ILLUMINARRPG: (5 - 0800, 0800, 0807) Civilian Claudia and Chief Katweer

[Ruben Hilbers]

Mission: for Honor

Day: 5

Stardate: 2446.04.29

NRPG: I realized that the trip from Mars to New Romulus would take forever, so I wrote a fix. RPG:  

(SS Ocean Pioneer – Mess Hall – CivilianClaudia – 0800)

 

The mess hall of the SS Ocean Pioneerwas not big, but it had everything you needed. A buffet, chairs with tables, apair of replicators, and a window into space. Beyond, the stars were streakingas the freighter chugged along at Warp 6.2. But Claudia could not see them. Becauseshe was sitting facing away from the window. It was Emile Schofield that satfacing the window. The twins had eaten breakfast and Sarah was now taking themon a tour of the ship.

 

“One point two light years closer to NewRomulus.” Claudia said.

 

“The problem is that at this speed, it’lltake forever to get there.”

 

“Well, I’m in no rush,” Claudia began. “I’vegot good company.”

 

“Yeah, that Sarah is really something,”Emile said with a snicker that made it clear he was teasing her.

 

Before Claudia could reply, there was aslight jolt and she saw a frown on Emile’s face. Turning to the window, she sawthat the ship had dropped out of warp. She and Emile walked to the window toget a better look around. But from their window, all they could see was thefield of stars…

 

(Warp Sled Dinges Geval – Cockpit – ChiefWatoo Katweer – 0800)

 

…because the Mess Hall was on the portside, while the reason for the Ocean Pioneer’s stop was approaching from starboard.The warp tug Dinges Geval was a barebones craft. Basically, it was a warp drivewith a few cramped rooms welded to it. There was the cockpit, along with asingle cabin that the entire fifteen member crew had to share and an engineroom. 

 

Each shift had three engineers, a pilotand a navigator. For medical care, the crew had to make do with a Mark-III EMHfrom 2377 and a pile of scraped together equipment. Sickbay was a converted janitor’scloset, with an ancient stretcher that had been quickly and sloppily welded tothe floor. 

 

Commanding this mobile heap of miserywas Chief Watoo Katweer, a Caitian male. Katweer was sitting in an rickety old officechair that he had won in a poker match. It had been superglued in place tobecome the Dinges Geval’s command chair. The wooden chair was far from comfortable,but it fitted the ship’s messy style. Katweer was the only person on the crewwho had his own corner, but it was not very large. It was just a bed and achemical toilet cabin from Farius Prime. 

 

“Approaching the Ocean Pioneer, Chief.” Saidtheir pilot.

 

“Get me a channel to Captain Je’weet’wel,please, Nick.”

 

Pilot Nick Torres - who everybody called‘New Guy’ or Newbie - because that was exactly what he was, nodded and openedthe channel. Captain Je’weet’wel was the Andorian skipper of the Ocean Pioneer.He had hired the Dinges Geval to boost latch onto the Ocean Pioneer and serveas a warp booster. This was known as Jumping to the crew. There were morelavish – and reputable - jumping crews, but they were a lot more expensive. AndJe’weet’wel was a cheapskate. The Andorian appeared on the viewscreen.

 

“Chief Katweer, welcome.”

 

“Thank you, Captain,” The Chief said. “Weare approaching to dock now.”

 

“Will you be able to provide the speed Irequested ?”

 

“Yes, sir. We should be able to provide Warp9.39 as requested, Captain,” Katweer said, ignoring the face that Newbie wasmaking. Dinges Geval maximum speed was warp 9.47, but it was usually far from asmooth ride. “Docking should only be a matter of minutes, sir. Once the Dingesis attached, we will tie our controls into your system. Then you can take usback to warp.”

 

“I’d better be able to be, Je’weet’welout.”

 

“Why Warp 9.39 ?” Newbie asked. “It’ssuch a specific speed.”

 

“Because a Edmund Fitzgerald-class freighternormal maxes out at Warp 6.2, which lets it do 1.2 lightyears a day. Warp 9.39is exactly four times as fast. So, every day we’re attached saves him threedays of travel time. Whoever is paying for this trip will probably pay him afat bonus for arriving early.”

 

“Which is how he’s going earn back themoney he’s paying us.”

 

“Probably times four, that cheapskate ispaying us the bare minimum,” He patted Newbie on the shoulder. “Now, let’s getthat docking maneouver done. You do the flying. I’ll be in the engine room tomake sure that Ziggy doesn’t blow us all up when we jump to warp.”

 

“Yes, chief.” Newbie said with a nod.

 

Chief Katweer left Newbie to do histhing. Ziggy was what passed for a computer aboard the Dinges Geval. And shecould be “temperamental” on occasion. Which meant that Katweer would have hiswork cut out for him. ~Time to get to work.~ So he headed out and got to it.

 

(SS Ocean Pioneer – Mess Hall – CivilianClaudia – 0807)

 

The warp sled was attached to the shipliked a lizard clinging to the branch of a tree. They could see some of thearms that kept the odd ship in place. There was a slight jolt as the newcombination jumped back to warp. And Claudia didn’t need sensors to know thatthey were moving faster then they had been before. The stars were movingfaster.

 

“Something tells me that our trip justgot a lot faster,” Claudia said. “And from what I’ve seen of that ship, a lotmore interesting.”

 

“Let’s finish breakfast and then go on atour of our own.”

 

“Sounds like a plan.”

 

They sat back down and resumed eating themeal. That ship – and the Ocean Pioneer – weren’t going anywhere. Well,metaphorically, speaking that was. Later, they would figure out how fast theywere moving now. For now, they had food to eat. 

 

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