In the busy command room of the Blood Arc, thousands of naval officers and other crew members staffing the vast terminal grew engrossed in their duties, manning important elements of the gargantuan fleet carrier that allowed the ship to function at all.
"Local swarm clearance confirmed."
"Vector aligned with Oort Exclusion Force."
"Ready for topological shift."
"Negatron matter pumps at 100%. Nominal negative energy density."
"Heat sinks are saturating. Requesting authorization to dump plasma before fold."
"Thermal plasma dumping authorized," a powerful, masculine voice boomed from an elevated station that allowed the fleet commander to oversee the entire command room from where he stood. "Astrogation, initiate Alcubierre sequence on my mark. Execute."
RUMBLE
The ship began accelerating through the very fabric of space once it crossed the boundary of the star system, as the warp drive began accelerating the entire ship at speeds much greater than the speed of light.
