Dawn's Radiance
The Dawn's Radiance-class mothership, Shining Spirit, had arrived. Please provide a deep-space anchorage berth. The transmission came through in the spaceport dispatch room on Terminus Planet.
The dispatch officer hurriedly replied, "We have not yet received notification from headquarters. Please proceed to the orbit of Satellite Three for the time being. What is the mass of this vessel?"
Empty mass: 3 million tons. Currently fully loaded. Total mass: 48 million tons. The Shining Spirit mothership transmitted the data.
The dispatch officer entered the data into the computer, then said, "Please enter the satellite's gravitational sphere at a distance of 15,000 kilometers from Satellite Three and maintain a synchronized orbit around it. Keep your engines active to avoid being captured by the satellite's gravity."
Understood. Please notify Admiral Matt Hona to come and complete the handover as soon as possible, the Shining Spirit mothership replied.
"Understood." Not daring to delay, the dispatch officer immediately relayed the message to Admiral Matt Hona. "Our fighter squadron will take off to guide your movements. Please understand, this is a necessary procedure."
Understood.
Twelve Wraith fighters immediately launched from a nearby Luukri-Hok-class battleship. They flew ahead of the mothership, escorting it forward while half guiding and half monitoring it.
At the same time, Admiral Matt Hona received word that a mothership had arrived with reinforcements. He immediately set aside his work and headed for the command center.
After presenting his identification code and clearance, Admiral Matt Hona boarded the bridge of the Shining Spirit mothership and began the formal handover with its captain.
"Salutations, General Matt Hona. I am Colonel He Ru, captain of the Shining Spirit mothership." A military man in his fifties stepped forward and gave a salute.
He was rather short, only around 1.63 meters tall, but his dark, weathered