Lt Sasch Kreshkova - I'm Glad Zhat Is Over
Karen Morris
((USS Modi, The Tangle))
The shuttle bay vibrated with the familiar percussion of machinery and footfalls—each clang, each hydraulic whirr—echoing straight through Sasch’s body. With every bang, her jaw tightened. With every whirr, her shoulders drew up a little more.
Flying into a Type K atmosphere was no walk in the park. Apparently, even the deck seemed to understand that today.
Simulations were one thing. A live descent through a Type K atmosphere with cross-shear winds and a storm creeping in behind them—that was another. She’d flown this exact entry profile dozens of times in holotraining. Only once in reality. Her fingers hovered over the flight controls—not trembling, but close.
She inhaled through her nose, slow, filling her lungs. Held. Counted.
Exhaled.
Again --
-- but the shuttle doors hissed open.
Swiveling around to see who it was, she saw a tall, older man in blue wearing LtCmdr pips. A Ullian. She’d skimmed his personnel file, but missed that detail. Her smile came naturally, warm and unforced.
Sasch rose and extended her hand.
Kreshkova: You must be Commander Alveth.
Alveth/Naledi: Response
And just then she saw a familiar face entering the shuttle.
Kreshkova: Lieutenant Naledi! It’s good to see you again.
Alveth/Naledi: Response.
Kreshkova: I’m glad you’re bozh here a little early. It looks like zhe normal flight conditions vhich are harrowing on a class K planet, are getting ready to get considerably vorse. Zhe sooner ve get on zhe ground zhe better.
Alveth/Naledi: Response
(( Outpost – VX-LON-3 – The Tangle ))
Sasch’s shoulders visibly eased as she guided the shuttle into the dome hangar. The landing skids kissed the pad—light as breath—and she exhaled the air she’d been holding since re-entry.
Kreshkova: I am glad zhat is over. ::Swiveling in her seat:: Are you bozh in vone piece?
Alveth/Naledi: Response
Kreshkova: Good! It vould look bad on my personnel file if I lost someone on a shuttle ride.
Her eyes twinkled, hoping her humor landed well with them both.
Alveth/Naledi: Response
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Tags/TBC
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Lt Sasch Kreshkova
Mission Specialist
USS Thor
O240103SK2
It is an honor to fly starships through the deadly, beautiful, vastness of space. ~ Sasch Kreshkova