Disclaimer: Joss, Fox, Universal Own em’. I’m just playing. No money being made. The situations come from my own twisted mind as do my original characters.

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AN: Just some more back story on the crew and a glimpse of what's happening back at Serenity acres. Next chapter, we'll see if Sara's ship can do what it's supposed to do.

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Quest-Chapter Three

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“Ready to clear moorings,” Virgil said from his seat at the helm.

“Very well,” Sara replied.

“Reactors on line. Ready for propulsion,” said Clay from his seat behind Sara at the engineering console.

“Understood,” The captain replied.

Sara glanced around the bridge. Laid out in a series of terraces, at the front and lowest sat the pilot and co-pilots positions. Slightly raised and behind on either side sat the weapons and sensor consoles. Manned, or in this case womaned, respectively by Meghan Riley and Rachel Cobb.

In the center on a slightly raised platform sat the command chair where Sara sat. There were displays built into the arms and several screens within arms reach. The chair also swiveled so the captain could face every position.

Behind the command chair, and raised yet again were the engineering and main computer consoles. Clay sat behind the engineering panel and Melissa minded the computer systems.

In front of everyone lay the large windows that showed the blackness of space. The glass of each was also a screen for displaying overlays of sensor data or even zoomed images from Quest's optical systems.

Sara activated the cortex screen to her left, “Dockyard. Quest is ready to depart.”

“Copy Quest,” replied the controller on the screen, “Cleared to undock. The two ASREV's are standing by to come aboard as soon as you are clear.”

“Copy,” Sara replied as she cut the wave. She smiled at her awaiting husband, sitting behind the controls, “Take us out.”

With a slight thump, Quest separated from the space station's air lock. Jeff eased the vessel away from the massive construct using just the thrusters.