Ignition on the Steppe

T-minus twenty seconds and counting. (shhhhh)

T-minus ten seconds. All systems are nominal.

(aspan...) Three.

Two.

One. Engine ignition. We have a liftoff.

(aspan! jer!)

(Aspan, jer, aspan, jer)

Rising higher,

past the clouds we fly

Steppe grass bending to the sky

(jer!) (Aspan... jer...) Velocity stable.

Orbit achieved.

Welcome to the stars.