Posted by Rear Admiral CockRoach (GM) in Main Sim - Bridge - A Comm Call
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It was a day later and everyone had settled into their jobs on the Sentinel just waiting for their first mission orders when excitedly a comm call beep came in at the comm station from Commodore Finny from Earth Starbase where they were docked.

GM CockRoach

Amber was going over the logs from the list of repairs and upgrades to her station that had been during the refit. Her brow rising as the incoming message alert beeped. “Captain, incoming message for Commodore Finny. Would you like it on screen or in your Ready Room?” It pleased her to finally have something to say besides talking to the engineering NE behind her about how new and shiny everything was.

Ensign Amber Josen
Comms

Zarath swiveled the Captain’s chair half-round, antennae waving. “Thank you, Ms. Josen. On the Viewer please.” Turning forward once more, The Andorian stood up and straightened his gold uniform top. Habitually, he turned his head partly toward Mr. Cerny’s station, though his eyes remained on the screen. Th’ellin was already used to relying on his staff for pertinent information during calls.

-Zarath, CO

The view screen faded and up came the human figure of a man in his late 50s or so. Slightly balding head and greying hair flecked with just a hint of the once blonde hair of youth. Commodore Finny was a man who had clearly taken eagerly to the desk side of his job as he was showing a sizable plumpness around his midriff. The evident rows of snacking colored cubes were evidence of this even more so. =/\= Ah Captain good you are so responsive in taking a placed comm call. So unlike Captain Register on the USS Fountain next to you, that man puts me on hold for ages! =/\= He said with a chuckle. It was at this point Zarath would recall why so many CO’s dreaded calls from Finny, he was a ‘long winded monotone talker’. In this case he went into a tangent rant about Captain Register and his habits and lack of discipline compared to when he was back in the center chair. In fact it went on for some minutes almost without pause that one might wonder if he was stopping to breathe.

Finally though after five long droning minutes, Finny chuckled and took a breath, =/\= …Ah but I digress. I called you for other matters then a social call! I got your first mission ready to go. A simple cargo run and colony check in on near the Deba sector to the Deba 1 colony. Quite a quaint colony really of about 500 odd folks out on the border region of known space in the Alpha quadrant here..” Getting a wistful look in his eyes Finny sadly went on another monotones dabble about the sweet tasting wines and milk exports Deba colony was known for as well as their efforts to mine the local planet for other sources of export, for another five endless seeming minutes before finally refocusing on the task at hand. =/\= Ah but yet again I get side tracked. =/\= He said chuckling.

=/\= The mission is simple, you’ll be taking some basic cargo goods they requested in their last sub space call three weeks ago and deliver it, in exchange you’ll get some export materials from their mines and their wines and milk in cold storage. The necessary cargo containers should be aboard your ship shortly. While there have your medical department do a quick medical survey of the colony ensure there are no nasty little germs or such we need to worry about back here in civilized space. Why I recall back in my day in the center chair in 2232…=/\= He said loosing his train of thought and rambling on YET AGAIN about some past mission of his on the USS Soysoy when he was Captain, another long five minutes passed of monotone dribble.

=/\= Ah those were the days right? =/\= He said chuckling finally coming back to the point at hand. =/\= Oh right your orders! So besides medical engineering should check up on their local power regulators make sure they’re all in order, don’t need the poor colonists getting stuck in the dark!=/\= he said heartily chuckling =/\= I’m sure your science department chief can cook up a local survey for folks back home here to read too once you return if you find the time. All in all it should be an easy start to your career and missions! Questions? =/\= he asked, almost as if hoping their were so he could regale the crew about his lost youth or such again.

GM CockRoach

It was all Amber could do to stifle the giggle that welled up in her throat every time the Commodore went off on a tangent. She was impressed with the stoicism that The’llin showed as he stood before his chair and accepted it as a normal thing. Perhaps as a Captain, it ‘was’ normal to him.

As the Commodore finally finished and was winding down, Amber shunted the notes from the call to the Captain’s console. He wouldn’t see it till he sat down. But she was content to know it was there. Questions and responses would be sent as well.

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Mission objectives

Debe Sector
Deba 1 Colony
Deliver supplies
Pick up exports, wine and milk
Medical check of colonists
Engineering check of colony (lights specifically?)
Local science survey to share with Federation as a whole
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Amber
Comms