Sales pitch

Posted on Thu Aug 26th, 2021 @ 11:38am by Ensign James Wayne & Camron Wayne

709 words; about a 4 minute read

Mission: Episode 110 - An Endeavor in Discovery
Location: IGM shop

It had been several months since they had come back to the station and in that time the business had boomed. Where at the start it had just been himself and O'Malley now the shop had a total of five mechanics working 10 hour shifts. Over those months they had, had a steady influx of everything from the type 15 shuttlepod up to the argo class runabout. Things were intact going so good right now that they were backlogged on work and had about 20 craft that needed repair or improvements done to them.

Cameron had been regularly taking the completed craft out to put them through there test flights and make sure that everything worked as it was supposed to before returning the craft to their owners. This is what led him to call his kid brother down to the shop after hours.

James walked into his brothers shop and looked around as this was the first time he was seeing his brother outside of the older mans quarters the differences could not be more stark. Where the quarters had a lived in almost homey feel the shop's lobby/showroom had almost no sign of personal touches. There were pictures of many classes of shuttle craft most with his brother in them and other people likely the crafts owners. He also took in the large array of parts cataloges again likely there to show what was available for different shuttle craft. There were also several model kits and the like on shelves in the room. James walked behind the counter and down the short hallway to where he hoped his brothers office was or at least where the shop would be. He found his brother working on paperwork in a medium sized office that would not have been out of place a a department heads office.

" You wanted me to visit and here I find you still working". Said James jokingly

" yah well unlike you pretty boys in the fleet I actually have to work for a living". Joked Cameron. "In all seriousness though I could really use your help. I know your first duty is to starfleet and to this station. However that said I know you like to push the envelope when you fly and I was wandering if you would like to help me out by giving some of the shuttle craft and runabouts we work on here their test flights. Of course I understand your duty to the fleet comes first this would only likely be maybe 2 or 3 evenings a week just to help me catch up.". Said Cameron

" So you just need me for my skills then". Joked James seeing the look in his brothers eyes though changed his tune. " Your serious about this, your not just having me on" he added

" James I am very serious I can not keep up with the test flights and the office work plus the shop work I do at least not right now we are just to busy I am lucky if I get in one test flight a day recently. If things slowdown maybe I can do more of them but if I am honest I am not sure it will slow down. I checked you out little brother your instructors said to had a instinctual gift for knowing how to make small craft dance your previous CO said you could fly circles around any pilot he had weather in a shuttle fighter or runabout and your current CO flat out told me he thought you would be bored out of your mind because he could not allow you to fly like you were Kent to." Said Cameron calmly " I am willing to give you that chance because you are family and frankly your the type of pilot I need.". He added

" Cameron let me think about it this is only a part time thing and likely only short term right.". Asked James

" At the moment yes and I would not want to get you in trouble with your boss over this either.". Said Cameron

" OK let me think on it and I will get back to you in a couple of days". Said James as he rose from his seat and left the office and shop

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