Posted by Captain Freja Andreassen (Commanding Officer) in Captain’s Ready Room - Post Senior Staff Briefing

Posted by Lieutenant Conner Reid (Chief of Security) in Captain’s Ready Room - Post Senior Staff Briefing

Posted by Lieutenant Commander Finn Grady (First Officer) in Captain’s Ready Room - Post Senior Staff Briefing
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Instead, I’m going to continue my primary mission: protecting this ship and her crew. If that mission happens to align with protecting the people of Scallax from Federation overreach, then perhaps my loyalties haven’t shifted — perhaps the Federation’s have.

VOSS, A.
Colonel, SFMC
Commanding Officer, USS Cinzano

– GM Amadeus

The more Freja read, the less she liked this mission. Her gut was telling her that there was a bigger picture, but someone wasn’t talking about it. It wasn’t Voss or anyone on that Scallax independence council either. She wasn’t precisely sure how she wanted to handle this, but it definitely needed careful management, but it was definitely time to share notes with her XO. She’d probably wind up conferring with Hammond afterward too to get his perspective.

=^=Andreassen to Commander Grady, please report to my ready room when you have a spare moment.=^=

~Freja Andreassen~

=/\= On my way, ma’am=/\= Finn’s voice came over the comms.

A few moments later the XO had arrived and stood before the captain.

“Ma’am things are progressing outside: the Favereau is en route, though I will say her captain is not pleased to be pulled way from some vaccination mission, departments are making appropriate preparations for our arrival and we should be in the Scallax system in a few days,” he smiled expectantly at the senior officer, “What can I help with in here?”

Lieutenant Commander Grady - XO

“Good,” Freja nodded, pausing briefly, “I’ll speak with Captain Y’lar when we’re done here. She should know the potential hornet’s nest we might be headed into.”

She leaned back, “So I’ve been researching various things. I’ve learned that Colonel Voss, the commander of the Cinzano, is part of the separatist council that formed on Scallax. The Admiral conveniently left that out which I’m not overly happy about. Scallax itself was subject to numerous raids from likely the Orion Syndicate, which is where the Cinzano was sent to investigate, but Voss’ logs indicate he felt something was being withheld from him or that someone was insuring his intelligence briefs were stage managed and controlled as to what he could see. Probably lead to him joining the separatists because prior to this assignment he was a model officer.”

“There is a lot of information provided to us, but there’s still much unsaid,” Freja paused after a moment, “Voss will have to be handled carefully, I’ll chat with Colonel Hammond before we arrive in Scallax to get his read on Voss’ record from a marine standpoint. I think that our primary angle should be approaching the Scallax council with ‘okay, you want to separate, we’re not going to interfere with that, we are here primarily for Federation citizens who wish to not be part of the movement and relay your demands up the chain of command’ type of thing. Plus, we lack the military fire power to really do much else beyond protect ourselves and the Favereau.”

“I don’t want to relay these concerns with the crew at large yet, mainly because I don’t know if I’m just reading too much into the information I’ve uncovered and I don’t want to worry or frustrate the crew unnecessarily. As my XO, I think it’s important that you know what’s on my mind for the most part when it comes to mission details though. I don’t like keeping things from my XO, so that’s what this discussion is about. The message to the senior staff and crew at large though should be that there is evidence in the mission briefs that there are some shifting loyalties in the Scallax system and we have to be extremely cautious. They can’t access Voss’ reports as I can, but it wouldn’t be hard for anyone reviewing the planetary feed data we received to put two and two together that Voss likely betrayed his uniform.”

“Any questions, thoughts, concerns?” She finished.

~Freja Andreassen~

Before Grady could reply, the chime rang to announce Reid’s presence outside.

Once given the okay to enter, Conner approached the captain’s desk.

He nodded to the XO and offered, “Good, I’m glad your both here. Permission to speak freely, Captain?”

Lt. Conner Reid
Chief of Security-USS Chimera

“Please do,” Freja nodded.

~Freja Andreassen~

Finn stood by quietly, waiting for Lieutenant Reid to speak. What the captain had just told him was a lot to take in. There seemed to be so much more at play here and he was concerned about what the Chimera and her crew were being sent into. He knew they could handle a great deal but missing essential pieces of information from Starfleet could cause things to go haywire. He was glad Captain Andreassen had decided to read him in, as well as Hammond. At least with the command officers knowing the information they could guide the rest of the crew and hopefully, keep the chance of success high.

Lieutenant Commander Grady - XO

His gaze went from the captain to the XO and back to the captian.

“Ma’am, sir, I think we’re going about this mission the wrong way. There are so many unknowns right now. Besides a rebel takeover of the government, do we even know why yet? What are their reasons for wanting to leave the Federation? Are their gripes legitimate?”

“If the Federation is the reason for the revolt, I think going planet side with a contingent of marines is just going to add fuel to the fire They’ll look at it as another strong arm Federation tactic. That could lead to more aggression and violence. Do the rebels have hostages? Going in with guns blazing could put those people more at risk.”

“I don’t think sneaking in and hiding our presence in the system is the best of ideas either. I suggest we go in under a white flag, letting them know we are on a humanitarian mission to evacuate those Federation citizens who wish to be evaced. There may be many that support the rebels, for all we know. We offer that, as well as setting up negotiations and listen to their complaints. Isn’t the ultimate goal here to come up with a peaceful resolution?’

Lt. Conner Reid
Chief of Security-USS Chimera

“There is something more going on, which is why I’m leaning heavily on entering the system under the idea that we are here to assess the rebels wants and desires and listen to them and to assess the status of Federation citizens known to be in the system at the time of their takeover,” Freja replied, “I’ve been reviewing the data packet sent, Colonel Voss is part of the rebel council, he’s betrayed his uniform. I’m personally curious as to why, because prior to this mission he was a model marine, something pushed him. If he was set up to fail, that could do it, and if we’re also being done dirty by command, I need proof before I start blowing a whistle....this is just gut feeling based off of what I’ve seen thus far.”

She leaned back, “A peaceful resolution would be preferrable in my mind, but given what I’ve reviewed, there might be something more akin to black ops going on in the background, if so, we need to proceed with caution. Again, I can’t prove it yet.”

~Freja Andreassen~

While Freja was discussing with the XO, an errant thought occurred to her about other inconsistencies. How was she supposed to figure out who was a LOYAL Federation citizen in the limited time given to her? What exactly did that mean? Was this part of the more that she felt was going on? Was she intentionally being set up to fail? Or had she potentially missed something.....

– GM Amadeus
USS Chimera