[color=lightsalmon]"Huh? Oh, yeah, right."[/color] Sam replied, as he shoved his heavy boots off the table, hitting the floor with a loud clunk before he sat up straight.

[color=lightsalmon]"The IRIO have provided us with a Nautilus Cargo Freighter, the 'Ascendō'. Not particularly glamorous, so it'll help us blend in while we travel."[/color] Sam began, with a casual, almost careless wave of a hand. Nautilus freighters were fairly common in the airspace of most countries. Among the smallest types of vessels in the sky, apart from single seater or small transport ships, Nautilus freighters were often used for shipping by budding or mid-sized international businesses, merchants, and even pirates. They were versatile, Upper Luft-capable, and about as non-descript as it came. Naturally, Sam couldn't help but make his own personalized additions to the ship to make it more unique, but even with its own colors, it would still fall into the background of most searching eyes.

[color=lightsalmon]"Normally, these ships are cramped and uncomfortable, as crew typically have to share space with cargo, but seeing as we're not traders, we've got it lucky. I've taken the liberty of bringing on a few crates of weapons, medical supplies, and ship parts so we at least look the part of traders if someone decides to check us out. We've got food and water for a few weeks, and I gutted and replaced the engine and turbines, so it should be able to outrun almost any ship we come across- which is good, because it doesn't have much in the way of weapons: a pair of mounted rifles and a harpoon launcher for scaring off pirates. As good as you can expect, being a civilian ship and all."

"That's about it."[/color] Sam said with a shrug, looking back at Daniel.[color=lightsalmon]"I would've preferred a combat capable ship, but chances are if we get into a fight in the sky, we're fucked anyway."[/color] There wasn't much else to say about the ship that they couldn't easily find out as soon as they stepped onto it. It was unfortunate, but they couldn't exactly leave port with a military frigate or corvette, not to mention they didn't have enough dedicated crew to operate any larger ship.  

[color=lightsalmon]"Anyway, dunno about you all, but I've had enough of sitting around. Lets get questions over with and get going."[/color]