Just a quick chapter before they land.
ARC found a suitable planet for us to move to after a year and a half. The Avatar bodies would be completed in a few months, and then we would leave. I had told Jake we would be leaving, and he seemed a little disappointed to see us go. We had moved everything to Hope in preparation for our move, and had helicopters waiting on the ground. It would take us only a few days to get everyone on Hope, and then a month or two to get to the planet. It had been peaceful since the virus was fought off, and the Omaticaya had begun to accept them.
The week before we left, I met with Jake. I had brought a large single channel transmitter.
Jake was waiting for me. When he saw me bringing the transmitter, he asked, "What's that?"
I set it down to the side. "It's a single channel transmitter, capable of light speed transmission. I want you to keep it here. If you ever need us, you just press this button. It'll send a message to Hope, which ARC will forward to us. " I turned it so he could see the buttons on the transmitter. Only two were there. One to transmit a default SOS signal, and one to transmit an audio signal. There was a speaker and microphone as well, most of the machine being the transmitter itself.
He nodded. "Thank you, John. I hope all goes well with your journey. " He stuck out his hand.
I shook it. "Would you like us to leave anything behind?"
He thought for a moment. "Can you rig some explosives on the human's camp? That way we can blow it if they decide to come back. "
"Sure thing. I'll get you the detonator tomorrow. " We said our goodbyes, and then I left to organize the transports to Hope.
The next day, I delivered the detonator to Jake just before I left on the last helicopter. Once I got on Hope, I headed to the bridge. May, Gabe, Ben, Catherine, Abigail, and Trudy were already there. "Prep for burn. Pull in plasma cannons, close hangars, and tell everyone we're about to burn. " The consoles lit up and began to flash. I heard Ben over the PA system notifying the passengers of what was about to happen.
"Burn ready. Atomic diverter online, " Abigail said.
"Course set. Double checking trajectory. " May said. There was a slight pause. "All good. Ready when you are. "
"Activating burn in three, two, one, now. " I said. The ship lept into light speed as we sped towards the planet.
The ship would more or less fly itself for the duration of the trip. ARC had said the new planet had no name, and we decided to call it Second Chance, after the program that had first allowed us to survive. The atmosphere was good for Atlantians and humans, the gravity was slightly larger than Pandora, and natural resources were plentiful. Wild animals and plants grew across the surface. All in all, it was a new Atlantis.