10-09-2025, 10:30 PM
From her usual spot next to the shuttle’s rear hatch - she was always one of the first into any potentially hostile zone and wouldn’t have it any other way - Mara felt a momentary flutter from her chest as the shuttle lifted off. It was only a split-second and then it was gone.
Don’t matter how confident I feel I guess. There’s always that little bit of nerves. ‘Cause here we go again.
Only an idiot truly felt no fear, and the Amazonian officer was no idiot. As she looked around the away team, she realised quite how many of the assembled crew she called friends now. Her biggest fear now was whether she was strong enough mentally and physically to make sure they all came back at the end of this. They were all her responsibility and she took it deathly seriously.
Broad shoulders rose and fell as she drew in a deep breath and let it out before donning her helmet.
Too late for gettin’ in my own head now. We’re on the way. Dice are rollin’.
>> Klingon Base >>
Don’t matter how confident I feel I guess. There’s always that little bit of nerves. ‘Cause here we go again.
Only an idiot truly felt no fear, and the Amazonian officer was no idiot. As she looked around the away team, she realised quite how many of the assembled crew she called friends now. Her biggest fear now was whether she was strong enough mentally and physically to make sure they all came back at the end of this. They were all her responsibility and she took it deathly seriously.
Broad shoulders rose and fell as she drew in a deep breath and let it out before donning her helmet.
Too late for gettin’ in my own head now. We’re on the way. Dice are rollin’.
>> Klingon Base >>