Posted July 10, 2020, 11:41 p.m. by Lieutenant Commander Ethan Nash (Chief Tactical Officer) (David Shotton)
Posted by Lieutenant Revna Edman (Counselor) in The Odyssey: Among the Stars
Posted by Lieutenant Commander Ethan Nash (Chief Tactical Officer) in The Odyssey: Among the Stars
Nash settled into the pilots seat beside Revna. The space in the Odyssey wasn’t designed like a Runabout, it was much closer so that their arms nearly touched. Behind the seats the space was made more for storage, although one small cot was able to fold down to provide one of the crew with a space to stretch out, the seats sliding back to allow a person to access the space behind them if needed.Revna was, not quite, fascinated by the shuttle. “When I sailed at home I preferred smaller boats, that don’t require several people to handle it. Though, unlike Runa, I like having the computer controls. Runa can sail anything.” She smiles thinking about her twin.
With a touch of the console the hatches swung shut of their own accord and sealed tight. The entire interior seemed minimalistic around the cockpit with the controls all centred on the console in front of them, which in itself was narrow and made to be as unobtrusive as possible. The shuttles view forward seemed narrow, with not much of a view from the forward port and none from the sides at all. There was enough however, and the sound of the ships impulse engine humming into life could be felt as well as heard.
Revna rested her head back and listened, “Every ship has her own voice. Distinct from all the others. It doesn’t matter if she sails on a sea made of water or space.” The Odyssey had a beautiful sound, almost as if she was purring with happiness to be out sailing again. Revna chuckled to herself. Her father used to say things like that, when he would take them sailing.
Nash glanced over at Revna as the hangar doors opened for them, he had placed the basket behind them on the empty space. “We have some time to explore,” Nash told her, his hands moving over the controls and the shuttle lifting from the deck. It was smooth, and evidently the shuttle produced a large power to weight ratio and was highly responsive. “How about a pass around the ship before we find a picnic spot?”
Lt Cmdr Nash, CTO
She watched him expertly control the shuttle as it lifted off. She’d sailed ships using a computer console, but never a shuttle. She’d…well she hadn’t wanted to. “I would love for you to make a pass around. She sounds like she’d like to stretch her legs a bit,” she said about the shuttle.
“Done,” Nash said quietly and the Odyssey glid smoothly out of the hangar and into space around the massive Starship. All at once, the small size of the Odyssey was apparent against the empty blackness of space and the massive hull of the Atlantis.
But Revna was suddenly unsure of what she was doing. Nash, well he had a certain reputation on board. She hadn’t gone asking, but when she was listening trying to figure out how best to approach him, finding out about the bar stool, she’d heard. Not that she had a problem with it. There were no real complaints, just disappointments. But Revna, she’d tried the “fling” thing, and it wasn’t for her. But all this seemed rather…much? for a fling. And once again, without even trying, she was confused and unsure. She felt like he was on that bar stool again asking her about gaps, and there not being any.
Lt. Edman, Counselor
“I know the forward view is a little restrictive,” Nash said as their shuttle turned to follow the curve of the hull, “but the Odyssey has a neat little trick,” he glanced at her and smiled. His hand moved from the control to the console and he activated a few keys in sequence. All at once, the walls of the interior of the Odyssey vanished, and in their place was nothing but the space around them. It was like the interior had become one giant view screen and Revna and Nash were sitting in chairs in the middle of space, a console in front of them and an unobstructed view almost all around them. To the rear the view tapered off and they could still see the shuttle interior behind them, but the view now was something stunning.
The Atlantis was revealed in full unobstructed view, and Nash piloted the shuttle close to her, following the hull. The two of them could even see people in Ten Forward looking out the view ports at their small shuttle. “So, how about that picnic?” Nash grinned, “I know a good spot.”
Lt Cmdr Nash
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