Yui's return

Posted on Thu Jan 22nd, 2015 @ 9:49am by Admiral Kathryn Burke & Commodore Samantha York & Lieutenant Yui Hirasawa

1,017 words; about a 5 minute read

Lieutenant Yui Hirasawa stepped out of the side of the runabout, her hair a mess. The runabout itself had several burn marks and scorches on the hull from weapons fire. The flight deck crew of the Calypo's shuttlebay looked rather confused at what had happened. Yui was still shaking a little bit, she had no idea what had happened. She had literally flown the shuttle on autopilot for the last day and a half in fear of dying in deep space.
"I need to.... see the captain..." she said simply.

Before she knew it she was standing outside of the captains ready room, she still looked a mess and she was still a little shaky. She rang the bell wondering what was going on, but she needed to talk to Commodore York immediately.

"Come in," Sam said, wondering who -- or what -- would be at her door next. When this assignment was over, she was going to take a week off. One week where she and Damon could go camping and just relax.

Yui stumbled in. It was evident that she hadn't changed her uniform in over two days and from the scratches and bruises on her face she had been thrown around quite a lot.
"Commodore" she began quickly. "I request to stay aboard the Calypso. It isn't safe out there" Yui explained her voice rather shaky. "Someone is after me, I didn't think a simple officer transfer mission would be that bad...."

Yui had previously been the pilot to transport Commander Storm to the Calypso, but she had left the ship nearly three days ago to return to Starfleet Headquarters. However with the state of Yui herself and the Runabout it was obvious that she had run into trouble on the way back.

Sam was startled at the state of the woman. "Do you need to see a doctor? What happened?"

"I was returning to Starfleet Headquarters after dropping off Commander Storm and some other personnel. I had to turn around a...." she stopped and had to hold onto one of the chairs in front of Sam's desk. She took a deep breath. "A Starfleet ship attacked me. I managed to get away, but only just" she explained. "I came straight back here, its the only safe harbor I knew of" Yui said looking at the floor.

"A Starfleet ship? Did you get the name and registry?" Sam asked. "Three days ago? Does your shuttle have the coordinates?"

Yui nodded. "USS Athens" she said. "NCC 43267, Miranda Class" Yui explained. "She didn't hail me, she dropped out of warp and opened fire with phasers. I tried to hail them but got no response, she chased me for six hours around the next solar system, I only got away by taking the runabout into a planets atmosphere and using the mountains to hide from their sensors. The logs will be still in the runabout"

Sam nodded. "Have a seat, please. Help yurself to the replicator if you wish."

She then tapped her combadge. "York to Admirals Burke and Hunter. Please report to my ready room immediately."

"On my way," Burke replied.

Yui slid down into a seat, she placed her hands in her lap and tried to look somewhat innocent.

Several minutes later, the door chime rang again. "Come in."

Admiral Burke walked into the room and glanced from Sam to the woman in teh chair. "What happened?" she asked.

"Is Admiral Hunter coming?" Sam asked. "If so, I'd like to wait for him so the Lieutenant only has to explain once."

"He's in a meeting with the Intel department," Kathryn said. "He'll be here as soon as he can."

Sam nodded. "All right." She turned to Yui. "Explain to the Admiral what happened, please."

Yui nodded and took a breath. "I was returning to Starfleet Headquarters on the runabout after dropping off Commander Storm and some other personnel to the Calypso. About two to three days ago I was attacked by a ship registering as the USS Athens" she paused for a second. "I managed to get away by hiding down on a planet and eluding their sensors. I then returned here" Yui explained.

"The Athens?" Burke asked. She went to the computer and accessed a file. "We don't have an USS Athens in the fleet, or anywhere in this sector of space."

"So, where did it come from?" Sam asked. She had a feeling it either had something to do with the death of Vance or the framing of Wolfe. Neither one was appealing.

"I think Max has a good idea," Kathryn said.

"Since he's busy, will you give him the information?" Sam asked. "See if this is connected to the other matter he's working on."

Kathryn nodded, understanding she referred to the Wolfe matter. "I will."

Sam turned back to Yui. "In the meantime, you'll need to stay here until we get back to a Starbase. We can assign you temporary quarters. I suggest you visit the doctor nad counselor while you are here. That way you won't have to wait around for the paperwork when you get back." She paused for a moment. "Where were you heading?"

"Earth. Starfleet HQ" Yui explained. "This was an assignment in between ship assignments. Since my old ship was retired I was doing runabout missions until I was assigned to another ship".

Burke raised an eyebrow. "Fortuitous, as Commodore York is in need of a Helmsman." She sat at Sam's console and quickly accessed her files. Two minutes later, she sat back. "Sam, you should get the orders momentarily. Lieutenant Hirasawa, welcome to teh Calypso."

Sam chuckled. "I think that settles the question of where you belong. Talk to the Quartermaster and get a permanent assignment. Take the time you need to get settled and then report back to me."

"Yes sir" Yui said standing up and bowing slightly.

"Ma'am, please," Sam said, standing and returning Yui's bow. "Welcome aboard, Lieutenant."

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OFF

Commodore Samantha York
Commanding Officer

Lieutenant Yui Hirasawa
Chief Flight Control Officer

Admiral Kathryn Burke
Commander, Theta Fleet

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