Status Requests

Posted on December 20, 2007 @ 06:12PM

Lieutenant Junior Grade Gabrielle “Noodle” Ratliff was sitting behind a desk in the squadrons briefing room going over the latest Vybernet feeds as I walked in.

“Hey Noodle, what’s going on with the extra muscle around here today?” I asked as I walked through the door to the ready room.

Without even looking up she responded, “I’m not even sure I could tell you if I knew. About the only thing I know is that the skipper, Pita, and Stitch are currently occupied with whatever is going on.”

“Well, guess I won’t have that meeting with Stitch this morning then.” I said as I looked over at the flight screen.

The flight holo screen contained a number of smaller boxes inside of it, each showing the forward view of an aircraft. Each box had a name at the top of the screen to identify the pilot. Boomer, Rocky, Gozor, and Splinter were the call signs that occupied each of the four boxes. Next to the boxes was an overhead map view showing their location.

“Where is that flight group headed Noodle?” I asked

“Doing some scouting over by Atlantia, the skipper called them in early for the flight and they left about an hour ago.” She responded.

Taking a seat in one of the high backed chairs in the ready room I tapped in my authorization code on the armrest. A small holo screen appeared above my hand listing my responsibilities for the day. Interestingly enough there ere only two items listed;

DEPLOYMENT STATUS OF PLANE CAPTAIN DIVISION READY ROOM MEETING TBA

The first listing was colored in red indicating there was more information available. The second request was coded in blue which meant that more information would be announced later. I touched the abbreviation TBA to have this information sent to my wristsponder as soon as it was available and then touched the first message to open it up.

DEPLOYMENT STATUS OF PLANE CAPTAIN DIVISION Update status sheets for pre-deployment training, timeframe needed to prepare for deployment, equipment needed or replace and personnel roster. Status sheets due ASAP – Firefly

Leaning back in the seat I pondered the assignment I had been given. Upon reporting to the squadron for duty Captain Yu had assigned me as division officer for the Plane Captains. The request for the deployment status, ready room meeting, and the armed Politia soldiers made me wonder just what was going on. I waved my hand over to disperse the screen and stood up.

“Okay Noodle, I’m heading down to chat with the Plane Captains.” I said while walking towards the door.

“Roger that Opsidian.” She responded while still pouring over the feeds.

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