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                               Kapitel 7: Altea
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Transformations…
Chapter 7: Altea	


The crew of the Bismarck were given sleeping quarters in the castle, and allowed
to move around freely within the castle walls. That night, a banquet was held to
welcome them, with everyone gathering afterward in a common sitting room,
talking about their various backgrounds. Saber, Colt, and Lance were sitting
together on one couch, while Keith, Princess Fala, April, and Fireball were on
another, with Hiroshi (Shorty), Seidō (Hothead), and Raible sat on the third
couch. 
The Princess looks to Saber. “You were also introduced as a Captain, weren’t
you?” 
Saber nods. “Yes, Your Highness. I have been the Captain of the Bismarck the
past few years. But because of …” He pauses trying to think of how to
explain, “...the ‘incident’ in which my parents and fiancé were among the
victims, it was decided that one of the others should be in charge.” 
He nods towards Fireball. “We chose Captain Hikari to lead our team.”
The Princess nods. “I am sorry for your loss, Captain Rider.”
Saber nods. “Thank you, Your Highness. It has been a rough few weeks, but I am
glad that Calvary Command has allowed me to remain with the Bismarck team. I
feel that the best way to honor all of those killed, is to find out what
happened, so that we can hopefully prevent another such incident.” 
Keith looks up. “So, what all do you know so far?”
Saber looks to Fireball, waiting for him to reply. Fireball shakes his head. 
“Not a whole lot, actually.” He looks to April “April, you seem to have
the most information. Can you pull up what you have on your computer?”
April nods. “Sure, Fireball. I just have to go get my laptop.” She gets up
to go to her room.
Lance looks up, obviously amused. “'Fireball', huh?” He chuckles. “You
guys seem as…comfortable as we are with each other.”
Fireball looks confused. “What do you mean?”
Lance shrugs. “Well,” He nods towards Keith, “we have our fearless leader,
Keith, we also call him ‘Chief” at times. Then you have Seidō,” nodding
towards him, “We affectionately refer to him as ‘Hothead’.” He nods
towards the teenager, “And lastly, we have ‘Shorty’.” Who glares at
Lance.
“Who isn’t quite as short as he used to be.” Keith adds trying not to
laugh. 
Shorty glares at Lance. “We call you 'Moody' for good reason, you know!”
“I go by ‘Lance’ unless we are at some formal boring ‘royal’
proceeding.” He looks to the Princess. “Right, Princess?” 
She nods, smiling. “We are a bit…unorthodox, but we are good at what we
do.”
Fireball nods. “A lot like us, actually. I got the name 'Fireball' when I was
racing.” He looks towards Colt. “The Cowboy over there we call
‘Colt’.” Colt tips his hat. “And that is ‘Saber’” He nods in
Saber’s direction. 
Hothead looks up. “I’ll bite. Why ‘Saber’?”
Saber shrugs. “I honestly don’t remember the exact circumstance it’s been
so long. My father started calling me that after I started my fencing lessons as
a child and it stuck. I decided I liked it better than ‘Richard’. It sounded
way too formal to me.”
Fireball laughs. “That’s funny, seeing as you’re the most ‘formal’ of
any of us, Saber.”
Saber smirks. “I’m the only disciplined one, you mean?”
They all start laughing and April enters the room looking utterly confused.
“Obviously I missed something.” She says looking around the room.
Fireball smiles. “Well, you called me ‘Fireball’” April blushes and
starts to say something when he continues, “I know you did it out of habit.
It’s fine. It just started a discussion on names we call each other.”
April nods. “I see. Well, I’m April. Fortunately, they don't have a pet name
for me.” 
“Yet.” Fireball and Colt say almost simultaneously.
April rolls her eyes and takes her computer to a table and brings up the
familiar radar images. “As you can see, this isn’t much. You have seen the
satellite images. It’s not much to go on.” She points out the timestamps
from the radar images. “The only thing we can’t understand is the short
amount of time that it took for the attack. We have never encountered a ship
that could just appear and disappear so quickly.”
“Nor attack with such ferocity.” Saber adds.
Keith looks at the screen and sighs to gather his thoughts. “Well, if we are
correct, and this is a ship from the former Galran Empire, it’s not good news
at all. The Galrans were not a good group. They would drink human blood, and
even eat humans, if they got the chance. We were nothing more than slave labor
and food to them.” He looks around at the shocked faces of the Bismarck crew,
during the shocked silence.
“Obviously you left that out of the initial report.” Saber says, finally
finding his voice.
Keith nods and looks to Princess Fala, who continues to explain. “We didn’t
think it would be wise to mention it in a report that could be leaked somehow.
We didn’t want to cause panic. We did not plan on withholding the information.
It was one of the reasons we wanted you to come here.”
Saber nods. “That makes sense. I could only imagine the type of rumors that
could go around with that bit of information. You were wise not to disclose that
in the report.”
Princess Fala nods. “Yes, it would surely cause mass hysteria. Not a good
idea, given the circumstances.” “Perhaps that it what someone wanted to
accomplish.” Saber says, thinking aloud. 
Keith nods. “That is a possibility. The Galrans always loved stirring up
trouble. The more humans fought with themselves, the easier it would be to
overrun them. This just seems so much like their M.O., but we destroyed their
home planet, and killed Sincline and Daibazaal. I’m not sure who would be left
to be able to pull off such an attack. As far as we knew, all of their warships
were on Galra when we destroyed it.”
Saber nods, thinking. “Were there any other factions of their empire, where
they could have hidden a ‘rogue unit’ or something?”
Keith shrugs. “Your guess is as good as mine on that. Everything points to
them, but we can’t find enough evidence to support it. I do know without a
doubt that the ship in that image was of Galran dissent.”
Fireball sighs. “So we aren’t much better off than when we left Calvary
Command.”
Saber looks at him. “Patience, Fireball. We will figure this out. At least now
we are fairly certain that this wasn't a personal attack on my father. To me,
that is something.”
Keith looks over at Saber, curious. “Why would someone think of your father as
a target?”
Saber looks up, “Well, he is …was a Senator from the English Federation
Colonies. He was in the process of trying to keep the Bismarck Project up and
running. It was something that not everyone in our branch of the Alliance was in
favor of.”
“Why wouldn’t they be in favor of it? Couldn’t they see that if something
were to happen that your team would be needed?” Princess Fala asks.
Saber shrugs. “I can’t honestly say. Logically, one would think that keeping
our crew as active would serve as a deterrent, but I was hearing that others
felt that it was more of a threat. My father was evidently winning people of
influence to his view, and there was thought initially that someone staged the
attack to make some kind of point.” The Princess nods. “I don’t think that
is the case. What little evidence we do have suggests that this is something we
have not dealt with before. So there is no sense in pursuing such an avenue at
this point.”
Colt looks up. “I still feel that this was a deliberate attack. It was meant
to get our attention. I’m just not sure why someone wants our attention.” 
Saber looks over to him. “You sure seem to believe that, Colt. I just don’t
see how some entity we have never encountered before would want to so
spectacularly draw attention to themselves.”
Raible sighs and looks around at the people in the room. “I think the Cowboy
may have a point.” Everyone turns and looks to him. “Perhaps the goal was to
cause panic and doubt among your people?”
Saber nods. “Okay, I think I see where you’re going with this.”
Raible continues, “They have succeeded in that, have they not?”
Saber nods. “They have caused a bit of a stir.”
“So perhaps, whoever it was that attacked, was merely testing the response.”
Raible states.
“That is not a good thing.” Fireball adds grimly. 
“If that is indeed the point of the attack, it is not a good thing at all.”
Colt says. 
Raible stands up. “It is getting late. I suggest that everyone try and get
some sleep. I will send out a communication to all of the Alliance branches to
be on the lookout for a ship similar to the one your people were attacked by.
I’ll even send a few pictures of similar ships, just to see if we get a hit.
Perhaps if we know where they are based, we can get them before anything else
occurs.” Everyone nods. “Then let’s be off. I have the files together and
will send them off, then be to bed myself. We shall all meet first thing in the
morning. Good night” He heads out towards the control room.
Hothead stands up. “Let’s all get some shut-eye. We can think more clearly
if we get some sleep.” 
Everyone else starts to stand up, and muttering good night as they head to their
rooms.

A few hours later, Saber is sitting in a chair in the common area, writing in a
book. He hears footsteps quietly approaching and looks up, placing the book face
down on his lap.
“Couldn’t sleep?” Princess Fala appears in the doorway.
Saber shakes his head. “I got almost three hours. Lately, it seems that
getting that much is a luxury.”
She nods as she goes and sits down in a chair across from him. “I understand.
I feel uneasy about this whole situation. I can’t quite put my finger on it
though. I feel like we need to be ready for whatever is coming.” She sighs.
Saber nods. “I know what you mean. Whatever we find won’t be good. I can
almost guarantee that.” He absently closes the journal and looks out the
window.
Princess Fala notices the book. “Did I get you from something?”
Saber looks over to her and shakes his head. “No. Not at all, Your
Highness.”
“I wasn’t sure, since you had a book you put down when I came in.” She
replies.
Saber shakes his head. “No. When I can’t sleep any more, I tend to find some
place quiet to sit and write down my thoughts. Supposedly, it’s supposed to
help me clear my head.”
She smiles. “I take it you don’t believe that?”
“I’m not entirely convinced of it, but. I do think writing down my thoughts
does keep me from completely losing my mind.” He replies.
“I’m not sure how I would be in your situation.” She pauses, trying to
think of what to say. “I lost my family as an infant, so I never really knew
them.” She chuckles. “I guess we all have had some strange things happen at
some time or another in our lives.”
They hear another person approach and Keith enters the doorway. “I thought I
heard voices.”
“Did we wake you?” Princess Fala asks.
Keith walks in and sits in the last open chair, shaking his head. “No. I
usually get up about now. I was just surprised to hear anyone else up, so I came
to investigate.”
Saber nods. “I apologize. I couldn’t get back to sleep, so I came in here,
where it was peaceful to try and clear my head. I didn’t mean to wake
anyone.”
“You didn’t wake me. I was having trouble sleeping and was going to go fix
myself something hot to drink, but I saw the light on, and came here instead.”
The Princess states. 
“As I said, I just happened to hear voices, and came to investigate. It’s so
unusual for anyone else to be up this early.” Keith replies. “I normally go
out in my lion on patrol for a bit before anyone else is up.”
Princess Fala smiles, “I wondered why you were always so alert when everyone
else was still getting up.”
Keith looks between the two of them. “Would either of you care to join me?”
The Princess nods. “I’d love to. Let me go and get changed.” She stands up
and heads back to her room.
“Saber?” Keith looks over to him.
Saber blinks for a moment. “Oh. You weren’t just being polite?”
Keith laughs. “Trust me. Not something I would offer unless I meant it.”
Saber nods. “Perhaps you could ride along with Fala. Her lion is less complex
than mine. So maybe you can learn some things about our ships, and later we
could see yours?”
Saber nods. “It would be an honor to be allowed to accompany you.” He stands
up and stretches. “I suppose I was sitting a bit longer than I should
have.”
Keith nods. “You’ll move a bit better after a bit. We’ll meet Fala in the
control room.”
Saber starts to ask something, then thinks better of it and follows Keith to the
control room. They arrive just as the Princess does at the control room.
“Would you be fine with Saber accompanying you, Fala?” Keith asks.
Fala nods. “I figured that he would come with me. Blue Lion is a lot less
complex to operate.” She looks to Saber. “Are you okay with that
arrangement?”
Saber nods. “I am just glad to be allowed to ride along.” 
Fala looks to Keith. “How are we going to get down there?” 
Keith stops for a minute to think. “Well, all of the things here go down to
where the tunnels split off, so you,” he nods towards Saber, “can go down in
the third chute, and then ride with Fala to her Lion.” 
Saber and Fala nod. “I guess I’ll see you in the tunnels then.” Fala says
to Saber.
He nods. “See you in a minute.” 
They all go down and then proceed to the Lions. Once in the blue lion, Saber
stands behind the seat as Fala starts up the lion and takes off, meeting Keith
in the air near the castle. “We’re ready Keith. Which way do you want to
go?”
They choose a direction and after while land in a clearing a bit away from the
castle. Keith comes over the intercom, “Fala, how would you feel about letting
the ‘Captain’ try his hand at piloting?”
She looks over her shoulder to Saber, “Well?”
He thinks for a moment then smiles, “If you trust me that much, then sure.”

She nods and gets up, indicating for him to sit down. “The controls are a bit
touchy.” She says as he sits down. “But I think you can do it. You’ve been
watching me, right?”
Saber nods. “Yes.” He chuckles.
“What’s so funny?” Fala asks.
“April is going to be so jealous.” He replies.
She laughs, as Keith comes back onto the intercom. “Okay, Saber, are you
ready?”
He nods. “I think so.”
“Okay, then pull back slowly, and one you’re moving forward, pull up a bit.
You should then be able to take to the air. There’s not much around here, so I
don’t think you’ll hit anything.” Keith says.
Saber does as he told and slowly the lion starts to move forward, then after
wobbling a bit he starts to become  more steady. “I think you’re doing far
better than I did the first time I attempted this, Saber.” Fala says from
behind him.
Saber nods. “Thank you, Princess. I suppose it helps that I have prior
piloting experience.” 
She nods. “That would have helped me, I’m sure. Even just having the chance
to watch someone operate it before trying might have helped.” She chuckles at
the memory.
Keith laughs over the intercom. “We weren’t very nice to you were we?”
She shakes her head. “You didn’t have the luxury of time to be nice. I had
to learn quickly, Keith. Lives were at stake. I knew that.”
They take to the air and the lion wobbles a bit, dropping suddenly, before Saber
rights it. “Sorry about that.” He says. 
“No worries. That’s not the first time I’ve been in a lion when it
dropped. Try being tossed into another lion once or twice. That hurts.” Fala
says.
“I think I’d rather not, if I could avoid it.” Saber answers dryly. 
Fala laughs. “I would too. Not fun at all.” 

They fly a bit more, practicing various maneuvers and after about an hour they
return to the castle, entering the dining room just as the others begin
arriving.
“Good morning, all” Fala says as they enter and see the curious looks. “I
hope everyone slept well.” Several heads nod as they all take their seats and
begin eating the food that had been put out for them.
Shorty looks towards the Princess, “So, where were you this morning?”
Fala looks over at him. “We went out in the lions.”
“All three of you?” Lance asks nodding towards Saber.
Fala nods. “Yes. Saber came with me in blue lion.”
Colt starts to choke, but recovers quickly, “What?!”
Saber nods. “I was in the study early this morning since I couldn’t get back
to sleep, The Princess,” he nods towards her, “had gotten up, noticed the
light on, she came in and found me. We were talking when Keith came in and
invited us to go out with him. So we all went out.”
April looks over in surprise. “Well?”
“Well what?” Saber asks confused.
“How was it?” April prodded.
Saber smiles. “The lion handles rather well, once you get used to it.”
April looks shocked, turning towards the Princess, “You actually let him
fly?!”
Fala turns to Saber. “I see you were right, Captain.” She laughs, then turns
back to April and nods. “Yes, I did. He has been a pilot, and I thought it
would be a nice gesture.”
“Besides, better to have others that can fly in an emergency, and what better
time to learn that when we aren’t in the middle of fighting,” adds Keith.
“I was the one who invited him.” He looks to the others in the room before
continuing. “I intend to let each of you try to pilot one of the lions, as a
show trust, and that if we ever needed someone, we might be able call on you.”
Each person nods. “It is also my hope that perhaps, we could see your ship and
how it works as well. It is my understanding that your ship was loosely based on
some of the technology of GoLion.”
April nods. “That is correct, Commander. It would be an honor to show all of
you our ship.” 
A soldier enters the dining room. “Excuse me, Your Highness?”
Fala looks up. “Yes?”
“Someone wants to speak with you on the communicator in the control room.”
She stands up and nods. “He says it’s about the ship we were asking
about.” 
Fala looks around the room. Everyone nods as they all make their way to the
control room. In the control room, a young man with dark blue hair and green
eyes dressed in a white and dark blue uniform appears on the screen. “This is
Princess Fala of Altea. I understand you have some information on a ship like we
were inquiring about?”
“Yes, Your Highness.” He bows his head slightly. “I am Captain Athrun Zala
from the colony of Orb. I was on routine patrol a while ago when I spotted a
ship that bears a striking resemblance to the picture of the ship you sent
out.”
She nods. “Thank you for the information, Captain Zala. Could you tell where
the ship was headed?”
Athrun nods. “It appeared that it was headed out of our galaxy towards the New
Frontier Colonies.” Several gasps are heard from the other members of the
group behind Fala. “I thought that was odd, since we had just only spotted it
here recently. One ship that looked similar to the one I saw today tried to
attack Orb a few days ago, but we took it down using a few Gundam Fighters.”
Fala nods. “Thank you very much for the information. Please let us know if you
learn anything else.” 
Athrun nods. “Captain Athrun Zala of Orb, out.” The screen goes dark.
Fala turns to face the group behind her. “Well, it looks like we are going on
a trip.” 
Fireball clears his throat and everyone turns their attention to him.
“Princess, perhaps we should go and investigate this ourselves. We don’t
want you leaving your planet undefended. We could head towards the area of Orb,
and call if we get into trouble. They are basically between here and our
realm.”
Keith nods. “If there is indeed more than one ship, you may need help.  Why
don’t you and your crew head back to the New Frontier, and we will follow,
veering off towards Orb, to see if we can spot the ship that Captain Zala
mentioned.”
Raible takes a step towards Fala. “I think we need to slow down and think this
through. No need to go rushing off based on one report.” He turns to April.
“You are the one that had a hand in the designing of the Bismarck ship, is
that correct?” She nods. “Then let’s go and look at your ship. Perhaps
there are some things we can do to ‘upgrade’ it before you leave. Perhaps we
can make it faster. I feel that would be worth looking into. It could mean the
difference of living or dying in battle.”
Saber nods. “Raible is right. We can’t just rush into this. The little bit
of time I spent in the lion this morning taught me one thing…we need to be
more maneuverable. So, if there is a way to increase our speed and
maneuverability, I think it would be worth waiting a day or so.”
Colt looks up. “I don’t like waiting, Saber. I want to get them before they
get us. I don’t…”
“I know, Colt.” Saber interjects. “The last thing I want is for anyone
else to lose someone. But what good is it if we leave now and get destroyed
after getting there? What good does that do to those we have promised to
protect?” He turns to April. “I think you should give them the tour of the
Bismarck now.” April nods and indicates for the GoLion Team and Raible to
follow her, leaving Saber, Fireball and Colt alone in the control room. Saber
turns to Fireball. “I’m sorry if I took over. I …”
Fireball holds up his hand. “No, you were right. Your points are valid. If I
felt like you were wrong, I would have spoken up. Sometimes Colt and I don’t
see eye to eye. I thought he would take an argument better from you, rather than
me.”
Colt looks between the two men, deciding who to speak to first. “I still
don’t like it. What if this is all a trap or something?” He finally just
blurts out to both of them.
Saber places a hand on Colt’s shoulder. “Yet another reason to take a step
back and sort out all of the available options. We could make things worse just
jumping in head first, Colt. I don’t like the situation either, but at this
point, I feel that is our best course of action.” He sighs and turns to
Fireball, “I think we should try to contact Commander Eagle and pass on this
bit of information. There are other units of Star Sheriffs that could come to
their defense until we get there if need be. Better to give them some warning,
even if it turns out to be nothing.”
Fireball nods. “I think we should join the others. You can call Calvary
Command from the ship.” He turns to Colt. “I know you don’t like this,
Colt. None of us do, but you know Saber is probably right. He is the most
trained in strategy of any of us.”
Colt nods and grumbles, “I know. I know. I’ll go along with it, but I
don’t have to like it.” Fireball nods. “I’ll be good and not fight
it.”
Fireball goes and places his hand on his shoulder. “Thank you, Colt.” Colt
nods and they head off to join the others.

A few minutes later, they arrive on board the Bismarck. The others are gathered
around April’s saddle unit as she is showing them the various functions of the
ship. They look up when the three enter. Saber nods and heads to his saddle
unit. “I need to contact Calvary Command and let them know about what Captain
Zala told us. I figure that it’s better to be on the safe side.”
Raible nods. “Good thinking. You could have called them from the control room.
It wouldn’t have been a problem.”
“We weren’t entirely sure of how to work your equipment, so I figured better
to do it here.” Saber admits.
“Ah. Then that is probably for the better. I’ll show you how to use it later
if you would like.” Raible replies. 
Saber nods, he then turns his attention to calling Calvary Command. “This is
Bismarck calling Calvary Command.”
A soldier comes onto the screen. “This is Calvary Command. Go ahead,
Bismarck.”
“This is Captain Rider. I need to speak with Commander Eagle immediately.” 
The soldier nods and leaves the screen, coming back a moment later accompanied
by Commander Eagle. “Go ahead Bismarck.”
“Sir, we put out a query to several branches of the alliance on the ship that
was spotted off Yuma. We have possible information from Orb. A Captain Zala
contacted us this morning and said they recently took down a ship similar to the
one we sent out images of and that they have recently seen another similar ship
heading towards the New Frontier. After talking with the GoLion team here on
Altea, we believe it may be a former Galran Warship. We cannot be certain
without physically seeing it ourselves, but if it is indeed heading in your
direction, you may want to have some defenses ready.” The Commander nods,
processing this information, Saber continues. “We were initially planning on
rushing back to Calvary Command, but I do not think we could be of much use in
time if there was an attack, so our plan at this point is to improve our ship,
then come with GoLion in a day or so, unless an all out attack does begin.”
Commander Eagle listens intently, pausing to decide what to say. “So you are
still on Altea?” 
Saber nods. “Fireball and April are going over possible improvements that
could be done quickly to the Bismarck as we speak, Sir. We did not think it was
wise to just rush in, not knowing for sure what we are dealing with. If we have
a chance to improve our ship, and potentially save more lives in the process,
then we figure this is our best course of action.”
“I agree. I am glad that you were allowed to go with the team, Saber. It seems
you are a voice of reason.” He studies Saber’s face for a moment, “How are
you doing, in all seriousness?”
Saber thinks a moment before answering. “Well, I’m doing better than I
thought I would be, honestly, Sir. Being in a new environment has seemed to
help. The people here are quite friendly, so it is a comfortable atmosphere. All
of them seem to understand…” He pauses, “Perhaps better than most, since
they have all lost loved ones themselves.” 
The Commander nods. “I’m glad of that.”
“I have written in the journal some, as I promised you I would. I’m still
not convinced it’s very helpful, but I am keeping my word.” He sighs,
thinking. “I hope we are doing the right thing. I pray that my feeling on this
is wrong, Sir.”
Commander Eagle nods. “I hope this isn’t as bad as it sounds that it could
be. I will notify a few of the other Star Sheriff Teams to be on patrol. We have
a few units that can come to our aid if needed. I will also start having
practice drills, in case of an attack. As you said, it’s better to be over
prepared, than caught off guard. Keep me informed of any developments,
Saber.”
He nods. “I will, Sir. Bismarck out.” He terminates the connection, and gets
up to join the others. “How are things here?” 
April turns and smiles. “Rather well, I think. Raible seems to think we can
modify the engines to have ‘warp speed’ capability, and not really use much
more fuel.” 
Saber nods. “Could that be how that ship appeared and disappeared so
quickly?” He asked curious.
Keith nods. “That is what I was thinking. I know that some of the newer Galran
ships had something they called ‘hyper-drive’ it’s similar to a ‘warp
speed’ technology we can use with GoLion.” He looks around the ship.
“It’s rather well designed. There’s not much that we can upgrade, other
than the OS and a few range of motion moves and weapons.”
April smiles, “That’s good, right?”
Keith nods. “It means that hopefully by tomorrow, we can go investigate that
ship near Orb.”
Colt comes over, “I’m glad to hear someone talking about starting to do
something. I feel like we need to be out there, not sitting around.”
Fireball comes over and places his hand on Colt’s shoulder. “Easy, Cowboy,
I’m sure we’ll see plenty of action soon enough.”
“Yes, be careful what you wish for.” Fala says as she approaches the group.
She turns to Keith. “I think the techs can take care of the upgrades from this
point, why don’t we go eat lunch, then take the Bismarck crew out in the
Lions?”
Keith nods. “I think that’s a good idea.” He turns to Fireball. “What do
you think, Captain?”
Fireball nods. “Sounds like fun to me.” He looks to April, who is smiling.
“I take it you’re ready?”
She nods. “Oh yeah,” she looks towards Saber. “Won’t be a big deal to
you will it?” She asks teasingly.
Saber smiles. “I’ll have fun watching the three of you. To see how you
do.”
Raible walks over to the gathering group. “Let’s get the ship into the back
hangar closer to the castle, and we’ll get the techs started on the
improvements, while we have lunch and whatever else you are planning. With the
agreement of meeting back at the control room, say mid-afternoon?” Keith and
Fala nod. 
“Then let’s get the ship moved.” Fireball says as he goes to his saddle
unit. “Everyone find a place close to a unit to stand, or sit.” After
everyone is situated, he raises the ramps and takes off, landing the ship in the
specified hangar. “All right, now, shall we all go eat?” Everyone nods, and
the group heads back to the dining room. Various conversations fill the room as
the food is brought in and people begin eating.

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