Protagonist
One Thousand Club
The interior of the ZSS Krishna was white, shiny, and sterile. The vessel was quite small, with less than 10 crewmembers. Isaac sat on the captain's chair of the bridge. He pressed a button on his chair and said "Hello, this is your captain speaking. We are about to decelerate from lightspeed. We will be arriving in one hour. Everyone please report to the bridge. The Enigma will spot us once we leave FTL speeds."
That was the thing about space travel. It's very difficult to be spotted at FTL speeds, but it's very easy to be spotted at STL speeds. A ship's engine is one of the least subtle things ever designed. The plan wasn't to bother with stealth, anyways-the Krishna broadcast to Zionite ships in the region (who might otherwise assume the Krishna was an enemy ship) and simply evade enemy fire by randomly changing directions. The distances involved in space flight means that enemies won't know you've changed directions right away thanks to the speed of light.
The sky is empty, with only the starts keeping the crew of the Krishna company. But behind the vastness could lie death at any moment. Isaac sat in trepidation, waiting to see what, if anything, would happen...
That was the thing about space travel. It's very difficult to be spotted at FTL speeds, but it's very easy to be spotted at STL speeds. A ship's engine is one of the least subtle things ever designed. The plan wasn't to bother with stealth, anyways-the Krishna broadcast to Zionite ships in the region (who might otherwise assume the Krishna was an enemy ship) and simply evade enemy fire by randomly changing directions. The distances involved in space flight means that enemies won't know you've changed directions right away thanks to the speed of light.
The sky is empty, with only the starts keeping the crew of the Krishna company. But behind the vastness could lie death at any moment. Isaac sat in trepidation, waiting to see what, if anything, would happen...
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