53. 2.35 Day Five

They had flown for some time as the internals were checked, then externals (shielding and such) then Jack wanted to check the weapons and to his delight Ianto had relinquished the chair to him claiming the need for a toilet break.

As Jack and Tosh went over the weaponry Ianto walked into the captain's office and sat thinking about things. He needed a wee bit of quiet. He then went into the toilet and sat for a while there as well, coming out a bit lighter and refreshed.

"We all good Cariad?" he asked as Jack turned to look at him, then rose to give the chair back.

"All good love, I do need to check the battery strength though, no good falling into low battery power during a fight now" Jack said as he moved back to his workstation, "Another day for that though. Might be good to get more crew up here for that, we would need another two bodies. Tosh can still manoeuvre and help fly while I have someone to help me with the killy killy die die bits, another one just to monitor for secondary attack or something while someone liaises with the crew. Usually at least five on a flight deck."

"OK, you sort that" Ianto nodded, "I know you have the best eye for staff dynamics and we all need to move at the same speed."

Ianto then considered and looked over at Jack, "Five. Why you like a team of five? Training?"

Jack looked surprised and then nodded, "You know I never thought about it but yeah. I think I tried to keep the team at five because in basic training it was always five. Huh. I never pegged that."

"A good number" Ianto agreed, turning back to his screen as he let the pretty space around them captivate him for a while.

Jack considered his options and looked around the room. Him, Ianto, Tosh, Luke…one more. He would have liked to say Stephen but knew it was not only nepotism as Stephen had a long way to go before he could learn this level of physics. Luke was as much an enigma as Ianto.

One more.

Rhys liked being the mechanic, calling himself Scotty in a weird Scottish accent until Jack caught on to the Star Trek reference and they had both giggled for a while as Jack agreed Ianto must be Spock and he must be a sexy Kirk. Tosh was a perfect Uhura and that left the cocky youngster Luke as the Chekov. Owen was Bones in his med-bay….no brainer there…Sulu. He needed a Sulu.

Ianto had turned from the star gazing to watch Jack pondering and he smiled as he saw the effort he was putting in, no doubt placing people into little files in his head, assessing and labelling as he went.

Jack swung in his chair as he looked over at Tosh and wondered if she would wear her hair up, maybe some eye shadow. They definitely needed uniforms now.

Ianto knew Jack would go through each person on board and chose carefully, his advanced mind and futuristic training a boon.

Jack was now looking at Ianto and imagining him in these big boots Spock wore, wondering if some lace up military ones would look good. Also, jodhpurs instead of trousers? Ooooo.

Ianto looked around the room with a sense of pride, Tosh and her clever fingers checking everything again, the system humming as Mainframe flew the boat with as much style as possible.

Jack was thinking about Owen and his acidic grumbling. A blue shirt wasn't it? Medical?

Ianto wondered what Jack was thinking now as a pad and pencil as retrieved from the drawer at his station and he started to scribble something down. Probably the short list for possible ensigns.

Jack wanted their insignias to be cooler that Star Trek's but also the Torchwood logo had to be there somewhere. Hmmmmm.

Ianto checked the stats coming through from Mainframe and was satisfied that she was airtight and cruising at a good rate of knots so he settled back to enjoy the quiet orbit of the planet.

Jack decided an octagon to match the Hub floor might be nice, a bit of the old along with the new. Looking around the bridge it was sort of like an octagon too. Then he put the Torchwood 'T' inside it, sitting back with a look of satisfaction.

Ianto saw Jack relaxing and knew he had shuffled everyone as needed, trusting him to know their strengths as he always did.

Jack smiled at his doddle and wondered if it would be best in black or gold.

Ianto smiled softly as he ran a hand over his shirt, somehow starting to think about uniforms maybe.

Jack watched and knew Ianto would find gold too flashy. Besides, mustard was not his colour so maybe simple t-shirts in various colours with the logo in black?

Ianto smiled at his Cariad and Jack grinned back happily.

They shared a nod of agreement.

Sorted!

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11.10am Day Four - talks about Luke being an engineered being created by the Bane, Ianto sees Luke and recognises some of himself from his own brief 'detention' with these creatures. SJ Smith adopted this wee alien boy in the Sarah Jane Chronicles.