The Orbital wall flowers

Posted on Fri Aug 12th, 2016 @ 4:34pm by Ensign Maria Delgado & Commander Hans Munich

818 words; about a 4 minute read

Mission: Shadow Dance
Location: Bridge
Timeline: Durning Formal Dinner

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The SHip was in orbit directly above the dinner; Munich had to be the one to take the Center Chair; which he had to admit is not as uncomfortable as it had been when York forst asked him to sit in it as the Acting Executive Officer. He had been content with the Communication Chief position; he liked it as a matter of fact, but with command he had to begin to prune a person to Cover in his absence.

Nichelle Vannan had the best potential; the people called her Gnat' as she was the one spending more time in the JEffery Tubes than any other officer in his command chain, she knew the system nearly as well as Munich. She was a cute Raven haired woman of average height but her demure figure was more like a gymnast. She was said to be faster using the Jeffery Tubes than turbo liftys going downward in her trouble shooting. WHile she was a bit more on the shy side she had the daredevil in her to a degree. SHe took responsibility as required and did her job well. She had been a shoe -in or Damage Control chief, she had a creative way of thinking about repairs to get the systems up and running with the minimal effort and that meant being a master of the Jury-rig. To be that good she also had to knwo how things worked to be able to 'adapt' them as repairs neeeded. Yes, she is a spitfire; and since he had made her a deputy Chief on the Gamma Shift she had really shown her colors.

Right now she was ; more or less, over seeing the operations of the Communications department while Munich was doing this executive Officer thing; she had a good head on her shoulders and people respected her as she was both friendly and dedicated to her duty. She lead by example and made that bar pretty high; yet, she understood how it is and did not expect anyone to do more than they could.

"I am really over thinging this." Munich scolded himself quietly enough not to be heard, Vannan was in the Comm station doing her job as Munich strode around teh Bridge checking the officers and ship's status.

He was just coming to the Science Station for the first round and realized again that Maria was assigned to his shift; not that he complained as it was really good luck, but he had to admit seeing her did help to calm him a bit.

"I wonder if they have any style of dancing like we could have ... enjoyed at that party?" He asked quietly.

"I do not think they would appreciate salsa," Maria replied quietly. "But we could always do some after our shift."

"I would like that." Munich tried to keep it somewhat professional. "So while we are on our shift could you give me a three sixyty degree scan; I like to know who is around us just in case. You know everyone gets held up getting out of the parking lot, I would like to stay ahead of the crowd." he smiled. A good Driver is always at the curb when the Boss comes out from the party."

Maria shook her head, trying not to smile too broadly. "As you wish."

Thank you." He nodded. "I also want to stay out of their sensory range just in case they want to scan 'Us' and reverse engineer what they can gather?" It was a lame excuse but enough to have the scans.

"If they've petitioned to join the Federation, then there would be no reason to stay out of sensor range," Maria replied, wondering what Hans was really up to.

"That is if they are approved." Munich said. "The Governing body does not seem to think there is a war; we get intel saying there is a war. UNtil we know who are friends and foes I think it best to side on caution." He took a abreath. "Perhaps too much Sun T''Zu in my education; best to be ready and be wrong. Please keep your passive ears open if they scan or target ping us. I do not believe they will but I would hate to scratch the paint if I am wrong. " He smiled in that sly way. "Of course if they ruin our dance later they Vill regret it."

Maria nodded, letting her hair fall over her face to keep others on the bridge from seeing her chuckle. "Aye, sir, keeping a passive eye and ear out for trouble."

Munich gave her a wink and continued away . "I will hold you to that Ensign." He teased.

"Promises, promises," she replied, keeping her eye on the displays in front of her. Still, she couldn't help smiling as she did so.

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Lieutenant Commander Hans Munich
Acting XO

Ensign Maria Delgado
Science Officer

 

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