Angela watched as her two most senior officers went to carry out their own duties. Getting up with her tray in one hand and her screen in the other, depositing the tray with the others she walked out the mess hall going over the scans on her screen. Her boots falling softly on the carpeted floor, smiling and saluting to the members of her crew as she passed. There was an electricity in the air as the whole crew was a buzz with the news of the new planet, a possibility of a new home.
Arriving on the deck the crew getting to their feet as her first officer, Commander Thomas Jordy called the crew to attention. "Captain on deck!" he said as he got up from his seat, the rest of the crew following suit. "As you were." she says as she cross to sit in her own seat which gave her the view of the screen in front of her which at the moment was just a blanket of black with twinkling white stars. "Are we in range for a visual?" she asked Jordy excitment evident in her voice. "Aye. Bring it on screen." he called out to the navigation officer. A few strokes of her counsel and the young officer brought the image onto the screen. There in a swirl of white clouds and blue-green water stood the planet that for all purposes looked like a slightly off colored Earth. The planet looked very promising indeed...
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