Simplicity
spaceflight was no longer a noble endeavour to push back the unknown. exploration brought discovery. discovery brought newfound wealth. yet the dangers of spaceflight never changed.
16 (DSV Nautica) Incursion
The most advanced races they had discovered had barely gotten spaceflight down. and they certainly had not discovered ftl. though just because they hadn't been encountered didn't mean they didn't exist. "erebus, upload begun. eta point one cycle."
Plucked Raptor
Before any groups decided to exploit a pre-spaceflight world rich with exotic life, a sapient native species, and uncomfortable questions raised in the ecology and long buried megaliths. but.
Pilot
I _hate_ long spaceflights.
I Love You Twice: First Date
This is only one of the most important figures in the history of spaceflight." kelly had always been big into space. as a little girl, she'd been even more into science fiction than dave, who preferred the fantasy genre.
Arrogance.4
She was capable of spaceflight and short-range jumps, but that was about it. she was going to be sturdy though, boxy, with thick plating. they estimated that she could easily do a high-speed re-entry without any major issues.
Story Challenge #1
The first time i attempted a proper spaceflight by myself, i couldn't even get my craft to reach escape velocity -- also known as the absolute bare minimum. and then i accidentally steered myself into a cruise ship.
Chapter 1: Record Breaker
**record breaker** copyright (c) 2017, farmwolf's player _kataran spaceflight research facility, transwarp sector_ _earthdate 1896_ "experimental, this is flight control. you are go for launch." "roger that, flight!"
Chapter 1
A cold, dead smile grinned up at Rika with a stone-like complexion. It was a frightful sight: somewhere between undead and mentally disturbed. The bland, grey concrete had been perfectly smooth when she had started hours before. Now at least this...
Chapter 2
There was a bright light in the clearing they had hiked to. It was rectangular, as if someone had opened a door to a brightly lit room in the night. It caused her to squint if she looked at it, but it illuminated the rest of the clearing enough for...
Prologue
"Hey ell tee... Ell tee, wake up." The room, though dimly lit, let enough light in to bathe the six sleeping occupants in an ambient orange glow. Rubbing the bridge of her nose and propping herself up on her elbow, she winced as the butt of her...
Sirius Reboot Teaser
-- the weightlessness of spaceflight was phenomenal to jasyn, he had felt it when they had done their zero-g training, but to actually be in control of something while weightless was glorious.