[ Flying. Christ, he hasn't flown in more than twenty years. And of course, never on a fucking space ship. Another thing he's just... not going to deal with, for the moment.

(He also ignores the sneaky thought that Ellie would be fascinated by this guy. He's like an astronaut, after all.) ]

Way I figure, we start by doing some scouting. Figure out what the perimeters are, how far they'll let us go, if there's any other communities we can make contact with.