A special part of the massive base on New Alderaan was left for the cruisers that were small enough to land but large enough to eclipse near any other ship that could make it planetside. How the skyscraper-like vessel could actually land and not crush the very ground underneath it was a miracle of modern science, but it mattered to the crew of the lone cruiser to be found on New Alderaan. As a matter of fact, very little mattered to the crew of the Rapier, that was her name, beyond getting the vessel ready by the time it was to cast off. All of the vessel's ramps were settled on the ground, large hovercraft and wheeled vehicles getting on carrying or dragging behind them the supplies the behemoth needed. Beside some of those vehicles, the crew seemed like ants, but beside the Rapier itself