Setting Sail.

Posted on Fri Apr 21st, 2017 @ 6:58am by
Edited on on Fri Apr 21st, 2017 @ 7:14am

696 words; about a 3 minute read

Mission: Unknown Life, Unknown Dangers
Location: Commodore's Quarters / Bridge
Timeline: MD3: 08:00hrs

William woke up from a well resting sleep. Dinner was simple yet satifying and the small talk with Vash a pleasant addition to the evening. After a his morning routine which included a shower and shave he dressed into a robe first intent on eating breakfast. His computer chirped gently indicating it required his attention but he ignored it, first orders first.....Coffee.

A simple breakfast obtained Will sat at his desk and began to open the first of the messages. Once again the messages were routine reports and updates, requests for authorisation and approvals. Such things only took a moment, what caught him by surprise was the incoming signal from Admiral Mitsue, and he was hardly dressed. Making sure his robe was suitably closed and swallowed what he was chewing he connected the link. "Admiral."

"Did I wake you William?" The Admiral asked looking equally surprised at the image on her screen.

"I'd just woken up not 5 minutes ago, but its alright. What can I do for you Admiral?"

"Long range sensors have lost contact with a supply freighter, the Civic, an Antares Class freighter headed for the Carnwennan System. She was last seen leaving the Galen system after dropping off cargo and collecting some for delivery. We received a coded transmission that the vessel never arrived at its destination." Mitsue explained. "The cargo was of little value and the route has not had a reported incident in almost 3 years."

"Any signs of foul play, crew, faulty ship, anything out of the ordinary with the flight plan?" Will asked trying to get the obvious basics out of the way.

"Nothing of the kind that was reported, all of the crew were vetted prior to leaving Earth. The ship underwent routine maintenance just two months ago and the Captain was a seasoned navigator and familiar with the region. No major defects were found on the ship, the only issue found was a faulty power regulator on a lower deck which was replaced. I'm sending you a complete crew manifest, cargo inventory, flight plan and estimated scenarios from SFI. Find out what happened and report back to me."

William nodded taking all that information in. The Admiral closed the link and the information sent streamed on his console which he promptly downloaded to a PADD. Already a plan of action was forming before he'd even finished eating and while the mission sounded simple, William knew enough to never hope for simple but to expect the worse.

I finished eating and dressed himself, he had to get going and get the ship underway. As he walked the halls of the ship towards the Bridge he filtered past the crew that stepped aside to let him through, rounded corners until a Turbolift was found and waited for it to arrive.

[b]Bridge[/b]

When he stepped out onto the Bridge Will kicked things into gear. "Recall the crew, ready the ship for departure in 1 hour." He spoke as he sat in the centre chair.

=^= Bridge to Engineering, standby for departure, we will be engaging warp 5 once we exit the system. =^=

Now that Will was recalling the crew, informed engineering to be ready all he had to do was wait the hour. As he looked at the information sent to him, he pulled it apart. He sent the information about the crew to Intelligence with instructions to look into friends and family of the crew. The vetting was 10 months ago, a lot could change in that time. Ship specs to Engineering to see if the CEO could spot anything out of the ordinary, anything at all that might give rise to a possible reason why the ship may not have made the planned arrival.

While William was keen to get underway and see what this new ship of his was capable of doing he also knew that he was responcible for the many lives of the crew and the families on board. While he could take a risk or two, those risks only effected him for the most part and they were always calculated but everything had changed now with this Ascension Class.

OOC Note: Watch out for PM's people.

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