Eyes for two sides

[Shelco]

The hallway lit up as Admiral Hofmann walked up to deck number 4 where the U-99 was located. His crew was already working on finishing the scanners and the reconnaissance module, his eyes went over the many lights that lit up as he passed by them, almost as if they would only light up if he came closer. As he entered the hangar the U-99 was parked, he let out a sigh, the U-99 was under the massive arms of the station that held it in the air, several machines were tied onto it as well as many engineers stood by it and gave it the last bit of repairs and extras. He was not greeted like a normal Admiral would be, nobody saluted him when he entered the hangar but he was fine with that, he enjoyed the view of the many people working on his ship, he was only greeted when an engineer saw him admiring the view. "Oh, Admiral, I didn't even see you, I assume you want to deploy the U-99 now, we need a few minutes more but the reconnaissance module has been updated and some of the crew members are already preparing everything, you can go inside if you want." Stefan still looked at the gunboat and then turned over to the man."Vielen Dank..." He walked up the stairs to the entrance door of the gunboat, the engineer was kind of confused by such a short response, he still stood there and watched how Stefan took the stairs up after he let out a silent "Kein...Problem...?" when Stefan passed him. Hofmann entered the U-99 and made his way to his cockpit. His crew was already placed at their seats and working. "Guten Tag, Herr Flotillenadmiral, we have finished all measurements and precautions, we only need the go of the engineering team outside." said Theo, one of the reconnaissance pilots. Stefan made a quick look on Theo's monitor before answering. "This mission is highly dangerous, is the medical kit prepared?" Theo swallowed and then nodded back at Stefan. He answered with a fast "Sehr gut." before he entered his cockpit. He sat down on the chair and equipped his headset to communicate with the crew, he tapped on one of the screens next to him to check the status. "Okay, it is ready!" yelled one of the engineers outside of the ship and gave green signal to Hofmann, the green light now appeared on his screen, he let out a small smile. "U-99 is launching." He activated the engines which made a very loud sound, the engineers were already behind the cover from the pressure the engine released, the rest of his cockpit, as well as the whole ship, lit up now and slowly launched the ship forward into space.

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