It's the morning of your first lift-off, perhaps it's too early to call it morning, it's still pretty dark out. As is traditional, you've been camped out under the stars right next to the launch tower. But as you wakeup, you see something you've never seen before. The ancient Nomai space station in orbit of Giant's Deep lit up bright blue and then it exploded. Nobody was ever able to get inside it when it was intact, maybe now you can get into one of the pieces. If only you didn't need to get the codes from Hornfels at the observatory before you could lift off.
"Hey, Gneiss! Taking care of the banjo?" Gabe says, taking a closer look at the decorations he painted.
"Course I am. I made it afterall, made all the explorer's instruments too, I suppose I've already told you about that though."
"He did, uh, see you later, Gneiss? Sorry, but I am kinda excited to actually go to space."
"Do you want to play hide and seek? We don't have a signalscope to do radio hide and seek but you have one. Can we play please? One of you can even be it."
"That’s what Feldspar said, too, but they never did. Hornfels will be really sad if you don’t come back, like how sad it makes them to talk about Feldspar. So you should make sure you don’t get lost in space, too."
"I will leave all the navigation to Heli. The only thing I will do is poke at shiny things we find."
As they continue on their journey the next person they'll encounter is Spinel. They're fishing as usual.
"I suppose I might. You're leaving the crater? Guess we'll all be a little busier without you around to lend your hands."