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Main Sim: Milk Run?

Posted Aug. 16, 2021, 11:48 a.m. by Commander Vanessa Lofton (Executive Officer) (Nathan Miller)

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Emmy offered a small nod to the XO to confirm that she had heard her suggestion, but she didn’t say anything further for several minutes as she considered the options here. “Let’s see what Lieutenant Barr can find in an hour and then we will drop the probe for further information,” she stated firmly. She took her seat again and returned her attention to the view screen to see how things had developed in the Cargo Bay while she had been focused on the decisions being made on the Bridge.

  • Davis, CO

As the commotion on the view screen started to calm, Emmy slammed her hand against the comm badge on her chest, perhaps slightly more forcefully than she intended:

=/\= Lieutenants Rodier and O’Connell, report. =/\=

  • Davis, CO

=^= Rodier to Davis, cargo bay secured. One officer lost. Maintaining a small security presence. =^=

~ Lt. jr. gr. Rodier - COS (crosspost)

=/\= Acknowledged, Lieutenant. =/\=

Emmy’s voice remained neutral as she responded to the crushing report. This was the first time she had lost an officer while in command, but it wasn’t the time to allow that to distract her from the task at hand. She refocused on the CSO.

“Any update, Lieutenant? We did leave probes, so the scans can be completed while we depart.”

  • Davis, CO

Lofton cringed inwardly at the report. She would get the officer’s name - was it worse to hope it was an officer and not a young cadet? - and contact their family once the Challenger was away. She watched Davis’s face, searching for traces of the load she knew most would feel; Davis was a different beast from most though, which Vanessa knew.

She steeled herself, talking a calming breath and refocused on the screen.

XO Lofton


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