[center][color=orange][h2]Die Koninkryk Vander Vaal[/h2][/color][/center]

[i][center]2900[/center][/i]
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[color=orange]"Today is a glorious day,"[/color] and it was, that day was to be the day of the final launch, the last of the crew and materials were to be put into orbit and the long journey would begin. All the eyes and ears in the world were tuned in, on televisions and radios across the globe, everyone was anticipating this final launch, [color=orange]"Today the final brave 25 go to join their fellow Cosmonauts."[/color] It had been a long journey for all the people involved in the project, two decades of planning, set backs and trials leading up to that proud moment. King Leon continued to speak, "And by the grace of God they shall go farther then any Vaalor." 

The crowd erupted into rapturous applause, their cheers and cries echoing up and down the the gorge from where the rocket would be launched. Stood erect in front of them, behind Leon was the rocket that would ferry the men and woman, gleaming white in the mid day sun that bore down into the gorge. It was time, the elevator containing the crew ascended the launch tower with tremendous speed and the King gestured for the crude to be silent. And so they were.

[color=orange]"Now is our time,"[/color] he said firmly, [color=orange]"To go where the rest of us are."[/color] 

"Initializing final countdown sequence."

[color=orange]"To be among the other glowing bodies."[/color]

"Ten.. Nine.."

[color=orange]"To claim our birthright."[/color]

"Eight.. Seven.. Six.."

[color=orange]"And with the hand of God to guide us."[/color]

"Igniting main engines.. Five.. Four.. Three"

[color=orange]"We shall not falter, We shall go forth with no trepidation and We. Shall. Endure!"[/color]

"Two.. One.. Lift Off." The crowd exploded into a frenzy of cheers and applause as the rocket rumbled into life. The launch towers fell away from the vessel as it begun it's ascent, casting away from the earth with the good will of an entire planet behind it, the crew was anxious, nervous, ecstatic and excited all at the same time, they were leaving behind their planet for the cosmos. They were ready for the challenge. 

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"Docking successful." The two hundred crew aboard the vessel all let go a sigh of relief and began to congratulate each other, welcoming the last of the crew and the supplies for their journey. Most of them had been in orbit for weeks now, aiding in the assembly of the ship, and now the final component, the Ion Drives fixed, they were ready to go. The jubilation was now replaced with a brisk efficiency, everyone went to heir designated stations and buckled down. For the people on earth the journey had ended, for them it had just begun.

"Launch Control, activating Ion Drivers." 

[color=orange]"Godspeed."[/color]