Kara found somewhere to perch when she reached the flight deck so she wasn't in the way. Lee stood next to her.

"Captain, Lieutenant." Tyrol came over when he spotted them.

"Hey Chief." Kara greeted them. "Did they do much damage?"

"It turns out they can just about land. But only just." Tyrol admitted.

"That's one thing." Kara sighed. "Because they can't fly them when they get out there."

"As long as they don't crash them, we should be able to repair them." Tyrol told her.

"Talking of repairs I need a viper." Kara stated.

"Starbuck." Lee warned while Tyrol looked at her.

"Did I say one word about wanting to fly it? Kara asked.

"No." Lee admitted.

"Why do you want a viper?" Tyrol inquired.

"I don't want one of the good ones, I want one of the fraked up ones and a little assistance."

"That shouldn't be a problem. But why do you want it?"

Kara pulled out a couple of folded pieces of paper from her pocket and handed them to him.

"They aren't exact." She warned him.

"These are pretty good." Tyrol examined them.

"Well I've had a lot time on my hands in between paperwork." Kara replied.

"There might be a few technical issues but they could be worked out." Tyrol agreed.

"Does someone want to fill me in?" Lee inquired.

Tyrol handed him one of the sheets of paper to him.

"Is this what I think it is?" Lee asked.

"You said it yourself that we needed a flight simulator. It's not going to be very elegant or like the ones we trained in. But it's a start." Kara shrugged.

"You're going to need someone to sign off on the use of one of the vipers for this rather than parts." Tyrol told her.

Kara pulled out another piece of paper and handed it to him.

"The CAG and the Commander signed off on it."

"I did?" Lee questioned not having known anything about it.

"You should really watch what you sign." Kara pointed out.

"But my father signed off on it?"

"Yes. I talked to him a few weeks ago. He said if I could figure it out he'd sign off on it."

"This is going to take some time to pull together." Tyrol stated.

"I know. It's strictly off duty and voluntary." Kara said. "Normal repairs come first."

"Cally." Tyrol called.

"Yes Chief." Cally appeared, she had oil on her cheeks.

"Starbuck wants to build a simulator; we have basic plans, see if you can round up some people who will volunteer to help after their shifts are over." Tyrol informed her.

"Yes Chief." Cally agreed. "I'll volunteer."

"Thank Cally." Kara told her.

"Yes sir. I'll go and see who I can find."

"We should be able to find some of the pilots to help." Lee suggested.

"You're the CAG, you don't request you order." Kara stated. "I would help but I'm not allowed."

"We'll work around it sir." Tyrol told her. "I'm going to need more detailed plans, specifics. You know a viper works almost as well as I do, but if you need help let me know."

"I can take care of that." Kara agreed. "My paperwork is up to date anyway. So I have time."

"Good. I have to get back to work, but I'm off in five hours, I'll come and find you then if that's okay?"

"Sounds good." Kara agreed.

"I'll see you later sir, Captain." Tyrol started walked off then stopped. "Lieutenant."

"Yes?"

"Congratulations." Tyrol told her.

Kara looked at Lee and wondered how Tyrol knew.

"For what?" Kara asked just to clarify.

"The President is coming over tomorrow for a field promotion ceremony." Tyrol replied.

"You know anything about that?" Kara asked Lee.

"There were some things you didn't need to know." Lee countered.

"I'll take that as a yes."

"It was supposed to be a surprise." Lee stated.

"I'm sorry sir." Tyrol apologised.

"Don't worry about it Chief. We'll let you get back to work."

TBC