*the scene opens with Emma, Sparc and Gonick seated in the cockpit of the Danube, a small, yet advanced spacecraft. The cockpit is about the size of a small room, and there is also a back room, roughly the size of a mid-sized conference room. Off of the back room are small quarters. More like closets with cots, actually. Edward Saganami is in the back, checking the engine. Emma is twirling a rather sharp looking blade between her fingers*
Gonick: Preflight complete. Ready with the engines, Edward?
Saganami: Yep!
Sparc: I've loaded the coordinates into the navicomputer. =
Emma: I finished sharpening my knives!
Gonick, rolling eyes: I guess we're ready to go, then. Punch it!
*cut to: HQ exterior. The Danube takes off from an exterior bay, and streaks off into warp speeds*
*scene ends*
*next scene opens after another lengthy trip at warp speeds. The Danube drops out of the hyperspace corridor, and settles into orbit over a moderately inhospitable-looking planet. Storms swirl over much of the surface, and lightning strikes are quite common. Emma, Sparc, Gonick, and Edward Saganami peer at the sensor readings.*
Saganami, sarcastically: Lovely place.
Gonick: Plan your summer home later, Saganami. Sparc, any idea where we should set down?
Sparc: The Archives were housed in a large building, but that must be rubble by now. Let's set down near the old ruins. *Sparc calls up a map, and locates a point on the surface* Here. This spot looks good.
*the Danube angles into a descent trajectory, and lands on the spot Sparc picked out.*
Gonick: Ok, grab some lasguns. From what Sparc's told me, this place used to be home to a bunch of nasty wild critters. We might need the pew pew pew. I'll be taking a pulser, of course.
Emma: What is it with you and those things, anyway?
Gonick: Miniaturized, pocket-sized mass drivers? What's not to like?
Emma: The need for ammunition.
Gonick, after a few thoughtful-looking moments: Ok, let's go!
Emma: ...
*they exit the runabout, and Gonick withdraws a small device from his pocket. He presses a button, and the craft shimmers out of sight*
Sparc, impressed: Nice.
Gonick: Just remember where we parked.
*cut to: overhead view. Gonick and his party walk towards the ruin of a once grand building. As they travel, an ominous red glow appears, as an all-too-familiar hum penetrates the silence.*
*scene ends*
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