Posted by Captain Zachariah Cobb (Commanding Officer) in side-sim Calling in Favors

Posted by Lieutenant Casela Synthi-er (Counsellor / RTF) in side-sim Calling in Favors
Alpha shift had just ended, and Casela had 4 hours before RTF training started....again. She went into her office and locked the door. She took out a small hand held device and scanned the room with it. Satisfied with whatever it said she sat down at her desk and turned on the console. =^= Priortiy 3 message, Admiral Roebuck from Lt. Synthi-er. Requesting secure connection.=^= Casela sat back and waited. Time to see if what Roebuck was as good as his word.

Lt. Synthi-er, S31

Moments passed in silence, sufficient for Synthi-er to perhaps suspect the Admiral of ignoring her request. But eventually her monitor flickered to life and the handsome face of Roebuck filled the screen, his silver-grey hair and dazed expression painting a picture of one just woken from a deep, but perhaps not entirely satisfying, sleep.

=^=Synthi-er?=^= he responded, his finger locating and then removing a particle of crust from the corner of his left eye. =^=Has something happened? Is Zachariah okay?=^=

• Admiral Roebuck

Casela took in the ‘I woke up to talk to you’ look and double checked her time. It should be about 1620 hours. Well just because she was up didn’t mean the admiral kept the same schedule. =^=Cobb is doing very well admiral. I’ve even managed to get him to cut is drinking by more than half. His backbone has reappeared with a vengeance.=^= Despite her efforts Roebuck could tell the S31 agent had a great deal of respect for Zachariah Cobb.

=^=The problem, Sir, is a matter of red tape. We had an…incident on board last night. A very harmless looking but deadly anomaly. And though you’ve given Leviathan an amazing crew, it’s too divided. Cobb is the best leader I’ve seen to date. But there are too many secrets. Too many of the crew can choose to say, “I don’t have to tell you because you aren’t cleared.” This is creating a problem Admiral. And no matter how we might see Zachariah Cobb, if the crew won’t defer to his judgement because of a red tape power struggle, this ship and it’s crew will go the way of the rest of the missing ARU ships.=^= Casela let that sit for a minute.

=^=I have…favors I’m willing to call in to fix this. There are other…more section 31esc ways to deal with this, but getting him higher clearance is something that doesn’t require me to bully, blackmail, and police the crew.=^= For all records Roebuck was honest, he was one of the good guys in StarFleet command.

Lt. Synthi-er, S31