Navigator’s Log: Entry 1:

The T.S.S. Starspeed left the DSH Hyperion Super-carrier dock four hours ago.  The spacecraft functions flawlessly.  It is a remarkable engineering feat, to which I am proud and grateful to command third to Admiral Royal Tislon. I shall never cease to be amazed at the wisdom and subtlety of Command Admiral Arvaak. I only hope that if I succeed him, I can fill his position as well as he does now.

His ingenuity has brought Gebbans and Ethistians together for the first time. The Starspeed is more than an exploration vessel: it is the first universal mark of civil rights for all. Its launch is the beginning of a turn point in history in so many ways.

As an official landmark, the Starspeed allows the reaching of the stars that we can see but cannot effectively get to. It will allow the exploration of new planets, and possibly new civilizations. So much is in the future: so much to learn and so much to hope for.

May knowledge enlighten our minds.  May knowledge quiet our doubts.  May knowledge make all that we know that much better.

– Vice Admiral Amada Irai