Koji finally arrived at the massive shuttle bay, though this time he was in peak physical condition - no huffing and puffing. With his back straight as a staff and with a grim expression, clipboard under his arm, he stood there and waited patiently for someone to need his help.
Eventually he got bored of this and took a seat on a metal bench so that he could occupy himself with the electronic clipboard he had brought. The hovering holographic screen was just like a computer, except he operated it with his pen. It took him a bit to figure out what he wanted to do with it, but eventually he tried to access his HQ database.
The clipboard beeped, and he presented his thumb for confirmation. Scanning his thumb took only a second, and he was back where he had started - in the profile database.
Since he had left off looking at his superior officer, he decided that he would go back to reading about Mizuho Yukisato, the ... Cadet Commander?
He stared blankly at the title. He could have sworn that the last time he had looked, she had been unassigned. He skimmed over the rest of the information again. Commanded two starships, rose in rank, even a bit of information about her factory number. NH-17S, PNUgen, 16 years running. What interested him most, though, was the picture. Yes, all Nekovalkyrja were made to be pretty, but still! He opened another window and skimmed the basic model history, but he was still pondering the picture.
"Interesting girl don't you think?"
Koji started - his clipboard had talked to him! He looked around, then back at his electronic device. It was a voice different than the ship's computer. Cheery, but still a bit emotionless. He didn't know it.
"Don't you have something better to do?" he asked it, annoyed and slightly embarassed.
"Don't you?" The computer seemed to laugh at him, which he disliked greatly because he could fancy a reddish tint was coming over him. "Oh, of course you do. Check out your new position - and I'm supposed to tell you to work with the AI. Should I find you more information on Shosa--"
"Oh shut up," Koji growled, then, putting the pen to use, moved to find the exit button for the transmission, which the computer had hidden from him.
"Wait! I'm not done! The ship is set to depart in f--" The transmission ended with a click, like a phone being hung up. Koji hadn't caught the last bit of the message, but he closed the profile and skipped to his announcement about the rankings.
He was very surprised to find that he was the new Head of Navigation, something he knew absolutely nothing about. He didn't honestly know what to do, and he had dismissed the computer's advisement to 'Work with the AI' because he figured the entire conversation was just to embarass him. Finally, his mind came to a passage in Mizuho's references. She knew something about navigation, so when she boarded he would ask her to help him.
"Computer?"
"Yes?" came the familiar voice of the ship's computer, not the sarcastic one he had just talked to.
"Who was the AI that I just spoke to?" The computer took a few moments to process this, but it was done remarkably fast.
"It goes by the name of Robert. It is the personal secretary of the Commander. Would you like me to tap you through?"
"No, that will be all. Thank you." Koji scanned the docking bay over, then went back into his database and opened the data the commander had ordered the computer to compile. He solidly resisted scanning over the Shosa's records and service profile again, and instead occupied himself with finding the people who had rejected the transfer from their ships to the YSS Destiny. He was still on the lookout for ships coming in, but they had slowed for some reason so he was pretty much left alone to his own devices.
Eventually he got bored of this and took a seat on a metal bench so that he could occupy himself with the electronic clipboard he had brought. The hovering holographic screen was just like a computer, except he operated it with his pen. It took him a bit to figure out what he wanted to do with it, but eventually he tried to access his HQ database.
The clipboard beeped, and he presented his thumb for confirmation. Scanning his thumb took only a second, and he was back where he had started - in the profile database.
Since he had left off looking at his superior officer, he decided that he would go back to reading about Mizuho Yukisato, the ... Cadet Commander?
He stared blankly at the title. He could have sworn that the last time he had looked, she had been unassigned. He skimmed over the rest of the information again. Commanded two starships, rose in rank, even a bit of information about her factory number. NH-17S, PNUgen, 16 years running. What interested him most, though, was the picture. Yes, all Nekovalkyrja were made to be pretty, but still! He opened another window and skimmed the basic model history, but he was still pondering the picture.
"Interesting girl don't you think?"
Koji started - his clipboard had talked to him! He looked around, then back at his electronic device. It was a voice different than the ship's computer. Cheery, but still a bit emotionless. He didn't know it.
"Don't you have something better to do?" he asked it, annoyed and slightly embarassed.
"Don't you?" The computer seemed to laugh at him, which he disliked greatly because he could fancy a reddish tint was coming over him. "Oh, of course you do. Check out your new position - and I'm supposed to tell you to work with the AI. Should I find you more information on Shosa--"
"Oh shut up," Koji growled, then, putting the pen to use, moved to find the exit button for the transmission, which the computer had hidden from him.
"Wait! I'm not done! The ship is set to depart in f--" The transmission ended with a click, like a phone being hung up. Koji hadn't caught the last bit of the message, but he closed the profile and skipped to his announcement about the rankings.
He was very surprised to find that he was the new Head of Navigation, something he knew absolutely nothing about. He didn't honestly know what to do, and he had dismissed the computer's advisement to 'Work with the AI' because he figured the entire conversation was just to embarass him. Finally, his mind came to a passage in Mizuho's references. She knew something about navigation, so when she boarded he would ask her to help him.
"Computer?"
"Yes?" came the familiar voice of the ship's computer, not the sarcastic one he had just talked to.
"Who was the AI that I just spoke to?" The computer took a few moments to process this, but it was done remarkably fast.
"It goes by the name of Robert. It is the personal secretary of the Commander. Would you like me to tap you through?"
"No, that will be all. Thank you." Koji scanned the docking bay over, then went back into his database and opened the data the commander had ordered the computer to compile. He solidly resisted scanning over the Shosa's records and service profile again, and instead occupied himself with finding the people who had rejected the transfer from their ships to the YSS Destiny. He was still on the lookout for ships coming in, but they had slowed for some reason so he was pretty much left alone to his own devices.
