Messages came and from time to time down into the ships morgue. Usually it was a notification that someone had managed to dieand the ME’s service were needed again. But this was different. He had assumed it was a practical joke the first 3 times the message had shown up. It was from some admiral at Starfleet Command. Head of Star Fleet Skugras had never head of the admiral. Head of Star Fleet Medical? The message was official enough looking.

Congratulations on your ptomotion to lieutenant. It read with all the nicities and flourish one would expect from Star Fleet command. It was as pretty a form letter as Star Fleets beurocracy could create. Skugras was insulted that anyone would send him such a diplomatic and tactful piece of ludacris balony. He wasn’t a Member of Star Fleet, He had never been a member of Star Fleet, and he certainly did not ever want to be a member of Star Fleet. He was way to old for this nonsence. It was a joke and in poor taste.

“I am a Civilian contracted by Star Fleet, to be the chief Medical Examinor. They can increase my salary but they can’t promote me”, he grumbled at the padd.

So he forwarded the message to the chief of security to be investigated The prankster would hopefully suffer.

The second message arrive almost imediately after he had sent the first to security. This one was if possible even more polite and augh why use 500 hundred words when one honest sentence could suffice

Congratulations on your new position as Chief Medical officer on the USS Viking. Was the gist of it. Skugras felt like he was on fire he was so angry.He fired of a missive to security once again this time in language so bluntly honestly expressing his rage and frustration at flowery language, people who used flowery language and the ancestors of those who use flowery, dishonest , diplomatically correct language to uttercsuch impossible lies. The message ended up being 5 pages long. Likely a world class rant. As a Tellerite he was so proud of that skin blistering diatribe that he reread it 3 times before he sent it

He filled then stomped out of the morgue to find someone to confront about this outrage.

Lt. Skugras Kronriv. CME