Elaine Reid<br/>St. Anne Loading Bay<br/>Evening Watch<br/>Tagged: Donovan, Jin-Lai, Occupants of Loading Bay<br/><br/><blockquote class="bbCodeBlock bbCodeBlock--expandable bbCodeBlock--quote js-expandWatch" data-attributes="" data-quote="Iona Knutesdottir" data-source="">
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			"Immediate recall. Say again, immediate recall. Any way you can get back to us. If someone can't make it, mark their last known and move. Don't wait.
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</blockquote><br/>The comms crackled in Elaine's ear as she clambered around in the Annie's underbelly engineering compartment. Something had felt off during reentry - the control yoke was tugging to the left which could indicate a growing problem or just some erroneous sensor ping somewhere down the chain. The second wouldn't affect her flying too much as the yoke hadn't locked up or anything similar, but if it were a sign of a budding problem as she suspected she wanted to isolate it before they left lest she face a tongue lashing from the Captain upon her return. She keyed her own comms to respond with a negative, but something in the compartment was apparently interfering with her earbud judging by the screaming static that greeted her tap.<br/><br/>She sighed and shut it down as she dug back into the engineering panel she was examining. Then an a red strobe bulb began to flash in the compartment. Takeoff procedures? But the others would have waited to gather at the Annie and would have commed to confirm her location before launch surely. Right?<br/><br/>As she questioned the launch mentally she heard the hydraulic hiss of the security seals on the compartment engage behind her. Then the cursing, and more than a little bit of angry banging on the bulkhead as the autopilot engaged. Whoever had started the sequence was going to get a chewing out later for certain. The damn autopilot reverted a dozen or so ergonomic settings she'd changed for her own comfort to their defaults. It was the equivalent of getting into someone else's car and changing the seat and driver's wheel settings and leaving them like that rather than at least trying to set them back.<br/><br/>At least she didn't rattle too much in the engineering compartment as they exited the atmosphere. Damn thing was so cramped that her hardsuit absorbed most of the impacts. Until her helmet clanged loudly off the outer bulkhead at least. She groaned and cradled her head after that particular impact. She was going to have a headache after that one. She redoubled her dedication to deliver a thorough tongue lashing to whoever began the recall.<br/><br/>Finally the shuddering came to a halt and after a short delay she felt the rumble as landing struts extended, then one final jolt as the shuttle settled to the deck of the docking bay of the St. Anne. Elaine wasted no time in disengaging the hatch lock on the engineering panel, making sure the seals were no longer mag-locking the panel down. Then she violently kicked it open to slam to the deck with a resounding clang. She rolled out of the compartment, then continued her roll from beneath the shuttle.<br/><br/>She hopped to her feet once clear of the overhanging metal, then angrily demanded, "We got an emergency recall, but I wanna know who the FUCK got us in the air without checking to see who may or may not have been performing maintenance before that? I might well have been in an unsealed compartment! Basic preflight people, fuck!" With that she spun to face the 'HMFIC' and rested a hand on the handle of her revolver, "What's with the recall Donovan?"<br/><br/>After a Thomyris' statement Elaine arched a brow then said in a deadpan tone, "So...you've got a bounty. Not sure why that warrants an emergency recall. Coulda just called and said, 'hey we need to jet' rather than getting everyone's panties in a wad. Say, where's the captain anyway?"