Any Day, Another Dawn, Another Mission - Part 1
Posted on Wed Jan 18, 2017 @ 4:35am by Lieutenant JG Andrus Grax
355 words; about a 2 minute read
Mission:
Rumours
Location: Transport Shuttle 'Yosemite'
Timeline: MD04 1024
[ON:]
Andrus Grax yawned and stretched.
He wasn't sure how long he'd been asleep, but it must have been a while as the transport had almost reached it's destination.
They had dropped out of warp and, through the porthole, Grax could see the outline of a Celestial-class starbase in the distance.
Grax stroked his beard, thoughtfully, this assignment was going to be completely different from the last few years. Not that that was a problem. In fact, he wondered whether he would be more at home here than he had felt for sometime.
The silhouette of Deep Space Five continued to grow, until he could make out the detail of the docking ring.
The pilot's voice echoed over the tannoy, "Please remind seated until the shuttle is docked and has come to a complete standstill."
The transport passed through the giant space doors and navigated its way around a couple of large Federation starships before heading down towards the smaller ports where the transports and mid-sized shuttles docked.
The shuttle pulled up along side one of the ports and there was a slight jolt as the mooring clamps engaged followed by an increasingly lowering hum as the shuttle powered down. The lights brightened and a small chime indicated to the passengers that it was now okay to get up and exit.
Grax stood, hauled down his beaten-up duffel bag from the rack above him and slung it over his shoulder. He paused briefly to take a deep breath, only to be barged out of the way by a giant Kylnnite who was clearly in more of a hurry than he was.
The old Grax would have lost his temper and called the big guy out. But he wasn't that man anymore. So he simply adjusted his jacket, replaced his bag over his shoulder and symbolically dusted his front down.
A few moments later he stepped off the transport on to the docking ring...
...and into his new life.
[OFF:]
Andrus Grax
"Civilian"
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