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It was just a scratch, it would not pose any concern or
danger to me, I could not afford an injury at this time
we were just passing through the atmosphere, just a
few minutes before we reached outer space, I tried to
finish organizing the last civilian who entered the
ship, the young soldiers who had chosen lived up to
my expectations of them. After takeoff and the impact
we were able to stand, I resumed the task of
organizing the remainder of the civilians, I was in
control of the shelters and tried to maintain my crew
calm.
Everything in order, I decided to go up to the
command post, I needed to know the level of
emergency the escape plans were still in, I found
General Pot, sitting in the back of the room. From his
position I could see all the different flight captains of
operations, the front control panels took up almost the
entire width of the ship, more than fifteen men were
needed to work in the control system of this modern
Noah’s Ark, behind them were five captains of
navigation, they worked in front of huge glass
skylights able to see everything, it was the only place
on the ship where you could see outer space, from
where I was the General gave orders to detain the
ship’s hovering at a safe distance from where they
could observe planet earth.
I had the opportunity to see from a different angle
parts of the world, two ships exactly like ours, were in
the atmosphere communicating with our command
post and asked for instructions, we all stopped to look
at the planet, from where we were it showed how
beautiful our planet is and at risk of disappearing, it
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now looks like a billiard ball light blue, with uneven
patches of dark colors, but it makes it a perfect
combination of blue dominating the picture.
These moments that we were living were of
incalculable value and power, you could see in the
face of each and every one of the crew members,
despair and uncertainty in they’re faces, but nobody
said anything, it was also the concern for friends and
family members left behind, it's times like these that
humanity emerges in humans.
Most of the women were crying, I remember one of
the captain of navigation, with tears running down her
cheeks, but still doing her job with the ability and
integrity required by the situation, many of the
soldiers were also concerned, but followed orders
without question. We were just waiting for the alarm
of mass destruction on the planet, but it remained as
just that, an alarm. I left the control room, I decided to
tour the ship, I took one of the eight elevators
available along each corridor, and began my
inspection.
The section of the ship dedicated to saving marine
species it managed to relax more than I expected, it
was a good idea to start there, the tranquility of the
tanks and fish moving managed to take my worries
away for a while, the sound of the whales made me
think, I stopped in front of them for about half an
hour, the majesty of the species managed to capture
me, their size and innocence, but above all the
ingenuity in their eyes that made me feel guilty of
others. How was it possible that humans were able to
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cause so much damage to animals on the planet? It’s
all our fault that today they are also at risk of
disappearing. I also visited the cages prepared for the
terrestrial animals, I was there for nearly half an hour,
I don’t know if it was just me, but saw in each of the
animal’s eyes concern. It was one of the men that was
caring for them that mentioned to me that animals
perceive danger much better than humans. The area
of the warehouses, was all quiet and going well, the
upper information floors were going well, the hangar
where the air crafts were, was also fine, with
surveillance patrols that were organized round the
clock. Everything was going as planned.
The barracks where my soldiers rested, were all in
order, as soon as I went in, all the soldiers stood up to
greet me. I ordered the reports from the men chosen
responsible to command each floor, they gave me all
the information has requested. Everything was going
as planned.
I revisited the upper control room. Nothing new. Then
I went to my room, I needed to get some rest. What
was expected to happen was unknown territory to me
and I should be prepared for any eventuality, nothing
better than a rested mind to make decisions.
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