"To Thine Own Self Be True"
(Previous post: Tiffany's 'Late Night...')
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Setting: USS ANUBIS, Main Engineering
After seeing both the ANUBIS' Counselor and Chief
Medical Officer to their respective quarters, the CEO
returned to his domain as his staff were making last
minute preparations for the mission to IRRAJ. The
massive engineer studied the PADD given to him by his
CO and still couldn't make head or tails of IRRAJ's
odd culture. He had time before they arrived so he
placed the PADD on his desk and walked about the
engineering deck. As he stood by the pool table he was
approached by 3 of his officers. T'Reni, Ken Yates,
and Karen Watkins
"Well Boss, here's the final list of supplies we'll
need. I submitted it to the quartermaster on the base
and he informed me that all the supplies we'll need
will be here by 0500 hours." Ken said.
"Cutting it awful close aren't you Mr. Yates?" David
said looking at the invoice PADD.
"I suggested the delivery time because some of the
items needed had to be replicated and some had to be
found." T'Reni said in Ken's defense.
"Well... it is what it is. I'll see you all in the
morning" and as the officers walked off David stepped
in the path of his assistant.
"T'Reni, level with me. Were you displeased with the
arrival of Ensign Norheim?"
The Vulcan engineer looked at the CEO with a raised
eyebrow. "I was neither pleased or displeased. I
believe he'll make a fine addition to our staff."
David knew the answer to the next question. Vulcans
lacked the sense of vanity, but he had to hear her say
it anyway, "But you out rank him."
"And once upon a time I out ranked *you* as well." she
replied.
David chuckled. "I'll see you in the morning T'Reni."
She nodded at the CEO and departed as David went to
his office and grabbed the PADD. There was a flashing
light on his desktop monitor.
"Computer, any new messages?"
=/\= Negative. =/\=
"Odd" the CEO said, "new orders from base engineering?"
=/\= Negative. =/\=
:: OK... we do this the hard way, :: David said to
himself, "Then what is it?"
=/\= New engineering skematics have been uploaded into
the ships computer. =/\=
"Engineering skems?" David said to himself, "computer,
download and bring them up on my monitor in my
quarters."
The computer made its customary bleeps and David left
the engineering deck.
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David had sat and read over the prototypes to phasers,
phaser rifles, runabouts, shuttles, comm badges and
the list went on and on. And *all* were submitted by
his new assistant.
"Interesting stuff," David said to himself as he sipped
his Ratkajino, "computer, bring up the personel file
of Ensign Mattias Norheim."
As the CEO read over his assistant's file, certain
things stuck out in them. He and his assistant had
something in common. At his last post, a fire had
injured 4 people including himself. He was arrested
and set to be court martiled, but somehow had fell
through the cracks.
"Some of this stuff might prove useful on the mission,
but I better keep an eye on him just in case he
invents something that'll blow up half the damned
ship" David said to himself as the computer announced
the time.
=/\= The time is 2245 hours. =/\=
"Time to hit the sack" the CEO said to himself as he
stood and stretched. As he bypassed the full length
mirror outside his sleeping area the CEO stopped and
looked around. For an instant, he could have sworn he
saw the ILOs reflection in the mirror.
"Computer, locate Lieutenant Commander Enaii"
=/\= Lieutenant Commander Enaii is in her quarters. =/\=
"OK..I must be seeing things" the CEO said rubbing his
eyes, then his temples as he climbed into bed.
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as
Lieutenant David Dawson
"A Starfleet officer... that's all I am and that's all I'll ever be." 2006 post #166
Stardate: 61012.2100
Setting: USS ANUBIS, Dawson's Quarters
Stardate: 61012.2200
Julian Knight (d_dawson_1@yahoo.com)
Chief Engineer
USS ANUBIS NCC 18501
- Avery Brooks as Captain Benjamin Sisko,
Commanding Officer of the Federation Spacestation Deep Space 9
