Extra! Extra! New Flyboy on Deck!

Posted on 25 Feb 2019 @ 2:06pm by Lieutenant Junior Grade Geneviève "Jenny" Lassonde (Dec-Jan 2389 - TRNSFR After Gorn War) & Ensign Kojima "Paperboy" Tanahashi

Mission: Ka Hakaka Maikaʻi - The Good Fight
Location: "Starfighter support area"
Timeline: 20 Jan. 2389

Jenny sat waiting in the "on call room" part of the small suite used by the Golden Knights to prep for flights, hold briefing, and 'wait for an emergency.' Today things were quiet, Jenny sat by herself, two other flyer sat at another table, playing dom-jot. She had asked the newest pilot, 'Paperboy' to come down once he was settled in his quarters, so she could get him acquainted with how they did things on the Hawaii.

Kojima had no idea what to expect from Lieutenant J.G. Lassonde, this was the first tour of duty he had been on and had learned that they had been in combat recently. He just wanted to make a good first impression, he finally entered the room. "Ensign Tanahashi reporting ma'am."

"Welcome aboard Ensign, sorry about the mess, but we just had a bit of a dust up with the Gorn," Jenny greeted, rising from her seat. "Let's show you around first, and then you can fly with us. It'll have to be simulated for now, still getting the birds patched up."

"I heard about that." He stated as he walked next to Jenny. "If the simulation is all we have then I will still show you my best Boss. Do we have any eta on when the birds will be good to go?"

"I'm working on that, Maintenance doesn't want to cooperate with me, so it could be a while still." Jenny groused. "First things first, here's your locker," She announced, presenting a blank metal cabinet with a faintly shaded rectangle showing where a nameplate had been recently removed.

Kojima places his hand over the nameplate before looking back at the Lieutenant, "What happened to the previous owner...if you don't mind telling me, Boss?"

"He's fine, mostly, pulled some high speed maneuvers with a malfunctioning inertial damper. He'll be in recovery too long for us to wait for him, and so, we're welcoming you to the Knights instead." Jenny replied.

"Well, I will do whatever I can to live up and then exceed whatever expectations you had of him," Kojima spoke with confidence and looked the Lieutenant in the eyes.

"Careful, I'll hold you to that," Jenny replied, with a faint glint in her eye. "Come on, hangar's this way," she turned and motioned for Kojima to follow.

"Good because I can't knock your socks off if you forget it." The man laughs as he follows the Lieutenant.

"Oh, sounds like this might get interesting," Jenny said over her shoulder. "What do you say, loser buys the drinks?" She picked up a bit of speed as she made her way out to the hangar bay. The massive space opened up at the end of a short corridor from the locker room, buzzing with deck crew as supplies and personnel were rushed on board ahead of the Hawaii's imminent departure. Just now a trail-worn Danube was setting down in the receiving area with a fresh cargo module.

Kojima smiles at the thought of her beat. "Alright, Lieutenant, you are on." He noticed her pick up the pace as he followed suit and follows her from the corridor and into the hangar bay. He took a minute to look the place over, he knew they were getting ready to leave soon but he was expecting it to be busier.

"That's what I like to hear Ensign," Jenny replied. "This is where they keep our birds, as I said the rest of ours are getting patched up." She gestured over to where a collection of hazard-suited crew members were clambering over a line of parked valkyries. "That and we're taking on what supplies and personnel we can get, not that XFY actually has much to spare. Now, because the entrance is so narrow, we don't have a launch assist system, so we'll be practicing rapid conventional takeoff. Got it?"

"Well hopefully they will get patched up quick, would hate to be caught while we only have a limited amount of fighters. At least we are getting something that's a positive." Tanahashi spoke softly as he looks over the various people move equipment. "Got it, Boss anything else we will cover?"

"For now we can handle everything else in the simulator," Jenny replied. "That's back the way we came."

"Complete training without the risk of crashing into a wall." Kojima looks back towards the door they had walked through in the first place. "After you Lieutenant."

"That's the general idea," Jenny answered, heading back into the 'starfighter support area.' She took a few turns heading deeper into the space before stopping at an unmarked door. "We've got the simulators jammed into a closet here." She turned her gaze to look behind Kojima. "You ready guys?" she asked the rest of the flight, who seemed to have made their way into the hall behind the pair.

Kojima looks the other pilots up and down taking in the people that will be on his wings and the people who's wings he will be on. "I think since we are having a friendly wager we might as well expand it to everyone." he offers.

"It already is, we'll be on teams," Jenny explained. "After all, we fly together, so that's the skill we care about improving. Strap him in and we'll get this party started."

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Geneviève 'Jenny' Lassonde, Ltjg SFFC
FLT 801/CO

Kojima 'Paperboy' Tanahashi, Ens., SFFC
FLT 801/XO