Remnants and Fallout

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The main cargo bay had been converted, the cryotubes standing in rows ready to receive their intended passengers, and the good Doctor walked through them doing a last minute calibration check, as members of the crew readied the ships systems.

It was going to be a prolonged suspended animation, his calculations for the jump would put them in the rough vicinity of their predetermined destination, but there was a rather substantial margin of error. He blew out a sigh and shook his head.

"This is not the smartest thing I have ever, bloody, done," he said banging out a cigarette and fishing through his papers for his cup of tea. "How're the Vortex drives?"

"Charging doctor," someone called from the level above him.

Outside of the ship, a specially created booster scaffold was affixed to the ship, ready to propel them... he shook his head. Insanity... the insanity of cobbled together phantom, and Nomad technology. All for what? a potential doomsday machine? No, the Coalition had devised something far more malevolent.

"Tell the Admiral we're good to go on her mark... I can start flash freezing crew members once we're away from Mykolaiv."

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