Re: USS Mongoose - Bridge
"Aye, sir," Elle said to the Captain with a touch of eagerness in her voice, as she activated a ship-wide mission broadcast, for the fifteen minutes felt a though they might as well have been days. =/\= "May I have your attention please, all hands at ready stations, repeat all hands, ready stations. Prepare for immediate departure." =/\=
That one unlucky soul who was the last member of the crew unaccounted for would have to wait. "Sorry, I owe you one," Elle said under her breath. Then she hailed the dockmaster, =/\= "Narenda Control, this is the Mongoose, requesting permission to depart." By-the-book....
The dockmaster's confirmation came a moment later, =/\= "This is Control, Mongoose. Permission to depart granted. Thirty seconds for port gates." =/\=
Elle's eyes flitted over to the Captain, to whom she nodded before answering, taking us out at my discretion, =/\= "Acknowledged."=/\=
Then Elle exhaled, "Here we go," as the Mongoose weighed anchor. "All mooring beams deactivated and clear." Then the illuminated, sky blue paneled space doors ahead began to part. And Elle's smile grew, as she traced her fingers along the Flight Conn console's manual controls. "Aft thrusters engaged." And with that, the ship began to glide forward, then to and through the gates, gracefully and with purpose.
As the starship passed the viewports of Narenda's inner circumference, officers and enlisted alike took pause from their work to watch her depart. Elle eyed the surrounding ships and concourse windows, certain that onlookers were envious, given the frenetic activity and vying for position that preceded their launch.
Ever the musician, in her head, Elle heard the soaring, but imaginary, orchestral fanfare that accompanied the starship's first steps in their new mission — and at this opportunity for a new beginning, for herself.
"We have cleared space-doors and all ship traffic," Elle announced, beaming. "Course heading, Captain?"
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