"Liam" almost felt the Dreamscape before he saw her. Having poured much of his life into the ship, it wasn't surprising that her bulkheads, hallways, systems and sub-systems were as much apart of him as his own flesh and blood. There, lurking in the dark cloud hung the Dreamscape. Once the crown jewel of the SLRC fleet, now a derelict lurking in the depths of the debris field that surrounded her.
"Unreal." Leo said aloud. "I never thought I'd see her in person." he quickly went to his terminal, reviewing what the sensors were telling him. Liam knew that the ship would have survived the onslaught of both Alberta and Earhart. After their little adventure into Alberta years ago, he had ensured that she ship would survive most kinds of corrosive material. Though, those preventative measures were no doubt at their breaking point by now. The impact in Beta no doubt did considerable damage as well. While he pondered these things, he didn't hear Rose come up along side him.
"Do you think they can do it?" she asked him.
"They have to." he replied for the first time.
"We may not be Starlight anymore, but we can at least help them recover something from our past. Something that means something."
Liam remained silent, staring out at the viewscreen at the ship that was his life's work, now rotting away in a place no one could fathom. Rose turned to look at him, betrayal in her eyes. "Finally." he thought to himself "I was wondering when we were going to stop pretending and get to the point."
"You should have been here. With them. Guiding them. Leading them. But your own selfish needs came to the forefront yet again. You...you're a right bastard. Just like mother always said. I hate you. I wish you weren't here but outing you to them will only take away from their accomplishments. So you sit back here...you stay back here and you shut the hell up." tears were in her eyes, threatening to drop onto her cheek as she turned and walked away.
"You will always be...my Starlight." he said quietly.
"Superstructure appears mostly in tact." he heard Leo say from the front snapping him out of it. "Moving us into position. Standby for thrust."
