Posted May 31, 2021, 9:05 p.m. by Lieutenant Robert Mason (Chief Engineer) (Joe P)
Posted by Commander Dira Myqian (Executive Officer) in USS Calypso, 2394- When Things Go Awry
Posted by Lieutenant Robert Mason (Chief Engineer) in USS Calypso, 2394- When Things Go Awry
Posted by Commander Dira Myqian (Executive Officer) in USS Calypso, 2394- When Things Go Awry
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Dira gave him an apologetic look. It wasn’t really necessary for her to be right up front since the distance for her was negligible, but Franks also knew her well enough that she wouldn’t make a scene in front of the other crew. Still, Mason’s confusion was understandable as he hadn’t been on the bridge and as the away team commander, the Xo should have at least walked everyone through the situation. “Our sensors aren’t able to pinpoint the exact location of the of surviving mining team. In fact we couldn’t even get the life signs from the bridge, but I’m able to pick up their distress, so I know there are survivors down there. The hope is that it’ll act like a homing beacon for me and I can direct us where we need to go. But time is of the essence and we have a finite amount of it.”
Settling into the chair beside William, Dira adopted the most professional demeanour she could muster (not that it was that hard) and waited for them to take off.
~Lt. Cmdr Myqian, CNS
Well, that makes sense, Bob thought. Still, this was going to be a high speed intercept. He didn’t know Commander Myquan’s role in this mission but he did at least get some updated telemetry from the Bridge right before everyone showed up. This was looking like it was going to be a hard mission.
“Do we know how many people we’re potentially needing to rescue, Commander?” he asked Dira.
“There’s twelve people listed on staff and though I can’t be sure, I’m not getting enough… feeling for that many people.” Dira tapped her head. “I’m telepathic,” she explained. The group I’m picking up feels smaller but it’s not terribly accurate under these circumstances,” she said with an apologetic shrug. Her abilities were the equivalent of throwing a dart blindfolded at the moment.
Might be a tight fit in here, Bob thought.
Less than a minute later, the shuttle lifted itself off of the deck, and then through the blue forcefield that lay between the protective embrace of the Calypso and the vacuum of outer space.
=/\= Denise away =/\= Franks said from the pilot’s seat. He looked over at Dira for a moment, his glance lingering a moment too long, as anyone paying attention would notice.
What was just a look to others- the young doctor (one Cleo Ramirez) in back definitely picked up- was much more for Dira because accompanying that look was his longing. She understood it, she did. He missed her. And it was understandable, but the space had been necessary for both of them. They worked too closely together as it was.
“Ok, here we go,” the first officer said, and suddenly opened the throttle on the impulse engines all the way. Dira would be able to see on the instruments that the distance between the shuttle and the asteroid was closing as the shuttle started reaching the nigh-relativistic speeds that were only possible at full impulse power.
– Lieutenant (j.g.) Robert Mason, Engineer and Creepy William the Calypso XO
“We’ll definitely need to be fully suited when we get down there. See if you can set us down in that little clearing right the main building,” Dira said, her ebony eyes sweeping the sensor readings. “Just watch the topography, it looks a little rough in spots,” she said, hoping to ease the strange bout of nerves she picked up from William. “You okay?” she said in a hushed voice so only William could hear.
~Lt. Cmdr Myqian, CNS
“Yeah,” William said quietly. “Don’t worry your pretty little head about it, I’ll get us down right on the nose.” He adjusted their course slightly to aim for the clearing that Dira mentioned, though the shuttle was still going at full impulse power.
=/\= Denise, Calypso.=/\= Dira would recognize the voice as belonging to Lt. Soto. =/\= Looks like you’re coming in a little fast. =/\=
=/\= Yeah, we’re fine. =/\= William very performatively rolled his eyes as the asteroid was now getting visibly larger in front of them.
There was a slight buzzing sound coming from the instrument panel, meant to alert both the pilot and the co-pilot that the surface they were approaching had an uneven gravity field. It was a standard warning; the kind that was really intended to remind the pilot of something they should already know and be prepared for. Bill didn’t seem to take any notice of it.
– Lieutenant (j.g.) Robert Mason, Engineer and Creepy William the Calypso XO
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