Galadriela
Gallente Shock and Ore
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Posted - 2008.10.06 22:05:00 -
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''Wow, mummy, look at that one'' Oni delightfully cried, he had become of age and was going to the academy for ship and combat training. The Harpol family had all been pilots back to the Earth days.
''Yes sweetheart, thats a Rupture, a minmatar, cruiser class. A very powerful ship indeed.'' His mother, Kari, had seen this excitment all before when she had brought him to the same adacemy two years ago when Oni was only eight years old. She loved to see him happy, so gladly she would point out the different ship classes and give as much information to her son as she could.
The two made their way past the security doors, were scanned and then were in the main docking hall to the station, ships everywhere. Oni's eyes lit right up,
''Whoa!, look at the ships, whats that one mummy? and that one? Oooh! oh oh oh, whats that one??'' he almost seemed to interrogate her for answers. She minded not and described each ship as best she could.
Sometimes Oni would get over excited and interupt her when he saw a different class. ''Ok Oni, my darling, it's time to go drop you off at the academy.'' A sad smile came to her lips, she paused, thought about things on her mind for a moment and then continued to weave through the bustling station courtyard.
She knew where to go as she had taken one of her older children to the same academy about five years ago. ''We'll go and see your sister today aswell, Oni, would you like that?'' her mother was intrigued to see if Oni would even remember Sara. ''Oh. yes please, i would like that.'' Oni replied in an excited stupor.
It wasn't long before the huge sign could be seen hanging from the top of the large metal structure. From the outside, the academy looked more like a ship scrapyard, yet inside it was quite different.
As Kari opened the creaky door, Oni scooted past her and ran up to the front desk only to be halted by a very large man, all muscles, he had a slight mustache and smelled fainlty of oil and sweat. ''Whoa there pilot'' he smiled. ''Gregor!'' Kari cried, she lept at the man and hugged him tight. ''Hello Kari'' he replied in a deep husky voice.
''You must be Oni'', he looked down at the small child with a soft look. ''Yup, thats my name, don't wear it out'' Oni laughed, obviously entertained by his joke. ''Hahaha, a good sense of humour shows good character, young man'' Gregor grinned.
Gregor led them through to the mess hall and invited them to take a seat. There were a few more pupils sitting eating breakfast. ''I think we should discuss Oni's training program, it's changed a lot since Sara started here.'' He looked at Kari with a serious look on his face. ''Oh, ok, it shouldn't be a problem, he's a very bright, active young boy''. Kari reasurrinly stated.
''He'll have to go through three trials which will test him to see if he's able to fly a spacecraft''. Gregor looked at Oni with great interest. ''I'm sure he'll do fine''.
After some catching up and more discussion on the trials, Kari and Oni went to their room in the academy, it was permitted for the gaurdian to stay the first night of a new pupil's initiation. If Oni failed the trials, he'd still stay in the academy but would only learn how to help operate the ship and couldn't recieve higher rank than Deck Officer.
The new day came quickly for Oni, so quickly infact, no one else was up. He snuck out of his room and went to the mess hall to see if their were any leftovers anywhere. ''Jackpot'' he said, smiling. He'd found a can of Quafe and some tortilla chips. He stopped eating when a girl, quite a bit older than him but still young, leaned over the counter and asked him, ''My, your appetite hasn't changed in the past five years, Oni''.
He looked at her and the shocked look on his face turned into a grin, ''Sara!'' he cried, ''I've missed you a lot since you came here''. She turned to him and signalled for him to be quiet, like a captain would to his or her crew. ''C'mon, lets get out of here before your munching gets us busted'' she laughed.
They quietly ran down the hall, past the sleeping quarters and into the hanger where all the training ships were moored. ''Thats my ship there'' Sara was pointing to an Ibis, ''It's the Million Dollar Baby'' she said proudly.
Oni was speechless, he just wanted to get in one and fly around the moons of Yulai. ''Want to go for a flight, brother?'' Sara grinned. ''You bet i do'' Oni exstaticly replied.
Sara pressed a few buttons on the control panel and the Hatch door opened, she went through and invited Oni inside. The co-ckpit was very small but Oni being only a child just sat on Sara's lap. ''Ready?'' Sara asked. ''Oooh yea''
The engines suddenly burst into life and the main hanger door opened. The trusters ignited loudly and powerfully forced the ship into open space.
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