# 1 Down, 400 Billion to go

Author: Marcus R Jones
Tags: Dingo, Elite dangerous, Male, Sci-Fi, Ship, Space, earth

Let the journey begin...

# 1 down, 400 billion to go.

By: Marcus R. Jones

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The controls vibrated slightly, as the engines roared to life.&nbsp; The fur's paws shaking a little with the excitement of what they were about to do.&nbsp; The air was cool and dry, the lights dark and coming from behind the fur.&nbsp; A small click of a switch, and a female electronic voice crackled through the ship's speakers, saying "Pre-Flight checks complete, releasing ship."&nbsp;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A small rocking, and a few creaks, and the ship, a Cobra Mk III, lifted up from the launch platform.&nbsp; Again the electron voice comes through the speakers, "Ship released, landing gear raised" the voice notified the fur in the captain's seat.&nbsp; And he was free, for the first time in his life he was free.&nbsp;

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The fur in question was called Ludo; he is a dingo, light red/brown fur, mostly normal patterns except for the blue tips to his ears, and the blue streaks on his muzzle.&nbsp; The ship, he owns it.&nbsp; Though he has only owned it for an hour, it was still his.&nbsp; This ship was his ticket away from his "Home" away from the federation.&nbsp; He had been trapped there, with his family far, far too long.&nbsp; The canine had been working for the past four years, doing painstaking tasks, for little pay, hoping one day, he could escape this place, and this day was that day.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With careful precision, the ship rose off of the platform and with eager unsteadiness he throttled up and bolted away from the orbital platform.&nbsp; In seconds he was nearly two thousand meters away.&nbsp; But what do you do with freedom once it's achieved?&nbsp; What is the first thing that you do?

Well...Let the journey begin.

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