"Understood sir."Miak replied to the Captain straightening his back at attention,then relaxed when he felt his 'apology' had been accepted.That was possibly not the greatest move to have done within the first hour of being upon the ship,but it seemed the captain was forgiving enough.
Gunner was Miak's normal post on his old ship,though his old ship was nothing like the Prometheus,whether that would make his job easier or harder it didn't matter.At least he was in some what familiar waters."Yes sir."He turned and walked back down the hallway.He shot a glance toward some of the other crew members as he past by them on his way to the gunner's station and sat down upon the leather chair which was surprisingly comfortable,a welcomed change from what he was used to.Some of the switches and controls seemed familiar,though they were in different locations then he was used to.His fingers ran across the colorful switches flipping the systems online and set them to 'standby',he left the actual weapon joy sticks that controlled the cannons alone,Having only used them when he was in training,he never had used them on actually enemies before,and hoped to keep it that way...
A pair of nice headphones with a microphone attached to it hung peacefully on a metal hook within reaching distance.He picked the thing up and threw it onto his head,an action he had done many times before.The leather coated speakers cupped around one of his ears nicely,the voices of the others came threw loud and clear."This is Miak.All weapon systems are ready to go ."He said into the microphone as he adjusted the small stick to the proper distance from his mouth...Soon the soothing growl of the Prometheus shook his seat,a rising butterfly like sensation tickled his gut which meant one thing...Were off...

After a short hour of fancy flying and radio chatter the Prometheus started to slow down.Its melodious engines whined down,slowly like a dying wind.Clicks and beeps echoed from the stations of the other crew members as they made everything ready for their broadcasting point,it was not long before the ship found its way to its temporary home.Miak wobbled in his seat a bit as the ship stopped,he scanned the controls,flipped a few switches then waited for further orders from the captain.The comm was silent for what seemed to be an eternity,then the voice of the captain broke the quiet.

"Alright, everyone get some sleep. Prepare for reentry into the Matrix in 8 hours. I'm giving you guys an extra hour of sleep for your work yesterday."Miak stood up and practically threw his headset at the hook upon which he found them,the headphones flew for half a second then missed and crashed to the metal floor of the Prometheus.Heat rose to his cheeks and he cringed his teeth,a fools move.Why couldn't he have just put them on gently?He walked over reluctantly and snatched the headset off the ground,slung it on the hook and made sure it didn't fall this time...

Finding his bunk wasn't hard and to his surprise Xiro was already asleep in his own bunk not far from Miak's.It had been less them five minutes since they had arrived,obviously he must have been tired.What had they been up to the night before?Miak shrugged off the mystery and sat on his own bed.The bed absorbed his weight comfortably,his pillow-like cushion was superb as well...But even the comfiest of beds and cushions couldn't put him to sleep.For some reason slumber eluded him.It took an hour of staring at the bunk above him before he fell asleep...He swam in the darkness of his mind for a most of the night,then Pleasant dreams of his childhood mother clouded his mind,leaving the real world behind in a misty haze....

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