<strong>Name</strong>: Devin Turner (http://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=159344.msg7348486#msg7348486)<br/><strong>Location</strong>:<em>Solace</em>Control Room<br/><strong>Tagged:</strong>: All<br/><hr/><br/>A quick estimate showed that most or all of the crew had assembled. This was the moment toward which Devin had looked with a sense of great anticipation: this was the first assembly of the first crew of the ship that held the souls of over five thousand men, women, and children. He had spent months trying to think of something profound to say at this moment. He had failed.<br/><br/>Clearing his throat, he looked around the room and waited a brief moment. The window of the control room was facing the brightly-lit Earth; the low orbit put North America and much of the Pacific Ocean in view. The stars behind the Earth were difficult to see, but somewhere among those there was a haven for humanity. There had to be.<br/><br/>He smiled and turned his eyes back to the room. "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to your home for the next few years." It wouldn't be right for him to set himself up as a commander in the military sense, so he kept his manner of address casual. "I'd like to keep things informal while we're here; you can just call me Devin. You all know your responsibilities and how important they are, so I won't remind you. May God bless our journey and our destination."