"Shadow of light..." Sa'kira rubbed her chin curiously and hit her controls to initate the direct comm. After a moment of pause, the main screen shifted from showing stars to showing a My'leke who was sitting in a captain's chair, the My'leke looked a bit on the 'old' side, given the graying of their mane and of their fur.
"Good day Shipmaster," said Vi'cena. "How's your crew?"
"They are good," responded Sa'kira, who crossed one leg over the other and clasped her hands into her lap.
"Good, I hope they are prepared then. Since the training center has lost all power, they can't give you your trial run. However, perhaps that's for the better, as we'll be doing the trial run ourselves. To that end, we'll be doing a mock battle, your ship against mine. This trial is purely to determine whether your ships systems are operating well, but also to give your crew a bit of training in combat operations; you've got infantry.. yes?"
"I do," Sa'kira raised an eye-brow at the question.
The My'leke's tail wrapped around the front, Vi'cena rubbed her chin for a few moments, then nodded and grinned. "Good, I'll give you a few to get ready, you have two recruits joining your ship so ensure that they arrive safely first."
Sa'kira gave a nod of the head.
"Good luck, ensure your weapons are set into training mode, also; there are no rules or restrictions in this mock battle..." with that the communications went off, leaving Sa'kira to ponder a few things.
"No rules.. no restrictions.. hmmm.... A'Fuereb; once that shuttle delivers our two recruits and disembark, start to pull us away from the Light of Shadow."
"Also, just to inform you two," she turned toward the three soldiers on the bridge. "How mock battles work is that all weaponry are set to electronic firing mode only, meaning the targetting systems will register hits instead of an actual shot. Damage to our ship will be registered by the main computer, repairs to the systems will be done in engineering via a holographic display - which will be used by one of our engineers to 'repair' the damaged system, instead of them having to 'go' to the actual system itself."
"View this as a training exercise, learn from it, use whatever knowledge you gain to better the ship and your skills. However, don't slack off."
Shuttle Bay
The shuttle bay's rear doors began to open and in that moment, Shar would feel a gust of wind blow into the open space, causing several loose crates to fall off a shelf and hit the ground. A number of tarps that had been tied down began to flap about violently.
The shuttle came in smoothly, the pilot spun it onto the side to present it's side door to Shar.
Inside, the pilot let out a sigh of relief, and turned to his passengers. "We've arrived, make sure to grab your duffels."
Engineering
"So...." Quin looked at Keri, noting that he was obviously hiding something behind his back. "Wha'cha hiding back there?" she smiled.
