<div class="floatleft">(http://www.abc.net.au/news/image/1934868-3x2-940x627.jpg)</div><strong><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 12pt;"><span class="bbc_font" style="font-family: courier;">Sidney Leon</span></span></strong>,<em>Potential Pilot </em><br/>2519, Present Day<br/>Eavesdown Docks, Persephone<br/>Tagging - Open, Astrid.<br/>Location-Man's Ruin (Cockpit)<hr/><br/>Laying on his back under the main console of Man's Ruin Sidney peered into the open access hatch, a small hand lamp grasped between his teeth illuminating the inside. He was quietly impressed at the ship. A firefly no less! He was still riding high on the fact that he was on board one of these few remaining ships.  It looked to him that the wiring was in pretty good condition, though most of it looked like most was even older than him.<br/>He'd used his experience and found some redundant systems either already replaced by something better or doing nothing much more than slowing the reaction time of the console. He'd created a few shortcuts and was confident that the ship  would respond quicker and fly that much smoother. He slid out from under the console, sitting himself up and taking the torch out of his mouth. Satisfied he'd done as much as he could with the tools at hand, he climbed into the main pilots seat.<br/>Taking a deep breath, he flicked open the internal coms to the engine room. "Asrid. I'm gunna start up a cold start to see how she's feelin'" he said. Starting the preliminary start up sequence avoiding anything to do with the engines as Astrid might not be finished with them yet.