Alexandra nodded as the call came though, 'now or never' he said, well.  Never was an awfully long time, not something she particularly wanted to wait out either.  "Alright people, you heard the man, if we're going to get out of here, we need to do it now.  Matthews have the section chiefs reported ready?  If not, tell them to get on it, I'm leaving in two minutes, if not sooner." She sat back at her command chair, and read the various displays about her.  The tactical repeater wasn't doing her any favors, "Make that a Minute and a half." She said as she pursed her lips, chewing softly on the bottom one, hitting her com stud she contacted Jack Clark she had read his folder as she had with every member of her staff and crew, he'd be a good man for the job.  "Major Clark, are your men ready to go?  I don't anticipate any problems but...well, we've both had ops that didn't go as smoothly as planned..." She trailed off a bit, letting horrors rise, and die off in her mind. "In any case, best to be prepared right?"   After finishing her call with him, and getting a confirmation from Matthews, she took a deep breath let it out slow, and punched in ship wide while she stared at her chrono for a second.<br/><br/>"Alright people, you all know the drill, we've got to leave home, and we've got to find help.  Now out there are 10,000 or so, angry lizards who don't want to see us leave.  But, your the best crew Terra could ask for, and you all know what's at stake, we cannot afford to fail.  Not for ourselves, but for every man woman and child still down below.  So, we won't fail.  We'll break through, and we'll find help.  In about 5 seconds, I'm ordering the ship to launch.  We've got a mission to accomplish, and God willing, a planet to save, so let's be about it."  She shut off her com and waited precisely five seconds then turned to the navigation officer. "Take us out, maximum safe speed.  We don't need to waste any more time."