01. Key to Start

[Intro: low drone, heavy radio static, no drums] [Radio transmission, narrow band, squelch beep] [Spoken, mission control radio voice] Tower to crew. Key to start position. [Spoken, clean close low male voice] Crew copies. Key is turned. [Radio transmission, static crackle] [Spoken, mission control radio voice] Purging the fuel lines now. [Heartbeat pulse, single echoing guitar note] [Radio transmission, squelch beep] [Spoken, mission control radio voice] Drain valves open. Board is green. [Whispered, clean close low male voice] Your photo in my pocket. Three seconds of our window. I'll be back soon. [Radio transmission, steady static, heartbeat pulse underneath] [Spoken, mission control radio voice, slow even countdown] Ten..., Nine..., Eight..., Seven..., Six..., Five..., Four..., Three..., Two..., One... [Silence] [Radio transmission, loud squelch beep] [Spoken, mission control radio voice] Main stage. Launch. [Sub bass hit] [Radio transmission, static crackle] [Spoken, mission control radio voice] Engines burning. Tower is clear. [Heavy drum hit, engine roar, rising strings and guitar swell] [Spoken, clean close low male voice, calm] Hold on, love. Off we go. [Radio static fades, white noise swell, fade into silence] [End]