The Adventure begins...

Posted on Fri May 24th, 2024 @ 1:59am by Chief Petty Officer Elizabeth (Ellie) Banks

605 words; about a 3 minute read

Mission: Mission 0: In the beginning....
Location: Flight deck, Transport shuttle Steinbach
Timeline: MD 1 0745

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The full transportation shuttle slid through the darkness of space, flying in formation with a second shuttle full of other non-commissioned personnel, many of the NCO's were young, some had only been out of the program for a few weeks, other were going on to their second or third assignments based upon the conversations that were going on. One of them was Crewman Elizabeth Banks, often called Ellie by her friends and family she joined Starfleet as a non-commissioned officer mainly because she didn't have the patience to enroll in the four year programs at the academy. Ellie was the most junior of the newer NCO's she was also the only one wearing command red. She'd landed the Yeoman's position on her first try, she wasn't in any way certain how she'd gotten the position but it was a surprise.

She'd spent the hours before shipping out going over her new assignment, she felt insanely intimidated, she was assigned to one of the largest ships in the fleet, and Ascension class supercarrier, the massive ship was essentially a floating airbase in space, and she was going to be in the heart of the action, she'd read the captain's biography, not only was he an accomplished pilot but he'd fought in a war she'd only read about as a child, serving with a captain who'd done much in his time in starfleet, his record was a collection of victories, overcoming challenges and other things, she felt intimidated,

Ellie felt the shuttle slow, she looked out the window, several of the NCO's gasped ~'That's a big ship.'~ she thought to herself. as their shuttle entered the flightpath to land she caught a glimpse of cavernous flight deck, it was over three hundred meters long it was capable of launching fighters, shuttles and runabouts into any situation, as the shuttle slowed to a hover she grabbed her bag and waited for a moment too stand and exit out of the smaller ship, as she stood and took her turn to exit she took one step then looked forward, the sheer size of the massive flightdeck would have been considered excessive, but it looked right, the freshly painted logo above the large double door, USS Tecumseh in front of a ghost faded starfleet logo behind it, she smiled as she handed her orders pad to the burly master chief, he gave her instructions to her quarters. She looked at the assignment, it was on Deck eight, what was weirder was that she thought she was in officer country. As the turbolift ascended to deck eight she started to feel uncomfortable as many of the NCO's got off before her, an ensign that was riding the lift with her broke the silence, "you must be the Captains' yeoman?"

"Yeah, I haven't even met him yet." Ellie commented

The lift stopped the pair exited, "Good luck." then unnamed ensign said as they turned left while Ellie turned right, she walked the one section down to find her cabin assignment, it had Yeoman stenciled on the door, she keyed the lock code she had been given, the door hissed open. The quarters were small, well they were bigger than she expected, it had a slightly oversized single bed, a small desk the looked to double as a table near the replicator, there was a small washroom with the usual amenities. She tossed her bag on the bed, she had a few minutes before her day was likely to start so she decided to change uniforms and get ready for her day, it was looking to be a long one.

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