Chapter 104: Chapter 104: Au Revoir

After two weeks the Phoenix's QSG was rebuilt, and it was escorted home in a single jump that only took 18 hours. Dropping out of the jump just 300,000 kilometers from Earth it slowly cruised into the ribbed open box, specially constructed to house it, at the Alliance Terra 1 Space Port.

The bridge crew stood at attention, except for Lieutenant Parker who was piloting the ship, as the Great Alliance Warship T.S.S. Phoenix came back to its nest for its final rest. Sounds of metal banging against metal echoed throughout the ship as the large clamps of the port closed down on 80 points to hold the great bird in place. After a few moments, Dobson got a signal on his screen showing the ship was switched over to the ports power supply and he typed in the command to shut down all internal generators.

"Docking complete and the ship is moored," Dobson calmly announced.