Deck Tremor
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Captain Adriana Milosovic felt the deck tremble beneath her feet. It was subtle, barely even there at all, and yet it was enough that her senses came to high alert. She glanced around the bridge at her crew, but they were all engaged in their own tasks. No one else seemed to have noticed the oddity.
"Status report!" she barked. Immediately, her crew jumped to high alert as each one checked individual readouts at their stations. Several voices replied simultaneously, but she was used to sorting out the confusion. The gist of the impromptu systems check was that all operations were nominal, operating well within expected parameters.
Adriana returned to her captain's chair and thumbed the comm for engineering. "Mr. Stock, report please." The response was immediate.
"We blew a fuse, captain," he replied. "We're replacing it right now."
"Very good. Any idea as to the cause of the failure?"
"None, captain. Diagnostics are underway."
"Excellent, Mr. Stock. Report to me once you have something."
"Yes, sir."
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Comments (6 so far!)
Jim Stitzel
Hehe, I hoped someone would notice that and mention it. It amused me enough to keep it in the story, even though it was originally just a placeholder for the engineering chief.
And I'd like to continue this as a series. I'm just not sure yet what kind of universe this crew lives in.
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HSAR
I do appreciate an efficient crew. Captain Milosovic seems to have his well in hand.
Typo correction: "Diagnostics is underway." -> "... are underway."
- #2894 Posted 7 years ago
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HSAR
As Rob says, she'd feel right at home in my Distant Mountain series.
- #2898 Posted 7 years ago
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ElshaHawk LoA
Whatever Universe this is in, I'd follow this Captain, too.
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Robert Quick
Mr. Stock lol. I like it. I feel like this could be right up HSAR's alley and I wouldn't mind following Capt. Milosovic around for a little while longer.