The JHC Drive

[Zeppy]

As the Graf Zeppelin comes into view George grins at the sight, at first Jack thinks George is grinning at the prospect of solid ground beneath his feet (or at least as close to solid ground as you could get in space), but he soon realizes that George is not focused on the Graf Zeppelin itself. Rather, George’s attention is fixed firmly on the four-pronged metal claw-like device being attached to the front of the Graf Zeppelin, the JHC drive. People in vacuum suits swarm over the front of the ship, flashes of blue-white light from welding torches light the ship at random intervals and throw distorted shadows over the metal. “I really hope it works”, George says at last.

Jack replies with a smile, “Joel would never let us hear the end of it if we accidentally imploded the ship”.

“No, I doubt he would, but I was talking more of the work we have both put into that thing. It will feel good to finally see it come to fruition.”

Jack nods as the Icarus slowly comes to a halt underneath the Graf Zeppelin, “attaching docking clamp”, he says as he pulls a lever on the ground near his seat. The Icarus shudders and there is a loud clank as the Icarus’ docking clamp attaches to the Graf Zeppelin’s counterpart.

“Home sweet home”, George states simply as he stands and walks to the Icarus’ airlock.

Jack stands and moves to the back of the Icarus, to the cargo bay, to retrieve the small case that the crystals are stored in. As he picks it up the hair on his arms stands on end and he hears a barely audible buzzing noise; out of curiosity he opens the case and looks at the crystals. Each one is purple in colour, roughly oval shaped and multi-faceted; on the top of each crystal is a golden piece of metal and on the bottom a larger piece of silver metal that hugs the curve of the crystal, forming a sort of “cup” for it. Both of the pieces of metal are covered in miniscule bumps and worm-like indents that he recognized as signs of circuitry, albeit incredibly complex circuitry. He frowns and leans a bit closer, scrutinizing them. As he leans closer the buzzing gets worse and it feels like his hair is going to fly off of his body. Upon closer inspection he does recognize slight differences between the crystals just as George had said. Shrugging, Jack closes the case again and the buzzing instantly lessens, though it does not go away.

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Reseach into the Kansas sector

Research into the Privas Planetary Cluster

Research into Alien "Trade Lanes"

A new ship, Jack Denton's time on Freeport 11

The JHC Drive

An Unscheduled Vacation of Sorts

The above are meant to be read in order, if you jump in at "A new ship" you are going to be lost.

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