
As the white swirling clouds slowed their dance around the emerging mass of the starships, screens once more flickered into life on the bridge of the
Dark Redemption. Major Owyer clasped his hands onto the rail and eyed the new stars ahead of him proudly.
"Take a look, ladies and gentlemen" he invited the staff assembled on the bridge. "You are laying eyes on stars never before seen by our race. Though we may be a fledgling empire, we have now taken a step from which there is no turning back. We can consider ourselves truly to have conquered space."
There was a hushed murmur of approval from the people on the bridge. To most, this was not as auspicious an occasion as the Major had made out, this was just a mission that they were glad not to have died undertaking. At least not yet. There was still the impending fleet engagement. With these largely untested ships, most of the crew had not relished the idea of heading into a combat situation. It was one thing to be defending your own borders, but all aboard knew there were no colonies this far out, so the mission was inevitably to fight on another race's planet. Nobody was thrilled with the prospect.…
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