On 03/31/03 at 03:44 PM,  Eris Reddoch  said:

>Bruce Johnson wrote:
>> 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."

Several of the passengers come to the commons to use the
video feed there.  Cory, Woof, Mira and Lysia see that of
the five passengers that have come to the commons are Marta
de Berg (entertainment exectutive), Alex Bodrue (the father
going to his daughter's wedding), Japp Centra (one of the
coaches with the Orlan Sea Dragons), Caja Apal (one of the
players), and Gropac (another of the players, a vargr)
 
>> 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.

>The ship's underbelly looks clear and all the telltales are
>green.

>With a familiar, but slight, vibration you feel the power
>of the ship as she lifts easily into the afternoon sky and
>angles up toward the darkness of space.  You note that the
>power level on both the engines and the grav drive remain
>well within their nominal ranges, and she is handling just
>as smoothly as the last time you flew her.  It's a nice
>feeling.

>> 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?"

>OOC:  ...diagnostic is done.  The jump drive shows no
>faults.  Based on the console telltails, and you "feel"
>based on long experience, you see that power, life support
>and drives are all running normally.

The course is laid in and the ship begins its run out to the
jump point.  There is a Mark Navy ship in a far orbit around
Sequi and the /Mae Lee/ passes within 100,000 km of it as
she passes by. 

The ship gives the /Mae Lee/ a brief hail where a message
from the commanding officer of the Mark Squadren based here.
In the message he thanks Ricardo for his help during the
recent crisises and wishes him a good trip.  He finishes by
adding, that the /Mae Lee/ and her crew are going to be
mentioned favorably in his reports.

Eris
AKU GM
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