On some levels, it feels like you were just here, walking the long armature tube from ship to station, now from station to ship -
But this time is different.  This time, this is your first time as a pilot officer heading into battle.

You can see your Marauder through the long oval viewports of the armature.  Sleek she looks; both fixed and nimble guns, turbolasers and tractors.  You might wonder why no ion cannons- or you might not.  But as a cutter, you know that any pirates, rebels or smugglers you caught up with would be ruing the day for sure...

'Left queue for enlisted, right for officers' the p.a. system went.

Depending on when you arrive, you might be with others or not; at the officer's checkpoint Warrant Officer Ontra takes your code cylinder.  "Welcome to the Myrmidon Sir." He says with a smile, tapping the screens.  "A lot of new pilots, this should be interesting. Captain will give an address over the ship's speakers at 0615.  We'll be jumping to hyper at 0610, so please be prepared for that.  Comlink channel 8B is for me and my team, additional comlink channels are in the Myrmidon SOB, classified comlink channels, if you have, are in your datapad, under new orders."  He taps some more screens.

"Hmm, bit tight, this time out. But retro engineering has added some space at the cost of privacy.  You're billet is now a quad with a small private washroom.  It's tight, so if you need to stow one of your bags - if you have two - just let me know."  He hands the cylinder back. "Straight through, second left, turbolift to C deck, midships, billet 5.  Clear Stars, Pilot; welcome aboard."
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As before Yahn Kahrnon had arrived early, a little too early by many standards but he found that he felt better being onboard and knowing something like a stuck lift or a maintenance closure would not prevent him from making it on time.

He broke into a broad smile as he saw the Myrmidon out of the viewport and stopped to cross his arms just take in the view and savor the moment after all his hard work over the last few years. The excitement was palpable, at least for him, and he moved on after a brief time.

"Appreciate it." he replied to Warrant Officer Ontra and returned the smile "Quad bunk? that is tight...thanks for the heads up. See you out there."

He took his cylinder back and stowed it, then followed Ontra's directions directly to his new berth to see what was available.

Zinda gasped when she first so the Myrmidon. "Oh wow, she's beautiful!"

"More people to get to know, should be fun" she said when the warrant officer talked about bunking. "Anything else I should know about the ship? I don't think I've ever seen one of this kind before"

The ship was impressive - sleek and deadly even without taking into account its compliment of fighters and bombers. She could have had a worse first assignment so she was pleased. Survival and a good accounting of herself could see her on a Star Destroyer in time. Perhaps even flying one of the impressively dangerous Interceptors.

Unless she was held back for the crime of not being human.

She nodded to the WO and handed over her code cylinder and waited whilst the WO checked her in.

She gave him a small smile once he had formally welcomed her aboard. "Thank you, Mr. Ontra," she said before taking her cylinder and tucking it away. She had a droid handling her bags so all that was left to do was check into her berthing and see who she was bunking with.

Kenth fell into line as he waited to board. The Myrmidon was a sight, she was far different than the majority of Imperial ships. There was no doubt about it this would be an interesting assignment.

At his turn he handed over his cylinder. When done he made sure to stowed it safely and headed on board to find his berth.
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