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Chapter 20: Ships
The sound of loud beeping and Alex slipping out from
under my arm and the sheets woke me from my deep
sleep.
Alex, in all his glory, walked to the other side of
the room and pushed a button on the Comm by the door,
"Yes?"
"Daniels we need you in HQ."
"Alright I'll be right there." Alex glanced over at me
and scratched the back of his head, "Do you want me to
call Abby and tell her you're over here?"
I pushed my self up on the bed and nodded, "Would
you?"
He nodded again.
While he was doing that I got up from the bed, wrapped
one of the sheets around my body and walked around the
tiny room picking up my discarded clothes.
An hour later, I followed Alex out of his room towards
HQ.
Alex managed to find me some jeans and a white T-shirt
I could wear, since all I had with me at the time was
my nightclothes.
HQ was a bustling with activity, people were rushing back
and forth around the large room and trying to make sense
of the chaos unfolding outside.
A man was standing on a wide platform, under a
huge display screen on the other side of the room. He
waved to Alex, "Daniels! Over here!"
We threaded our way through the jumble of frantic
people and joined the man on the platform. He was now
sitting at a large desk on the platform examining what
looked like blueprints of enormous spaceships.
All of the ships consisted of Cryo-chambers that took
up 75% of the interior, while the other 25% were the
Plants, engine rooms, rec. rooms, bridges, and crew
accommodations.
What in the world was this?
"Pretty cool, huh?" Alex said from my right.
I glanced at him then back to the prints, "What is
this?"
"The mass transit of the Human race, it's been in the
works going on ten years now."
"Why?" I glanced at him, "I mean I can understand if
you started it now. but ten years ago?"
He shook his head sadly, "We knew that Mars would not
be able to sustain a growing population, the ecosystem was
--is-to weak. So we drafted this to transport us, to
find a new home. We're almost done too, every major
city on Mars has been helping out, we've got well over
500 ships, each of which will carry a fraction of the population."
"Oh, wow." I glanced at him again, "But wait. You're a
medic, why would you have to be here?"
He nodded, "Yes I am a medic but before the war, I was
the administrator for this project, still am, actually."
I nodded, "Oh."
He grinned, "You want to see them?"
I blinked, and then smiled, "Sure."
Alex took me to an elevator that was in the far corner
of the room, this elevator took us down almost two
miles. When we stepped out of the elevator, we entered
an incredibly large cavern. That's when I saw the
ships, they were positioned vertically, half way
sticking out of the ground. There were two rows going
in a straight line from the elevator.
"How big are they?" I asked.
"Each is a mile and a half long."
"Wow."
"Hey, Alex!" A man called over, as he was walking
towards us.
Alex waved, "Hey, Joey. Rem, this is Joey, he's going
to be the captain of the Alpha ship."
I shook Joey's hand, "Hello,"
Joey grinned, "Nice to meet you, Rem." He waved to a
group of three people who were standing around a
billboard on the wall. They came up and stood next to
Joey, "This is the rest of the Alpha ship crew, Rowan,
our science officer, Mary, navigation and Steve the
Plant engineer."
Alex placed a hand on my shoulder, "Everyone this is,
Rem, she's the Lunan soldier I saved." they all nodded
and said their hellos.
I got the definite feeling that they were wary of me.
".And so this is the section of space where we will be
heading. Deep space probes have identified a dozen or
so oxygen rich planets. One of which may be our new
home."
Alex had just got done showing me their plans for the
ships, the crew of the Alpha ship had sat back and
listened, intently watching my reactions.
'Are you sure that it's wise to tell her?' Joey had
asked of Alex when he thought I couldn't hear.
'Yes, Joey, I trust her. She won't do anything to harm
this project, I promise.'
"Anyway we got about five more months of work left to
do, before we can even consider launching."
I brushed a hand across the star-chart on the wall,
"This is great, Alex. This is wonderful, but I don't
understand. Why are you showing me all this?"
"Because I want your help. And I think you have the
right to know."
I dropped my hand, "I can't do anything Alex. All I've
known is fighting."
Alex smiled, "Maybe Rem, maybe, but I know you can
move on, and find something more. All you have to do
is try. And if you want I can help you."
I looked down at my callused hands, and said quietly,
"I'd like that."
Chapter 20: Ships
The sound of loud beeping and Alex slipping out from
under my arm and the sheets woke me from my deep
sleep.
Alex, in all his glory, walked to the other side of
the room and pushed a button on the Comm by the door,
"Yes?"
"Daniels we need you in HQ."
"Alright I'll be right there." Alex glanced over at me
and scratched the back of his head, "Do you want me to
call Abby and tell her you're over here?"
I pushed my self up on the bed and nodded, "Would
you?"
He nodded again.
While he was doing that I got up from the bed, wrapped
one of the sheets around my body and walked around the
tiny room picking up my discarded clothes.
An hour later, I followed Alex out of his room towards
HQ.
Alex managed to find me some jeans and a white T-shirt
I could wear, since all I had with me at the time was
my nightclothes.
HQ was a bustling with activity, people were rushing back
and forth around the large room and trying to make sense
of the chaos unfolding outside.
A man was standing on a wide platform, under a
huge display screen on the other side of the room. He
waved to Alex, "Daniels! Over here!"
We threaded our way through the jumble of frantic
people and joined the man on the platform. He was now
sitting at a large desk on the platform examining what
looked like blueprints of enormous spaceships.
All of the ships consisted of Cryo-chambers that took
up 75% of the interior, while the other 25% were the
Plants, engine rooms, rec. rooms, bridges, and crew
accommodations.
What in the world was this?
"Pretty cool, huh?" Alex said from my right.
I glanced at him then back to the prints, "What is
this?"
"The mass transit of the Human race, it's been in the
works going on ten years now."
"Why?" I glanced at him, "I mean I can understand if
you started it now. but ten years ago?"
He shook his head sadly, "We knew that Mars would not
be able to sustain a growing population, the ecosystem was
--is-to weak. So we drafted this to transport us, to
find a new home. We're almost done too, every major
city on Mars has been helping out, we've got well over
500 ships, each of which will carry a fraction of the population."
"Oh, wow." I glanced at him again, "But wait. You're a
medic, why would you have to be here?"
He nodded, "Yes I am a medic but before the war, I was
the administrator for this project, still am, actually."
I nodded, "Oh."
He grinned, "You want to see them?"
I blinked, and then smiled, "Sure."
Alex took me to an elevator that was in the far corner
of the room, this elevator took us down almost two
miles. When we stepped out of the elevator, we entered
an incredibly large cavern. That's when I saw the
ships, they were positioned vertically, half way
sticking out of the ground. There were two rows going
in a straight line from the elevator.
"How big are they?" I asked.
"Each is a mile and a half long."
"Wow."
"Hey, Alex!" A man called over, as he was walking
towards us.
Alex waved, "Hey, Joey. Rem, this is Joey, he's going
to be the captain of the Alpha ship."
I shook Joey's hand, "Hello,"
Joey grinned, "Nice to meet you, Rem." He waved to a
group of three people who were standing around a
billboard on the wall. They came up and stood next to
Joey, "This is the rest of the Alpha ship crew, Rowan,
our science officer, Mary, navigation and Steve the
Plant engineer."
Alex placed a hand on my shoulder, "Everyone this is,
Rem, she's the Lunan soldier I saved." they all nodded
and said their hellos.
I got the definite feeling that they were wary of me.
".And so this is the section of space where we will be
heading. Deep space probes have identified a dozen or
so oxygen rich planets. One of which may be our new
home."
Alex had just got done showing me their plans for the
ships, the crew of the Alpha ship had sat back and
listened, intently watching my reactions.
'Are you sure that it's wise to tell her?' Joey had
asked of Alex when he thought I couldn't hear.
'Yes, Joey, I trust her. She won't do anything to harm
this project, I promise.'
"Anyway we got about five more months of work left to
do, before we can even consider launching."
I brushed a hand across the star-chart on the wall,
"This is great, Alex. This is wonderful, but I don't
understand. Why are you showing me all this?"
"Because I want your help. And I think you have the
right to know."
I dropped my hand, "I can't do anything Alex. All I've
known is fighting."
Alex smiled, "Maybe Rem, maybe, but I know you can
move on, and find something more. All you have to do
is try. And if you want I can help you."
I looked down at my callused hands, and said quietly,
"I'd like that."