Thread: The Final Frontier (Wingshadow & I)

Within the dark reaches of space, far beyond the Earth and the Milky Way Galaxy, in a universe filled with mystery and wonder, there is a ship that travels the stars. Compared to the ships of this futuristic time period, it is somewhat of an antique, creaking along like a rusted train on an imaginary track to nowhere. The ship is massive, about the size of one and a half football fields and as tall as a ten story building. One would think that within its confines lies a numerous staff to oversee every inch of the structure from the navigation all the way down to the plumbing...but they would be wrong. Instead, it is run by a crew of four, no more and no less. The ship's captain, or at least that's what he'd like to refer to himself as, is a young man of only nineteen years, Leonard Bryant . The ship, which he dubbed 'The Absolution', once belonged to his father who was a somewhat renowned explorer who discovered many worlds and new alien species in the name of the Galactic Military, the human led organization tasked with taking humanity into the farthest reaches of the universe and beyond. The old man was good at his job, that was until his untimely murder at the hands of an unknown assailant and upon his death, the ship, along with all its resources was inherited by his son to do with as he wished. While the idea of exploring the stars in a massive ship sounded great to him, Leonard realized too late that along with his father's ship, he also inherited a debt that seemed impossible to obtain and even more impossible to repay. Apparently, during his travels, the old man dipped into the Galactic Military's resources and for some reason, never felt like he owed them anything in return. Since the father's will was signed by the son without giving too much thought into how it was worded, the contract became ironclad and Leonard soon found himself faced with a lifetime of labor on some backwater penal colony. Fortunately, for him, he was able to talk his way out of the situation, promising to repay the debt by offering his services to them. Basically, if there was an odd job that needed to be taken care of that the military couldn't handle alone, he was the man to call. When he had time off, Leonard took to exploring The Absolution for all it was worth. The ship was old, practically ancient and some of the corridors and rooms had been sealed with little or no evidence as to what was inside or if they could ever be accessed at all. He would leave those rooms alone for the time being and instead, concentrate on the ones that he could get into, like the library that held the massive book collection his father acquired on his travels. Just about everything one could ever need to know about the known universe could be found in this room and reading it would probably take a lifetime. There was the kitchen that looked more like a school cafeteria than anything else, and stocked with food that would probably be fit for a prisoner. Maybe if he got lucky, the Galactic Military would pay him for his efforts and he could eat like a king. Then there were the living quarters which he and his little crew spent a majority of time in. There were actually many rooms, but only four of them were ever occupied at a time with Leonard taking the biggest room for himself. It was is ship, after all and he felt entitled to it just like he felt entitled to everything else around here. Another thing Leonard felt entitled to, was walking around barely clothed. Today, for instance, he was walking around in nothing more than a grey pair of tight fitting boxer shorts that did well to show off what he was packing underneath. He only did this when he woke up from a nap or was doing the laundry and in this instance, it was the latter. He headed straight for the bridge, passing by the other rooms which, at this time, were occupied by the rest of the crew and knocked on the doors so loud that the sound echoed through the corridors. Hey! Wake up in there! he barked in a somewhat commanding tone. I'm heading to the bridge! Get dressed and meet me up there in five minutes!