Prepare for Carrier Jump
15 Jun 2020Korzhakov
Archangel, the Victory Class fleet carrier currently in orbit near Ray Gateway in Diaguandri had it's fuel tanks topped off yesterday, provisioning runs from the carrier's Type 9 Heavy transport and the Python medium transport to Ray Gateway have been nonstop for days now. The food stores are at nominal levels, the supply lockers stocked, all logistics the ship will need to operate and keep her 1000+ crew comfortable are all onboard now. Tomorrow morning the Archangel will depart for her first mission. She will jump a couple of hundred light years away for a mining trip. The crew is making all necessary preparations for tomorrows jump. The ship is a hive of activity, everyone is busy, getting the provisions stowed, all systems checked and rechecked making sure that our first mission will go smoothly.
Archangel is funded for a good while without doing anything extra. This trip is to pad the carrier's account enough to start commodity trading and fund the carrier operations for at least a year. I want to fill the holds with Tritium so that we can take the carrier out on an expedition later this year.
Owning a capital ship like this is so far, challenging and rewarding. Thankfully our Captain, Bailey is a highly experienced deck officer and is well worth every credit we are paying her. We had a command meeting in the captains conference room this morning and Bailey and her command team briefed me on the preparations and when they say we will be all buttoned down and ready to jump. All preparations will completed before 0200 UTC Tuesday, so that the crew can get a good nights sleep. The watch will be set with only the minimum personnel needed, they want the ship quite and relaxed before the big day tomorrow.
The Captain has been running drills with this crew for days now, they are on top of their game and probably getting a little tired of going through all of the scenarios that Bailey is putting them through, but you can never be too prepared.