Commander
Dickerson floated into the transport operations center and closed the door
behind her. She checked the status
displays on her way to her duty station.
Several crew members acknowledged her presence and saluted to which she
responded in kind. She tapped Lt. Aiko
on the shoulder “Relieving you of control, and I believe it is time for you to
rest.”
“Yes,
Ma’am.” He released himself from the station.
As the two
traded positions the commander asked “When is the shift change?”
“Twenty
minutes ago.” Lt. Brown responded.
“Then what
are you still doing here?” She asked.
“Same as
you.” Lt. Xi filled in.
The radio
lit up “Albatross station, transport 2.
One of our survey team just exploded.
Sending the video record now.”
“Transport
2, please repeat your last transmission.”
Lt. Xi was confused “Did you just say your survey team exploded?”
The
transmission was repeated. The entire
compartment was silent as Lt. Xi gave the command to stay away from the
surface.
“So much for
the shift change.” The commander got down to business “Get those video records
over to lab 4 immediately and let’s see what else the other teams can
find.” She punched the intercom “Lab 4,
you need to analyze those videos and figure out what went wrong. Yesterday!” She shouted.
“T-Ops,
Bridge.”
“Go ahead
bridge.” The commander was quite short since she was focused entirely on the
report from the transport.
“You are
overdue for a shift change.” The captain was clearly annoyed “I need all crews
to be at top performance and that means you have to get your rest. So change that shift!”
“Aye sir!”
She responded to the bridge. “Alright
crew, whether you can sleep or not it is time to change.” She looked around the compartment “Where is
the new shift?”
“We’re here
ma’am.” One of the officers responded “We’ve been monitoring the situation so
the briefing is not needed.”
“Very well.”
The commander reluctantly gave up her chair and headed for the door “See you in
8 hours.”
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