The arrival of Nova Technologies' shuttle fleet across six continents caused an uproar immediately they were seen by those in and close to the airports. They took pictures and made videos, and posted on Lucidnet as quickly as they could.
They were curious to see the volunteers that had returned this time. But unfortunately, the space shuttle wasn't carrying any volunteers but was here to pick up the staff.
Airport authorities worldwide had been notified twenty-four hours in advance through secure, automated communications. There were no negotiations, no requests for landing slots, and no administrative forms filled out.
The airport authority was simply handed coordinates, arrival timestamps, and precise vector clearances. When the sleek hulls of the shuttles cut through the clouds and descended vertically onto commercial runways—stopping on a dime without a single roar of jet fuel or thruster plume—the air traffic control towers could only watch in quiet, paralyzed awe.
