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Side sim: Extra Training

Posted Feb. 23, 2023, 7:51 a.m. by Lieutenant Junior Grade Kenzo Kurata (Amory Chief) (Katy Darrah)

Posted by Captain Marceau Renault (Commanding Officer) in Side sim: Extra Training

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Kenzo Kurata (Amory Chief) in Side sim: Extra Training

Posted by Captain Marceau Renault (Commanding Officer) in Side sim: Extra Training
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In a quiet moment during the voyage to Wolf 359, Marceau headed down to the Armory. In a bout of new captain worry, he stressed about his… Barely passable skills with weapons and fighting. Helena would be willing to teach him, she always passed this stuff with flying colours, but she was busy checking the shuttles.

So, instead, he decided to head down to the Armory and meet the Armory’s chief. Letting the door open, he paused briefly as if checking if Lieutenant Kurata was busy with something else, then headed in. “Lieutenant Kurata?” Asked the Captain, his voice soft and thick with a French accent.

~ Capt Renault

There was a sound of shuffling and soft muttered Japanese before there was a loud smacking sound and accompanying thud as Kenzo was under his desk looking for the 15th lost pen today when the Captain walked in, and he seemed to have forgotten there was a desk above him.

“What?!” He snapped, as he extracted himself from under the desk holding his head, and his eyes widened slightly when he saw it was the captain. “I-I-I-I mean, what can I do for you, sir?” He used his free hand to wipe the dust off his uniform to the best of his ability.

LtJg Kenzo Kurata, Chief Armory Officer

Marceau blinked, as if slightly shocked, but said nothing regarding Kenzo’s attitude with his first comment. “Euhm… I wanted a little extra plasma pistol practice, if you aren’t busy. We all have had a lot to do with the new ship.” He said. It was well known by the crew this was his first Captain post, and his somewhat meek personality was certainly making its way around the crew as well.

He wouldn’t have the position though if he couldn’t pull out a more serious demeanor when he needed it, and his service record more than proved he was capable of the position. He just had to convince himself of that.

~ Capt Renault

“That sounds simple enough.” Kenzo said, slowly removing his hand from his head. He briefly walked over to his desk, rooting around in a drawer and grabbing his keys and a pen from within. “I’m down to my last pen. Great.” He muttered to himself. Turning to Marceau, he waved him along behind him, “follow me.”

After a short walk over to the weapons lockers Kenzo opened one up, and signed out two pistols, he tried to slip the pen into his pocket, but, naturally, it completely missed and rolled around on the floor until it went under the locker. Handing Marceau one of the pistols, he sighed. “Ok, I’ve lost 16 pens. That’s a new record.” He muttered to himself, securing the locker and heading up to the open unassigned area in Deck C, where he’d set up a small shooting range, mostly for himself and the MACOs, but it was useful for this too.

LtJg Kenzo Kurata, Chief Armory Officer

Marceau considered telling the Lieutenant something along the lines of ‘be more careful’ but decided it would be pointless to do so and decided not to. He followed Kenzo to the makeshift shooting range, carefully holding the pistol as if making sure not to aim it at anything too important.

~ Capt Renault

“I tell this to everyone, but it’s a good bit of advice to hold onto. Don’t point your gun at anything you don’t intend to shoot at. I know that sounds counter-intuitive when moving with it, but in that case you intend to shoot the ground. Don’t point the gun at your face or other vital areas, you know what, don’t point the gun at yourself at all.” Kenzo’s voice sounded tired, like too many people had done that, “Remember that plasma is hot, so once you’ve been shooting, don’t try to touch the barrel. You shouldn’t be able to, but don’t try anyway. No, the plasma canisters are not drinks, I do not recommend trying.” Again, he sounded tired, “I also do not want to see them being thrown.”

Kenzo looked at Marceau, “now that standard gun safety you’d think I never have to remind people of twice but still end up with some sort of accident or injury almost every time, is out of the way, we can get down to business.”

LtJg Kenzo Kurata, Chief Armory Officer

“I’m… Not a beginner, you know.” Marceau commented. “You have to pass basic plasma gun tests to pass the command track. That and… and piloting courses.” Those had both been a nightmare. Marceau wouldn’t have passed the piloting courses without a lot of help from Helena. “What do you want me to do first?”

~ Capt Renault

“I understand, Captain. Regulations simply state I have to do a gun safety briefing before any range fire is conducted.” Kenzo said, calmly, before gesturing to the range. “Show me how you can do first, that way I know where you need to adjust.”

LtJg Kenzo Kurata, Chief Armory Officer

“Of course.” Marceau raised the pistol and, carefully aiming as if conducting a surgery, began shooting at one of the targets. Half the shots hit the target, none were “bulls eyes”, and the rest hit the wall around the target. Marceau sheepishly rubbed his hair. “Must be an off day.”

~ Capt Renault

Kenzo smiled, “Not at all, Captain, I’ve seen some flag officers with worse aim. You’re doing fine.” Kenzo took the lane next to Marceau, aiming his own pistol, and began shooting. He had a tight grouping around one point, but was still skewed to the left of center regardless.

“I think one of the best tips I was given, that may assist you, is to, at least on the range, take it slow. There’s a degree of recoil to the weapon as it shoots that you need to compensate for.” Kenzo demonstrated the motion of the recoil. “So, at least at first, shooting slower can allow you a moment to recover from the recoil and line up your next shot better.”

LtJg Kenzo Kurata, Chief Armory Officer


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