Bradley switched on the lights to the flight deck and every inch of the 500-meter length, five-story-tall open space illuminated. At first glance, it didn't seem too bad, but upon closer inspection, he saw nothing was in the right place. Most everything on the deck was automated, yet everything required human supervision and alignment. With the last action on the deck having been an evac there were cables left out and systems in mid-cycle that either jammed or shut off when left idle. Normally it would take a crew of 30 deckhands 10 minutes to clear the line and reset for multiple launches and landings, half that time in a combat situation. But at the moment he didn't have 30 men, just himself. It was going to take him all day. It felt impossible to him at first, but then he remembe
