Uria finally called a station meeting where she announced details of the Proscenium 1 mission. A press conference would follow soon afterwards. Nominally, the mission was an experiment that would trial the new thrust design, as well as innovations in ship layout and general systems. But it was much more than this. It was the beginning of a new era of exploration, the first of many Proscenium flights. The ship would travel approximately 1 million times further than any previous crewed vessel. The potential for gathering new information was incalculable. The primary aim was to intercept Voyager,
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