Captain's Boarding
Posted on Sun Mar 20th, 2016 @ 4:05am by Captain John Theisman & Warrant Officer Mara Senra-Theisman
528 words; about a 3 minute read
Mission: Pathways
The Hyperion floated through space along her parking orbit of Earth, hovering over the planet along with dozens of other ships. Unlike the other ships, the Hyperion had closed all traffic some unknown reason, and it was starting to grate on John's nerves. Sitting in the pilot’s seat of the type 9 shuttle destined for the Hyperion, he drummed his fingers on the flight control console and sighed. His wife, Mara, sat patiently in the co pilot seat beside him and smiled as she listened to the drumming of John's fingers on the console.
"You would think that they'd at least have an explanation after twenty minutes," John growled.
"You really have to learn to expand your patience, love. One day you're going to get in over your head because you grew tired of waiting," Mara said, nit bothering to open her eyes.
"Hyperion, Theisman, what is the reason for the delay?" John snapped into the comm. The last few times the communications officer hadn't even replied.
"Um, Captain Theisman?" a new voice asked.
"Yes," John growled slowly. From the corner of his eye, he could see the smile on his wife's face widen. "I'm glad you're amused," he whispered.
"Captain, I'm sorry for the delay. We had an incident that caused a temporary lockout, but you're cleared for landing. There will be a yeoman waiting for you in the shuttle bay," the comm officer finally said.
"Thank you," John growled before he killed the channel and leaned back in the seat. Already, the shuttle bay doors were opening, inviting the shuttle inside. John was more than happy to oblige as he expertly flew the shuttle into the bay. Seeing a cleared area, he gently set the shuttle down and started the shut down procedures while Mara stood and opened the hatch. Once out of the shuttle, John took a good look around. There were supply pallets everywhere, and a pair of runabouts parked over to the side. A few crew members were about working on one thing or another. A petty officer finally approached them and saluted John.
"Captain, I'm Petty Officer Harris. I'm sorry, but we weren't aware that you had arrived," the yeoman said.
"Obviously," John said. "What situation required the ship to be shut down for nearly half an hour?"
"Um, there was an explosion in the chemistry lab," the yeoman said. "Someone mixed the wrong ratio or mixture of something. I'm not sure of the exact details."
"I take it engineering is already on repairs?" John asked.
"Yes sir, as far as I know Commander Divaro has the team working on repairs."
John turned towards Mara and nodded. "I need to see to a few things. Would you mind seeing if all of our things arrived?"
"Do I get to be bitchy if anything is missing?" Mara asked with a smile.
"Be nice," John said with a smile before he started off towards the nearest turbo lift. He needed to make a few visits before he settled into his quarters, and he had a feeling that it was going to be a long afternoon.
Captain John Theisman
Commanding Officer
Mara Senra-Theisman
Civilian NPC
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