Road trip for two
15 Apr 2020Korzhakov
"Astra, plot a course for the summer home" I speak out in the cockpit of the Krait Phantom the "Karelian Dawn", "Right away commander" Astra replies, "Welcome aboard Jean" she then says. Jean is settling into our cabin while I have Astra run the pre-flight checks and verify the provisions for this trip. A few weeks ago I completed the work at our "bug out' location far from the bubble. The one I have written about previously as a place that will serve as both a fall back location in case the Thargoids ever over run humanity, and as a great place to have a vacation home. It is built into a very large cave, so large in fact that I have landing pads inside that easily handle the Anaconda that I have been using to take materials and supplies out here with. It is heavily re-enforced, defended and best of all, not visible on scans from any angle accept directly in front of the opening.
Since it is now ready, I decided to take Jean out to see it finally. So we packed the phantom with supplies and some items she wanted to decorate with and personal items she wants stored there. We are headed the approximately 10,000ly from the bubble to the site. She is excited to finally see this project completed as it has been taking a lot of my time and some fairly significant money. I have mined while back at home to prevent the bank balance from showing too much off a loss though so still doing just fine.
We jump for a few hours and then find a decent little moon to settle on for the night. I cook us up a nice dinner and we settle into the berth early for a quick nights sleep.
The next morning we are up and she cooks breakfast as I prepare the ship for the days travel. We are relatively close to the system. Just 50 jumps away, It won't take long to get there today. I can't wait to show her the topical paradise I have found for us to relax in, and survive in if needed.