<div class="floatleft">(http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQSBm7xZ9JoVDmYS3gnUYH-VLi4viUyAB_l_vvmIi1pC58uyCvxYfZenNKm)</div><strong>Name(s): Caitlin Powers, James Braitwaite, Dr Hoshi Kimura, Sumalee Voclain, Dureke Sokolov.</strong><br/><strong>Location: UNS-Pioneer</strong><br/><strong>Date: January 21st 2052</strong><br/><hr/><br/>As the crew settled into their stations aboard the UNS-Pioneer those aboard the orbital dock went about their work unseen by the billions watching the stars of the show. Their work had begun almost a decade ago, constructing first the orbital shipyard that was to become the launch facility, then building Earth's first true spacecraft, designed to do more than visit its own orbiting moon.<br/><br/>Dozens of men and women watched their assigned monitoring stations, silently observing the ship and its crew with a critical eyes. More interested in the flow of oxygen across its decks or the heart rate of its pilot than how good the crew looked in their shiny new skin suits or STARS suits. Once everyone was strapped in and the final check's done on the cyro chambers and engines the green light was given and one of the watching engineers pressed a small button on his console.<br/><br/>Around the orbiting dock that surrounded the Pioneer the hundreds of flexible power cables and pipes that had been continually supplying power and air and water were turned off and one by one, with puffs of air and crystals of frozen water vapour they detached and drifted away from the ship's hull. The shuttle detached from the port side airlock and slowly manoeuvred away from the Pioneer giving it unimpeded access to open space beyond the dock. Lunar Command came on the intercom "UNS-Pioneer. All systems are green, you are cleared for departure. Godspeed ladies and gentlemen."