Departure: the pleasure within
12 Jul 2020Grecale80
The departure for a journey outside the Bubble it's always a mix of different feelings, also if u are an experienced explorer: how can the experience of a man cover the entire universe? Impossible, also if u are an Elite in exploration you will always feel a kind of reverence in front of the vastness of the Galaxy. As the ancient marriner always respected the sea (respect, not afraid), so a modern explorer should always respect the Galaxy and his laws.As usual before a trip this night i was completly sleepless thiking how many things i've passed through this year: a newbie pilot in a squadron (now they are my second family), wars, a rescue mission on Artemis Lodge attacked by Thargoid...my ex gf that walk out from my life due to my pilot's carreer.
Well i don't blame my lonelyness, and my nervous stress either: i'm a Commnder, i choosed this life with consciousness; and i perfectly knew (i always knew) that the human price to pay for this kind of life was this. So no regret.
But now my reward is absolutly sweet: the Galaxy...and his exploration. As a young man is ready to discover the pleasures of love for the first time, i'm ready again for discover the space and his beauty, as if it were my first time.
I just finished the last check of the ship....request for departure granted....the Verne slowly rise from his landing pad, and the sound of his thrusters never been so sexy....
I don't have a specific destination this time...i just opened the galaxy map, closed my eyes and put randomly my finger on it: this will be my destination. I raise the volume of my fancy old mid 21st century stereo that i have put into my Krait cockpit...*fsd charging*...well my friends wish me good luck...3..2..see you soon..1.....
*the Krait suddenly disappear into a white light. Destination: actually unknown*