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    You look over to your left.  People are riding inside large robotic haulers as they carry cargo up to the landing pad.  The blast of air from Starfalcon's ramjets gets stronger and stronger as the ship comes down.  The landing pylons of the ship slowly touch down on the landing pad, and the roar suddenly shuts off.  You can hear a low whine as the engines power down, and then the gangway comes down out of the bottom of the ship's hull.

    People come down the gangway to help you carry your luggage up into the ship.  While you and a group of fellow passengers go up the gangway into the starship, the people using the robot haulers load up the cargo bay.  Someone picks up one of your suitcases and tells you that there are five floors inside this ship, and that all the passengers will have their own rooms inside.  She leads you down a hallway of the ship and makes a left turn.  She stops and puts down the suitcase and pulls a key out of her pocket.

    "This is your room," she says.  She opens the door with the key and lets you go in first.  Then she picks up the suitcase.

    "Just set it somewhere in here," you say, "I don't mind where."

    She puts the suitcase down next to your other one.

    "Thank you," you say.  You yawn.  Ever since you left Terra, you've felt somewhat tired.  Maybe it's because you haven't been sleeping in a familiar place.

    "You're welcome."  She hands you the key.

    "Pardon me," you say, "I didn't get your name."

    "I'm Muldoon," she says, "Patricia Muldoon."

    "I'm Shawn Astrid," you say.

    "Nice to meet you, Shawn.  I hope you enjoy the ride."

    "I hope it's smoother than the ride away from Earth."

    "There isn't any more fighting," Muldoon says, "I'm glad I won't have to fly this ship through all that shooting again."

    "You mean you're the pilot?"

    "I'm just one pilot.  There are three others."

    "Oh."

    "And I'm the one who landed here today too," she says.

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[Go!] Do you ask if you can see the Starfalcon Control Room?

[Go!] Do you go to sleep instead?



 
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