Slow progress

Managed to get a bit more of Alien done over last few days
The vessel he was on was the size of, well, a large flying saucer. That was because it was a large flying saucer. Nearly 400 foot in diameter and about 250 foot high at it’s centre. The viewing port was open as he walked towards the central hub of the flight deck. A few officers were stationed at angled displays but there was little activity. He strode onto the walkway to the command post and strapped himself in. He strapped on a large black band across his forehead and took a black glove and, what looked like a magic wand from off the surface in front of his seat. As he placed the glove on his hand the display backlight came on and the screen burst to life.
The display was on a thin curved surface angled and attached to the surface which was close to the seat. Most of the display was a video image of a 360 degrees panorama around the vessel. Above and below this were coloured images. All of which were a very pale blue. Thor A’ gin grasped the black rod with the silver tip in his ungloved hand and reached forward and touched an image on the top left of display. Every symbol went dark blue except the one he had just touched, which was now green. He raised the wand to his mouth and said one word “Departing”. He reached forward and touched the next two symbols across the top with his little finger again. They went green. He then spoke again “Base”. The ship rose silently from the ground and began accelerating skyward, closely followed by all the others that had landed the day before.
After their departure at just after seven in the morning from the African desert the world began to buzz. People had awaited this day for over 11 months. They had debated the thought of being considered outlaws in this dimension and decided against it. Much to the horror of a few. They were the dissenters who wanted no part of these devils. And there was the messiah. He had a voice in the UN. He dissented. But now he walked across a green ten minutes from a flat where he was planning for something he knew would need to be done. He’d rung Dave early and got an answer. It would be 48 hours for the circuits to be finalized and another 12 hours to do tests. After that production could be about 1000 units a day. It was going to be expensive though. Under the agreement anything below 2 million can go through unchallenged so it was underway. I had to convince her that she needed to do the same. I turned around a called the two dogs and got them both on the lead. I then headed back to the flat and thought what I‘d say as I opened the front door a let the dogs off. Angela called out from the kitchen “I’ll come on the next walk but we don’t know any decent places yet”. “I enjoyed being alone to think for a while. I need to email Sharon” I replied “Can you make me a coffee or shall I do something to eat?”
Angela came out the kitchen. “I got some sliced chicken at the shop on the corner while you were out” she said presenting me with a chicken salad sandwich. I beamed and took the plate. I walked over to the computers in the corner and booted mine. It sprang into life after about 3 seconds and I sat at the keyboard and began an email to Sharon. We could double our output with her help.
Thor A’gin’s squadron had arrived at a location orbiting the Sun 500,000 km closer than Earth. Small telescopes could easily see the thousands of ships. The complexity of there formation was similar to a Mandelbrot. The Earth had a shadow cast upon its surface from the design, all be it a dim one as the ships circled an orbit keeping them stationary with Earth as it passed through day and night. “I want the stench of those Humans off this ship when I get back on post. I’m going for a shower” Thor A’gin spoke into the air. With that he un-strapped the glove and head band and lay the glove and wand on the surface in an indentation in front of the display. He pressed a release button and the safety harness released. The Velcro headband hung from a small hook on some padding to the right of the seat where he had placed it. He stood up to his full 8 foot and walked towards the stairway to the lower deck. Walking along the outer corridor he entered a blue shower cubicle and slid the doorway shut. The magnetic lock engaged and the outer panel displayed a waterfall. Clearing the airlock he entered the interior. Inside he sat on a padded seat with hooks above it on the wall. He took his uniform off and walked over to the shower bath in his sandals. He walked down the steps and lay naked in the dull light coming from overhead on the bench in the bath. After a few moments a suit appeared from a hatchway to his left. He got into it and it sealed around his wrists, ankles and face. He pulled two hoses from the wall and attached them to the suit. The suit began inflating from the ankles up and he smiled. After a few moments another drawer opened and a dozen tissue wipes appeared which he took one of and began wiping his hands. There was a small disposal chute for the tissues in the wall and after about twenty minutes he pressed a small pad on the centre of the chest of the suit and he sat back on the bench. Five minutes later he broke the seal on the suit and a cloud of vapour droplets sprayed out. He placed the suit in the drawer and walked into the airlock again. Going out always took longer and he enjoyed the scent of the antibacterial wipes in his nostrils. When the airlock opened the scent of coconut hit him and he smiled. Thankful for his position he walked to the centre corridor and located the
Ang’s sister came over during the evening and left just after Waterloo Road started. Watched the news afterwards and then did this post.