Starbase Hayes, Nepleslia:
PA Bay:
Nero finished donning his armor and snapped his helmet into place. "Finally..." He muttered as the suit went though it's checks, making sure nothing had went faulty in its year of disuse. When the check finished, the captain smirked. "It's time to go to work." He muttered under his breath as he stepped out into the hangar.
Starbase Hayes, Nepleslia:
Hangar:
Nero smiled as he entered the hangar, looking out on their craft. At the challenge of his XO he smirked. "Your on
Lucky, I am warning you now that I can and will drink you under the table." He said patting her armored shoulder as he walked towards his craft. He smiled as he approached the Uno. "It's about time..." He said softly as he patted the nose of the craft. He moved and boarded the cockpit, strapping himself in. He pulled his own data card from his storage device and slid it into a slot on the console. The heads up display in his helmet went blank for a second as the suit interfaced directly with the fighter. The display rebooted and began displaying the preflight checklist.
His AI showed up as the Aquila Flight emblem in the corner of his HUD.
"Sir, preflight checklist is complete. We are ready for departure."
Nero's smile broadened as he felt the engines firing up. He opened up comms to flight control. "CAG, this is Aquila 1. We are ready for departure."
The Chief of the Aerospace Group, or CAG for short came back over the squad channel. "Aquila Flight, CAG. You are cleared for take off. Use Launch tubes 5 through 8."
"Roger that CAG, Aquila 1 copies all." With that, Nero's Uno left it's place on the flight deck and began taxiing to the first launch tube. As he reached it, the ground crews secured his craft to the catapult and gave him a thumbs up. Nero returned it. The Uno was pulled into the launch tube, and the bulkhead slid shut behind him. He saw as the air was sucked out of the tube, then the forward bulkhead slid away to reveal the space beyond. "We're home..." He said in the few seconds before launch.
"This is Aquila 1, Launching!"
The catapult fired, rocketing the craft forward through the tube. In mere seconds the plane was out in space, traveling at high speed. "It's about damn time!" Nero yelled to himself as he rolled his craft up and away from the launch tubes. He opened the squad channel again. "Aquila 1 to all Aquila members. Once you launch, form up in
diamond formation. Aquila 2 on my starboard side, Aquila 4 on my port side, and Aquila 3 will take up the aft position." He ordered. "Now hurry up and get up here, the view is great!"