Posted by Lieutenant Helena Laursen (Helm/Nagivation Officer) in side - sim: Boarding the Sojourner

Posted by Captain Marceau Renault (Commanding Officer) in side - sim: Boarding the Sojourner

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Helena grinned, “A promise is a promise. But I can’t have you late. My reputation would never survive delivering a Captain late to his ship. Sit back, we’re going to accelerate to break atmosphere.” Helena brought the shuttle around to circle one more time as she brought the engines to full and then pointed the nose straight up, the increased Gs holding them to the backs of their seats. Moments later the light changed and the shimmer in the outside air turned to clear crisp black dotted by stars. One hand on the yoke she throttled back and aimed for Beta station. “Would you like to make a visual inspection of the exterior of the SS Sojourner before docking, Captain?”

Lt Laursen

Marceau shrugged. “I am not due until the morning, anyway. It would be hard to be late.” He sat back just in time, before feeling pressed back against his seat as they exited the atmosphere. It didn’t take long. Soon he was looking instead at the blackness of space, lit occasionally by a star. He nodded in answer to her question. “A quick view of it, then we’ll dock.”

~ Captain Renault

Laursen lowered the shuttles approach and slipped the shuttle between two pylons. A couple of worker-bee pods broke off and aimed towards them. =C=Beta Station this is Shuttle T-13. Tell your guys to breathe. Cpt. Renault is just doing a visual inspection.=C=

There was static and then, =C=T-13 this is Beta control. Laursen is that you? Don’t you go doing anything to give my crew a heart attack.” Then laughter. “Be advised we have a crew space walking the aft hull.” In the back ‘Did she say Renault?’ Then light foot steps. “Congratulations Renault!=C=

Helena tried to place the voice as she wove between the ship and connecting cables. “Sounds like Flinza.” Flinza was the Cadet Commander the year ahead of them from the Academy.

=C=Docking hatch 9 whenever you’re ready.=C=

Lt Laursen

Marceau nodded. “Tell him I say thanks.” He said, looking out the view window. In front of them was the ship, a massive space ship, in the vague shape of an arrow. It didn’t, to Marceau, look quite like the ancient weapon, but he could see how that was what the designer was going for.

And yet, his only thought, which came out of his mouth aloud was, “Oui, that is a ship.” His ship, his brain most helpfully reminded him. He almost wanted to pinch himself.

~ Captain Renault