A familiar planet appeared on the Leviathan's scanners by the end of the week. The gigantic ship slowly approached Baoway's orbit while the army prepared for the disembark. The vehicle had far more than troops to unload, but the scientists could handle that in the following days.
The atmosphere became lively once the announcement ran through the Leviathan. The Scalqa couldn't wait to get back to actual soil, and Khan's exit from his long isolation inevitably intensified that feeling. The army felt ready to explode, but everyone behaved in Khan's presence. Excessive mayhem wasn't safe on the ship anyway, so the aliens temporarily held back.
Under Lieutenant Dyester's directives, the army split into multiple platoons, each filling a cargo ship. The Leviathan had many of those, and the casualties on Senerth left many spares, so the Scalqa had no problem finding seats.
