Captain
Calhoun cleared his throat “Ok people, it is time I briefed you on what we are
dealing with here.” He looked at each of
them “Keep working the problem, but here is the deal.” He cleared his throat
again “Captain Stewart was given specific orders to blast some of the outer
layer off that thing. Her trajectory was
plotted back at command central and she did as well as anyone could.”
He paused a
moment and looked out of the observation window. “We all, in our own way, know Gwen …” he
hesitated a bit “intimately.” He choked back a laugh “In fact I think a large
portion of the fleet could qualify for that.”
Kim giggled,
Sam groaned and Tim muttered “Oy Vey!”
The captain
continued “But there is one thing we all know, she is a fiercely loyal officer
that is absolutely dedicated to her duty, and we all know she can keep a secret.
That is why she was chosen for this
mission.” He looked back to the hologram “Now we have to find her and bring her
back. We also have to learn as much as
we can from her mission. It was a highly
risky maneuver and the fact that she made it over 3 quarters of the way down
that thing is fairly impressive. So now
we have to complete the mission.” He cleared his throat again, fumbling for
more words.
“Captain,”
Sam announced “I have a locator beacon and I think a distress call. I can’t get a fix but it is definitely in
that cloud.”
“Good job,
Sam.” The captain studied the transport flight paths “Kim, tell transport 2 to
stay focused on the end of that trench, have them synchronize and land as close
to the end of it as possible. Tell
transport 5 to perform a complete low altitude survey scan at the highest
resolution they can. Tell the others to
focus on the rescue effort in that ice cloud.”
“Aye Sir.”
She started punching keys on her console and studying flight paths.
“Tim, get a
high resolution probe launched for an in depth scan. And make sure it is set up for a long term
continuous operation.”
“Yes Sir” he
was already two steps ahead of the command.
“I have to
go deal with the consortium council now.
I’ll be on the bridge once that is done and I’ll check in with you
then. You know what to do.”
“Good luck,
Sir.” Kim looked up from her console and smiled “You’re gonna’ need it.”
“Thanks,
carry on.” He smiled as he floated through the door and closed it behind him.
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