The Next Adventure
14 Jun 2021Korzhakov
Sitting in my chair in the Captains conference room on the Archangel, Bailey, the ships Captain is going over all of the normal updates for the week and the planned schedule which for now is just orbiting the beautiful earthlike planet of Navia in the Wolf 1301 system. We have been in system for a couple of weeks as this is EXO's home system. Saunders's Dive is a great station with many of my friends from the squadron living here. I've been making some runs into the black to explore, short trips of 3 to 4 days. Playing exobiologist and explorer and I have been enjoying it. The crew has been enjoying the regular schedule and being able to take leave if desired. But I am wanting to do more, to go further. I got a good fill of combat working up to my Deadly ranking from the pilots federation and I think I would like to take a good while to explore this vast galaxy of ours.
But where to go. "sir?, SIR, Korz!!" Bailey finally brings me back into the room from my thoughts, I guess it was my turn, or she asked me a question but my mind was somewhere else.
"Were going on a road trip" I suddenly announce. Everyone looks at me quizzically, "I want to explore the unexplored. I want to explore the galaxy, and maybe if we can, discover a few new things along the way."
Everyone now looks a me a bit more interested and I ask them all to report back in a week with what their wish list is for a journey of at least 6 months, with stops at a few stations along the way. My mind is suddenly very focused and I want to take this carrier to destinations unknown on the far side of the galaxy.
Captain, work with the navigators and plan a route to Colonia, then Sag A Star and then I will give you a target sector after that, Tritium depot, work with navigation to ensure we have enough onboard for the initial trip to Colonia, we calculate again once were there and take what we need plus a healthy reserve.
I will do some mining to put more money into the carriers account to offset the fuel and jump costs we are going to incur.
I can being to feel some buzz in the room as some of the staff are getting excited about finally stretching the legs of this mobile station we are living on. Some will have apprehension and other crew members will request to terminate their contracts and we will allow all of that to happen. I only want crew that want to out in the black to join us on such a long trip.
Now to break this to my fiancé