Captain
Calhoun slowly opened the door to the bridge and drifted in. He slowly and quietly closed and latched the
door while he started to drift toward the command console. He liked sneaking in to operation spaces just
to see what the mix between focusing on ops and paying attention to what was
happening in the rest of the space. He
was seldom disappointed.
“Captain on
deck!” A petty officer announced.
“Carry
on.” The captain announced before anyone
could react. Again, he was not
disappointed.
“Captain,
current status is on your console and there is a message for you from command.”
“Thank
you.” The captain drifted over to his
console and strapped in. He studied the
station status updates, current supply levels, and the current flight tracks
for all vessels in the vicinity. This
was the part of the job that made being a space station commander one of the
most boring and droll occupations in the solar system, but it was important to
stay on top of this information since there were several hundred people whose
lives depended on him in an environment that is constantly trying to kill them
and home was a long way away.
“Captain,
long range probe 5 is returning early.
It reports priority mission completed.”
“Direct it
to bay 5, and tell the service crew to get it processed ASAP.”
“Aye sir.”
The intercom
lit up “Bridge, T-Ops.”
The captain pressed
the intercom button “Go ahead Kim.”
“Transport 6
is approaching the asteroid, it has rotated around to deceleration attitude but
hasn’t started braking. And it is moving
VERY fast.”
“OK, keep an
eye on it and keep me posted.”
“Aye sir!”
The captain
reviewed the course plot of the rogue transport, took a glance at the latest
update from the lab and then noticed the message from Command. He scrutinized the message, thought about it
for a minute and then re-read it. After
a long pause he punched the intercom “Lab 4, Bridge.”
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