Voyages of the VSD Valorum
Chapter 2: Nicknames
Arctos Vale chuckled a bit as he rose slowly from his bench, watching the young Gaven Mallix wander off, soon disappearing into the crowds of Imperial Navy personnel. He thought to himself, somehow he always enjoyed giving out tough love and unorthodox advice to new crewmen. It wasn't like he was bucking for a promotion anytime soon. That new helmsman would probably make Admiral before he did. Twenty years in the Imperial Navy, and he was still at the same rank as during the Clone Wars. Well, technically a grade higher, but anyone with half a brain knew that the Empire loved making
Voyages of the VSD Valorum
Chapter 1: First Day
Gaven Mallix strode down the boarding ramp from the Lambda shuttle, into the cavernous docking bay. Today wasn't just any day for Gaven, it was his first day as an Imperial Navy helmsman. As he stepped onto the deck and looked around, he quickly took notice of the gently curving line-up of other Lambda and a few Sentinel shuttles in the docking bay, and then turned his attention to the flow of Navy personnel disembarking from the shuttles. There was a muffled voice coming from the loudspeaker system, barely comprehensible with the dull noise o
Voyages of the VSD Valorum
Chapter 2: Nicknames
Arctos Vale chuckled a bit as he rose slowly from his bench, watching the young Gaven Mallix wander off, soon disappearing into the crowds of Imperial Navy personnel. He thought to himself, somehow he always enjoyed giving out tough love and unorthodox advice to new crewmen. It wasn't like he was bucking for a promotion anytime soon. That new helmsman would probably make Admiral before he did. Twenty years in the Imperial Navy, and he was still at the same rank as during the Clone Wars. Well, technically a grade higher, but anyone with half a brain knew that the Empire loved making