The flight algorithms booted quickly and the controls responded to the sequence immediately. As Spock initialized the bay protocol, she paused to regard the others in the shuttle. Their restraints were in place, as she would have expected, and Spock returned her attention to the console. The bay pressure normalized and the shuttle idled as the bay doors parted.

"On your mark, Captain Kirk," Spock stated evenly. On his order, the transport could begin. "Flight time should be approximately five minutes, forty three seconds upon departure."