RP: YSS Eucharis [Mission 21] Return to Ether (YE 36)

Cargo Bay

The mere act of curtly nodding back at Mitsuko made Sienna's headache flare up even more as she shuffled past her. She never bothered to take off her sunglasses, and even the thought of speaking made her feel like she would wretch. There were a few other people milling through the cargo bay as the ship's crew returned one by one to report back for duty, but she didn't bother acknowledging any more of them. What she wanted more than anything at that moment was to simply lie down and try to sleep off the agonizing remnants of her good time.

Cabin 6

Sienna was taking long, forcibly controlled breaths as she approached her cabin, in through her nose, out through her mouth, fighting back the nausea that was steadily creeping up on her the longer she walked. She winced as the cabin door whooshed closed behind her. The door wasn't very loud normally, of course, but her hypersensitivity to sound made it sound like an explosion behind her. She let go of her backpack and let it thud to the floor right there in front of the doorway, dragging her feet as she moved to her lower bunk. The wave of queasiness caught up with her, and she grabbed onto the edge of the mattress as she gagged and wretched, but thankfully nothing came up. There was nothing left in her stomach after this morning.

A few more dry heaves later, her pounding headache bringing tears to her eyes as she gasped noisily to catch her breath, the nausea was gone, at least temporarily. If she could get to sleep before it came back, she might feel better after she woke up. She rested her chin on the edge of the mattress and steadied her breathing, keeping her eyes closed, then tried to hoist herself into bed. Her first attempt failed, as did the second and third; the very act of moving or trying to stand up was torture. Finally she resigned herself to the floor and curled up next to the bunk, hugging her stomach. She couldn't imagine that there would be any reason for anyone to need her elsewhere on the ship for now. There would be plenty of time to rest.

Cargo hold

"Nope, at least I hope not," smiled Takeyu as he continued his inspection. "Just making sure no one slipped anything they weren't supposed to onto the ship...." his voice trailed as he opened one crate and then another, before stopping and taking a few steps back and folding his arms over his chest.

Cabin 3

Kale secured his bag in the locker and checked the time. It was getting close to wheels up and as far as he knew no one had actually started up the ships subsystems back to full operational capacity. He needed to get the bridge in double quick time if Zi hadn't beaten him to the post. Hastily pulling out his portable computer and his data pad he took off for the Command Centre.

It felt good to be back. Last time he'd been on ship a total of three weeks all told, not really enough time to get to know the ships quirks never mind experience life in the void.


Bridge

"Nito Hei Namach Kale reporting in." The technician braced and then took place at the systems console.

"Central systems start. Agami is showing green on all control vectors. Eucharis status report."

Kale brought up the system diagnostics package and began a deep scan of each system to determine their readiness.

"Aether reactor is holding steady, minimal fluctuations in voltage and current supply." he stated as lines of code began to roll across the screen. "Control surfaces nominal. Combined Field system is stable. Sensors are operating to full capacity. Engineering online, standby to initiate main engine sequence.... Main engines online. Engine test complete, all standard drives are operational. Navigation systems are ready and awaiting course input. Transferring control of ships systems to main engineering. Requesting confirmation of control transfer."

Kale turned to the captain.

"She's ready on your command Shosho."

Bridge

"What is your request?" Hanako sent back to Takeyu. She then looked to Kale. "What is this about transferring control away from the bridge?" she asked him, looking confused. "Is the ship ready or are we waiting on a diagnostic to finish?"

"Bridge, Victory," the bridge intercom interrupted. "I just got the Troll tank and our LUT aboard along with a power armor Mitsuko requested. I am closing the rear ramp now," the green-haired neko's voice reported over the hydraulic roar of the massive armored door ramp slowly raising into its closed position.

Bridge

she send to the mousey logistics neko, finishing up the request from Hanako a minute earlier.

Natsumi then frowned and fixed her eyes on her screen at the main Operators control station. She watched as information changed and systems primed and activated out of her control. She had just been finishing up the pre-flights and about to order standby power to the propulsion systems when the junior technician had come in and gone and done everything she had been working on, then started switching systems control away from her bridge station and started the engines. She loved starting the engines. Her frown deepened. This frustrated her as he did not even check to see what she had already taken care of and was taking away stuff that was her duty to manage as the Starship Operator on duty.

The operator bit back the urge to ask if Kale wanted her to turn over the flight controls and operations station entirely to him as well as the chair she had inherited from Ramiro. She refrained from any blatant verbal admonishment towards Kale since the Shosho was sitting between them and it would have been in very bad form indeed to chew him up with Hanako there.

Instead she typed up a quick note and sent it to his console.


That sent, she took her systems controls back to her operations station, most notably navigational systems and flight control. She then plugged into the SPINE system, letting her digital brain link fully with the Eucharis' systems and computer. She let the at first overwhelming flow of data wash over her. It threatened to wash her away like a flood tide, but it helped calm her sudden frustration and get her mind back on the task at hand as she focused on managing and sorting the flow of information. She took a deep breath, finished asserting her now mental control over ships systems as she prepared for the Shosho's order to take off.

Bridge

Chieko was about to make her way to the sensor station when Kale showed up. Of course she was happy to see him there, but she wondered why he was on the Bridge instead of in Engineering. The young woman was not about to complain though, as any opportunity was a good one in her mind.

That all said, when the technician began going through a few of his checks, the scientist began feeling as if something was a little off with the procedure. She thought to ask about it later, however Hanako's reaction confirmed her suspicions, only to start wondering why Takeyu was not the one reporting a problem. The Shosho seemed to have things under control though; and seeing that, Chieko made her way to the Sensor Station to check on how all the little detectors were behaving.

Cargo Bay

Mitsuko frowned as Takeyu continued poking around. "Do you have any specific concerns that should be looked into? Or...are you just worried about more uninvited guests?" She had been extra cautious herself, after the recent robot infestation. She continued to go over the paperwork in her head, as Victory closed the massive ramp to seal everything back up. She was surprised to find that the Mindy 1H Misato had requested had already arrived along with the rest of the cargo. They must have had one close at hand.

Her head tilted as she considered the message from the bridge.

Bridge

Natsumi smiled slightly as she received the response message from Mitsuko.

she sent in reply.

Then to the Shosho, "Murakami-Hei reports the cargo hold is secure, though she will be inspecting our supplies as a double check" she reported to Hanako. She then relaxed and let herself enjoy a last few moments on the resort world. One thing she liked about being hooked up to the ship via SPINE was the fact that the ships sensors, visual, audio and energy were now feeding into her senses, allowing her a greater form of appreciation for the beautiful world they were still landed on.

Takeyu smiled and nodded. "That is one reason," he said and opened one crate and looked inside.


Sending off his message, the Taii stood up straighter and glanced about the cargohold with a skeptics eye, looking for anything that could be deemed as 'out of the ordinary'

Bridge

Kale looked confused for a moment. He realised he must not have articulated himself properly.

"Apologies Shosho, Main flight, fire and sensor controls are still located here here. I have disabled the remaining critical control deadbolts from the main systems and passed non bridge control nodes to the relevant consoles such as the main reactor and the fabrication suite. All flight systems, combat control and sensors remain with the bridge."

The now somewhat flustered technician turned back to his console, the screen of which was flashing an "New Message" alert. Reading it he frowned slightly.

'I didn't know it was even possible to reroute flight systems off the bridge anyway. Nowhere else has the correct interface for proper integration.'


Silently Kale wondered how he could have so badly miscommunicated.

'Still with the old foot in my mouth conundrum' he sighed to himself.

Outside the Eucharis

Ayumi had sorely missed the Eucharis on her leave. For all she had had a nice time, quietly reading and what not, the suddenly dip activity had been boring for her. As Hanako spoke Ayumi shuffled her bag on her shoulder uncomfortably. She was restless to get back to work, and the idea of training exercises had her wondering what they would be doing. With a nod as she was dismissed, Ayumi quickly entered the ship to take her duffle back to her room before she went to go make sure the medbay was in order.

Medbay

Of course nothing was changed when she entered the medbay. She'd made sure everything was well organised before they went on leave, and obviously no one had been on the ship to mess it up. Even so, Ayumi set about taking inventory of the medbay, wandering over to her precious cupboards. She had enjoyed spending time with Izokia, feeling that she had a slightly better idea of her coworker's inner workings now.

As she wandered about the medbay, shuffling and reshuffling just to make herself feel like she was doing work, she was reminded that Sune wasn't going to be returning to the ship. The thought made her a bit disappointed. Even though she hadn't known the man very well, the idea that anyone on their ship had left forever made her a little bit sad.

She sighed softly, turning to start reorganising a cupboard of chemicals.

Bridge

"It is alright, Kale-hei," Hanako explained. "This is why we train, so these things are sorted out before we are in battle." She looked to Natsumi. "If we are ready, please take us up through the atmosphere and into space. Once we are there, I want to have everyone get their power armor ready in preparation for away team missions. Set course for the Samurai Sector via the North Gate. Set readiness condition 4. Also, I need someone to find a place for the new samurai to sleep."

Cargo Bay

Mitsuko fetched a Science Scanner after sending her message, idly nodding to Takeyu when she returned. She performed a general scan of the Cargo Bay first, while organizing the cargo manifest to arrange the list of items relative to their locations, wanting to move as quickly as possible. She would still be here for quite a while, though. The Neko examined the vehicles first before turning to the shipping containers, unsealing the ones where it was safe to do so. She then scanned inside and checked off the contest on her master list. Over, and over, and over again, never seeming to lose interest in the mundane and mechanical task.

Bridge

"All set" Natsumi replied as she ran one more quick quadruple check via her SPINE connection. Satisfied that every system and indicator was green she contacted space traffic control and got their launch clearance. "Lifting off" she said a few moments later and began the launch sequence.

Within moments the Eucharis was lifting off the landing field, kicking up dust underneath her as the gravity manipulation system levitated the warship. As she ascended Natsumi retracted the landing gear, which pulled up and slid into their storage bays before thick armored hatched folded back into place, flush with the smooth curving hull. Once she was high enough, Natsumi rotated the Eucharis around, bringing her sharp sword like nose to bear on the ascent path that had been designated by traffic control.

Then the engines kicked in, pushing the Eucharis forward and upward, jets of blue flame trailing behind her as she clawed her way into the blue sky, that darkened and deepened as she gained altitude. In less than two minutes the air was fading away to nothing as the planet and atmosphere fell away below the warship. She gained speed as the pull of planetary gravity lost its grip and atmospheric friction vanished. Then she was in space. The crystal clear black depths of space surrounded the vessel as Hanako's World dropped away far behind, fading into a small blue marble.

"We are clear of the planet, readiness condition 4 set throughout the ship" Natsumi reported as she worked calculations for their trip to the Samurai sector. "Course plotted for the Samurai sector via the North Gate, ready to engage on your command"

Armory

Bors looked towards the ceiling as he felt the ship leaving the ground and heading towards a new destination. Kicking his feet up on the work bench he popped another painkiller that the doctor gave him after his second hospital visitation into his mouth and quickly downed it with a drink of water.

"Ugh, horrible stuff." He said to himself looking at the bottle before putting it back onto the table and exchanging it for a piece of paper he had laying next to.

"The above stated conditions slash injuries prevent the individual Bors Riko," Bors had to chuckle at that last part seeing as they had his name correct order if he hadn't had it altered when he came to Yamatai. "From doing the following... did they leave anything unchecked on here?"

Scanning the medical profile the doctors had given him he eventually crumpled it up and tossed it into a nearby trash can, before leaning back and putting his hands behind his head, waiting for orders on what to do next.

Medbay

Izokia having finished unloading her things in her cabin had begun to make her way into the medbay. She opened the door and was somewhat surprised to see Ayumi had not only beaten her there but had also managed to get there without her noticing. She shrugged and sat down in her normal seat and sh greeted Ayumi, "I had a nice time over leave. Thank you."

Bridge

"Engage," Hanako ordered. It felt good to be back in action. The golden-eyed admiral then got on the intercom: "Nayacesen, Takeda, Misato, report to the bridge. Everyone else available on day shift, please report to the armor bay and ready your suits of power armor for combat operations. Back up your minds using SPINE interface or by visiting the medical lab."

When they arrived, Hanako requested that the NCOs present their training plans and asked Takeyu want he wanted to talk about.

Cabin 4

When the announcement went out over the comms, Misato was just finishing up her operation plan. It was minimal, she had never written one before. with a shrug she saved it and made her way to the bridge. As she walked she went over her plan over and over again, she didn't just have to show the plan she had to convince the Shosho that it would be a good plan and worth the recourses.

Bridge

Once she arrived she bowed and waited a moment for the Shosho to acknowledge her. "ma'am i have worked a plan, but it would require us returning to the planet Ether. I would like to lead a recon squad in and attempt to locate the computer cores, retrieve or copy the data. secondary objective would be locating possible remaining clone equipment, and ether destroying or recovering them." She thought over her list of crew she wanted to request.

"As for the team I would like Bors, Miyako Akane, for infantry, Orshira Izokia for medical, Namach Kale for technology support, and Murakami Mitsuko, Koizumi Chieko, Nayacesen Takeyu to help fill the teams out."

Once she finished she stood there silently hoping for the go on the operation.

Bridge

Sensors seemed to be behaving decently for the science adviser as they launched and made it into orbit. She was excited to see what they would get into next and the order to go to the Samurai Sector intrigued her. That thought, however, needed to wait as Hanako gave the order to get their suits ready and get backed up.

Chieko was about to stand up, however recalling what he Shosho said about running it through SPINE, she connected in and ran an update while they went.

Cargohold

Takeyu glanced upward toward the ceiling as he heard his name announced, then looked back at the crates in the cargohold. When he saw Mitsuko return he smiled and placed a hand on her shoulder, before leaving for the bridge, as he walked he had Charisma give him an update on the ships engineering status, everything seemed to be in the right order. Reactor temps were great, engines running at optimal levels, shields and weapons were in the green, at least according to the diagnostics program he had running constantly to search out for any flaws.

Bridge

As Takeyu stepped on the bridge, he stopped momentarily, the only times he had actually been on the bridge was for repair work - fixing broken terminals or disconnected wiring or battle damage; this was actually the first time he'd been here due to a request from the Shosho and not because of something needing repair.

He glanced about the bridge for a moment, then with a nod walked over to the Shosho and gave the captain a courteous bow. "Well ma'am," he glanced at the NCO's for a moment. "With Jalen-Chusa's retirement we presently don't have an XO, so I would like to apply for the position," he said.