=Tarangor/Aeran Shipyard=
=Aeran System=
"Very nice work on incomplete sections of hull," Rick said as he sat
in the confined space of the work bee.
He had decided to perform a visual inspection of the Detector, which
was still laid up in drydock. It also gave him a chance to bone up on
his piloting, which he rarely got a chance to do.
He slowly glided the bee over the top of the larger vessel, near the
starboard side of the ship. Sitting with him was Lieutenant Karn, who
was acting as his number two on the Detector repairs and refit.
"Thank you, sir," Karn said. "We were able to complete the hull sooner
than we had originally planned."
Rick stopped the bee just off to the side of the bridge.
"When she ready?" Rick asked.
"By late morning, early afternoon tomorrow," Karn replied. "We'll have
to do some minor work throughout the ship, but she will no longer need
use of the drydock."
"Good. I want to start building Lancers within the week. Sooner
Detector finished, sooner we can finish work on shipyard. I also want to
begin test of Detector defensive systems in couple days."
"There shouldn't be a problem with that," Karn responded.
There was a moment of silence as Rick got the bee underway again,
this time heading to the underbelly of the Detector.
"Sir, I was thinking ..." Karn said.
"About what?"
"Well, I was thinking that we need to have some sort of ceremony when
the Detector leaves drydock tomorrow. She was built at this starbase
decades ago, and we're finishing work on her now. I just think that ..."
"You want to have a christening of some sort?" Rick asked.
"Yeah. I mean, it would seem appropriate somehow. It's the first
ship we have completed and it might be good for moral with the war
and everything."
"Well, I not know if commodore, XO or even Commander Ohmsford have
time for such ceremony, but I could ask," Rick said, as he looked down
at the underside of the Detector as he continued to pilot the bee. "If not,
we could just have our own little ceremony."
Commander Rick Rodgers
Assistant Engineering Officer
Starbase Unity
and
Lieutenant Karn (npc by Rick)
Engineering Officer
Starbase Unity
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