Re: 5 minutes...... oldwrench tries story telling
Posted: October 18th, 2009, 5:28 am
Ok, chapter 6, another short chapter, but this seemed like a nice place to end it. Maybe short chapters are better?
on to the story.
Chapter 6
In the office of the research and development department of the air force base at
Victorville, California, Tod looked up from his computer monitor at the young woman in the
doorway. “What do you mean, they lost it?” He asked.
“It didn’t come through with the rest of the shipment.” Janice answered, “It should have
come in with those other retired mechs, but it isn’t there. I checked with the moon base, the
records show they had it ready for shipment but it isn’t here. A reconditioned mech was in the
group instead. They have no idea how that happened.”
“How can they lose a mech?” Tod jumped up out of his chair. “We have to find that
thing, before someone tries to use it. Damn....... did it get sent out to one of the ships?”
“They’re checking,” Jan answered. “There should have been a record of the numbers if it
was, but it’s like someone erased any traces of it. There were thirty ships in for resupply and a
dozen transports shipping supplies to who knows where. God only knows where it might be.........
Well, we’ll find it when someone tries to use it.”
“No, then we will lose it, but at least we’ll know where it went.” Tod sat back down and
sighed. “If we lose another pilot to that system, more than just our project will get the axe.”
The pilots called out their ready status. “The Hulk is all set to go, Ben called in.
“Rose is checked and ready.” Rose added.
“All green.” Chad called, “Damn...... not all....”
“What’s the problem?” Dominic quickly called back.
Chad, frustrated, wiggled the switches on the weapons board. “The weapons board is
out,” Chad growled, as he banged his fist on the board. Suddenly the indicators lit up as the board
came to life. “Wait.... it’s ok, I got it. All set to go.”
“Alright,” Dominic replied, “let’s move out.” What kind of crap is this, I can’t let him
into a real battle with that wreck, he wouldn’t stand a chance. Dominic gathered his group at the
launch ramp and used a laser com beam for a secure link. “Alright team, we’ll use standard radio
till we get to the station. When I give the signal, turn off the sound and switch on text. I have a
plan and you won’t want your sound on.”
Yuki’s voice came over the intercom, “Blue Dragon group will launch first, Green Giant
and Red Phoenix will launch when Blue Dragon reach their defensive point.”
As Dominic led his group toward the abandoned station he looked at the map of the
facility on his screen. “Looks like three shuttle bays on the sunward side, and a lot of debris
floating around. Chad, you find a place out in the debris and keep an eye on where the other
groups go. They’re probably going to make their attack out of the sun, so we’ll set up on that side
for now. Ben take the middle bay, Rose and I will take the other two.”
“I’m not worth much inside with this big gun,” Ben said, “but if I move out near the
shuttle bay entrance, I make to good a target. I wish I could see more from back in the bay.”
“I could link you to my target designators.” Chad offered.
“You can do that?” Ben asked.
“Sure,” Chad answered, “just open to the links like you would to link up with a ship. I’ll
turn on the link and you should see my firefly in the list. Then you can target on anything my
designators are set on.”
“Ya, got it.” Ben came back, “Great, you find me the targets, and I’ll take them out.”
“Ok, I’ll see what I can find for you.” Chad answered. I might be worth something even if
I just sit around in the junk, Chad thought. Slowly he scrolled through the list of sensors
available, more surprised by the moment, he tried several of the sensors. Damn, Chad thought,
what kind of recon unit was this? I never saw sensors like this in any Firefly. This has the
capability of one of the big ships. How the heck did they fit all that in a Firefly? “Ben, you should
see the list of sensors in this thing. It must have been some, one off, recon special.” Wonder what
this one is, it says full field stealth mode, never heard of that. Chad reached out to the console
screen and engaged the mode.
Ben blinked........... What the hell?? “Captain, Chad’s gone,” Ben yelled, “he was right in
front of me and he’s............... just gone.”
on to the story.
Chapter 6
In the office of the research and development department of the air force base at
Victorville, California, Tod looked up from his computer monitor at the young woman in the
doorway. “What do you mean, they lost it?” He asked.
“It didn’t come through with the rest of the shipment.” Janice answered, “It should have
come in with those other retired mechs, but it isn’t there. I checked with the moon base, the
records show they had it ready for shipment but it isn’t here. A reconditioned mech was in the
group instead. They have no idea how that happened.”
“How can they lose a mech?” Tod jumped up out of his chair. “We have to find that
thing, before someone tries to use it. Damn....... did it get sent out to one of the ships?”
“They’re checking,” Jan answered. “There should have been a record of the numbers if it
was, but it’s like someone erased any traces of it. There were thirty ships in for resupply and a
dozen transports shipping supplies to who knows where. God only knows where it might be.........
Well, we’ll find it when someone tries to use it.”
“No, then we will lose it, but at least we’ll know where it went.” Tod sat back down and
sighed. “If we lose another pilot to that system, more than just our project will get the axe.”
The pilots called out their ready status. “The Hulk is all set to go, Ben called in.
“Rose is checked and ready.” Rose added.
“All green.” Chad called, “Damn...... not all....”
“What’s the problem?” Dominic quickly called back.
Chad, frustrated, wiggled the switches on the weapons board. “The weapons board is
out,” Chad growled, as he banged his fist on the board. Suddenly the indicators lit up as the board
came to life. “Wait.... it’s ok, I got it. All set to go.”
“Alright,” Dominic replied, “let’s move out.” What kind of crap is this, I can’t let him
into a real battle with that wreck, he wouldn’t stand a chance. Dominic gathered his group at the
launch ramp and used a laser com beam for a secure link. “Alright team, we’ll use standard radio
till we get to the station. When I give the signal, turn off the sound and switch on text. I have a
plan and you won’t want your sound on.”
Yuki’s voice came over the intercom, “Blue Dragon group will launch first, Green Giant
and Red Phoenix will launch when Blue Dragon reach their defensive point.”
As Dominic led his group toward the abandoned station he looked at the map of the
facility on his screen. “Looks like three shuttle bays on the sunward side, and a lot of debris
floating around. Chad, you find a place out in the debris and keep an eye on where the other
groups go. They’re probably going to make their attack out of the sun, so we’ll set up on that side
for now. Ben take the middle bay, Rose and I will take the other two.”
“I’m not worth much inside with this big gun,” Ben said, “but if I move out near the
shuttle bay entrance, I make to good a target. I wish I could see more from back in the bay.”
“I could link you to my target designators.” Chad offered.
“You can do that?” Ben asked.
“Sure,” Chad answered, “just open to the links like you would to link up with a ship. I’ll
turn on the link and you should see my firefly in the list. Then you can target on anything my
designators are set on.”
“Ya, got it.” Ben came back, “Great, you find me the targets, and I’ll take them out.”
“Ok, I’ll see what I can find for you.” Chad answered. I might be worth something even if
I just sit around in the junk, Chad thought. Slowly he scrolled through the list of sensors
available, more surprised by the moment, he tried several of the sensors. Damn, Chad thought,
what kind of recon unit was this? I never saw sensors like this in any Firefly. This has the
capability of one of the big ships. How the heck did they fit all that in a Firefly? “Ben, you should
see the list of sensors in this thing. It must have been some, one off, recon special.” Wonder what
this one is, it says full field stealth mode, never heard of that. Chad reached out to the console
screen and engaged the mode.
Ben blinked........... What the hell?? “Captain, Chad’s gone,” Ben yelled, “he was right in
front of me and he’s............... just gone.”