Log Entry 003

Posted on 13 Feb 2012 @ 6:37am by Captain Jonathan Holliday

423 words; about a 2 minute read

First Officer's personal log,

Well, this is it, the Galileo is almost ready to depart after what was probably the fastest starship preparation in fleet history. I for one have never seen so many engineers, system technicians, and construction workers onboard all at the same time. At least now my office is finally finished - it was rather shocking to walk in there a few days ago and find that the outer hull had only just been insulated, and where my desk was supposed to be, I was greeted by a pile of gel packs and so a non-operational EPS tap.

At least for the first couple of days, the captain wasn't yet aboard, so I'm sure she won't have minded that I took advantage of her completed and operational Ready Room - afterall, somebody had to make sure everything worked in there.

I note to myself that I may have spent a little too much time cooped up inside my quarters the last few days, reading status reports and signing off requisition requests, so far, out of the senior staff, the only one I have really spent any length of time with is myself, and a short breakfast with Commander Saalm, this may be something I have to address on a vessel this small.

With my previous assignment, I had a crew of nearly 1,000 to worry about, whilst here, it seems less than 100 and only a handful of decks. I can imagine how those first explorers of the old NX Class must have felt a few centuries ago, with only half a dozen decks and a crew of 80, their situation wasnt much different to ours. That said, we have the added bonuses of shields, holodecks, and replicators, so I guess I can't overly complain.

Tomorrow is our official power up of the ship's primary systems, so far they've been operating in safe mode, and haven't pushed themselves past 40% of rated maximum, and some systems, like the phasers, have only ever been tested in theory, sure they power up, but we still have no idea if they can even fire...that will be my first plan for when we reach orbit - or possibly take a detour to the asteroid belt for a little target practice first.

Our chief engineer seems to know his stuff, so I'm hopeful that any errors cropping up are easy enough to resolve, it wouldn't exactly be the best start to a mission having to limp back to docks for repairs this early on.

Fingers crossed.

End log.

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