Traveling at an explorers paceThe destination was only 178 jumps away from where I left the carrier. That's really not too many jumps to be managed in just two days if you wished to. But I am here for the exploration, and that slows the pace significantly. Every system with planets...
I can see for miles and miles"She held up really well Korz" my crew chief Randy says to me. He just completed full diagnostics on the Karelian Dawn, my Krait Phantom rigged for exploration. "She needed a few system parameters adjusted, but that is complete now and...
It begins"Sir we are approaching Rylie's Hope" Captain Shelton calls to me on my terminal. "Thank you, I will begin preparations" I say back to her. I get up and walk into Jean's office and give her a big hug and a kiss, and tell her I will...
The Journey Begins"Navigation set a course to Ploea Eurk CW-R b45-0" Captain Shelton calls out "Engineering prepare for sequential jumps" comes from her next. Then the ship wide announcement comes "All hands, prepared for extended travel, all flight...
Packing for a long trip"Captain Shelton, meet me in my private conference room" I say into my terminal. "Right away sir" she replies and I pour a fresh cup of coffee and head to my conference room with Bella my cat following close behind. "Good...
Options and then more options"I'm beginning to think you have a problem" Sam my sales rep from Faulcon DeLacy tells me. "One that has earned me some nice commissions I might add" he follows up with. I laughed slightly, not because it's funny, but because there...
Is it still home?"Archangel control, this is Hadley's Hope on approach, requesting a landing pad" I announce as I exit super cruise near my carrier. "Hadley's Hope, cleared to land on pad 7, welcome back boss, you going to offload and head back out again?"...
Almost There!"Wake up baby, time to get ready" I say to Jean. She groans slightly and rolls out of bed and drags herself to the bathroom to get ready. I go to the kitchen, and make her a mug of coffee to go. "Ok I'm up and dressed, I can't believe...
New ship working out"Hadley's Hope, this is Archangel flight control, welcome back boss, your pad is ready and your hangar crew standing by" "Roger, Archangel control, thanks for the warm greeting Yumi, it's been a very productive day, drinks are on me tonight"...
Increase in volume"Jump completed, resume normal operations, complete post jump check list and have all stations report in" Bailey the Captain of my carrier, the "Archangel" says to her bridge crew as we exit the hyperspace portal. We had been sitting...
