Back to the man in the cloak, he climbed up the ladder beside his fighter starplane cockpit, designed for two pilots in two rows of seats, the front and back. The man in the cloak sat on the front row seat and pressed one of the buttons on the control dashboard in front of him. The starplane door, which is the glass with a sturdy metal frame above him, then closed. The starplane has long wings at the plane's rear, smaller wings at the head part near the cockpit, and two fins above two cylindrical jet engines. The man in the cloak starts his starplane's engine and prepares it to fly. Back to Nolan, he operated the communication control button above the right armrest.
"Are you guys ready to fly?"
Grimor and the man in the cloak announce their plane is ready to fly. Nolan replied.
"Alright, we fly now."
Grimor replied.
“Okay Nolan.”
The man in the cloak replied.
“Understood sir.”
Nolan smiled; he then said to his two pilots.
"Fly this plane."
Both pilots nodded as one of them replied.
“Understood sir.”
They engaged the double control stick before them. Nolan's starplane, which resembled a flying wing, flew vertically upwards, with the jet engine thrust at the bottom of the plane, as well as Endless's starship and the man in the cloak’s fighter starplane. Nolan's starplane flew forward with an incline towards the faint view of the Lantern space pirate alliance’s massive battlecarrier starships fleet visible in the distant sky; their lights dotted the night sky like a river made of light, extending from end to end.
The three planes flew over the night view of Werfas city, where many people of various races gathered in different corners of the city and buildings to enjoy the unusual sight in the sky of a Lantern’s fleet forming a river of light in the distant sky. The three starplanes flew higher and higher and then dived upwards.
After some time of flying, the three planes left the atmosphere of Wervas's planet and entered the outer space region. Nolan's starplane got closer to the Lantern main battlecarrier starship with many fighter starplanes flying around it. Nolan's starplane then flies towards one of the double metal doors near the front of the battlecarrier starship, on the part of the fuselage that forms the wing. Arlen, Grimor, and Rothur were amazed at the unusual sight before them. Rothur said.
"This is the first time I've seen a scene like this, massive battlecarrier starships and fighter starplanes gathered together as one fleet."
Grimor's expression turned serious.
“This isn't the first time I've seen something like this, but I have to admit the Lantern space pirate alliance fleet is impressive.”
Arlen smiled broadly with an excited expression.
"Alright, just a little more to reach the Ark city!"
Arlen said in a loud voice. Rothur and Grimor smiled. On the other hand, the man in the cloak also looked amazed at the sight of the massive battlecarrier starships and fighter starplanes before him.
“Incredible, I never imagined in my life that I would see a scene like this.”
The three planes arrived near the thick metal hangar door they were headed for. As soon as Nolan's starplane approached, the hangar metal door slid open up and down; Nolan's starplane flew in through the door, followed by the other two planes, this metal door then closed again.
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Ark-001 city airport-003, inside the Lantern pirate alliance's main battlecarrier starship.
The three planes are now inside a vast hangar that extends to the right and left and is illuminated by rows of bright lights on the hangar's ceiling, three times the height of the airport building before them. The airport is a five-story building merged into the hangar metal wall behind it, in a luxurious modern style with the front wall mostly made of thick, sturdy glass with a sturdy metal frame, and in front of the building are parking slots for starplanes or small-size starships. Various types and sizes of unarmed passenger starplanes have been parked here. Nolan's starplane was parked in one of the plane parking slots, with the back door facing the airport building. Arlen's fighter starship and the man in the cloak’s fighter starplane then parked to the right and left of Nolan's personnel carrier fighter starplane. From the cockpit where Nolan, Arlen, and the man in the cloak are, came a woman's voice from their ship's communication channel.
"Please wait inside the plane until the outside air is restored."
Arlen stood from his commander's seat and looked at the airport building before their starship.
"Incredible, there's an airport inside a battlecarrier starship."
Rothur was also still in an amazed expression.
"This airport alone is extraordinary, what about the city later."
Grimor looked around with a curious expression.
"The size of this battlecarrier starship is unusually massive, maybe Nolan built his own by combining several battlecarrier starships."
Rothur nodded.
"And what's more, the Lantern alliance members also have battlecarrier starships this massive, do each of those ships also have cities in them?"
Grimor looked curious.
"I'm more curious how he built all of this."
Rothur appeared to have also just realized that. Not long after, the woman's voice from earlier came back on the communication line, which immediately caught their attention.
"The air in the hangar has been adjusted, the passengers are welcome to get off the ships."
Arlen smiled broadly.
"We'll think about that later, now let's go to Ark city first."
Arlen turned back and walked away; Rothur caught up with him with an astonished expression, and so did Grimor.
Outside, they ran into Nolan and the man in the cloak. From the direction of the airport entrance, a humanoid woman flight attendant with maroon skin came to greet them with a smile.
"Welcome back Mr. Nolan, do I need to record the administration of your guest of honor?"
Hearing that made the others awkward. Rothur said to the man in the cloak nearby.
"Guest of honor she said?"
The man in the cloak shrugged.
"That's what I heard too."
Nolan said.
"No need for that, we'll immediately entered the city. From here, let me take care of them."
The humanoid woman flight attendant smiled and bowed respectfully. Nolan turned towards the others.
"Follow me."
The others nodded, and the four walked into the building through thick automatic sliding glass doors with sturdy metal frames.
Inside, this airport building is very spacious and modern in style, extending to the right and left with a high ceiling that combines the height of the two levels of the building decorated with countless niche lights and spotlights. The floors were glossy with luxurious-style single sofas with armrests, combined into four seats per line and rows as waiting chairs. This airport has various additional facilities such as goods shops and restaurants. The atmosphere at the airport is quiet, with only a few people passing by or sitting on waiting chairs. They walked while talking to each other. Arlen looked around him with an astonished expression.
"It's very quiet for an airport."
Nolan turned to Arlen.
"Yes, usually Ark city accepts arrivals and departures not only between Lantern alliance's battlecarrier starships but also from the outside. Because the current situation is dangerous, this has been temporarily eliminated."
Rothur, Arlen, and Grimor were shocked. Rothur said.
"So it's true that other battlecarrier starships also have cities in them?"
Nolan's expression turned astonished.
"Yes, but not all of them. Only half of battlecarrier starships fleet have city in them, while the rest are ordinary battlecarrier starships. This is so that every battlecarrier starships that has a city in it has one fully operational battlecarrier starships to guard it."
The others were surprised. The man in the cloak replied.
"You better be careful, that information might be used by your enemies."
Nolan smiled.
"Of course, because I trust you guys."
The others were surprised to hear this; they then smiled. Nolan said.
"The city of Ark is divided into the half battlecarrier starships fleet and is given additional naming to the city name. The city you are going to visit has the full name Ark-001 city. All parts of the city have the same complete facilities; what distinguishes them are the area of residence and its completeness. For example, all parts of the city have tourist attractions, but not all of them have beaches, or companies that stand as places of work are not always on every ship.”
The others nodded with curious expressions. They continued walking and came to the other airport entrance behind the metal wall of the hangar, which are rows of automatic sliding glass double doors with wide porch along the airport building, which led out by the highway in front of it.