5 years after loss of contact with The Enterprising Entrepreneur
"She was a real beauty. Slender but curvy. Every man (and woman) on the Earth couldn't help but notice her from a distance."
"Her full name was The Enterprising Entrepreneur. Clocking in at a neat 10,000 kilometers long, the Entrepreneur was the pride of the human race, and the largest object ever built. The name had started off as a joke, but eventually it stuck. Two million people were set for living on her."
"That was five years ago. We lost contact three years ago. There are two million people in deep space with no contact to Earth."
"What can we do about it?"
"At the moment, pray, or cross your fingers real tight."
5 minutes before loss of contact with The Enterprising Entrepreneur
"Thiiis is the captain speaking. All systems are nominal." He spoke like a radio host, in rapid fashion. "Warp drive, check. Shields, check. Communications- well, it seems we have a malfunction in communications. Sending teams on it immediately."
"Captain Ali, please repeat yourself. Your connection is breaking up." The screen in front of the captain showed a now-concerned face. The Earth military general, light years away, didn't like being out of contact with the treasure of the human race.
"I said our communications have a slight malfunction. Nothing serious. I'm proceeding with the briefing. We have not yet found any habitable worlds. Aphrodite appeared a possibility, but we were only able to harvest a few years worth of resources from it."
A few signal notes sounded and the captain appeared distressed.
"What is it, captain?"
"Oh I'm sure it's nothing to worry about. Let me get a second reading on it... well... sir, we may have a problem."
"Captain, let me reiterate what you've been told hundreds of times. You cannot, under any circumstance, allow the Enterprise to come to harm."
"I apologize, sir. All hands are working on the problems now. The warp drive appears- it appears to be firing up."
"What do you mean, firing up?! Transmit coordinates of the jump immediately, captain!" The general was frantic now.
"Yes, sir, I'm sending them over- communications rapidly lowering, sir! We can't keep contac-"
"Captain! Captain Ali! Report your status!" It was too late, the connection was lost.
Indeterminate time after loss of contact with The Enterprising Entrepreneur
"Beautiful act there, sir!" The first mate chuckled with the captain. "Had me believing the ship was actually breaking down there for a moment."
Captain Ali set a boyish grin upon the vast expanse of space in his view from the deck. "Remind me never to let anyone call this the Enterprise ever again."
Ali had The Entrepreneur all to himself, and he was now boldly going where no pirate had gone before.
5 years after loss of contact with The Enterprising Entrepreneur
"She was a real beauty. Slender but curvy. Every man (and woman) on the Earth couldn't help but notice her from a distance."
"Her full name was The Enterprising Entrepreneur. Clocking in at a neat 10,000 kilometers long, the Entrepreneur was the pride of the human race, and the largest object ever built. The name had started off as a joke, but eventually it stuck. Two million people were set for living on her."
"That was five years ago. We lost contact three years ago. There are two million people in deep space with no contact to Earth."
"What can we do about it?"
"At the moment, pray, or cross your fingers real tight."
5 minutes before loss of contact with The Enterprising Entrepreneur
"Thiiis is the captain speaking. All systems are nominal." He spoke like a radio host, in rapid fashion. "Warp drive, check. Shields, check. Communications- well, it seems we have a malfunction in communications. Sending teams on it immediately."
"Captain Ali, please repeat yourself. Your connection is breaking up." The screen in front of the captain showed a now-concerned face. The Earth military general, light years away, didn't like being out of contact with the treasure of the human race.
"I said our communications have a slight malfunction. Nothing serious. I'm proceeding with the briefing. We have not yet found any habitable worlds. Aphrodite appeared a possibility, but we were only able to harvest a few years worth of resources from it."
A few signal notes sounded and the captain appeared distressed.
"What is it, captain?"
"Oh I'm sure it's nothing to worry about. Let me get a second reading on it... well... sir, we may have a problem."
"Captain, let me reiterate what you've been told hundreds of times. You cannot, under any circumstance, allow the Enterprise to come to harm."
"I apologize, sir. All hands are working on the problems now. The warp drive appears- it appears to be firing up."
"What do you mean, firing up?! Transmit coordinates of the jump immediately, captain!" The general was frantic now.
"Yes, sir, I'm sending them over- communications rapidly lowering, sir! We can't keep contac-"
"Captain! Captain Ali! Report your status!" It was too late, the connection was lost.
Indeterminate time after loss of contact with The Enterprising Entrepreneur
"Beautiful act there, sir!" The first mate chuckled with the captain. "Had me believing the ship was actually breaking down there for a moment."
Captain Ali set a boyish grin upon the vast expanse of space in his view from the deck. "Remind me never to let anyone call this the Enterprise ever again."
Ali had The Entrepreneur all to himself, and he was now boldly going where no pirate had gone before. 
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