Posted by Lieutenant Izak Waryn (Chief Engineer) in Side Sim: Pilot Training

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Jax storm (Chief Helmsman) in Side Sim: Pilot Training

Posted by Lieutenant Izak Waryn (Chief Engineer) in Side Sim: Pilot Training
“Shuttle Bay 2.” The Chief Engineer said as he entered the turbolift. It was a bit earlier than he would have liked and he wasnt fully awake yet, but this was the only time that worked for both his and the Chief Helmsman’s schedules.

Izak stepped out on the port side corridor of Deck 29 and walked the short distance to the shuttle bay. There was a handful of Crewman present, and from the look of things they were prepping a Workbee for use. Right… hull and emitter inspections were scheduled for this shift. He waved to the Crewmen, some of whom were from his department, and approached one of the two shuttles.

The Armadillo-Class medium shuttle had been the work horse of the fleet for about a quarter century. While it didn’t excel in any one area, it was highly versatile craft that filled a number of roles. It was maneuverable and easy to handle, despite its relative bulk, which made it ideal for flight training.

Lt Waryn had piloted these shuttles many times during his career, primarily at the academy but also onboard the Ark Angel. His duties didn’t leave him much time for piloting however. At least not as much as he would have liked. And today… if all goes well, I’ll earn my Level 3 pilot’s certificate in an Armadillo as well.

OOC: This started as a sim for Izak to attempt his Level 3 pilot certification… but if others are interested in pilot training I’m sure we can fit them in.

Lt Izak Waryn - Chief Engineer - U.S.S. Ark Angel

Storm was inside the shuttle doing a system check to make sure she was ready he had already inspected the outside and found it to his standards without a scratch. as he exited the shuttle he saw the chief engineer “morning Lieutenant” he said “shes almost ready to go but I keep having issues with one of the thruster systems.”

LT commander Jax Storm
Chief Helmsman/ops
U.S.S Ark Angel

“Morning Commander.” Izak replied easily… but then made a face when the Chief Helmsman mentioned an issue with the shuttle. “The thrusters, huh? Let me run a quick level 4 diagnostic.”

Lt Waryn accessed one of the auxiliary stations and typed in the necessary sequence to start the scan. It was automated as well… but took the system offline temporarily and provided more detail than the level 5 version.

“Thanks again for doing this.” Izak said over his shoulder. “Surprisingly, there aren’t a lot of pilots onboard with advanced certifications. And the few of you that are onboard all seem to have pretty full scheules.”

A short time later the console chirped. The diagnostic didn’t take that long since Izak had isolated it to the thruster in question. “Huh… looks like it identified a fault with the flow regulator, but the system believes it corrected the issue.” He glanced over toward Jax. “Want to run that portion of the preflight again?”

The automated tools were great, but the best diagnostics relied on a lot of manual intervention and assessment.

Lt Izak Waryn - Chief Engineer - U.S.S. Ark Angel

” of course” he said ” i try to be very detailed in my preflight as i dont want any damage occuring to even the smaller ships onboard.” he then looked over and saw that the rear bay doors had been opened “we should get moving before to long”

LT Commander Jax Storm
Chief Helmsman/ops
U.S.S Ark Angel