Remnants and Fallout

[Shagohad]

It had all gone to hell and back. Things were exploding, people were screaming, and XiaoBei was yet again running his mouth about inane technical business. Angie was a military commander, not a God damn engineer. She quickly brought up a finger and directed it to a bewildered techy. "You," she practically screamed, "I want you to hold the good Doctor's hand, tell him to take his medicine, then do as he instructs. I'm sick and tired of his voice." Since the voyage began, it seemed as though he was running the show. Was she now supposed to sit atop a commanding chair and look pretty?

She switched her comms over to Ling, liking his voice and attitude more than the fussy doctor's. "Your plan sounds excellent. I can't think of a better one at the moment. Get to your pods and leave the bridge to me. I think I can handle this little of the trip." Without even waiting for a response, she killed the comm.

With all due haste, she stood up and commanded absolute silence, "All non essential personnel to the helm and navigation, proceed to your cry pods. Helm, I need you to plot a course to these coordinates and then instruct the navigational computers to stop there. On the dot. I don't care if you have a candle system and a string. Get it done or we have a very long trip ahead of us."

Surprisingly enough, the response was a chorus of 'Yes, ma'am.'s and the actions being carried out. That was new. Without even seeing that they completed their tasks, she briskly exited the bridge and made haste towards her cryo pod.

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"THE HULL HAS BEEN BREACHED AND THE SCIENCE IS LEAKING OUT!"