Homecoming

Posted on 05/20/2020 @ 5:10am by
Edited on on 06/10/2020 @ 4:13pm

Mission: S1E3: Visit to Starbase 375
Location: On approach to DS20
Timeline: Day 1 at 2130

It was the start of a brand new day for the crew of the Tesla class engineering shuttle. The crew of the Maintenance Shuttle Elisha Gray were very close to arriving at their new assignment. They had come a great distance in a short amount of time. Who would have thought that just 24 short hours ago, the shuttles 6 occupants were given their transfer orders. And told they all had 1 hour to pack and leave. The ONLY way they were going to get to the destination of their new assignment on time was for their soon to be ex Commanding Officer to give them a shuttle. She decided to give them their work shuttle. It was fitting. Of that entire unit, the only one she would miss was the shuttle.

Inside the Elisha Gray the 6 occupants were just waking up. They were all killing time in their own ways. Some were sleeping. Some were reading. Some were doing...whatever. But all of them were doing it quietly. you could hear the sound of the bulkheads at warp. It was not loud by any means. But one could say, it was peaceful. It was, up until the helm station gave a beep.

A very beautiful Andorian female took the helm. "Hey Cash, we are 10,000 Km's from DS20. We will arrive in about 10 mins."

"Thanks Telev. Steady as she goes. I mean the Gray. Not you." Cash said with a smile.

"Telev grinned. "You know, you tell that joke EVERY time. It's still not funny."

Xander Cash looked around and saw his crew. They had worked together a long time. Their last assignment was not what you would call a glamorous assignment. They were assigned to the Federation Scrapyard at Tellar Prime. For the past 4 or 5 years, they were tearing down on ships for recycling. It was a position that they had all earned in disgrace in their own ways. It came as a complete surprise to the crew that they were ALL being transferred together. This is NOT something Star Fleet does. Xander had a VERY good idea why this happened. But, was not about to say.

"You ready for this Pops?" Asked Cash to his second, Ensign Lucius Delmar.

"Oh, you just say the word baby." Delmar said with a smile.

Then he looked over at PO 2nd Class Felson. "What about you Eddy, you think it will take you long to settle in?" Cash asked

"Hey, They don't call me Fast for nothing." Eddy said sarcastically.

Then, Cash looked over at Crewman Gravas. "Don't worry Latka, we are going to be great." He said fine.

Latka smiled. "Tanku veddymuch" was all he said.

Over in the corner sat PO 1st Class Graal Krit. He was a Tellarite. He was in the corner nursing a case of gut rot. I guess being at warp for hours while sobering up after a night of drunken debauchery did not agree with him. Funny, it didn't seem to bother the rest of the group.

"You going to live Pig Boy?" Asked Cash.

Krit looked up at Cash. He looked like the sludge you scrape out of a deuterium tank after it had not been taken care of for an extended period of time.

"If you love me...Take a phaser and just kill me." Pig Boy said.

"Sorry, don't love you that much." Said Cash walking away smiling.

"Alright guys. listen up. We are almost home. Remember, Manners." Said Cash. Then, he turned from the crew and headed back to the helm. Back to the Andorian beauty. Looking out the window he could see a grey spec in the distance starting to get bigger They were close.

"Where we at Ears?" He asked. She ignored him, but activated the com system.

"This is the maintenance shuttle Elisha Gray on approach to Deep Space 20 do you read me?" She asked.

=/\=This is Deep Space 20. We are reading you fine Elisha Gray.=/\=

"Starting to make our approach on route to the USS Crazy Horse."

=/\=Affirmative Elisha Gray. She is on out aft side from your perspective. You will have to go around behind us.=/\=

"Thank you. Elisha Gray out." Telev adjusted her course slightly

"Crewman Kar'eem I do say you are the best." Cash said.

"I know." was the only answer he got as she went back to flying the ship.

As the grey object came closer and closer details started to come fast. It was a space Station. Buckingham Class to be precise.

"Hey guys, we are almost there. come on. Lets all take a look at out new home." Cash said

They all stood around the helm with Cash taking second seat. You could almost feel the excitant in the air.

"I heard they got a new propulsion system on this ship." Said Pops. "Hope it won't crap your style Eddy."

"I doubt it." Eddy said. "I've read all the tech specs. it looks like no problem. Lets just hope you can hold it together Latka."

"I tink it weel bee no trubil. Tanku veddymuch" Said Latka.

They were now just starting to vector around the station. and beginning to see their new assignment. little by little. there was again silence from the crew of the Gray. until, there she was in all her glory. The USS Crazy Horse.

"She don't look like much at all. What a hunk of junk." Said Graal Pig Boy Krit.

"You say that about your new home Pig Boy?" Asked Cash. "That's attitude is not very nice. It's not very military."

"Military, Pig Boys not even sanitary" Said Pops.

"SHUT IT." Said Cash with a smile. "You will learn to love it." Then Cash turned to Telev at the helm "Ok, lets signal the Crazy Horse. Let them know we are coming. Ready on not, Here we come."

Lt JG Xander Cash
Chief Engineer
USS Crazy Horse

Ensign Lucius Pops Delmar
Engineer
USS Crazy Horse

Petty Officer 1st Class Graal Pig Boy Krit
Engineer
USS Crazy Horse

Petty Officer 2nd Class Fast Eddy Felson
Engineer
USS Crazy Horse

Crewman Latka Gravas
Engineer
USS Crazy Horse

Crewman Telev Ears Kar'eem
Engineer
USS Crazy Horse