Eris Reddoch wrote:
> Mira, Lysia and Woof have seen to the passengers.  They have
> been shown their cabins and the commons area, as well as the
> gym.  Most of the players are out of their cabins in the
> commons looking through the entertainment carts you have.
> The rest of the passengers are still in their staterooms.
> 
> Up on the Bridge, Ricardo, Shawn and Arvitis have the ship
> ready to lift. 
> 
> "Mae Lee. This is the tower, you're cleared to lift.  It's
> been a pleasure, hope to see you back again soon."

Ricardo says "Roger, Tower. Hope it's more boring next time!"

> The data you need for orbit and the flight out to the jump
> point has been downloaded into the computer, and you're
> ready to lift.

On the ship intercom. ""This is the Captain speaking. We're about to 
lift from Sequi Starport. Those who wish may view the lift from the 
external cameras on channels 7 and 8 of the internal video feed."

To the bridge crew. "All right. Sitching to internal grav, now  
and lifting" Ricardo eases on the throttle to lift the  Mae Lee free of 
the docking area, pausing to scan the belly camera around to make sure 
*all* the umbilicals are inteed cleared, then lifts her free of the port 
and into the traffic pattern.

I assume we're pretty much under direct local control until we're well 
free of orbit.

Once we get into our transfer path, he'll make another general 
announcement.

"This is the Captain speaking, we've cleared Sequi controlled orbit and 
are in transit to our jump point. Estimated jump time is twenty-one 
hundred hours this evening. Please don't hesitate to contact our steward 
if you have any needs."

He swivels around in his seat. "Shawn, we're up and on the way. Go catch 
some sack time. I'll get you up about 1730 or so."

He comms Engineering. "Kelly, I expect no news is good news? How's 
everything down there?"

-- 
Bruce Johnson
University of Arizona
College of Pharmacy
Information Technology Group

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