Posted by Lieutenant Sheleah Ruby (Diplomatic Officer / CNS) in Ready Room (Tag all Department heads)

Posted by Captain Daniel “DaVinci” Colter (CO/CIO) in Ready Room (Tag all Department heads)

Posted by Lieutenant Nicholas Foster (Chief of Security) in Ready Room (Tag all Department heads)
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Colter sat at the head of the table, staring at the monitor in front of him. The screen was paused with the image of a Federation starship at the beginning stages of an explosion . . . .

Captain Daniel “DaVinci” Colter
CO/CIO USS Saracen

Harri blinked at the image. Whilst it was still too early to tell, it looked like the explosion was of sufficient power to cause some significant damage, if not destroy the ship.

“That isn’t good,” she said, more to herself than anyone else.

Lt. Cmdr. Sato
Chief Engineer

Sheleah slid into a seat a few chairs down the right hand side of the table from the Captain. She watched the screen intently for a few seconds before shaking her head. Not good indeed she thought.

• Sheleah, CNS/DO

“A possible act of terrorism on a Starfleet ship . . . .I’ll explain more in depth when the rest get here.”

Captain Daniel “DaVinci” Colter
CO/CIO USS Saracen

“That would be damn near impossible....” Nicholas muttered in shock. “Even with our security protocols, it’s hard to believe that someone could have pulled something like that off on a starship.” Lieutenant Foster stared back at the screen intently, thinking about possibly running a few drills of his own to avoid something like that happening on the Saracen.

Lieutenant Nicholas Foster
Chief of Security

The captain leaned forward, clasping his hands together and resting his elbows on the table.

“Ten days ago, the Saracen delivered a package to the USS Quicksilver, an Avenger-class destroyer orbiting the planet Caere. That package was the Quicksilver’s newly appointed CO, Capt. Shevna (See Captain’s log. . . .https://www.star-fleet.com/core/stf5/saracen/posts/247375/).”

“Caere recently petitioned the Federation to become its’ newest member. The Quicksilver was there to provide support to the USS Hokkaido. The Hokkaido is on her way to start the process and negotiations.”

“At 0430 hours ship time, I received a priority one message from Starfleet Intelligence. This was not directed to the CO of the Saracen, but to Agent Colter of Intel. What you’re seein is the end of the message I got. That,” he said indicating the monitor, “is the beginning of the end of the Quicksilver. Intel wants us to investigate what happened while keeping it quiet until we have some answers. It’s believed that there is a certain part of Caere’s population that doesn’t want to join the Federation.”

Captain Daniel “DaVinci” Colter
CO/CIO USS Saracen

Sheleah noted the difference in uses of title when it came to what the Captain was explaining. Obviously, Starfleet wanted things done a specific way for specific reasons. She didn’t really like that because layers of information had a way of getting all tangled up and that was usually not a good thing. It wasn’t her job to complain about such things, just to keep them straight.

• Sheleah, CNS/DO

“Do we have any more footage?” Sato asked. Whilst she could see what part of the ship was the source of the explosion, seeing the pattern of the explosion would reveal more about how it was done.

Lt. Cmdr. Sato
Chief Engineer