Kayn jumps jobs...

Kayn
Engineering
 
In reality, Kayn hadn't spent much of a christmas. No one had bothered with a thankyou for all the christmas cards he sent, the funeral dampened the proposed Christmas party and the Valkyrie exploding was the icing on his christmas cake
 
Still, it wasn't a total loss. Some engineering personel were actually helping him rebuild the Valkyrie. It would be ready and actually working at the end of January.
 
Kayn had a few 'New Years Resolutions' suggested to him by the crew in the drive room - "Don't wear your best uniform whilst fixing the ship", "Pass a flight exam" and most common of all was "COME INTO WORK FOR ONCE!"
 
Kayn stopped screwing in bolt #7892 and thought about it for a moment. He was a better flight navigator than a sensor opperator, and a better engineer than...erm...he used to be.
 
Kayn decided he needed to change jobs. He walked straight up to the Captain's Office. He was stopped on the way by the blonde who always seemed to be in the drive room - she made a cup of coffee for him
 
"Who exactly are you?" asked Kayn. No one seemed to know her name. She was a real mystery on the ship. She seemed to do more work than Kayn did - even if it was incompetent
 
"My name's Ashley - nice to meet you...must be going - the sensor opperator hasn't showed up for work again...fifth time this week"
 
Kayn smiled and walked into Cannon's office
 
Cannon's Office
Just after Kayn walked out
 
Nipels walked into the captain's office.
"I've sorted out a new chief flight naviagation thingy" said Cannon as Nipels walked tough the door.
"What?" asked a very confused Nipels
"There was that post it note on my desk about it - I've got someone to take the position"
"That note has been there for a week!" shouted Nipels. Bobo looked up and declared Checkmate...
"So who did you hire?" Nipels asked finally
"That sensor opperator bloke..." said the Captain proudly
"KAYN??? YOU PUT KAYN IN CONTROL OF FLYING!??!?!?!?!?!"
"Well who did you put in control?" Cannon snapped back
"Erm...that...Efof person..." There was a bit of cowardlyness in his voice - like the times that he was asked 'who broke the window to the greenhouse' as a kid...
"The alien?"
"He's an alien?"
"So what are we going to do? We can't have TWO flight controllers - we'd need to pay twice the payrolls!"
"We'll have to see who scores highest in the exam..." Nipels muttered as he wandered off.
 
Space Corp Directive #738592
For all intents and purposes, Santa Claus is a mythical character, and if he was real he would not be able to deliver presents into deep space via a sleigh. Also, the ammount of controversy an active input of Christianity at this time of year would violate union rules for every other religion. This eliminates the need for presents, christmas bonuses and parties onboard JMC vessels
 
In short - Don't expect anything under the tree five hundred miles away from the nearest planet!