Arrival

Posted on 22 Sep 2015 @ 3:27pm by Lieutenant Commander Cody Parker
Edited on 28 Sep 2015 @ 2:15pm

343 words; about a 2 minute read

Cody walked along the deck of the passageway looking out into space. The Akira Class ship loomed large in the forefront of his view. This ship class would be his next duty station. He felt an excited flutter in the pit of his stomach as he wondered what sort of undiscovered planets or cultures his new vessel may bring him to.

Continuing to walk along the corridor he saluted the young engineer as he stepped into the transporter room. With a nod to the Ensign on watch he quickly showed his orders and laid his seabag on the transporter beside him. Not to many of the crewmen he served with used a seabag, they preferred trunks, but in Cody's mind there was something almost magical about boarding his new ship carrying a seabag like the sailors of old did. They did not know what adventures waited them as they boarded the old wooden decks going to sea, and he felt it was a nod of respect to them to continue the old Navy tradition. Maybe this was also why he enjoyed fencing and swordplay so much. Smiling he nodded to the young Ensign once more as the deck of the Starbase slowly disappeared and the deck of the new ship appeared beneath his feet.

Taking a deep breath nervously he watched the ship around change and evolve into the USS Tomcat.

He was greeted immediately by a crewman, "Sir I'm Crewman Reese, I was asked to show you to your quarters and get you to the bridge per Captain Sommers.

Nodding Cody replied,"Lead the way Reese." He followed the young man to his quarters where he tossed his bag onto his bed and then left for the bridge.

The excitement was almost palpable "Don't fall on your face" he whispered to himself quietly, "Don't embarrass yourself in front of your new crew mates. Stepping up to the automatic door, with a whoosh he was greeted with his first look at the bridge where he would be spending a lot of his time.

 

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