Mission Departure

Posted on Fri Jan 23rd, 2015 @ 11:48pm by Lieutenant Morgan Faye & Ensign Talia Lawson
Edited on on Sun Jan 25th, 2015 @ 3:15pm

Mission: The Ancient Art of Operations
Location: Runabout
Timeline: Post 2 - Communication Anomaly
Tags: OT, Operations

“Good morning.” Morgan was greeted by Ensign Lawson as she stepped inside the runabout. Morgan noticed the Ensign flash a smile at her before turning her attention back to the console. “Good morning.” Morgan replied as she made her way to the seat next to Ensign Lawson.

“The others are in the back. They are putting away some equipment in the cargo hold.” Talia added as she continued to prepare the runabout for the mission.

Morgan took a seat. “Oh, so you are all just waiting for me then.”

Talia nodded in response. “That, and clearance from the station control.” Talia added. They had another ten minutes before they would depart the station.

Their conversation was broken up by a transmission from the station control. They advised them that they will be cleared for departure in five minutes. Talia acknowledge the transmission.

“Beginning last checks…”Talia announced.

The door leading to the back section of the runabout opened. Petty Officer Cole, along with two Crewman stepped into the front section.

“Good morning ma’am!” Petty Officer Cole greeted Morgan.

Morgan turned in her chair. She smiled at Petty Officer Cole. “Good morning.” She responded. She had requested Petty Officer to be part of this mission. The two of them had worked before. Petty Officer Cole proved to be a very capable technician.

The two Crewman that followed the Petty Officer nodded in direction of Morgan. She nodded back to them then turned her attention back to the Petty Officer Cole. “Do we have everything we need?”

“Yes ma’am. I made sure to double check before we even brought it aboard the runabout. It’s all stored in the back.” Petty Officer Cole responded.

“And that is why you are on this mission with me.” Morgan said with a grin on her face.

Before the two of them could continue with the conversation Talia interrupted them. “We are clear to depart the station.”

Morgan looked over to Talia. “Let’s go then!” She said with excitement in her voice.
The room remained mostly quiet as Talia maneuvered the runabout out of the station and into the open space. There were several brief transmissions between the runabout and station control. Just part of the normal procedure kind of stuff. Once they cleared the stations perimeter they were given permission to go to warp.

Talia took them to warp 5 then turned her attention to the rest of the individuals in the runabout. “It will take us approximately 22 hours to reach the destination.”

“Well, we best make ourselves at home then” Morgan added as she turned in her chair.

Talia smiled and nodded.

Morgan looked in the direction of Petty Officer Cole. “If you don’t mind, I’d like to go over our mission again. I just want to make sure that we are prepared as best as we can.”

Petty Officer Cole nodded in response. “Sounds good to me, ma’am.”

Morgan walked past where the Petty Officer was sitting then past the two Crewman and headed to the back. Petty Officer Cole got up after Morgan and headed towards the back. As she was about to walk through the door she paused and looked back. “You two, trying not to cause any trouble.”

The two Crewmen looked at each other then at the Petty Officer with an innocent look. “We would never dream!”

“Mm-hmm….I’m sure.” She said with a smile. “I know you two.” She added then stepped through the door. It closed behind her.

The two Crewmen looked at each other and laughed.

Talia didn’t say anything but she smiled to herself listening to the conversation that unfolded following. She had a feeling that this trip might prove to be interesting.

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Lt. Morgan Faye
Assistant Chief Operations Officer
Starbase 80

Ensign Talia Lawson
Support Craft Pilot
Starbase 80

// Support Characters //
- Petty Officer Cole
- Crewman Jones
- Crewman Charles