Flight Control Briefing

Posted on 25 Feb 2013 @ 3:36am by Lieutenant Commander Dea Mialin & Lieutenant JG Nenokah Ral & Chief Warrant Officer 2 Oliver Sylver & Chief Warrant Officer 3 Lamar Darius

921 words; about a 5 minute read

Mission: Episode 03 - Frontier
Location: USS Galileo - Shuttle Bay
Timeline: MD 01 - 1510 hrs

ON:

Dea entered the shuttle bay after summoning her department there. Given the type of briefing it made the most sense to do it in the shuttle bay. With everyone assembled she made her way to the front of the group.

Strolling into the shuttlebay with a casual stride, Lamar spotted his department head from afar and quickly walked over towards her, then clasped his hands behind his back and stood at ease. "Ma'am." he said simply in greeting accompanied by a slight nod. He was curious to know what was on the agenda and hoped that the lieutenant could provide a bit more information about their upcoming mission.

Nenokah strode into the shuttle bay with purpose. She liked briefings - they made her feel like something was about to happen and she would be ready for it. She stopped next to Lamar and nodded to him and Mailin.

Warrant Officer Oliver Sylver walked into the bay, giving a small smile. He moved to lean against a shuttle, watching everyone for a long moment...but warmth.

"Listen up everyone we have a lot to go over but I don't want to drag this briefing out since we have a lot to do. This department is going to be very busy this mission. We're on the forefront of a great scientific discovery. Our goal is to survey the Rojar system. So we'll be doing a lot of ferry trips for away teams." Dea paused then continued, "Heads up we have a group of Federation press members aboard so I expect everyone in this department to conduct themselves in a professional manner."

When no one spoke to ask a question, Nenokah raised her voice to ask one of her own. "Is there anything we should not tell them if they ask us questions? I know reporters - they're far to nosey."

"That's a good question." Lamar piped up, also wondering what sorts of restrictions and etiquette they were supposed to adhere to around the civilian press members. "And will they be accompanying us on our sorties?" he asked.

"Hope not...last thing you need are civvies around you," he said softly, shaking his head. "If anything for the language we use when it goes wrong."

Dea glanced in Slyver's direction. "First off yes there will be restrictions. They won't be able to freely just roam the ship they will be restricted to various areas. Permission will be required for other areas. Second no we won't be having any reporters or cameramen on our sorties. We could very well have an embedded journalist though. There is a long history of that even in combat. Which brings me to my third point no matter what you act respectfully and professional, even if you think otherwise. Keep it tucked away don't give them anything to work with on that front." For a moment Dea paused then continued, "During one of my combat missions as a fighter pilot we had an embedded journalist around. I didn't like it I still don't but they will respect boundaries when given appropriately. The only thing you need to say professionally is some variation of 'now is not a good time.' They are briefed on the fact our primary duty is the mission and keeping everyone on any deployed teams safe."

"Sounds simple enough." Lamar finally replied after listening to the lieutenant explain the details of the Press Corps. Unlike most of the crew, he didn't particularly mind having reporters and journalists aboard the ship. They were there to do their job the same as he was, and they ultimately delivered news to the entire UFP. Keeping a giant collection of interstellar civilizations all informed and up to date on current events was no doubt a daunting task, and one which was as much a necessity as the starships Starfleet operated.

"What can we expect to find in this solar system? Planetary composition, satellites, etc...is it a large or small solar system? Any obstacles which might make piloting difficult?" he added, wanting to know more about the details of where they were going.

"All the data we have so far is in our computer systems. So far nothing indicates it will be an issue for navigation, however we're treading new territory here. Surveying the system is why Galileo was assigned this mission. We review the data we have and proceed cautiously but do the job we've been assigned to do."

Oliver listened, watching for a moment before looking down. "How cautiously?" he asked, with interest. Were they going to walk on eggshells around reports and the stars? Or could they calculate smaller risks in order to achieve what they had set out to do.

"Just fly smart. Take care during your preflight and make sure you have any updates that come in. We can't avoid all risk in this mission but we can do our best to accomplish our goals while not taking overly stupid chances." Dea paused, "Check the board for the flight roster. If that's all, dismissed."

Lamar nodded simply enough as the briefing concluded. He had his orders now, and would do his best to stick to the flight plans and bring his crew home safe and sound.

OFF:

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Lt Dea Mialin
Chief Flight Control Officer
USS Galileo

WO Lamar Darius
Support Craft Pilot
USS Galileo

Lt. JG Nenokah Ral
Assistant Chief light Control Officer
USS Galileo

WO Oliver Sylver
Flight Control Officer
USS Galileo

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