[center][img]https://i.forbesimg.com/media/lists/companies/american-national-red-cross_416x416.jpg[/img][/center] The Bastion was among the last ships to enter the portal. After being temporarily blinded by the bright lights, the ships of the fleet emerged on the other side. There was a near audible sigh that could be heard throughout the fleet as for a few moments... they thought that perhaps the portal wasn't portal, but rather instant death. Still, on the other side, it appeared that the other ships bumped into... problems. However, one thing was clear, the Bastion was in a bit of a rush. The Mercy was filled with settlers that the fleet brought on to bring to the new world and things were pretty camped in there. They needed to find land and unload everyone so that they could start rebuilding their lives. Admiral Wolff looked at the radar in the bridge of the Enterprise. It seemed like that the best options were to head west or south west. Thus, Admiral Wolff made the call to head to the south west. Hopefully, they could find a plot of land where they could start building up a settlement. But, these were strange new lands. There could be natives or... well anything really. Not to mention exotic and foreign animals. While seemingly to be interesting, the presence of any natives in the new world gave the Bastion a lot of... concern. That could mean new pathogens, viruses, and bacteria that they were never exposed to. In addition, they were bringing in germs from the old world. Perhaps, this would be a repeat of the colonization of the "New World" millenia ago. But, the colonizers were lucky that the natives did not have many native illnesses that could be spread. No one could say the same for this current situation. The fleet would have to take precaution and land some of the doctors and scientists first to draw samples from the New World. Everyone would initially have to wear hazmat gear to account for the possibility that the "New World" wasn't as inviting as it currently seemed. But, hopefully, things would be fine, or they would be able to develop medicine or vaccines for any new illnesses.