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The ship thundered silently through the empty eternity that was the void between the stars. Within the liquid-filled chambers of Jrak’s ship, it was a soft all-pervasive hum that set the cargo pilot at ease. Jrak’s auditory membranes picked up the soft noise of the life support slowly sucking away water, oxygenating and filtering it back through the ship’s vents. Here, in the cradle of the space between, there was no gravity - only the pressure of the liquid around them. Jrak liked the sensation, no up or down. Besides, it saved them on artificial gravity mechanisms. Or chairs.
A flick of their tail, and Jrak twisted about in the cockpit so it was angled more traditionally with terrestrial design. A small pop, and a little air bubble escaped their lips, as they reached out into the empty water with a hand.
“Console.” They said, the noise reverberating easily in the water, sounding smoother than it had back in the air atmosphere of the planet. The ship picked it up, and several displays appeared - holographically projected into the liquid. A few swipes of the amphibious hands and their soft fingerpads, and Jrak inspected the current distances between the most recent jump point and their current destination. They seemed satisfied with the soon approach, and turned about slightly with a whip of their tail just in time for a change in the sound of the engines. Jrak froze, arms out as they simply drifted from the remaining motion. They listened, and then whipped about frantically in time for a deep shudder to ripple throughout the whole ship as the jump field scattered and they were thrown into real space.
The shudder caused Jrak’s momentum to be lost, but with nowhere to fall down it was corrected quickly and he thrashed his hand through a section of the still-up aquatic hologram console. There was a crackling, almost crystalline sound, and all of the lights went dark. Jrak remained still, hand outstretched, simply drifting as the liquid resistance slowed their momentum. Another quiet pop, and a bubble escaped their lips, their eyes tracing it for a brief second in the sudden silence.