Thread: On the Apex [ Nymphetamine and DudeGuy ]

Once upon a time, there was a man who said that there was no such thing as global warming. Though scientific evidence proved this man wrong, and showed that the climate of the earth was rapidly changing, nothing was done about the changes. Ever since, man tried their best to save their home planet from what seemed to be certain destruction, but their battle was lost. Thankfully, after there was enough time to move the population onto giant ships and colonies. Some of these vessels drifted off into space, while a large group of them settled in various places around the solar system. Earth was now a barren planet, much like Mars. The oceans dried up almost as soon as the atmosphere disappeared, leaving nothing but arid trenches within the land scape. With new scientific advancements, man found themselves in a position that they never thought possible - a way to return the earth to the way it was before. Terraforming was no longer just a dream, or a theory, but a viable solution to their situation. Not just Earth, but also Mars, and countless over barren, lifeless planets that the human race stumbled across in their expansion from their home. But not all was sunshine and rainbows at this point in time. The knowledge of these vessels was somehow leaked to the masses, even the schedule for them to be shipped to the controlled environments on the surface of the earth got out somehow. Today was the day that the devices were to be shipped. Rather than using the large, heavily armed ships that they initially planned to use, the government decided it would be for the best that they used smaller transport vessels. They were all unmarked vessels that were to launch at the same time as many of the civilian vessels were too. Larger military vessels were launching at the same time, to distract any of those foolish enough to attempt coming after the devices.listulistu Twenty Minutes to Launch The door to the Captain's Quarters suddenly flew open, and out stepped twenty-four year old Ezra Vaughn. Though he was the Captain of the vessel, he also served as the primary pilot as well. The vessel, which was given the code-name Apex by the military, was a state of the art transport vessel. But, in light of their current circumstances and the increased threat of piracy, the ship was outfitted with some heavy weaponry. The crew was even given a personal armory of sorts. Luckily for them, they all had the benefits of military training. The odd thing was that none of them particularly seemed to act like they were a part of the military. Ezra especially. There were many things that were wrong with the young Captain - things that ranged from him being rather lazy, to seemingly being unable to understand anything said to him, to his overall seemingly low level of intelligence. It was surprising, but he managed to pass the entrance exams and his service record showed than he was more than capable of handling his current position. The brown haired man staggered through the halls as if he were hung over. That was no actually the case here. He was still half sleep. Honestly, he just rolled out of bed, wiped his face, took a quick shower, then pulled on his uniform. The sleeves of his white and navy blue jacket were rolled up to his sleeves, worn over his navy blue shirt. His white pants were just a bit baggy in the legs, but he liked them that way. His white shoes rhythmically tapped the metal floor of the ship as he headed downstairs and to ground level of the ship. The main hall here lead to most of the important area's of the ship. Rather than heading to the bridge, he headed down to the cargo bay. Ezra ran his left hand back through his messy hair, his half open amber eyes searching the area in front of him. The man wasn't particularly built, actually appearing to be rather small in stature. It also didn't help that his posture was terrible either. When he stood upright, he actually looked to be the full six one that he was. When he walked around, he usually looked to be around five eight or five nine. While he had some muscle mass, it was nothing that was particularly notable. The most attractive thing about Ezra was his personality. He was a very cheerful person, and an all around nice guy. Though he did have that idiot streak. . . He was searching for someone, the man in charge of maintenance on the ship. His name was. . .something that started with an R. This was something that he should have known, half-sleep or not. After all, this guy was his best friend! He stood and thought for a moment, then it finally hit him. Hey, Rolet, you here, he shouted.listulistu