<strong>ISS VENTURE - The Bridge (Day 1: 0:00 Hours)</strong><br/><br/>The activation of the FTL should have, according to the best estimates of the scientists, been seen as nothing more than a blink of an eye to the crew of the ISS Venture.  It came across rather differently.  As the countdown reached zero, everything seemed to stretch in dimensions that just couldn't quite be grasped by the human eye or brain.  Ghostly creatures were seen to rush by as if a herd of mutated cattle were running through the bridge, then, a snap.<br/><br/>Reality returned in a rush, leaving the crew-members not in stasis violently sick to the stomach as their bodies attempted to re-adjust to real space.  The forward screen showed a strange double-star system that was NOT their destination, while alarms and warnings from every console and screen attempted to compete for the attention of the skeleton crew.  According to the computer, everything was going wrong.  Not only was the entire ship a raging inferno, but it was an empty vacuum, had high levels of carbon dioxide, too much oxygen, too much moisture, and every other event the programmers had included.<br/><br/>Captain Stirling sat in her chair, her face in her hands and a narrow trickle of blood leaking from one ear.