Posted by Lieutenant Helena Laursen (Helm/Nagivation Officer) in Main Sim - Bridge - Getting Underway

Posted by Lieutenant Logan Kelleher (Chief Engineer) in Main Sim - Bridge - Getting Underway

Posted by Lieutenant Helena Laursen (Helm/Nagivation Officer) in Main Sim - Bridge - Getting Underway
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Marceau arrived on the bridge just after Grace, hesitating only a moment before taking his seat in the chair. When Helena reported she was ready, and he’d confirmed they had the go-ahead to to take off, Marceau smiled and nodded, “Then allons-y, Lieutenant, warp 3.8.” he said using the French word for let’s go. Warp 3.8 would have them there in 33 days… rather than Warp 3.2’s 55 days.

~ Captain Renault

“Aye Sir.” Helena looked over at the comm officer with a huge grin, “Patch me to Beta control please.” The NE nodded. =/\=Beta Station Control this is Lt Laursen of the SS Sojourner. Preparing to engage maneuvering thrusters. Request disengagement of docking clamps.=/\=

=/\=Disengagement confirmed Sojourner. Good luck and God’s Speed.=/\= All around the ship the metallic thunk and loud pressurized hissing of clamps, catwalks and tubes disengaging was heard.

=/\=Confirmed docking clamps released. Sojourner out.=/\= Helena’s fingers moved slowly over the controls as the thrusters engaged. Sojourner slide like crystal clear water over a rocky stream bed out of the Beta Station Frame. Bringing the engines to 1/4 impulse she banked starboard, Earth over the Pacific Ocean came into view. “Last look everyone. Earth is about to get really small.” Sojourner finished a quarter orbit to line her up with their trajectory. The engine responded like magic and Helena hid a grin. This was better than Christmas. Reaching over to the warp engine controls she dialed in 3.8 and tapped the control. The hum of the engine powering to life was like a living thing. Sojourner seemed to float still in space for a moment, then stretch....

and was gone.

Lt Laursen

A disembodied voice filtered through the comm systems, made all the more detached from the quiet of the Bridge by the clear and obvious hum of the ships Warp reactor in the background.

=/\= Bring her up to 3.8 gently, Lieutenant Laursen =/\= Kellehers’ voice announced. =/\= This is gonna be her main run-in for any length of time, lets make sure those R&D desk jockeys didn’t make any mistakes with their calculators or this could be a real short trip. =/\=

Helena grinned and laughed. R&D desk jockies. She pressed her comm button. =^=No worries Lt Kelleher. We’ll wake our baby up nice and gentle. Holding at warp 1. Ready to increase on your word.=^= The care and operation of the engine was solely in engineering’s hands, but it was Helena, or whoever was at the helm, that put the engines to work. So it was a good idea for them to work together.

=/\= We’re ready to go, Lieutenant Laursen. Gradually increase in .2 increments and we’ll see how she handles the power surge. May God have mercy on our souls. =/\=

Logans voice wasn’t as clear as normal with the hum of the reactor behind him, but he might have been smirking as he spoke.

Helena cleared her throat to keep from smirking. Slowly she brought the engines up, calling out the increments, =/\=Warp 1.2, .4, .6, .8=/\= her hands tapped lightly on the controls checking their trajectory as the ship increased in speed. She listened across the comms for any word from Kelleher to cut the speed or sounds of problems down in the engine room. =/\=Warp 2, 2.2, .4, .6, .8.=/\=

Once the other was given and they were clear of the Sol system the Sojourner hummed with power and leapt to warp. Soon easily reaching warp 3.8. It was a bit of a trip and one of the furthest that an Earth Starfleet vessel had gone on its own so far. But hey things had to happen like this eventually right?

Time passed and it was now the late afternoon hours a day and a half later, when at the comm station NE McMillian spoke, “..Uh sir?” She said to Renault who happened to be present. “..NE Bills is calling up from cargo bay 1 on Deck E, he’s requesting an armory team come post haste to investigate some strange sounds he’s hearing from one of the recent shipping containers..” she said.

GM CockRoach

Marceau was still present, watching out the view screen as space ‘whooshed’ by. When McMillan spoke, he nodded to the Ensign and said, “Send the team, tell them to report what they find.” He looked to the Tactical station, where Black should still be, and nodded, a silent, Go lead the team.

~ Captain Renault

”..Aye sir..” McMilian said. Turning back to her station to get the order sent out.

OOC: New thread in coming shortly!

GM CockRoach

Lt Kelleher, CE

Lt Laursen, pilot

Lt Kelleher

Lt Laursen, pilot

Lt. Isaac Black was at the tactical station “I wonder if we can get some target practice. Unfortunately I was not able to get the targeting sensors just right” he said to himself. After a few minutes he got up “sir if you need me I will be working on the Target sensors” with that he got on the Turbolift and was gone