We're setup 204 km off a low sec gate all cloaked up observing traffic for a group making local deliveries. I left the bridge for a few moments to perform a bio elimination process and of course this put my first officer in charge.
A few moments later I return to find my bridge crew frozen almost stiff and my first officer whispering commands for everyone to keep calm. "What the hell is going on here?", I bark.
I am immediately shushed by the first officer. "That's Shhhhh, Sir number one, or will it soon be number 2?" I remind her and follow-up with, "Now I asked you a question, what in the gorram hell is going on here?".
"Sir", says my first officer, still in a whisper, "We have 4 pirate vessels sitting on all 4 sides of us each of which is within 3,000m." Anything that passes within 2000 meters of us will cause us to decloak. If these pirates see us, we're dead.
A brief glance at the sensor panel told me all I needed to know. "So, why the hell are you whispering? Sound doesn't travel in space, they can't hear us. Helm, 90 degree down angle and full speed ahead. Our cloak is holding and we have enough room to duck under and out of them."
Immediately the crew sprang to life and we managed to get enough distance between us and the pirates to take a breath and start watching them. Had they known we were there we would be dead now. The crew, with the exception of my incompetent first officer, handled things really well.
I just don't know what to do with her, my first officer that is. I'll have to spend some extra time getting her to remain cool and collected under fire. Some one on one drills will help her a lot most likely, she is new to being a command officer.
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