"A Hirogen, A Vulcan And A Human Walk Into A Room"
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Setting: USS HATHOR, Bridge
Uxtar and Derek arrived on the Bridge in response to the ExO's call.
The tall man looked to be three seconds away from ripping his uniform
off which made the HATHOR's FCO chuckle for a brief moment.
"With your permission?" The ExO asked of his CO, pointing to the Ready
Room. Because of the HATHOR's size there had not been that many places
where a group of officers could conduct any type of meetings. As far
as Dawson had been concerned there had been only two such places on the
ship; the Mess Hall and the CO's Ready Room, and the Mess Hall had not
been his first choice for what they needed to cover.
"By all means Lieutenant," the hybrid replied with a nod sending the
CEO/ExO on his way followed by the two officers he had called up to the
bridge.
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"Have a seat gentlemen," David said sounding suddenly completely
comfortable with his new role. "There is a lot of things to do, so
let's get cracking. How is the ship?"
"Piloting wise the HATHOR is as ready as she can be," Ens. Stromwind
replied.
"Weapons and tactical systems are also fully operational and ready
Sir," Uxtar replied, the Hirogen having seemingly fallen into the grove of
his new role as Sec/Tac officer.
"Alright then, the next step is our approach of SURIAL III," the
CEO/ExO said moving the meeting ahead as fast as possible so to give himself
and the others time to finish up on whatever they needed to do.
"Being deep inside Cardassian controlled space," Uxtar said, "I
strongly recommend that the HATHOR take the lead under cloak. If there is
anything out there waiting for us, we will be able to warn the ANUBIS
before it turns ugly."
"That is a logical plan," the Human/Vulcan hybrid continued, "plus
being so much more maneuverable the HATHOR could easily avoid whatever little
surprises we come across."
Dawson chuckled to himself. Being the HATHOR's second in command had
made him look upon the situation with an entirely new perspective, one
that he had rarely considered before today. "The little surprises are
not what I am concerned about, it's the large ones. The HATHOR may be
a sturdy little ship, but against two or more GALOR-Class destroyers we
may be in for a rough ride."
"I doubt we will have to worry about that," the Hirogen Sec/Tac Officer
pointed out with what passed as a smile for the Hunter. "The sensors
will be able to pick up any patrols with ease and under cloak we will
be able to avoid them and relay all tactical information back to the
ANUBIS to insure that they also avoid contact with any Cardassian ships."
The FCO nodded his agreement and full support of what Uxtar had said.
"With all due respect Sir, with the HATHOR's maneuverability and its
cloaking device I could fly it within yards of any ship without them
being the wiser."
The CEO/ExO laughed nervously before looking at the FCO with a stern
expression. "I will take your word on that since I am sure that
neither Cmdr. Serenna not myself will be in the mood to test that claim."
"Yes sir," Derek nodded seeing the comment made by Lt. Dawson as a
reminder to stick to the plan and the orders that he would be
receiving.
"Alright, back to work. We'll discuss the HATHOR's role once we reach
SURIAL III at a later time, right now let's concentrate on getting
there in one piece."
Uxtar and Derek rose from their seats and in unison replied, "Aye sir,"
before exiting the CO's Ready Room leaving the CEO/ExO alone with his
thoughts for a few moments before he returned to the bridge given the
Ready Room back to its rightful owner.
### 2006 post #006
Stardate: 60339.1845
Setting: USS HATHOR, CO's Ready Room
Stardate: 60339.1848
Mark Hutchings {h172mark16@fastmail.us}
Ensign Uxtar
Chief Security Officer
USS HATHOR
