Twilight Of The Wraith Chapter 2: Familiarisation & Training
A few seconds later the white light of the Asgard transporter beam surrounded Carter, the Cullens and Jacob and they disappeared from the Living Room and a few seconds later rematerialised on the bridge of the Dauntless.
"Welcome aboard the Dauntless" said Colonel Carter.
"Thank you Colonel" said Carlisle.
"If you will come with me, I'll give you your earwigs and uniforms" said Carter as she lead the way to the equipment room.
"What's an earwig?" asked Bella.
"An earwig is a communicator, I have one, see" replied Carter pointing to her earwig.
"So we each get one of those?" asked Emmett.
"Yes, to call another member of the crew or the Atlantis expedition when you are on Atlantis simply tap it here" replied Carter demonstrating the procedure.
"Cool" said Emmett.
"Right, here we are in the equipment room, who is assuming what position?" asked Carter.
"I'll be CMO, Esme and Renesmee will be in the Mess Hall and Galley, Jasper will be in command as he has combat and tactics experience, Alice will be Science Officer, Rosalie will be Chief Engineer, Emmett and Jacob will be 302 pilots, Edward will be Weapons Officer and Bella will be at the Helm, also Bella and Alice have said that they will also fly 302s if needed, if and when that happens Esme has said that she will cover the helm" said Carlisle.
"Very well, Jasper, you will have the rank of Colonel, Bella, Alice, Edward, Emmett, Jacob and Rosalie you will all have the rank of Major, Esme will have the rank of Captain, Renesmee will also be Captain when she is fully grown and Carlisle you will have the rank of Lt Colonel" said Carter as she handed out uniforms and earwigs.
"Thank you Colonel" said Bella.
"Your welcome, Now I'll show you your quarters so you can change into your uniforms, then I will take those of you who will be stationed on the bridge to your stations and show you how to use them, Lt Colonel Mitchell of SG1 will take the 302 pilots to the 302 bay to show them round the 302s and then he will take them to the 302 simulator to train them, Dr Rodney McKay who has travelled all the way from Atlantis for this will take Rosalie to Engineering and show her what to do, Dr Jennifer Keller who has also travelled all the way from Atlantis will show Carlisle the sickbay" said Carter as they made their way to the Officers Quarters.
A few minutes later they arrived outside the officers quarters
"Carlisle and Esme, in this one, Edward and Bella in the room opposite, Renesmee in the room next to them, Jacob opposite Renesmee, Alice and Jasper next to Jacob and Rosalie and Emmett opposite Jacob, get changed and then I'll meet you in the Mess Hall" said Carter.
"We'll be there in 5 minutes" said Carlisle as everyone went into their rooms to change. 5 minutes later they arrived in the Mess Hall.
"Cullens this is Lt Col Mitchell of SG1, Dr Rodney McKay head of Atlantis's Science and Research department, and this Dr Jennifer Keller, Atlantis's CMO, Cam, Rodney and Jennifer this Carlisle, his wife Esme, Edward, his wife Bella, and their daughter Renesmee, Jasper and his wife Alice, Emmett and his wife and this is Jacob, he is a close friend of the Cullens" said Carter. The Cullens shook everyone's hand
"Well aren't you just the cutest thing Renesmee" said Jennifer.
"Thank you Dr Keller" said Renesmee holding her arms open for Jennifer to pick her up.
"Call me Jennifer" said Jennifer as she picked up Renesmee.
"I will thank you Jennifer, there is something I want to show you" said Renesmee putting her hand on Jennifer's cheek. Renesmee showed Jennifer everything from her birth to the present day
"Wow, thank you for sharing that with me" said an amazed Jennifer as she put Renesmee down.
"Now that everyone has met, I think everyone should go into their separate groups for training as we need to get underway in a few hours, Jasper, Alice, Edward and Bella your with me we're heading to the bridge" said Carter. Carter, Edward, Bella, Alice and Jasper headed to the bridge.
"Emmett and Jacob your with me we're heading to the 302 bay" said Mitchell. Mitchell, Emmett and Jacob headed to the 302 bay
"Rosalie, let's head to Engineering so I can show you what to do" said Rodney.
"Sure" said Rosalie. Rodney smiled at Jennifer and she smiled at him before him and Rosalie headed to Engineering.
"Well Carlisle, shall we head to sickbay?" asked Jennifer.
"Lead the way" replied Carlisle. Carlisle and Jennifer headed to sickbay. After they left the Mess Hall, Esme and Renesmee went into the Galley and started cooking
"Grandma Esme, I think Jennifer and Rodney like each other" said Renesmee.
"What makes you say that?" asked Esme.
"When Jennifer looked at Rodney she had the same look in her eyes that mommy has when she looks at daddy" said Renesmee.
"Get your daddy to read their minds and that will tell you how they feel" said Esme.
"Good idea" said Renesmee.
Meanwhile on the bridge
"Bella, your helmsman, right?" asked Carter.
"Yes Colonel" replied Bella.
"This your station" said Carter pointing to the console and chair on the left of the Command chair. Bella sat down at her station
"Thank you, Colonel" said Bella.
"To lay in a course, press the set destination button, a list of destinations and a starchart will come up, so let's set a course for Atlantis, press whatever number is linked to Atlantis on the list and then it should come up with how long the journey will take" said Carter.
"Right, course laid in, it says here 'travel time:18 days'" said Bella.
"Well done, now let's go through manoeuvres at sublight, press the button marked 'Radar' and then the radar screen should come up" said Carter.
"Done, but what are these 4 blips around us?" asked Bella.
"Look out the window" replied Carter.
"Oh, they're other 304s" said Bella.
"Yeah, the one on the left of us is my ship the General Hammond, to the right of us is the Apollo and behind us are the Odyssey and the Sun Tzu, my ship is coming to Atlantis with this ship, the Daedalus is already there, anyway on with the training, put us behind the Odyssey, press 'sublight' then 'forward', then '20%' and finally 'engage', then use this flight yoke in front of you to steer" said Carter.
"Ok, here we go, 'sublight', 'forward', '20%', 'engage' and then flight yoke to steer" said Bella. Bella pressed the buttons and took hold of the flight yoke as the Dauntless moved forward, once it was clear of the George Hammond and the Apollo, Bella turned the flight yoke to the left and the Dauntless flew round to the left until it was facing the opposite direction and then Bella put the yoke straight again so that the Dauntless was flying past the other ships, once it was far enough past the other ships Bella turned the yoke to the left again until the Dauntless was facing the back of the Odyssey.
"Well done Bella, now press the 'All Stop' button" said Carter. Bella pressed the button and the Dauntless came to a stop behind the Odyssey
"What's next?" asked Bella.
"Nothing, you're ready to work on your own now, the course for Atlantis is still laid in, so when you're ready to go to Atlantis press 'hyperdrive' and then 'engage'" said Carter.
"I will, thank you Colonel" said Bella.
"Now Edward, your station is the one on the other side of the command chair" said Carter.
"Ok" said Edward making his way to his station and sitting down.
"Right, now look at your screen, the other 304s should appear in blue and a wraith ship will appear in red, if you look on your console you will have a button marked 'Target', if you press it a list of possible targets will come up on screen and if you press the number that is linked to the ship you want to target the weapons will then lock onto that ship, also on your console there should be buttons marked 'All', 'Asgard weapons', 'Railguns' and 'Missiles', after you have selected your target, the message 'Select Weapon' will come up so at that point you press one of those 4 buttons, there is also a button marked 'Battle Stations' if you press that a klaxon will sound, the shields will go up, the nearest enemy ship will be targeted and the weapons will automatically power up" said Carter.
"Is there anything else to learn?" asked Edward.
"Yeah, it's time to test the cloak, press the button marked 'cloak' and the ship should cloak" said Carter.
"Ok, Here we go" said Edward as he pressed the cloak button.
"Dauntless to Odyssey, can you see or detect us?" asked Carter into her earwig.
"Odyssey here, no we can't see you or detect you on our sensors" replied Col Davidson.
"Now Edward, press the cloak button again to drop the cloak" said Carter. Edward pressed the button and the Dauntless decloaked
"Done" said Edward.
"Alice, why don't you go and join Lt Col Mitchell, Emmett and Jacob in the 302 bay so you can learn how to pilot the 302s and Dr McKay can teach you about the science station en-route to Atlantis, you should go to the 302 bay too Bella as you will also be flying a 302 on occasion" said Carter.
"We're on our way" said Bella getting up from her seat. Alice and Bella left the bridge and headed to the 302 bay.
A few minutes later they arrived in the 302 bay
"Welcome ladies, right now that everyone is here, everyone climb into a 302" said Mitchell. Alice, Bella, Emmett and Jacob each climbed into a 302
"Ready" shouted Bella.
"Ok, the switches that are in a vertical line on the console in front of you start the engines, the lever to the left of you is the throttle and of course the thing in between your legs is the control stick which you use to turn the 302, on it you will notice buttons and a trigger, the buttons are used to fire the missiles and the trigger to fire the guns, in a combat situation the screen in front of you will show you the enemy aircraft you're after, the targeting recticle will be green until it locks onto the enemy ship at which point it will turn red" said Mitchell.
"When can we fly them?" asked Emmett.
"When you get to Atlantis, there will be some training exercises, you will be joined by 302s from the Daedalus and the General Hammond for those exercises" said Mitchell.
"Cool" said Emmett.
"Bella and Alice please report to the bridge" said Carter through the earwigs.
"We're on our way" said Bella tapping her earwig and climbing out of her 302.
A few minutes later Bella and Alice arrived on the bridge
"It's time for us to get underway, assume your post" said Carter.
"Yes, Colonel" said Bella sitting down at her station.
"I have to get back to my ship, you are now in command Jasper, Carter to George Hammond, 1 to beam" said Carter into her earwig. A few seconds later Colonel Carter was beamed from the bridge of the Dauntless to the bridge of the General Hammond.
Jasper pressed the intercom button on his chair
"All hands, this is the captain, prepare to enter hyperspace" said Jasper and then he pressed the button again to switch it off.
"All stations report ready" said Alice.
"Bella is the course for Atlantis still laid in?" asked Jasper.
"Yes, sir" replied Bella after she double checked.
"Here we go, engage hyperdrive" said Jasper.
"Yes Sir" said Bella. Bella pressed the hyperdrive and then the engage button, the Dauntless then entered hyperspace closely followed by the George Hammond.