<div class="floatleft">(http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/1934868-3x2-940x627.jpg)</div><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;">Sidney Leon</span></span></strong>,<em>Potential Pilot </em><br/>2519, Present Day<br/>Eavesdown Docks, Persephone<br/>Tagging - Open, Astrid.<br/>Location-Man's Ruin (Cockpit)<hr/><br/><div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote">Quote</div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">The engines hummed to life as Sidney started up the ship. One by one the systems came on as Man's Ruin finally woke up. The navigation flickered several times, before the program settled into place on the screen. He could see the verse from here. Plot courses, access Man's Ruin's flightpath going back months, if not years. Next to it, the sensor console lit up showing passive and active sensors. The ship was always scanning passively while her engines turned, on alert for debris, meteorites, weapons targeted at her hull, or other objects or vehicles if they drew too near. There was something, a blip on the radar that shouldn't have been there. It was coming from the ship itself. The lower half on the port side, but it was hard to tell what it was. <br/><br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>Sydney let out a small sigh of relief as the engines started up smoothly, and allowed himself a small smile. His smile faded as he noticed something being picked up on the sensors that looked like it was coming from possibly inside the ship. Befor he could think on it any more, Astrid came on the intercom. "Sydney, you might wanna cut her off right now. The engine is runnin' hot and keepin' it goin' is gonna make it hotter, dangerously so.". Sydney reached over and pressed the com button. "Sure thing Astrid" He said moving twin sliders on the console down and slowly powering down the engines. "Hey Astrid, It's just the three of us on here right? I picked up a funny blip on the lower port side that I wann check out."