From: Peter Aspinall (writing_rules_at_yahoo.com)
Date: Wed Jan 23 2008 - 08:59:20 PST
“At least 10 feet please.” (contd-“A Nosy Reporter.”)
Location: GATEWAY Complex
Scene: CO’s office
Stardate: [2.8]01231658
Daisy was sat behind the desk in her office, the
entire place still looking stark, and now marred by
scars of battle, particularly a buckled bulkhead.
As seemed to be the case constantly recently she was
reading a report and was thankful when someone beeped
to come in.
“Come in.” She called quickly hoping whoever it was
would stay for a few minutes, necessitating she take a
break from these PADDS.
Drake walked in to the office with, as usual, a smile
on his face. Daisy had however known him long enough
to know he wasn’t really happy, this was just the way
he was, he smiled.
“Drake, come in, have a seat.”
Drake’s smile seemed to widen a little as he heard the
relief in Daisy’s voice.
Sitting he looked at the picture frame on Daisy’s
desktop, a wistful looking crossing his face as an
image of Maddie appeared on the screen.
“I miss her too,” Sighed Daisy, “How are you holding
up without Lara and Hex?”
“A lot better than I would be if they were here, still
the STONEHENGE isn’t exactly the safest of places
either.”
“and you want to be there to protect them?”
“I think most people feel that in our situations don’t
they Daisy?”
Daisy nodded thinking of her kids.
“I came with some updates for you.” Said Drake before
a pained silence could decend.
“More updates?” Groaned Daisy.
Drake laughed, “Well you would go and get yourself in
command of the biggest individual complex this side of
Utopia Planitia.”
“Don’t remind me, ok what have you got?”
“Command is finally shipping a Batallion of marines to
us, we haven’t got the name of the commanding officer
yet but they should be here within the next week.
Three more ships have arrived through the wormhole,
ABILITY, ACHIEVEMENT and VORTEX. You will soon be
getting a notary from Operations that there has been a
request to keep a docking bay unmonitored.”
Daisy looked straight at him as he said the last item,
“I take it this has something to do with you?”
Drake nodded, “Yes I will be keeping my vessel there,
there may also be some... unannounced ships docking
there also.”
“Ok, just keep me informed on anything I need to
know.”
“You know I will.”
That was true through Daisy, other Intelligence agents
she may not have trusted to but a few she would trust
implicitly and Drake was one of them.
“Why are you here telling me all this Drake? Surely
Operations could have briefed me?”
Drake smiled yet again, “Probably, but information is
my business, besides, I brought you this.” He replied
ahdning over a PADD as he stood.
“What’s this?” Asked Daisy curiously.
“Oh just a simplified version of those engineering
reports you have on your desk, I know how you struggle
to understand them.” Grinned Drake turning to leave.
“How did you...?” Asked Daisy
Drake just smiled at her again and left.
She did note however as the door closed behind him
that he had left something else, a smile on her face
for the first time today.
Scene: Operations - - >Corridor
Time Index: 12:29pm
Daisy again straightened her red uniform top as she
waited for the Admiral,
The ironic thing about this tour of course being that
she was hopeless at engineering; beyond hopeless in
fact. Peter and then Drake had both forbidden her from
entering engineer on the PROPHECY and STONEHENGE. In
fact Daisy remembered one particular time she wanted
to talk to Peter and he had been working on his ship,
the ULYSSES, and he had made her stand at least 10
feet from the ship and practically shout the
conversation just so she couldn’t touch anything.
When the Admiral did turn up, his uniform just the
same shade as her own, he was accompanied by two of
Maverick’s marines.
The large Klingon looked the ideal for a marine, the
other nodded a greeting to Daisy and she returned it
with a smile Josh was clearly doing well for himself,
he seemed to really take to the marines.
“Admiral.” She said by way of greeting.
“Hello Commander, shall we begin straight away?” He
asked pleasantly yet clearly keen to get down to
business.
Already daisy could detect that same engineer’s
impatience as she saw in Peter, that urge to get stuck
in to the technical problems.
“Of course Admiral, I wasn’t aware we were going to be
escorted.” She commented nodding at the marines trying
to hide her nervousness at the prospect of being
quizzed on engineering matters.
“Colonel Maverick insisted, it seems that a particular
individual they had in the brig on the PATRIOT in
connection with an attempt on your life has escaped
our custody. “
The only visible reaction from Daisy was a thinning of
her mouth, once again Rixx had gotten away.
“Well shall we make a start then sir?” She asked
gesturing for the Admiral to precede her out of the
door.
As the Admiral stepped out of Operations Drake seemed
to appear from no where and quickly passed Daisy a
PADD with a sly smile before slipping away again.
Following the Admiral and trying to ignore the fact
she was once again having to be accompanied by
bodyguards she glance at the PADD and hid a chuckle
when she found complete and comprehensive notes on the
engineering issues with the station and even better, a
glossary of engineering terms the Admiral may use,
with translations she might recognise, including a
number of metaphors using biology.
She was so enjoying see what was there that she barely
caught the Admirals words.
“...I think considering the situation the GATEWAY may
be getting some rather extensive and upgrades.”
NRPG: OOOh look a post ! (See Kim I told you, don’t
die of shock :P) and do you know whats more...
there’s more to come ! Yup I have a particular plan
involving some character development for Drake.
Tay: You writing the inspection? TAG !
Peter Aspinall
STONEHENGE Webmaster
Council Chair
Voice of...
Lt cmdr H. H. Drake
ILO
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Cmdr Peter Aspinall
ExO
USS STONEHENGE
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ACTi
Starfleet Academy
Adm Arto Halle
COO
Starfleet Command
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