* the fortress creeping closer ar suprisingly 160m/s was in her final stage flight path at about25,000 feet flarelets of her retros fired in an allmost music-like way but very few could see them from her current alitude she would normally come in faster but airspace was ...crowded it wasent every day people saw a 3/4 kilometer long ship make a planetary landing so naturally. jim smiled and sipped his wisky" yes it has isa how have you been i had thought well i thought you had retired or worse" his eyes met hers as if saying ive missed you but it was noticable only to her"what have you been up to?" he asked nervously waiting yet hideing it for her response it was only a few short months ago that they had been engaged and both agreed because of work to "break it off" the fort at this point was a growing presense over the base at a mere 15,000 feet now her retros visable if you looked hard enough,her shuttles allready ferrying crew off and on for rotations,supplys as well