Test Flight by William Brennan

Summary: The year is 2018. Despite budget problems, NASA and ESA have spent billions on the design and construction of a new spacecraft, entirely in secret. Why? It employs a form of propulsion that could make all others completely obsolete, a form of propulsion as secret as the project itself: Apparition. Hermione Weasley and Cho Chang have been chosen for the test flight, and the first artificially enhanced Apparition is about to be attempted.
Ratings: 3rd-5th Years [ - ]
Category: General Fics
Characters: None
Warnings: None
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Serie: None
Chapters: 5 Completed?: Yes
Wordcount: 8493 Viewcount: 8630
Published on: 12/13/12 Updated On: 03/06/15

Story Notes: I've had to go through quite a few drafts to get this working. This is my first; reviews, positive or negative, are appreciated.

1. Chapter 1 by William Brennan [ - ] (2368 words)

2. Chapter 2 by William Brennan [ - ] (1927 words)
I know there's very little personal stuff in this chapter either. I'll get some of that into the next chapter; there'll be time for that for reasons that become clear then. Also note that nothing I've said or implied about President Obama implies or says anything about how he actually has behaved or will behave.
3. Chapter 3 by William Brennan [ - ] (1584 words)
I may continue making changes to this if I find stuff that's really bad. Also, I've made a few nontrivial changes to the earlier chapters (one advantage of this format), FYI.
4. Chapter 4 by William Brennan [ - ] (1150 words)
I might finish this someday, but it's almost already "obsolete".
5. Chapter 5 by William Brennan [ - ] (1464 words)
It's almost a shame Neptune and Earth happen to be on the same side of Sol on the date I chose. I was going to have them bounce the signal off Cassini and the Indian Mars orbiter whose name I can't spell, but whatever.

I'm also sorry for the bad writing, but I tried to capture a middle-aged Hermione in these situations and just couldn't very well. In the end I had to cut a lot of things.