THRUST

Prologue

In a dark chamber an old man stands over some probes that resemble a photon torpedo. A young woman walks to him and places a young baby in it.
She looks at him with a slight sadness. He shakes his head and smiles. His confidence beams in his old age.
He places his hand on the probe casing and green energy flashed through his eyes. Then a small green spark flew from his finger. The spark expands as green energy and flows over the entire probe. Then it dissipates.
He puts his finger in the probe and allows the baby to play with his finger. He smiles happily at the young child, proud. The woman is inputting something behind him as he plays.

The old man brings crystals to the probe and places them in it. They were locked behind the child.
His mouth moves but no sound utters….The woman nods. She brings something not seen in the room, paper. She brings a paper picture, something very rare in such a technological age.
The probe is brought close to something…a gateway. It has an octagon shape. The woman assisting the old man begins to input commands into the futuristic computer. (The technology is much like Star Trek's just more futuristic)
The gateway powers up and green energy builds up inside its boundaries. The old man's hand moves slightly and the probe begins to move forward. The probe closes and the child is seen no longer.
The probe enters the gateway and disappears. The woman nods as if the job had been completed. The old man smiles again.

Outside the building they are in greenery dominates the view. The old man steps out of the building. He walks into the middle of a plaza.
Everything seems to lose focus as the probe flies farther and farther away. Then a green light shoots into the blue, clear sky. The sky has a dot, a flash, and the light disappears…..

In the far reaches of space, the probe flies through some strange energy vortex. It is green and lightning strikes inside. The probe is not damaged by the effects of the vortex
It flies forward valiantly…. The eye of the storm closes slowly….
Now the adventure truly begins….