"Everyone clear the dockyards... we are going live."
It had taken weeks if not months of work to modernize it, it took even longer to secure it... a ship with such an ability could prove invaluable... somehow... but as time went by the issue for it's use never appeared and so they were left with nothing to do but test it over and over again, working out each bug, each tragic accident, to keep it from happening again. It took specialized equipment, massive amounts of restructuring, and even just a lot of pure luck before it was finished.
And once it was finished they had to find a crew... which they did, the most reckless, suicidal, and bold grunts were selected and trained, taught that they could die without warning when it was used, and that if it worked they could go on to greatness.
It worked, and now here today, they were finally ready, a mere week ago they got a message from someone, a message labeled from 'elsewhere'. They had a mission, a risky one that could be a one way mission... but it was real.
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"Everyone move to secure areas and secure all equipment to avoid Temporal Displacement."
The speaker blared as the sailors moved to their quarters, the hatches sealed, the clocks set, everyone taking position as they waited for the inevitable, some excited, some terrified, all awaiting the moment.
"I repeat all personnel report to secure areas to avoid temporal displacement."
