ILLUMINARRPG: (4-1201) Pilot - Lt. Arthur ‘Snoopy’ Corday

[Al Muir]

Mission: Exogenesis

Day: 4

Stardate: 2446.06.04


(USS Pasteur - Flight Deck - Pilot - Lt. Arthur ‘Snoopy’ Corday - 1201)


There was a clang as the docking clamps between the two shuttles disconnected and the ramp retracted.  He completed his preflight checks when Solice and an engineer came onto the flight deck.  Arthur didn’t recognize him, which wasn’t a surprise since he didn’t really associate with to much of the crew, aside from the flight crew and the command staff.


“I would like you to have a seat with us on the flight deck,” Solace told him.


The engineer nodded and slid into the copilot’s seat.  Snoopy looked at him with surprise.  First of all, he did not need a copilot.  It was fine for the doctor to sit there, after all, she was the command officer.  But why should this guy be there.  On top of that discomfort he could feel sweat start to bead on his back, and a slight shiver.  He put that out of his mind and focused on getting out of that ion cloud.


Finally he shrugged, “We’re ready for lift off… Commander.”


(reply Solice)


Then he looked over at Pex and narrowed his eyes slightly.  “Please… don’t touch anything.”


(reply Pex)


He opened the comm channel, “Pasteur to …” his voice croaked.  He cleared his throat and started again, “Pasteur to Hilary, we are cleared for take off.”


(reply Moreno)


Then he changed the channel.  Since the storm had dissipated he hoped that the new comms were still working,   “Pasteur to Illuminar, we are preparing to leave the planet.”


(reply Illuminar)


He turned his head and called into the back, “Hold onto your tummies, this might get a wee bit rough.”


(reply any)


With that he hit the controls and the Hilary separated from Zertos 3.  The ship moved smoothly through the lower atmosphere.  Then it hit the ionosphere with a jolt.  The next minute snd 27 seconds were a little rougher.  They hit pockets of high ionized energy that Snoopy had been able to avoid.  His focus became so sharp that all of his discomfort had disappeared.  He was Snoopy, the youngest pilot to have been made squadron commander of the 12th Fighter Squadron- The Ravagers.


After several hard turns and bouts of turbulence they emerged from the cloud cover, and Snoopy set course to the Illuminar.  He felt his body relax.  Then it began to relax a little too much.  Sweat was starting to form on his brow.  He tapped his comm channel.


“Pasteur to Hilary, how we doing Raid?”


(reply Montero)


Again he contacted the Illuminar.  “Pasteur to the llluminar, we are en route.”  A strange sensation came over him.  “We should be docking innnnn…”


Slowly he slumped back in his seat and his eyes closed.


(reply Solice, Pex, Illuminar, any)

(posted by Al Muir)



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