Spike

55555's:

More than ten million spikes, each pounded 6.4 inches into the hull of the craft, each carefully spaced 14 inches from the last, shone in the setting sun. Many workers, skilled and trustworthy, had been hired wit the sole purpose of forging and pounding these spikes into the Daniel Boone's prow accurately and well. In a spaceship, especially such a complex and massive craft as a colonizing vessel, all parts are important. Yes, the motherboard of the main computer, the fuel tanks,  and the atmospheric systems are vital, but so was every one of these nails. A single spike being loose or poorly made could cause a chain reaction that would jeopardize the pressure of the ship.

Too large for any hanger, the USS Daniel Boone had been constructed in the open air of the wide deserts of Arizona, USA. The first of it's kind, it was destined for Earth II, the only planet ever discovered that was similar to Earth. Today it would soar into the sky, the fury of it's ascent being spent on the barren desert floor. From there it would loop over the sun (relative to the plane of the solar system), and fire it's main thrusters, lighting the route that had been checked and rechecked time after time by the greatest astro-physcist the country had to offer.

Unless something goes wrong. My operatives have sabotaged one of these spikjes. It will seem like and accident, another tragedy to be penned in history next to the Titanic and the Hindenberg.

Evan's:

 http://ashardofdream.wordpress.com/2012/05/10/workin-on-the-railroad/

Kakaru's:

http://supergoggles.wordpress.com/2012/05/10/shark/