Resupply

Posted on Thu Feb 27th, 2020 @ 1:05pm by Lieutenant Commander Meslina Amakawa & Lieutenant JG Rachael "Ripcord" Yamaguchi-Cullen & Jillian "Phoenix" Sullivan

Mission: Mission 19: Taking out the Garbage
Location: Various Locations - USS Roanoke
Timeline: 1500Hrs - December 24th, 2390

Cadet Rachael Yamaguchi smiled. "Well Phoenix... I'll take good care of her." she indicated the Runabout. "I think I'm going to enjoy this assignment."

"It's a milk run. So don' take chances when ya don' need ta," Phoenix spoke very motherly to Rachael.

Rachael smiled cheerfully at the woman she had come to regard as her best friend. "I'll be careful.." she paused. "Who's in command?"

"That would be Lieutenant Amakawa," Phoenix answered with a bright smile. "You should enjoy that time with her."

Rachael gave Phoenix a cheerful grin. "Well considering that Mom semi-formally adopted Meslina... Yeah... I should." she responded. "I'll bring her back in one piece..."

"That'd be good, yeah." Phoenix smiled, "Though I would also like the ship itself back in one piece too."

Rachael nodded. "Alright.." she commented

Meslina smiled a little, "let's just hope that this does stay a milk run, however with the luck of this ship I doubt that will hold true. None the less if it does get a little hairy I will be damned if I let anything happen to the ones I care about."

Rachael nodded. "Mom replicated me a Kukari blade." she commented. "Just in case..." as a soft smile appeared. "Its with my overnight bag on the Runabout." the teen explained.

"Tane said the fresh food markets can cheat you. So don' take every offer first given to ya," Phoenix added quietly. "Don' get separated either."

Rachael smiled. "I'll...well we'll be back before you know it..." she responded. "I do want to take a swing at that program that you and Siaxx put together.."

"Good luck to that both of ya then," Phoenix smiled to both of them.

Rachael grinned as she regarded the older woman. "Thanks..." and with that she turned and went aboard the Runabout, the others followed her aboard as the teen sat down at the conn station. "Ahh... you got your dancing shoes on sweetie?" she addressed the runabout

"I don't really understand why we would need dancing shoes, but sure." Meslina stated, looking over the read out after sitting down she noticed that everything read fine. "All systems green, ready here."

"Helm ready." Rachael responded. "What about the other thirteen runabouts?"

Looking at the readings for the other ships Meslina waited for a few minutes as the last shuttles reported ready before she gave her answer, "the other runabouts report all ready."

"Well... old girl...." Rachael commented softly. "are you ready to dance for me?"

"All ready here, let's get this show underway." Meslina said to Rachael.

Rachael tapped the com. "Firebird to Tower. Requesting permission for the resupply mission to get underway."

"Permission to depart granted." came the voice of Lieutenant Zarloos
"Have a safe trip Firebird. We'll see you soon... opening outer doors now."

"Confirmed." Rachael commented as a smile graced her lips. "Firebird to Squadron, lets do this guys..."

The responses came back as Rachael gently and without effort guided the Runabout out of the hanger and into deep space, within seconds they had all formed up into three diamonds formation with Rachael's runabout in the lead. once in space she activated the warp drive and they were gone with a silent bang.

Meslina sat at her console keeping a close eye on the formations and other readings that played across her panel. After a few more minutes she finally looked up a little to watch Rachael at her own console, "so far everything is looking good all systems seem to in working order as well. You handled that very well, I'm proud to see that you are doing well with your training." Meslina said to the young girl with a touch of pride in knowing that her adopted sister was learning new things that will in the end better herself in the long run.

"Well... I can credit Phoenix for teaching me.." a smile graced Rachael's lips. "I hate it when people talk shit about her.... Phoenix is one of the best friends I've ever had... she's hard at times but she's fair and honest.."

Meslina nodded, "yeah I've only met her in person but she seems to be a kind soul." The console beeped at Meslina, "one of the shuttles had to make an adjustment but they are back. So how have you been with your pregnancy is everything okay? I haven't had the time to really talk to you about it that much the past couple weeks with everything else going on."

Rachael looked out as the stars flew past while the Runabout and her formation flew along at low warp speeds. "I can't complain, the little one is developing nicely." the teen explained. "I'm starting to get fatter."

Meslina looked over at Rachael, if she was getting fatter she couldn't tell at least not yet anyways. "Well you look to be in fine shape yet but then again I've never been pregnant so I wouldn't know really what to look for." Meslina looked back out to the stars, "this is something I will always treasure, being out here among the stars, but now I have other things to treasure too." She whispered more to herself than to Rachael.

"Meslina..." Rachael commented as she checked the short range sensors. "The little one is starting to grow... I'm about two months along now."

Meslina laughed a little, "yeah I know it's just you still look like you are still in fine shape to me is all, but I'm sure I'll notice it more as time continues on." She went back to watching her console, "so how do you think everything to going to turn out."

"Roanoke and her crew are picking up garbage." Rachael explained. "It'll be dull and boring.." the teen peered at Meslina. "What about you?"

"Hmm... oh I meant about the mission, but as things have been going with me it's been okay. I'm still trying to get used to everything that's been going on. Not to mention I have a little more responsibility now that I'm a Lt." Meslina said with a slight sigh, "and things between me and Tienn are okay too I guess, things are still a little rough since we haven't really had too much time together with everything else happening."

Rachael blinked. "Wait... what..... you and Tienn?" the teen inquired. "is she hot?" she inquired, clearly wanting details.

"She is very attractive and still young at heart, so it's kind of refreshing somewhat." Meslina said after a moment to think about what she wanted to say. "Huh, I thought you already knew that me and Tienn were trying to go out. Then again I guess a lot has been happening lately so I might have forgot to tell you."

"Meslina... just because I'm psionic... doesn't mean I'm infallible." the teen explained. "I pay attention yes to whats happening around me.... but this doesn't mean I pry into the affairs of others."

"Yeah I understand that," she said then blushed with embarrassment. "Sorry I'm just a little tense and not really myself fully lately but everything will be fine once I just let things fall where they need to fall."

"Fair enough." Rachael responded as she checked the display before her, making flying look easy. "You worried about Tienn?" the teen inquired.

"Yes, but I can't let myself get too attached when I have other things to worry about with this mission. But I'm also worried that I might mess up this relationship too, I've never been good with my emotions when it came to love." Meslina said with a slight hint of regret. "That might be because of some things that happened to me with my other relationships that I had in the past."

Rachael slowly nodded her head. "Fair enough..." she paused. "can I offer my thoughts on the matter?"

Meslina nodded, "I'm open to hear any thoughts even from someone that's younger than me."

"Stop worrying about things outside your control." Rachael smiled. "Deal with whats in front of you and ignore whats not. Tienn will attend to herself."

Meslina sighed, "that's easy enough said but it's harder to do. I understand what you mean but I've always been this way from when I was a little girl and it's gotten me into some trouble too but it's not easy to change your ways after doing it for so long."

"You try too hard." Rachael commented. "Stop worrying about things you can't sort out.... Its easy..."

"Yeah I know, people have told me before that I'm too hard on myself too." Meslina said with another sigh. "But like I said I can't really do anything about it right now and I don't want my mind wandering off when I have other things to worry about so I will worry about it after we finish the mission."

Rachael sat in silence as she tapped the display before her. "You can't put it off forever.."

Meslina just ignored that last comment and worked on the console in front of her. Her stomach was starting to ache from the stress that was starting to hit her, but she wasn't going to let Racheal know, it wasn't the time for that. She kept trying to focus on the mission and after a little bit she was able to make the pain recede. "We'll be in range of the starbase within 6 hours if we stay on present course and speed, why don't we get something to snack on for the moment, and after that if you need to rest for a little bit I'll take over."

Rachael smiled. "Sounds good." she responded. "I'll get something small and then I'll fly for the next four hours..." she paused. "I'll take a break at that time If you're okay with it."

"I'm fine with it but I just want to make sure that you get some rest before we have to resupply, I don't need you dead on your feet because you wouldn't sleep." Meslina told the younger girl, and then added as a joke. "Don't make me order you, hehe."

"Alright... you win." Rachael commented with a smile.