Flight of the Valkyrie - Subchapter

>Sitting in your office a small bell rings out, the intercom comes to life

>"Admiral, we have a problem, please come to the bridge"

>You are Admiral Jones Valkyrie, head of command for the flight wing Hades, and you had hopes of finishing up paper work before heading to bed.

>Standing up from your black leather chair you make your way around a mahogany desk shifting your officers uniform and straightning out the wrinkles

>You make your way past the sheet metal walls of your opressing office into the hallway

>As you walk the halls towards the elevator a few of your ships staff straighten up and salute you.

>Noding them all of casually you reach the elevator and wait for it to arrive

>Stepping inside you take note of the holographic keypad, punching in the code to reach the bridge

>The doors open to the bridge of your ship letting the overly bright lights fill the elevators pod

>Stepping out Comms officers and other bridge staff stand up and salute

>"ADMIRAL ON DECK" yells the head comms man

"At ease"

>Most of the staff go back to their duties but the lead comms officer stands waiting

"Now, what did you bring me up here for Ron?"

>"Sir, as of 1600 hours we have lost contact with the Erberus, we have sent other ships to investigate the last warp point and have discovered a type 4 anomaly"

"Please Ron, remind me what exacly a type 4 is"

>"Its a wormhole with the gravity well akin to a white dwarf sir"

"So we're assuming the Eberus has entered the anomaly correct?"

>"Indeed sir and the problem here is that we think the Eberus might of been damaged"

"If thats the case, then relay high command, we need a science vessel out here to stabilize the wormhole"

>"We might not have time for that, we estimate the damages would be critical to the Eberus"

"Im not planning a rescue mission here Ron, this is a corpse recovery"

>A short moment of tension arrises and Ron visibly looks sickened

>"Understood sir, I shall contact high command ASAP"

>You turn from Ron and make your way back to the elevators pod

>Punching the code to head back to your office you wait in the warm humming of the elevators interior

>The doors open without a sound and you step out

>Making your way back down the hall you walked through minutes before, the staff instinctivly re salute you

>Waving them off you reach your office door and step inside

>More paperwork, always more paperwork.