“You're a good teacher" she said, smiling up at him appreciatively.

“You're welcome" he replied, as he tipped an imaginary hat congenially. He offered his hand, and they walked back to the officer's quarters for the night.

The couple awoke early the next morning and were raring to go. After having breakfast together they discussed their plans

"I think I'll explore the rest of the ship" John said, eager to see what secrets the other decks held.

“If it's ok with you, I'll continue practicing at the fire range" Alyssa proposed, impatient to continue her weapons training.

"That's fine by me honey" John agreed readily. He Leaned over to stroke her already full belly “Meet back here for Lunch?”

“Mmmm Alyssa replied, licking her Lips Lewdly. "I'll Look forward to John spent the next couple of days wandering the ship, visiting every location onboard. There were dozens of rooms dedicated to housing machinery and computers that ran vital ship functions: Life support, environmental systems, sensors, fuel control, the List seemed endless. The engine room, the drive room and the ships magazine were slightly more interesting, but as everything had been automated, there wasn't that much to interact with.

He went to visit the gym and found it had been modified significantly since the days he had served on the ship. Obviously no longer needing to cater to 300 fitness obsessed marines, the huge weights area had been greatly reduced. Dozens of treadmills and other fitness machines had also been stripped out, which meant that the gym was now about a tenth of its original size. In exchange, the freed up space now held a large pool and a Jacuzzi. John enjoyed swimming and was looking forward to showing the new pool area to Alyssa.

“Let's just hope the artificial gravity never fails!" He laughed to himself.

Finally he had a good Look over the new cargo bay. It replaced a large section of the lower two decks that had previously held the barracks for the marines. The cargo bay was situated to the fore of the ship, the docking bay at the aft. It ran the full width of the Invictus and there were huge hull doors on both sides of the ship that would allow easy loading, or unloading of bulky cargo. The cargo bay was heavily automated, with massive loading arms looming overhead, ready to assist in the movement of cargo around the bay.

Alyssa meanwhile spent the time practicing solidly in the firing range. The first day was spent firing thousands of rounds with the Assault rifle, before her eyes eventually got tired of staring through the scope. She concentrated mainly on firing whilst standing or kneeling, figuring it unlikely that she would be firing whilst prone in most random shootouts they were Likely to encounter. Besides, it was a bit uncomfortable lying on her stomach while she was carrying one of John's heavy loads.

By the second day, her accuracy had improved dramatically. She was able to consistently land all the rounds from a three round burst on target, even when firing at the maximum distance capable in the range. She met up for lunch with John and enjoyed hearing about all of his exciting discoveries aboard the ship. He promised to show her a nice surprise in the gym that evening, and she felt herself wondering what it could be while she sucked him encouragingly. He suddenly climaxed and she enthusiastically gulped down his tasty cum.

Immediately after Lunch, they called Calara on the Vid-feed to let her know that they'd be with her tomorrow. The young Latina Looked relieved that were nearly there and she waved them goodbye with more hope on her face than they had seen in some time.

Alyssa spent the afternoon researching everything she could find on the field of ballistics, before finally heading over to the gym to meet up with John at 6pm. Anticipation for this evening's big reveal had been building all afternoon and she wondered what he had in store for her.

John was already there waiting for her when she arrived and she could see he was excited to show her something. She deliberately blocked out any of his thoughts, not wanting to ruin the surprise.

“Good evening Alyssa!" He greeted her eagerly.

“Hey John" she grinned at him, enjoying seeing his uncharacteristic enthusiasm.

“Close your eyes" he said playfully, before leading her into the room as soon as her eyelids had shut.

“Now open them!" he cried and Alyssa could hear the excitement in his voice.

Alyssa opened her eyes, quickly adjusting to the bright lights inside the gym and saw that he had led her to the edge of a large, deep pool. Her face twisted in fear as she backed away carefully.

“What...I don't understand?" John asked, clearly disappointed and concerned by her reaction.

"I... I can't swim" Alyssa stammered, upset at ruining his surprise. "Oh honey, I'm so sorry I scared you, I didn't know" John said as he moved over to wrap the frightened teenager in a comforting hug.