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Brian Graham

Brian's Towing Service

Chief Security Officer’s Duty Log

Lt. Commander Brian Graham Recording

USS Morningstar

Stardate 200510.24

 

“Everybody got that?”

 

Nods all around from the assembled pilots who were tasked with coordinating operations to tow the Morningstar to get where it needed to go and hopefully get some new dilithium crystals and get warp-capable again.

 

“Good. Get to your ships, and I’ll see you all out there.”

 

The group broke, all heading for their respective shuttlecraft. Brian watched them all for a moment as they dispersed, silently proud of them in their zeal and seriousness. Brian quit his admiration and headed for his own shuttlecraft, quickly looking over the exterior one last time and headed inside, settled into the pilot’s chair, closed the hatch and went through final preflight. He looked over at another console and it displayed the other seven shuttlecraft were ready and standing by.

 

“Graham to OPS, requesting departure clearance for eight shuttlecraft.”

 

“This is OPS,” came the response from the Bridge. “Clearance granted, you may depart when ready.”

 

“Acknowledged, stand by,” Brian said, switching to the inter-shuttle communication. “Alright everyone, you have your designated launch sequence. Once you clear the shuttlebay head for your programmed target area and wait for further instructions.” Brian got the shuttle going and waited for the next phase.

 

“Graham to Bridge, shuttlecraft ready.”

 

The bay-clear signal could be heard, although somewhat muffled through the hull of the shuttlecraft as anyone not in a shuttle exited the bay. Once the all clear had been acknowledge, Brian looked forward and saw the shuttlebay doors open, revealing a view of a starfield through the open door. Brian raised the shuttle off the deck and headed for the opening.

 

“Shuttle 1 beginning departure…” and after moving past the bay doors, gave the update, “Shuttle 1 has cleared the shuttlebay. Moving to target.”

 

Brian held his course for several meters and then performed a upward vertical 180-degree course change and rotated the shuttle level again, heading toward the Morningstar’s bow area. While doing this he could hear the comm. Traffic from the other shuttles and see new contacts appear on his short-range sensor view as each shuttle exited the bay. Brian brought his shuttle flush with the rim of the Morningstar’s saucer section, 7 meters port of the center, and 20 meters forward of the hull and cut his engines, coming to a full stop and waited for everyone to get into position. He watched his display as three more shuttles moved near to where he was, two positioned themselves forward of the engineering section, and one moved to each nacelle strut. Moments later, all shuttles had checked in.

 

“Shuttle 1 to Bridge. Shuttles are in position and will engage tractor beams in a few moments. Inform me immediately if any corrections need to be made to the positions of the shuttles.”

 

“Acknowledged Shuttle 1. you are go for tractor beam use.”

 

“Shuttle 1 to all Shuttles, engage tractor beams.”

 

With that, eight tractor beams simultaneously latched onto the Morningstar. From Brian’s console, he saw a visual representation of each shuttle in relation to Morningstar and a tractor beam extending from each one. Relevant data was being fed to him by all of the shuttles’ computers. Also, some engineering data from Morningstar was also being continuously streamed.

 

All of the beams looked good, now it was time to start to haul this thing. “All shuttles, begin to increase engine output to stated levels on my mark. Ready for 1/8 impulse power…3…2…1…engage.” Brian immediately throttled the shuttle to that speed and saw the others do the same. “Increase to 1/4 impulse in 3…2…1…engage.” Again, another shift in engine output, however Morningstar still wasn’t moving just yet. “Increase to 1/2 impulse power in 3..2..1..engage. Alright, 3/4 impulse power, 3..2..1..engage”

 

Brian got some fluctuations from the beam stream and adjusted the power levels to compensate. Data from the other shuttles suggested they were doing the same. Good job everybody, nice reaction time.

 

“Shuttle 1 this is Morningstar, helm indicates we are beginning to move forward, continue with present speed levels.”

 

“Acknowledged, holding at 3/4 impulse.”

 

Several minutes passed and Brian noted Morningstar continuing to gain speed, ultimately reaching 3/4 impulse.

 

“Morningstar, are you ready for full impulse?”

 

“We sure are.”

 

“10-4, stand by. All shuttlecraft, full impulse in 3..2..1..engage.”

 

Some more stress was encountered, but some slight modifications easily fixed it. After another minute, Morningstar was cruising along at full impulse with eight shuttlecraft arrayed around it. Getting a position indicator, Brian saw the trip was estimated to take 5 hours and 55 minutes. Brian gave all the consoles a final look-over and settled down for another six hours in a shuttlecraft, but happy to be underway.

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Manticore has competition now. :)

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Manticore has competition now. :)

Strange, I was thinking the exact same thing. B)

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just glad WE........ARE in Tow instead adrift in the galaxy :) B)

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Interestingly, this log has revealed to me how redundant shuttlecraft communication can by. My copy/paste button actually filed for overtime.

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