by Zander Blakeslee
80930.18
During His Worst Nightmare
And following The Very Big Chair
-= Main Bridge , USS Alchemy=-
80930.18
During His Worst Nightmare
And following The Very Big Chair
-= Main Bridge , USS Alchemy=-
“Status?” Zander asked as he stood up from the command chair on the Alchemy.
There was what seemed like a moment lost in time as he waiting for the status of the eleven souls that the Alchemy was responsible for transporting through the crack in the Slyph subspace bubble.
“Transport is complete.” Came the melodious voice of his wife whom he had chosen to man Ops. “We have all eleven onboard.” Samthia turned towards him and smiled warmly. “Sir.”
He returned the smile and did not mistake the hidden message in her voice. While she was the most serious of people while performing her duties she also was a Deltan, a Deltan in love with him. The combination of those two factors almost caused him to shudder with joy. He knew that he might be cashing in on a favor to have Commander Salvek family watch his kids this evening.
He put the personal feeling aside for the moment as there was still work to do.
“Inform the Sera that we have our cargo and make sure the medical staff is ready.”
“Aye sir.”
He noticed that Lt. Grace was looking at him with concern on her face. Zander simply nodded giving her silent permission to go and find her husband. She wasted no time in rising from her chair and making her way off the bridge. Ensign Lash quickly took her seat.
Zander touched the comm. control on the arm of the captain’s chair and rang up engineering. “How are we doing down there?”
[We are doing great. We are well within operational limits.] Kellyn replied.
“Excellent. Let’s get ready to..”
“Sir, we have another ship that just came out of warp.” Lt. Wej-Blakeslee reported interrupting Zander.
“One second commander.” Zander put Kellyn on hold.
“It’s registry shows it to be the USS Planck. She is hailing us and the Sera.” Samthia reported.
Zander stood up. “Let’s hear it.”
[This is the Temporal Investigations starship Planck. We require you to lower your shields and allow an investigation team onto your ships.]
Everyone on the Alchemy turned towards Zander who quite honestly was not sure what to do.
“Helm set a course for the Sera.” He ordered Ensign Lash.
He then nodded to Samthia. “Open a channel to the Planck.”
“Channel open sir.”
“This is Commander Blakeslee commanding the USS Alchemy. Do to the sensitive nature of this ship I am afraid that I do not have the authority to allow you access to the ship. We are however in route back to the Serendipity. Once aboard our commanding officer will make the determination to allow your investigators access.” He nodded to Samthia to cut the channel.
He sat back down and turned his attention back to Kellyn who had been patently listening through the comm. of the captain’s chair.
“Think they will buy the line of crap?” He asked his fellow bridge officer.
[I don’t think they have much of a choice. Your right not allowing them access considering what we have seen from this group in the past.] Kellyn surmised.
[We’ll be ready to dock when we get back to the Sera. Engineering out.]
Zander turned his attention back to the forward viewscreen and waited for them to dock.
-Later-
Zander made his way back up to the bridge to find Lt. Dengar seated in the center chair.
“How are we looking Lieutenant?” Zander asked.
Rada practically leaped out of the chair. “Fine, just fine sir.”
“Um, we are just waiting for the team to beam over from the Planck. Commander Salvek is still attending to the captain and away team.” He filled in Zander quickly. “I guess I head back over…” He turned to leave.
“Na, you keep the bridge. You seem to have everything under control here. I’m going to see if Commander Salvek needs a hand with our visitors from the Planck.” Zander quickly replied having had his fill of the big chair for a day.
Rada slowly sat back down not entirely unset by the prospect of returning to the chair. Zander smiled as he leaned in and spoke in a low voice. “Kind of comfy ain’t it?”
He turned and walked off the bridge before Rada could reply.
Lt. CMDR Zander Blakeslee
Chief Security/Tactical Officer
USS Serendipity NCC-2012
Chief Security/Tactical Officer
USS Serendipity NCC-2012