[quote=@TheUnknowable]
Farvis search the shuttle for anything useful he could take but came up empty.  The emergency supply kit contained a bottle of brandy and some protein bars, but there was no sign of the first aid kit or the emergency laser pistol that was supposed to be there.
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As he sat counting the seconds, his eyes fixed firmly on the long-range scanners as the asteroid field loomed ever closer Felix spotted the emergency alarm fire up. Immediately his finger was on the intercom and he began screaming down the line, "Whoever's messing with my gear, get your hands off! Any supplies you're authorised to use can be found in the storage compartment beside the airlock, everything else has been earmarked for a highly confidential, need-to-know only mission we have lined up after I've dropped you bozos off."

With that the pilot sat back in his seat, fretting whether the antique bottle of brandy he'd managed to procure for his 'confidential mission' with Ensign Ballard would still be there after the party left. And that her husband, his CO, wouldn't find out about the need-to-know docking maneuvers he had planned for her.