Posted by Lieutenant Commander Faye Calloway (Chief Intelligence Officer) in Spymasters at Work

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Daggum Hammor (Chief Engineer) in Spymasters at Work

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Faye Calloway (Chief Intelligence Officer) in Spymasters at Work

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Faye spun in her chair in her office as she contemplated eight different things, her eyes tracking one spot. No one needed her falling out of her chair because she was dizzy. Somehow, that might cramp whatever interesting reputation she was building on this ship. A chirp from her console interrupted the flow of branching thought and she spun back to see what, or rather who, had sent her a message.

She grinned. Linella. Who knew after all these years that not only would she have set foot on Orion again, but actually become genuine friends with the woman who had been like a mother to her when she had no family to call her own so soon after so many of them had died very violent deaths.

Another thought came to her mind and Faye burst out laughing. She was imagining what Jubal Early would make of her adventures as a mistress of spies. Actually, he’d probably just nod and declare it fitting for the ‘mixed-up fruitcake’ he had deemed her. Affectionately, of course. Well, maybe not when he first made that comment given it had been after she had dislocated his jaw with her notorious right hook, and he fractured her left femur with a solid kick. He had been a very large Caitian/Trill hybrid and it was lucky that that and her broken ribs had been her only injuries. Then again, he was a Marine and she was sure he would have thought it beneath him, especially after she didn’t get up from the deck. But she knew without a doubt in that moment that he had wanted to. And thus their strange hate-filled friendship began.

She wondered about him now and again. What he was up to, what he’d make of everything that had happened to her the last several years since the Atlantis had rescued her half-dead from here drifting shuttle. He’d probably sh!t himself to know she was doing Command training. The thought made her laugh aloud again.

But she was getting distracted. Faye peered at Linella’s message and then proceeded to stare at it. Well… that was something.
Faye messaged her husband on the internal system (though she had naturally encrypted their messages to keep nosy people out). ||L went digging. We have something, though hard to say how useful it is just yet. I’m going to branch a few scenarios while I wait for you in my office.||

~Faye Calloway, CIO & Linella Kejal

=/\= Be there in twenty. =/\= came the response. It had been a bit of a shift for Daggum, going from Operations to Engineering. Not in a bad way… it was just different. Of course, he had wasted no time making the department his own. Not only were the Engineers on his side, but they were being proactive and addressing secondary and tertiary issues when completing tasks. That meant that their efficiency rating was bumping forward bit by bit… and with he promose of a Department-only party hosted by the Department Head himself as a motivation to hit 96.5% (three percent higher than Fleet average) for six months the straight; the Department was always busy. And so was Hammor. He was inside Jeffries Tubes and under deck plating with the rest if his team… both to lead and to learn. His Academy specialization was Engineering, of course, but he had some catching up-slash-training to do.

Twenty-two minutes later he walked into Faye’s office. “What’s happening, hot stuff?” he asked as he plopped down into a chair.

Hammor, CE

A dark gleam appeared in her eyes as she swivelled to face him. “What if I told you that the Admiral helping out mother-dearest isn’t quite what he seems? Well, his name is real and he is in Starfleet, but what if his connections to Orion go back a ways… a long ways.”

~Faye

Daggum’s eyes widened slightly and he said “Oh really? Do tell… and do we have proof, or do we have to get it?”

Daggum

“Linella is working on it… I might have created a monster.” Normally, she might have said that with some actual concern, especially given the risk they had asked Linella to take, small though it might be. In this case, Faye was amused more than anything at how eagerly her old friend had taken to the assignment- nothing short of gusto.

“But basically his grandmother is Orion. Grandfather raised the son away from Orion for reasons we don’t yet know, and there seems to be some family shame involved around the whole affair. My guess is that either the admiral has embraced his Orion heritage maybe a little to much, or there’s information there that might destroy him or his reputation and he’s being blackmailed by your mother.” Either was just as likely in her mind.

~Faye Calloway

“Or both.” Daggum said as his eyes took on a faraway look for second. Refocusing, he said “What if he was being blackmailed, and then decided he liked the road that he was put on? Wouldn’t be the first time a victim became the criminal.” He then had a thought. “Did he disclose his family background when he joined Star Fleet? I mean, I had to go through ten levels of bureaucratic hell to join. I’d imagine anyone with ties to there would have a similar experience.”

Daggum

Faye lifted a finger. “Ahh, now this is where things get interesting. According to his records, including his medical records, his grandmother is Human. So as an added layer he’s covering it up because there is no way he’d have gotten to the rank he’s at without someone knowing he has Orion DNA and agreeing to or being compelled to keep it quiet. So falsifying records is the first charge.”

~Faye Calloway

“Leveling charges already? I love it when you talk dirty.” Daggum said with a grin. He thought for a moment and then said “Okay… so. You need to conceal your DNA from every physical you have ever had. Do we have a commonality to who does those physicals? And do we know who could alter them after the fact? And by ‘we, I of course mean ‘you’.” and he chuckled.

Daggum