Any sane man or woman alive would understand that Niko was planning on undertaking a covert operation, a stealth mission utilizing the fullness of his...and perhaps Wu-Han's...personal abilities.  He just wasn't saying it out-loud to give anybody uninterested some plausible deniability, to effect "Well, he never actually [i]said[/i] he was going to attack the Martian Mining Corporation.".  Mirai seemed to pause, though, after his and Han's words regarding their situation.  Wu-Han had added to his own statements that, as of right now, he wasn't likely to be in good standing with his father, the boss of his organization, and that it was even likely that his Lieutenants - Goda and a man called Li - may even act on their own volition.  In short, a bullseye was now squarely planted on the assassin's back.

All this, Mirai seemed to be taking with a grain of salt...but she relented, and stated that if he was serious, then it was time to GET serious.  What she suggested, though, was a little unexpected, and that the delivery upon that suggest rather surprising.  She wanted them to go into space, to Mars itself!  She'd prepared a Capsule Ship!  It was already prepared for launch and everything!  Niko boggled at this sudden turn of events.  He was going to owe BIG for this, he could tell, maybe owe her for life...  Less paperwork or not, this was a [i]shapeship[/i] at his disposal.  In his mind, he was wondering exactly what the catch would be, what he would have to do in turn.  He [i]knew[/i] that Mirai wouldn't be this accommodating - even clearing it with the company owner, Mr. Trunks Brief - without [i]knowing[/i] that it would come back to her or the company, somehow.

[color=92278f][i]Perhaps the MMC hurt Capsule Corp in some way too, the way they interfered with RAMI.  They had the first monopoly on space travel, until the other corporations caught up with their technology.  This is a [i]vintage[/i] craft, but in some ways, it's still better than today's space travel.[/i][/color]

Capsule Corp's advancements were of well-documented history.  spherical ships like this were seen taking off from this very area back when [i]Bulma[/i] Brief was in charge, maybe even this ship in particular.  In fact, Mirai all but confirmed this fact as he said it was used by Mr. Brief and his father on some sort of training exercises.  She mentioned...the gravity controls?  FIFTY TIMES Earth's gravity?!

[color=92278f]"If there isn't a safety lock on the gravity controls, I'm [i]putting[/i] one on there.  [i]Fifty[/i], geez..."[/color]

Yes, Fifty Gs.  That was the problem.  It was at about 1.25 Earth's gravity right now, though, so as to give them an idea of what increased gravity was like.  Training in that, though...  That was like weight-lifting your own body.  He hadn't been subjected to the kind of weight training that space travelers get.  It could be interesting, even useful.  Now, Mirai turned to him with a serious look, friend to friend, and asked if he truly wanted to go through with this.  She had prepared this for him, and if he was really serious about this, there was only one proper answer.  If he was not, then he would have to come to terms with it being a pipe dream, because he wasn't willing to go the distance.  But Niko was adamant on this.  His parents deserved better, the truth had to be known, those responsible had to be punished.

Niko took the remote, placing his free hand on Mirai's shoulder with a smile.

[color=92278f]"Thank you, Mirai."[/color]

He turned to Han and gave him a nod.

[color=92278f]"If you want to go that far too, step on in."[/color]

If not, he would step back, because the idea was that launch time would be in about five minutes.  Either way, Niko felt here was something more to this.  It wasn't that he mistrusted his friend, but rather that things were suddenly going a little too smoothly, all of a sudden.  Either Mirai or Mr. Brief were up to something, that there were deeper concerns and machinations at play.  After leaving Winger and Athena a message stating [color=92278f][b]'I'm leaving Earth right now.  I may be some time.'[/b][/color], he gave Mirai one last look and said...

[color=92278f]"I owe you, big time, but you'll have to tell me why it was arranged like this when I get back, alright?"[/color]

...before entering the ship.  He trusted Mirai, but there was just that hint of her not telling him everything.  Whether she didn't know or wasn't allowed, there was something more to this, and- [i]Hello[/i]...  Yeah, that DID feel heavier, all of a sudden.  Of course, he might not feel the Gs accompanied by leaving the Earth, but it was still a surprise.  Hmmm...  Mars had somewhat [i]less[/i] gravity than Earth.  If he worked at the high gravity - within reason - in here during transition, he would be [i]even faster[/i] when he got to Mars...