CMDR'S Log 19
04 Aug 2024User377553
03/02/331007:00 Galactic Standard Time
Location: Drebbel Port, Yash System
Commander Eric Vons POV
I purchased and shipped a cobra mk 3 to Hiram's Anchorage, in the Prism System. While we waited for the security team to leave. Then I requested clearance to depart. Taking off without Tetco informing me of the status of various systems felt weird. The ship felt more empty. As soon as I cleared the pad I brought us around and lined up with the mailslot and took us out at max speed. I realized last second I had lined up as if I had a cobra. I frantically rolled the ship so we were fly upside down. It wasn't long before we cleared the mail slot. Clear of the station I boosted away aligning with our jump point. The second I cleared mass lock I started spooling up the FSD. About an hour later we were landing.
We loaded Tetco onto a antigravity med pod. I activate the restraining field then switch it to opaque mode. A white cylinder forms over the top obscuring the person inside. I begin to maneuver the pod through the ship and out into the hangar. Aurora follows after one last glance back at the Krait. As we take a lift up to the concourse and then down to pad 01. She asks me the question that had been preying on her mind for the past hours and she wanted to have answered. "Why do you plan to just sell the Krait after you just bought it?" "Too expensive." I said. "I don't have the credits to get it upgraded properly. And I don't like the idea of being reliant on that lift to get in and out of the ship." I explained. "So it's back to the Cobra." Aurora said slightly exasperated.
"Yeah." I said. "This one is going to be better off though." I added. "Why?" Aurora asked. "Because, first of all, I don't plan to let Tetco blow it up without my permission. I plan to add a security measure for that. And secondly, one to make sure that she can't pull off a attack like that again on either of us." I said. "So, you intend to use the list again." Aurora said interest evident in her voice. "Unfortunately, at least to ensure that she can't attack you and since I am doing it I might as well make it count for both of us. And I don't like how interested you sounded when you said that." I said. "Sorry, I'm curious." Aurora retorts sarcastically. I led the way up the boarding ramp of the cobra mk 3, L.L.V. Hubward.
We enter the ship and see a hall. On the port side of the ship about halfway down is a door marked main engineering it runs through out the ship and also provides access to the drives as it combines the drive and equipment levels. There is still a escape pod access hatch located in there as well as a communication center. On the Starboard side is one labeled cargo bay. On the Aft wall is a door labeled SRV bay. I push the pod through the ship and down a hall. We take another hall which connects to the entrance hall forming a L. This hall runs laterally across the ship in a gentle upward slope at the same time. We turned from this hall into another one that runs perpendicular to the latter. The new one has a access door to the living and hygiene section of the shipon the Port side of the ship. It also has a door at the end labeled bridge level access. We go through the door and a descending gravity well shuts off and then the floor lifts us up. A set of doors opens and lets us out onto the bridge level hall. On our right side is a door labeled cockpit. Ahead of us one the Port side is two doors. One is labeled armory and is where suits and personal weapons are stored. The other one is labeled escape pod access. On the left side along the Aft wall is a set of doors labeled Medical Bay.
We enter the bay and I secure the pod in place in the pod storage. I changed the restraining field from opaque to transparent. I leave the medical bay and then head back to the crew section. I enter and look around. It appears that it everything was done properly. The entertainment section which I rarely used to begin with had been redone. It was now smaller than it would normally. The extra room gained via the change was converted into a luxury office. The rest of the living and hygiene section was also converted to a luxury level which was very well done considering the original size of the section and that it wasn't originally designed to be a luxury level set up. Aurora enters the section behind me and looks around.
"This is not the same layout as what was aboard the other Cobra we were using." She said. "Well, I had the people who worked on it make some changes. I had them add a office for you. So you wouldn't have to use the cockpit all the time. It of course means that they made modifications to the living and hygiene section and cut out some of the entertainment center and pulled some extra space from the cargo bay to make sure that they could fit everything in fine but I don't plan to haul more than 20 tons of cargo anyway." I said. "You said that it didn't bother you when I used the cockpit." She replied. "It doesn't. But a office on the ship is better than you having to use the cockpit all the time. More fitting of your station." I responded. "The station crew here did a good job getting it all in order before we arrived." I commented. "Yes, the trip from the main star to the station did feel longer than normal." Aurora adds, looking at me. "I went slower than normal in supercruise. I figured you might want to enjoy the starscape today after everything that has happened over the past few hours. And it bought the technicians time to get all this done." I said gesturing to the surrounding area. "I see. I appreciate the thought, Commander." Aurora replies before heading towards her quarters.