Lt. JG Ollie Bergmen - Fly! Fly, little bird

[CPT Arianus]

(( Type-17 Argo Transport “Atlas”, Designated Flight Training Ground, Space around Risa ))

Lieutenant Bergmen completed the maneuver and returned the shuttle to its level flight.

Bergmen: Speed check, flight level nominal. What’s next? ::smiles::

The doctor smiled back. That made Ollie feel good for the moment.

Syrex: Firstly, well executed. ::looks at her PADD:: Secondly, I’d like you to perform a Kolvoord Starburst manoeuvre, when you’re ready.

Syrix could see it all coming together in his head, behind the lieutenant's eyes.

Bergmen: Lieutenant, correct me if I'm wrong, but if the maneuver you're proposing is what I believe it to be, shouldn't we need five shuttles for that? Besides other things like.. ehm… ::bites his lip::

It was clear that the request made him anxious and that he wasn't very eager to comply. But the doctor nodded, grinning, as Bergmen gave his answer.

Syrex: Quite right, that was your second test. You would need several crafts for that, so there’s one, but it’s also illegal.

Ollie nodded early.

Bergmen: So what should I actually do? Because this is out of the question, right?

Syrex: Your third test is to perform a Picard manoeuvre. Please continue when you’re ready.

The doctor gestured toward the control console, and Ollie's gaze returned back to the instruments.

Bergmen: So, for that… Picard’s maneuver. Right. ::mumbles:: Probe? Yes. Probe, we will need a probe. Let’s say that rock is a badie's ship, so enter coordinates and launch it here…right. Probe launch. Now set the datastream to the doctor’s console for monitoring…

Syrex: Response

The lieutenant started nodding quickly.

Bergmen: I know, I know.

The lieutenant's fingers tap on the console, akin to a piano keyboard he filled with maneuver commands as musical notes.

Bergmen: Coordinates set, probe telemetry looks good… three, two, one…jump!

Time seemed to freeze for a moment as the stars began to swirl around the shuttle's view. The soft hum of the warp engines intensified, and with a single heartbeat, the universe shifted as their microjump transported them a quarter of a light year forward, accompanied by a fading symphony of warp engines in the distance.

The probe slowly passed to their port side as the asteroid drifted below them, now in close proximity. Maybe too close.

Syrex: Response


TAG/TBC

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