With a flash of light, the Warp Drive transitioned them from a dead stop toward light speed and beyond.
[Sensors indicate the warp field is steady. Reports from the outlying Companies are coming in, and no issues reported with the warp field.
We will be moving to maximum speed once we are clear of the boundaries of the Solar System] Nico informed them.
There was an odd delay in the transmission that Max wasn't used to. The Kepler messaging system was much more high-tech than their vessels were and should be capable of communication at a Warp factor of 6, or the speed of light to the power of six.