The Secrets Of The Nightflyer

[Lady_Jade666]

Captain Claudia Black

Luna Wolf

The year is 3025 and earth has become a place not many humans lived on anymore, now that space travel and space stations to mimic earth has become the new thing. But a special ship had been created to go further then any human fleet has been. A very rich woman by the name of Maria Black had created a star ship that you can live the rest of your days on. Maria Black’s daughter Claudia is the captain of the ship. Besides the captain the second in command of the ship is a young woman of only nineteen years old. She was extremely smart and even was labeled a genius, but she was just a simple girl who looked young but acted like a woman twice her age.

Her name was Luna Wolff, her parents had been killed when she was fifteen years old, because of her genius level she pretty much had been alone for a few years. But a couple years after their death a Claudia Black came into her life, she was hand picking her for second in command. People were pissed because she was in the classes needed for the job, but she had just started. It helps to have people high up, and she got along well with Claudia. Luna was different she was a black belt in martial arts an knew fifteen languages some of them alien languages. Luna spent most of her time with Black, she started to spend more time at her home then her own.

When she was told she was going to be the second commander Luna didn’t know what to say, and she was very afraid of opening to her. She spent a couple of years by herself it felt nice being with someone, Luna had never been with anyone she had never felt love for anyone but when she was by Claudia things changed and it was very nice. The day they finally were going out to space she was super excited. They had a skeleton crew since this was a test flight to see how far they could go, and now here she stood beside the captain as she gave the orders. What Luna didn’t realize is she was falling in love with Claudia, she didn’t know what love was since she was young.

When they were out of hyper speed, she went to the huge window that was just outside the captain’s room. Luna had a small ability of sensing things, and she knew that this ship was very special she just couldn’t put her finger on it. She leaned into the window and smiled looking at the stars. “It’s so beautiful here captain, thank you for taking me along.” She looked at Captain Black with a smile.

 

[siobhancan99]

Captain Black looked down at her First Mate, but from more than one angle. Ever since the accident she'd been integrated into the ship, and was able to view the girl from the security feeds. She regarded her standing there, and remembered wistfully her first foray into space. She wished she could have that boundless joy and anticipation again. She found it, here and there, discovering something new or at least new to her. Through her smart, if young and truly green first mate she got some of that vicariously now as well.

"Don't thank me. You're going to work your ass off and carry your weight or I'll drop you at a station and leave you there. I don't care how much I like you" the voice was stern but affectionate, the rich tones of her voice mixing with her slightly accented English. "Trust me, there will be some 18 hour days you will wish you were back planetside in school."

Her face perked into a smirk "I wouldn't have asked you to come if I didn't think you could handle it, but this will be somewhat of a crucible of fire. Are the passengers settled in?"

Of course she knew exactly where they were, but the girl had to be taught how to command a ship and the 12000 things to be on top of.

 

[Lady_Jade666]

She wanted to smile but didn't she knew people were around and she nodded "Yes captain everyone is at their stations, and the rest who are not crew are in there rooms so everyone is settled and we are ready to go under your command" She said with a little affection there but all in all she was respectful and had a tiny smirk.

"I know what to expect Captain as much as one can expect there are still things we have not seen or met but I know they are out there" She could feel there were things that she did not know and she didn't like not knowing. But her eyes went back out and for a moment she actually found peace being beside her friend and captain.

 

[siobhancan99]

"lay in the course for the first leg of the trip. I want you to check the navigator's calculations. not that you can do better but you need to at least have an idea of what everyone on the ship does. In an emergency, you may be called upon to do something new or strange."

Captain Black extended her consciousness through the ship, making sure everyone was in acceleration couches and at their stations. Still, best they not know the captain was literally everywhere. "Make sure everyone is ready to go, and then I want you to give the order to head out. I'll be manning the sensors on our way out."

 

[Lady_Jade666]

Luna looked into her eyes and listened to her commands she nodded to her captain and bowed her head in respect before turning her back to the captain an did everything Captain Black wanted her to do. There was something about the captain that captivated her and she did not know what it was, she could be such a bitch but she was the caption they had to show she meant business and she understood and even respected it. Black had to do everything she had to do in order to keep everyone in check.

At the end of what the list of things she had to do she heard two young people talking and calling the captain a bitch. She stood there and placed her hands on her hips having no idea the captain was everywhere. They stopped laughing once they saw her standing there looking at her like they were deer in head lights. "I never want to hear anyone disrespect the captain behind her back or even in front of her, she is a good woman and I trust her with my life, next time you talk nasty about her I will throw you two in the brig and you wont see daylight for a very long time, do you understand me?" She said in a very stern voice.

They went back to doing their work and made sure that everything was on point.

 

[siobhancan99]

Captain Black, had she been able, would have grinned to herself at the sound of her fiercely loyal little first mate defending her honor. Of course she was a bitch. The ship was part of her and she didn't tolerate what sometimes felt like parasites fucking up her beautiful self. She extended her consciousness through the ships, doing a last minute systems check and double checking the work of the engineer. Sometimes damage could cause her to have blind spots, so she had to rely on others, but when she was in perfect shape she could tell better than anyone what was going on.

She then extended her senses outward, riding the ship's data stream to experience the ship pulling away from the station and heading out to deep space. Over the intercom she spoke "First mate, please let the crew know our route and intended destinations along with ETA"

 

[Lady_Jade666]

Luna heard over the loud speaker and she nodded "Aye Aye Captain" alright you heard the woman" She said and sat on the captain's chair, which she only sat in it when the captain wasn't on the bridge. She looked at the little computer on the seat and punched in their destination. Crossing one leg over the other and smiled seeing them go for it, the people on the bridge at their stations.

"What is the ETA" Luna asked out load for all to hear.

"ETA is 30 hours commander" One of them said and she nodded, she tapped her communicator "ETA is 30 hours captain" She said with a smile in her voice. Once they were out of warp and ship was stable she got up off the chair and left the bridge she went to her room to finish unpacking since they had the time. Once in her own private room she folded up her clothing and saw a picture she had forgotten about. It was a picture of her with Claudia and herself, she ran her fingers down the photo and sighed with a smile.

 

[siobhancan99]

Captain Black's form seems to shimmer out of reality in the room it was in, reappearing in the cargo hold. She briefly discusses the manifest with the crewmember in the bay, checking that the hazardous materials are properly stowed away. There was a lot of drudge work on a ship, and that didn't change with her... special circumstances. She knew her protege could handle anything that came up on the bridge unless it was dire... and she could technically be there to handle anything herself with a thought. She patched into the private comm and spoke directly through it to Luna "how are things going up there" despite knowing, it was important the girl get used to answering to her.

 

[Lady_Jade666]

She was in her own little world until she was receiving a call from the captain and smiled hearing her voice "We are just fine up her Captain, nothing to report right now" She said as she left her room and headed back to the bridge. She was all work and no play but she had gotten use to that all to well. She checked out on the main screen and they were just fine there was nothing up their but stars. "There is nothing out here with us accept the stairs captain"

 

[siobhancan99]

Black felt the ship leap to lightspeed. For everyone else it was a lurch, a moment where there was intense acceleration, cushioned by the gel of the couches and pods. Once the ship was at speed, and the bodies within acclimated, she piped some Verdi through the ship's speakers. She enjoyed the complexity of orchestral pieces and found they tended to have a salubrious effect on the mood of passengers and crew alike, especially after the transition to lightspeed.

Her form could be spotted, wandering the hallways of the ship, humming along to the music as she checked in at every station to ensure all was well.

 

[Lady_Jade666]

While she was walking through the halls of the ship making sure she knows every inch of the ship. She knew the crew would be fine and knew to call her and captain Black if something was wrong. she was trying to understand these feelings for captain Black and did not understand them and frankly It scare the hell out of her to feel this way.

 

[siobhancan99]

The trip itself was largely uneventful. As the ship entered the new system, the techs began the scans. While she was immediately aware of the data received by the scan, she had no basis to interpret it. Thus the techs. While they waited, she amused herself with visible scans and checking on everything with the ship. Still, as boredom crept in, Captain Black sought out and found her second "Luna. Report on our status. Check in with the techs and get a feel for what if anything they're finding in system"

 

[Lady_Jade666]

Luna was checking out the whole ship checking on the people there making sure they were working and if there were problems she wanted to know about it. She heard over the com. She touched the com on her chest "Captain Black I have checked every inch of the ship to make sure everyone is working and doing there job. There are no reports and everyone is working so we are all clear and working at 100 percent"

 

[siobhancan99]

Black would have nodded, were she genuinely corporeal. Instead she merely said "affirmative." then switched her senses to the external cameras, looking down over the gas giant the ship was in orbit around. It seemed much the same as any other, swirling eddies of hydrogen that didn't have the density to become a star. She wondered, briefly, when she had become so immune to the natural beauty of things. It seemed, every year in the ship, that a piece of her humanity slid away.

 

[Lady_Jade666]

She was walking although the ship enjoying herself and it was moments before it came to attention of the ship but Luna knew something was wrong and started to run up to the bridge. Soon the alert circulated around the ship and she was up on the bridge acting Captain since Black wasn't there. "Alright bring it up on the screen" Luna said her hands on her hips, she saw it looked like a meteorite storm, they were all over. Luna tapped on her communicator "Captain Black we are coming into a meteorite storm. I have suggested to go on impulse power it may take 16 hours but its the safest route"

 

[siobhancan99]

Black manifested herself in the lift, sending it up to the bridge. She strode in, taking command instantly "Is there time to move us in the shadow of the planet?" she asked the navigator "failing that can we handle atmospheric entry? What's the situation like there?"

Klaxons went off and crew members barked responses. Ultimately, she elected to go to impulse and try to round the planet. It would be a near thing, but they couldn't risk an impact at full speed and using the planet as cover was the best bet "Tell everyone to strap in"

 

[Lady_Jade666]

Luna looked serious but had a tiny smile on the corner of her lips, when the captain came to her side she quickly moved aside to her own and pushed a button on her computer. "Everyone this is Commander Wolf We are going around the planet on impulse power and will take us about 16 hours to clear because of a meteorite storm, we must be careful so please everyone buckle yourself in and secure everything that needs to be secured. " She put her hands on her hips looking at the one in charge of how fast they go.

"You heard her please go to impulse power we must be careful" She said with authority in her voice

 

[siobhancan99]

Black made a small sound, as if clearing her throat to say "yeah i'm on the bridge now Luna" and she looked over the crew "I want us as close to the atmosphere as we can get without trouble. do a swift dive, then take us around into the shadow. what's the eta on the first debris?"

She herself flicked her attention to the scans, but it was always best to get the opinion of the crew trained to interpret the data to support her own conclusions. "I want everyone suited up in case there's a hull breach."

 

[Lady_Jade666]

"Alright Captain" She quickly got suited up and told those around her to suite up. She ran up to the bridge and noticed Black wasn't suited up and was curious, she motioned for the captain to follow her, it was just to the side.

"Captain why aren't you in a suite?" She said with respect but also fear and worry sounded in her voice.

 

[siobhancan99]

Black hmmmed and considered heading out and changing the hologram "I don't think theres any real danger Luna, but if I don't order you all into suits and something happens..." she trails off "I'll have faster reaction time at the con if i'm not in a space suit, might make the difference between life and death. All of you should be suited though for emergency purposes."

 

[Lady_Jade666]

She nodded "Well don't die on us captain you are needed here more then you know" She said as she placed her hand on the captains for a moment that felt like it was a few moments" and finished suiting up.

 

[siobhancan99]

BLack arches an eyebrow at Luna's touch "as you were." she says, though she smiles a little "get suited up Luna. I don't think you'll need it but we should be careful."

The ship made its way slowly around the planet, hugging close to take advantage if need be of the atmosphere and the magnetic field. before clearing the planet, a few of the meteorites came close to the ship, and black poured on the speed, nearly making it around the planet before she felt something punch through the hull "fuck" she muttered, damping the signal that lanced through her mind like genuine pain

"seal off deck two. divert life support we don't want to exhaust our whole atmosphere." helmsman, take us into the cloud layer. give me a dive. 1 click."

as the ship pitched down to use the atmosphere of the planet as additional shielding, a number of smaller impacts punched small holes in the hull "Luna, take repair teams. get that under control."

 

[Lady_Jade666]

She felt the ship go crazy all of a sudden and it was very strange, she put her helmet on and heard what the captain wanted. "Of course captain" She said over the intercom.

"Team one and two you are with me, the rest can go on the other side of the ship to make sure everything is in check" She turned her back and went to where the damage was, almost a hole clean through the ship. "Captain we were hit badly will take us ten hours to fix it"