Posted by 1st Lieutenant Ben Park (Pilot) in Main Sim - Flight Ops Bay / Space

Posted by Gamemaster Jack (Gamemaster) in Main Sim - Flight Ops Bay / Space

Posted by 1st Lieutenant Ben Park (Pilot) in Main Sim - Flight Ops Bay / Space
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The alert siren began wailing through the bay as Firefly’s running steps echoed down the corridor. “Alright, move!” he yelled. “Engineers, lock and out! Flux, Angel, Coffin, Park, Atkins! In your birds! Let’s go, people!”

The CAG arrived at his own fighter as his orders resounded through the bay, now a flurry of activity. “We’ve been ordered to launch an intercept for an unknown vessel coming toward us. Could be Starfleet. Stay in pairs, do not engage unless cleared.”

Lieutenant Colonel John “Firefly” Arlen
Commander, Air Group

Ben ran right to his fighter as he heard his orders. He briskly rushed up the steps to sit in his cockpit adjusted his straps to secure him in. Tapping his comm badge “This is Lieutenant Park ready to fly on your orders Sir!”“

Park
Pilot

Atkins was only steps behind Park as she headed for her bird. She did a quick once over even though the engineers and flight crew had already done preflight, she was in the cockpit in moments and had her helmet and was closing the cockpit hood as she set up her oxygen mask and as she listened to Park, she touched her own comms unit “Ready for launch.” She said as she flipped a couple of switches and watched as gauges and gadgets lit up the cockpit, she split her view screen and waited for the orders that she knew would be forthcoming. She patted the small stuffed owl that flew all missions with her, it was from her twin sister and served as her mascot and reminder as to why she was doing the job she was doing.

She switched her comms to Park “I’m your battle buddy.” She said as she looked across the bay at the other pilot “We got this.” She said more to calm her own nerves that always popped up at an emergency launch, she turned her focus to the outside of the ship and set her gaze on the lights to indicate that they were a go for launch.

Atkins

“All Cutlasses, you are clear for launch,” Firefly confirmed.

The six fighters shot out of the bay and into the silence of the void, one after another.

Lieutenant Colonel John “Firefly” Arlen
Commander, Air Group

As the fighters departed the ship, the controls seemed more sluggish than usual, almost as if the local area of space was turbulent.

The Excalibur was 20 minutes away.

GM

Tapping his badge “This is Lieutenant Park, this cutlass is feeling sluggish. Can we get some more details from sensors as to the cause of it?”

Park,
pilot

“Mine’s lagging too,” Firefly agreed. “Compensate accordingly. Don’t take unnecessary risks.” He thumbed the control to switch his comm transmission to the Memorial.

=/\=”Memorial, Firefly. It’s somewhat turbulent out here, can you determine the reason?” =/\=

Lieutenant Colonel John “Firefly” Arlen
Commander, Air Group

Atkins chimed in =^=Mine’s acting weird as well.=^= She said

. =^= There seems to be some form of quantum flux in the area. =^= He paused for a moment. =^= If we are running on the assumption that we have appeared in another, parallel universe, then it would stand to reason that any means of crossing universes would have left a highly localised distortion of the space-time continuum. =^=

=/\=”Understood. Be aware that fighter reaction performance may be restricted by this distortion,”=/\= Firefly reported, switching his mic channel back to the air wing. “All cutlasses, be advised space may be distorted indefinitely. Science thinks it may be something to do with dimensions. Don’t get too close to anyone or anything without clearance.”

Lieutenant Colonel John “Firefly” Arlen
Commander, Air Group

Emberlee keyed up=^=Is there a way for us to confirm the quantum flux from our birds?=^= She knew the cutlasses very well and knew that this was not something that they were loaded to do, they were fighters but there might be a back door possibly....

Atkins

“Good thinking, we might be able to,” Firefly agreed. =/\= “Memorial, is the flux able to be detected and isolated by the cutlasses’ sensors?” =/\=

Lieutenant Colonel John “Firefly” Arlen
Commander, Air Group

Bump!

Lieutenant Colonel John “Firefly” Arlen
Commander, Air Group

Bumping to keep the thread alive for GM when anything eventually happens.

Emberlee was going through her training forward, backwards and sideways, thinking of ways that they might be able to modify sensors on the fly, =^=Firefly, what if we do a low frequency EM pulse that might disrupt the flux but not our birds. We can modify the forward phasers without having to go back to the ship.=^= She suggested remember back to her flight instructor saying in passing that it was possible, difficult but possible and he had shown them how to make the modification....

Atkins (pilot)
“Try it. But only -” Firefly was cut off when something slammed into the fighters, sending all the systems to static for a moment.

Suddenly, a distortion wave hit the fighters, causing one of them to suddenly vanish.

OOC: We’ll say it’s an NE piloted fighter for now.

GM

The reaction was immediate was soon as systems flashed back to life. “Report!! Form up with your wingman and check your sensor logs.”

As these orders were followed, the one missing craft was quickly apparent - Flux, Lt. Elan Arkis, Firefly’s wingman. The other two pairs (Angel and Coffin, Park and Atkins) were still in one piece.

=/\= “Memorial, Firefly. Something just hit us and took Flux. What can you tell me?” =/\=

Lieutenant Colonel John “Firefly” Arlen
Commander, Air Group

Ben braced as he was rolled around in the cockpit. “Park here Firefly I’m alright.” “Emberlee I’m on your rear starboard side” Ben adjusted his course to match with Emberlee
Park

Suddenly the fighter reappeared, although with significant damage along its port side, with plasma venting from the hull. Scanners would show one, faint life sign.

GM

Ben saw the fighter =^=Park to Firefly there’s a fighter here with damage. Its portside hull is venting plasma. I am picking up a faint life sign.=^=

Park

“Computer, emergency override. Authorization Arlen-2-7-Pi-3-4-1-Tau. Access the computer of the fighter piloted by Lt. Arkis and initiate emergency cockpit separation.” He flipped channels as soon as he finished speaking, back to the bridge. =/\= “Memorial, Firefly. I need Lt. Arkis to be beamed back aboard immediately, by shuttle if we’re outside Memorial‘s range. He’s alive but unconscious.” =/\=

Lieutenant Colonel John “Firefly” Arlen

Commander, Air Group

A few moments later, the fighter exploded.

OOC: Just spotted this was a split thread, so unsplitting it!

GM