Radu's Story
Part 1
By Robin
Radu awoke with his chin resting on his hand, facing a window aboard Andromedan Spacelines Transport
10163. Outside the window was an endless expanse of stars, systems, and more stars. Why do they even
bother with windows anyway? Radu thought. It's not like there's anything to see.
"We are now approaching the Starcademy Training Center for Stardogs. Please remain seated until
otherwise notified," came a metallic female voice over the loudspeaker. A huge, circular, orbiting Station
quickly came into view. Radu sat up in his seat, surprised to find how large Starcademy actually was.
Woah. The Transport moved towards the Station at a terrifying speed, only to crawl almost to a halt as it
drew near the slowly opening door to the docking platform. The young Andromedan could feel the
vibrations through the floor as the landing gear came out in preparation to land.
"We have now docked in the Starcademy Port 167. You may now begin to exit the Transport. Thank you
for using Andromedan Spacelines, where cost and comfort for our guests are our top priority!" said the
ship's mechanical voice. They call those seats comfortable? Radu thought to himself. Come on,
there's no leg room!
The exit doors slid open with a swoosh, and Radu found himself coming down a long flight of stairs to the
main part of the hangar, where a tall Earther woman with short, dark red hair smiled at him fakely. Why
is it so LOUD in here? Is there some kind of problem with the sound barriers? Radu could hear a stern
female teacher chiding her students from a classroom a few floors above, some kids laughing in the hall
just one wall away, someone making some rather unpleasant sounds in the washroom nearby, and a whole
lot of other background voices, footsteps, and other unidentifiable NOISE!
"Hello," the Earther lady practically screamed in a voice with some strange type of Earther accent. "My
name is Ms Davenport. Welcome to Starcademy!"
To be continued…
Part 1
By Robin
Radu awoke with his chin resting on his hand, facing a window aboard Andromedan Spacelines Transport
10163. Outside the window was an endless expanse of stars, systems, and more stars. Why do they even
bother with windows anyway? Radu thought. It's not like there's anything to see.
"We are now approaching the Starcademy Training Center for Stardogs. Please remain seated until
otherwise notified," came a metallic female voice over the loudspeaker. A huge, circular, orbiting Station
quickly came into view. Radu sat up in his seat, surprised to find how large Starcademy actually was.
Woah. The Transport moved towards the Station at a terrifying speed, only to crawl almost to a halt as it
drew near the slowly opening door to the docking platform. The young Andromedan could feel the
vibrations through the floor as the landing gear came out in preparation to land.
"We have now docked in the Starcademy Port 167. You may now begin to exit the Transport. Thank you
for using Andromedan Spacelines, where cost and comfort for our guests are our top priority!" said the
ship's mechanical voice. They call those seats comfortable? Radu thought to himself. Come on,
there's no leg room!
The exit doors slid open with a swoosh, and Radu found himself coming down a long flight of stairs to the
main part of the hangar, where a tall Earther woman with short, dark red hair smiled at him fakely. Why
is it so LOUD in here? Is there some kind of problem with the sound barriers? Radu could hear a stern
female teacher chiding her students from a classroom a few floors above, some kids laughing in the hall
just one wall away, someone making some rather unpleasant sounds in the washroom nearby, and a whole
lot of other background voices, footsteps, and other unidentifiable NOISE!
"Hello," the Earther lady practically screamed in a voice with some strange type of Earther accent. "My
name is Ms Davenport. Welcome to Starcademy!"
To be continued…