Nodding once, Declan turned and nodded to Ghost, who drifted to one side, activating controls in the capacity of co-pilot as the Titan flipped switches and tapped in their flight plan. Most of the flying was autopilot anyways, but the first atmo breach was always impressive, so he took the controls over himself.
The ship coasted out of the hangar, Amanda waving at them as Declan followed the blinking lights and the gesturing robots.
"Just breathe normally and relax. The pressure is minimized in current ships. It shouldn't feel like more than...going uphill in a car, from your era," Ghost remarked as the ship turned, drifted around the Tower, tilted up, and then flew forward with increasing speed. Less like a slingshot, more like any vehicle gaining momentum, only they were also gaining altitude.
It took no time at all for them to break through the different levels, from mountain air to clouds, up to pure, empty blue, higher to where tiny bits of debris not yet burned up on atmosphere entry clicks and clattered off the ship, then into the Thermosphere where the barest curvature of magnetic flow creature the aurora borealis in the distance. The ship shook, vibrating briefly as they escaped into the exosphere, pulled out of the Earth's orbit and then they were free in space. Just like that, none of the terror of possible explosion, none of the rattling and falling apart of ancient terran rockets.
"Look," Declan whispered, tappping the screen and letting the ship drift casually, turning it around so they could watch as Earth slowly took up less of their vision and could eventually be seen as a single whole. The gravity was still on for the moment, but he wanted Aoba to see the beautiful thing everyone was fighting for.
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The ship coasted out of the hangar, Amanda waving at them as Declan followed the blinking lights and the gesturing robots.
"Just breathe normally and relax. The pressure is minimized in current ships. It shouldn't feel like more than...going uphill in a car, from your era," Ghost remarked as the ship turned, drifted around the Tower, tilted up, and then flew forward with increasing speed. Less like a slingshot, more like any vehicle gaining momentum, only they were also gaining altitude.
It took no time at all for them to break through the different levels, from mountain air to clouds, up to pure, empty blue, higher to where tiny bits of debris not yet burned up on atmosphere entry clicks and clattered off the ship, then into the Thermosphere where the barest curvature of magnetic flow creature the aurora borealis in the distance. The ship shook, vibrating briefly as they escaped into the exosphere, pulled out of the Earth's orbit and then they were free in space. Just like that, none of the terror of possible explosion, none of the rattling and falling apart of ancient terran rockets.
"Look," Declan whispered, tappping the screen and letting the ship drift casually, turning it around so they could watch as Earth slowly took up less of their vision and could eventually be seen as a single whole. The gravity was still on for the moment, but he wanted Aoba to see the beautiful thing everyone was fighting for.