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throughout The Capital, that if one of these experiments were to ever detonate, the explosion could quite possibly kill everyone on the planet. The ACI claims it isn’t true, but to silence the protestors they agreed to operate the Aurora at a “safe” distance…
    The anticipation made it seem like hours before the transport ship finally launched.
    It was quite a sight to watch the Capital fade away and the blue sky turn into a starlit background. The evidence of civilization slowly disappeared, revealing only the face of nature.
    I couldn’t help but be transfixed and I thought to myself, “This definitely won’t be the last time I do this.”
    The view of space was so incredible… I must have completely lost sense of time and slipped into some kind of a trance. It was supposed to take almost an hour to reach the Aurora… But next thing I know, I heard the com cut on.
    “We are now approaching The Aurora Station, should be docking in about 10 minutes.”
    Kayin got up and walked back to where I was sitting.
    “That was amazing wasn’t it!?”
    I replied “Yeah I just wish the ship wasn’t so fast so it all would have lasted a little longer.”
    “Oh for sure…I can’t wait see the inside of the Aurora, you know about the Asirium Hall right?”
    “Of course, it’s all anyone who’s been there talks about…”
    As The Aurora came into sight it was absolutely overwhelming. It was almost like an entire civilization floating above Aeris. The best way to describe it would be a city in the stars.
    When the transport ship began to dock, I could see the legendary Asirium Hall. Asirum is a clear, glass like substance that was found on D-217 and it just so happens to be one of the strongest materials we know of. It’s a perfect example of helpful discoveries that can be made from the Sirius missions.
    The ACI decided to make the outside walls of one entire floor from asirium. The Aurora was disc shaped and the Asirium Hall wrapped around the whole station. You could walk for close to twenty miles with an ever-changing view of space… It’s something I definitely planned on doing tonight since our ship wouldn’t be embarking until the morning.
    When the transport ship docked and Kayin and I boarded The Aurora, we were both speechless. All we could do is look at each other and point at everything.
    It became very apparent that the ACI was far more advanced than the public and our government. The Capital was an amazing example of our technology, ingenuity and creativity… but nothing like this.
    Walking through the doors onto The Aurora was almost like stepping through a portal into the future. I couldn’t even identify most of what I was seeing… All I knew is if the cities outside the protected zone saw this, it would surely provoke another war…
    No matter how hard I tried, I just couldn’t understand how something like this could even exist… The time, money, and manpower it must have taken was simply unbelievable. The mining of all the metals, the vast amount of asirium used for the hall and the idea that it was entirely constructed in space was simply beyond my comprehension…
    As followed the group to the north side of the Aurora, my eyes began to burn because I couldn’tbring myself to even blink... It was one of the most incredible things I had ever experienced… The asirium was so clear that it almost gave the effect of actually walking in space.
    I was lucky I didn’t bump into anyone or trip; I couldn’t keep my eyes forward as we made our way to the orientation area. The only way I could describe it was hypnotizing, and when I looked over at Kayin, I could tell he felt the same way.
    When we all made it to the orientation area there was already a man standing at the podium waiting to speak. He was obviously high in rank and probably pushing 60. He was noticeably tall, completely grey and looked almost frighteningly serious… like he had been through a lot…
    He cleared his throat and began