Posted by Commander Jean Francios Millet (XO) in Post SIM: CO and XO

Posted by Captain Arialla Bovar (Captain) in Post SIM: CO and XO

Posted by Commander Jean Francios Millet (XO) in Post SIM: CO and XO
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Jean-Francois found the kitchen and made some nice ham and cheese sandwiches and looked at the time and saw that he had enough time to make some desserts. He made some Macarons and powdered covered Benoits. It took an hour but it was worth it. “I hope she didn’t run out on me.” He thought to himself. He packed the food in nice containers and had a container that would keep the pastries warm for several hours. He stopped by his room and grabbed a bottle of wine from his families estate and put it all in a bag along with a corkscrew. He finally met up with her at the transporter. “Pardon me Captain. It took longer than I thought but I have food here for us and a very nice 80 year old bottle of Bordeaux.” He motioned with his free hand. “Shall we?”

Jean-Francios, XO

He had mentioned going to get ready for their picnic and had him meet her in 40 minutes at the transporter room. She had been about to give up when he came thru the door with apologies. She raised an eyebrow and shook her head. “I almost gave up, you know… I’m starving now.” She laughed and nodded as they were ported to the surface.

The transporters weren’t used often for people. Most of the crew were scheduled on and off surface on a shuttle rotation. As they materialized, she couldn’t help but whistle in appreciation at the view. The XO’s coordinates to the Transporter Chief had dropped them on a grassy spot just shy of a rocky outcrop overlooking a huge valley that disappeared into the sea in the distance. “This is nice, I’ll grant you that.” She laughed and looked at him. “It gets you off the hook for being late. Just this once,” she laughed and moved to the rocky landing to glance at the scenery.

Captain Arialla Bovar
Commanding Officer

He smiled. “Well good. Here have a Macaroon and I will pour you some wine.” He opened the heated tray and handed it to her. Steam rising out and she could smell the savory of the rich French pastry. He then opened the bottle of wine and let it air out for a moment before pouring it in to the glasses and handed one to her. He raised the other one up to her. “To us, our friendship, our ship and our missions together.”

Jean-Francios, XO

She took a bite of the pastry as he poured the wine. “It’s good…” taking the glass, she toasted back. “Hear, hear..” she took a sip and nodded. “Ok, you win. Definitely better than I would have chosen.” She laughed and looked around. “You know, I could sit here all day and work.”

Ari
CO

“Merci! I made the pastries. My mom used to make the Macaroons in the morning for us before school. She would do it and not the chef. She used an old family recipe, which in turn I used for us.” He took a sip of the wine and savored it. “Of course I would pick a better wine. No one can come close to my knowledge of wines on the ship. But you are not going to work! This place is for relaxation only, No? We can go down to the beach and walk in the water and look for seashells or something but no one is going to work. Take this time Madam Captain to relish and take pleasure in something as beautiful as this. For when you are stuck in space and can’t go anywhere and are having a bad time, you can look back on this and smile and unwind about the good things. Not everything has to be about facts and science. Just take in the beauty and drink it up like I am right now.” He said directly looking into her eyes.

Jean-Francios, XO

His gaze was almost unnerving. As if he was seeing into her in places even she wasn’t aware of. She turned away to look over the cliff. “Not everything I do it work. I have a project, passion really. And this would be the perfect place to get a clear head without the constant hum of the ship.” She finished the macroon and took a cleansing sip of the wine. “I am working on how to use the sling shot principle to move a ship from one point to another, over great distance, without warp capability.”

She turned to face him, but her eyes wouldn’t lock on his for long before looking at his sweater or something past him. “We use it close to earth, around the moon or sun, to shoot us into space. So why can’t we use it to move crippled ships in an escape plan? Or perhaps used to move a ship thru a field where using warp would be deadly?” She glanced up into the sky. “I believe there are whole corridors in every sector that are capable of sustained sling shot travel.”

She bit her lip and looked down at him. A blush rising on her cheeks. “Sorry, I get a little carried away.”

Ari