The Resilient

The meeting was over fairly quickly, they'd have the rest of the day to prepare and rest for the mission that would start tomorrow, Cadmus figured he'd get the checks done first. He assigned the task of checking the primary flight systems and fine tuning the controls to Peeves. He himself went with the checking and recalibrating of the thrusters and checking the signal lines. He eventually asked some help to get done with the task a little quicker as it was a bit more work than he had anticipated. After finishing his work he quickly finished his day and went to bed early he had to bring his A-game the next day.

He was rather roughly awoken by the announcement, he had intended to wake up a little bit later but no matter, he had plenty of time to prepare for today's mission. According to the announcement they had until 9 in the morning to get to their positions and ready for the mission, he took ample of time for it and grabbed a shower and breakfast and made his way to the engineering station and started to run down the status of the shield controls and the shields themselves, still waking up a little bit as he did, he'd be sharp in time though.​

 

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Emma had been hesitant to go to bed that night, the pressure and excitement weighing on her to do just a little bit more preparation beforehand because that make all the difference. However, with a bit of persuasion, she had been convinced to sleep not too late. In fact she'd slept for the longest time that she had in a while and for once in her bed, which was probably an improvement for her usual spread out naps in random places around the ship. Though while it was the most continuous sleep she'd had in a long time, it could not be said that she had had a lay in and was being lazy. When the announcement came through, Emma had already dressed and eaten a bit ago and for a while she had been at her position on the helm where she would be controlling the ship from. She was not yet sat down but instead moving around her chair with her fingers running through her hair, her eyes kept periodically darting between various things on her controls. She did glance up momentarily when the announcement played however. Her body was probably slightly tense, but at this point she was eager to go.

 

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Emma shook her head slightly as Simon's message came through but she was smiling, "Yeah I'm up, I've been on the bridge for a bit." She replied to Simon, "And I've had some sleep. More than a few hours too. And it was in my bed. How about that?" She probably counted that as more of an achievement that she probably should do and was a little more proud about it that she should be. Yet Simon should know her usual sleeping patterns so he should understand. Though she also had been aware that had she not got some proper sleep, she'd be getting told off a lot more about now. "And please, if you took the helm, you'd just be making a lot more work for yourself" She grinned, though she also knew if she tried to do what Simon did that would probably equally end in disaster.

 

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After having made breakfast for the rest of the crew, Allec made a quick trip back to his quarters to see if there was anything that he had forgotten. Along the way he had gotten the message sent to him from Garrett. It appeared that he was among the ones chosen to be in the landing party. Allec had no complaints about the decision, though it wasn't one that he was expecting. Still he headed towards the lower deck to where the landing party would be meeting at.

 

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Emma looked up at Dania in slight surprise, a little embarrassed for being caught off guard like that. "Is it that time already? That went faster than I expected." She shook her head and took a deep breath as she sat down. "But I guess I'm as ready as I'll ever be. The pre-flight checks have all been done and engineering assures me that the ship is all in the best condition it can be. So I guess it's time to get this show on the road."

She stretched her hands out in front of her before rotating her wrist to press a button to broadcast her voice throughout the ship. "This is your pilot speaking, it is currently 0900 hours and we're about to set off. Please ensure that you are at your stations and ready for action. We don't know for certain what lies ahead of us so we need to be ready for everything. Also please be aware we are going down a dangerous route so this probably won't be a smooth ride. If possible strap yourself in or at least ensure you have something to hold onto if the ship suddenly jerks or moves around a lot. Thank you." As soon as she finished speaking in her very best formal tone, she glanced over her shoulder at the others on the bridge and grinned at them before turning back to the controls.

Pushing a lever slowly forward, she smiled as she felt the ship respond to her command, with the thrusters engaging and beginning to move the ship. The weren't too far away from the asteroid belt but they had been sure to keep a safe distance away. They were possibly a bit further away than absolutely necessary but they hadn't want to risk a stray asteroid hitting them while they were resting. Still, it did not take long after setting off for the first asteroids to come into view. The asteroids at the edge of the belt were really spaced out and Emma was able to almost effortlessly avoid them, following the route that the navigators had suggested. However, Emma could see that as they went further in the asteroids got gradually denser and denser. She felt the anticipation rising in her and her eyes almost sparkled. This was the type of challenge she loved about piloting.

 

Cadmus was sitting at his station on stand-by as he received a message from the Lieutenant Commander that when they were through he'd be on the away team, it was understandable they wanted someone from the upper chain on the ground. He would have to grab his gear before launch. When they were through he'd just hand over the controls to another engineer and grab his gear. By the time Emma announced the start of their mission he had strapped himself into the chair of the shield controls and had put them to their maximum output at 85% "Shield output at maximum availability and standing by. Cadmus out." Cadmus checked the sensor feeds for their surrounding areas the begining of the field wouldn't be too bad but further in he would use the data to determine where to strengthen the shields to prevent them being breached and the hull being damaged. He knew today was going to be a very long one, and silently prayed for it to all go smoothly and that humanity's quest for a new home might end here.​

 

As soon as word was even mentioned they were at the entry to the asteroid belt, the engineers in the lower deck were ready at their stations and prepared for station hoping. Kathi reached into her pocket and pulled out a bright green pill and took it with some water. After waiting a few more seconds, she told everyone to equalize everything and be prepared to have to re-balance as soon as Emma started her maneuvers. As soon as everyone was ready, Kathi walked over to the intercom and relayed a message to Cadmus saying, "Level 2 is ready to go, Captain."

As soon as she said so, there was silence before another engineer, the one on the upper deck of engines, responded in kind, "Level 1 is ready to go, Captain."

Kathi kept the headset on but turned off the mic for a moment as she cracked her knuckles saying, "Alright ya fucks, it's time put all those hours of training into use." this elicited a bit of laughter between the group as they responded, "Ay!"



There wasn't exactly anything Jael could do at this moment besides brace himself on the command deck. His main job was linguistics after all and essentially nothing else, but in cases like this, he was to listen for any incoming transmissions that may present themselves as a threat to the ship. If, say, an alien ship decided they wanted to be rid of the humans in an instance like this, he was to let the ship know. He wasn't the only person with this task on the ship, there were others who checked in case Jael missed something, but he was the only one who would be able to translate it if they didn't speak in any common tongues.

Jael was nervous as hell though and doing his best not to show it. He had to be used to this kind of danger every day, but if anything happened to go horribly wrong...

No, he had faith in Emma, that nothing would go wrong and they'd make it through it. He tried to convince himself of that so he did not have a doomsday mindset going. Jael listened done more time to transmissions and turned to the rest of them saying, "We have no incoming transmissions and we are still clear for passage..." he looked over at Dania out of instinct for a minute but then immediately looked over at Emma, "We're ready for the fun part when you are."

Since he could already see the asteroids in view, there was no turning back now. He turned his attention to his monitor instead to decrease panic and keep on the lookout.

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While waiting along side the others chosen to be a part of the landing party, Allec started to look over his weapon that he had taken with him. Ammunition was good and the weapon still looked to be in fine condition. Though that wasn't much of a surprise given that it wasn't the most well used weapon of his. Still he didn't allow for that to be a reason for him to slack off. With the sheer amount of training that was drilled into his head, it would be for him to do that.

His time was occupied next by a series of breathing exercises as a way to re familiarize himself with the breathing patterns he would need to take if the need for him to use his rifle should arise. He couldn't help but to find it odd as to how quickly he was to get used to doing these kind of things.