The massive twin thrusters of the Special Forces Explorer roared to life as the heavy engine was ignited with a sudden blast. The deafening boom it produced echoed resoundingly through the hangar bay in which it rested. The sound reverberated off of the concrete walls so intensely that it was hardly bearable from inside the small transport vessel, where a team of six Toa readily sat. One seat behind Tanuva, Toa Sanurak sat anxiously. Being a Toa of Stone, he preferred steady ground to flying. He apprehensively asked, “How are we supposed to get into space?” “The dangerous way!”