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While many great sights might assail a visitor to the sprawling British capital of London, from the towering Admiralty Building to the splendid Palace of Westminster and the vast Space Docks, none inspire such wonder and affection as the Royal Cosmonautical Museum.
Occupying several relatively modest acres of land in the metropolis, the Cosmonautical Museum is immediately identifiable by the two airships tethered high overhead; both of these marvels are Generation One powered aerostats dating from the onset of the Jupiter Wars, and are museum exhibits in their own right. Visitors can ascend into the control gondolas, and even glimpse the mechanisms that pump vital gravity gas into the dirigibles' ballonets. On the ground, one may enter the Museum via the imposing wrought-iron gates, symbolic of the colossal towerships that guard the Realm and Star Territories, and will find further wonders within. Display cases house everything from the early interferometers that guided the First Pioneers to the casings of retired boundary buoys caked with authentic kwark droppings. Cosmonauts' suits hang from the walls, some even scaled down to be tried on by younger visitors, but the main attraction dangles from the centre of the main atrium. A Mark-II Bristol Broadwing, product of the classic Bristol Aeroworks Company, is fixed in place over the heads of onlookers, almost replicating the iconic flyby of the famous Bristol Squadron at the end of the Battle of Bodring Quasar, when children gazed up at the destruction of the Corvanite dreadnoughts in astonished jubilation. The venerable rocketfighter is scorched and battle-scarred, grimed with solomite and pitted with the near-misses from deadly quadralasers. The sight is enough to make any Briton's heart swell with pride for the great space empire. Many famous faces have passed through the Museum's hallowed halls. Admiral Ironjaw himself opened the Queen Victoria Wing, cutting the ribbon with the sabre he once used to battle the Lost Legionnaire on the steps of the Black Bastille; Colonel Mary Niloc gave her final speech in the Museum prior to retirement, and donated her signature bronze space helmet as an exhibit; and the great General Broadchest was spotted standing to attention at the Jupiter Wars memorial, his daughter at his side in a touching display of the inheritance of duty from parent to child. Above all else, the Royal Cosmonautical Museum stands testament to a British Empire that has forged its path through the cosmos, and blazed trails across the stars to become the greatest governing force of the Cosmic Age.
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