Lt. JG Ollie Bergmen - In every job, you have business trips

[CPT Arianus]

(( Main Shuttlebay / Type-11 Shuttlecraft Kerynitis - Deck 11, USS Artemis-A ))

They received all green, and it was up to them to prepare and depart before their departure window closed. Ensign Meris had received all the required instructions for them as pilot in command, and now the only task left was to provide complete flight information to the
lieutenants. Ollie turned and faced Vailani and K’Wara.

Bergmen: Traffic Control informed me that our departure window is in the next thirty minutes; just report for line-up and go. Traffic
clear during. After that, they have medprio two in and two out; those would push us to be fifth in line to wait as lowprio flyop, ma’am.
::to K’Wara:: Sir.

K’Wara: Makes sense. A spontaneous test flight hardly takes precedence over medical departures. ::to Meris:: The navigational computer has completed the stress test. I’ll check on impulse engine power flow and fail-safes.

Bergmen glanced back at Lieutenant Vailaini and nodded in agreement with K'Wara's assumptions.

Meris: Then I shall begin my pre-flight... ::glancing at Vailani, they waited a beat for any objection, and then turned and headed out the
rear of the shuttlecraft. Even in the twenty-fourth century, a visual inspection was still the primary starting point for any pilot's pre-flight
check::

JG nodded and then turned to head to the back of the shuttle to perform his part of the checks.

K’Wara: ::to Chief Vailani:: All reads green, Sir. ::to Bergmen:: How about on your end?

The back ramp had just closed and reopen, and Ollie was completing a visual inspection of its seals, the last item on his checklist, when he heard the lieutenant's voice.

Bergmen: All emergency systems reading green, sir.

Feeling satisfied, JG recorded the completion of the checklist free of notes in Shuttlebook and let ensign Meris in and moved with them to the cockpit.

K’Wara: Well. ::smiles widely:: Sounds like we’re ready then.

Ollie nodded, took his place, and activated the life support internal repressurization procedure, ready to go.

Vailani: Ensign Meris, please take us out.

Meris: One moment, Lieutenant. I am not yet satisfied... ::eyes scanning::

JG Bergmen turned his head toward the ensign and raised his eyebrows. Everything was ready; so what were they waiting for?

K'Wara/Vailani: Response

Ensign reviewed once more the information on their console, and it appeared to satisfy them.

Meris: ::to Vailani:: Now we are ready. Starting engine startup sequence.

Ollie refocused his gaze back to his console and sighed softly, quickly masking a facepalm by scratching his forehead with his fingers. Engines changed pitch as the shuttle moved from its apron and taxied onto the line-up, accompanied by the shuttle director.

Meris: =/\= Kerynitis to Shuttlebay Operations. Requesting departure. =/\=

The shuttle director confirmed to Meris that her line-up was in order and signaled Flight Ops that the shuttle was prepared for launch, before stepping aside to clear the launch pad. The hangar door began to open, revealing a blue force field that distorted the view of the dark expanse of space, dotted with a multitude of stars. They were ready to go.

Shuttle Ops: =/\= Kerynitis. This is Shuttlebay Operations. You may depart when ready. =/\=

The shuttle lifted slightly under pitch as they accelerated towards the threshold. As they entered the containment field, the forcefield glimmered at the points where it met the edges of the vessel, only to close behind them once more.

Meris: ::satisfied:: We are clear of the Artemis.

K’Wara: Response?

Kerynitis gently accelerated and cleared the Artemis' aft restricted space as Ollie checked the ship's systems and energy distribution; so far, everything was good.

Vailani: Flight plan adjusted for subspace distortion, alteration to the plan sent to DS224. We have four locations to scan. They've been experiencing subspace distortional drifts around the station. A natural phenomenon, as you all will know, this area of space is unique for its celestial anomalies. The scientists on the station need more data to figure out its origins - which is what we're going to get them.

Meris: Aye, Lieutenant.

Now that the shuttle finally had space to breathe, Bergmen adjusted the reserve energy to be distributed between the deflector, scanners, and engines.

K’Wara: Response

Vailani: We should start with the farthest-away coordinates first.

Meris: Setting course. ::tapping controls::

Ollie leaned back comfortably in his chair, quietly monitoring the shuttle's energy requirements and following the flight plan to prepare for potential complications.

Bergmen: Powering impulse from the primary grid to compensate for the reserves' drain. Ensign, you can accelerate for another 0.023 impulse, or we can use the excess to replenish reserve energy. Reserves are at niner six point eight percent.

Meris: Response

Vailani/K’Wara: Response

JG Bergmen nodded and tapped his console to make adjustments as needed. Then turned to Vailani.

Bergmen: Do we plan just the scan of those distortions, ma’am, or will we take some particle samples as well?

Vailani: Response

K’Wara/Meris: Response


TAG/TBC

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Lieutenant JG Ollie Bergmen
Operations Officer
U.S.S. Artemis-A
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