They entered the bridge. Ellen leaned over a console and flicked a few switches. "Priming the engines for lift off." She muttered, forgetting for a spilt second that she was in charge. You don't need to do that now. Why the hell am I the captain anyway? Why didn't they make the older one captain? She pushed back her anxious thoughts and sat down. "By the way, if you see a spider like droid crawling about the wire work, it's just the M.A. droid that HQ issued us."
"Yes, I know. Used to work on a few m'self, back before the usefulness of my leg went to kingdom come." he chuckled. "Droids ain't nothing special, dear."
"All right, cool," Addie said, looking around. "Hey, where are the cabins? This stuff is heavy…"
"Yessir." Were M.A.D.'s even a thing back then? Ellen turned to Addie. "You go back to where the main hatch is, turn left, find yourself in the main hub a.k.a. the kitchen/rec. room, and take the second door to your right. That should lead to the girls' bunk."
Addie grinned. "Great! Thank you!"
She did as Ellen said, quickly finding the rooms. Setting her things down, she took a deep breath and sat down on her bed, placing her head in her hands.
"Permission to leave, Captain?" Owen asked. He hoped to explore the ship and examine the droid, he had worked on earlier models but this one must be much more advanced, and he wanted to figure out the systems and how they operated.
"Sure. We've got 20 minutes until the engines are good to go." Ellen flipped some more switches.
"Thank you, ma'am." he said, exiting to explore the ship. Good heavens. They get younger and younger all the time. Or maybe that's me getting older. he thought, walking through the ship's hallways.
(I love his thoughts. Lol.)
Ellen inspected the antique control panels. There were a lot of levers, switches, and buttons. She exhaled shakily. Ooohh… why am I the captain? I'm just the technician. Ellen frowned. Pull yourself together Amar. It's no use to continue worrying about this. She pressed a few buttons and stood up, grabbing her duffel bag and walking down the hall.
Adeline took a deep breath and lifted her head. She shook herself, trying to get rid of her thoughts.
Standing, she walked out of her room to find something to do.
Ellen walked into the hub. She walked over to the cabinets near the cooking unit. She checked through them I hope they put coffee in here.
Addie wandered the ship, eventually finding herself in the hub with Ellen.
"Oh! Hello, Captain!" she greeted her.
Ellen's head snapped to the side. "Oh hi! Jus call me Ellen. Or Amar." She said, turning back to the cabinet. "Hey! We have coffee! Hurray! I won't die."
"Oh, okay… Ellen… I'm Adeline, but you can just call me Addie," she said, sticking her hand out with a grin.
Ellen took her hand in a firm handshake, smiling. "Alright, Addie." She closed the cabinet doors. "What's the bunk room like? I've read that they tend to be a bit stuffy on these models."
Addie shrugged.
"It's all right. Honestly, better than I was expecting, though," she chuckled. "There was enough space for my things and then some."
(Sorry I disappeared, I had to take a shower and some other stuff came up)
Marcus walked into the hub. "I heard coffee?" He said, walking over to where the others were.
Owen found his way into the Hub. "Captain." he nodded to Ellen.
"Yep. They had the decency to stock the kitch with coffee." Ellen said. She turned as Owen walked in. "Jus call me Amar. Or Ellen."
Addie smiled at the guys who walked in and waved.
"And I'm Addie! Or Adeline, but I prefer Addie," she declared with a shrug.
"I'm Marcus, though some people call me Mercury." He said, leaning against the counter.
"Why's that?" Ellen asked, checking the lower cabinets.
"My brother started calling me that, and it just kind of stuck. Other people called me "Space Nerd", but I liked his version better." Marcus said, smiling at the memory.
"It's a pretty cool nickname," Addie said with a smile. "Mine's boring, but it's what I've got."