RainDash

Shadows of Steel (Space Fighter Combat RP)

Nah it's fine. I too am invested, but I do enjoy making sure they suffer some. I'm eager to see how this will resolve.

Shadows of Steel (Space Fighter Combat RP)

Whoops.
I also forgot the mentions, fuck

Shadows of Steel (Space Fighter Combat RP)

Nyx couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief at that she both hadn't hurt him too badly, and that he wasn't going to tell on her little nap. She did want to make good impressions, but so far she'd only made people dislike her more than they probably already did. She was a rookie on an exploratory team that was vital to the Alliance. Typically, that didn't tend to make friends if she straight out said that she had no idea what she was doing.

She hated not knowing what to do, she always had a plan, and now that she was here, it seemed like a stupid idea to even leave Borlix in the first place.

"No offense, but she's gotta be new to this too, right? It's not like she couldn't hear me when I said I've been up twenty-four hours. Then again, pilots do keep odd hours, at least the ones I met." Nyx replied to her helper. The Ellori went off to search for parts, and it seemed like she was getting faster at it.

It made her feel better when he also rambled about sleeping places and that it wasn't unusual. His was shorter, but he'd also had slept on the flight over to the Heart of Valour. Her better mood was shattered by the arrival of another Isorlai -it seemed that the species had a thing out for her-, this one who seemed to be a stickler for rules and hovering.

"As I keep telling people, I've only been an official pilot for about an hour and a half now. Though maybe you couldn't hear me with your head up your ass," Nyx said, mumbling the last part and looking away from the Isorlai. "But you don't have to worry about names because so far the only ones I care about Erien, Elik, and Killian. We can just refer to each other as 'asshole' or in my case when I refer to you I can call you 'asshat'. Also, I've been awake by my estimates twenty four hours. Naps are necessary for me to operate at peak performance, like Erien said. We need to rest before the mission starts and whatever."

There went another first impression, Nyx thought. At this rate they might as well dishonorably discharge me now. However, she couldn't say that he didn't have it coming. It was pretty rude of him to just butt in like that, and if he wanted to try and fix planes while barely awake that was his problem. Nyx meanwhile, would probably listen to her advice about resting up and go sleep for a while before coming back to help.
@Zetsuko @Natsucooldude

Shadows of Steel (Space Fighter Combat RP)

No problem, I've also been working on getting a post out, but I've been busy...

Shadows of Steel (Space Fighter Combat RP)

Let the poor girl live. She said she'd been awake for 24 hours so naturally when you're laying down you're gonna fall asleep. But if you want to, she's probably just going to ignore the rant.

Shadows of Steel (Space Fighter Combat RP)

Elik's gentle prodding caused Nyx to not only try and sit upright, but attempt to elbow strike the Aranok as well. Nyx laid back onto the floor, holding her face for a moment, unable to determine if she'd hit him or not. Nyx made a quick check and nothing was broken, at least. At least Erien hadn't seen Nyx's little nap under the Sabre, Nyx thought to herself.

"Sorry about that. I didn't hit you, did I?" Nyx asked as she moved herself out from under the fighter. "Those old habits are gonna die hard, but you just need to say my name, I'm a pretty light sleeper. Uh, forgive me for being rude, but I don't remember your name."

She just hoped she'd have enough time to properly rest soon. Erien had a good point about the resting period, because if Nyx had fallen asleep during a fight, it would be a problem. Nyx also realized she needed a hobby, because Erien was certainly not going to let Nyx fix planes to unwind.

For now, she had to focus on the giant Aranok that had woken her up. He didn't look like the other one, and he hadn't reported her or yelled yet, so she took it as a plus that he was probably cool with her nap.

"Also don't tell Erien about my nap. It wasn't intentional, I swear. If it was intentional there are better places to sleep, so being under a ship makes no sense the vents are better and you can fake searching for dead animals and that way people tend to leave you alone, but sleeping deep in the vent system is best because they don't look that deep in but you have to be careful not to sleep in there too long or they'll think you died in there -annndd I'm rambling again. I ramble when I'm tired. Also awake, but less so."

@Zetsuko

Shadows of Steel (Space Fighter Combat RP)

I hear about my father's excursions when he was in the us navy, so I can kind of grasp rank and how things work a little bit, but I've never been one for the military so that sort of guide would be kinda nice.

Shadows of Steel (Space Fighter Combat RP)

Oh thank you. I tend to freak out at huge paragraphs and I tried to read it, I swear, but I can't remember the color coding system. Also, disclaimer: the closest I came to being in the military was the Army tried to recruit me in Senior year of high school. If I do something stupid, I'll just keep doing it until someone tells me it's wrong.

Shadows of Steel (Space Fighter Combat RP)

"Sorry to say, but you're going to have seriously adjust your expectations if you plan on spending your time doing maintenance on your own craft, Lieutenant Miles."

She then went on to explain about proper procedure and how the pilots had to get rest but she didn't get it. Those pilots went to school and sat there in their classes and read their books for a few years then went to fix planes. There weren't any books, unless you ended up showing dedication, and even then you read on your own time. For everyone else it was just something they did for a job, for Nyx it had been her escape, her only way off world.

Honestly, it irritated her that Erien didn't understand that. Nyx stood and moved to the kitchen while letting Erien drone on about responsibilities. Nyx would respect them when they proved that they weren't a bunch of slackers who played with parts like they were those wooden blocks she'd heard so much about. Nyx pulled out a water bottle and a granola bar, missing the end of Erien's speech. Something about a lifestyle change?

What part of, 'I've officially been a pilot for about an hour' didn't entail that she didn't know what she was doing?

Nyx heard the alert about the ship's power systems getting underway and felt a pang of sadness at not being able to see it from engineering. Still, it was just her past experience of being a techie and it wasn't a big deal. She'd only been a pilot -she checked the time again- for exactly an hour now. Perfectly forgivable if she wasn't sure about this yet.

So, fourteen hours to get ready for whatever happens next. At least most of that would be sleep and calibrations. Nyx could stay busy before the mission while she tried to keep her mind off of her sudden realization that she could very possibly die in one of these missions. The color coding system was mildly confusing, but she figured she'd spend some time with the AI to get used to the whole ship. The tour was long enough for her to at least get used to where she could walk to get to various places, but it still wasn't entirely clear yet.

Finally they arrived at the hangar bay. Erien told Nyx to go off and help with the planes and off Nyx went to the plane that was without anyone working on it at that moment. She began to dig around in the guts in the Sabre, familiarizing herself with the layout and starting on the major and obvious things. Soon, an Ellori walked up on her, surprising Nyx enough for her to hit her head on the ship.

The Ellori looked as new as someone could look. No callouses, a few nicks and scrapes on her hands but nothing that would build into callouses yet. In fact, Nyx was willing to bet she was checking off parts on that clipboard so that she could do it systematically. Nyx decided that it would be more effective when they had to struggle for all the parts.

"I-I'm sorry miss! But what are you doing in that ship? It's not space-flight ready yet." The smaller Ellori asked.

"I know, I'm Lieutenant Miles, I'm here to help you guys get back from being behind. So, this one of the other squads or..." Nyx trailed off as she wiped her greasy hands on her pants to offer at least a semi-clean handshake.

"It's yours, ma'am."

"Right. Anyway, we're still missing the-"

"Hyperspace booster, I know I was just going to get it so I'd have all the parts before I began."

"Here's the deal, you get the parts, I install. That way we can get this done quickly, and we can move on to better things."

"Yes, ma'am."

They made quick work of the ship, even taking the time to run through the calibrations to make sure that everything worked and that Nyx would be able to feel out the ship when mission time came. Nyx felt the ache of sleep seep into her bones, but tried to power through it, she had to finish this task first. Of course, it wasn't long before Nyx fell asleep underneath one of the Sabres. The Ellori decided to work around Nyx, letting the tired Terran get some sleep in before the mission.

Shadows of Steel (Space Fighter Combat RP)

Nice. I feel like they could learn from each other, and plus it would be great because it could also be a plot point for one or the other to try and spite the other just because.