Hudson with Terror

[Reeves]

With a mixture of mercy and perhaps kindness, Morreti went easy on the throttle and took them out of the hangar at a moderate speed. "We're clear of the base. How close do you need to be for those scans?" Outside the confines of the bay doors, he indulged in the opportunity to ramp up on the throttle and the ship folded the wings in to accommodate this and shift into cruise mode. Despite his enthusiasm, it was a process that felt quite smooth, due to the fact that this ship had likely seen no end of engine tuning to ensure a blend that was preferred by its pilot.

All the same, they were clearly moving quite rapidly in the direction of that pristine white marble, and Morreti had plotted a course that had them dip under the lane network and circle back to Atka's dark side. This would keep them off the paths that either Liberty or Planetform were able to observe, and more or less free to carry out the scans.

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