Side Chapter: The Final Frontier

The van pulled up to an old hangar. The place was clearly run down as chips of paint was flaking off of the tan walls.

"Welcome to the Orbiter processing facility. Or that's what it would've been." Hansen says with his arms wide open.

"There should've been a few more hangars," Georgia says and Hansen nods

Though unfortunately there was supposed to be three. Challenger would have been lost killed most large civilian payloads, Especially the loss of trust in NASA after Challenger. 15 years later Columiba was lost on re-entry, basically putting the program on its deathbed; it was safer to solely fly to the ISS so the silicon panels could be inspected. I mean could they have inspected the heat shielding without the ISS yes. The Canadaarm held a long boom with a camera on it which took several hours.

Hansen is fiddling with his keys at the door when Georgia wakes up from her thoughts.

The side door creaks open as Hansen shoulders it. The trio set their eyes on what was to once be a great spaceship, the door kicking no small amount of dust into the air which is lit up by the rays of light from the windows.

"Alright, come on in." Hansen says as a flick of a switch turns a few of the many lights on the roof.

Sitting there on the Nose of the orbiter was a girl. Her pale skin, glowing green eyes, and her translucent hair set her apart from most ship girls.

"Someone has come to visit me after so long?"

Georgia steps back at the sight of what was clearly a siren. Though the girl was also unarmed.

"Oh? You can see me?" The girl says hopping off the nose of the spaceplane.

"Challenger?" Georgia asks skeptically.

"Yes?" The girl asks with a head tilt.

Georgia pulls out a blue cube

"I feel like you need this as much as all the other ship spirits." Challenger says

"What is it?" Challenger and Hansen ask at the same time

"Wasn't there a test shuttle?" Enterprise asks out loud.

Hansen looks over at the carrier which shares a name with the space plane while Georgia shoves the cube forward into Challenger's chest.

"Ow, that was painful. Is that meant to hurt?" Challenger asks

"The state of your main body doesn't help." Georgia says looking around the much shorter girl towards the Oribter.

"Where is the Enterprise at?" Georgia asks

"It's slated for scrapping," Hansen says nervously.

"What would it take for you to give her up?" Georgia asks

"You want to buy Space Shuttle Enterprise?" Hansen asks

"Yes. I'll give you rocket plans. Maps of the universe, amazing photos that will drive astronomers insane." Georgia says

"That's"

"Not enough? Money isn't an issue. What if I were to kill the Simurgh for you? Last time I was enjoying the fight. This time it would be personal." Georgia says

Hansen starts to sweat realizing that Georgia was serious.

"I could just give her to you, Rumors of that Museum would be more than enough." Hansen says nervously

Challenger whistles in amazement.

"Take the deal Hansen, she knows a lot more than she should." Challenger says.

"International Space Station. Artemis, Orion. I could name the other 3 shuttles as well." Georgia says flatly watching Hansen's jaw drop.

"You're a space nerd? I thought those were extinct, especially with capes becoming prevalent." Hansen says

"Hansen, check your email in like a month," Georgia says as she grabs Enterprise and starts marching towards the door.

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April 2nd 2011

Hansen was in his office the ship girls had come and left like a storm. He was stuck writing reports for ONI now. However the experience was worth it.

Logging into his email he sees a message that says I deliver on my promises.

Clicking the Email he sees a 500GB file.

"She does deliver on them I guess, that's a large file." Challenger says looking over Hansen's shoulder.

"It's compressed and still 500 gigabytes." Hansen says in shock wondering how that was sent through a single email.

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Meanwhile on a cargo ship heading for Brockton Bay.

"Relocation to a Museum huh? Challenger sure seemed excited, shame she said she wouldn't ruin the surprise."