It was the year 2550 A.D. at the Utopia Shipyard in orbit around the
Earth's Moon. Lieutenant Commander Jun Aoi, recently promoted from the
Nergal High Mobile Battleship Nadesico, gazed out the view port at the ship
before him. It had been six months since he had last served on the
Nadesico under his beloved Yurika, but times had changed and she had gone
and gotten married Akito. Jun's hand clenched at the thought of that day,
standing on the bridge as he watched Akito propose to the woman that he
himself had loved for so long. But that was six months ago and Jun had
learned to move on. While he still loved Yurika with all of his heart, she
was happy and that was all that really mattered to him. He still kept in
touch with his friends from the Nadesico but he thought it better that he
was not there. Jun felt that he had always been ignored while there,
always being upstaged by Akito or Akutsuki or some other hot-shot. But his
time had finally come and a new object of his affection was not but twenty
feet away behind the plasteel view port in front of him. Finally something
he could put his heart into, something he could believe in, his own
command, the newly build Nergal Heavy Destroyer Griffon. He smiled
brightly at the thought of his new ship, turned and walked down the
entryway towards it. "Finally my own command, let's hope the crew turns out
to be as good as the ship" Jun said strolling down the plank.
On another part of the Utopia Shipyard there was another lonely soul gazing up at the Griffon. Like Jun, Megumi Reinard was also an ex-Nadesico crewmember and had sighed on with the new destroyer as Executive Officer and head of personnel relations. She had also come because, like Jun, she could not stand the sight of Akito and Yurika together. So she had left the Nadesico and come to the Griffon in hopes of starting over and meeting somebody new. Strolling down the corridor towards the Griffons entry walkway she caught sight of a shock of teal hair as another person strolled past her playing what looked to be a Ukulele. Her senses caught up to her and she raced ahead to greet the Ukulele playing woman. "Izumi! Izumi Maki!" She yelled to the woman. Turning around a woman dressed in typical Aestavalis piloting gear turned around, a silly grin plastered to her face. Tall and teal haired, Izumi Maki was also from the Nadesico and performed wonderfully under the command of Ryoko Subaru. "Well, so I wasn't the only rat to desert the love boat" Izumi laughed and then went into one of her infamous chucking sessions at such a bad pun. Megumi could feel the blush rising in her face at her ex-shipmates words. "Well I guess so but when the Earth contacted me about becoming the EX-O of the Griffon I just couldn't refuse such an offer. So what are you doing here?" Izumi finally stopped giggling and turned back to the view port showcasing the Griffon. "Apparently word spread about my great piloting skills and they wanted me here to be the new captain of a new Aestavalis unit. Before you know it I was shipped off to a new boat. Captain of a wing on a boat"! ! ! Megumi sighed and started walking back towards the entry walkway, Izumi right behind her.
As he entered onto the bridge of the Griffon, Jun looked around slowly to take it all in. Since the Griffon was a newer class of ship then the Nadesico it was a lot different than what he was used to. It was more compact as was to be expected; in fact it looked like it only had room for about ten people maximum. He walked forward and put his hand on the captains panel. His hand lingered on the panel for a few seconds getting used to the feel before he reached in his jacket pocket and produced the master key for the ship. He inserted the key into the control mechanism and was surprised to hear a male voice echo throughout the bridge. "Greeting Lieutenant Commander Aoi and welcome to the Griffon. I am designated the internal ship information system, or Isis for short. Is there anything you need of me?" Jun smiled slightly, still sort of shaken from the booming noise that Isis had made across the bridge. "First thing you can do is turn down your vocalizers a little. Also if you could get in touch with the rest of our ships crew and tell them to report in I would appreciate it." "Consider it done captain" Sighing Jun turned around. "Being called Captain is going to take some getting used to." Walking away from the controls he strolled over to the nearest seat and proceeded to wait for the rest of the crew to show up.
*Bleep *Bleep Both Megumi and Izumi looked down at their communicators as it beeped to get their attention. "Would all crew members of the Griffon please report to the bridge for operational commencement" Megumi looked back up and shared the same look with Izumi. "Looks like our vacations over, time to get back to work." She then proceeded to walk down the hall and up the entry plug. Sighing to herself Izumi followed muttering "Time to make the rent payment again."
In another part of the Utopia Yards another person had also heard the communiqué. Packing up his equipment and strapping on his side arm, he made his way into the Griffon through the back entrance.
On another part of the Utopia Shipyard there was another lonely soul gazing up at the Griffon. Like Jun, Megumi Reinard was also an ex-Nadesico crewmember and had sighed on with the new destroyer as Executive Officer and head of personnel relations. She had also come because, like Jun, she could not stand the sight of Akito and Yurika together. So she had left the Nadesico and come to the Griffon in hopes of starting over and meeting somebody new. Strolling down the corridor towards the Griffons entry walkway she caught sight of a shock of teal hair as another person strolled past her playing what looked to be a Ukulele. Her senses caught up to her and she raced ahead to greet the Ukulele playing woman. "Izumi! Izumi Maki!" She yelled to the woman. Turning around a woman dressed in typical Aestavalis piloting gear turned around, a silly grin plastered to her face. Tall and teal haired, Izumi Maki was also from the Nadesico and performed wonderfully under the command of Ryoko Subaru. "Well, so I wasn't the only rat to desert the love boat" Izumi laughed and then went into one of her infamous chucking sessions at such a bad pun. Megumi could feel the blush rising in her face at her ex-shipmates words. "Well I guess so but when the Earth contacted me about becoming the EX-O of the Griffon I just couldn't refuse such an offer. So what are you doing here?" Izumi finally stopped giggling and turned back to the view port showcasing the Griffon. "Apparently word spread about my great piloting skills and they wanted me here to be the new captain of a new Aestavalis unit. Before you know it I was shipped off to a new boat. Captain of a wing on a boat"! ! ! Megumi sighed and started walking back towards the entry walkway, Izumi right behind her.
As he entered onto the bridge of the Griffon, Jun looked around slowly to take it all in. Since the Griffon was a newer class of ship then the Nadesico it was a lot different than what he was used to. It was more compact as was to be expected; in fact it looked like it only had room for about ten people maximum. He walked forward and put his hand on the captains panel. His hand lingered on the panel for a few seconds getting used to the feel before he reached in his jacket pocket and produced the master key for the ship. He inserted the key into the control mechanism and was surprised to hear a male voice echo throughout the bridge. "Greeting Lieutenant Commander Aoi and welcome to the Griffon. I am designated the internal ship information system, or Isis for short. Is there anything you need of me?" Jun smiled slightly, still sort of shaken from the booming noise that Isis had made across the bridge. "First thing you can do is turn down your vocalizers a little. Also if you could get in touch with the rest of our ships crew and tell them to report in I would appreciate it." "Consider it done captain" Sighing Jun turned around. "Being called Captain is going to take some getting used to." Walking away from the controls he strolled over to the nearest seat and proceeded to wait for the rest of the crew to show up.
*Bleep *Bleep Both Megumi and Izumi looked down at their communicators as it beeped to get their attention. "Would all crew members of the Griffon please report to the bridge for operational commencement" Megumi looked back up and shared the same look with Izumi. "Looks like our vacations over, time to get back to work." She then proceeded to walk down the hall and up the entry plug. Sighing to herself Izumi followed muttering "Time to make the rent payment again."
In another part of the Utopia Yards another person had also heard the communiqué. Packing up his equipment and strapping on his side arm, he made his way into the Griffon through the back entrance.