Scene 09-2 – Ascension
Location: Interior of the spacecraft
Time: 01.08.29 – 07:30:00 (UTC-5)
Setting: Spacecraft in launch phase
Eugene felt his body grow lighter. The gravity inside the chamber was changing in direction and magnitude, and people struggled to control even the simplest movements. Niajin beside him was in the same condition.
SAI – Warning
Gravity 0.56 decreasing
Gravity at liftoff: 0.00
All personnel to designated stations. Internal gravity will be restored at ignition. Approaching zero gravity. Until fusion engine activation, gravity will continue to decrease.
All fleet personnel must remain within protected zones.
Secure all restraint systems.
Outside, the truncated pyramid, embedded with crystals similar to the original apex but distributed across a far broader surface, absorbed solar radiation reflected by the parabolic mirrors and direct solar flux. All personnel were required to wear helmets and protective suits.
In front of the pyramid, near the Nazca lines, rocks and sand continued to rise and settle farther away until a straight runway at least four kilometers long opened before it. A launch runway engineered for controlled lift. Along its sides, concave panel systems reflected light inward, forming a corridor of reflected light along the entire length.
The spacecraft extended its wings to either side like an eagle preparing for flight. The photosensitive surface received solar radiation, and significant changes occurred both internally and externally. As it absorbed light, every subsystem charged to full operational capacity.
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The support structure began folding and retracting beneath the hull.
LIFTOFF PHASE
External gravitational compensation: achieved.
Vertical lift: 1 m.
Time to detachment: 14.14 s.
Acceleration: 0.01 m/s2.
Velocity at 1 m: 0.141 m/s.
Energy expended (mgh): 9.80655×10? J.
Spacecraft mass: 1.0×10? kg.
Internal gravity: 0 m/s2.
The gravitational engines were now capable of sustaining the structure through the constant solar energy flow linked to the auxiliary fusion systems, which required substantial activation energy to initiate the deuterium–tritium reaction.
Solar energy flowed inward; in the external sectors the gravitational component was modulated to compensate for weight, allowing the spacecraft to remain suspended at the desired altitude.
Quetzal descended from the pyramid and entered the corridor of light formed at its base.
Advancing along the runway, it absorbed the surrounding radiation completely, further charging the photonic engines that had remained in darkness for centuries, buried in rock, preserving only minimal residual reserves.
At the end of the runway, the spacecraft lifted into the air, gaining altitude with controlled acceleration.
ASCENT TO 10,000 m
Target altitude: 10,000 m
Ascent time: 900 s
Net vertical acceleration: +0.0247 m/s2
Final velocity: 22.2 m/s
Average vertical velocity: 11.1 m/s
Standard terrestrial gravity: 9.80655 m/s2
Weight compensation: +9.80655 m/s2
Ascent field increment: +0.0247 m/s2
Total effective field acceleration: +9.83125 m/s2
Gravitational potential energy (m g h): 9.80655×1013 J
Final kinetic energy (? m v2): 2.4642×1011 J
Total mechanical energy (ascent phase): 9.8312×1013 J
Energy – liftoff phase (1 m): 9.80655×10? J
Kinetic energy at runway exit (200 km/h): 1.54346×1012 J
Cumulative mechanical energy to 10,000 m: 9.98652×1013 J
Average mechanical power (full sequence, 1058.14 s): 9.43780×101? W
Air density at 10,000 m: 0.4135 kg/m3
Dynamic pressure (q = ? ρ v2): 1.01895×102 Pa
Mach: 0.0741
Inside, the fusion engines reached ignition temperature.
