I dedicate this story to the men and women of S.A.R. They risk it all so others can live. Thank you.
THE RECRUIT!
The ship landed at 20:00 hours, And I was exhausted. The star base is a wonder of engineering but not what I expected to find.
No pilots in at the moment and no one to greet me.
"welcome to Vega star base!" a voice from behind me said.
I turned to the sound and a older man stood there smiling. The patch on his uniform read "only 1* 51st S.A.R.".
I handed my orders to him and he had me follow him to the hanger bay. There was a old angel class rescue ship covered in rust and Blaster marks.
He introduced me to the crew. Hangdog the pilot, Bug Breath the copilot, Frick the side gunner, And his partner Frack.the collector tech Sparky
And the medic Doc. My job is to open the pod when it is collected. The new guy is always given this job because sometimes the pods gravity negation
unit malfunctions and the pilot gets crushed.
No sooner had I been shown my station did the alarm sound. I was quickly bundled into the ship and off we launched.
Destination Vega 1. We soon entered the planets atmosphere and found the pilot surrounded by Mantiss. Both gun stations opened up as the collector started up.
after what seemed like an eternity the pod was brought aboard. as we ran for orbit I opened the pod slowly. The pilot was unharmed but the stress and fear still made
me vomit into the pod. We quickly returned to the star base. After that I was given my nickname Pukes. We cleaned up and I finally got to hit the rack.
The next morning at 06:00 I was given the "talk". They explained that each Base has six S. A. R. crews assigned to it. each crew was part of a division
Ours was the 51st the newbie division. we were responsible for all of Vega 1. The 49 Th had Vega 2. The 31 st had Lyris and Vega 4.
As I completed my tour of 54 missions I could transfer to the next unit available. I was told that each craft has a name and that fallen crews are memorialized
by the ship name.On the wall plaque was the names of 25 ships. I was informed that this was just for vega1 and that in Anteres, Mizar, and sol the numbers were higher.
It finally happened. We were on a rescue on vega1 when the iroquois was jumped by six eliminators at once. The crew never stood a chance and neither did the pilot.
another name on the wall and more empty bunks. I learned to do all the jobs on the ship including pilot. This way if something happens I can take over that job.
Although I soon get a promotion as Frick and Frack are both being transferred to the next base. well that is the alarm I have to go. good luck and stay safe.
If you like this let me know and i will continue the story i thank you for reading this.
THE RECRUIT!
The ship landed at 20:00 hours, And I was exhausted. The star base is a wonder of engineering but not what I expected to find.
No pilots in at the moment and no one to greet me.
"welcome to Vega star base!" a voice from behind me said.
I turned to the sound and a older man stood there smiling. The patch on his uniform read "only 1* 51st S.A.R.".
I handed my orders to him and he had me follow him to the hanger bay. There was a old angel class rescue ship covered in rust and Blaster marks.
He introduced me to the crew. Hangdog the pilot, Bug Breath the copilot, Frick the side gunner, And his partner Frack.the collector tech Sparky
And the medic Doc. My job is to open the pod when it is collected. The new guy is always given this job because sometimes the pods gravity negation
unit malfunctions and the pilot gets crushed.
No sooner had I been shown my station did the alarm sound. I was quickly bundled into the ship and off we launched.
Destination Vega 1. We soon entered the planets atmosphere and found the pilot surrounded by Mantiss. Both gun stations opened up as the collector started up.
after what seemed like an eternity the pod was brought aboard. as we ran for orbit I opened the pod slowly. The pilot was unharmed but the stress and fear still made
me vomit into the pod. We quickly returned to the star base. After that I was given my nickname Pukes. We cleaned up and I finally got to hit the rack.
The next morning at 06:00 I was given the "talk". They explained that each Base has six S. A. R. crews assigned to it. each crew was part of a division
Ours was the 51st the newbie division. we were responsible for all of Vega 1. The 49 Th had Vega 2. The 31 st had Lyris and Vega 4.
As I completed my tour of 54 missions I could transfer to the next unit available. I was told that each craft has a name and that fallen crews are memorialized
by the ship name.On the wall plaque was the names of 25 ships. I was informed that this was just for vega1 and that in Anteres, Mizar, and sol the numbers were higher.
It finally happened. We were on a rescue on vega1 when the iroquois was jumped by six eliminators at once. The crew never stood a chance and neither did the pilot.
another name on the wall and more empty bunks. I learned to do all the jobs on the ship including pilot. This way if something happens I can take over that job.
Although I soon get a promotion as Frick and Frack are both being transferred to the next base. well that is the alarm I have to go. good luck and stay safe.
If you like this let me know and i will continue the story i thank you for reading this.