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"Mach-7 and rising" Crackled in over my radio. God this trip was long. We had to have been flying for at least two months now. It was a simple trip... from Io to Icarus, no asteroids or anything to worry about. This trip was easy enough for the autopilot to navigate through. But it was long. As we entered Icarus's solar system, the Appollo flight crew banked hard right and began the trip to Icarus. We would never return. None of us would ever see our families again. High up in space, Alpha Centauri, the system's main star, shone brighter than ever before. A small asteroid belt circumnavigated Icarus, and we could see it clearly silhouetted against the bright star.

"Mach-23." Came in again over the radio. It was almost time. At Mach-30, the entire Appollo crew would engage their hyperdrives and hit Icarus at over 30 times the speed of light. Even with the planes as small as they were, the impact would be equivalent to a 5 mile-wide asteroid colliding with the planet. Hyperdrive conductors were the most powerful things in the Universe at the time. Long ago did we break the lightspeed barrier. Now, the fastest ramjets in the galaxy were boosting enough power to travel intra-dimensional. Although no man had ever piloted any craft at intradimensional speeds, a recent test plane had traveled so fast that, when Mach 1035 was broken, the radars monitoring the craft reported that the plane had vanished completely from detection. This was the world we lived in, where scientists and physicists constantly battled for the fastest and the most powerful.

"Mach-28." In 20 seconds, we would hit the barrier. I layed my palm gently on the hyperdrive conductor.

"Mach-29..." I flipped the safety switch off, and rest my fingertips on the toggle to engage the drive.

"Mach-30. Engage. Appollo is go." I flipped the toggle. My heart was racing, but I was not afraid. Heaven was better anyway.

A whirring sound behind me started up, and through the heatproof engine window, I watched the hyperdrive turbines unfold and hum to life. They were fricking huge. The spat out blue radiation, glowing an eerie, iridescent blue. Within seconds, they were ready. I pressed the red button just below the toggle, and for a split second, my entire spacecraft glowed blue. I closed my eyes and felt uncomprehensible G-forces smash my body into the back of my seat. Then... silence.
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Whoa, I finished this fast. I had this image in my mind, exactly, and I got it to life within two days. I had originally set a deadling of over a week to finish this, but I decided that it was good. I also had fun with the story...

Anyways, I wanted to do something with airplanes in it... and this is exactly what I was hoping for.

Also, i am getting way way better at brushing my nebulas. The nebula you see here is almost all brushing, and a few textures, but not many. I am still not =sumopiggy , but that's alright... I will learn.

Stats:

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2
Layers: 103
Time Taken: 2 days

So, I hope you like it!

Stock photographs of airplanes from [link]
Textures: Satellite photographs and rocks.

Enjoy, comments and favorites are appreciated as always

~powerpointer

Description
"Mach-7 and rising" Crackled in over my radio. God this trip was long. We had to have been flying for at least two months now. It was a simple trip... from Io to Icarus, no asteroids or anything to worry about. This trip was easy enough for the autopilot to navigate through. But it was long. As we entered Icarus's solar system, the Appollo flight crew banked hard right and began the trip to Icarus. We would never return. None of us would ever see our families again. High up in space, Alpha Centauri, the system's main star, shone brighter than ever before. A small asteroid belt circumnavigated Icarus, and we could see it clearly silhouetted against the bright star.

"Mach-23." Came in again over the radio. It was almost time. At Mach-30, the entire Appollo crew would engage their hyperdrives and hit Icarus at over 30 times the speed of light. Even with the planes as small as they were, the impact would be equivalent to a 5 mile-wide asteroid colliding with the planet. Hyperdrive conductors were the most powerful things in the Universe at the time. Long ago did we break the lightspeed barrier. Now, the fastest ramjets in the galaxy were boosting enough power to travel intra-dimensional. Although no man had ever piloted any craft at intradimensional speeds, a recent test plane had traveled so fast that, when Mach 1035 was broken, the radars monitoring the craft reported that the plane had vanished completely from detection. This was the world we lived in, where scientists and physicists constantly battled for the fastest and the most powerful.

"Mach-28." In 20 seconds, we would hit the barrier. I layed my palm gently on the hyperdrive conductor.

"Mach-29..." I flipped the safety switch off, and rest my fingertips on the toggle to engage the drive.

"Mach-30. Engage. Appollo is go." I flipped the toggle. My heart was racing, but I was not afraid. Heaven was better anyway.

A whirring sound behind me started up, and through the heatproof engine window, I watched the hyperdrive turbines unfold and hum to life. They were fricking huge. The spat out blue radiation, glowing an eerie, iridescent blue. Within seconds, they were ready. I pressed the red button just below the toggle, and for a split second, my entire spacecraft glowed blue. I closed my eyes and felt uncomprehensible G-forces smash my body into the back of my seat. Then... silence.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Whoa, I finished this fast. I had this image in my mind, exactly, and I got it to life within two days. I had originally set a deadling of over a week to finish this, but I decided that it was good. I also had fun with the story...

Anyways, I wanted to do something with airplanes in it... and this is exactly what I was hoping for.

Also, i am getting way way better at brushing my nebulas. The nebula you see here is almost all brushing, and a few textures, but not many. I am still not =sumopiggy , but that's alright... I will learn.

Stats:

ADOBE PHOTOSHOP CS2
Layers: 103
Time Taken: 2 days

So, I hope you like it!

Stock photographs of airplanes from [link]
Textures: Satellite photographs and rocks.

Enjoy, comments and favorites are appreciated as always

~powerpointer