OWL

Posted on Sat Apr 5, 2025 @ 9:06pm by Civilian David Scarlet

236 words; about a 1 minute read

Mission: Time After Time
Location: Docking with DS5

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The console whirred and then sputtered. Scarlet sighed and tapped it twice before giving it a solid punch to bring it back to life. Even at it's age, his newly acquired ship shouldn't be in this rough of a shape.

"What did those idiots do to this thing?" Scarlet muttered as he continued to manually fly the Maquis Raider toward the station before him. Deep Space 5. It was much larger than the last station he'd been, so they should have the resources to get the ship spaceworthy. He might even be able to find work while it was repaired.

"Unidentified Vessel." The comm crackled. "Identify yourself and prepare for docking beams. You will be subject to search and security clearances upon safe docking."

Scarlet picked up the broken microphone from in front of him. "This is David Scarlet, recovered vessel, don't think it has a name yet. In desperate need of repairs. Search and clearances are understood."

There was a pause before the ship shook with a groan as the tractor beams took hold. Scarlet shut off the engines and listened as the ship creaked and groaned. He hoped that she could hold together long enough to get him docked at least.

"David Scarlet, Vessel has been assigned temporary designation of Zero-Whiskey-Lima. Please meet the security team at the docking hatch. Welcome to DS5."

"Zero-Whiskey-Lima." Scarlet chuckled. "Owl... Works for me."

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David Scarlet
Civilian

 

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