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“She’ll still be moving pretty fast, so be careful. “Fifteen seconds,” the officer in charge of the gun deck called out. With any luck, we’ll have them out by the time we get to the hangar deck.” That way, we can start extrication on the way down. “They’ll just slow it down a bit so we can jump on as it passes. “They’re not going to stop her on this floor, sir,” the leader of the rescue team told Marcus. The starboard access door had already been overridden and opened in order to access the elevator pad on its way down. The gun deck lacked the acoustical dampening properties of the ship’s main habitation spaces hence it was quite noisy.īoth the port and starboard forward elevator pads that led from the flight deck to the Aurora’s topside were also used to move cargo and machinery from the cargo deck at the bottom of the ship up to the gun deck. In addition, much of the Aurora’s forward environmental and life support systems were located here.

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Most of the deck was used to store rail gun ammunition in a series of automated hoppers that could be directed to any rail gun that needed them. The Aurora’s gun deck was located two decks below her upper main hull and ran underneath the eight mini-rail gun pods that lined the perimeter of the ship’s main section. “Follow us, Senior Chief,” the rescue team leader instructed Marcus. “I’ll be in medical,” he yelled as he ran out of the bridge. Nathan jumped from his seat, then paused to look at Cameron. Nathan looked back up at the view screen to see the Falcon disappear into the top of the Aurora, the outer doors to the elevator tube closing over her so the tube could begin rapid repressurization. “Pad is coming down,” Mister Riley reported.

“They have to safe the Falcon’s engines first,” Cameron reminded him. Nathan watched the view screen, waiting for the pad to start its journey down into the ship. Nathan watched as the Falcon settled onto the pad on its belly, listing slightly to port as the pad’s artificial gravity came to life in order to hold the Falcon against the pad’s deck as it descended. “I suspect the senior chief didn’t leave the COB much choice.” “The senior chief’s there as well,” Cameron added. They’ll jump in as she passes on her way down.” They’ve already got the doors to the elevator shaft open. “COB has rescue and medical teams waiting on the gun deck. “Is everybody in position?” Nathan asked. Ten seconds,” Mister Riley reported from the navigator’s station. “They look like they’re buckled inward,” Cameron realized. “Look at her gear bay doors,” Nathan told her. “Why isn’t she deploying her landing gear?” Cameron asked. “Nicely done, gentlemen.” He watched as the Falcon fired her thrusters and began to descend, moving closer to the Aurora. Nathan gestured to Naralena, who immediately passed the signal on to Flight Ops. “If I know Josh and Loki, by sheer determination,” Nathan mumbled. “How the hell did they get that thing all the way back here?” she wondered. Jessica watched from beside the tactical station directly behind the captain’s command chair. “She looks like she ran into the side of a mountain,” he mumbled.Ĭameron was also watching as she stood next to Nathan. The starboard launch and recovery pad was directly behind and slightly to starboard of that camera, so they had an excellent view of the Falcon as the Aurora slowly drifted into position. The view was set looking aft from the camera directly behind the missile turret housing, which sat atop the center of the ship’s main section. Mister Chiles touched a button and initiated the next programmed maneuvering sequence, telling the Aurora to match the Falcon’s course and speed and to position herself directly below her. Stand by for braking in three seconds……and……begin braking.” Joysticks were for fighter pilots and hotshot show-offs, as far as he was concerned.

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Flight algorithms were far more precise than manual manipulation could possibly hope to be.

Unlike Josh, he felt quite comfortable performing precise maneuvers from the console. The helmsman, Mister Chiles, never touched the joystick. Speed: one five zero,” the navigator called out to his helmsman. “Tell Flight Ops to stand by,” Nathan told Naralena. “We’ll be in position in approximately fifteen seconds.”

“Approaching the Falcon now, sir,” Mister Riley reported.