[i]"Understood."[/i] Matt replied as the Colonel announced that she will get a briefing from the captain and that they should check on their aircraft while she's away. He stayed in the mess hall for a little more, getting another round of snacks to make sure he had enough fuel for the upcoming mission. Time passed a lot slower since they reached the ground and 40 minutes was plenty of time to spend. After finishing with everything, he - as the last pilot still there - took his leave and started heading towards the hangar. Thankfully, the place had plenty of signs to guide him towards the destination, otherwise he could've easily got lost, despite having a look at the map already back at the living quarters.

He met a few carrier personnel on his way, but none of them engaged into conversation, they all looked very busy. Just before reaching the hangar, he saw a small group of engineers talking about something called "cavitation" while clearly looking excited about it. Matt didn't bother listening further, not giving the topic a big importance. He was a lot more worried about his Jaguar at the mean time which he felt will be piloted again soon. In the large hangar, the Excalibur aircrafts were situated next to each other, in landing order. It was the first time Matt could see all of them clearly at one place, without snow or harsh wind obscuring the view. All of them had very distinguishable decals and paintings, some even having a name written on them and such, it wasn't hard for him to find his fighter. Despite having some fears of it being damaged because of the very...interesting nature of the carrier, the only wounds the Jaguar had were from the battle before.

Looking at a clock on the wall, he knew it was almost time for the meetup. [i]All right, she's in top shape. It's all up to me now to keep it that way.[/i] he concluded to himself. Quickly leaving the hangar and walking all the way back to the bunks, he arrived before the briefing started, fortunately. Sitting up on his bunk and taking his tablet to hand, he waited for the few people still missing to arrive. The Colonel told them about a certain "supercavitation" drive the Nimue has, which makes it able to accelerate and quickly reach great speeds. And it's about to be used. [i]"I see, so that's what those engineers talked about...This should be fun."[/i] he said, laying down in the bed, getting ready for the speedup to happen. Unmistakeable sirens and an announcement soon followed as the entire ship started vibrating, which kept growing stronger and louder as the minutes passed. Matt loved these kinds of experiences, but even he was surprised by the power of it.

After it was over, he sat up on the bed, letting out a [i]"Whoa. Just wow."[/i] in his temporary daze from all the shaking. He shook his head a little and took a comfortable position as the Colonel announced the start of the briefing.