Talk:AIF/@comment-10905876-20160819010545/@comment-10905876-20160820000333

OOC: Unless you care about the development of minor characters, this post is really pretty worthless. Don't bother reading unless you really care about Commodore Kevin Riley.

-Neviston-

"I request to meet with Fleet Admiral Hodston as soon as convenient laddie. I need to speak with him sooner rather than later." Said an impatient looking Kevin Riley to a young flag lieutenant serving in Hodston's staff. The lieutenant, seeming rather bored with his post, replies. "The Fleet Admiral is off planet doing inspections, don't ask me when he will be back, I haven't been told. I can tell you that he is at Telos, though I can't say where specifically. Will that be all sir?"

Riley mutters an acknowledgment before hurrying off down a hallway. He heads towards the motor pool, taking a staff car to the intercity maglev station. After taking a train that whisks him off to the city of Arcadia, he takes another staff car to the Arcadia Aerospace Dockyard. An internal personnel mover takes the commodore to the cruiser section, where the Katar class cruiser AIF Chulainn is waiting for launch. The commodore takes a docking gangway across, and boards his ship.

"Commodore on the bridge!" Yelled first officer O'Brien, as the commodore stepped through the hatch. The crew snaps to attention as O'Brien turns to the commodore. "All systems ready for launch sir." After returning salutes and letting the bridge crew return to their posts, Riley replies. "Excellent, we're going to Telos for some shore leave at the tropical colony of Risa." He lowers his voice so the crew can't hear. "And so I can speak to Hodston about the incident with the Phaeton."

A lieutenant stationed at the communications station speaks up. "Commodore, docking control has cleared us for departure." Riley responds, and begins issuing commands. "Excellent. Helm, engage antigravity engines and thrusters. Take us up to orbit along Vector Theta. Engine room, stand by impulse engines and warp drive." Acknowledgements come in from various stations, and a low humming is heard as the ship powers up. The antigravity engines lift the ship clear, and RCS thrusters steer it on a pre-determined vector. The impulse engines begin to power up on a low setting, accelerating the ship away from Arcadia.

As the ship clears the city and heads out over the it pulls up to near vertical, and the main engines fire at full power. The vessel accelerates skyward, quickly reaching orbit and passing several orbital defenses. "Clear of orbital infrastructure." Reported the helmsman, Riley soon responds. "Lay in a course for Telos, engage warp engines." The Chulainn enters warp, headed for Telos...