Posted by Colonel Calvin Harris (Commanding Officer) in Shipwide Side Sim: FCIS Interview - Harris

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Posted by Colonel Calvin Harris (Commanding Officer) in Shipwide Side Sim: FCIS Interview - Harris
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Deck 9 was a very versatile space. The movable bulkhead setup, allowed the space to be turned into almost any possible configuration one might need, and so, in Agent Ashley Newton’s mind, it was the perfect space to hold the interview with the two members of the crew under investigation.

The room was uncharacteristically small. It held only a table with four chairs, and nothing more. Newton had deemed that to be the strictly necessary. Gesturing for Cal to sit down in a chair across from where she stood, Newton asked “Will you allow me to sit without shooting me first?” There was no sarcasm in her voice, but it was clear that it was a reference to what had happened earlier in the CO’s office.

Harris smirked slightly. “Damn… that mean I can’t kick the chair out from under you either?” Following a soft snort, Cal nodded to the chair. “Sit down, Ms. Newton. I know you wanna get this over with nearly as much as I do.”

Sitting down, Newton placed what looked to be a recording device on the table. “If you don’t mind, Colonel, these interviews will be recorded so we can analyze them later and the FCIS can keep them for their records. Let me know when you’re ready to start.”

“Fire away” The Dresden’s CO nodded in agreement to the recorder.

Tapping the screen of her PaDD, Newton proceeded with the interview. Looking at Cal in the eye, she said in a professional tone, almost as if she had conducted a few of these before.

“For the record, please state your name, rank, and serial number.”

“Calvin Alexander Harris, Colonel, Starfleet Marine Corps. SEC number 8702857-1836.” He answered coolly and smoothly.

“Let me start by asking you a few questions about what happened. You and a team of your crew members traveled by shuttle to the planet Beta Prime, a planet that holds an old human colony with whom first contact had been made just recently. How did you come to know about this planet, and what prompted you to go down to the surface?”

FCIS Agent Ashley Newton

“OK…” Harris began. “… if your gonna ask stupid questions, this is gonna take forever Ms. Newton.” Running a hand through his hair, he continued. “The Dresden was the closest vessel with Diplomatic configurable space on-board when the request came through from Beta Prime’s planetary leadership. We dispatched straight away and formed a standard Diplomatic party to go down to the surface and being the process of establishing diplomatic relations with the people there… known as the Regians”

Harris, CO

Newton nodded briefly and took a note in her PaDD. “There are no stupid questions, Colonel. The more information we can get on record, the better. Now, if you’ll allow me to continue without you questioning the validity of my questions…”

“Oh lighten up Buttercup” Cal said softly under his breath in an annoyed tone.

“Beta Prime is not only home to the Regians, but it is also the place of an important base belonging to Starfleet Intelligence, something you should not have known about in the first place, and should never have stumbled upon were you actually fulfilling the goal of a diplomatic mission. However, your own Executive Officer’s logs record that you included your Chief Intelligence Officer, Captain Molly Wright, in the away team you took down. Why did you feel this was necessary? Especially when she was taken under the guise of…” Newton tapped her PaDD’s screen several times “… a Tactical officer. I assume, as Commanding Officer of a Starfleet vessel, you are familiar with the standard operations of a diplomatic mission, and that, taking an undercover Intel Officer, is not part of the protocol. Did you, or did you not know in advance, of the Intelligence base on the surface, and were you, or any members of your team…” She looked Cal in the eye “… including Miss Wright, intent on visiting said base?”

FCIS Agent Ashley Newton

Harris glared across the table at Newton. “No…” He said with force. “… no I did not.” His gaze was ice cold and fierce. “I knew nothing about that base till the Jem’Hadar took us there. The question /I/ should ask is why the hell Fleet Intel didn’t find it worth their time to warn me… someone who maintains a Security Clearance that’d make your head spin… that there was an Intel Base there to begin with. No one on my team, including Ms. Wright, knew of the Base’s existence. The only reason she went was to provide ME backup because SHE had a bad feeling about the mission. Good damn thing she came too… huh Agent Newton?”

Harris, CO

Ignoring Harris’s question, Newton took what looked like a few notes on her PaDD. Turning to Harris once more she continued. “Fleet Intel doesn’t have to get out of their way to make sure you are informed, Colonel. Especially when you have an Intelligence Officer on your staff. If you were not informed of that fact, I suggest you speak to Miss Wright about her job performance.”

Newton tapped away on her PaDD once again before continuing. “According to your pre-mission logs, Captain Wright requested for her personally to be on the mission. You yourself state that, and I quote, ‘Normally I would not think it necessary to have Captain Wright’s skillset and expertise on such a mission but I have found when Intel insists on going somewhere, its best not to question cause they usually have a damn good reason’. Here you use the word ‘insist’, which suggests you didn’t want Miss Wright to be a part of the team in the first place and she forced your hand. Your wording also suggests that you didn’t question her on her request. Do you think it is possible she might have had information about the base, or even her own personal mission, that she might not have disclosed to you?”

“How would you describe your relationship with Captain Wright?”

FCIS Agent Ashley Newton