Double Drabble: Mind Boggling

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Title: Mind Boggling
Author: badly_knitted
Characters: Jack, Ianto.
Rating: G
Written For: Challenge 860: Big at torchwood100.
Spoilers: Nada.
Summary: If the Happy Wanderer is only medium sized, what are the big cargo ships like?
Disclaimer: I don’t own Torchwood, or the characters.
A/N: Double drabble. Set in my Ghost of a Chance ‘Verse.
 


 

Jack always called the Happy Wanderer a mid-sized cargo transport. There were smaller models, he’d told Ianto, but they were mainly used within solar systems, ferrying goods between planets. They had a much smaller capacity than the Wanderer which, in Ianto’s opinion, was huge, about the size of the Millennium Centre back in Cardiff. Despite her size, the two of them were able to handle her well enough, although most ships her size would have a crew of six, even as many as eight or ten.
 

“If the Wanderer is mid-sized,” Ianto asked, a few months into his new career as a space haulier, “what does a big cargo ship look like?” He stared around at the other ships offloading goods at the spaceport. They were different makes and models, but all a similar size to their own ship.
 

“The big ships aren’t designed to land on planets,” Jack explained, grinning. “They’re too big. Usually they’re loaded and offloaded by shuttles about the size of our old girl.” He patted a landing strut.
 

“So, how big exactly are they?”

 
“It varies by make and model, and anywhere between one and five miles long.”
 

“Miles?” Ianto blinked, stunned. “Okay, that’s… big.”
 
 

The End