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A Troubling Journey (Shuttle Bay, everyone interested invited - Side Sim

Posted Feb. 10, 2020, 11:26 a.m. by Ensign Kai Oliver Kingstone (Chief Science Officer) (Jay Luistro)

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It was Tuesday, maybe Wednesday, Kai didn’t remember exactly what day it was, but what he remembered of that day was a Journey he had planned since he joined the Atlantis’ crew and after discovering a hidden planet of the Aedis system, which was until then undiscovered by Starfleet Exploration Groups.

The planet (a class M one) was nicknamed funnily Cheese Ball III, because it was the third planet of the system they were in and because its yellow color with huge craters made it seem like a cheese ball flying in space.
“Do you think there are living stuff there?” Asked one of his comrades when Kai made the discovery “maybe, maybe not. But something is certain, we cannot get transported to it.”
Indeed a magnetic field of some kind blocked or disturbed communication to be able to use the transporter. The only solution was the shuttle.

And indeed he, after many days of prays and ridiculous favor made to the captain (no offense to her), managed to organize what was an expedition to explore and take some samples of whatever they could find on that planet.
The shuttle, the “Coriolis” was being prepared by the Ensign, who was excited to wait someone to show up and begin the adventure on Cheese Ball III (Aedis III, for science accuracy) while his new pet, Rylee (a Golden Retriever), was jumping everywhere in the hangar bay, not knowing what to do.

“Oh my god a puppy,” Lexi said looking at the golden retriever. “We should get a puppy. In fact,” she wiggled her hand out of Chris’ as they walked toward the shuttle moving it towards her pocket. “I should have EMMA bring Ruth down to see Rylee and make sure she likes a dog.” Yes this was important but only like five percent of the reason she wanted to message EMMA. The other ninety five percent was to get the baby back down here.

Lexi fished in her pocket slowly at first and then a bit more vigorously. Moving from one pocket to the next she then patted her back pocket. “Baby did you....um have you seen my ah…” she began to look now in the bag hooked to Chris’ shoulder that contained their stuff for the trip. “I seem to have stuck my communicator....somewhere.”

Chris looked over at Lexi with a smirk. He knew in normal situations she would be loving to come on this trip, eager to do some real biology work and not be stuck in a lab but get your hands stuck in dirt and mud and find some new life. The thing is for the young married couple, they had a daughter who was barely 8 months old. Any parent could tell you getting a chance away for a night or two is a dream come true. Get them into the 24-hour period and you suddenly had parents foaming at the mouth worried about diseases that only exist in their mind.

“She is going to be fine pumpkin, Ian said EMMA works with the kids and teaches them all the time. She can surely handle a barley walking little girl. She can download all the parenting advice in the world and in the end, Jacen said he would look in, a real father… so… don’t worry baby.” Chris said as he placed his hand on top of hers as he gently rubbed the top of her hand. To some, this might have seen as a loving gesture, though for Chris he knew if she couldn’t move her hand she couldn’t try to use her communicator again to get ahold of EMMA for the seventh time in three hours.

Christopher Robins, Stellar Cartography

“I know that. I just wanted to show her the dog,” Lexi looked up at Chris. She debated the odds of sprinting to the door successfully but the odds were never in her favor in that game. Life had radically changed marrying Chris. It has always been her and Ruth who was attached at her hip. Now it was a trio and Chris, while a doting father, also was the rational one of the pair. Whenever he caught Lexi crossing the line to crazy mom such as cutting his steak or trying to help him put on his coat, he called a date night. ‘This trip was every reason she became a xenobiologiat. He was going to make sure she did something she loved besides being a wife and mother.

“So you do have my communicator thought right?”

Lexi robins

“Lexi! Chris!” Called them hearing their voices coming from behind “Oh I see you found my new room mate, Mrs. Rylee” he smiled, stopping whatever he was doing to greet his mates “also, might I ask why Ma’am Lexi has her commbadge on her leg?” He pointed out the shiny badge seemingly put there for mistake or by accident, giggling with innocent glance.

“There is it,” she practically jumped for joy. “Musta slipped from my pocket when I stuffed it in there,” Lexi grabbed it off her pant leg.

“Whatever,” he paused “if I may take your luggages and stuff? I am preparing the shuttle for departure. We will take off at 1400 and you can always help me or play with my dear!” He looked at the dog.

“Chris can help you,” she patted her husband on the back with a smile handing him another bag as she stepped away. There was no way she was leaving without speaking to EMMA. Chris just needed to learn his role in this marriage. It would take some time to train him but it would be done. Moving away from the shuttle Lexi tossed the ball for the dog and made her call.

“Stay!” He said as he pointed a finger at Lexi, the dog seeming to listen as well as they sat down looking up like there was going to be treats next for listening.

“See one of you can obey, don’t bother EMMA.” Chris said as he left to go help with the rest of the luggage, knowing this was most likely going to fall on deaf ears.

The shuttle seemed brand new, and not one of those which saw already action somewhere in the Quadrant. He expected that for the first mission of the Coriolis, her lucid and metallic look would then be covered by a thick layer of sand and maybe get some scratch a bit everywhere.
“Eh, just thinking to clean this shuttle when we will return!” The ensign grunted

“Do you know if someone else will join us to the planet?” He asked as he checked all flight parameters for pre-flight Check-List “also, I would like to have a snake mid-trip ehehe.” He smirked

Ensign Kai O. Kingstone - CSO

“Nope I think it is us unless you think we need like a security detail,” she looked at Kai and then Chris.

“Why you looking at me? I am here cause you said we needed to get out more… though I think you really just wanted to to a movie and not a weekend working but here I am…” Chris said with a bit of snark as he walked into the shuttle.

Moving into the shuttle she took a seat in the back so the CSO could pilot it. That left the co-pilot seat open for whoever wanted it.

Lexi

“Security detail? Pff.” He snorted “I have a phaser Mk. III borrowed by security and a couple of phaser guns in the back. Chris will take the Mk. III because he is… better I guess?”

“I usually work better with hammers and tools but I guess I can use it. Though… what are we going to find to need a Mk 3? Doesn’t that feel overkill… we fight Borg and Dominion with that” asked Chris as he wondered just what they were getting roped into.

Kai wasn’t worried at all about meeting some life form on the planet. His only doubt was his dog and the fact that the shuttle would have been dirty when they were to be returning. Yeah only that, He guessed.

“Science stuff? Check.” He tipped the box on the PaDD for the checklist “Dog? Check too. Fly parameters? All nominal. Fuel, present. Core Drive. Functioning. Co-pilot? Chris would you like to be my co-pilot?” He asked to Lexi’s husband kindly “I will need a buddy to fly this majestic ship. And to eat these snacks” he showed a sack with a bunch of candies, chips and salsa. Not replicated, only genuine snacks from importation.

“Sure, I would love to” Chris said with a large smile. Truth was while he wasn’t security he did love piloting. It was a skill he took up and always loved to get behind any cockpit that people would let him at.

“Alright, everyone’s ready?” He asked looking at the clock and taking a seat at the helm “I don’t guarantee a beautiful view down there” he smirked pressing some buttons “But I guarantee, Ladies, gentleman and dogs, that I know how to fly this ship. Maybe.”
A voice came through the commbadge asking for the clearance of the shuttle bay for departure. While Kai waited for a reply to depart, Rylee came in the cockpit, licking everyone’s hand to greet the new people she met that day “good girl!” Yeah, cuddles were her favorite.

Robins, Stellar Cartography

“We are ready for departure, Tower.” Kai nodded few times as the voice spoke then again he said: “Aight, Shuttle Bay cleared, we are exiting.”
The shuttle indeed lifted and gently went through the force field and the hangar door. It took a minimal acceleration but in a few seconds (3.5 to be exact), the ship was already far 300 meters, then 400, then 1000.

“So, First Officer Chris. Take the helm.” He smiled. “Bearing is 149 mark 23, the inclination of 20° for atmosphere entry. It should be an easy task as there seem to be no electric field or paranormal bubbles of some kind.” He joked “and anyway, this trip will take a bit, 30 minutes or less so we will have time to talk and stuff.”
Rylee started to be anxious. Her tail started to wiggle and her barks were a few loud bangs. It was her first journey and still, Kai thought that perhaps it would have not been that bad. He was wrong.

“10 4…” Chris said as input the coordinates as they began to take out in the direction he has asked.

“Chill Rylee, chill!” He pet his darling “Lexi make me a favor, help me to calm Rylee. Maybe your feminine touch will help her.”

Ensign Kai O. Kingstone - CSO

“Come here my baby girl,” Lexi made her way towards the cockpit and dropped to her knees. “Yes yes, hers is gonna go play an’ get off that ol’ floating tin can, yes hers is.”
Lexi cooed in very ungrammatical motherese to the dog while scratching her ears and kissing the side of her head. “I have thought about getting Ruth a dog for her birthday. Maybe we can do playdates,” she laughed looking at Kai. “This is the first time in forever I haven’t had a dog. The last one I had was Baxter. He was a Beagle mutt I got to pass the time before I had Ruth. He was a great dog just like you,” she spoke between looking at Kai and Rylee. “Have you always had Golden’s,” she asked?

Lexi

“To be honest, I had before just a Pug as I was a little Kai and had no interest in space. I loved that pug, Mr. Frenchy I called him because he seemed to love french fries.” He laughed “anyway yeah, maybe Rylee wants to have some kids, right Rylee? Maybe one day.” And Kai hoped to have kids too one day. Cute little kiddos that would have joyed Kai’s life with his loved one and wife. “Have you ever had a dog, Chris? Also, are you planning to have some little, you guys?” He was curious about after-marriage life

Ensign Kai O. Kingstone - CSO

“I used to have a lot of dogs before we went into Starfleet. Ian and I though did have for a few years what we thought was a dog in the Academy, least it looked like a dog. Lexi found it and gave it to a gift to us, turned out it was a type of Rigelan Wolf Bear, they get up to five feet tall, ten feet paw to paw, about eight hundred pounds. After that, we stopped letting Lexi bring home strays.” Chris said with a smirk, Lexi always did have a habit of leaping without looking. He recalled that animals came from a friend of hers named Kalani, some biology science geek like her who specialized in animals.

“Ahaha I imagine.” He poked Lexi arm gently “I don’t think a 5 feet tall pet would be practical to get out.” He laughed.

“It wasn’t,” she gave Chris a sour expression that only a husband would know meant she wasn’t actually mad. “See he and Ian kept the thing for a long time. So long that it rolled into the semester room inspection. It was only then he and his buddy realized Houston we have a problem. So who do they call,” she gestured to Chris.

“Me,” repeated her husband, “but not to actually help them but to borrow some clothes. They dressed the damn thing up like a girl and walked it out of the dorms like one of those Russian circus bears. Totally stretched out my sweatpants,” she rolled her eyes and winked at Chris. While they had spent the majority of their time apart, the four years together at the academy was the basis of why they fell in love with each other.

“Ugh, love relationships. So interesting and so complex.” Grunted Kai with a smile on his face

“As for little ones, well seems we already jumped that gun. We have an eight-month-old daughter, I am fairly certain she would indeed love this dog… but right now all she as is some Andorian bunnies I bought her, big fluffy goofballs with blue fur, she loves them… we did tell EMMA to feed those as well didn’t we?” Chris said suddenly as he looked over at Lexi wondering if she would figure it out or if their house plants would be devoured by hungry bunnies.

Christopher Robins

“Hey Chris, maybe we’ll find some cute animal out there on Cheese Ball.” The Ensign jokes “anyway,” he paused “what do you expect to find down there? I hope there will be someone to get us some fresh fruit or something. In the worst case a giant reptile, human eater made of some sort of impenetrable shell.”

“Oh, that would be great… so great,” Chris said with a sardonic smirk as he looked over at Lexi. “I can see her collecting as much as she can… and we don’t have enough room.”

Ensign Kai O. Kingstone - CSO

“Oh oh oh I vote for carnivorous plants,” Lexi called out. I mean how cool would it be to see if you could get out of a working venus fly trap. Worst case scenario is we have Ryley here dig us out,” she ruffled the fur behind the dog’s ear. The console began flashing indicating they were about to enter the lower atmosphere. “So here we go. You um remember how to land this thing right,” she looked at the two men piloting the ship.

“Yes, I know how to land, unlike you I keep up on my secondary training.” quipped Chris as he began to make the descent.

Lexi

“I surely forgot how!” He winked at Chris like to say: show how to land this can or we ain’t surviving at all. “But maybe Chris knows how.” He giggled secretly. Getting through the atmosphere was Kai’s favorite moment in a flight. While he was at the Academy he never wanted to learn to fly. But after some pressure by teachers and professors, he was able to join flight school later and discovered his love for intra-ship journeys. Actually his landing abilities were extraordinarily fantastic.

But then on the screen something lit up and the readings weren’t too good “oh crisp.” The Ensign looked better at the display
“Oh Crisp Oh Crisp! Bearing 312 mark 23 Ahead of us we have a big, big energy beam traveling tow-”
And a big bam hit the Coriolis making bump everyone onboard. Displays blew up, the main control, hard to get on. But most importantly the engines were shut down.
“We’ve been hit!” He screamed after getting up from his display explosion “argh. We have plasma coolant breach and our engines shut.”

Lexi instinctively grabbed Ryley and held her close to her body. The dog wasn’t strapped in but neither was Lexi. At least she was in a seat and the imact had only knocked her back hard against the head rest. Holding Ryley tightly so the dog would not get thrown across the cabin Lexi felt her vision blurring. She did not call out or fight it. There was nothing she could do know except let the pilot team do what they needed to. Taking a deep breath she blinked twice hoping to clear her vision but it only let her on the third blink drift into darkness.

Kai was now worried. He looked everyone inside the tin can and maybe for the first time, thought about his death. How his coffin with a Kai eating a banana photo would be put underground.
“We need to perform-” he was out of breath “emergency landing.” he pointed an apparently green plain that from the skies didn’t appeared that green “there!” And then he fainted.

OOC: better get some O2 mask Chris! We ain’t having oxygen onboard as we are too high. Kai didn’t noticed it and just fainted :0

Ensign Kai O. Kingstone - CSO

Chris began tapping the controls as they began to descend, pulling the mask over his head quickly as he kept going down as he looked back at the pair. He didn’t have much time, they weren’t going to make it in one piece down but he could try to keep as many pieces intact.

Robins, Stellar Cartography

So for how much Kai could remember, darkness was all over the place and only a light was in the middle of nowhere lightning up just a little radius all over him. Figures would appear and between them, old friends that he knew before the Bday party incident interacted with the Ensign.
It was evident that he was unconscious by the time all this happened.

From the high atmosphere level through the lower one, communications were progressively covered by interferences and no emergency distress signal could have trespassed the unknown energy field that started to form all around the planet. Thought the Coriolis, as he was told later on, was descending too fast and with too much inertia to survive the impact. As Chris took control over the ship, it was 12000 meters from ground level; luckily Mr. Robins was a well trained Officer and managed to “soften” the crash and to conserve much likely almost all vital modules of the runabouts. The place they landed didn’t seemed at all a giant Orange Ball they saw from below: it was gorgeously green and life seemed to prosper onto the plains and up high the mountains.

At 1512 hours, Kai could finally wake up from his weird dream.
“Ugh- Gosh.” He mourned “Eh? This is not what I saw from readings on the Atlantis.” He looked still shocked from the window adjacent to his seat.
“Oh no. I am bleeding… ugh are you all okey?” He asked to his journey comrades while Rylee jumped over the bodies of everyone aboard.

Ensign Kai O. Kingstone - CSO and Temporary thread GM

“Yeah,” Lexi said slowly. Opening and closing her mouth several times she tried to find where the blood was coming from that was filling her mouth with the slightly metallic taste. It only took a second for her to realize the blood was coming from her tongue. She must have bitten it during the crash. “Chris,” she called out pulling a med kit down from an over head as she made her way to Kai. Kneeling down next to him she opened the kit pulling out a cold pack and a bandage. Gently dabbing the bandage on the wound Lexi made a grimacing face. “Sorry. I don’t want to hurt you but I need to see how bad the injury is,” she said wiping the blood away she looked at the injury and with the other hand cracked the cold pack.

“Argh! Oi oi oi! What a mess…” Kai was in pain “Ah don’t worry, I am still alive. Hey Chris? Chris how are you?” He called for his Co-Pilot. Looking at him he seemed still unconscious and nothing red was dripping down or whatever “well, from here he seems fine. Then I don’t know how’s the other side. Ouch.” He grunted touching the fresh cut in the abdomen.

“Chris,” she called out again. Right now Kai was the first she came to and needed help. Hopefully Chris was fine and just doing what Chris did: taking stock of the situation.

Lexi

“Lex, Go and get a check of him. I will keep pressure on the injury, don’t worry!” He invited Lexi to intervene on Chris “anyway, what do you think of the surrounding? It was not like this when we first gave a look uh? Maybe it will be really likely to find some person-height meat eater plant. AH! How funny it would be. Maybe.”
For a man who was in shock, Kai could keep going on being happily joyful for much time as he wanted but Of course not forever. Looking at his red hands, he had a bit of crying sensation but to look as manly as he could, he was holding the tears hoping that Lexi could give him some kind of pain killers soon.

Ensign Kai O. Kingstone - CSO


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