SPACE VESSEL—Freewriters daily prompt

“It has been 5,201 days since we came aboard this space vessel due to Earth's nuclear destruction, unsure if we would ever step foot on our home planet again. We have lost some close friends and family, making this bittersweet for us all. But after all this time, we shall now step onto Earth's dry land, birthing the dawn of a new age, a new civilization. Let us do this, in the name of everyone who couldn't be here with us.”

The commander of the Galaxy 9 space ship ended his speech as he opened the vessels door and set his foot on the earth.