<strong>Name:</strong>Karri Xanaa<br/><strong>Location:</strong>Musashi; Upper Hanger ---> Fighter CAP<br/><strong>Tagging:</strong>Open<br/><hr/><br/>Karri hopped up onto the catapult launch platform in the Musashi upper hanger. The Gamilas Pilot fitting her helmet as the hanger crew prepped her Cosmo Zero-Kai for launch. She reminded herself that she needed to repaint her helmet; it was still marked and in the livery of VA-135, the Uninvited,  USS Princeton,CV-37.<br/>She hadn’t really expected to be on active flight operations the day after she arrived on the Musashi. A moment later she was making  her way up the access ladder, her sleek form slipping into the cockpit with practiced grace as the crew moved about the fighter craft performing the last minute preparations for launch before the warning klaxon sounded warning of the imminent end of the space warp, the familiar sensation of re-entering real-space washing over her as the space battleship exited warp.<br/>Her Helmet mounted HUD flicking as it synced with the fighters systems.<br/>Her hands touched the controls, almost to make sure they were where they were supposed to be, but it was comforting, familiar as she settled into her familiar seat in the Onryō.<br/>The automated preflight check started as the red marked ordnance crew finished loading and arming the fighter with a mix of ASW and AFW missiles. Well at least she could see what the other pilots were like in her squadron. Of course it would have been preferable to meet them in person before heading right into a potential battle.<br/><br/><strong>“Onryō, Viper Squadron; request call sign flight leader.”</strong>She called out over the comm. Moments later the launch order coming from the CAG. Viper and Mustang serving as CAP.<br/>Karri ‘s head tilted up instinctively as the canopy on her fighter started to close; the HUD flashing with the launch information and deployment data.<br/>The automated preflight completed as the felt the fighter shift, as it was moved onto the Catapult launch rail, the Fighters systems switching over to internal as the flight deck crew moved to safe positions and the fighters wings unfolded from their stowed position and locked into flight mode.<br/>The catapult operator made his final checks and gave her the thumbs up even as the lift started moving her Cosmo Zero-Kai out of the hanger and up onto the catapult. Karri saluted back even as the metal walls of the hanger were suddenly replaced by the dark armored hull of the Musashi and the vast blackness of space.<br/><br/><strong>“Onryō Ready Launch.”</strong>she said as the catapult angled out from the ship for launch, a moment later her fighter was banking back around to assume her place in Viper squadron's formation for CAP over the space battleship.<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://www.ourstarblazers.com/vault-images/2199_EpisodeGuide/Ep05/05_00129.jpg)</div>