The start of a new life

[Jacob_Wright 0]

Note: The beginning of this log takes place at the Biathlon world championships in 2150. The time will then jump to present day at the end. I will include a note at the point were the time jumps.

 

 

“We are just receiving the reports shooting time penalties. Probably the biggest supposed is the rookie to the world championships, Mark Davis. Today he has only missed one target and is on the finishing straight in third place.” The announcer broadcasts to the audience. “We only have 100m left, with a short downhill with turn to the right. From what I can tell, Mark’s best idea here would be change lanes before the downhill and stay behind, passing after. And it would appear that is going to be his course of action, Mark is just stepping out of his lane now, and, wait, it would appear in the process of changing lanes he fell. This will pretty much make it impossible for him to come in 2^nd now, and with the other catching up, he needs to get up fast if he would like to finish in the top five. But it would look like he is doing the opposite. It would appear he is clearing the lane and making his way off of the track. Whatever happened to him can not be good, and we will keep you apprised to updates of any injuries as we get information.”

 

 

Note: the following takes place about a week before the Challengers events with the Lycrians. I am currently on a leave coaching biathlon at Fairmount Canada.

 

 

“Alright, from what I can see, your skiing isn’t going to hold you back, your fast enough to keep up with the best. However, your shooting is off though, and even if you’re the fastest, 20 penalty laps will kill you,” I comment to my student, Brian Parker. “Lets go down to the range, and bring about 40 shots for now.”

 

 

Together we made our way down to the range. Brian started firing at the targets, with me watching and reporting the results. After the first 10 shots, I give some feedback “Well, your horizontally on target, but vertically off, slightly low the majority of the time. What I am guessing is happening is that your aiming at the target, not above taking the drop of the round into consideration. When you look through the sight, you see five lines up, down, left and right. Each line is called a mil. What I normally recommended is put the center of the target on the first mil down, and aim about ¼ of a mil into the wind. This will normally put the round right on the center of the target. Give it shot, and the pun was intended.” As Brian fires down range the accuracy of the rounds was greatly improved. Only 4 shots of the next 15 were missed. “Well, that was a large improvement. Assuming you can do that in compition you should be able to finish in the top 10. The only thing you need to work on is transition from target to target. Your time between shots will play a key factor as well. However that is more of a skill learned through experience. The only help I can give you with that is that the target is bigger than it looks through the scope. You still need to take into account gravity in your shots, but the exact position of the target on the sight doesn’t need to be exactly at the one mil or the ¼ mil. For the last five shots, take them as fast as possible.”

 

 

This time Brian’s shots came at a faster rate, only about 7 seconds between shots, with a half decent accuracy, only missing 2 shots of the 5. “Alright, that was better. Could still be faster. One more hint, don’t watch the bullet. After you fire it, you cant change what’s going to happen, so ignore the result and go straight to the next target. This should save you about 2 more seconds between shots. However were out of rounds, so let’s head back.”

 

 

After getting back to the clubhouse, a receptionist informs me that Starfleet left a message, and giving me a way to contact them. After returning the call, I was informed about my duty as security at Starfleet HQ ending, and now being transferred to the UES Challenger NX-05 when my current leave ends.