Posted by Captain Chris Taggart (Commanding Officer) in Main SIM: Bridge. Tag XO
Takes place after we unloaded unessential crew.

Chris was sitting in the center chair waiting for his XO to arrive. Once he did he got out of the chair and noticed for Kastarak to take a seat.

It was the first time Kastarak took the central chair as first officer. He had practised on Bridge before once, when Taggart was a helpful instructor on how to command a ship. Now, it was the real deal.

“Once we clear the docking bay of this port, we will head to these coordinates.” Chris have Kastarak a piece of paper with numbers written down. “Once you put those coordinates in I will take back the paper and destroy it. More orders will be given to you and the crew once we are underway and the appropriate security measures have been enacted. You have the con Number One. Take us out.” Chris then went and sat at the XO’s chair at Navigation.

Captain Chris Taggart, CO

“Yes, sir,” Kastarak affirmed.

It was an odd procedure, but the mission was clandestine. He glanced quickly at the coordinates. They led to a position in the Sol system. Kastarak expected them to lead them to the secret base on Titan.

As he looked at the uniqueness of the coordinates, and entered them onto the consol, he realized that the coordinates were not only for a point in space, but also on land – on Titan.

He would have to bring the ship through the thick atmosphere onto the surface of the moon.

That would be an ordeal. Not only were they on a skeleton crew, but landing a ship as great as the Chernov onto the surface of a moon with a thick atmospheric cover that sensors scarce can penetrate it would put enormous stress on the engines and would require excellent piloting skills.

“Sir – on full impulse we should reach the moon in three hours and forty-five minutes. We need a pilot with skills necessary to land the Chernov on the surface of the moon. With our crew being smaller, who might have the best skills in landing the ship in these circumstances?”

– Lt Kastarak (First Officer/Navigation Officer)