Our Grey World

Chapter 17

I tell Ash to make a practical design that could actually work and surprisingly within 2 hours she hands me a file, which is all about rockets and a piece of very big paper, not just any paper, our very own sustainably sourced one. I could tell the difference just by the thickness.

"Hey, it's ready" she comes in with the file in her hand.

"Hey! Is it already done?" I ask.

"Yeah, was I too late?"

I was surprised she thought two hours was late when I was expecting the team to take a day or two.

We both looked at the design and she explained it to me.

 "Would you like to see the prototype we made?" she asked.

With a shocked look on my face I said "Yes".

I still couldn't believe they did this all in 2 hours.

We entered the crafting room, specifically designed to give you ideas to make creative things, and there was the prototype. Of course, it was not a real rocket, and very small, rather tiny, but it worked. Well, that's what they said. We still had to go and check it. In less than 19 minutes, they set up the launch pad and the prototype was ready to be launched.

3...... 2...... 1..... Go! And there it went far away, later they told me it was an actual satellite that could collect data and send it back, it shocked me more and made me realize how strong and powerful my team was and how they could do anything they put their mind to. I congratulated everyone, and asked them if they could make a working, full sized rocket. I was confident they'd finish it soon. ------After 1 and a half week------"Wake up" Ash shouted as I was sleeping my way through the night. "It's ready!"I woke up startled but went to see how well they'd done the work. She made me close my eyes until we reached the place where the launch pad was set up.

As soon as we reached, I took off my blindfold, and there it was, a gigantic piece of metal we were going to the nearest planet Onocentaur. Everything was ready. But this time it was for real.

The countdown started from 100 and went all the way down to 1 and BOOM! The rocket was speeding through the atmosphere and after quite a time was in the orbit. Ash was busy with her computer, operating the rocket as was everyone. I walked around the operating room, looking at what everyone was doing but then the camera on the rocket caught my eye. There was a fire on the exterior of the rocket, and it blasted.

Everyone looked saddened.

 "Cheer up! We have to do better than this" I tried to hype them up.

Some of them smiled and they got back to work even though I told them they could take a break. But, it seemed their motivation had not deterred, if not increased.

----------- After a month ------

After a month of precise designing and hard work, the rocket was ready. We all waited for the launch pad to set up, which was carefully being monitored by Ash. After all the necessary setup, which took 5 hours itself, the countdown began from 100.

3..2...1...Go! and again the rocket pierced the clouds and went straight through the atmosphere. The 2nd moon was just rising so we could clearly see the rocket going straight up. After some time, the rocket was in the orbit and I went to check on the camera attached to the rocket. Everything was going according to plan. The team had already told me it'll take 3 days to get to planet Onocentaur. This time it would definitely work.

------- After 3 days -----

Though one of the operations went wrong, we finally landed on planet Onocentaur. The plan was executed perfectly. Other planets too shall now be discovered and there's a possibility that planets apart from Nedroj may be able to sustain life.

 This shall be our mission. And we will not give up till we achieve it.