Icarus, Ocean of Jul
by the Terran ship
The gunner chuckled at the display and nodded towards the man as he landed on the deck of the speedboat. As the Terrans spoke the translation unit fastened to the sailors belt roughly translated the language, coming out of the earpiece in his ear. “ Its a pleasure sir, welcome to Icarus….We kinda wished you phoned ahead..” the pilot laughed as she heard the comment and took a long drag on a cigarette in her mouth. The smoke rolled away from her face and washed over the Terrans before blowing away from the boat, it would smell sweet, almost like a flower. “ Khala, hu’hala, u sho saou” The pilot said towards the gunner, roughly translated to ‘Khala, Lets go, its going to storm soon’. The gunner nodded and looked over the horizon to his left before looking at his watch “ She’s right, its almost 17:00, you don’t want to be out here on a speedboat when those storms hit”. The gunner made a circling motion with his hand and the speed boat quickly sped off, moving back towards the carrier. The speedboats had rigid hulls and were jet driven with two more mounting points for more weapons, fully staffed these things could lay down quite the firepower.
15 minutes later the speedboats pulled into flooded well deck and tied up on the raised platform that leads to the interior of the ship. As the storm clouds rolled in the well deck hatch closed and the water quickly drained out, revealing a slip rubberized floor and ladders leading up into the ship. The crews dismounted and began stowing the ships for travel. “ Up the ladder, go right and head up the stairs. The captain will be there” the gunner said towards the Terrans, pointing up into the ship. Aradite custom is to show their guests the utmost hospitality and trust, but to the Terrans it might seem a little odd. Since the Terrans were now deemed not a threat, they would be treated as trusted guests and locals. The carrier dwarfed the speedboats from the outside but inside, the halls looked like you could ride tanks down them. Everything inside would be kept impeccably clean, not even a stray hair was out of place. Sailors walked the halls like it was business as usual, only stealing a few seconds to look at the Terrans before going about their business. As the Terrans reached they’re destination, they would find themselves in the Combat information center, surrounded by holoscreens and Septonians at desks. The captain would be at the center of the room, over a large holographic display table of the ocean.