harbinger, requesting permission to lift off." Said the Captain
A disembodied voice responds:
"Roger that Harbinger, permission granted, have a nice flight, Overlord out."
"Helm! One quarter thruster power, take us out of the Strait."
"Aye aye." A man at the front of the bridge responds, to pushed a few buttons on his panel, and then places his right hand on the panel and looks out the bridge windows.
"Bring us to blue alert." The Captain ordered.
The ship begins moving, dislodging itself from the sediment that half buried it in the strait.
a few moments later, the blue hue of the ocean is replaced with bright sunlight.
"We have cleared the ocean" the helmsman called.
"Plotting a flight path around the planet."
Corvus stood up straight, and then crossed his arms.
"well, she flies." He said, grinning .
A few hours later, as the ship is flying past mars.
"We just passed mars sir."
"Understood."
"Prepare the Raven Drones for launch."
"Aye."
A good ten minutes pass.
"We have reached the Asteroid belt."
"Full stop, launch the drones."
"Drones away."
"Prepare for a jump through warp."
"Warp drive ready sir."
"On my mark."
"3."
"2."
"1."
"Mark."
The ship, with a burst of light, warps off into space.