Captains in the Solarian Navy were charged with regulating their ship time. Usually larger formations such as Task Force or Fleets were synchronized to a time chosen by the most senior officer. To keep things simple, Jonathan had the ship on Levelflats Standard Time, using Solaria’s 24hr and 45min day. When Jonathan entered the bridge, it was still half an hour to assembly, when the automated trumpet would broadcast the call to rise. Most of the crew and officers were fast asleep worn to the bone by the proceeding days work, and numbed by the extra alcohol ration the Captain had so graciously distributed. Solarian ships ran on skeleton crews at night. Men were on watch at vital systems, on the bridge, and in engineering. Sandra Chan and her skeletal bridge crew were looking a bit worn as Jonathan seated himself at his console. “Ms. Chan,” Jonathan said in an authoritative tone. “ Please stand by to initiate, a drill.” Sandra Chan saluted the Captain, “Aye sir standing by.”
