The shuttle climbed slowly and steadily from the ground, with the young Captain at the controls. In the seats behind him were a few of his officers, battered and bruised from the mission they had just been on. The Captain looked down at his controls to ensure that their climb was steady, then turned his chair slightly so he could look his officers in the eye.
"You all did well - we did well. It was tough going, but we just saved an entire civilization from the brink of extinction"
The Science officer eyed the Captain in disbelief - the mission was a direct violation of their standing orders. General Order One! How could the Captain be so cavalier about breaking a rule like that?
The officers remained silent, each contemplating their futures, and the mission.
It isn't every day one goes diving into ice caves and cracks to leave a sonic resonance cannon in a deep crevasse of a planet's pole to help realign the magnetic pole and stave off an apocalyptic ice age that would have killed all life on a pre-warp planet.
What a trip, what a climb! When the quake hit, nearly everyone thought that would be it...
But they did it, and now this planet will remain stable for at least another 80 years; by which time the people may be more capable of surviving the event.
As the shuttle climbed through the clouds, a voice came through the comm array.
"Shuttlepod One, we have you on our scopes, you are cleared for docking."
And with that, zooming over head - Nova!
Taking up a position ahead of the shuttle in a low orbit, Nova aligned her launch bay for the shuttle to glide below. The magnetic grappling arm reached down and pulled the shuttle in, securing all aboard in the kind embrace of familiar sorroundings.
On the comm, the voice came on once again
"Shuttlepod One, Welcome Back"

"You all did well - we did well. It was tough going, but we just saved an entire civilization from the brink of extinction"
The Science officer eyed the Captain in disbelief - the mission was a direct violation of their standing orders. General Order One! How could the Captain be so cavalier about breaking a rule like that?
The officers remained silent, each contemplating their futures, and the mission.
It isn't every day one goes diving into ice caves and cracks to leave a sonic resonance cannon in a deep crevasse of a planet's pole to help realign the magnetic pole and stave off an apocalyptic ice age that would have killed all life on a pre-warp planet.
What a trip, what a climb! When the quake hit, nearly everyone thought that would be it...
But they did it, and now this planet will remain stable for at least another 80 years; by which time the people may be more capable of surviving the event.
As the shuttle climbed through the clouds, a voice came through the comm array.
"Shuttlepod One, we have you on our scopes, you are cleared for docking."
And with that, zooming over head - Nova!
Taking up a position ahead of the shuttle in a low orbit, Nova aligned her launch bay for the shuttle to glide below. The magnetic grappling arm reached down and pulled the shuttle in, securing all aboard in the kind embrace of familiar sorroundings.
On the comm, the voice came on once again
"Shuttlepod One, Welcome Back"

Nova Returns March 13th