[V-VL] Commander Kelrod: Playing with the toys
Marcus Dickens
( SAR room )
IC:
:: The Angosian-Betazoid dual persona starfleet officer get to the SAR room and leant on one of the chairs with a deep sigh and putting his head over his arms, on the table. As he brushed his hair a few times as if to rid of the thoughts occupying his mind, he called for the shuttle specifications, adding the modifications that he wanted for it. Some of those were more room for people, straps on the chairs, improvements on the impulse systems and the SIF. ::
:: He wished they could use cloaking technology but as that wasn’t an option he wanted to be maneuverable and able to withstanda a beating while they make their escapes in case of need. It’ll be an amount of work time, but he’s ready, despite his limited engineering knowledge to put his hands on the job even after his shifts to get it done as quick as possible. To that end, he sent a message to Mei’Konda, Walker and Core as suggested by the captain, to have a three way meeting about the subject. ::
To: Mei’Konda, Walker, Core
From: Kelrod
Subject: Type-10 SAR shuttle modification
Message: Good morning, the captain has asked me to report about the modification of one of the Type-10 shuttles to make it the SAR shuttle as we discussed months ago about its feasibility. By the captain’s suggestions I’ve included Commander Core to the meeting as components expert and his experience in R&D. If we can find a moment in our agendas to talk about it, we could start the project asap to get it working sooner rather than later.
End of message
:: As the message was sent, he looked at his locker and as the shift was about to end, Kelrod opened the locker and took the pair of boots at the top of the cabinet along with the belt, that he bought on Esperance Station and moved out of the room towards the holodeck. ::
( Holodeck 2 )
:: Kelrod entered the yellow gridded room and took off his boots, putting the ones from the cabinet and the belt attached to them. ::
Kelrod: Computer, generate test field for controlled personnel flight, a platform of six meters of diameter surrounded by a pit of one meter deep filled with foam pieces to absorb impact from falling. The rest of the environment will be a grass field with a lake, weather conditions, sunny with a wind of three kilometers per hour, random orientation. Execute ::
:: The computer beeped in acknowledgement and soon the room changed to the recreation of what he’d requested. It was a nice place, as the computer filled the remaining parameters with different variations, like birds, buttleflies and the like. There was some mountains a few kilometers away of different heights and the sun really heated his cheeks and head. He took a deep breath and stretched a bit before getting ready. ::
Kelrod: Computer, start visual recording of the test and file it in my personal files as Flying test one. :: A double beep from the computer confirmed the order :: Ok, let’s see if I can do it without breaking anything.
:: Of course, the safeties were on, but that doesn’t take all the feelings from the experience and seeing himself getting to the ground would trigger some unpleasant emotions, specially given his history with holodecks going wild. ::
:: He ignited the boots from the belt as it was easier and controlled the power with the movement of his feet fingers, moving them up to lower the power and down to increase it. The first attempt he barely managed to get off the ground before cutting power, standing on the ground. When he wanted to put up more power, he lifted quickly and the surprise made him loose balance and fall to the pit, that softened the impact. ::
:: He went back to the platform and started again, barely maintaining himself floating over the platform, working on moving his feet to the sides alternatively to test side movement. After a few attempts he managed to control the lift off of the platform, hovering over the platform and cut power to get back to the ground. He felt happy after all the issue with the locals, as he tested that his old new toys worked and it’s just a matter of time that he could bring them for a real field test. ::
Commander Kelrod
USS Veritas
