Posted by Commander Jason Harn (Executive Officer) in Flight simulators

Posted by Lieutenant Junior Grade Ael Khev (Pilot, Grn Squad) in Flight simulators

Posted by Commander Jason Harn (Executive Officer) in Flight simulators
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SNIP

In the simulator’s CIC, Ric was smiling and pleased with the way the pilots were performing. He wanted this exercise to be a valuable lesson, but a little bit of fun as well. It was nice to watch Toro and Harn getting reacquainted with the ship’s fighters. They were both doing well, considering neither had been in a cockpit in awhile, probably more so for Harn. He knew Toro was an accomplished pilot, as she had been the CAG when he was first assigned to the Olinski as an Lt.(jg) all those years ago.

=^=Just like riding a bike, right, Toro?=^=

=^=It is Richochet.=^= Came the reply from the CIO. She brought her fighter back around to re engage the enemy if necessary.
Ricochet (CAG)

Xandra smiled as the comm went off, =^=With all the flying you do, CAG, it’s a surprise ‘you’ know what a bike is. Or perhaps that’s why you were asking?=^= Laughter filtered over her comm as she keyed off. She knew she would pay for it later, but it was nice to jab at the ‘boss’ once in a while, too.

She watched the others, her own targets being hit more often than missed. But she was able to keep some of the fringe stragglers from passing the ‘line’ towards the ship. With luck, they were whittling down the enemy. She took a turn high and wide to see just how many more there were. There was another objective here, and she had to see if that was going to be possible or need to be called in for help.

Xandra
“Sehlat”

Two bogey’s remained out of the initial group. Before Green Squad would have a chance to eliminate those last two, they blasted out of the asteroid field and jumped to warp speed. As this was only a training exercise, Ric wasn’t too worried about them getting away, plus it gave him a reason to shut the sim down and get a look at Papa Bear, who seemed to be coming around.

=^=Show’s over, Green Squad. Well done, boys and girls. Report to the briefing room in 15.=^= Ric ordered the pilots as he flipped switches to shut down the sim fighters. As the cockpits went dark, he left the CIC and made his way to Papa Bear. “You missed out on all the fun, Papa. How’s your head feel?”

“Boshe moi,” came the reply. “Dat vas dirty trick, comrade Ricochet.”

“Well, I just wanyed to see how you guys would react to the screech. Not so well for you. Let’s take a walk to Sickbay, big fella. Chances are you got a concussion.”

Ricochet (CAG)

Jason pulled his titanic frame out of the training cockpit and removed his helmet, running his hands through his light brown hair. “You were easy on the old man,” he commented to Ric, but his tone didn’t reveal whether going easy on Jason was a good idea or a bad idea.

Jason Harn, XO

Ael climbed out of his simulator. As he stood up straight, he stretched his back a little. The simulator seat was not the most comfortable thing in the galaxy. He took off his helmet, took a deep breath, and said “Oh. That was fun. It’s good to be back.”

-Lt.(j.g.) Ael Khev, Apex

Ric slapped the Romulan on the shoulder. He liked what he had seen from the pilot. “Good to have you on the team, Apex.”

Toro came out of her training cockpit and slipped off her helmet and walked over to the others “Are you okay Commander?” She asked looking at Harn and then looked at Richochet “I’ll have to fly with you more often.” She said.

CIO

“What? Sure,” Jason nodded as he looked at Ael suspiciously.

“You’re always welcome to join us, Toro. If we get short-handed on a mission and the skipper doesn’t need you, I’ll make sure to put in request to have you fly with us.”

Ricochet (CAG)

Xandra slid from the simulator and listened to the others. “We’d certainly love to have you, anytime, Toro. You as well, Sir,” she said and nodded to the XO as well. “You all did good out there. Ric can be quite the whip master on the sims.” She laughed and winked at her CAG.
Nodding to Ric, she smiled. “Take him to medical. I’ll get everything shut down and finished here.” She moved towards the console and the NE sitting there.

Xandra
Pilot

As the pilots walked away, Jason walked over to Toro. “Hey, do you know what part of Vulcan Apex comes from?” he asked her quietly as he glanced around to make sure they weren’t being overheard.

Jason Harn, XO

Ael watched the other pilots leave. He held his helmet in his hands and looked down at it. Then he heard the XO’s question bouncing of the steel walls and floor. He put his helmet on the rack and walked over. “Um. Excuse me, Cmdr. You were asking where I was born? I was born on Romulus, in the capital.”

-Lt(j.g.) Ael Khev, Apex

The color drained out of Jason’s face and for a moment he was so still he resembled a holodeck character that had been paused. For a brief moment he stared at the Romulan pilot with an intensity that Bela Lugosi would have been proud of. Finally the a semblance of life returned to the commander as his face reddened and he chuckled nervously. “Ruh, ruh, Romulus? There must be an interesting story behind that..” he smiled weakly.

Jason Harn, XO

“Well, the short version is, Hobus supernova destroyed half the Empire, killed my entire family, the Tal’Shiar turned what was left into a police state, they started committing horrifying crimes…” Ael went silent for a second. “I couldn’t take it anymore. The Empire I grew up in was gone. I was Navy. But Infantry had a standing order. Lloi na iurrha. That means ‘kill the weak.’ Among the civilian slaves. This new Empire was made of monsters. So I took a ship and fled. And they chased me. I had a head start. I had the equivalent of Ric’s job. But they figured it out and chased me. All the way to the edge of Federation space. Section 31 had a run at me. Standard Starfleet Intelligence. Immigration. Everybody you can imagine came by to check me out. Eventually Starfleet took me. But I got stuck with Lt.(j.g.) and an ordinary squad member. Because everyone looks at me like they just found a bomb when they find out I’m Romulan. Just like you are now.”

-Lt.(j.g.) Ael Khev, Apex