Posted by Commodore Drudoc Andone (Commanding Officer) in Side Sim: XO Arrives - Lt. Cmdr Itri Checking In [Tag CO]
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When Itri would enter she would find that her earlier thought or assumption it seemed of the Commodore ranked commanding officer of the Ark Angel was in fact a SHE. Drudoc rose from her chair behind the desk, standing a full 6‘2 in height, for a Romulan she was probably around her late 140s. She showed a strong physique as well as a lithe structure of stance. Her hair was a rich raven black, but oddly in places had a faint greyish tone that was not a dye nor a sign of age. Her eyes were a similar rich dark raven black, with bright deep green iris’s, she had a common V ridged forehead. Her hair came down to her shoulders, but was tightly woven up to keep out of her way and minimize the ability of an attacker from grasping it. “..Ah welcome aboard Lt Commander Itri. Glad to see you made it out to our neck of space at Starbase 243..” She said. “..Jolan Tru to you as well..” she added in the customary Romulan form of greeting.

Drudoc Andone CO

Upon seeing the woman, Sifeda’s confidence slipped away. She’d always preferred to be 100% Romulan and saw her Human part as a weakness as well as an inconvenience. She envied the V-shaped ridge in the woman’s forehead, a Romulan trait that she, unfortunately, did not inherit. “Jolan Tru, Captain. Thank you, My journey from the Starbase was.... uneventful. May I sit?” she asked as she entered the room.

”..Of course Commander,” Drudoc said with a gesture to the guest chair in front of the desk. “..Can I get you a drink?” She inquired. To the right in one corner, Itri would spy a very large fish tank. In its clear waters was a surprising sight coming out of a small rocky like cave in the tank. It was spherical in shape as fish go, about 5 inches circular and about 9 or so inches long. Its large beady eyes shown with a predators intelligence and rows of sharp teeth were evident. It seemed to catch the look of Itri nearby and seemed to study her like it might want to jump out of the open top tank and turn her into a meal. Thankfully a thick wire mesh would prevent this from happening. Depending how knowledgeable Itri was on Romulus native fish, she could recognize it as a Res’lee predator fish. Since 2387 with the loss of Romulus and Remus due to the Hobus Supernova they were now an endangered species. They were known to be quite intelligent as fish go, and able to leap out of water and breath for up to two minutes to tear into live prey. In some ways they were like a much larger more intelligent version of the Terran Piranha.

Sifeda did notice the menacing fish in the tank, however, she was not familiar with the species. In response to making eye contact with the fish and it seemingly studying her she shanked away from it and shivered a little. She slid the chair oposite away from the fish tank before she took her seat.
“No Commodore, I am fine.”

“I take it you have prepared orders for me? However, I was also hoping to learn a little more about the Ark Angel, something that is not in the ship specs or on the ship’s Starfleet profile.” Sifeda could feel her nervousness getting the better of her, she had the urge to start fidgeting by way of smoothing her uniform, or adjusting her hair. It was a pesky human trait that she’d picked up from her mother and was never able to overcome. To help suppress it she lifted her left hand and rubbed the back of her neck.

Itri, XO

”..I do have your orders waiting yes..” She said sliding a PADD over to Itri as she rose to get herself her own drink and anything Itri would request. “..As for knowing something about the Ark Angel not in her specs pro public Starfleet profile? Some of our missions have been classified for different reasons, but one I can relate to you was our recent encounter with the Q entity. They evidently this past year or so found us ‘interesting’ and were in a lively debate to see how we would react to extreme circumstances. With this in mind they flung us to the far distant GN-z11 galaxy and abandoned us. For four months we sought a means to get home under our own power, but also to explore the region we were in. Long story short thanks to some matter and reality altering black matter organisms, we were able to reshape our location from that galaxy back home here and arrive only a day or so from Starbase 243, though we had already been presumed overdue for our original mission of cargo delivery. The Q to say the least were annoyed that we ‘cheated’ in their game but nothing bad has yet come of it thankfully..” She explained.

Drudoc Andone CO

Sifeda had heard about the infamous Q, they were always causing trouble and interfering with missions. She didn’t think no entity in the universe should have as much power as they did. The most frustrating thing was they didn’t even seem to have outwitted and interfered with a number of Federation ships over the years. Sifeda’s brow furrowed, “So this Q just flung you in a far-off galaxy and called it a game?” She shook her head and then said, “Their idea of fun and games is ridiculous. Tuvok wrote in one of his reports that he believed the Q have weaknesses and only appear to be omnipotent because they possess technology that greatly surpasses the technology of the Federation. We must find a way to infiltrate them.” she said closing her left fist in a ball squinting her eyes in thought. Sifeda envisioned them being disembodied blobs of nothing with powerful minds that were able to project themselves into humanoids and create all the chaos they were known for.
After she cleared her thoughts about the Q she said, “I heard you just encountered some type of blob creature on your last mission?”

Itri, XO